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
SourceRating
Acoustic Guitarfavorable[1]
Allmusic [2]
Country Music Internationalfavorable[3]
Dirty Linenfavorable[4]
fRootsfavorable[5]
Fresh Airunfavorable[6]
The Gazettefavorable[7]
PopMattersfavorable[8]
Relixfavorable/brief[9]
Rock & Rap Confidentialfavorable[10]
Sing Out!favorable[11]
Sound & Visionmusic:
recording:[12]
Vintage Guitarfavorable[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

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