From White Stripes To Eddie Vedder, Five Modern Bob Dylan Covers For His 70th Birthday

Bob Dylan (Photo By: Kevin Winter / Getty Images Entertainment)
To celebrate Bob Dylan‘s 70th birthday today (May 24), we’ve compiled a short list of modern bands covering the folk-rock icon.
From bands like the White Stripes, to the Fleet Foxes, Pearl Jam, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and even Metric, groups and musicians have been heavily influenced by the ‘Poet Laureate of Rock and Roll’.
The White Stripes – Isis (into We’re Going to Be Friends)
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NoMotivation
May 25, 2011 1:09 am
All terrible all terrible. Even Bobby cant sing his songs anymore how can you expect others to? Im sorry Just some people cant be covered. Happy Birthday Dylan. The man who was someone else every day coming or going an original and a great Poet
musiclover
May 25, 2011 9:31 am
check this cover of Ballad of A Thin Man
johnnieboy
May 25, 2011 11:56 am
should have put on Rage against the machine’s cover of
Maggie’s Farm.. i enjoy it more than bob dylans tune