The Ledge #476: Happy Birthday Bobby D!

Putting together a Dylan tribute show for this week was clearly a no-brainer. After all, he turned 80 years old this past Monday! Of course The Ledge would celebrate!

It actually wasn't until the day of his birthday that I decided on this theme, though, and I have to give special thanks to Lydia Loveless. To help raise money for NIVA (National Independent Venue Association), Lydia and a dozen other artists were a part of Happy Birthday Uncle Bob! A Dylan Tribute. 

That release is just one of many recent releases that are the focus of the first half of the show. Daniel Romano, Billy Childish (as The William Loveday Intention), Lucinda Williams, and others have full-length albums of Dylan remakes, and the second half of the show consists of some old favorites such as Paul Westerberg, Jason & The Scorchers, Mike Ness, and many others. 

After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion! You can find this show at almost any podcast site, including iTunes and Stitcher...or

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1. The Replacements, Like a Rolling Pin

2. Lydia Loveless, Oh, Sister

3. Todd Farrell Jr., All Along the Watchtower

4. Jon Snodgrass and His Buddies, Born in Time

5. Enemy of My Enemy, Positively 4th Street

6. Daniel Romano's Outfit, Jokerman

7. Daniel Romano's Outfit, Sweetheart Like You

8. The William Loveday Intention, Visions of Johanna

9. The William Loveday Intention, She Belongs to Me

10. Lucinda Williams, It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

11. Lucinda Williams, Everything is Broken

12. Drive-By Truckers, Like A Rolling Stone

13. Cat Power, I Believe in You

14. Yo La Tengo, I Threw It All Away

15. Jason & The Scorchers, Absolutely Sweet Marie (1983 demo)

16. Wire Train, With God On Our Side

17. The Jayhawks, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

18. Peter Case, Early Roman Kings

19. Paul Westerberg, Positively 4th Street

20. Willie Nile, The Times They Are A-Changin'

21. Eric Ambel, If You Gotta Go, Go Now

22. Echo & the Bunnymen, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

23. Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Going Going Gone 

24. Mike Ness, Don't Think Twice

25. Ramones, My Back Pages

26. Nervous Eaters, The Times They Are a Changin'

27. Mike Edison/Guadalupe Plata, Make You Feel My Love

28. XHighway 61 Revisted (Outtake-Rough Mix)