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The Dylan Covers DataBase is available again.

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Charley D. and Milo

I'll Keep It With Mine (5:02)
Charley D. and Milo
Charley D. and Milo
LP: Epic BN 26533; 1970 (US)

Charles Dennis Harris and Lon Milo DuQuette both came from the Midwest. They met in California, began writing together and performed as a duo. The group expanded to a quintet - adding Joe Wilson, Dave Dunn & Dave Ledbetter - before recording this eponymous album.
Their rendition of I'll Keep It With Mine is typical of California country-rock circa 1970, replete with harmonies and steel guitar. Never on CD to my knowledge.

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Will Gillham

Ring Them Bells (3:18)
Will Gillham
The Blue Wheel
CD: Scowling Yogi NX211; 1998 (US)

Another in the long list of Texas singer-songwriters to cover Dylan.
A very good subdued acoustic version of Ring Them Bells.

Available from: amazon.com / CD Baby.com

Download: Kurt Matthew

• Kurt Matthew has added a new recording of If You Gotta Go, Go Now to his SoundClick.com site

Zimming Point: Fiesta Dylan 65

Zimming Point has added the Fiesta Dylan 65 show to it's website, available as a ZIP file containing 16 MP3s. For more info and the tracklist, visit zimmingpoint.com, click the logo to enter site, click DISCOS, then click Leer más... under Fiesta Dylan 65.

To access the ZIP file, free registration is required. Fill out the registration form (¡Regístrese Ahora!) and submit. You will receive a confirmation e-mail, click the link provided to activate your registration. After you log-in to zimmingpoint.com with your username & password, a PD-DOWNLOADS link is visible, click it and choose audio.
Usario=username. Correo=e-mail address. Contraseña=password
Click DOWNLOAD NOW button for Fiesta Dylan 65.

The previously mentioned Zimming Shuffle and Riff Party collections are still available, follow the same procedure. Fiesta Dylan 63 is not yet available.

Fiesta Dylan 65 will be added to the Festivals & Tribute Concerts page soon.

Uncle Earl covers Wallflower

The female string quartet Uncle Earl covers Wallflower on their new album Waterloo, Tennessee, produced by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin fame, who also lends instrumental support.

Available from:
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amazon.de / amazon.ca

Joe Cocker - Ring Them Bells

Joe Cocker covers Ring Them Bells on his upcoming album Hymn For My Soul. As susual with Joe's albums, it will be released in the UK and Europe earlier than the US. Published UK & European release dates range from March 30 - May 14. US release is not yet listed.
The Joe Cocker Collector's Guide has been updated.

Pre-order CD from:
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New in the DylanCover.com collection: Kevn Kinney

Ballad of Hollis Brown (7:05)
I Shall Be Released (6:45)
Kevn Kinney
The Flower and the Knife
CD: Capricorn 314 542 442-2; 2000 (US)

Finally picked up this album, only 6 years late!
I first heard of Kevn Kinney from his cover of Masters Of War on the 1991 first CD in the Sister Ruby series.

Available from:
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A mp3 of Lauren Shera's Don't Think Twice, with guitar by Warren Haynes, live at the Nov 2006 NYC Dylan tribute is available on her website.

Dislocation Blues - U.S. release 4/3

Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang's Dislocation Blues, previously available only as an Australian import, will be released in the U.S. on April 3 by Rounder Records. The album, Whitley's last recordings, includes covers of Changing of the Guards and When I Paint My Masterpiece.
Thanks to Michael Tearson for the tip.
Pre-order available from:
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amazon.de / amazon.ca

Dylan Title Tracks - 5 additions

5 new items added to Dylan Title Tracks:
• 1978 Brazilian EP with Negro Amor (It's All Over Now, Baby Blue) by Gal Costa
• 1965 French EP with C'est fini entre nous (It's All Over Now, Baby Blue) by Catherine Ribeiro
• 1965 UK EP with Mr. Tambourine Man and Don't Think Twice by Dave Cartwright (see February 17 post)
• UK and Canadian issues of the LP Wigwam by Sounds Orchestral

There are now 1,215 sleeves & albums displayed in Dylan Title Tracks.

Slow Train Band

Slow Train Band, a Dylan tribute band from Italy, offers 4 demo tracks - All Along The Watchtower, Like A Rolling Stone, Queen Jane Approximately, and Don't Think Twice - available for listening or downloading on their MySpace page.

New in the DylanCover.com collection:Vitor Ramil

Um dia você vai servir a alguém
(Gotta Serve Somebody) (5:28)
Só você manda em você
(You're A Big Girl Now) (4:09)
Vitor Ramil
Tambong
CD: Satolep Music VR001; 2000 (Brazil)

Brazil's Vitor Ramil sings two of his Portuguese translations on his 2000 album. A Spanish language version of Tambong was also released. On Vitor's website, the song titles listed for both versions are the same, I don't know if this is correct.
Your best options to find this CD are eBay or one of the Brazilian music specialists.

Blog in Plain D: 1 year old

The Blog in Plain D has been on-line for 1 year as of today.
I hope those who didn't like the conversion to the Blog format now accept it, or at least tolerate it, and those who did like it, still do!
332 posts in the 1st year, averaging almost 1 per day.
20,800+ visits, averaging 57 visits per day.
Suggestions or comments always welcome, just click the "comment" link at the bottom of any post.

New in the DylanCover.com collection:Three obscure 7-inchers

Lay Down Your Weary Tune (2:50)
David Fisher
single b/w Gotta Tell The World
45: Columbia 4-43641; 1966 (US)






Livin' The Blues (2:30)
Merrill Lane
B-side of Runnin' Back To You
45: Resco 641; 19?? (US)







Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (1:46)
anonymous
(Dylan sound-a-like)
Hit Parader #39 EP
EP: Hit Parader HP-39; 1965 (US)

New in the DylanCover.com collection:Paul Hanna

Knockin' On Heaven's Door (3:12)
Paul Hanna
Follow No Trends
CD: KDE Records KDE8000; 2006 (Hawaii, US)

Hawaiian artist Paul Hanna's debut album closes with Knockin' On Heaven's Door, with the requisite ukelele led band and a light island beat. More info & ordering from FollowNoTrends.com.

New in the DylanCover.com collection:Tammy Rogers

Blowin' In The Wind (3:49)
Tammy Rogers
Freedom Sings (various artists)
CD: First Amendment Center FS101CD; 2000 (US)

The first of the Freedom Sings series of concerts to raise awareness of the First Amendment Center was held July 13 & 14, 1999 at the Bluebird Café in Nashville. The CD was originally available from the Center for free, but is now hard to find. Included is a stirring version of Blowin' In The Wind by Texas singer, songwriter & fiddler Tammy Rogers.

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The master Dylan Covers DataBase now has over 18,000 Dylan covers listed!
The new total won't be available in the on-line Dylan Covers DataBase until the next first-of-month update.

New cover: Patti Smith

The tracklist for Patti Smith's upcoming covers album Twelve has been published, the previously un-named Bob song is Changing Of The Guards. The album is scheduled to be released April 24.

New cover: Gurf Morlix

Texas singer, songwriter and producer Gurf Morlix covers With God On Our Side on his upcoming CD Diamonds To Dust, to be released April 10 by Blue Corn Music. More info at gurfmorlix.com

Pre-order available from:
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Downloads: Gene & Josh

Gene & Josh have added covers of Maggie's Farm and Not Dark Yet to their Dylan Tribute page.

New Dylan Cover Album from Sweden

To be released in Sweden on March 14 is Whatever Colors You Have In Your Mind (A Tribute to Bob Dylan). The various artists tribute is reportedly all new recordings. The album is available to European buyers from sites such as cdon.com, but I have yet to find it listed anywhere with shipping beyond Europe. I will wait to add it to Dylan Cover Albums until I have more details and/or have obtained a copy of the CD.

The tracklist:
Blowing In The Wind – Augie Meyers
Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You – Rosie Flores
Forever Young – Steve Haggard
Rainy Day Women – Totta Näslund
When I Paint My Masterpiece – Monica Törnell
Like A Rolling Stone – Steve Gibbons
You Ain’t Going Nowhere – Billy Bremner
Mr Tambourine Man – Mike Watson
It's All Over Now Baby Blue - Them
It Ain't Me Baby - Linda Gail Lewis
Don't Think Twice - Bobby Cochran
To Be Alone With You - Chris Jagger
If You Gotta Go - Mike Berry
I Shall Be Released - The Animals
Knockin' On Heavens Door - Magnus Lindberg & Eric Bell
Highway 61 Revisited - Downliners Sect

Download: Kurt Matthew

• Kurt Matthew has added a new recording of Blowin' In The Wind to his SoundClick.com site

Pat Guadagno's Bobfest 2005

Pat Guadagno's Bobfest 2005 show, recorded May 12, 2005 at the Downtown Cafe in Red Bank, New Jersey, is now available at the Live Music Archive. The over 3½ hour all-Dylan show features 38 Dylan covers!
http://www.archive.org/details/PG2005-05-23

Strumming to The Wilbury's added to Dylan Cover Albums

I had not intended to add the Strumming to The Wilbury's CD to Dylan Cover Albums, but after several readers asking about it I have reconsidered. It does not qualify for any of the main pages, so I have added it to the Near Misses pages.
It's a strange CD, there is no performer or producer credits, no mention of the record company, no info at all beyond the tracklist, which is not in sequence and missing a track (Rattled)!
I do not include all Traveling Wilburys songs in the Dylan Covers DataBase, only those associated with and generally credited to Dylan. This tribute includes all three of the Dylan associated songs from the 1st Traveling Wilburys album: Congratulations, Tweeter and The Monkey Man, and Dirty World. (Tracks 1,2 & 6).

There are three changes to the promotional artwork used around the internet (shown at right), and still showing on most retailer sites: "To The" has been added to the title, "Featuring these selections..." has been changed to "A Tribute To The Traveling Wilburys", and, appropriately for this acoustic album, the electric guitars have been replaced by acoustic guitars!

Available from:
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Bryan Ferry's Dylanesque now added to Dylan Cover Albums

Bryan Ferry's Dylanesque has now been officially added to Dylan Cover Albums. The CD was released today in the UK. The US release has been delayed until June 19. Details of various versions will be added as they become available.




The tracklist:
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Simple Twist Of Fate
Make You Feel My Love
The Times They Are A-Changin'
All I Really Want To Do
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Positively 4th Street
If Not For You
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Gates Of Eden
All Along The Watchtower

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

Bryan Ferry's Dylanesque update, updated

See next post

New in the DylanCover.com collection:The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble

Blowin' In The Wind (7:24)
The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble
Pragmatic Optimism
CD: 360º Music; 2006 (US)

A 17 member big-band jazz version of Blowin' In The Wind with vocals by Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch.
This CD has been added to the Jazz Collector's Guide.


This is the 768th version of Blowin' added to the Dylan Covers DataBase.

Available from: amazon.com ...or... CD Baby

Bryan Ferry's Dylanesque update

See March 5 post

Downloads & streams

• Australian folk duo Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke offer Boots Of Spanish Leather from their 2000 CD A Thousand Miles or More at kateandruth.com [>Sounds]

• German artist Bones offers Blind Willie McTell from his 2000 CD Another Man Done Gone at bonesmusic.com [>bonesmusic]

• The Last Waltz Ensemble offers a revolving selection of streaming (listen-only) covers on their MySpace page, at present including I Shall be Released, Forever Young, You Ain't Going Nowhere and Like A Rolling Stone. Unknown if the new additions are new versions or repeats.

First-of-month updates for March 1, 2007

The Dylan Covers DataBase has been updated, adding 312 new covers for a new total of 17,871.
Also 110 new images and many new links were added.
Click here to view New Additions Only

Dylan Covers On-Line added 24 new cover links for a new total of 755.

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

Covers by these artists were added to the DataBase during February 2007:
Aereo-Plain Band, Dave Alvin, Back Forty (2), Abe Baerik, Joan Baez, The Band Cover Band Band (5), The Beards (6), Cindy Lee Berryhill, The Big Wu, Ronee Blakly, The Blood on the Tracks Band (6), Blue Aeroplanes
Blueground Undergrass, Mr. David Booker, BoomBox (4), Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe, Kate Bramley, Brick Road Ramblers, David Bromberg (2), The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble, Frenchy Burrito, Peter Joseph Burtt, Sam Bush Band, David Cantor, Hayes Carll (3), Peter Case, Roger Chapman & The Shortlist, David Childers, James Cooper, Robert Crotty (3), Cubensis (6), Danny & Dusty, Dark Hollow (3), Dark Star Orchestra, D.W. Ditty. Dolomite, Sharon Dressen McKnight, Tom Betty & Nathan Druckenmiller, Dundurs, The Escape Committee, Lindsay Evans, Everlast, The Everyone Orchestra, Fat Cats, Bryan Ferry, Rosie Flores, Furnace Mountain with Aimee Curl. Jerry Garcia & John Kahn, Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia Band (15), George Gerdes (2), Goofy Foot, Gov't Mule (4), La Gran Esperanza Blanca (9), The Grand Poo-Bah Beaner Band, Grateful Dead (6), Green & Yellow, Monica Green, Pat Guadagno (8), Gubment Cheese, Theo Hakola & Les Hurleurs, Half Step, John Wesley Harding, Martin Harley, Harpin' Jonny, Hazey Jane (2), Michael Hedges, Hey Mom!, Joanne Hindley-Smith Crabtree, Robyn Hitchcock (2), HOLLER!, M. Scott Horn, Hot Buttered Rum, Hot Buttered Rum String Band, Robert Hunter (2), The Infidels (14), Bob Johnson & the Flatliners, Jack Johnson, Shawn Johnson and The Foundation, Joker777 (2), Speedo ''Harmonica'' Jones, Junk Ditch Road, Dan Kanstroom, Lucy Kaplansky, Dave Katz and Ed McGee of Ekoostik Hookah, The King Cotton Rounders (3), Klone Orchestra, Diane Kordas, Tom Krailing, Leftover Salmon (4), MagsPa (2), La Mandrágora, Will T. Massey, Kurt Matthew (2), Max Creek (2), Jeremy Mayle (5), Roger McGuinn, Lori McKenna, Mark Mercier & Scott Murawski (2), Mercury Rev, Microwave Dave & The Nukes, The Milner Brothers, Aaron Mitchum, Mom's Home Cookin', Ryan Montbleau, Moonshine Still (2), Bill Morrissey, Maria Muldaur (4), Peter Mulvey, David Nelson & Friends (2), New Riders of the Purple Sage (3), Tor Newcomer, The Nice, Larry Norman (5), Tim O'Brien (3), Once Fish (7), Dann Ottemiller (2), Otter Loonacy (2), Penny Wager, Performing Gibsons, Planxty, The Radiators, Ratdog (7), David Rawlings Machine & Gillian Welch, Reflections, Mike Renick Band, Retrograss, Christopher Robin Band, The Rosewood Thieves, Calvin Russell, Second Hand Musicians, Eleanor Shanley & Ivan Leparr (2), Yair Shimrat, Richard Shindell, Sidewalk Bob, Chris Smither (2), The Snauzeberries (3), Todd Snider, Some Guy On A Bike, Soweto Gospel Choir, Spindrift, Stellar Road, Bobbie Stewart (3), The Suggins Brothers, Summer of Love, The Tailpipes, Richard Taylor, Susan Tedeschi Band (2), Terrapin Flyer (3), Jim Thompson (3), Tierra del Fuego, Sheri Timsak, Russ Tolman, Tomorrow's Children, The Tributes, Tony Trischka & Skyline, Marc Tyson, Ed Volker, Bob Walkenhorst (3), Dan Whitaker and The Shinebenders, White Stripes, The Williams Brothers, With River, Workingman's Ed, David Wright (2), Steve Wynn, Ava Wynne (2), Yonder Mountain String Band, Zero (3)