In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's artists, Cheap Trick performing a live cover of "Please, Mrs. Henry"
All April (and the first week of May) RtBE focuses our Monday Dylan Cover Series on artists who are playing this years New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Today is Cheap Trick who will be playing the festival Friday April 25th
Some of the enduring magic of The Basement Tapes is the ease with which everything rolls out. It may have been work for Bob and The Band, but it sure sounds like a good damn time. "Please, Mrs. Henry" epitomizes that feeling, as Dylan could be just as drunk as the song's needy main character who is begging for some help all over. Tossed off in the best possible ways, the tune bumps and wobbles forward, again like the main character, or Dylan himself.
Cover:
Thoughts on Cover Artist:
RtBE has always been a fan of the hits from Cheap Trick but have never done a deeper dive past Cheap Trick at Budokan.
Thoughts on Cover:
This cover is insane...in a good way. Cheap Trick take a deep cut of Bob Dylan's for a wild ride at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA - June 1977, flashing over the top Who like power, guitar nods to the Kinks and much more over the ten minute jam. This is without a doubt one of the wildest Dylan covers we have ever featured in this series and we dig it. A killer cover to kick off this month with our focus on artists playing this years Jazzfest.
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