Watching The Covers Flow
Watching the Covers Flow 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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Ray Padgett
Ray Padgett writes the newsletter Flagging Down the Double E’s, about Bob Dylan in concert; is the author of Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members; and founded the cover-songs blog Cover Me.
This is the first episode of Watching The Cover Flow a podcast that dives deep into covers of, and by, the most covered songwriter in rock and roll: Bob Dylan.
Empire Burlesque gets a lot of grief from Dylan fans for its oh-so-'80s production. Can the songs be redeemed when delivered in other styles by other artists?
Songs covered include:
- Tight Connection To My Heart (Jon Carrol & Love Returns)
- Seeing The Real You At Last (Betty LaVette)
- I’ll Remember You (Amy LaVere)
- Clean Cut Kid (Carla Olson)
- Never Gonna Be The Same Again (Ron Sexsmith)
- Trust Yourself (Carlene Carter)
- Emotionally Yours (The O’Jays)
- When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky (Lucius)
- Something’s Burning Baby (Scott B. Sympathy)
- Dark Eyes (Iron & Wine / Calexico)
The show includes only samples of each song, but you can listen to the complete versions on the Watching The Covers Flow Playlist.
- Apple Music : https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/wtcf-season-one/pl.u-d2b0kxjtLZR3WJA
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1kWORF8WqnQ1bZAZlCzGp2?si=366cf2a302f6493b
- Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/478c4288-0aae-41cc-9351-d7dd22b4cff0
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