DYLAN COVERS # 81 - 3 from 2012 - Jimmy Lafave/Mariachi El bronx/Eric Bibb
Its a tough call picking the 3 best Dylan Covers from 2012 especially when you have had such a high volume of great releases, think the 78 track.Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan for starters. I had to pick one from there, didn't I, it would have been rude not to.
So here are 3 from 2012, maybe not your best, but I liked them :
So here are 3 from 2012, maybe not your best, but I liked them :
JIMMY LA FAVE - Red River Shore
I love Jimmy Lafave's voice and he is one of the top interpreters of Dylan songs and in fact any other song he puts his mind too. I would say Red River Shore is probably my favourite Dylan Cover of the Year. It is just a great song. It is amazing it did not get a release and we had to wait until a Genuine Bootleg (well most of us). It can be found on Jimmy's album 'Depending on the Distance'. A cover of 'Tomrrow is a Long Time' can also be found on this album. Great stuff!
I love Jimmy Lafave's voice and he is one of the top interpreters of Dylan songs and in fact any other song he puts his mind too. I would say Red River Shore is probably my favourite Dylan Cover of the Year. It is just a great song. It is amazing it did not get a release and we had to wait until a Genuine Bootleg (well most of us). It can be found on Jimmy's album 'Depending on the Distance'. A cover of 'Tomrrow is a Long Time' can also be found on this album. Great stuff!
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| The Mariachis |
MARIACHI EL BRONX - Love Sick
This is from the amazing project for Amnesty, Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan, 78 bleeding covers. Christmas came early this year. There are of course many more gems here, but I have chosen this one simply because I like it. Well that's my excuse.
ERIC BIBB - The Times They are a Changin'
The Eric Bibb cover I chose as he is kind of personal. I was introduced to a Bibb concert by a dear friend, two weeks later we also went together to see Bob himself in London Docklands. Sadly within 6 month my friend had succumbed to the dreaded Big C.
This exellent cover can be found on Bibb's album 'Deeper in the Well'
It has been a great year for Dylan Covers, I keep discovering gems all the time and as long as I am still keen, I will share them with you. Too late to stop now.....oh no! that's Van.
What is your best 3 Dylan Covers this year. Let me know! I am always looking for ones I have missed. I have now gathered quite a large catalogue of Bobby covers (MP3 etc). If I have it I will share.
For more Dylan Covers
This is from the amazing project for Amnesty, Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan, 78 bleeding covers. Christmas came early this year. There are of course many more gems here, but I have chosen this one simply because I like it. Well that's my excuse.
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| Eric Bibb |
ERIC BIBB - The Times They are a Changin'
The Eric Bibb cover I chose as he is kind of personal. I was introduced to a Bibb concert by a dear friend, two weeks later we also went together to see Bob himself in London Docklands. Sadly within 6 month my friend had succumbed to the dreaded Big C.
This exellent cover can be found on Bibb's album 'Deeper in the Well'
It has been a great year for Dylan Covers, I keep discovering gems all the time and as long as I am still keen, I will share them with you. Too late to stop now.....oh no! that's Van.
What is your best 3 Dylan Covers this year. Let me know! I am always looking for ones I have missed. I have now gathered quite a large catalogue of Bobby covers (MP3 etc). If I have it I will share.
For more Dylan Covers
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Keep 'em coming in 2013 OPC and Happy New Year to all the Tune Doctor family.