End of year updates for 2008

The Dylan Covers DataBase has been updated,
adding 314 new covers for a new total of 24,451.
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88 new images were added.

Dylan Title Tracks
added 20 new items, for a new total of 1,470.
Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara and John W. Bakke for this month's Title Tracks additions.

Thanks for all submissions & contributions to the DylanCover.com websites during December.

Click "Comments" link below for a list of artists with covers added to the DataBase during December 2008.

The Nighthawks cover Dylan

The Nighthawks cover two Dylan songs, She Belongs To Me and Most Likely You Go Your Way, on their upcoming album American Landscape, to be released February 3 on Powerhouse Records.
Thanks to Peter Stone Brown for the tip.

NEW: Zé Ramalho - covers album from Brazil

New in Dylan Cover Albums HERE is Tá tudo mudando: Zé Ramalho canta Bob Dylan, an album of 11 Portuguese translations plus If Not For You performed in English.
A matching DVD has also been released, it is to be determinded if the DVD tracks are live or the same as the CD studio recordings. The DVD has been added to the Video page.
I have not found these titles listed at any of the major international sellers, but they are available from Brazilian sources such as FNAC.com.br.
Zé has covered Hurricane and Knockin' On Heaven's Door on previous albums. More info at zeramalho.com.br
Thanks to Jean Fernandez for the tip

The tracklist:

Wigwam / *Para Dylan (*lyrics by Zé Ramalho)
O homem deu nome a todos animais (Man Gave Names To All The Animals)
Tá tudo mudando (Things Have Changed)
Como uma pedra a rolar (Like A Rolling Stone)
Negro amor (It's All Over Now, Baby Blue)
Não pense duas vezes, tá tudo bem (Don't Think Twice, It's All Right)
Rock feelingood (Tombstone Blues)
O vento vai responder (Blowin' In The Wind)
Mr. do pandeiro (Mr. Tambourine Man)
O amanhã é distante (Tomorrow Is A Long Time)
If Not For You (sung in English)
Batendo na porta do céu - versão II (Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Happy Holidays...

...to all visitors, contributors & friends of DylanCover.com
Dave

Miscellaneous ramblings...

• Jazz vocalist Meryl Romer covers You're A Big Girl Now (as You're A Big Boy Now) on her album So Sure.
Available from CD Baby

• Six voice & ukelele cover mp3s by Karinne Keithley can be downloaded from her website.
Oh Sister / It's All Over Now, Baby Blue / Farewell / Lay Lady Lay / I'll Keep It With Mine / Tomorrow Is A Long Time

• The Rumpke Mountain Boys performed the rarely covered 'Til I Fell In Love With You at their November 14th show, available for download from Live Music Archive. The show also includes Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie and I Shall Be Released.

• The band Howdy! performs a 4 song Dylan tribute available at archive.org's Open Source Audio pages.
It Ain't Me Babe / Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 / You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / Maggie's Farm

• The rarely covered Apple Suckling Tree is performed by Ye Olde Royal Shithouse Players, available at Live Music Archive.

Nobody Sings Dylan #28

Volume 28 has been added to the Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan series page of Dylan Cover Albums.

Links to the BitTorrents of all 28 volumes at dimeadozen.org are available on the page, and artwork for all volumes can be found HERE.

Corigliano receives 2 Grammy nominations

John Corigliano's Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan has received two Grammy nominations: Best Classical Vocal Performance and Best Classical Contemporary Composition. See September 05 post.

Miscellaneous ramblings...

• Australia-based R&B singer Tina Harrod covers I Shall Be Released on her new album Worksongs.
Available from amazon.com

• Country singer Larry Jon Wilson covers the Dylan/Willie Nelson song Heartland on his self-titled CD, his first in almost 30 years. Larry Jon's last album, 1979's Sojourner, also included a Dylan song: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight.
Available from amazon.com

• The Allman Brothers' 2008 Tour CDs contain several Dylan songs, including their debut performances of It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry. Other songs are Highway 61 Revisited, I Shall Be Released (both with Bob Weir) and Don't Think Twice (with Susan Tedeschi.)
CDs available from hittinthenote.com

• It was an election year, so Masters Of War was a popular cover again. Three from CD Baby: The Sweet Kill, Neon Nights, and Karma.

• And... Masters Of War by the Hip-Hop duo X-Vandals can be downloaded HERE (free.) The track from their album The War Of Art incorporates elements from several other songs.

• And... Warren Haynes has released a 2004 live recording of Masters Of War as a digital-only single to benefit HeadCount.org. The track, featuring Ray LaMontagne, Ben Ottewell & Jerry Joseph, was recorded 9/19/04 at Red Rocks. Available from HeadCount.org or iTunes.
Thanks to Michael Tearson for the MoW tips

• Alternate versions:
- The limited-edition version of Adele's 19 album includes a live version of Make You Feel My Love in additon to the album version. Available from amazon.com
- On the other end of the age spectrum, both the album and soundtrack versions of Forever Young by the octogenarian vocal group Young@Heart are included on the soundtrack CD. Available from amazon.com

• If you find DylanCover.com useful, please consider making a donation using the PayPal button in the right sidebar, and/or using the various links to shop at eBay, CD Baby, GEMM and Amazon. Thanks --D.P.

New from Zimming Point

Zimming Point have added Catfish and Things Have Changed to their MySpace player.

R.I.P. Odetta

Odetta, one of the first to record a full album of Dylan covers, has died at age 77.

Odetta Sings Dylan was released by RCA in 1965. Odetta had previously covered Blowin' In The Wind on her 1963 LP Odetta Sings Folk Songs, and Paths Of Victory on her 1964's Odetta Sings of Many Things. Both these earlier tracks were included on CD reissues of Odetta Sings Dylan.
See Dylan Cover Albums for album details.

First-of-month updates for December 1, 2008

The Dylan Covers DataBase has been updated,
adding 506 new covers for a new total of 24,141.
Click here to view New Additions Only
70 new images were added.

Dylan Title Tracks
added 15 new items, for a new total of 1,450.
Thanks to Ronald Born, Martin Brouwer, Manuel Garcia Jara and Dirk Krah for this month's Title Tracks additions.

Thanks for all submissions & contributions to the DylanCover.com websites during November.

Click "Comments" for a list of artists with covers added to the DataBase during November 2008.