24 May 2025

Nashville Babylon: Saturday 24 May 2025

From Nashville Babylon, 6:00 pm on 24 May 2025
Bob Dylan, 1963

Bob Dylan, 1963 Photo: supplied


This week's Nashville Babylon celebrates Bob Dylan's 84th birthday with a selection of cover versions of his finest work from the likes of Mavis Staples, Solomon Burke, Esther Phillips, Bryan Ferry, RL Burnside and Willie Nelson.

Music played:

Artist: Mavis Staples & Levon Helm
Track: Gotta Serve Somebody
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Carry Me Home
Label: Anti

Artist: Bob Dylan
Track: Highway 61 Revisited
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Highway 61 Revisited
Label: Columbia

Artist: Bryan Ferry
Track: Simple Twist Of Fate
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Dylanesque
Label: Virgin

Artist: Esther Phillips
Track: Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: The Roulette Sides
Label: Warner

Artist: RL Burnside
Track: Everything Is Broken
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Tangled Up In Blues
Label: House Of Blues

Artist: Solomon Burke
Track: The Mighty Quinn
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Proud Mary
Label: Sundazed

Artist: Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
Track: Don't Think Twice It's Alright
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Django and Jimmie
Label: Legacy

Artist: Them
Track:It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Them Again
Label: Decca

Artist: Emma Swift
Track: Queen Jane Approximately
Composer: Dylan
Artist: Blonde On The Tracks
Label: Tiny Ghost Records

Artist: The Brothers and Sisters
Track: All Along The Watchtower
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Dylan's Gospel
Label: Ode

Artist: Bob Dylan
Track:  Like A Rolling Stone
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Highway 61 Revisited
Label: Columbia

Artist: The Noveltones
Track: Left Bank Two
Composer: Wayne Hill
Album: Left Bank Two
Label: De Wolfe Music

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