Best Dylan Covers?

[palahniukkubrick]

I'm making a comp for a friend, how 'bout some suggestions?

[manimtired]

nick drake  covering cocaine blues

[ConversationDiva]

black rebel motorcycle club-lonesome death of hattie carroll
 the white stripes-black jack davey (or one more cup of coffee is good as well)

[Random Citizen]

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

[snailhook]

jimi hendrix - all along the watchtower
 jimi hendrix - like a rolling stone
 fairport convention - percy's song
 fairport convention - i'll keep it with mine
 fairport convention - si tu dois partir (if you gotta go, go now)
 sandy denny - tomorrow is a long time
 fotheringay - too much of nothing
 thalia zedek - you're a big girl now
 yo la tengo - i threw it all away
 moose - positively 4th street
 the byrds - mr. tambourine man
 the byrds - my back pages
 the byrds - you ain't goin' nowhere
 the byrds - it's alright, ma (i'm only bleeding)
 the band - tears of rage
 the band - i shall be released
 the band - this wheel's on fire
 the band - when i paint my masterpiece
 nick drake - don't think twice, it's alright
 13th floor elevators - it's all over now, baby blue
 television - knockin' on heaven's door
 michael chapman - ballad in plain d
 nick cave & the bad seeds - death is not the end
 nick cave & the bad seeds - wanted man
 nico - i'll keep it with mine
 heron - only a hobo
 the bluethings - girl from the north country
 mike bloomfield & al kooper - it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
 them - it's all over now, baby blue
 emmylou harris - when i paint my masterpiece
 gene clark - tears of rage
 neil young - just like tom thumb's blues
 neil young - all along the watchtower

[ggw]

http://www.baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/dylancov/main

[ggw]

Originally posted by snailhook:
  fairport convention - percy's song
 

I heard that version for the first time a few weeks ago -- it is excellent.  Percy's Song has always been one of my favorite Dylan tunes.

[snailhook]

fairport's version of "percy's song" is one of my most listened to songs. i have a few different copies on vinyl and they're all wearing out. easily one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking songs recorded...sandy denny and richard thompson's vocals, with the dulcimer and guitar playing, and the excellent drumming...just total perfection.

[allmy$to930]

Visions Of Johanna -- Lee Ranaldo  (1991)
 
 Tonight Iâ??ll Be Staying Here With You -- The Charlatans  (2002)
 
 If You Gotta Go, Go Now -- Cowboy Junkies  (1992)
 
 I Threw It All Away -- Yo La Tengo  (1989)

[HoyaSaxa03]

the replacements - "like a rolling pin"
 
 the secret machines do a fantastic shoegazey live cover of "girl from the north country", i'm not sure if it's on an album

[palahniukkubrick]

Thanks for the suggestions, keep 'em coming. So far I've chosen for the comp (which is now looking to be multi-disc):
 
 Them- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
 Bill Frisell- Just Like a Woman
 PJ Harvey- Highway 61 Revisited
 Roy Buchanan- Sign on the Window
 Cat Power- Paths of Victory
 The Byrds- My Back Pages
 The Ramones- My Back Pages
 The Neville Brothers- With God on Our Side
 William Shatner- Mr. Tambourine Man (!)
 Waylon Jennings- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
 The Pogues- When the Ship Comes In
 The Secret Machines- Girl From the North Country
 Frank Black- Changing of the Guards
 The Stooges- Ballad of Hollis Brown
 Nina Simone- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
 White Stripes- One More Cup of Coffee
 Neko Case- Buckets of Rain
 Mel Gibson- Make You Feel My Love (!)

[ggw]

Originally posted by you be pickup:
  Waylon Jennings- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
 

I like the Mike Ness version:
 
 http://www.sendspace.com/file/aw5dr5

[BookerT]

the 13th floor elevators version of "it's all over now, baby blue" is just devastatingly awesome. don't even bother making the comp if you don't put that on there, seriously. "i shall be released" by marion williams has always been a favorite. i think it was used in a recent nike/lebron ad campaign, actually. and while the nico version of "i'll keep it with mine" is excellent, i prefer the version by rainy day, that one-off paisley underground band from the '80s featuring susanna hoffs and others. their version of "i'll keep it with mine" is really, really gorgeous.

[Driveway]

david bazan - the man in me

[Mobius]

"You Ain't Going Nowhere" and "Nothing Was Delivered" bookending The Byrd's Sweethearts of the Rodeo