Off the Grid: Doin' It Dylan

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Off the Grid: Doin' It Dylan
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Studio album by
Charlie Daniels
ReleasedApril 1, 2014 (2014-04-01)
Genre Country rock [1]
Length40:00
Label Blue Hat Records
Producer
Charlie Daniels chronology
Hits of the South
(2013)		Off the Grid: Doin' It Dylan
(2014)		Night Hawk
(2016)
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Off the Grid: Doin' It Dylan is a tribute album to Bob Dylan, by the Charlie Daniels Band. The album of Dylan covers was released April 1, 2014. When Daniels first moved to Nashville, he played guitar on three of Bob Dylan's albums, which were recorded there. Daniels attributes playing on these albums for helping him learn about the music business and especially for showing him how to lead his own band. He noted that Dylan had a sense of freedom and that he let the musician play the way he wanted to, instead of telling him how to play. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes that Daniels' "decision to cut an album devoted to Dylan is not out of the blue." as Daniels "played guitar and bass on the sessions that became Nashville Skyline , Self Portrait , and New Morning ." Erlewine gives this album 4 out of a possible 5 stars. [1]

In his review for Cover Me Songs, Joseph Wright says "In the end, each track on Off the Grid is less a Dylan tribute than a Daniels cover." [3]

Sean Curnyn of Cinch Review writes, "It's the first time Daniels has recorded an album of Dylan covers, or as far as I know, any album dedicated to the songs of another writer." [4]

Jim Moulton at No Depression writes, "Well, this is different for The Charlie Daniels Band. Some of the first sessions work on the guitar that Daniels did when he moved to Nashville was for Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline Album. Charlie was just supposed to fill in for a day for a guitar player who did not show up. Unfortunately for the guitarist that did not show up, Dylan wanted Charlie to keep playing." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bob Dylan.

No.TitleOriginal Dylan VersionLength
1."Tangled Up in Blue" Blood on the Tracks (1975)4:12
2."Times They Are A-Changin'" The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964)3:21
3."I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" John Wesley Harding (1967)3:23
4."Gotta Serve Somebody" Slow Train Coming (1979)5:28
5."I Shall Be Released" The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (1991)4:30
6."Country Pie" Nashville Skyline (1969)2:18
7."Mr. Tambourine Man" Bringing It All Back Home (1965)4:28
8."A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)4:16
9."Just Like a Woman" Blonde on Blonde (1966)4:22
10."Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" The Basement Tapes (1967)3:42
Total length:40:00

Musicians

Production

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 Moulton, Jim (April 13, 2014). "No Depression Review". No Depression. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  3. ↑ Wright, Joseph (January 7, 2015). "CoverMeSongs Review". Cover Me Songs. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ Curnyn, Sean (April 8, 2014). "Cinch Review". Cinch Review. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ Bowman, Rob (July 26, 1991). "History of The Band". TheBand. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ Off the Grid: Doin' It Dylan (liner notes). Charlie Daniels. Blue Hat Records. 2014. BLH-9716.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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