Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 36: Down in the Easy Chair
The last one of these I did came out on Dylan's 70th birthday. Now we have one for America's 235th birthday. To celebrate, we have the first NSD appearance of "Let Me Die in My Footsteps," a lovely acoustic version by the Minnesota duo Roma di Luna.
As always, a big thanks to the tapers, the original uploaders, the nice folks who've sent me recordings, the fine artists who've created cover artwork, and especially the performers and most of all the composer. Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). If you've got something good that deserves consideration for future volumes, PM me.
Finally, I have started an MP3 blog, which will feature tracks not in this series. Right now, you can get Jeff Tweedy's cover of "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," which I believe is new to circulation; it's a studio outtake from the "I'm Not There" soundtrack. I'll be adding stuff daily, if there seems to be interest. (I won't be posting MP3 versions of this series, as Music Ruined My Life is already doing a fine job of that.) Here's the link:
http://smallfiguresinavastexpanse.blogspot.com/
01 Lay Down Your Weary Tune - Jefferson Airplane (Jan 15, 1966,Kiskano Theater, Vancouver BC)
02 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Joe Henry (Oct 27, 1993, Finale Emilia, Italy)
03 Maggie's Farm - Kris Kristofferson, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Richie Havens, Warren Haynes, Taj Mahal(May 3, 2009, Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
04 New Pony - Ron Sexsmith (Jul 14th, 1996, Toronto, ONT)
05 Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Frank Turner (Jun 19, 2011, Vienna, Austria)
06 Meet Me in the Morning - Sarah Jarosz (Jul 18, 2009, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Oak Hill, NY)
07 Nobody 'Cept You - 16 Horsepower (Mar 20, 2000, Doornroosje, Nijmegen)
08 Mr. Tambourine Man - Doug Sahm and Jerry Garcia (Nov 23, 1972, Thanksgiving Jam, Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX)
09 Just Like a Woman - Avett Brothers with Simon Felice (Jun 4, 2011, Mountain Jam, Hunter Mountain, NY)
10 Highway 61 Revisited - David Gogo Blues Band (Aug 23, 2009, Edmonton Blues Festvial, Alberta, Canada)
11 All Along the Watchtower - Paul Weller (Nov 20, 2010, Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
12 Let Me Die in My Footsteps - Roma di Luna (Aug 9, 2008, Hosmer Library, Minneapolis, MN)
13 Odds and Ends - Bottle Rockets (Dec 25, 1998,
Hi-Pointe Cafe, St. Louis, Missouri)
14 The Mighty Quinn - Band of Heathens (May 5, 2010, Piano, Dortmund, Germany)
15 Long Distance Operator - Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi (Dec 31, 2007, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA)
16 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - REM and Robyn Hitchcock (Mar 15, 1991, The Borderline, London)
17 I Shall Be Released - Robbie Robertson, Elvis Costello, and Rita Coolidge (May 11, 1995, Piazzi San Giovanni in Rome )
18 Love Rescue Me - U2 (May 24, 2011, University of Utah, Salt Lake City)
"I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged." - Bob Dylan