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Audio/Video: Versions of ‘Maggie’s Farm’ by U2, the Grateful Dead, Toots Hibbert, Bob Dylan & Many More

Thought it would be a blast to listen to a variety of artists covering Bob Dylan’s “Maggie’s Farm.”

Below check out versions by Rage Against the Machine, the Grateful Dead, Uncle Tupelo, The Residents, The Waterboys, Toots Hibbert, The Specials, U2, Richie Havens, Stephen Malkmus, the Charlie Daniels Band and Solomon Burke.

Plus a version by David Grisman, John Hartford and Mike Seeger.

And Bob Dylan with and without The Band.

Hope you have as much fun with these as I did.

Rage Against the Machine, “Maggie’s Farm”:

[In August of this year I’ll be publishing my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.]

Grateful Dead, “Maggie’s Farm,” 1987:

Toots Hibbert, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm – Toots Hibbert by A Reggae Tribute To Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

Uncle Tupelo, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm by Uncle Tupelo on Grooveshark

Solomon Burke, “Maggie’s Farm”:

The Waterboys, “Maggie’s Farm”:

I Ain't Gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More by The Waterboys on Grooveshark

The Specials, “Maggie’s Farm”:

David Grisman, John Hartford, Mike Seeger, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm by David Grisman, John Hartford, & Mike Seeger on Grooveshark

The Residents, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggies Farm by The Residents on Grooveshark

The Charlie Daniels Band with Earl Scruggs, “Maggie’s Farm:

Maggie's Farm (With Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs And Gary Scruggs) by The Charlie Daniels Band on Grooveshark

U2, “Maggie’s Farm,” Live at “R.D.S. Showgrounds”, Dublin, Ireland, May 17, 1986:

Richie Havens, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm by Richie Havens on Grooveshark

David Bowie, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm [Live] by David Bowie on Grooveshark

Stephen Malkmus, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Bob Dylan and The Band, Oakland Coliseum, 1974, “Maggie’s Farm”:

maggie's farm by Bob Dylan & The Band on Grooveshark

Bob Dylan, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

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Video: Arctic Monkey’s Cover Tame Impala’s ‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’

The Arctic Monkeys participated in the Australian radio network Triple J’s “Like A Version” cover series, covering the Arctic Monkey’s “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards.”

The Arctic Monkeys’ acoustic version is quite good.

Arctic Monkeys, “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”:

And the original.

Tame Impala, “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”:

[In August of this year I’ll be publishing my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.]

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Video: Watch Sharon Van Etten Cover Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Drive All Night’

Sharon Van Etten’s Are We There is due out May 27, 2014. It just got a mindblowing review in the New Yorker.

While we wait for it we can watch Van Etten cover Bruce Springsteen’s “Drive All Night” at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.

Plus here she talks about her connection to Springsteen.

[In August of this year I’ll be publishing my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.]

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Audio: Stream Neil Young’s ‘A Letter Home’ Right Now!

Listen while you can.

Here it is:

01 A Letter Home intro

A Letter Home Intro by Neil Young on Grooveshark

02 Changes (Phil Ochs Cover)

Changes by Neil Young on Grooveshark

03 Girl From the North Country (Bob Dylan Cover)

Girl From The North Country by Neil Young on Grooveshark

04 Needle of Death (Bert Jansch Cover)

Needle Of Death by Neil Young on Grooveshark

05 Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot Cover)

Early Morning Rain by Neil Young on Grooveshark

06 Crazy (Willie Nelson Cover)

Crazy by Neil Young on Grooveshark

07 Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin Cover)

Reason To Believe by Neil Young on Grooveshark

08 On the Road Again (Willie Nelson Cover)

On The Road Again by Neil Young on Grooveshark

09 If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot Cover)

If You Could Only Read My Mind by Neil Young on Grooveshark

10 Since I Met You Baby (Ivory Joe Hunter Cover)

Since I Met You Baby by Neil Young on Grooveshark

11 My Hometown (Bruce Springsteen Cover)

My Hometown by Neil Young on Grooveshark

12 I Wonder If I Care as Much (Don Everly Cover)

I Wonder If I Care As Much by Neil Young on Grooveshark

[In August of this year I’ll be publishing my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.]

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Video: Arcade Fire Cover R.E.M.’s 1st single, ‘Radio Free Europe’

Last night Arcade Fire covered R.E.M.’s “Radio Free Europe” at Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood in Atlanta.

Today the members of R.E.M. posted on their Facebook page: “R.E.M. is honored by this elegant cover by Arcade Fire…”

Check it out.

Another view of the same performance but this includes “Here Comes the Night Time,” which the group played after “Radio Free Europe.”

Thanks Consequence of Sound!

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Audio: Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Thurston Moore Do Awesome Version of the Gun Club’s ‘Nobody’s City’

This is so great you need to just stop reading and click ‘play’ on the SoundCloud player below.

Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Thurston Moore cover the Gun Club’s terrific “Nobody’s City.”

The song appears on the just released Axels & Sockets, a collection Jeffrey Lee Pierce covers. Pierce, of course, was the leader of the Gun Club. (There’s another excellent cover at the bottom of this post.)

Album track list:

01 Iggy Pop & Nick Cave (feat. Thurston Moore) – Nobody’s City
02 The Amber Lights & Debbie Harry – Kisses For My President
03 Black Moth – Mexican Love
04 Julie Christensen – Weird Kid Blues
05 Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Ain’t My Problem Baby
06 Crippled Black Phoenix & Cypress Grove (feat. Mark Lanegan & Bertrand Cantat) – Constant Limbo (Constant Rain)
07 Nick Cave & Debbie Harry – Into The Fire
08 Kris Needs Presents…Honey – Thunderhead
09 Mark Lanegan & Bertrand Cantat – Desire By Blue River
10 The Amber Lights & Xanthe Waite – Kitty In The Moonlight
11 Ruby Throat – Secret Fires
12 Andrea Schroeder – Kisses For My President
13 James Johnston – Body And Soul
14 Primal Scream – Goodbye Johnny (Andrew Weatherall’s Nyabinghi Noir Mix)
15 Hugo Race – Break ‘Em Down
16 Cypress Grove – My Cadillac
17 Lydia Lunch & Jeffrey Lee Pierce – The Journey Is Long
18 Mark Stewart & Jeffrey Lee Pierce (feat. Thurston Moore) – Shame And Pain

This one is damn good too:

Black Moth, “Mexican Love”:

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Video: Justin Vernon, Megafaun Do ‘Boomer’s Story’ In Durham, NC

Last night Justin Vernon joined his old bandmates, Megafaun, for a spirited verson of Carson Jay Robison’s “Boomer’s Story,” the title song of Ry Cooder’s third album.

“Boomer’s Story”:

“Heretofore:

“Kaufman’s Ballad”:

Thanks, Stereogum!

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Audio: Neil Young Sings ‘Girl From the North Country’ on ‘A Letter Home,’ Plus More

Here’s Neil Young’s version of “Girl from the North Country,” which appears on his new album, A Letter Home.

Plus Neil Young’s cover of “Crazy”:

And “On the Road Again” (with Jack White adding vocals and piano):

“Needle of Death”:

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Video: Joni Mitchell Sings ‘Girl From the North Country.’ ‘I Shall Be Released’ & More

Joni Mitchell, 1969.

Joni Mitchell made some negative comments about Bob Dylan in 2010 and more recently.

Still, that didn’t stop her earlier in her career from singing his songs.

Check these out.

Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash, “Girl From the North Country,” October 1970:

Joni Mitchell and Pete Seeger, “Mr. Tambourine Man.” October 18, 1970:

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”:

Mama Cass, Joni Mitchell, Mary Travers, Mama Cass Show, 1969, “I Shall Be Released”:

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Audio: The Who’s Roger Daltrey & Wilko Johnson Do Bob Dylan’s ‘Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window’

On Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltry’s new album, Going Back Home, they cover Bob Dylan’s “Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window,” and while this isn’t Dylan and The Band, it’s damn good all the same.

Plus here’s an older version by Wilko Johnson that I like a lot.

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