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Bryan Ferry sings Dylan: “All Along the Watchtower”

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Early in 2007, Bryan Ferry released Dylanesque with his versions of eleven Dylan songs.  The results were mixed, IMHO, but he does a fine job of “All Along the Watchtower” in this performance originally broadcast on BBC.  Oliver Thompson, who was then only 20 years old, plays the scorching lead guitar.
The tapping high heel at [...]

Bob Dylan: “Dignity”

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Dylan gives a great performance of one of his more obscure songs, which has been one of my favourites from the first time I heard it.  First recorded during the Oh Mercy sessions, “Dignity” was not released until Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Volume 3 (1994).  The following year, he sang it live for MTV Unplugged.
An [...]

Bob Dylan: “I Threw It All Away”

Friday, December 12th, 2008

In this 1969 appearance on The Johnny Cash Show, Dylan gives a soulful performance of “I Threw It All Away” from Nashville Skyline.
Dylan appeared on the season premiere of The Johnny Cash Show, originally aired on 7 June 1969.

Bob Dylan: “Ring Them Bells”

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Dylan is in fine voice in this performance of “Ring Them Bells“, recorded in Baltimore, November 1999.

Ring them bells, ye heathen
From the city that dreams,
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
Cross the valleys and streams,
For they’re deep and they’re wide
And the world’s on its side
And time is running backwards
And so is the bride.
Ring them bells St. [...]

Bob Dylan: “In The Garden”

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

A Dylan gospel song for All Saints’ Day.  This powerful and impassioned performance of “In The Garden” comes from 1980.  (There’s a glitch in the recording near the very end, after the final verse.)
When they came for Him in the garden, did they know?
When they came for Him in the garden, did they know?
Did they [...]

Bob Dylan: “Thank God”

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Dylan sang “Thank God”, the gospel song made famous by Hank Williams, Sr., for a 1986 anti-drug campaign sponsored by The Lubavitcher’s Chabad Telethon.

There’s a road that’s straight and narrow
That the saints have travelled on
Paved with all the tribulations
Of the martyrs that have gone
If you’re grateful for their victories
And for showin’ us the way
Then give [...]

Bob Dylan: “I Am The Man, Thomas”

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Dylan sings the great Stanley Brothers gospel song in this 1999 performance.

I am the Man, Thomas
I am the Man
Look at these nail scars
I carry in my hand
They drove me up the hill, Thomas
I am the Man
They made me carry the cross, Thomas
I am the Man
I am the Man, Thomas
I am the Man
Look at these nail [...]