Greatest Dylan Songs and the Greats Who Have Covered Them

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Greatest Dylan Songs and the Greats Who Have Covered Them by Roxanne McDonald

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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, ‘n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ‘n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.How many years can a mountain exist
Before it’s washed to the sea?
Yes, ‘n’ how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

~”Blowin’ in the Wind”; Bob Dylan; Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

“Like a Rolling Stone”; Highway 61 Revisited – named #1 Greatest Song of All Time by Rolling Stone; named #3 of 100 Greatest Rock Songs by Digital Dream Door

Anberlin
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Michael Bolton
Judy Collins
Cher
The Creation
Drive-By Truckers
Eiffel 65
The Four Seasons
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
John Cougar Mellancamp
Johnny Thunders
The Rolling Stones
Mick Ronson
Phil Lesh and Friends
Rotary Connection
Spirit
Neil Young
The Young Rascals

“Blowin’ in the Wind”; Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – named #14 of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone; included in “NPR 100” as one of the 100 most important American musical works of the twentieth century

Alanis Morissette
Bender [“Futurama”]
Chet Atkins
Sam Cook
John Fogerty
Etta James
The guinea pig in Dr. Doolittle
Joan Baez for Jenny, a.k.a. Bobbie Dylan [played by ] in Forrest Gump
Lemar
Marge Simpson
Marlene Dietrich
Elvis
Peter, Paul, & Mary
Dolly Parton
Stevie Wonder
Neil Young

“The Times They Are A-Changin’”; The Times They Are A-Changin’ – named #59 of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone

Joan Baez
Simon and Garfunkel
Nina Simone

“Tangled Up in Blue”; Blood on the Tracks — named #68 of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone; named #5 Greatest Songs of 1975 and #97 of 100 Greatest Rock Songs by Digital Dream Door

Ani Difranco
Robyn Hitchcock
Indigo Girls
Jerry Garcia
Barb Jungr
Bart Peeters [Dutch version, “Prachtig in het blauw”]
K.T. Tunstall
The Whitlams

“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”; Pat Garret and Billy the Kid [soundtrack] – named #14 of 100 Greatest Rock Ballads by Digital Dream Door

Aerosmith
Avril Lavigne
Bon Jovi
Eric Clapton
Chaozz (Czechoslovakian version)
Cold Chisel
Randy Crawford
Bryan Ferry
Guided by Voices
Guns N’ Roses [Check out live recording here at Kewego]
The Grateful Dead
Beau Jocques
Mark Knopfler
Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Dolly Parton
Leatherface
Daniel Lioneye
Bob Marley
Zé Ramalho (Brazilian version)
Toby Rand [on “Rockstar: Supernova”]
The Red Army Chorus and Ensemble with the Leningrad Cowboys
Seether
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Sisters of Mercy
Stained Class
Television
Givan Tichy
U2
Roger Waters
Wyclef Jean
Warren Zevon

“Hurricane”; Desire – named #47 of 100 Greatest Rock Ballads by Digital Dream Door

Ani DiFranco
The Milltown Brothers

“Desolation Row”; Highway 61 Revisited — named #185 of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone; named #48 of 100 Greatest Rock Ballads by Digital Dream Door

Covered live by Dylan on MTV Unplugged and Live, 1966

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”; Bringing it All Back Home – named #161 of 100 Greatest Rock Ballads by Digital Dream Door

Joan Baez
Graham Bonnet
The Byrds [two versions]
Echo & the Bunnymen
Energy Orchard
Falco
Grateful Dead
Hole
Barry McGuire
The Seldom Scene
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
The Milltown Brothers
Ted Tanner
Them
The 13th-Floor Elevators
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

“All Along the Watchtower”; John Wesley Harding – Hendrix version named #88 of Top 100 by BBC Radio

Advanced Warfighter
B-Real
Bradley Fish
Brewer & Shipley
Bryan Ferry [with Robin Trower]
Calvin Russell
Damien Rice
Dave Mason
Dave Matthews Band
Dionysis Savvopoulos [Greek version, “Paliatsos kai listis,” trans., “The Joker and the Thief”]
DMC
Dream Syndicate
The Double Yellow
Elton John
Eric Clapton
Everlast
Funkstar De Luxe
Giant Sand
Gov’t Mule
The Grateful Dead
Howie Day
The Indigo Girls
Jeff Healey
John Mellencamp
June Tabor with The Oyster Band
Keller Williams
Kenny Wayne Shepard
Kronos Quartet
Lenny Kravitz
Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Hedges
Nancy Wilson
Nashville Teens
Neil Young [with Chrissie Hynde]
Nine Days
P.O.S.
The Paperboys
Pat McGee Band
Paul Weller
Pearl Jam
Phish
The Presidents of the United States of America
Prince
Richie Havens
Rik Emmett
Rusted Root
Shawn Lane
Tabitha’s Secret
Taj Mahal
Träd, Gräs och Stenar
TSOL
Wide Mouth Mason
Widespread Panic
U2
XTC
Yul Anderson