Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Volume 22: A Thousand Miles Behind

Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 22: A Thousand Miles Behind

It's been four weeks since the last edition of NSD, but the delay has certainly not been due to any lack of good material. We've got 22 new tracks for Volume 22, including 15 new artists and six new songs to the NSD canon. But what truly distinguishes this installment is the intentional absence of both "All Along the Watchtower" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," which must be the most covered Dylan songs around. Chances are they'll be back next time.

Many of Volume 22's performers may not be familiar at first glance (some because their names are usually hidden behind those of their bands), but they are all featured in the All Music Guide (allmusic.com), and I encourage you to look them up there. Of particular note is the Alpha Band cover of "You Angel You"--for those of you unfamiliar with these guys, they are Rolling Thunder Revue veterans T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles and David Mansfield. Also noteworthy are Robyn Hitchcock's backing band, the Nashville Crawdads, who include Peter Buck, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings and John Paul Jones.

As always, thanks to the tapers, the original uploaders, the folks who've sent me recordings, the fine artists who've created cover artwork, and especially the performers and 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). Please keep the suggestions and files coming--if you've got something good, PM me.

Enjoy!

01 Ye Playboys and Playgirls (Aug 31, 1992, Greenbelt Festival, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, UK) -- Dave Sharp and The Acoustic Terrorists
02 Maggie's Farm (unknown) -- Mike Seeger
03 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Apr 22, 1973, Record Plant, Sausalito, CA) -- Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson
04 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Jun 22, 2005, The Garage, Winston-Salem, NC) -- Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell
05 Oh, Sister (Mar 21, 2007, Crawdaddy, Dublin, Ireland) -- Andrew Bird
06 Silvio (Jun 2004, Roots On the River, Bellows Falls, VT) -- Amy Rigby
07 One Too Many Mornings (Aug 14, 2002, Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA) -- Jay Bennett and Edward Church
08 Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Jan 12, 1984, Rockefellers, Houston, TX) -- Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon & Al Perkins
09 When I Paint My Masterpiece (Apr 27, 1996, Merle Watson Memorial Bluegrass Festival, North Wilkesboro, NC) -- Tim and Mollie O'Brien
10 Tiny Montgomery (Mar 18, 2007, Belcourt Theatre, Nashville, TN) -- Robyn Hitchcock and the Nashville Crawdads
11 I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (Jul 02, 2002, Telford's Warehouse, Chester, England) -- Thea Gilmore
12 You Angel You (Dec 06, 1976, Paul's Mall, Boston, MA) -- Alpha Band
13 Buckets of Rain (Sep 15, 2000, Ted's Wrecking Yard, Toronto, Canada) -- Jimmy LaFave
14 Up to Me (Mar 19, 2007, World Cafe, Philadeplphia, PA) -- Moshav
15 I Threw It All Away (Oct 21, 1999, Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL) -- Jeff Tweedy
16 If You See Her Say Hello (Jun 04, 2002, Libreria Feltrinelli, Milan, Italy) -- Elliott Murphy
17 Sign on the Window (Mar 17, 2007, Irving Plaza, New York, NY) -- Circle Sound
18 The Man in Me (Feb 17, 2007, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA) -- David Bazan
19 Make You Feel My Love (Jul 03, 2006, Dublin Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland) -- Mary Black
20 Ring Them Bells (Jul 10, 2004, Jarhunderthalle, Bochum, Germany) -- Ron Sexsmith
21 I Shall Be Released (Sep 19, 2002, Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC) -- John Doe, Kristin Hersh, and Grant Lee Phillips
22 Blowin' in the Wind (Dec 17, 2002, Barnstormers Theater, Tamworth, NH) -- Bill Morrissey, Carol Noonan and Peter Heimlich