Let It Shine

I need 75 candles and I need 'em quick. It's Robert Allen Zimmerman's birthday tomorrow, you see. Many happy returns, Bob. In celebration, here's a quartet of inspired one-off live covers, of originals by Gordon Lightfoot, Blind Willie Johnson, Bobby Vee, and Richard Thompson respectively. Hurrah!

Bob Dylan - Shadows (Live Edmonton '12)
Bob Dylan - Let Your Light Shine On Me (Live Bridgeport '13)
Bob Dylan - Susie Baby - (Live St. Paul '13)
Bob Dylan - 1952 Vincent Black Lighting (Live Clarkston '13)

Down For A While

Dylan's setlists are a pretty static affair these days, but here's a rare live debut from one of his recent Tokyo gigs. And a bloody good one it is, too. "My sword's in my hand and I'm next in command, in this version of death called life..."

Bob Dylan - Huck's Tune ( Live Tokyo '14)

Another recent rarity? Why not. Here's a one off cover of a Gordon Lightfoot tune, recorded live in Edmonton back in 2012. Song fits him like a glove. "It's a wicked wind and it chills me to the bone, and if you don't believe me come and gaze upon the shadow at your door..."

Bob Dylan - Shadows (Live Edmonton '12)