Dylan Cover #342 Phil Cohen "When My Ship Comes In" Live

In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a live cover by Phil Cohen playing "When My Ship Comes In"

Thoughts on Original:
From the first time we tackled a cover of this tune:
One of our favorite songs from the early days of Dylan. The purest Irish Folk we felt he ever got, Joan Baez was a fan of this one and told a cool story during No Direction Home, about him being pissed at a hotel attendant and then having this song just spiral out of him. Images of the sea, the salt, the song, raiding/pillaging; a pirate song at heart. When we are looking for pure folk Dylan this one usually finds it's way to our ears.
Cover:


Thoughts on Cover Artist:
Have not heard of Phil Cohen before today but he is a singer/songwriter based in Brooklyn and has a bandcamp page with recordings, but doesn't look to have released anything since 2014.

Thoughts on Cover:
So musically this is a straight ahead live acoustic number in the vein of the original. HOWEVER we don't normally mention the videos, just the music, but this is one of our favorite pure videos during our on going Dylan cover series as it was filmed on the front lawn of RtBE headquarters, NYC's Highline Park.

The playing, the ambient noise, random snippets of passing conversation and slowly strolling Cohen just add's to the majesty. It is one of our favorite cover videos we have showcased in this series, excellent work Mr. Cohen and Motiki Media Productions. 

NYC Moments: This time with the Highline

Moments like these are the reason this is home...ahh, New York City.

Yesterday we were doing some stuff around the apartment when we randomly heard brass music.  Looking outside we saw The Hungry Marching Band cruising literally right past my window...they were Second Linin' Down The Highline!
It was part of Make Music NYC.  I couldn't get my camera in time, but eerily almost the same thing happened today. 

The Yellow Building in the back is home...

Will getting some ducks in a row, it started pouring rain outside...when the rain stopped I could have swore I heard some drums.  Looked outside and there was a jazz band playing the pop-up beer garden right under the Highline!
Sorry for the narrow video (first on my new iphone!) but I managed to run down and catch the last snippet of the bands set amidst the puddles and brave souls drinking in the rain.  Ahh small moments make me love this town more and more...however, it is a touch bizarre that 4 years ago people were getting shot here and now there is a legit art installation.

How the city reinvents itself is astounding....Now we have tourists were their only used to be hookers...Progress!