A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
It takes some nerve to cover a song from Blood on the Tracks, but Colvin does it with aplomb in this live version from 2015. The other guitarist is Steuart … Continue readingShawn Colvin: You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
From her 1995 album Wrecking Ball, Emmylou’s stellar version of the song premiered on Dylan’s LP Shot of Love, released in 1981.
Performed live in Glace Bay Nova Scotia in 2007, the Stripes’ percussive version of Dylan’s classic from the Desire album of almost 30 years earlier. Here’s a somewhat gentler version … Continue readingThe White Stripes: One More Cup of Coffee
ON a walk through the park the other day I saw dozens of blackbirds – every one of them male. Where all the ladies have gone I have no idea. … Continue readingSing a song of blackbirds
Bonnie’s version appeared on her 2012 album Slipstream, and very good it is too. The original was on Dylan’s Time out of Mind, released in 1997.
Originally on Dylan’s 1974 album Planet Waves, this fine version by Gregg Allman appeared on his eighth and last solo album Southern Blood in 2017. He died that same year.
In the 60s I lived in Beckenham, Kent, and this group were from neighbouring Bromley. When they released this in 1964 they had a signing session in the Beckenham record … Continue readingDenny Mitchell Soundsations: I’ve Been Crying
Margo and the boys in customary low-key mode for a song from Dylan’s 2020 collection Rough and Rowdy Ways.
This first appeared on Dylan’s Infidels album in 1983 and was covered by the Rodster 12 years later on A Spanner in the Works.
With 90 per cent of the country on strike, this seemed an apposite choice. It was written by group members Richard Hudson and John Ford and featured on their January … Continue readingStrawbs: Part of the Union