This week’s edition of Sunday Street on WUSB-FM celebrates Bob Dylan’s 83rd birthday on Friday May 24th by taking a three hour look at the 1970’s in Dylan’s career.
Opening set
Loudon Wainwright III, Talking New Bob Dylan (HISTORY, Charisma)
The GP’s, Zimmerman Blues (SATURDAY ROLLING ROUND, Woodworm)
Syd Barrett, Bob Dylan Blues (THE BEST OF SYD BARRETT: WOULDN’T YOU MISS ME, Harvest)
David Bowie, Song for Bob Dylan (HUNKY DORY, RCA)
Joan Baez, Diamonds & Rust (DIAMONDS & RUST, A&M)
Joni Mitchell, Talk to Me (DON JUAN’S RECKLESS DAUGHTER, Asylum)
Set # 2
Bob Dylan, Days of 49 (SELF-PORTRAIT, Columbia)
The Weight Band, Day of the Locusts (WORLD GONE MAD, self-released)
Caroline Doctorow, Time Passes Slowly (BOB DYLAN UNCOVERED V.2, Paradiddle)
Set # 3
Mick Jagger et al, Watching the River Flow (BOOGIE 4 STU, Eagle Records)
Doug Sahm, Wallflower (DOUG SAHM AND BAND, Atlantic)
The Band, When I Paint My Masterpiece (CAHOOTS, Capitol)
Bob Dylan, George Jackson (acoustic version) (single, Columbia)
Set # 4
Tom Russell & Gretchen Peters, Billy 4 (PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID, Columbia)
Low, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (DYLAN REVISITED, Uncut)
Set # 5
Jimmy LaFave, Forever Young (TRAIL, Music Road)
Bettye LaVette, Going Going Gone (THINGS HAVE CHANGED, Verve)
Buckwheat Zydeco, On A Night Like This (ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS, Island)
Set # 6
*Erik Balkey, If You See Her, Say Hello (FOLK NOW MAY 2024, Hudson Harding )
*Diane Miraglia, You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (FOLK NOW MAY 2024, Hudson Harding )
Rod MacDonald, Tangled Up in Blue (DYLAN JAM + 2 )
Ryan Adams, Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, Pax Americana)
Set # 7
Suzzy and Maggie Roche, Clothes Line Saga (A NOD TO BOB, Red House)
Howard Fishman, Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (THE BASEMENT TAPES LIVE AT JOE’S PUB, Monkey Farm)
Set # 8
Rolling Thunder, Idiot Wind (HARD RAIN, Columbia)
The Queler/Farber Family Band, Mozambique (via YouTube)
Frazey Ford, One More Cup of Coffee (OBEDIAH, Nettwerk)
Andrew Bird & Nora O’Connor, Oh Sister (DYLAN COVERED, Mojo)
Set # 9
Patti Smith, Changing of the Guards (TWELVE, Columbia)
Tim O’Brien, Senor (RED ON BLONDE, Sugar Hill)
Set # 10
Five Blind Boys of Alabama, I Believe in You (DEEP RIVER, Elektra )
Etta James, Gotta Serve Somebody (MATRIARCH OF THE BLUES, Private Music)
Bob Dylan, Slow Train Coming (TROUBLE NO MORE: BOOTLEG SERIES V. 13, Columbia)
*indicates new release or recent re-issue