# Let's create the ultimate Bob Dylan cover version mixtape. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680 "2019-04-17T16:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/1 "2019-04-17T16:53:54Z")
Thirty years ago when Mrs; Dub and I were dating, I knew she was a Dylan fan and I put together a tape of Dylan Songs performed by other artists. It helped that I had an extensive record collection myself and that I lived upstairs from a used record store and was on good enough terms with the proprietor that he’d let me borrow for this purpose. (Shoutout to Rich at Broadway Records in Lake Orion, MI. Still in business.) But that was, as I said thirty years ago. There have been many covers done since and, of course, the master has not been idle himself either. What tracks would _you_ include on such a tape? No duplication of songs or artist. I will monitor the thread and note if anybody hits on artist or tracks I used. YouTube links are always fun. As long as no one suggests William Shatner’s “Mr Tambourine Man”, we’re good. Just to get you started here’s a few that were included. Rick Nelson-“She Belongs to Me”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JWPrtfE-TBI/maxresdefault.jpg "Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band "She Belongs to Me"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPrtfE-TBI) Elvis-“Tomorrow is a Long Time” Walker Brothers-“Love Minus Zero” Take it away, Dopers… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/2 "2019-04-17T17:03:40Z")
If you’re looking for stone musicianship, have a listen to **Leftover Salmon’s** version of “Tangled Up in Blue.” It’s on their live album called 25. Great mandolin, banjo, guitar, and roadhouse piano. Jerry Garcia Band also did MANY raucous and virtuoso guitar versions of the same song. Obviously, the Band’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece.” ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/3 "2019-04-17T17:08:18Z")
I have a lot, but let’s start with this: [Audra Mae - Forever Young](https://youtu.be/AaPEe4EwTEU) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/4 "2019-04-17T17:16:17Z")
Start with Hendrix doing “[All Along the Watchtower](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY),” since Dylan loved it. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/5 "2019-04-17T17:58:59Z")
I used Joan Baez doing “Forever Young”. From Hendrix, I felt “Watchtower” was too overexposed so I used “Like a Rolling Stone” instead. I did include "Watchtower" on the tape, but went with the lesser known version by Spirit. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iqadp948R7c/maxresdefault.jpg "Spirit covers All Along The Watchtower 1977 Future Games Randy California Bob Dylan Jimi Hendrix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqadp948R7c) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/6 "2019-04-17T18:00:28Z")
I thought this would lead off. The Byrds **[Mr Tambourine Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swqw5a8I4b4)** ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/7 "2019-04-17T18:04:13Z")
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - Guns N Roses ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/8 "2019-04-17T18:09:51Z")
Inclusion of a Byrds song is mandatory. I’m partial to “My Back Pages” though. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/9 "2019-04-17T18:20:48Z")
Remembered the song, never saw the original video… [“Absolutely Sweet Marie” - Jason and the Scorchers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-cF40OWeak) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/10 "2019-04-17T18:33:41Z")
[Jo Harlow - Make You Feel My Love](https://youtu.be/XzPFE4cqnwQ) [Turley Richards - Love Minus Zero - No Limit](https://youtu.be/vqAsWsF_5B0) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/11 "2019-04-17T18:59:36Z")
Tim O’Brien - [Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3erJNQ5X9o) Willie Nelson - [What Was It You Wanted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ47_XODKAo) John Mellencamp - [Farewell Angelina](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgL_d2CBBJk) I don’t think Chris Smither’s [Desolation Row](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U_5cWoBOhY) needs to go on the mix, but it does feature my favorite lyrical change in any Dylan cover. Dylan’s original includes different verses with Ophelia and Romeo. Smither combines them into one: > [@](#): > > Ophelia, she’s 'neath the window > For her I feel so afraid > On her twenty-second birthday > Yes, already she is an old maid > > Now here comes Romeo, he’s moaning > You belong to me, I believe > And someone says, “ **you’re in the wrong play my friend** , > You’d better leave.” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/12 "2019-04-17T19:51:50Z")
Joan Osborne—“[Highway 61 Revisited](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbf5RPIk3Lo)” & “[High Water (For Charley Patton)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUB9Zg9S-Kg)” Pure joy. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/13 "2019-04-17T19:55:59Z")
I really enjoy two of the covers from Masked and Anonymous that are sung in other languages: Magokoro Brothers - [My Back Pages](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WGlfTc3NTE) Articolo 31 - [Come una pietra scalciata](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vou1iIRw7HY) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/14 "2019-04-17T20:16:22Z")
Paste’s [50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time](https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/04/50-best-bob-dylan-covers-of-all-time.html) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/15 "2019-04-17T20:18:11Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > Inclusion of a Byrds song is mandatory. I’m partial to “My Back Pages” though. I vote for “Chimes of Freedom”. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/16 "2019-04-17T20:27:09Z")
One Too Many Mornings by [Johnny Cash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrftnoTbOtI) Somewhere - I think on the Bootleg tapes, must check - is a duet with Dylan which is even better. In fact, just found it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s_KYywhd_8) - but not eligible, I guess. j ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/17 "2019-04-17T20:32:26Z")
Roger Taylor (yeah, from Queen) - [Masters of War](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPkyJG4QHg) Done with a more synthetic sound - lots of quiet keyboards and drums he sort of quietly mutters the words and lets them carry the freight. Eh, I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/18 "2019-04-17T20:34:35Z")
_It Ain’t Me, Babe_, The Turtles. _Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright_, Peter, Paul & Mary ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/19 "2019-04-17T20:37:11Z")
And - Goddamn, I forgot it - Make You Feel My Love by [Adele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_You_Feel_My_Love), which is so good it sounds like an Adele song. There’s not many that owned a Dylan song like that. Begging your pardon, Mr Hendrix. j ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/20 "2019-04-17T20:48:03Z")
[The Wicked Messenger by the Faces](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL3VgQD7NRg) is… wicked! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680.md?page=2)