New in the DylanCover.com collection: dc motors

See 1/10/07 post for update

Christmas 2006

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Thanks to all for your contributions and support of DylanCover.com and Dylan Cover Albums for the past eight years.
I hope you've enjoyed The Blog in Plain D and other new features introduced during 2006.
-- Dave

Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan

I have now added the 10 volumes of the Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan collections of live Dylan covers to the Unofficial page of Dylan Cover Albums (see 12/21 post.)
The series is available on-line via BitTorrent at dimeadozen.org (individual volumes) or bt.dylantree.com (complete 10-volume set, with artwork.) The artwork is also available separately as jpg files. See listing for links.
I am unable to download BitTorrents, so if anyone can supply them on CDR or DVD-ROM by B&P or trade. or freebie :), please contact me.

Addition: Non-Dylan Tribute - CashGrass

Added to Non-Dylan Tributes:
CashGrass by The Grassmasters with Girl From The North Country, from the Synergy Grass Series. I'm surprised there is no Dylan tribute in this series!
This title does not seem to be available from retailers yet.

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Living Earth

Meet Me In The Morning (4:32)
Living Earth
Living Earth
CD: Relix RRCD 2033; 1988 (US)

Another Grateful Dead-inspired, San Francisco-based jam band covers Dylan.
Others have done
Meet Me In The Morning
better.

Available from: amazon.com / amazon.de / amazon.ca

Two new tribute concerts

Two new tribute concerts added to the Festivals & Tribute Concerts page:
Berlin Bobbirth Bash '06: Most of a night
The Bluebird Café, Berlin Germany
April 30, 2006
This CDR was produced for the private use of the performers only, it is NOT available to the public. I have broken my "publicly available" rule and listed it because MP3s of some of the tracks were posted at the DylanPool forum with the permission of the performers. Too bad, what I've heard is very good.

Million Dollar Bash
NOW Lounge, Toronto, Canada
May 26, 2006
Features Robert and The Zimmermans and several guest performers. No artwork was provided for this concert. A bit torrent of the show is available at bt.dylantree.com

New in the DylanCover.com collection:John Montgomery

When I Paint My Masterpiece (4:58)
John Montgomery
One Step Away
CD: Circus Drum Records CIR 00010; 2002 (US)

Another singer-songwriter includes a Dylan song, this the debut album of California-based s/s John Montgomery. A nice, slow tempo country tinged version of Masterpiece.
More info at johnmontgomery.com

Low cost used copies at: amazon.com
Also available from: amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

New downloads & streams

• The Unplugged Tribute to Bob Dylan CD (see 12/9 post) is already available via download from iTunes Europe (not in US).
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for the tip.

• Japan's Joker777 has added listen-only streams of new versions of From a Buick 6, Like A Rolling Stone and Maggie's Farm to his SoundClick webpage.

• 10 volumes of the Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan collections of live Dylan covers are now available in a single torrent, with artwork, from bt.dylantree.com
DataBase note: Many of these tracks are already listed in the DataBase from other sources. I am only adding tracks from these collections if they are previously unlisted.
Since these are available on-line, at dimeadozen.org and now bt.dylantree.com, I will eventually be adding them to the Unofficial page of Dylan Cover Albums.
I am torrent-less, so I can't download them :(
First offer for a freebie or B&P accepted!

New cover: Bob Margolin

In North Carolina, the upcoming album by Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin, includes a cover of Tears Of Rage. To be released January 23, 2007. More info at bobmargolin.com
Available now from CDMojo.com,
Or pre-order from:
amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

Dylan Title Tracks: 3 new picture sleeves

3 new picture sleeves added to Dylan Title Tracks:
• Peter Paul & Mary - Italian issue of Too Much Of Nothing
• I Dik Dik - Brazilian issue of L'Esquimese
• Cher - UK 1984 reissue of All I Really Want To Do

There are now 1,201 sleeves & albums displayed in
Dylan Title Tracks.

Thanks to Ronald Born for PP&M and I Dik Dik scans & info.

New in the DylanCover.com collection:James Lee Stanley

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (5:42)
You Go your Way, I'll Go Mine (4:53)
James Lee Stanley
Traces of The Old Road
CD: Beachwood Recordings BR24682; 2002 (US)

James Lee Stanley has been described as "probably the last great undiscovered singer-songwriter in America." On this, his 17th and otherwise self-penned album, he includes 2 Dylan songs. It's perhaps another testament to Dylan that songwriters often include a Bob song or two on their own albums.

Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

Dylan covers from Hawaii

Hawaiian artist Peter Apo and The Rainbow Nation Band cover Blowin' In The Wind and Don't Think Twice plus a 3-song medley on their CD My Back Pages: The Folk Years. The medley consists of Chimes Of Freedom, Mr. Tambourine Man and My Back Pages.
More info at peterapo.com and sharleneoshiro.com


Already available in Hawaii, Amazon release dates vary, either 12/19/06 or 1/23/07.
Available and/or pre-order from:
amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

David Bromberg covers Dylan

David Bromberg's first new studio album since 1990, Try Me One More Time, will include a cover of It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry. To be released by Appleseed Recordings on February 27, 2007.
Pre-order from:
amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

Ralph McTell covers Dylan

Ralph McTell's new album includes 5 Dylan covers. Gates of Eden is the title track, plus Love Minus Zero, To Ramona, One Too Many Mornings, and Song To Woody.
More info, audio samples and ordering is available at ralphmctell.co.uk. Currently the new CD is only available from his website, distribution through regular retailers is forthcoming.

Also from Ralph McTell is a 4-CD career spanning boxset, The Journey: Recordings 1965-2006. Included are 2 previously unreleased Dylan covers: a 1965 private recording of Girl From The North Country, and a new 2006 recording of Don't Think Twice. Another version of Girl From The North Country is included, presumably the track from his 1998 Travelling Man album.
More info at ralphmctell.co.uk
The Journey boxset is available from:
amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

Thanks to Michael Tearson for the tips.

Additions: Non-Dylan Tributes + Soundtracks

Added to Non-Dylan Tributes:
• Johnny Cash: A Tribute Performed by The Stars at Studio 99 with It Ain't Me, Babe
• Endless Highway: The Music of The Band with 3 Dylan covers as described below (12/12 post)




Added to the Collector's Guide to Soundtracks:
• Stoned with Ballad of a Thin Man by Kula Shaker

New in the DylanCover.com collection:Mud Boy & The Neutrons

Stuck Inside of Mobile with
the Memphis Blues Again (2:45)
Mud Boy & The Neutrons
In the Mood For Memphis
(various artists)
CD: Inside Sounds ISC-0518;
2003 compilation (US)

Finding the original 1986 French LP "Known Felons in Drag" (New Rose 98) by the legendary and enigmatic Memphis alt-rock band Mud Boy & The Neutrons would be difficult and probably costly. Finding the 1995 US compilation "They Walk Among Us" isn't much easier. So it's lucky for Dylan cover collectors that Inside Sounds included the Mud Boy cover of Memphis Blues Again on this readily available and very enjoyable compilation of songs with Memphis in their titles. There is also a Volume 2 (no Dylan) if you enjoy this one.

Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca
Also available from CD Baby

Downloads

Kurt Matthew has added 4 new covers to his SoundClick.com site:
I Shall Be Released, The Man In Me, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight.

Thank You

Over the almost 8 years DylanCover.com and Dylan Cover Albums have been on-line, a few people have asked if there was a way to make donations to support the site, for which I have been very grateful. I've had a few such offers lately so I have added a few "Make a Donation" buttons on the main pages, and in the sidebar to the right on this page. They are there for the convenience of those who would like to help, I do not intend to actively campaign for donations or to mention it often.
While on the subject of support, thanks to all who use my Amazon links. The 4th quarter of 2006 has been the best to date in terms of orders placed. -- Dave

Endless Highway TBR 1/30/07

Endless Highway: The Music of The Band, a various artists tribute to The Band will be released 1/30/07 and is available for pre-order from Amazon. Included are 3 Dylan songs:
I Shall Be Released - Jack Johnson
This Wheel's On Fire - Guster
When I Paint My Masterpiece - Josh Turner
The full tracklist & more info at 429 Records
Pre-order from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

New cover: Michael Stanley

Michael Stanley covers I Want You on his new album of covers The Farrago Sessions from Line Level Music.
Thanks to Michael Tearson for the tip.
Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

New Dylan Cover Album in January

To be released January 9 by Calvin Records is Unplugged Tribute to Bob Dylan.
The CD covers 5 Dylan classics and 5 songs from Modern Times.
Track list: Tangled Up in Blue, Knocking on Heaven's Door, Lay Lady Lay, Mr. Tambourine Man, Blowin' in the Wind, Someday Baby, The Levee's Gonna Break, Thunder on the Mountain, Rollin' & Tumblin', Workingman's Blues #2
Pre-order from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

See January 12, 2007 update for this CD

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Charlie Major

Oh Sister (3:47)
Charlie Major
444
CD: Dead Reckoning 3797; 1999 (Canada/US)

Canadian country singer-songwriter Charlie Major's version of Oh Sister isn't much different than the original: replace Scarlet's "violin" with a "fiddle" - it is a country version! - have Cowboy Junkies' Margo Timmins sing Emmylou's part, and add some country twang. Major had been a star in Canada for years before 444, his first venture into the US market.
Found yesterday in the CD rack of an "Everything $1" store.

This CD is listed in the Dylan Covers Country Collector's Guide.

Available (starting at 1¢) from: amazon.com
Also from: amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

New in the DylanCover.com collection: HR

Shelter From The Storm (3:24)
HR
A Weekend on Earth
CD: Lunge - UPC#710621000227; 1999 (US)

HR was a Texas band whose sound was described as “Jangly power pop, with a Celtic sensibility.” Their 1999 sophomore album includes a Shelter From The Storm that rocks a bit harder than the typical Shelter cover. Their website is gone, I assume the band is defunct as well.
Available from: amazon.com and CD Baby

Correction - NOT McFerrin

The entry for Blowin' In the Wind by Bobby McFerrin I added to the DataBase Next Update Preview recently is incorrect. It's listed that way everwhere, All Music Guide, Amazon, etc., but it's wrong!
The BITW on the Ultimate Reggae Rocks CD is the version by The Abyssinians, from the Blowin' In The Wind: A Reggae Tribute to Bob Dylan CD.

Collectors Guides: New & updates

• New Collectors Guide for Terrance Simien, 3 covers on 3 albums including Mississippi on his newest CD Across The Parish Line.
Thanks to Michael Tearson for the tip.

• The Wildflower Tour DVD with Mississippi mentioned below has been added to the Sheryl Crow Guide



• I'll Remember You, a 2005 compilation CD added to the Nana Mouskouri Guide. The multi-national CD also includes her Tomorrow Is A Long Time.
The CD has also been added to Title Tracks.

• Big Bad Love with R.L. Burnside's Everything Is Broken added to Soundtracks

New: PetTommy & WilBurt CD-Rs

Two new demo CD-Rs from Germany have been added to
Dylan Cover Albums.
PetTommy: Dylan in Rock - Dylanista Edition includes 4 tracks from PetTommy's 2002 CD and 9 previously unavailable tracks from the same sessions.
WilBurt: Bobsongs - Live - 2005/2006 presents 11 Dylan covers (2 performed in German), plus Corrina Corrina, in an acoustic duo format.
Click the titles for the listings at Dylan Cover Albums with complete tracklists and other info.
Both CD-Rs are limited edition demo CD-Rs that are available to collectors by contacting this e-mail address
Thanks to Detta

New cover: Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow's new DVD Wildflower Tour: Live From New York includes a new live version of Mississippi as a bonus track.
Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca
Order the appropriate format & region DVD

*** 17K ***

It won't be reflected in the on-line Dylan Covers DataBase until the next first-of-month update, but my master database has now passed the 17,000 mark!

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Kristin Lomholt

Simple Twist Of Fate (5:23)
Kristin Lomholt
Spell
CD: Whaling City Sound WCS035; 2006 (US)

Denmark native Kristin Lomholt, now based in the US, delivers a pop/jazz vocal version of Simple Twist Of Fate, with too much "filler" for my tastes. The first minute is "ah-ah-ah's" before the lyrics start, and the final minute is more "ah-ah-ah's" and a repeated "simple twist of fate" chorus.
Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

New downloads & streams

• 16 covers by David Wright, including Workingman's Blues #2 and When The Deal Goes Down, are available from his webpage. Some Dylan-covered traditionals & songs are also available.

• Japan's Joker777 has added listen-only streams of Outlaw Blues and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue to his SoundClick webpage.

New cover: Marty Raybon

Country singer Marty Raybon, lead singer of Shenandoah, covers You Ain't Going Nowhere on his new album When The Sand Runs Out.
Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

New in the DylanCover.com collection: The Kentucky Headhunters

Like A Rolling Stone (5:57)
The Kentucky Headhunters
Big Boss Man
CD: CBuJ Entertainment CBJ0618; 2005 (US)

Hype for this album of covers by the Southern-rock band The Kentucky Headhunters read in part:
"...it can lead to a radical, top-to-bottom rearrangement, as in their treatment of "Like a Rolling Stone"--which, against all odds, uncovers something in the song that even Bob Dylan left untouched."
While it is a good Southern/country-rock version, it doesn't warrant such a bold statement. I have to agree with one reviewer who had a conflicting view, that the cover "doesn't stray too far away from the originals' sound and approach."
Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

First-of-month updates for December 1, 2006

The Dylan Covers DataBase has been updated, adding 302 new covers for a new total of 16,929.
Also 121 new images and many new links were added.
The DataBase has been on-line for 2 years as of November 28. It has more than doubled it's initial listing of 8,400 covers.
Click here to view New Additions Only

Dylan Covers On-Line added 9 new cover links for a new total of 685.

Thanks to all who contributed to the DylanCover.com websites during November.

Covers by these artists were added to the DataBase during November 2006:
8-Track, A Whisper in the Noise, Adam the Dylan Imitator, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals (2), Trey Anastasio, The Band, Barefootin', Chris Barron, Beaucoup Blue, The Bees, Sandra Bernhard, Big Country with Eddi Reader, Black Crowes (4), Blackie & The Rodeo Kings + others, The Breadbox Band (3), Brewster, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Jeff Buckley, Randy Burns, Calexico, Alex Campbell, Caribou Foot (2), Gypsy Carns, Roseanne Cash, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Eric Clapton, David Allen Coe (2), Lloyd Cole, The College Singers, Jason Collett, Elvis Costello (2), Country Dance Kings, Cowboy Junkies, Joe Crookston, Sheryl Crow, Cubensis (3), Dachambo (2), Dark Star Orchestra (3), Deadwood Revival (2), Dervish, Dixie Chicks (6), John Doe with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dream Syndicate, Drew's Famous Band, Duck Gang, Echo & The Bunnymen, Eels, Ramblin' Jack Elliott & others, Alejandro Escovedo, Faces, Jay Farrar, Flame Shark, The Flying Toasters, Donavon Frankenreiter Band, Jerry Garcia & John Kahn, Garcia, Jerry Band (18), Golden Earring, Gov't Mule (2), GP's, The Grass Is Dead, Grateful Dead (7), Arlo Guthrie & Shenandoah, Ben Harper, Emmylou Harris, George Harrison with Jeff Lynne, Warren Haynes with Joan Osbourne, HaynesParr, Hexbelt (8), Dan Hill, Hockridge, Hot Buttered Rum String Band, HR, Richard Hunter with Susan Cutrona, JGB (2), Joker777, Georges Jouvin, Karate, Steve Kimock & Friends, Al Kooper & The Funky Faculty, Cyndi Lauper & Ann Wilson, Phil Lesh & Friends, Gordon Lightfoot, Little Feat (3), Little Women (2), Kristin Lomholt, Los Mac's, Mask, Kurt Matthew, Max Creek (3), Cameron McGill, Roger McGuinn, Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark (2), Medeski Martin & Wood with Oliver Wood, Natalie Merchant and Phillip Glass, Frankie Miller, Mojave 3, Bill Morrissey, Bob Mould, Elliott Murphy, George Murphy (2), The Nashville Tribute Band, David Nelson & Friends, New Monsoon with Susan Tedeschi, Jennifer O'Connor, Odds & Ends (4), Beth Orton & M. Ward, Joan Osborne, Ray Owen, PBS [Porter Batiste Stoltz], Pearl Jam, PetTommy, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Phish, Edita Piekha, Robert Plant, Po!, The Prowlers, Steve Pulver (3), The Radiators (8), Railroad Earth, Lee Ranaldo Project, Rancho Deluxe, RAQ, Ratdog (23), Arthur Renwick (3), Robert and the Zimmermans (14), Aldo Romano - Rémi Vignolo - Baptiste Trotignon, The Roots, Bob Rowe, Michele Rumball, Calvin Russell, Tom Russell, Jamie Saft Trio, Danny Schmidt, Gove Scrivenor, Melvin Seals & JGB, Ron Sexsmith (2), Lauren Shera with Warren Haynes, Andre Skinner, Patti Smith & Tony Shanahan, Jill Sobule with Cyndi Lauper, The Soft Boys, David Spencer Band, Spottiswoode & His Enemies, Einar Stensang, Stoneground, String Cheese Incident (2), Alice Stuart & the Formerlys, Suns Of Shiva featuring Angie Gold, Breanne Swan and Shawn Sage (2), Mick Taylor, Susan Tedeschi Band (4), Rick Tobey, Allan Toussaint, Travellers of Bermuda, Turtle Soup, U2 & friends, Dave Van Ronk, The VW Project (3), Bob Walkenhorst (4), Watkins Family Hour, Bob Weir, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Bill Western, Dan Whitaker and The Shinebenders (2), White Stripes, Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang (2), Widespread Panic, Keller Williams (2), Lynn and Sean Witty, Stevie Wonder, World Party, X, Yo La Tengo with David Mansfield, Yonder Mountain String Band (2), Zero (2)