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First Line:
’Twas in another lifetime, one of toil & blood
Artist & Tune
Composed by:
Version by Bob Dylan
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Version by Jimmy LaFave
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Version by Cassandra Wilson
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Version by Steve Adey
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Version by The Sweet Tea Project
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Version by Claire Ann Taylor
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Version by Sachal Jazz Ensemble
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Version by Chris Martin
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About the Song
This song was recorded in 1974 in New York City & released on Dylan's 1975 "Blood on the Tracks" album on Columbia Records.
Notable covers:
- Jimmy LaFave - on his 1992 live album "Austin Skyline"
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band - on their 1996 studio album "Soft Vengeance"
- Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson - on her 2002 "Belly of the Sun" album
- Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris - on Crowell's 2005 "Outsider" album.
- English singer songwriter Steve Adey re-interpreted the song slowing it down to a funereal pace in 2006
- Ed Roland & The Sweet Tea Project - on the 2012 album "Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan" benefitting Amnesty International
- Australian folk singer Claire Ann Taylor - in a 2015 acoustic recording
- Pakistan's Sachal Jazz Ensemble with guest Becca Stevens - with sitar & other traditional instruments for their 2016 Universal album "Song of Lahore".
- Bill Murray sings the song over Bob Dylan's original recording on the 2014 American comedy-drama film St Vincent.
- Chris Martin of Coldplay recorded from home an acoustic version the song on one of the 3 Saturday Night Live from Home episodes in 2020.