Watching the Covers Flow is a podcast that dives deep into covers of, and by, the most covered songwriter in rock and roll: Bob Dylan. Host Ray Padgett (Flagging Down the Double E's newsletter, Pledging My Time book) explores covers across era and genre, from a hip-hop "Subterranean Homesick Blues" to a bluegrass "Ring Them Bells" to Dylan's own frequent detours from writing his own songs to singing other people's.
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Watching the Covers Flow is a podcast that dives deep into covers of, and by, the most covered songwriter in rock and roll: Bob Dylan. Host Ray Padgett (Flagging Down the Double E's newsletter, Pledging My Time book) explores covers across era and genre, from a hip-hop "Subterranean Homesick Blues" to a bluegrass "Ring Them Bells" to Dylan's own frequent detours from writing his own songs to singing other people's.
In the first year of the Never Ending Tour, Dylan pulled out all the stops. Not only did he play deep cuts from his own catalog he'd never performed before, but he covered many unexpected songs, often from the folk songbook and often acoustic with G.E. Smith. Here are some of the best.
** The Public Version includes the first six songs. The Subscriber Version includes all 10 plus a full-songs bonus show. **
Songs in this episode (clips only) include:
Man of Constant Sorrow (Concord CA 6/7/88)
Lakes of Pontchartrain (Concord CA 6/7/88)
Eileen Aroon (Denver CO 6/15/88)
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Sacramento CA 6/9/88)
Pretty Boy Floyd (Oakland CA 12/4/88)
Two Soldiers (Sacramento CA 6/9/88)
San Francisco Bay Blues (Canandaigua NY 6/28/88)
I'm Glad I Got To See You Once Again (Los Angeles CA 8/4/88)
Give My Love to Rose (Canandaigua NY 6/28/88)
Trail of the Buffalo (George WA 8/20/88)
Covers from other episodes are in the Watching The Covers Flow Playlist.
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Watching The Covers Flow
Watching the Covers Flow is a podcast that dives deep into covers of, and by, the most covered songwriter in rock and roll: Bob Dylan. Host Ray Padgett (Flagging Down the Double E's newsletter, Pledging My Time book) explores covers across era and genre, from a hip-hop "Subterranean Homesick Blues" to a bluegrass "Ring Them Bells" to Dylan's own frequent detours from writing his own songs to singing other people's.
