Best Dylan Covers?

I'm making a comp for a friend, how 'bout some suggestions?

nick drake covering cocaine blues

black rebel motorcycle club-lonesome death of hattie carroll
the white stripes-black jack davey (or one more cup of coffee is good as well)

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

jimi hendrix - all along the watchtower
jimi hendrix - like a rolling stone
fairport convention - percy's song
fairport convention - i'll keep it with mine
fairport convention - si tu dois partir (if you gotta go, go now)
sandy denny - tomorrow is a long time
fotheringay - too much of nothing
thalia zedek - you're a big girl now
yo la tengo - i threw it all away
moose - positively 4th street
the byrds - mr. tambourine man
the byrds - my back pages
the byrds - you ain't goin' nowhere
the byrds - it's alright, ma (i'm only bleeding)
the band - tears of rage
the band - i shall be released
the band - this wheel's on fire
the band - when i paint my masterpiece
nick drake - don't think twice, it's alright
13th floor elevators - it's all over now, baby blue
television - knockin' on heaven's door
michael chapman - ballad in plain d
nick cave & the bad seeds - death is not the end
nick cave & the bad seeds - wanted man
nico - i'll keep it with mine
heron - only a hobo
the bluethings - girl from the north country
mike bloomfield & al kooper - it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
them - it's all over now, baby blue
emmylou harris - when i paint my masterpiece
gene clark - tears of rage
neil young - just like tom thumb's blues
neil young - all along the watchtower

Originally posted by snailhook:
fairport convention - percy's song

I heard that version for the first time a few weeks ago – it is excellent. Percy's Song has always been one of my favorite Dylan tunes.

fairport's version of "percy's song" is one of my most listened to songs. i have a few different copies on vinyl and they're all wearing out. easily one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking songs recorded…sandy denny and richard thompson's vocals, with the dulcimer and guitar playing, and the excellent drumming…just total perfection.

Visions Of Johanna – Lee Ranaldo (1991)

Tonight Iâ??ll Be Staying Here With You – The Charlatans (2002)

If You Gotta Go, Go Now – Cowboy Junkies (1992)

I Threw It All Away – Yo La Tengo (1989)

the replacements - "like a rolling pin"

the secret machines do a fantastic shoegazey live cover of "girl from the north country", i'm not sure if it's on an album

Thanks for the suggestions, keep 'em coming. So far I've chosen for the comp (which is now looking to be multi-disc):

Them- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Bill Frisell- Just Like a Woman
PJ Harvey- Highway 61 Revisited
Roy Buchanan- Sign on the Window
Cat Power- Paths of Victory
The Byrds- My Back Pages
The Ramones- My Back Pages
The Neville Brothers- With God on Our Side
William Shatner- Mr. Tambourine Man (!)
Waylon Jennings- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
The Pogues- When the Ship Comes In
The Secret Machines- Girl From the North Country
Frank Black- Changing of the Guards
The Stooges- Ballad of Hollis Brown
Nina Simone- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
White Stripes- One More Cup of Coffee
Neko Case- Buckets of Rain
Mel Gibson- Make You Feel My Love (!)

Originally posted by you be pickup:
Waylon Jennings- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

I like the Mike Ness version:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/aw5dr5

the 13th floor elevators version of "it's all over now, baby blue" is just devastatingly awesome. don't even bother making the comp if you don't put that on there, seriously. "i shall be released" by marion williams has always been a favorite. i think it was used in a recent nike/lebron ad campaign, actually. and while the nico version of "i'll keep it with mine" is excellent, i prefer the version by rainy day, that one-off paisley underground band from the '80s featuring susanna hoffs and others. their version of "i'll keep it with mine" is really, really gorgeous.

david bazan - the man in me

"You Ain't Going Nowhere" and "Nothing Was Delivered" bookending The Byrd's Sweethearts of the Rodeo

and while the nico version of "i'll keep it with mine" is excellent, i prefer the version by rainy day, that one-off paisley underground band from the '80s featuring susanna hoffs and others. their version of "i'll keep it with mine" is really, really gorgeous.

great call, booker! i knew i was forgetting a killer version of that song. fairport's is also gorgeous. that rainy day album is a sleeper, no one ever drops the science on that one.

one could make a great comp of dylan covers using just the band and the byrds and fairport.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by you be pickup:
Waylon Jennings- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

I like the Mike Ness version:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/aw5dr5

+ 1,000,000,000.

It leaves Dylan's in the dust. One of the best break-ups songs ever.

Brian

the poster children's cover of 'Isis' was a staple on my college radio show in the early 90's.

The Crust Brothers "Marguee Mark" is great if you can find it. It's a live album of Stephen Malkmus and Silkworm playing a bunch of Basement Tapes songs. Also has a great version of "Tuesday's Gone" for when you get around to your Skynyrd comp.

16 Horsepower - Nobody 'Cept You