Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 22: A Thousand Miles Behind

It's been four weeks since the last edition of NSD, but the delay has certainly not been due to any lack of good material. We've got 22 new tracks for Volume 22, including 15 new artists and six new songs to the NSD canon. But what truly distinguishes this installment is the intentional absence of both "All Along the Watchtower" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," which must be the most covered Dylan songs around. Chances are they'll be back next time.

Many of Volume 22's performers may not be familiar at first glance (some because their names are usually hidden behind those of their bands), but they are all featured in the All Music Guide (allmusic.com), and I encourage you to look them up there. Of particular note is the Alpha Band cover of "You Angel You"--for those of you unfamiliar with these guys, they are Rolling Thunder Revue veterans T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles and David Mansfield. Also noteworthy are Robyn Hitchcock's backing band, the Nashville Crawdads, who include Peter Buck, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings and John Paul Jones.

As always, thanks to the tapers, the original uploaders, the folks who've sent me recordings, the fine artists who've created cover artwork, and especially the performers and composer. Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). Please keep the suggestions and files coming--if you've got something good, PM me.

Enjoy!

01 Ye Playboys and Playgirls - Dave Sharp and The Acoustic Terrorists (Aug 31, 1992, Greenbelt Festival, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, UK)
02 Maggie's Farm - Mike Seeger with Retrograss (Jul 30, 2000, Planet Bluegrass Ranch,
Lyons, CO
)03 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson (Apr 22, 1973, Record Plant, Sausalito, CA)
04 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You - Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell (Jun 22,2005, The Garage, Winston-Salem, NC)
05 Oh Sister - Andrew Bird (Mar 21, 2007, Crawdaddy, Dublin, Ireland)
06 Silvio - Amy Rigby (Jun 2004, Roots On the River, Bellows Falls, VT)
07 One Too Many Mornings - Jay Bennett and Edward Church (Aug 14, 2002, Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA)
08 Tomorrow is a Long Time - Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon & Al Perkins (Jan 12, 1984, Rockefellers, Houston, TX)
09 When I Paint My Masterpiece - Tim and Mollie O'Brien (Apr 27, 1996, Merle Watson Memorial Bluegrass Festival, North Wilkesboro, NC)
10 Tiny Montgomery - Robyn Hitchcock and the Nashville Crawdads (Mar 18, 2007, Belcourt Theatre, Nashville, TN)
11 I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine - Thea Gilmore (Jul 2, 2002, Telford's Warehouse, Chester, England)
12 You Angel You - Alpha Band (Dec 6, 1976, Paul's Mall, Boston, MA)
13 Buckets of Rain - Jimmy LaFave (Sep 15, 2000, Ted's Wrecking Yard, Toronto, Canada)
14 Up to Me - Moshav (Mar 19, 2007, World Cafe, Philadeplphia, PA)
15 I Threw It All Away - Jeff Tweedy (Oct 21, 1999, Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL)
16 If You See Her Say Hello - Elliott Murphy (Jun 4, 2002, Libreria Feltrinelli, Milan, Italy)
17 Sign on the Window - Circle Sound (Mar 17, 2007, Irving Plaza, New York, NY)
18 The Man in Me - David Bazan (Feb 17, 2007, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA)
19 Make You Feel My Love - Mary Black (Jul3, 2006, Dublin Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)
20 Ring Them Bells - Ron Sexsmith (Jul 10, 2004, Jarhunderthalle, Bochum, Germany)
21 I Shall Be Released - John Doe, Kristin Hersh, and Grant Lee Phillips (Sep 19, 2002, Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC)
22 Blowin' in the Wind - Bill Morrissey, Carol Noonan and Peter Heimlich (Dec 17, 2002, Barnstormers Theater, Tamworth, NH)