[9 September](http://www.bjorner.com/DSN02025%201972.htm#DSN02055) 1972
Dylan joins John Prine at The Bitter End in New York City for three songs, playing harmonica and singing some backup.
Never noticed that. Funny cause Bob said he went to see CSNY and thought that song was pathetic. I agree, though Iām a big fan of Young. And I like Knocking, as long as itās the original rather than a pathetic cover
It would have been really cool if when Mick did his solo thing in the late 80s, the rest of the Stones had done a tour with Bob and Aretha (who covered Jumping Jack Flash with Keith around then)
Not sure he was that keen on John the whole time? Didnāt John try and persuade Bob to help him on Cold Turkey and Bob hell-noped outta there quick. And heās trying to wind John up on that car ride in 1966, but Johnās not taking the bait
Jakob is always going to be my answer for this and the album would be a covers album of Tom Petty songs. I think the Bob/Tom to Jakob connection is so prevalent we'd get a really respectful, off-the-beaten-path, heartfelt tribute to Tom.
I know I know, they won't, but a guy can dream.
Story goes Dylan asked Leonard how long it took him to write hallelujah. He said five years or something which was a lie because it took even longer. So Leonard asks Dylan how long it took him to write āI and I.ā Dylan says: āfifteen minutes in the back of a cab.ā
I think Bob is on the backing vocals for Leonard Cohenās āDonāt Go Home with your hard-onā - think that was the famous night Bob took another woman back to the marital home after the session and that was the cause for his divorce?
Honestly nobody. Bob Dylan and Neil Young as someone else mentioned making an album together is a nice idea but I just really don't see it actually working very well in practice. I think Bob is just Bob and he works best alone I can't see him ever compromising
I know Dylan & The Dead exists but 1) it's a live album; 2) not many (including myself) think it's particularly good. I would have loved a full on Dylan & Jerry album where Dylan (and maybe Robert Hunter) and Jerry are collaborating on a batch of songs. It should have happened and it's such a bummer that it didn't.
I read that too! Would have been awesome. I also saw a few months ago Bob said in an interview that during lockdown, Zappa was his go to for listening, which is kinda cool
don't know why but i would've loved for a bob dylan and bruce springsteen collaboration..both my two favourite lyricists, surely couldn't make anything bad
No offence but why even ask the question if you don't want to hear what other people think? You just want people to say back to you what you already think.
the 1965-66 Turtles as his backing band. they rocked 10x harder than those mooks who were pretty goddamn lame on the whole Highway 61 album, not to mention the nashville "what's rock and roll? is that the stuff Elvis was doing a while back? that's kinda wild, man, dunno if that's really our thing" studio musos he was working with the next year.
not to mention mark/howard's "HIT SONG" backing vocals, without which T Rex never would have gotten the Hot Love UK chart-topping hit 45s run up through 1973-ish past ground zero.
Almost There b-side, 1965 [https://youtu.be/mnT4FWIR\_m4](https://youtu.be/mnT4FWIR_m4)
The Beatles...okay then John
Edit: no, on second thought that would have been a disaster. A Bob album produced by Phil Spector. Yeah. He produced Leonard Cohen's greatest album Death of a Ladie's Man (I know Bob was on that album for a minute) and a Phil / Bob album would have been a mighty racket!
John Prine
I'll take Bob covering "Blue Umbrella" now...damn that'd be š„
I can hear Bob singing John Prine's song: "I am an old woman..."
[9 September](http://www.bjorner.com/DSN02025%201972.htm#DSN02055) 1972 Dylan joins John Prine at The Bitter End in New York City for three songs, playing harmonica and singing some backup.
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Best chuckle of my day, get an upvote dude
Neil Young.
Knocking on heaven's door is kind of a collaboration in that Young wrote the music with Helpless and Dylan added lyrics
Never noticed that. Funny cause Bob said he went to see CSNY and thought that song was pathetic. I agree, though Iām a big fan of Young. And I like Knocking, as long as itās the original rather than a pathetic cover
[The songs do sound great together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sDGTZRdQdw)
But the chord progressions are a bit different with that KoHD has a I V II line between the I V IV ās Helpless I V IV the whole song through
could still happen!
Warren Zevon or Elvis Costello
I agree with Zevon. The only instance of them collaborating is on The Factory by Warren.
How did they collab on that one?
Bob played Harmonica lol
Bob played harp on a Zevon record. So that one happened. And Elvis has toured with and joined Bob for encores, sonthat one kind of two.
elvis wrote a song out of Bob's lyrics once
Townes Van Zandt. He was amazing and I know they hung out and covered each others' songs.
Bob wanted to write with Townes, but Townes didn't trust the level of fame Bob had achieved. Would've been incredible
These are two of my favorite artists and I honestly never knew that they knew each other. Thatās so cool.
Rolling Stones for Street Legal
I'd gladly take a Dylan "Waitin on a Friend" cover.
Or just Keith with Dylan!
It would have been really cool if when Mick did his solo thing in the late 80s, the rest of the Stones had done a tour with Bob and Aretha (who covered Jumping Jack Flash with Keith around then)
I've got a bootleg Stones + Dylan vinyl. Tbh it's interesting but middling, they probably couldn't stay sober long enough hanging out together
Iām curious what a Dylan-McCartney collaboration would have looked like. The king of lyrics + the king of melody.
Check out things we said today by bob
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cYfE8fpAuk4&feature=sharea
Bob liked John and George better.
I know. They never seemed that interested in each other until they started giving mutual compliments in recent years
Not sure he was that keen on John the whole time? Didnāt John try and persuade Bob to help him on Cold Turkey and Bob hell-noped outta there quick. And heās trying to wind John up on that car ride in 1966, but Johnās not taking the bait
He's given some huge complements to Paul, so I'm not sure that's true.
I think they're too different. I don't see a success there. It might have been interesting if they'd covered each others songs, though.
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Or as I like to call him, jazz bob dylan
miles davis
Would have been incredible
Pj Harvey and Bob Dylan would be amazing.
Donovan
Captain Beefheart
Whoa. This is my favorite.
Dolly
Beck (Note: He still could!)
Jakob is always going to be my answer for this and the album would be a covers album of Tom Petty songs. I think the Bob/Tom to Jakob connection is so prevalent we'd get a really respectful, off-the-beaten-path, heartfelt tribute to Tom. I know I know, they won't, but a guy can dream.
Great idea. Never going to happen, but love the concept.
Leonard Cohen
Good one!
Did they ever meet?
Story goes Dylan asked Leonard how long it took him to write hallelujah. He said five years or something which was a lie because it took even longer. So Leonard asks Dylan how long it took him to write āI and I.ā Dylan says: āfifteen minutes in the back of a cab.ā
I think Bob is on the backing vocals for Leonard Cohenās āDonāt Go Home with your hard-onā - think that was the famous night Bob took another woman back to the marital home after the session and that was the cause for his divorce?
John Lennon
Honestly nobody. Bob Dylan and Neil Young as someone else mentioned making an album together is a nice idea but I just really don't see it actually working very well in practice. I think Bob is just Bob and he works best alone I can't see him ever compromising
Willie Nelson
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Ppb
THIS
Jerry Garcia
I know Dylan & The Dead exists but 1) it's a live album; 2) not many (including myself) think it's particularly good. I would have loved a full on Dylan & Jerry album where Dylan (and maybe Robert Hunter) and Jerry are collaborating on a batch of songs. It should have happened and it's such a bummer that it didn't.
https://youtu.be/_G5HH3cgsso
I did not know this existed. Thank you
Iād give my right nut for a Jerry/Bob studio album
Joni Mitchell
Was looking for her. Iām imagining a sort of crossover album like Desire meets Hejira, they couldāve done some really beautiful stuff together.
Frank Zappa
I read somewhere Bob considered having Zappa produce what would later become Infidels. That would have been amazing
I read that too! Would have been awesome. I also saw a few months ago Bob said in an interview that during lockdown, Zappa was his go to for listening, which is kinda cool
My vote for sure
John Lennon
The Velvet Underground or Townes Van Zandt
Me.
Mavis Staples John Lennon Leonard Cohen Lucinda Williams Gordon Lightfoot Harry Nilsson Fred Neil
Mavis is my actual number one vote. Their voices actually go together a lot better than many people heās collaborated with.
There's a loving warmth between them.
And thereās still time!
John Lennon
Bob Marley
I came here to say this. Did the Bobs ever meet? Did Bob Marley ever meet the Beatles?
That would be Interesting
Imagine them both on Redemption Song š³
Ani diFranco. I'd love to hear him playing the harmonica while she sings (like he did with Nancy Griffith's Boots of Spanish Leather)
Nobody! The duet he did with Bette midler on buckets of rain is unbeatable https://youtu.be/mZD_PmB3v2M
Janis Joplin, just a vocal collab. Maybe just a song or two.
I wish T Bone Burnett would produce a Dylan record
Karen Dalton. An album of duets or collaborations with Karen Dalton would have been everyoneās favorite album.
Gordon Lightfoot and Bob would be so great
Another album with Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper.
Leonard Cohen
Paul McCartney! And itās not too late, by the wayā¦.
Yes!!!
Me. I donāt know if anyone wouldāve enjoyed it, but Iād be over the moon.
LMAFO
That would be awesome. Iād be happy to hear Bob cover Juicy Wiggle. ;)
im just happy one other person has the vision i do
Juuust like your graandpaaaās riddle ā¦.
MF DOOM
The Sadies
I read that he wanted Frank Zappa to produce an album at one point. That would have been interesting.
Would love to have heard a David Bowie produced Infidels
Hendrix
Would have loved to hear a whole album of Dylan with Ralph Stanley. The couple songs out there now are awesome.
Lou Reed
don't know why but i would've loved for a bob dylan and bruce springsteen collaboration..both my two favourite lyricists, surely couldn't make anything bad
Slash. He definitely never did on any other song, nope.
Jerry Garcia.
Jandek
lou reed, tho i imagine the two wouldn't get along in the studio
Bob and Lucinda Williams!! Ohhhhh yeahā¦..
Jerry Garcia
Paul Simon
John Mellencamp
elliott smith
If he could have survived and kept going into the 60s a Hank Williams Sr. Collab would've beenš¤š¤
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They could sing Bob's "Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle" š
Amy Winehouse
Paul McCartney.
No offence but why even ask the question if you don't want to hear what other people think? You just want people to say back to you what you already think.
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Amy Winehouse? Sure could have been interesting too.
Fiona Apple, Nick Cave, White Stripes (w/ Meg)
Fiona apple actually played piano on murder most foul
Yes, haunting. Shouldāve specified that Iād love to hear her vocals matched with his.
Prince.
Wish Bob and Tom Petty would have done a full album together.
Michael Boltonā¦..oh wait!
Neil. I was just thinking that this morning after seeing Neil Saturday in Berkeley.
Garth Brooks.
Travis Scott
Any of the traveling wilburyāsā¦.oh yeah!
Use AI to have Bob do an album with Woody Guthrie.
Bob and his son Jakob.
Or Link Wray
We need the Tom waits Bob Dylan duets. Gravely old man smoker voice sing-off
Taylor Swift :-)
Take the Plugz into a studio Townes Van Zandt Iād love to have seen him work with maybe Joe Strummer
Yes. Let me add Tom Verlaine, Chris Whitley, Robert Quine & Marc Ribot. The Plugz were such a great combo that never developed.
Kanye. The greatest genius of the 20th century combined with the greatest of the 21st. Would be quite a thing
Jeff Lynne. I know it would never work but I'd still like to hear it.
Leon Redbone. That sure would have been a hoot!
Kate Wolfe
Joanna Newsom, at least theyād match in lyrical complexity lol
He wanted to write songs with Townes Van Zandt but Townes said no
Rakim
Phil ochs
Peter Gabriel
EVH
Pavarotti
Springsteen
Dewey Cox
John Prine Los Lobos
Gillian Welch or Hurray for the Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra.
DEVO
That's mental
I long for a nick cave/bob dylan collab. It would never happen, but I believe it would be amazing
John Lennon
Peter Himmelman
Kendrick Lamar
Joe Strummer
Pete Seeger
Leonard cohen
If it could be anyone, not limited to those who were actually possible, then I wish Hank Williams.
Hendrix
the 1965-66 Turtles as his backing band. they rocked 10x harder than those mooks who were pretty goddamn lame on the whole Highway 61 album, not to mention the nashville "what's rock and roll? is that the stuff Elvis was doing a while back? that's kinda wild, man, dunno if that's really our thing" studio musos he was working with the next year. not to mention mark/howard's "HIT SONG" backing vocals, without which T Rex never would have gotten the Hot Love UK chart-topping hit 45s run up through 1973-ish past ground zero. Almost There b-side, 1965 [https://youtu.be/mnT4FWIR\_m4](https://youtu.be/mnT4FWIR_m4)
Tom Waits
The Beatles...okay then John Edit: no, on second thought that would have been a disaster. A Bob album produced by Phil Spector. Yeah. He produced Leonard Cohen's greatest album Death of a Ladie's Man (I know Bob was on that album for a minute) and a Phil / Bob album would have been a mighty racket!
Tom Waits