Flagging Down The Double Es - Ray Padgett on Joan Osborne and Bob and The Dead [feat ‘Chimes of Freedom’ ]

 

Joan Osborne Recalls Singing with Bob Dylan and the Post-Jerry Dead

Plus re-recording "Chimes of Freedom" with Bob himself for a '60s-themed TV show

RAY PADGETT AUG 6 In 1995, Joan Osborne covered Bob Dylan on her triple-platinum debut album Relish. Within a couple years, she was singing with the man himself, first in the studio duetting on a re-recorded “Chimes of Freedom” in 1999, and then onstage in 2003 as a member of The Dead, a post-Garcia incarnation of the Grateful Dead. As that 21st-century version of Dylan and The Dead turns 21, I called up Osborne to talk all things Dylan—the various times she sang with him (in addition to all his Dead sit-ins, he invited her out for a few beautiful “Tears of Rage” duets during his own sets) and the various times she’s covered his songs, which led up to her excellent 2017 album Songs of Bob Dylan. read on here . . .

Joan Osborne - Man In The Long Black Coat

Chimes Of Freedom - Bob Dylan (The 60s Film NBC Movie Soundtrack)

Bobby and Joan (Osborne)