WTCF.04 The NET Begins – Acoustic Folk Covers ’88
03/29/24 • 17 min
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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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.
EXTENDED EDITIONS: To hear the Extended and Bonus Episodes of our shows:
- Subscribe to FM+ : Click the subscribe button in Apple Podcasts or sign up here.
- Join FM Premium: Get an FM+ Subscription plus video interviews, blog posts, a weekly bonus email and more.
MORE LINKS
- Flagging Down The Double E’s - Ray’s Dylan Newsletter
- Search all of our podcasts by album, song, or topic.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
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Previous Episode
WTCF.03 The Most 80’s Covers of Bob Dylan Songs
Digging through the many, many Dylan covers released in the late '80s to find the ones that sound the MOST '80s, turning Bob tunes into post-punk goth, hair metal, and Run-DMC style hip-hop.
Songs in this episode include:
- With God on Our Side (by Wire Train)
- Like a Rolling Stone (by Mitch Ryder)
- Wanted Man (by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
- You Ain't Goin Nowhere (by The Rave-Ups)
- Subterranean Homesick Blues (by Wack Attack)
- All Along the Watchtower (by Giant Sand)
- Gotta Serve Somebody (by Luther Ingram)
The following covers are included in the Extended Edition of this episode available to FM+ Subscribers. Details Below.
- The Times They Are A-Changin` (by Nervous Eaters)
- This Wheel's on Fire (by Siouxsie and the Banshees)
- Positively 4th Street (by X)
- License to Kill (by Richie Havens)
- She's Your Lover Now (by Luxuria)
- Chimes of Freedom (by Bruce Springsteen)
- Blind Willie McTell (by The Dream Syndicate)
- Thula Sizwe / I Shall be released (by Friends First)
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door (by Guns n' Roses)
The episode includes only clips from these songs.
To hear the full versions of these songs from other shows check out the Watching The Covers Flow Playlist.
Songs 2, 5, 10, 11, and 14 are not available on the streaming services.
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WTCF.05 Traveling Wilburys – The Covers
Despite the group's five superstars, the Traveling Wilburys have been covered less than you might think. Today the show investigates covers of both the few songs lots of artists cover (Handle with Care, End of the Line) and the many more Wilburys tunes that have only been covered once or twice.
Songs in this episode include:
- Headstones — Tweeter and the Monkey Man
- Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins — Handle with Care
- Dr. John ft. Aaron Neville — End Of The Line
- Petr Rezek & Karel Vágner — Jak Ty To Děláš [Congratulations]
- The Sweetback Sisters — Rattled
- Killing the Day — If You Belonged to Me
- Adrian Belew — Not Alone Anymore SHOW CONTINUES ON THE EXTENDED EDITION
- Sweet Lights — Handle with Care
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — Tweeter and the Monkey Man
- George Harrison — If You Belonged to Me
The episode includes only clips from these songs. Full versions of these covers are in the Watching The Covers Flow Playlist.
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