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Shooting Star, { listen } Beacon Theatre, New York, New York, 4/26/05
Under The Red Sky, { listen } Beacon Theatre, New York, New York, 4/26/05
Visions of Johanna, { listen } Beacon Theatre, New York, New York, 4/25/05
High Water (for Charley Patton), { listen } Beacon Theatre, New York, New York, 4/25/05

I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine, { listen } Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, 4/17/05
I Believe In You, { listen } Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, 4/17/05

Born In Time, { listen } New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey, 2/1/98

Pancho and Lefty, { listen } Bonnaroo 2004 Music Festival, Manchester, Tennessee, 6/11/04
You Win Again, { listen } Bonnaroo 2004 Music Festival, Manchester, Tennessee, 6/11/04
Samson and Delilah, { listen } Bonnaroo 2004 Music Festival, Manchester, Tennessee, 6/11/04
Sing Me Back Home, { listen } Bonnaroo 2004 Music Festival, Manchester, Tennessee, 6/11/04

Tryin' To Get To Heaven, { listen } Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, 4/4/04
A recent performance of "Tryin' To Get To Heaven", from Time Out Of Mind.

Simple Twist Of Fate, { listen } Jerry Garcia, from the new All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions box set.
In addition to Jerry Garcia's five studio albums, this new 6-disc set includes over four hours of unreleased studio work. The set features covers of "Simple Twist Of Fate, "Tangled Up In Blue", and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door."
jerrygarcia.com is offering to its customers a seventh disc which includes a 16 minute version of "Visions of Johanna".


Hazel, Washington, DC, 4/2/04 { RealAudio }
An exceedingly rare performance of "Hazel,", from the 1974 album Planet Waves. Bob Dylan had only performed this song twice previously, at the taping of MTV Unplugged (though unreleased) and at The Last Waltz (recently released on the expanded box set).

Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine, Washington, DC, 4/2/04 { RealAudio }
From Blonde on Blonde, "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" was a highlight of the 1974 tour with The Band, documented on the live album Before the Flood..

It Ain't Me, Babe, Toronto, 3/21/04 { RealAudio }
From Bob Dylan's three-night-three-venue stand in Toronto. "It Ain't Me, Babe" first appeared on his 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan.

Down Along the Cove, St. Louis, 3/2/04 { RealAudio }
The opening number on night two of the recent engagement at the Pageant in St. Louis, "Down Along The Cove's" only official release was on Bob Dylan's 1967 album John Wesley Harding.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Chicago, 3/7/04 { RealAudio }
From Bob Dylan's recent performance at The Vic, one of four venues he played in Chicago on his 2004 winter tour, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" first appeared on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home.

Moonlight, Chicago, 3/7/04 { RealAudio }
A new arrangement of "Moonlight", from "Love and Theft".

Something, New York City, 11/13/02 { RealAudio }
Dedicated to George Harrison "because we were such good buddies," this performance of "Something" was the final encore performed at Bob Dylan's second show at Madison Square Garden.

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, New York City, 11/13/02 { RealAudio }
Another Basement Tapes favorite, "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere".

Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread, New York City, 11/11/02 { RealAudio }
The first-ever live performance of "Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread", a chestnut drug out of The Basement Tapes.

The End of the Innocence, Los Angeles, California, 10/15/02 { RealAudio }
Tell Me That It Isn't True, Los Angeles, California, 10/15/02 { RealAudio }
Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby's song "The End of the Innocence" and "Tell Me That It Isn't True", originally released on Nashville Skyline.

Mutineer, Berkeley, California, 10/11/02 { RealAudio }
Floater (Too Much To Ask), Berkeley, California, 10/11/02 { RealAudio }
Warren Zevon's song "Mutineer" and "Floater", originally released on "Love and Theft".

Some recent cover versions of Bob Dylan songs:

Gates of Eden, Marc Carroll { RealAudio }
Marc Carroll is an acclaimed Irish songwriter from Dublin. This cover of Bob Dylan's "Gates of Eden" appears on Carroll's recent EP Crashpad Number. A version of "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" also appears on his next EP to be released in February. Both EP's and his debut album are released on the Evangeline label. Visit the Marc Carroll webpage.

Seven Days, Loup Garou { RealAudio }
Loup Garou is a New York City zydeco band of great local repute. This recording of Bob Dylan's "Seven Days" appears on the Dobb's Ferry CD, released in 2002. Find out more at Great Big Island.

You're A Big Girl Now, Mary Lee's Corvette { RealAudio }
Mary Lee's Corvette is a New York City band with several releases, the most recent of which is Blood On The Tracks, a live recording of the entire Bob Dylan album of the same name. You can find out more about the band at maryleescorvette.com

She Belongs To Me, Grateful Dead { RealAudio }
The Grateful Dead covered many Bob Dylan tunes over the course of thirty years together. Their new CD Postcards Of The Hanging is an excellent compilation of live Dead recordings of Bob Dylan songs recorded from 1973 to 1990. Track list at Amazon.com

Things Have Changed, Barb Jungr { RealAudio }
Barb Jungr is a British singer whose new album, Every Grain of Sand is a collection of Bob Dylan songs. Visit barbjungr.com and Linn Records for more information.

High Water (for Charley Patton), Sunrise, Florida, 2/1/02 { RealAudio }
Lonesome Day Blues, Sunrise, Florida, 2/1/02 { RealAudio }

"High Water" and "Lonesome Day Blues", originally released on "Love and Theft".

I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind, from Timeless { RealAudio }

Bob Dylan has recorded "I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind" for the newly-released album Timeless," Lost Highway Record's tribute to Hank Williams. Other artists contributing tracks include Emmy Lou Harris, Ryan Adams, Beck, Lucinda Williams, Keith Richards, Keb' Mo' and Johnny Cash.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, UCSB Events Center, Santa Barbara, California, 10/14/01 { RealAudio }

"Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum", from "Love and Theft", is one of the seven new songs performed so far on Bob Dylan's current tour. Check future tour dates on the Live and In Person! page on bobdylan.com.

Standing in the Doorway, Osaka Koseinenkin Kaikan, Japan, 3/6/01 { RealAudio }

"Standing in the Doorway", from Time Out of Mind, was not performed live until June, 2000, almost three years after the album's release. This performance is from Bob Dylan's tour of Japan in early 2001.

Dusty Old Fairgrounds, Town Hall, New York, NY, 4/12/63 { RealAudio }

"Dusty Old Fairgrounds" is a Bob Dylan composition for which there are no known official releases or known studio recordings. This recording is from his 1963 Town Hall concert and was originally intended for release on the never-issued Bob Dylan In Concert album.

This World Can't Stand Long, performed by Johnnie & Jack, recorded 1947, composed by Johnnie Wright, Jim Anglin and Jack Anglin { RealAudio }
Humming Bird, performed by Johnnie & Jack, recorded 1951, composed by Johnnie Wright, Jim Anglin and Jack Anglin { RealAudio }

For the past couple of years, Bob Dylan has been performing songs originally recorded by Johnnie & Jack. Here are two of those original recordings.

Ring Them Bells, The Supper Club, New York, NY, 11/16/93 (early show) { RealAudio }

"Ring Them Bells" was originally released on Oh Mercy

High Water Everywhere, part 1, Charley Patton { RealAudio }

A recording from 1929 or 1930, Charley Patton's work was an inspiration for Bob Dylan's new song on "Love and Theft", "High Water (for Charley Patton)". Though, as you'll hear, the lyrics are a bit hard to make out, there is a valiant effort at transcription at Harry's Blues Lyrics Online. Biographical notes on Charley Patton can be found at The Blue Flame Cafe. This recording can be found on Revenant Record's staggering 7 CD set, "Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The World of Charley Patton", due to be released in October, and on Yazoo Records' Charlie Patton: Founder of the Delta Blues, 1929-34

Poor Lazarus, "Minneapolis Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 12/22/61 { RealAudio }

From the legendary recording in Bonnie Beecher's apartment back in 1961.

Dink's Song, "Minneapolis Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 12/22/61 { RealAudio }

Another song recorded that same night.



 
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