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Hear Bob Dylan Cover Hank Williams’ ‘On the Banks of the Old Pontchartrain’ for the First Time
Bob Dylan broke out the 1947 Hanks Williams classic 'On the Banks of the Old Pontchartrain' for the first time in his career at a show in New Orleans.
Bob Dylan perform in concert during Farm Aid at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center on September 23, 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana. “I remember hearing’ Hank Williams one or two years before he died [in 1953],” Dylan told Rolling Stone ‘s Kurt Loder in 1984. But he has sprinkled in many surprise covers like Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven,”Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind,”Leonard Cohen’s “Dance Me To The End of Love,” and John Mellencamp’s “Longest Days.”
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