A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday

A Nod to Bob
Studio album by Various artists
Released	May 8, 2001
Recorded	Dec 2000 – Jan 6, 2001
Genre	country, folk, singer-songwriter
Label	Red House
Producer	Bob Feldman, Eric Peltoniemi, Ben Wittman, etc.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Acoustic Guitar	favorable[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Country Music International	favorable[3]
Dirty Linen	favorable[4]
fRoots	favorable[5]
Fresh Air	unfavorable[6]
The Gazette	favorable[7]
PopMatters	favorable[8]
Relix	favorable/brief[9]
Rock & Rap Confidential	favorable[10]
Sing Out!	favorable[11]
Sound & Vision	music: recording:[12]
Vintage Guitar	favorable[13]

A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday is a 2001 tribute to Bob Dylan by artists on the Red House Records label. Red House is a folk-oriented label from Dylan's home state of Minnesota. The songs selected are almost entirely from the early phase of Dylan's career.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Dylan. Performer's name listed.

1. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" – 3:53 Eliza Gilkyson
2. "Sweetheart Like You" – 5:16 Guy Davis
3. "Clothes Line Saga" – 3:15 Suzzy & Maggie Roche
4. "Girl of the North Country" – 3:29 John Gorka
5. "Delia" – 2:43 Spider John Koerner & Dave Ray
6. "I Want You" – 5:12 Cliff Eberhardt
7. "All Along The Watchtower" – 4:23 Tom Landa & The Paperboys
8. "Dieu ˆ Nos CotŽs (With God On Our Side)" – 4:09 Hart-Rouge
9. "Boots of Spanish Leather" – 6:16 Martin Simpson
10. "Restless Farewell" – 5:35 Norman Blake & Peter Ostroushko
11. "It Ain't Me, Babe" – 4:21 Lucy Kaplansky
12. "Pledging My Time" – 3:44 Greg Brown
13. "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" – 4:54 Rosalie Sorrels
14. "Intro to Don't Think Twice..." – 1:48 Ramblin' Jack Elliot
15. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – 4:04 Ramblin' Jack Elliot

"All Along the Watchtower" was remixed in 2002 and released on The Paperboys' greatest hits album Tenure.

Charts

year	chart	peak
2001	Billboard Top Independent Albums	22

References

1. Sam Shaber, "Nodding to Bob", Acoustic Guitar, 12:2:104, August 2001, p.20
2. Jeff Burger, "Review: A Nod to Bob", Allmusic
3. Alan Cackett, "Various: A Nod To Bob", Country Music International, 8:11, November 2001, p.48
4. Paul E. Comeau, "Various Artists: A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday; Andy Hill and Renée Safier: It Takes a Lot to Laugh", Dirty Linen, 96, October-November 2001, p.55
5. Arthur Wood, "Various Artists: The Songs of Bob Dylan Vol. 2 – May Your Song Always Be Sung Again; A Nod to Bob, fRoots, 23:2-3:218-219, August-September 2001, p.87,89
6. Ken Tucker, "Rock critic Ken Tucker" Fresh Air, NPR/WHYY-FM, May 24, 2001
7. Bill Berry, "Dylan tribute, A Nod to Bob, straightforward, simple", The Portage County Gazette, June 1, 2002
8. Simon Warner, "Review: A Nod to Bob...", PopMatters
9. Mick Skidmore, "CD Reviews: Indie Daze", Relix, 28:3, June-July 2001, p.44-46
10. "Home Taping: This month's downloading prospects...", Rock & Rap Confidential, 181, April 2001, p.4
11. Michael Tearson, "Off the Beaten Track: Various artists – A Nod to Bob", Sing Out!, 45:2, Summer 2001, p.142
12. Parke Puterbaugh, "Various Artists: A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His Sixtieth Birthday; Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home (vinyl reissue)", Sound & Vision, 66:5, June 2001, p.117
13. Steven Stone, "Review: Various artists – A Nod to Bob", Vintage Guitar, July 2001

External links

• A Nod to Bob page at Red House Records
• "Happy Birthday Bob Dylan", All Things Considered, May 24, 2001