I am really glad that Gary Walker, the morning DJ at WBGO is a fan of Bob Dylan covers. Several years ago he introduced me to Highway 61 Revisited by Ben Sidran. Today he mentioned Things Have Changed by Bettye Lavette. I found the recording of the title song on Youtube and it is out of this world. The review in Rolling Stone is very positive as it says" Half of its 12 tracks restore life to songs that were dead-on-arrival on Dylan albums from 1979 to 1989; the rest reshapes more essential parts of the legend." Very often covers of Dylan songs are better known than the original All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix is a prime example.
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