Bob Dylan. Damn near every musician under the sun has been influenced by him or covered one of his songs. There are more tribute albums to this Duluth, Minnesota native than I care to count, and yet I've found myself adding my own version. Sure it's been done before, but if it ain't broke why fix it?
Dylan was able to simultaneously pay tribute to legends like Son House, Woody Guthrie, and Bukka White while changing the landscape of what was arguably the best era for rock and roll: the 1960's and 70's. His undeniable reach changed the Beatles from "I Want To Hold Your Hand" boy-band pop-bullshit artists into the genre smashing, more popular than Jesus bad motherfuckers they would come to be. His symbiotic relationships with the Grateful Dead and Johnny Cash helped America keep up with the likes of Clapton, Zeppelin, and The Who across the pond. Not to mention The Band started as an underscore on his concert tickets.
Simply put: the man is a God. I don't care how many times a compilation of his music has been presented, here's another:
Start Time – Artist / Track / Album
00:13 – Beck / Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat / War Child - Heroes Vol. 1
03:13 – The Soup Greens / Like A Rolling Stone / 60s Garage Nuggets
05:55 – Solomon Burke / Maggie's Farm / Blue and Soulful
08:08 – Eric Clapton / Knockin' On Heaven's Door / The Cream of Clapton
12:27 – The Hollies / When The Ship Comes In / The Hollies Sing Dylan
15:07 – Jim James & Calexico / Goin' To Acapulco / I'm Not There
20:01 – Link Wray / Girl From The North Country / Good Rockin' Tonight
23:11 – Nancy Sinatra / It Ain't Me Babe / Boots
25:40 – The White Stripes / One More Cup Of Coffee / The White Stripes
28:51 – Waylon Jennings / Don't Think Twice, It's Alright / Outlaw Reunion
31:31 – Manfred Mann / The Mighty Quinn / Chapter Two
34:21 – Ray LaMontagne and John Mayer / Tears of Rage / Love For Levon
40:25 – Odetta / Baby, I'm In The Mood For You / Odetta Sings Dylan
43:10 – Flogging Molly / The Times They Are A-Changin' / Chimes of Freedom
46:08 – Stephen Malkmus and The Million Dollar Bashers / Ballad Of A Thin Man / I'm Not There
52:53 – Sam Cooke / Blowin' In The Wind / Sam Cooke at the Copa
55:55 – Wilco with Fleet Foxes / I Shall Be Released / Live
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