Bob Dylan covers can be tricky, even the songs that seem so simple are somehow packed with a lot of emotional punch. I never come close. My favorite Bob Dylan songs are the early acoustic ones, off his first couple records. This one takes me back down memory lane.
Author: Joe Eddie
It’s All Over Now
“It’s All Over Now” is a song written by Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack. The Valentinos version entered the Billboard Hot 100 on June 27, 1964, where it stayed on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 94. The Rolling Stones had their first number-one hit with this song in July 1964.
I’m Not Like Everybody Else – Kinks (Joe Eddie cover)
“I’m Not Like Everybody Else” is a song written by Ray Davies and first recorded by The Kinks in 1966. I love it, therefore I play it. Joe Eddie 2020
Secret Agent Man
Secret Agent Man Joe Eddie covers this classic written by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri, made famous by Johnny Rivers, and later again by The Ventures.
Another Day, Another Dollar – Wynn Stewart (Rosa Blanda String Band cover)
Sean Fen (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Joe Eddie (electric guitar, backing vocals) team up to cover Wynn Stewart’s 1962 classic, “Another Day, Another Dollar”. Video is from “Felix The Cat Finds Out”, public domain. Thanks for listenin’ and a happy thanksgiving to you all!
Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks (Joe Eddie cover)
Where I feel safe and sound, song by Kinks
Joe Eddie live at Half Brothers Brew Co. downtown Grand Forks, North Dakota
You Belong To Me – Joe Eddie cover
Joe Eddie croons achingly to this Chilton Price classic, You Belong To Me
“Highway Miles” Joe Eddie – studio draft take 3
Howdy y’all, working in the song shed these days, building up some new material .. missin you all so wanted to send out a letter .. hope you like this one, we’ll put it in the drawer and see what else is out there … keep in touch y’all, thanks for listening — Joe Eddie
I’m rollin’ down another black diamond highway
Another two-lane back road brings me ’round
Another round of white lines, keep on drivin’
Thinkin’ ’bout you back in our hometown
Been gone so long this truckstop feels like home, babe
Knowin’ strangers just by how we’re all alone
Flesh and blood needs a soft touch to keep it warm, love
If left too long, the heart turns cold as stone
And how long have I been gone?
And the road just keeps drivin’ on
I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Missin’ you all the while
The only way back to you
Is to keep on pushin’ through
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Sun gone down so long ago I don’t remember
Flashin’ white lines hypnotize my mind
No more pills to satisfy my ills, Lord
Driftin’ through the concrete seas of time
Another round of white lines, I keep chasin’
Gas station coffee keeps me high
Smoke a cigarette, now my heart’s racin’
Flashin’ hazzards dance before my eyes
And how long have I been gone?
And the road just keeps windin’ on
I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Missin’ you all the while
The only way back to you
Is to keep on pushin’ through
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Surgeon General’s warning says it’s hazardous to breath
I’d have another cigarette but, Lord, I can’t see
She comes to me softly, times of trouble over me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be, let it be
And how long have I been gone?
And the road just keeps windin’ on
I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Missin’ you all the while
The only way back to you
Is to keep on pushin’ through
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Lookin’ for Porter Wagoner on the dial
The only way back to you
Is to keep on pushin’ through
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
I’m puttin’ on another hundred thousand highway miles
SONG DRAFT: Goodbye Pretty Mama (This Dog Ain’t No Hound)
I’m gonna take those shoes I bought you
Put yo’ feet on the ground, put you’ feet on the ground
I’m gonna leave you just like I found you
All out and down, all out and down
So goodbye, pretty mama
This dog ain’t no hound,
This dog ain’t no hound
You ain’t been sweet to me, my darlin’
Lord in seventeen years, Lord in seventeen years
My heart done turn cold as stone, pretty mama
Ain’t got no more tears, I ain’t got no more tears
So goodbye, pretty mama
This dog ain’t no hound,
This dog ain’t no hound
I ain’t gon’ buy you nothin’ else
When I go to town, when I go to town
You gonna be all by yourself
I won’t wear no frown, I won’t wear a frown
So goodbye, pretty mama
This dog ain’t no hound,
This dog ain’t no hound
New Single Out Friday! If Tha Blooz Don’t Kill Me
If Tha Blooz Don’t Kill Me, I know that whiskey will!
And if that White Lightnin’ don’t do me, you know that red-haired woman will!!!
I’m so excited for my new single to be released on Spotify and iTunes in just two days, this Friday, July 12, 2019!!!
Listen here:
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/joe-eddie/1353946304
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/12zFEHSMhg7cSBCn9effZX
About the song:
This song is a blues folk song recorded with an electric guitar over a soft steady backing of bass and acoustic guitar. I wrote this song as part of a larger collection of songs, each attempting to express what I call Tha Blooz, an updated and modern inflection on the long tradition of “blues” music with creative instrumentation, song form and arrangement. I hope to release more, and perform live shows in support of this music!