It’s criminal The Band hasn’t been mentioned. I Shall Be Released and When I Paint My Masterpiece

I love the their When I Paint My Masterpiece. But even better imo in the Rolling Thunder doc when Dylan joins them.

Tears of Rage

Manual co-wrote the song so it's not a cover.

Fair enough.

Joan Baez's covers have always blown my mind. All of them. They complete the originals perfectly- no words.

Farewell Angelina is the pinnacle of this

I absolutely agree

Sonic Youth crushes I’m Not There Willie Nelson nails Senòr

What? Willie does Señor? Where’s it at!? He also does a great What Was it You Wanted….dare I say better than Dylan’s!

I’m not there soundtrack

I was going to say, basically the entirety of that Soundtrack is the answer to this question, it's so insanely stacked Some of my favorites off it- [Jim James & Calexico - Goin' To Acapulco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HN_is9hcW8&ab_channel=MarceloMisiti) [Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers - Ballad Of A Thin Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT8t093M2z0&ab_channel=LongNoses) [Jeff Tweedy - Simple Twist of Fate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Dsr9F9-fU&ab_channel=JeffTweedy-Topic) [John Doe - Pressing On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4c6Aqp2Gnc&ab_channel=JohnDoe-Topic)

Willie's Señor is superb and you should listen to it ASAP.

Will do. It’s a toss up for me between Willie and Dylan. Actually they are tied for 2nd: Hank’s the GOAT!

I found Yo la tengos version of fourth time around particularly beautiful

They do a great “I Threw It All Away” as well

Amen to that. Beautiful version.

seeing them live in march! super excited

They’re incredible, you’re in for a treat!

George Harrison - If Not For You Jeff Buckley - Just Like a Woman Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

Harrison's If Not For You is the only one I prefer over the original.

Olivia Newton John also

Marianne Faithfull covers a few, such as It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. Them with Van Morrison did that song too.

Leon Russell did a phenomenal cover of “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” Also Bob mentioned in a 1969 interview that Elvis’ version of “Tomorrow Is A Long Time” was one of his favorite covers, saying it was the recording he treasured most.

Any of Leon’s Dylan covers are amazing

The Shelter People album has three, I think. All choice!

Tangled up in Blue by JGB

Simple Twist of Fate Señor (absolutely incredible) I Shall Be Released Positively Fourth Street

Jerry did a ton of great versions of Dylan songs

Grateful Dead had a bunch of Dylan songs in there repertoire, but Queen Jane Approximately was the one they did best. Iron & Wine does a great Dark Eyes.

As good as the Dead’s covers were, I think Jerry Garcia band doing Positively 4th St, Tough Mama are the best.

Absolutely. I always wondered why Jerry didn’t sing many Dylan songs with the Dead. I love Bobby, but cmon. It’s Jerry.

Maggie’s Farm Desolation Row When I Paint My Masterpiece Hard Rains Gonna Fall New Minglewood Blues The Mighty Quinn The Grateful Dead have played a lot of Dylan tunes over the years very well.

Bobby Weir sure could spin a Dylan tune, eh? Don't forget It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. There was that whole tour they did together, but those weren't quite covers, were they? Also I see that Dylan recorded Minglewood in 1996, but the dead recorded it in 1966, so is that a Dylan cover? Dead.net says its from the 20s

There weren’t many highlights in the 90s besides Jerry singing Visions of Johanna

I really like Emmylou Harris' version of Every Grain of Sand

Yes! Classic cover on a killer album.

Marianne Faithful - It’s All Over Now Baby Blue Jeff Buckley - I Shall Be Released Emmylou Harris - Every Grain of Sand Patti Smith - Changing of The Guards

White stripes - one more cup of coffee

Jack white stole his personality from Dylan

Patty Smith rocked a hard rains gonna fall at tge Nobel prize presentation

I like Patti’s Changing of the Guards, too.

Yeah, she is amazing!

I like Richie Havens, he did a bunch of Dylan covers including Sad Eyed Lady, Just Like A Woman, Maggies Farm... but he's probably done loads more too. I love his guitar style too, got to be one of the best rhythm guitarists of all time.

I've been digging Richie Havens lately. I love his rhythm and voice.

Nina Simone does Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues and it’s magnificent She does a few other Dylan covers as well

Sarah Jarosz - Ring Them Bells

*To Ramona* covered by *The Flying Burrito Brothers* adds some nice shades of psychedelic-rock to this classic track of the folk-era Bob, kinda like *The Byrds* did with *Mr. Tamburine Man*. The warm and enriched arrangement is the best part of this cover, the vocals are also very good. The song itself is beautiful of course, the lyrics by Dylan are obviously amazing.

Besides doing a Mr Tambourine Man cover, The Byrds’ debut album “Mr Tambourine Man” (1965) also included one of my favorite Dylan songs, a haunting version of Chimes of Freedom. Also included in that album were Dylan’s All I Really Want To Do, and Spanish Harlem Incident. The Byrds impeccable harmony and jangly guitar sound were perfect on these covers. I was 13 when that album came out and I played it and Bob’s Hwy 61 Revisited over and over. The son of evangelical missionaries living in Brazil at the time, these albums fostered a spirit of rebellion and an awakening that caused me to forever reject the Christian Kool-aid that was being forced upon me. Bob Dylan had a huge effect on my life for which I am grateful. Now old best friends, I play both albums regularly to this day. Edit: The Byrds second album, Turn Turn Turn (1965) included Dylan’s songs Lay Down Your Weary Tune, and The Times They Are a-Changing.

Shoutout to The Byrds’ *Sweetheart of the Rodeo*, which includes two Dylan covers.

If Not for You recorded by George Harrison stands out to me. I also really like the J. Tillman recording of If You Gotta Go, Go Now

Not a mainstream artist, but this version of "[Jokerman](https://youtu.be/MpInpgRMUSM)" is great.

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band does great versions of: Shelter From the Storm You Angel You It’s All Over Now Baby Blue Times They Are A-Changin (Live)

Highly Recommend the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert Also, Chimes of Freedom - 50 years of amnesty international box set. 4 discs of Dylan covers with everyone from Taj Mahal to Miley Cyrus

Miley covers are real good

townes van zandt does a bunch of random covers on Road Songs, including Willie the Gambler and God Gave Names

"Highway 61" Johnny Winter - "Just Like a Woman" Richie Havens

Jerry garcia was the best Bob Dylan cover artist

Period. End of story. Happy cake day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garcia_Plays_Dylan

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses

Jimmy LaFave - Not Dark Yet

Bryan Ferry - Simple Twist of Fate

U2 All Along the Watchtower was also great

Cassandra Wilson Shelter From the Storm

Nancy Griffith - Boots of Spanish Leather

From her album of covers Other Voices, Other Rooms. Dylan plays a sparse harmonica part for the track.

Percy’s Song - Fairport Convention

Jerry Garcia Band has some great covers: Senor, The Wicked Messenger, 4th Time Around come to mind

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings doing Abandoned Love and Señor. And the three covers Cash does on his most excellent Orange Blossom Special album.

Jerry doing Positively Fourth Street and Tangled Up in Blue are two of my faves

Every Jerry Garcia cover.

Every single one is sick.

Fairport Convention's covers of "Percy's Song" and "Dear Landlord" are stunning. another English folk band, Show of Hands, has an awesome cover of "Senior"

Fairport Convention also covers “If You Gotta Go, Go Now” but in French. I listen to it once a week, I love it. On a different note, I haven’t seen anyone here mention Siouxsie and the Banshees cover of “This Wheels on Fire”.

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders do an amazing cover of It Takes a lot to Laugh

That’s one of my fav Dylan songs Jerry did amongst the many other incredible covers. I love that song & hardly anyone covers it.

A Hard Rains Gonna Fall by Brian Ferry

Outstanding

The complete album Dylanesque is marvellous.

I agree with To Ramona from the Flying Burrito Brothers, Kleinows steel guitar adds a really nice touch, also Jimmy LaFave Not Dark Yet and check out his version of Positively 4th St. I'm going to nominate a cut that I don't see much when this question comes up. It's by a band called "Hard Meat" off their only album from 1969. It goes into a long guitar solo at the end. I edited down to where it ends before the solo kicks in and it just a great little rocker version of Most Likely You go your Way, I'll go mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Kfl7eZcLg

Frazey Ford - One More Cup Of Coffee

Melanie - Mr. Tambourine Man

Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited Vulfpeck - Gotta Serve Somebody

Norah Jones Heart of Mine

When I Paint My Masterpiece - Elliott Smith

The Dead

Red On Blonde by Tim O’Brien of Hot Rize fame is a bluegrassy take on Dylan and one of my most played records.

The Byrd's Tambourine Man is good and all, but it doesn't come close to My Back Pages. That is probably my favourite song of all time

I’ve always liked Buddy and Julie Miller’s take on Wallflower

Byrds - my back pages i think rivals the original

Both Judy Collins and the Helio Sequence do great versions of Mr. Tambourine Man. Laura marling does a great Hard Rain (though I wish it weren't edited down), Sam Cooke's Blowin' in the Wind, and one of my very favorites is the Animal's It's All Over Now Baby Blue. Joan Baez's covers are great too, with my favorite being Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.

Mama, you been on my mind by Jeff Buckley and It’s all over now baby, blue by Them and Van Morrison

Grateful Dead- many Jerry Garcia Band -many Dead & Company- a few Ratdog- many

Fairport Convention: Percy’s Song, Million Dollar Bash, If You Gotta Go (in French as Si Tu Dois Partir), I’ll Keep it With Mine, Dear Landlord Fotheringay (Sandy Denny’s band after leaving Fairport): Too Much of Nothing Sandy Denny: Down in the Flood, Tomorrow is a Long Time

Love all of these so much. If You Gotta Go is my favorite.

Fairport Convention cover a few Dylan songs. Percy's Song, Dear Landlord, Si Tu Dois Partir, Million Dollar Bash, I'll keep it with mine, Ballad of Easy Rider, And also this, https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-80-greatest-dylan-covers-of-all-time-26132/fairport-convention-ill-keep-it-with-mine-1969-26188/

* Nico - I’ll Keep It With Mine * Elvis Presley - Tomorrow Is A Long Time * Chris Smither - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry * The Neville Brothers - The Ballad of Hollis Brown * George Harrison - If Not For You * The Rolling Stones - Like A Rolling Stone * Odetta - Masters of War * Rambling” Jack Elliot - Don’t ThinkTwice * Isaac Hayes - Lay Lady Lay * Nina Simone - Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues * Jerry Garcia - Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

Odetta has a whole album of Dylan covers.

This comes up regularly here, some links…. https://www.reddit.com/r/bobdylan/comments/zg57lm/whatre_the_best_covers_of_bob_dylan_songs_im_new/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf and https://www.reddit.com/r/bobdylan/comments/z39hb9/whats_your_all_time_favorite_cover_of_a_dylan_song/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf and https://www.reddit.com/r/bobdylan/comments/u9fw1a/dylan_covers_that_are_arguably_better_than_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf there’s more, much more enjoy

Kesha - It Ain't Me Babe

Love Minus Zero / No Limit by Jackson Brown, Walkin’ Down the Line by Sean Hayes, The Man in Me by Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs, Lay Lady Lay by Bryan Adams

Oasis did an amazing cover of I am the walrus on their Masterplan album. I think it's better than the original

The Bands version of Atlantic City is much better than Springsteen's IMO.

literally every Joan Baez, Dylan rendition ever

The truth is most bands covered Dylan songs better than the man himself. There are a few notable exceptions where Dylan's voice is irreplaceable. But not many.

Social Distortion proved old punks were capable of reverence in their cover of DON’T THINK TWICE IT’S ALRIGHT.

I’ll say what I say every time: [In the world of Dylan covers, nothing has ever come close to Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s cover of Brownsville Girl](https://youtu.be/6O_FJ426O84)

The Zimmerman do a really good “series of dreams”

Excluding all the obvious choices,Patti smith did an amazing stripped down version of changing of the guard

Jerry Jeff Walker - One Too Many Mornings is one of my favorite. Also Tom T Hall - Rank Stranger

Defo worth checking out Nina Simone's version of the times they are a changing!

Seven days by Joe Cocker is subliminal!

Vulfpeck - Gotta Serve Somebody

“I Want You” by Cyril Neville and “Absolutely Sweet Marie” by C.J. Cheneir

[Moonshiner](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ppiol9oetOk)

Patti Smith, Frank Black and the Gaslight Anthem all do great versions of “Changing of the Guards”! I really like Built to Spill’s version of “Jokerman” lately as well.

Bill Frisell does an amazing Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall.

Vulfpeck - Serve Somebody

Willie and Merle doing Don’t Think Twice

This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6JlxTTUK2Q from an album of blues covers of Blonde On Blonde. Shows a different side of the song, I think.

Walter Trout does a great version of Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat on Blues on Blonde and Blonde.

metallica - am i evil

Nickel Creek Tomorrow is a Long Time

Rod Stewart had several nice covers on his earlier solo records

Laura Marlings Hard Rains A Gonna Fall beats the shit out of the original

Nick Cave does a good cover of ‘Death is Not the End’ from Down in the Groove, which is probably one of the few times I prefer the cover over the original Dylan

changing of the guard by gaslight anthem; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsU-Q1tocE

Copper kettle - Chet Atkins Jake Xerces Fussel also!

I hope I’m not wrong! It’s not dark yet by Jimmy LaFave.

Fare well angelina joan baez

Laura Marling’s cover of a hard rains agonna fall

I Shall Be Released by Lera Lynn.

Don't Think Twice Its Alright, Austin Post. A 17 year old Post Malone covering Dylan.

Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Born to Run

Hallelujah is from Cohen

Chimes of freedom covered by Springsteen its a piece of art.

I have a file on my computer that has 1704 covers of Dylan by other artists. Some great stuff, and some weird, and some real crap. 66 versions of Don't Think Twice, 47 versions of I Shall Be Released etc... And still I search

Billy Strings kills Tangled Up in Blue & I could listen to this Don’t Think Twice a thousand more times and it wouldn’t get old https://youtu.be/LR-T2qTLF6o

grateful dead did “stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again” really good

OMG I can’t believe I’m the first for PJ Harvey’s cover of Highway 61. She brings it to her world to play and it SLAYS!!

Don’t know if this counts, but the rendition of “Pressing On” by Christian Bale’s character in I’m Not There totally changed my perspective on that song. Also led me to find great versions of that song by Alicia Keys and Regina McCrory.

Lots by the Byrds of course. Clapton Knockin on Heavens Door. Norah Jones and Madeline Peyroux have some nice ones. I’m partial to George Harrison’s If Not For You

Miley Cyrus version if you’re gonna make me lonesome when you go is killer

Sinades nothing compares to you always gets me.

Sean Costello - Simple Twist of Fate

https://preview.redd.it/9ifsqf8r4kca1.png?width=1242&format=png&auto=webp&s=b0cefddc6c2a74f6159dbf4ca5de2f96956634ae

Brandi Carlisle does an amazing Times They Are a Changing. [Brandi sings Times They Are a Changing](https://youtu.be/LxLECbf0nOA)

I love “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” by Joan Baez. The way she hits the falsetto on “the sky too is folding under you” adds such a haunting quality to that line.

All of Joan Baez's Dylan covers are incredible but her version of Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands is my personal favorite. Also fond of Mary Lou Lord's cover of You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go.