Wednesday, June 06, 2007

New in the DylanCover.com collection:
Bob Riley & The Fishers

Everything Is Broken
All Along The Watchtower
I Pity The Poor Immigrant
What Good Am I?
Bob Riley & The Fishers
Tanakh Rocks:
Old Testament Songs
CD: ©Bob Riley; 2007 (US)

This album by Hawaii-based Bob Riley & The Fishers sets Old Testament scriptures to music, and uses 4 Dylan covers to illustrate others. On Everything Is Broken and Watchtower, both sung by Riley, he reads the relevant scripture near the end of each song. I Pity The Poor Immigrant and What Good Am I? are sung by Sunshine Petropoullakis, with no scripture passages added.
The version of this album as illustrated here is listed at the
Bob Riley & The Fishers website.
A version listed at CD Baby has a slightly different title (Rockin Tanakh), different artwork and a different tracklist, without Everything is Broken and Watchtower. It's dated 2006, so probably it is an earlier version. The CD Baby listing notes Jerusalem Records as the label, but there is no mention of this on the version shown here. Samples of the last 2 covers are available at CD Baby.
The Old Testament passages related to the Dylan songs:
Everything Is Broken - Psalm 34:20
All Along The Watchtower - Isaiah 21:8
I Pity The Poor Immigrant - Exodus 32:31 & 32
What Good Am I? - Lev 19:18.

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