The Rolling Stones haven’t covered many songs by Bob Dylan, but they came together in 2011 to record a tribute to their departed (from this earth) piano player, Ian Stewart. Their cover of “Watching The River Flow” is a good one. It appears on the Ben Waters album Boogie 4 Stu: A Tribute To Ian Stewart.

And I like both Keith Richards’ take on “Girl From The North Country,and his version of the Luke Jordan song Bob Dylan also covered, “Cocaine Blues.”

Keith Richards, “Girl From The North Country”:

Keith Richards, “Cocaine Blues”:

The Rolling Stones and friends, “Watching the River Flow”:

On this last track:

KEITH RICHARDS — GUITAR
MICK JAGGER — VOCALS, HARMONICA
CHARLIE WATTS — DRUMS
RONNIE WOOD — GUITAR
BILL WYMAN — BASS
BEN WATERS – PIANO
TOM WATERS — ALTO SAX
WILLY GARNET — SAX
DON WELLOR — SAX
ALEX GARNET — BARITONE SAX
DAVE SWIFT — TAMBOURINE

[I just published my rock ‘n’ roll novel, True Love Scars.” Rolling Stone has a great review of my book in the new issue. Read it here. There’s info about True Love Scars here.]

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