Tangled Up in Blues

Tangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob Dylan is a 1999 album of Bob Dylan songs performed by various artists, featuring blues legends such as R.L. Burnside, Mavis Staples, and Taj Mahal.[2] Additional artists include Isaac Hayes, Leon Russell, and Dylan's long-time collaborators, The Band.[1]

Tangled Up in Blues
Compilation album by
Various Artists
RecordedJuly 13, 1999
Length62:28
LabelHouse of Blues
ProducerJohn Snyder
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

Two reissues of the album were released under the title All Blues'd Up!: the first in the U.S. in 2002 and the second in the Netherlands in 2003. While both feature the same tracks as the original release, the songs on the U.S. reissue were in a different order.[3]

Tangled Up in Blues was part of a series issued by the House of Blues record label under the tongue-in-cheek title "This Ain't No Tribute Album".[4]. The series featured 12 albums which were released from 1997 through 2002. Other artists whose works were highlighted in the series included The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, and Janis Joplin.[5]

Track listing

The album's 12 songs originally appeared in the following order:[3]

  1. "One Too Many Mornings" – The Band
  2. "All Along the Watchtower" – Larry McCray
  3. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" – Taj Mahal
  4. "Gotta Serve Somebody" – Mavis Staples
  5. "Everything Is Broken" – R.L. Burnside
  6. "Lay Lady Lay" – Isaac Hayes
  7. "Million Miles" – Alvin Youngblood Hart
  8. "Wallflower" – The Holmes Brothers
  9. "Pledging My Time" – Luther 'Guitar Jr.' Johnson
  10. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – John Hammond, Jr.
  11. "Ballad of a Thin Man" – James Solberg
  12. "Watching the River Flow" – Leon Russell

The following track listing was used for the 2002 U.S. reissue:[1][3]

  1. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" – Taj Mahal
  2. "Gotta Serve Somebody" – Mavis Staples
  3. "Lay Lady Lay" – Isaac Hayes
  4. "Everything Is Broken" – R.L. Burnside
  5. "Pledging My Time" – Luther 'Guitar Jr.' Johnson
  6. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – John Hammond, Jr.
  7. "Ballad of a Thin Man" – James Solberg
  8. "Million Miles" – Alvin Youngblood Hart
  9. "Watching the River Flow" – Leon Russell
  10. "Wallflower" – The Holmes Brothers
  11. "All Along the Watchtower" – Larry McCray
  12. "One Too Many Mornings" – The Band

See also

References
  1. Huey, Steve. "Tangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob Dylan Review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  2. Steininger, Alex (September 1999). "House of Blues: Tangled Up In Blues, Songs of Bob Dylan". inmusicwetrust.com. In Music We Trust. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  3. "Various Artists: Tangled Up in BLues (Songs of Bob Dylan - This Ain't No Tribute)". The Band website. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  4. Iwasaki, Scott (September 17, 1999). "6 CDs of blues covers aren't sad or sorry". deseret.com. Deseret News. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  5. "This Ain't No Tribute". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
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