For Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday last week, Variety selected 80 of the best or most underrated renditions of Dylan’s work ever recorded. Was that enough for cover? The answer is clear, if you ever appreciate the catalog of the man who is often revered as the greatest rock and roll songwriter: 80 is not enough, more than eight would be.
That’s why, at the end of Dylan’s Birthday Week, we’ve created 50 more must-have titles among the countless thousands that need to be mined. This bonus track addendum has even more classics from Byrds, Joan Baez, Nina Simone, Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Cash, all of which were on our previous list of 80. Alicia Keys, XTC, the Rolling Stones, the Specials, Townes Van Zandt, the Ramones and even David Lynch.
Join us on a journey through its backsides with contributions from Variety staff Steven Gaydos, William Earl and Chris Willman, and contributors Chris Morris and Jessica Hundley. As the birthday boy himself might say, if you have to go go now … or you have to stay all 50!
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