Bob Dylan sings “Girl From The North Country” at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, December 4, 1988.
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Video: Rosanne Cash Sings Bob Dylan’s ‘Girl From the North Country’
Beautiful version of “Girl From the North Country,” the song Rosanne Cash’s father sang with Bob Dylan on Nashville Skyline.
Cash was at Town Hall in New York city, a venue that Bob Dylan played back in 1963 — 50 years ago.
Plus listen to more Rosanne Cash live at the World Cafe.
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Audio: Leon Russell Sings Bob Dylan’s ‘Girl From the North Country’ – Dec. 11, 1970
Leon Russell live at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, 1970, performing “Girl From the Nprth Country.”
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Audio: Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash’s ‘Nashville Skyline’ Session – Feb. 18, 1969
Yesterday I did a post about the first Nashville Skyline session to produce music that ended up on the album. (There was an unproductive session the previous day but no information about what was recorded has surfaced.)
Aside from the resulting album, Nashville Skyline, a country gem that is as peculiar as it is enjoyable, what is most interesting about the making of the album has to do with a guest artist who joined Dylan in the studio on February 18, 1969.
Johnny Cash!
Previously Dylan hadn’t had much luck working with other big stars. Things were awkward with John Lennon, and he didn’t care for Andy Warhol at all, according to those who were at the Factory when Dylan met Warhol.
But with Johnny Cash Dylan hit pay dirt. Their recording of “Girl From the North Country” is terrific, and some of other others are wonderful.
So today I’m posting a bunch of songs from the Dylan/Cash session plus an alternative take of “Country Pie” from the February 14, 1968 session.
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “One Too Many Mornings” take 1:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “One Too Many Mornings” version 2:
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, “I Still Miss Someone”:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “Careless Love”:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “That’s Alright Mama”:
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, “Big River”:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “Girl From the North Country,” this is on Nashville Skyline but it’s awesome so I couldn’t leave it out:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “I Walk the Line”:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “Ring of Fire”:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “Guess Things Happen That Way”:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “Just A Closer Walk With Thee”:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “Blue Yodel” version 1:
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, “Blue Yodel” version 2:
“Country Pie,” alternative version with steel guitar:
Video: Bob Dylan Plays ‘Girl From The North Country’ & Others On Canadian TV – Feb. 1, 1964
Fifty years ago on February 1, 1964 Bob Dylan did a 30 minute performance at CBC Studios for Canadian TV. He appeared on a regular program called Quest that ran between 1961 and 1964 and focused on the arts.
Dylan’s show was called “The Times They Are a-Changin’” and produced in Toronto by Daryl Duke. It aired on March 10, 1964.
What you get here is Dylan in his prime folky protest mode. His voice is great, the performances are terrific and the songs are superb.
Dylan performs:
1 The Times They Are A Changin’
2 Talkin’ World War III Blues
3 Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
4 Girl From the North Country
5 A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
6 Restless Farewell
Entire show:
Here’s a version on YouTube:
Part One:
Part Two:
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Audio: Bob Dylan Songs To Start Off The New Year
Today being the beginning of this new year, 2014, I was thinking about songs that really get me going in the morning, songs that when I hear them, I feel an energy and I want to get things rolling. Or songs that make me laugh, or smile, or dance around the room.
Bob Dylan has quite a few of those kinda songs, and today I feature a selection of them. Enjoy.
“New Morning” always makes me smile. It’s one of Dylan’s most upbeat songs, a great way to start any day and certainly a great way to kick off the new year:
“Black Crow Blues” off Another Side of Bob Dylan starts off a bit down and out but it’s filled with Dylan’s humor. I dig his honky tonk piano the most, and there’s a drive to it that energizes me:
“Girl From the North Country” off Nashville Skyline always blows my mind because the song itself is a classic and both Dylan and Johnny Cash deliver terrific vocals. Their voices go together so well here. I always smile at the end when they trade off and repeat the line “true love of mine”:
“Country Pie,” also from Nashville Skyline, is a throwaway, but what the hell, it’s upbeat and fun and if I get this one playing in the morning no way can things go any way but right:
“Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream” from Bringing It All Back Home false starts with Dylan and his producer cracking up, before Dylan launches in to a shaggy dog story that presents a surreal view of pre-Columbus America. This one nails it on so many levels:
“Romance In Durango” off Desire is a beautiful Spanish-flavored song with a great ragged vocal; this one makes me want to dance around the room:
“Please, Mrs. Henry,” from the “Basement Tapes” is so much fun. How can the new year be anything but great when music this good exists:
“Open the Door, Homer,” another crazy track from the “Basement Tapes” that is more fun than two barrels of monkeys:
“Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” off Blonde On Blonde is the perfect way to end this mix of Dylan songs to start off the new year with an oomph. Dig it!
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