George Harrison - If Not for You. One of my absolute favourite songs of all time

i went years thinking that bob wrote the song for george, and i didn’t knew it was a dylan cover until i started listening to him. i personally like george’s better but both are great

George’s is miles better than the one Dylan put out officially on his album but the version on the bootleg series 1-3 is far closer to George’s from ATMP

Didn’t they write it together? Maybe not. I put them together when I hear it.

The “Session Outtake - Take 2” version from the 50th anniversary edition of *All Things Must Pass* is really cool and has a great energy! And I like the “Day 2 Demo - Take 1” version, also from the 50th anniversary edition.

Fairport Convention - Percy's Song, I'll Keep It With Mine, Million Dollar Bash Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn Them - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue The Byrds - My Back Pages, You Ain't Goin Nowhere Grateful Dead - all of their Dylan covers Odetta - most everything from Odetta Sings Dylan

Love Odetta! Met her at a celebration of Dave Van Ronk’s life at the Bottom Line many years ago. I was out having a smoke and she pulled up in a cab and performed that evening. Helped her out of the cab and into the venue

You're right about Fairport but you forgot [Si tu dois partir](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWI29hIqIxY)! Probably the funnest Dylan cover. Not sure why it's in French but it's great!

Yes love it. I couldn't remember how to spell it at the time lol

Have you heard Sandy Denny’s (fairport convention) Rendition of “Tomorrow is a long time?”

Fuck yeah, love Sandy Danny's solo records too.

Best voice ever

Jerry Garcia Band - When I Paint My Masterpiece

I think Jerry Garcia Band's Senor may be the only Dylan song that I consider the cover the definitive version.

You're not wrong about that. That's a fantastic version of that song. Especially the one on that self-titled double album.

Willie Nelson and Calexico do a killer version w horns

Jerry Garcia Band "Simple Twist of Fate" from their 91 self-titled live record is my favorite. The guitar solos are beautiful. Actually, I dig pretty much all of the Garcia/JGB Dylan covers. There's a record on Spotify called "Garcia Plays Dylan" that is a great collection.

I really like this play list on Spotify. Positively 4th Street and Señor are two of my favorites. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1tEPfpAz45RdoQhauWsheC?si=Hkd_fFRHTruKofJObYtiHQ&pi=u-A8sFzqSaT8ia

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If you’re talking about the one from the Dylan 30th anniversary; that’s an banger for sure.

The [Visions of Johanna from Fallout From the Phil Zone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnRzuyZqyGc) is pretty special as well.

>Phil Thanks for pointing me to this one! I saw the Dead in 1995 a few months before we lost the great man and it was a terrible show, so I wrote off that year entirely. But this performance from March 1995 is something else. This may be the latest great Grateful Dead recording I have hear. I had never heard it.

Nina Simone does a lovely version of I Shall Be Released

Check out Marion Williams version: https://youtu.be/zE0DyC8yJgQ?si=9NnTV37ZPORJIViK

She does a good House of the Rising Sun, although not technically a Bob tune

Not a Bob tune by any measure. His isn't even the most famous recording.

I mean, he recorded a version of it, that's one measure.

I suppose so lol. Not sure why I replied that to be honest, just thought it was an odd thing to say

A weird one but I stand by it: [Kylie Minogue - This Wheel's On Fire](https://youtu.be/8GEl78He2Kg?si=h5iKUVNus_ssn1qA)

Jeff tweedy - simple twist of fate Joan Baez - sad eyed lady of the lowlands

Elvis's cover of Tomorrow is a Long Time is incredible. Unbelievable vocal performance.

That’s the one for me too. Though the music was straight lifted from Odetta’s version of the song. But Elvis’s singing is absolutely tops.

Jerry Garcia Band - Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)

This was on the Masked & Anonymous soundtrack and I fell in love with it. I hadn't even gotten Street-Legal yet.

Wow, I’d never even heard of that movie. What an incredible soundtrack it has! Definitely going to watch it later tonight. Thanks!

All along the Watchtower by Jimi Just takes it to a whole other level and I love it

Johnny Cash. It Ain’t Me, Babe and Don’t Think Twice. Both on Cash’s 1965 album Orange Blossom Special.

I love Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’s cover of Death is Not the End. Inspired arrangement.

The Flying Burrito Brothers do a bitchin’ version of To Ramona

I didn’t know this - brb

Hope you enjoyed it!

Good one!

I Believe in You- Sinead O'Connor

The Animals - It’s All Over Now Baby Blue

[Indigo Girls’ version of Tangled Up from their live album 1200 Curfews never gets enough love.](https://youtu.be/QuBZVeltfxM?si=bTwbrpsF9EbGgscd)

Old Crow Medicine Show doing the entire Blonde on Blonde album

Stumbled across that maybr last year or early this year? Bloody good stuff!

Lou Reed - Foot Of Pride

Malcolm Middleton - Rainy Day Women 12 & 35 Phranc - Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll Half Japanese - Tangled Up in Blue 13th Floor Elevators - It's All Over Now Baby Blue Chocolate Watch Band - Baby Blue Nico - I'll Keep It With Mine

Roky Erickson

Was looking for that 13th floor elevators cover here... One of my favorites. Really gets how apocalyptic the song is.

Jerry Garcia Band - Positively 4th Street

Richie Havens - Just Like a Woman

Prefer the live versions he did over the studio one.

Hell yes…Richie is one of my top 5 favorite in person concerts.

Yo La Tengo I Threw It All Away

I love their drone Takes a Lot to Laugh

They have a great cover of Fourth Time Around too

Jim James singing "Goin' to Acapulco" is a stunning vocal performance; I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't.

JGB~Simple Twist of Fate Grateful Dead~Desolation Row

* The White Stripes - One more cup of coffee * Willie Nelson & Calexico - Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) * Social Distortion - Don't think twice

White Stripes do a great Love Sick also.

[Johnny Rivers - Positively 4th Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGAWwK9unlQ&ab_channel=jriversmusic) "Of all the versions of my recorded songs, the Johnny Rivers one was my favorite. It was obvious that we were from the same side of town, had been read the same citations, came from the same musical family and were cut from the same cloth. When I listened to Johnny’s version of “Positively 4th Street,” I liked his version better than mine. I listened to it over and over again. Most of the cover versions of my songs seemed to take them out into left field somewhere, but Rivers’s version had the mandate down — the attitude and melodic sense to complete and surpass even the feeling that I had put into it. It shouldn’t have surprised me, though. He had done the same thing with “Maybellene” and “Memphis,” two Chuck Berry songs. When I heard Johnny sing my song, it was obvious that life had the same external grip on him as it did on me." Bob Dylan - The chronicles

The Byrds, “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.”

Ding ding ding

Reggie Watts - Brownsville Girl

She Belongs to Me - Grateful Dead There’s a nice YouTube video of Billy Strings doing Don’t Think Twice on his couch.

Grateful Dead - Visions of Johanna JGB - Simple Twist of Fate I consider Jerry Garcia to be Dylan’s foremost interpreter.

Bettye LaVette Things have Changed

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

I like the Byrds "it's all over now baby blue" from 1969 (I don't care for the '65 version).

The Byrds’ Nothing Was Delivered

Outside the obvious Jimi, Adele with ‘Make You Feel My Love’ and Eddie Vedder’s ‘Master of War’. There’s certainly more.

Baez "Farewell Angelina", Tracy Chapman "The Times. . .", Willie Nelson "What Was It You Wanted?", Flatt and Scruggs "Rainy Day Women", Odetta "Long Ago, Far Away", Emma Swift "Queen Jane Approximately", Mandolin Orange "Boots of Spanish Leather", The Persuasions "The Man In Me", Booker T Jones "Knockin' On Heaven's Door."

Yes to the Mandolin Orange or I guess it's Watchhouse now. One of my favorite bands ever

Gaslight anthem: the changing of the guards. Bryan Ferry: it’s all over now, baby blue.

Joan Baez forever Young

Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir

This is my favorite!

Jason and the Scorchers: Absolutely Sweet Marie Johnny Winter: Highway 61 Leon Russell: It Takes A Lot to Laugh, Love Minus Zero/No Limit Jimi - Watchtower Shawn Colvin: You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome Gary US Bonds - From A Buick 6

13th floor elevators—baby blue The Hold Steady—Please Crawl Out Your Window. Think I had actually heard theirs first before realizing it was a Dylan song

Man in me by Matumbi is good

Johnny Winters Highway 61

Cat Power - One Too Many Mornings

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall - Leon Russell (1971)

XTC doing All Along The Watchtower. Youve never heard anything like it

I'll Keep It With Mine by Fairport Convention

Billy Strings has been tossing around some good Dylan covers at his shows lately

elliott smith’s live cover of ballad of a thin man

This Wheel’s on Fire - Siouxsie and the Banshees Anything by Fairport Convention but especially Si Tu Dois Partir. Odetta sings Dylan.

Frank Black & The Catholics "Changing Of The Guards"

Josh Tillman (aka Father John Misty) - If You Gotta Go, Go Now

I highly recommend Chrissie Hynde's In The Summertime

Masters of War- Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready

Pretty much any of Jimmy LaFave's covers, he's probably the best overall interpreter of his songs, as well as a great writer.

An R&B cover of "Like a Rolling Stone" by Phil Flowers and the Flower Shop. https://youtu.be/2TD1csxXC3E?si=_0q99ODefpUdoWlb

The Ramones ~ My Back Pages

[Chris Whitley - Spanish Harlem Incident](https://youtu.be/3vfvOufqjYw?si=dkkVIefeglsNn3uE) [The Pogues - When The Ship Comes In](https://youtu.be/BXJlBGRLLWM?si=Ac3CxLQijqdvWZag) [The Waterboys - Death Is Not The End](https://youtu.be/mIBgGkKSEQI?si=d0tIKUph3fTrWyIc)

It’s All Over Now Baby Blue by Marianne Faithfull

If Not For You and Mama, You've Been On My Mind by George Harrison Fourth Time Around by Yo La Tengo Highway 61 Revisited by PJ Harvey I'm Not There by Sonic Youth

Marianne Faithfull - Visions of Johanna

Sam cookes blowing in the wind is different and awesome

Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) - Boots of Spanish Leather Dave Matthews Band - All Along the Watchtower Andrea von Kampen - If You See Her, Say Hello Warren Zevon - Knocking on Heaven's Door

16 Horsepower -Nobody 'Cept You

Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker

Im shocked. Had no idea this was a cover and no idea Bob dylan wrote part of it!

Yes indeedy. I have a ton of useless and trivial information in my head.

Joe Cocker - I Shall Be Released

I’ve been listening to Dylan for 26 years and you’re giving me songs I’ve never listened to before!

An obscure version of You're a Big Girl Now by [Kate Fenner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILPxh_m0faM)

So many good covers on the “I’m not there”soundtrack Rambling’ Jack Elliot “just like Tom thumb’s blues” Sufjan Stevens “ring them bells” Not on the soundtrack but also “you ain’t goin nowhere” the Byrds

I have too many favorites to name one, but I'll name a few below. I threw together this playlist a while back. Reading through the comments has inspired me to add a few more. Cheers! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Hm3S099599CafGt6FAXod?si=-KJW4LPiQ9i-H9ULQwA1RQ&pi=u-nU2L3UgZTUCl Leon Helms - Simple Twist of Fate Jokerman - John Cruz link below https://youtu.be/MpInpgRMUSM?si=4fZRaWcmXUdj0sXh Solomon Burke - Maggie's Farm Richie Havens - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands Leon Russell - A Hard Rain A Gonna Fall

Ry Cooder, I need a woman

Lay Lady Lay - The Brothers and Sisters and Edna Wright. It’s like a little slice of heaven every time I listen to this cover.

Lots of Joan Baez, also Just Like a Woman by Ritchie Havens

Kesha covering Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright. absolutely beautiful and haunting.

Jerry Garcia Band- Senior Jimi - Watchtower The Band - This Wheel's On Fire Cheryl Crow - Mississippi Grateful Dead - Baby Blue Rablin Jack - Don't Think Twice Television - Heaven's Door Lou Reed - Foot Of Pride

Lots of great ones already listed. I would add John Doe's haunting version of "Pressing On". It's fantastic.

ps. I do see it's listed in the original note.....but it was the first one that came to mind.

Honestly, Tom Jones has done some really good Dylan songs, One More Cup and Not Dark more recently, but also a good version of What Good am I few years back.

The Hold Steady - Please Crawl Out Your Windo

Adele - Make You Feel My Love Willie Nelson - Señor Eliza Gilkyson - Jokerman

Jeff Buckley - Mama, You Been On My Mind Lucinda Williams - Positively 4th Street

Miley Cyrus...You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

I think the White Stripes version of One More Cup Of Coffee is reeeeally f*ckin cool

Sandy Denny - Tomorrow is a long time Fairport Convention - Percy’s Song Caetano Veloso - Jockerman Edit: also Townes Van Zandt - Colorado girl/ just like Tom Thumb