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15 great Americana/Country versions of Neil Young songs

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15 great Americana/Country versions of Neil Young songs

Neil Young has always had one foot in the rock camp and one in the country camp, he is one of the true entrepreneurs of country-rock. He has released pure rock albums and equally pure country albums, he has toured with rock bands and he has toured with a country music ensemble.

“I was told that no matter what I did, country radio would not play me, mostly because of my songwriting. I’d put out things like ‘Southern Man’ and ‘Alabama so culturally, they drew the line.” “But while we were not accepted by country radio, we were accepted by country musicians, they all played ‘Southern Man’ with me. They didn’t care. It wasn’t about that.” – Neil Young to Rolling Stone Magazine

I have picked 15 examples of  how his songs sounds in a country/americana setting, it sounds right , it sounds natural!

Whitehorse – Winterlong:

Whitehorse covers Neil Young’s “Winterlong” as part of The Road To Massey Hall live album

Over the Rhine – Long May You Run (live 2009):

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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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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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Bob Dylan, Cover versions, Singer Songwriter, Steve Earle

Steve Earle plays Bob Dylan

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Bergenfest 2013 photo: Hallgeir Olsen

Steve Earle: “Was Townes Van Zandt Better Than Bob Dylan?
…I’m kinda famous for something I said…I was asked for a sticker for a Townes record that came out in the 80s, I said, Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy-boots and say that. 
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It wasn’t that I thought that Townes was better than Bob Dylan. I just knew that Townes really needed the help.”

Well, I love both Van Zandt and Dylan, and so does Steve Earle. He has done songs by both on several occasions, and he did an entire album with Townes Van Zandt songs.

In this post we pick the best interpretations we can find of Steve Earle singing Bob Dylan’s songs.

Steve Earle – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright  at Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia,27 Feb 2011:

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Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan albums, Cover versions

Bob Dylan Shadows in the night track listing and Sinatra Spotify playlist

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Bob Dylan Shadows in the night

 

“It was a real privilege to make this album. I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a 5-piece band. That’s the key to all these performances. We knew these songs extremely well. It was all done live. Maybe one or two takes. No overdubbing. No vocal booths. No headphones. No separate tracking, and, for the most part, mixed as it was recorded. I don’t see myself as covering these songs in any way. They’ve been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day.”
– Bob Dylan

We have finally gotten the track list to Bob Dylan’s new album!

Shadows In The Night is Bob Dylan’s newest studio album, and marks the first new music from the artist since 2012’s worldwide hit Tempest. Featuring ten tracks, the Jack Frost-produced album is the 36th studio set from Bob Dylan and marks the first new music from the artist since 2012’s worldwide hit Tempest.

I have collected  Frank Sinatra’s songs into a playlist, enjoy!

Track Listings:

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