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Audio/Video: Versions of ‘Maggie’s Farm’ by U2, the Grateful Dead, Toots Hibbert, Bob Dylan & Many More

Thought it would be a blast to listen to a variety of artists covering Bob Dylan’s “Maggie’s Farm.”

Below check out versions by Rage Against the Machine, the Grateful Dead, Uncle Tupelo, The Residents, The Waterboys, Toots Hibbert, The Specials, U2, Richie Havens, Stephen Malkmus, the Charlie Daniels Band and Solomon Burke.

Plus a version by David Grisman, John Hartford and Mike Seeger.

And Bob Dylan with and without The Band.

Hope you have as much fun with these as I did.

Rage Against the Machine, “Maggie’s Farm”:

[In August of this year I’ll be publishing my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.]

Grateful Dead, “Maggie’s Farm,” 1987:

Toots Hibbert, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm – Toots Hibbert by A Reggae Tribute To Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

Uncle Tupelo, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm by Uncle Tupelo on Grooveshark

Solomon Burke, “Maggie’s Farm”:

The Waterboys, “Maggie’s Farm”:

I Ain't Gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More by The Waterboys on Grooveshark

The Specials, “Maggie’s Farm”:

David Grisman, John Hartford, Mike Seeger, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm by David Grisman, John Hartford, & Mike Seeger on Grooveshark

The Residents, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggies Farm by The Residents on Grooveshark

The Charlie Daniels Band with Earl Scruggs, “Maggie’s Farm:

Maggie's Farm (With Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs And Gary Scruggs) by The Charlie Daniels Band on Grooveshark

U2, “Maggie’s Farm,” Live at “R.D.S. Showgrounds”, Dublin, Ireland, May 17, 1986:

Richie Havens, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm by Richie Havens on Grooveshark

David Bowie, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm [Live] by David Bowie on Grooveshark

Stephen Malkmus, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Bob Dylan and The Band, Oakland Coliseum, 1974, “Maggie’s Farm”:

maggie's farm by Bob Dylan & The Band on Grooveshark

Bob Dylan, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggie's Farm by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

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Listen: Rare Uncle Tupelo Demo, ‘This Year’

Uncle Tupelo’s No Depression will be released as a two-disc, remastered set on January 28, 2014.

Meanwhile check out his rare track off it:

“This Year”:

-– A Days of the Crazy-Wild blog post: sounds, visuals and/or news –-

Listen: Rare Uncle Tupelo Demo, “I Got Drunk”

The earliest recordings made by the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo will be part of a two-CD set, No Depression: Legacy Edition, that will include the No Depression album along with lots of rare or previously unreleased material, according to Rolling Stone. The album will be released January 28 on Sony Legacy.

Listen to “I Got Drunk,” which was recorded in 1989 with producer Matt Allison. The members of Uncle Tupelo at the time of the recording were Jeff Tweedy, Jay Farrar and Mike Heidorn.