Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Volume 09: May Your Songs Always Be Sung

Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan: May Your Songs Always Be Sung (Vol. 9)

Putting together this series, the biggest challenge has been finding covers of songs other than "the hits." Perhaps you can never have too many versions of "All Along the Watchtower," "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," and "Like a Rolling Stone," but it can be even more rewarding to hear a new interpretation of a lesser known or rarely performed song, like Maria McKee's version of "New Pony" or Tom Russell doing "Seven Curses" (both featured on NSD Vol. 6). So this time out I've decided to include only songs not featured on previous volumes of this project.

The highlight for me is Lou Reed's solo rendition of "Foot of Pride." Lou butchered this tune at Dylan's 30th anniversary concert; here, without a band to confuse his sketchy sense of rhythm, he conquers it. I've never really gotten this song--"Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man/ So can a woman who passes herself off as a male" has to be the weirdest opening couplet in Dylan's canon--but this version makes me a believer.

Thanks to all the folks who've sent me suggestions and files, as well as the tapers, the original uploaders, and especially the performers and composer. Pdiamond and dsgtrane have been kind enough to create great artwork for the first eight volumes, and hopefully one or both of them or someone else will do the same for this one. Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). Enjoy!

01 Wiggle Wiggle (May 25, 1991, The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA) -- John Wesley Harding
02 The Man in Me (Apr 29, 2005, Twilight Criterium Music Fest, Athens, GA) -- Cracker
03 Disease of Conceit (Nov 03, 1989, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA) -- The Waterboys
04 Foot of Pride (Jun 08, 1993, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland) -- Lou Reed
05 Well Well Well (Aug 02, 2005, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN) -- Ben Harper
06 Man in the Long Black Coat (May 04, 1996, Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA) -- Joan Osborne
07 I Threw It All Away (Oct 14, 1984, Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA) -- Elvis Costello
08 If You See Her Say Hello (Aug 13, 1992, Knitting Factory, New York, NY) -- Jeff Buckley
09 Simple Twist of Fate (Mar 16, 2004, Kulturzentrum Cobra, Solingen, Germany) -- Elliot Murphy
10 Abandoned Love (Apr 16, 2005, King Tut's, Glasgow, Scotland) -- Chuck Prophet
11 Tears of Rage (Jan 31, 2003, Grand Lido Braco Resort, Jamaica) -- Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett
12 Lord Protect My Child (Oct 28, 2006, Nokia Theater at Times Square, New York, NY) -- Susan Tedeschi with the Persuasions
13 Ballad of Hollis Brown (Jul 25, 1995, Hard Rock Cafe and Casino, Las Vegas, NV) -- Stephen Stills
14 The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Nov 12, 2006, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England) -- Christy Moore
15 With God on Our Side (May 04, 2003 Rhythm & Roots Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland) -- Buddy Miller
16 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Mar 26, 2005, Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ) -- Robyn Hitchcock