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Bob Dylan, Cover versions, Stevie Wonder

The Best Dylan covers: Stevie Wonder – Blowin’ in the wind

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The Best Dylan covers: Stevie Wonder – Blowin’ in the wind

“Blowin’ in the Wind” is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released on his album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war and freedom. The refrain “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind” has been described as “impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind”.

In 1994, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

Stevie Wonder – Blowin’ in the Wind (Studio version, 1966):

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Bob Dylan, Cover versions

The Black Crowes covers Bob Dylan

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The Black Crowes covers Bob Dylan

The Black Crowes were an American rockband formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the following year. The follow-up, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, reached the top of the Billboard 200 in 1992.

After a hiatus between 2002 and 2005, the band released Warpaint, which hit number 5 on the Billboard chart.[1] After the release of a double album, the greatest hits-like and mostly acoustic Croweology in August 2010, the band started a 20th anniversary tour that was followed by an ongoing second hiatus. The band announced that they would return in early 2013 but that December they returned to hiatus status with no specific return date. They announced their break-up in 2015.

Here they are in a new post in our series where some of our favourite artists covers Bob Dylan. Enjoy!

Girl from the North Country:

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Bob Dylan, Cover versions, List

The 3rd post with 12 Bob Dylan covers done by incredible women

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The 3rd post with 12 Bob Dylan covers done by incredible women

This is my third collection of good cover versions of Dylan songs sung by incredible women, many of the songs are suggestions from our readers. Thank you, for great tips and for pointing me to great music that I hadn’t heard before.

Here are the other two posts:

The first post: 12 Bob Dylan covers done by incredible women 
The second post: 12 Bob Dylan covers done by incredible women 

Let us start with Joni, and wish her a happy recovery.

It’s all over now Baby Blue – Joni Mitchell (audio):

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Country, Merle Haggard, Music Calendar

April 06: Merle Haggard was born in 1937 Happy Birthday

April 06: Merle Haggard was born in 1937 Happy Birthday

“By the time you get close to the answers, it’s nearly all over.”
– Merle Haggard

The first time we met is a favorite memory of mine.
They say time changes all it pertains to
But your memory is stronger than time.
I guess everything does change except what you choose to recall.

Wikipedia:
Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music song writer, singer, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of the same era.

My Favorite Memory:

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Bob Dylan other, Cover versions

12 more Bob Dylan covers done by some incredible women

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12 more Bob Dylan covers done by some incredible women

We like cover versions here at JV, and here are some more good examples. They are not better than the originals, but they are different and they are good. …and before you kill me in the commentaries, listen to Miley Cyrus’ effort, it is surprisingly good!

We got mail, comments and facebook messages about who should have been included in PART 1, we just had to do a second post on this wonderful subject. It is great fun to dig into this matter once again.

To do a cover version is sign of appreciation, the artists show their love of other peoples creation. We try to find interpretations that add to the experience of the song, versions that are not too similar to the originals. We also trust our emminent taste when it comes to picking the renditions that we present here.

Enjoy!

Oh, and here’s part one

…and here are many more cover versions of Bob Dylan’s songs

Joan Baez – Sad eyed lady of The Lowlands (audio):

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