A Nod to Bob | |
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Studio album by Various artists | |
Released | May 8, 2001 |
Recorded | Dec 2000 – January 6, 2001 |
Genre | country, folk, singer-songwriter |
Label | Red House |
Producer | Bob Feldman, Eric Peltoniemi, Ben Wittman, etc. |
Review scores | |
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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.
All songs written by Bob Dylan.
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" | Eliza Gilkyson | 3:53 |
2. | "Sweetheart Like You" | Guy Davis | 5:16 |
3. | "Clothes Line Saga" | Suzzy & Maggie Roche | 3:15 |
4. | "Girl of the North Country" | John Gorka | 3:29 |
5. | "Delia" | Spider John Koerner & Dave Ray | 2:43 |
6. | "I Want You" | Cliff Eberhardt | 5:12 |
7. | "All Along the Watchtower" | Tom Landa & The Paperboys | 4:23 |
8. | "Dieu À Nos Côtés (With God On Our Side)" | Hart-Rouge | 4:09 |
9. | "Boots of Spanish Leather" | Martin Simpson | 6:16 |
10. | "Restless Farewell" | Norman Blake & Peter Ostroushko | 5:35 |
11. | "It Ain't Me, Babe" | Lucy Kaplansky | 4:21 |
12. | "Pledging My Time" | Greg Brown | 3:44 |
13. | "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" | Rosalie Sorrels | 4:54 |
14. | "Intro to Don't Think Twice..." | Ramblin' Jack Elliot | 1:48 |
15. | "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" | Ramblin' Jack Elliot | 4:04 |
"All Along the Watchtower" was remixed in 2002 and released on The Paperboys' greatest hits album Tenure.
year | chart | peak |
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2001 | Billboard Top Independent Albums | 22 |
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