Simple Twist of Fate 2

You choose... a cover evolves.. just like Bob.

Without glasses means it's not being read and the story teller comes out a little better...

 

When I first learned in November 2013... a little slower and with glasses because it wasn't in my soul yet.

Dylan Parodies

I have become the Dylan Parodies writer for the EDLIS Cafe after I wrote this blog entry, and I have had many suggestions many of which I would call comedies rather than parodies, so started another collection called Dylan Comedies.  Here's the blog collection with new additions added to the bottom:

Since I wrote one I thought I should start a collection of them to make it easier to find, but I'm left disappointed in my first hour of investigating.  I believe a parody perfected by Weird Al, only he had the best one.




Tim Heidecker, of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! fame, has “leaked” Bob Dylan’s Super Bowl halftime song (the folk legend isn’t really performing this year, but let’s play along), and it’s just as strange and hilarious as you would imagine.  http://www.ifc.com/fix/2013/01/tim-heidecker-bob-dylan-super-bowl-parody



Some think a parody is just singing like Bob...

Here's a Joan Baez doing it http://youtu.be/tmx8uAxD41w?t=3m39s

Or John Lennon... not sure if the words are his or not :



"Did you know that American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is actually repsonsible for every hit song of the past 35 years?"... so this next one is funny but again to me it's not a true a parody.



Here's mine and a link to the lyrics... 



The National Lampoon did some great work and many of the songs are in Grooveshark that you can listen to at http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=dylan+parodies  The one I enjoyed the most is the Polka Dot Undies



Then Loudon Wainwright III uses his talking style that he borrowed from Woody to do this song about his story about the new Bob Dylans...

Dylan Comedies

With my connection to EDLIS Cafe as the guy who collects Dylan Parodies, many of the suggestions were more comedies.  So I thought it was best to put them into a collection too.

Did you know that Dylan turned the Rutles on to Tea?



He was a late night pitch man for a CD?



Of course Saturday Night Live's skit is wonderful and shows Woody gives Bob all of his songs:

Bob Dylan covers

Not sure who this Japanese performer artmnet0 is, or if it's a hobby like mine, but his page has over 1000 subscribers, and 2,000,000+ views.  I only visited him because of the Bob Dylan covers... pretty good.

Political World... from my favorite CD Oh Mercy.



Most of the Time... ALSO from my favorite CD Oh Mercy.



Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands... from Blonde on Blonde

Dylan, Celtic instruments, Jerry Douglas... how could this not be fantastic... and it is. I'm going to have to learn more about Sarah Jarosz; she's young talent; and she's playing an outstanding Dylan tune... and better than the original on my most favorite Dylan CD, Oh Mercy.  Count me with the critics, one of his best CDs.

Tangled up

Been busy to post too much... did find to learn a song that I knew 75% of... found out again that Dylan is one hell of a song writer.

Dave

Man in the Long Black Coat

I have always been a huge fan of Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy cd produced by the late Daniel Lanlois.... This review called my favorite song, "“Man In The Long Black Coat” is a story song, the kind he excels at. This think track is filled with apocalyptic imagery that is difficult to pin down. This is Dylan at his best." I basically knew the song almost by heart from listening to it, so I thought I would try my hand on covering it when I needed a project to test learning my new version of iMovie... I even uploaded it in a higher resolution. Enjoy.

Daily Song : The blessing of Charity....

We are the World 1985 and one of the most successful joint efforts of musicians and while they didn't save the world they did generate resources and one fantastic video. It was fun to look back, but let us not forget charity is something to live daily and locally. Yes I know they have an updated one for Haiti... another great cause. Here's my bias, I won't know anymore than a few on that video.

Forever young

So a highlight of my year is getting a great live recording of Allison and Matt covering this song during our May House concert. Crystal clear... thanks you two rock!



of course I never heard of Alphaville because only Dylan is truly Forever Young



and of course the song you are hearing during NFL Pepsi throwback commercials.

Smile... When Bob Dylan is (was) 64

ha... my apologies to Bob, John and of course Paul who likely wrote this mostly...

Dave

I'll be your baby

Bob Dylan can masterfully write some of the simplest of songs; and they hold up for ages. This one was released on John Wesley Harding LP.

Meet me in the morning

Lately I've been listening to Eric Clapton's cover of this Dylan Classic... and I really love this one... it made folding the laundry go much quicker.

Rock me Mama by Parkington Sisters

Ok a friend wanted me really know the Old Medicine Show and Rock Me Mama, so she got me the CD for my birthday. Of course I wonder how does one rock some one like a wagon wheel? I thought they wrote it.. HA... per Hickory Wind, Dylan did, no wonder it's great and it doesn't make sense. HA... Dave



Following is from: http://www.hickorywind.org/000327.php
Written by Bob Dylan with additional lyrics by Ketch Secor
Performed by the Old Crow Medicine Show

Headed down south to the land of the pines
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Starin' up the road
And pray to God I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
I can see my baby tonight

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey mama rock me

Runnin' from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
My baby plays the guitar
I pick a banjo now

Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain't a turnin' back
To livin' that old life no more

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey mama rock me

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly
Had a nice long toke
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee

And I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name
And I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh
At least I will die free

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey mama rock me

source of the lyrics

This song is without a doubt my favorite Old Crow Medicine Show song. The pedigree of this song is a bit interesting, however. It seems it's an unreleased song that may or may not be from Bob Dylan, but most likely is. Then the fiddler/singer from OCMS added his own lyrics. From the only lyric sheet I found of the original Bob version, it sounds like he added the majority of the verses, if not all.

More to the story from : http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858619338/

This song was actually originally called "Rock Me Mama" and was recorded in Mexico in 1972 for the Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid movie. However, it was never released and was never actually finished either. The only part existing at that point was the chorus.

The verses were added in by a guy named Ketch Secor, the lead singer of a bluegrass band called Old Crow Medicine Show, who released this finished version of the song a few years ago. It's by far their most popular song and is incredible to hear played live. Recently, Ketch went on a radio station and explained the origins of the song:

"It'd be my pleasure to dispel the myth and rumor about the song Wagon Wheel, or "Rock Me Mama" as Bob Dylan himself called the song when he recorded it down in Mexico in 1972 for the soundtrack of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. This song was not released, and it was not finished either, this is a demo of a practice session of him, Rob Stoner, and a couple of gals doing the chorus over and over again while the bass player learns the bass line. That's what I heard on a German bootleg about nine years ago in high school. And I wrote the lyrics to the song because I loved the chorus so much and I sung it in my head for maybe a year straight, and then just penned what I penned, which is something of an autobiographical story about just wanting to get outta town, gettin outta school, and just wanting to go play music. It's sort of autobiographical like that. But yeah, it's sort of a Bob Dylan co-write with about 25 years inbetween."


Anybody have a copy of that bootleg, or any other original version of this song?

And now you and I know the rest of the story... let's watch those pretty Parkington Sisters again! Yeah!

Farewell Angelina

This great cover of Bob Dylan's song is brought to you by Aiofe O'Donovan and Chris Thile in what was described as:

From the just held Pagosa Springs 4 Corners Festival. Sat. late night jam with the Bellville Bearface Crooked Punchdusters. you'll see many familiar faces here and I'll be naming names as I'm able; fiddle break is Phoebe Hunt(Bellville Station)and Odessa Jorgensen( Biscuit Burners) banjo thruout by Chris Pandolfi, mando by Thile and Jesse Cobb and Jason Norris (an mazing mandoist from the band Bearfoot). Of course, the IBMA nominated Andy on dobro, and the soon to be nominated Andy on guitar, along with Mike Mickelson (Bearfoot). Angela Oudean from Bearfoot takes the second fiddle break.- Motnovak

Now all I can tell you is that Aiofe must be watching Chris closely to stay in harmony. While I can't sing harmony worth a darn, I suspect it would hard to concentrate with that pretty smiling face looking me straight in the eyes.



I don't know yet about the poster of the video, but found this one his site too... great Statesboro Blues cover by The Devil Makes Three.

I shall be released

I told you I'm going to be dangerous now that I've figured out how do these video things. Friday night had no gigs, no practice, but it did have an occasional teenager walking in the doors behind me.... I made it three plus minutes to record without distraction and did the song we cover in Rose River ever since I shared a cover it by Jack Johnson on The Band cover collection called Endless Highway. That link says it's available free there.... go for it... I own the cd.

Tim, Paula, and Shelly make me sound a lot better live... we have a few private parties, so the next time we're at the Freight House is my birthday weekend Friday and Saturday around May 2nd.