There's a lot of Carson's own songs already to be amazed to, plus the ones with The Other Favorites and also Reina del Cid's band! But surely his singing of Dylan are a blessing :)
Back in 2002, when I was 12 years old, I went on the internet (which was quite costly back then and I was allowed 10 minutes per week), printed out a bunch of Dylan and Beatles lyrics, took my dad's dictionary and tried to translate them into German so I'd be able to truly grasp the meaning. Needles to say, I was fascinated with Dylan and I cried when I saw him play "Mr. Tambourine Man" live on stage as it brought back so many memories of this girl desperately trying to understand the genius of Bob Dylan. He's the reason I started to write, why I wanted to be an artist. And he's also the reason I learned that poetry touches you, even if you don't fully understand what is being said.
Don't worry about understanding what it "means". Its beauty is that it means different things to different people and different things to the same person at different times in their life. You are free to assign any meaning that suits you.
When I first saw these guy’s, I thought they were great talent just starting out. Maybe like students in High School. I Couldn’t believe when Josh said he was like 27 yrs. old. I think I read they have toured in Europe.
You are so right! But please don't you forget artists like Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, and Sierra Hulll, just to name few of them. America has a LARGE box filled with extraordinary talents. If you don't know these mentioned, you definitely should check them out thoroughly, says this Amsterdammer from the Netherlands!
I discovered Dylan when I was 14 (back in 1962) and this video stirs all that youthful excitement I felt at the time. I'm 73 now and I thank you for stirring those old memories.
Someone else noted secret of Carson's remarkable renditions of so many classics (besides his beautiful voice): Carson really sings the lyrics. He's telling the story of the song, with his voice. A lot of singers concentrate on the notes, with the lyrics just something for the voice to be doing while making the sounds. Carson does both.
I love the sly smile when you inverted a couple of lines. I love that you didn't bother with another take to correct it. Bob plays with his lyrics. There's no reason you can't do so as well.
I agree; loved the sly smile & wink. Wonderful cover. So don't get on my case when - just for the record - I point out that the original Dylan lyric is: "And the ancient empty street’s too dead for dreaming", not 'city streets'. And (a lesser point) " Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time", not 'down the smoke rings of my mind...'
One of my few remaining early memories was at age 5 when I was playing in my back yard in a sleepy Simi Valley. I could hear in the house my big sister playing a brand new song "Like a Rolling Stone" on the turntable. I can still remember the pleasant feeling that song gave me even though I didn't understand a single word in the lyrics. That old house is gone now, my mom, my dad, just about everything from then is gone except my sister, me and Bob Dylan. Thanks for keeping things alive, Carson.
If people don't get what a genius this guy is there is no hope for them. Seriously though it's hard to explain or express just how good this is. Not just a great cover. It's artistry and the embodiment of the meaning of the song and the lyrics and yes it pays homage to Dylan but Carson doesn't need to be anyone but himself. Absolutely for the time and of the time and the time is now.
Nice, and thank you. I so appreciate you bringing these beautiful songs back to life. I am soon to be 53 years old and am the father of three young 20 somethings. I was raised on Dylan by my father (and by simply being a New York kid in the 70’s-he was everywhere) and passed that gift on to my kids. I feel there is so much he has done that awakens the soul and rounds you out to being a good person. I hope your audience of younger people can get into that groove and not only listen and enjoy your wonderful performances but...learn. Carry that torch, brother. Peace. ☮️
You be Articulate, Discerning, and Positive. I hope that. “The. ‘ C ‘ Factor “. play concert at The El Mocomba in Toronto, Ontario, CANADA . ✝✝Hhfv✝✝✝✝✝🟩🟨🟩🟨🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇸🇬🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇽🇸🇽🇪🇸🇱🇨🇰🇳🇸🇷🇹🇯🇹🇯🇹🇴🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇿🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪✝✝🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋✝✝✝☢☢☢☢☢🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🇹🇹🇹🇹🇵🇪✝✝✝
I saw the title of this and was all ready to pounce on this cover with assorted pre-composed cutting critiques. "How dare you take on this classic from the early 60s without knowing the context underneath," I thought. But, upon listening, I found the vocal to be quite pleasing with enough twists and turns to tap my feet happily throughout.
First time I ever got high (not drunk-dizzy-dumb-disoriented high, but floating high) was in the summer of 1965. A kid from New York City (or so he claimed) moved to my rural Florida neighborhood. He said come over and listen to a new record. The album was Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home, the first track of which was Mr. Tambourine Man. As the words -- so many words -- tumbled-jumbled-rumbled on and on, I felt my accustomed fear-based tightness loosen up and slip away. Note: My poor father was a recreational kid-beater, and I was his favorite target, hence the fear. "To dance beneath the diamond-sky, with one hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea . . . let me forget about today until tomorrow." I couldn't make sense of what he was singing about, but it sounded better than what I could make sense about. A new possibility arose in my cringe-constrained little mind; There might be more to life than simply trying to postpone the next beating. Hey, I'm not the biggest Dylan fan. Some of his songs are forgettable, a few lamentable -- but Mr. Tambourine got me high, woke me up. Thanks, Bob.
I love the Bob-voice, Carson. lol There was a time when Dylan actually sang, before he did the Bob-voice full-time. I had an old tape with him singing "Moon River," I think it was. He could sing!
@@barbarag.5521 He did Blue Moon on the original Self-Portrait but if you've got him on tape singing Moon River you need to hang on to it - valuable bootleg!
I had the pleasure of seeing him in concert November 2019. Still had the magic and lolling voice. My GF and me loved the concert. Thanks for keeping his music going. Your 12 sounds nice and jangly for this song too.
1:35. Nice recovery!!! When patti smith forgot lyrics to hard rain at the Nobel ceremony she tried to apologize to Dylan and was told not to worry about it because no one screws up his lyrics more then he does.
This beautiful song always gives this strange sense of peace to me, I can't explain this. But I love it. Btw, amazing cover! I felt the same sense of piece.
I love this cover so much, it's fantastic. The outtake at the end is extra funny to me, though, because my dad does the same imitation and usually with this specific song. It's like the obligatory Dylan mimic, you just have to.
Well, many of us have covered that song, but it's always good to hear another version. This song is meant for a twelve string, but I used to perform it on a six string, pretty much sticking with Dylan's style and version, on occasion, shortening the song. Good job Carson, AS USUAL
Great rendition of one of the all time great songs. I heard Dylan say once he though he has a very good singing voice. Fact is when writing songs like this one it makes little difference what the words sounds like is where they take you melodically and spiritually.
Josh, Allison & Carson! These kids know what great music is. The 60s & 70s are alive. There is no shame in covering songs in the past especially those certified as classic. Keep it up!
Mr. McKee; I don't consider it an exaggeration to say that your voice in my humble opinion is right there with the likes of Elvis, McCartney, Sinatra etc. and when you combine it with your other amazing musical friends..like Josh, Reina Del cid it's just mind blowing that you are all so awesomely talented on your own and as a group. Love your rendition btw, and look forward to more. Just so you know i have you on my personal play list.
"A strange young man called Dylan with a voice like sand and glue" Absolutely the best depiction of his voice [EDIT I mean Dylan's voice. If you don't know the song check out "Song for Bob Dylan" by David Bowie]
Dylan's execution isn't always.. the smoothest to listen to! But a good cover can show how good his songwriting actually is. I don't think one could say he's over-rated on the songwriting front.
I agree with you that it's more pleasing to the ear but Bob Dylans version is still way better. Singing isn't only about creating something that sounds pleasing to the ear. I hate it when people say that they like Dylans words but they don't like how he sings. A huge part of what makes Dylan so great is his delivery of the words that writes. He makes them sound realistic and believable, occasionally aggressive and intense as any good storyteller would. The way Dylan sings pulls you into the story and it makes you wanna know what he's talking about. Listen to the Dylan version again and pay attention to the way his singing gives the song life with his amazing delivery. Good delivery is more valuable than a pleasant voice. I actually think that if Dylan sung with a nice pleasant soft voice it would take away allot of the life in his songs, they would feel more two dimensional and be less relatable.
I doubt there's another person in this world that can play a song the way you do. You play a folk song the way it's supposed to be played. The way Mr. Dylan and Tom Waits and Ben Taylor would play it.
I'm listening to Dylan songs since I was 15, now I'm 63, and somehow Mr. Tambourine Man is not easy to sing, but you do it with your special tenderness, I like it a lot... By the way, following you up from your first recording "Wagon Wheel", think, at that time, you were about 15 years old.
I come back to this one, Carson because it takes a special sensitivity to sing melodically repetitive, poetic Dylan and you have it. When there are thirteen versus to something you need to be able to convey the light and shade, rise and fall, that peculiar Dylan habit of marking time occasionally (or we could imagine he's making up the next line sometimes) and counterpoint and you nail it. Thanks for a great rendition of a similarly great tune.
Thank you Carson for that's the first time I've ever heard and understood the lyrics to that familiar classic !! I don't know how but you reach a higher level of excellence with each video. And with that 12 strings bright rich tone...... Brilliant 👍👍
Always find myself re-playing your videos, but reading along with lyrics. You make them unique as if I had never heard the original! This cover was rich and beautiful, thank you for sharing
Carson, can you please sing Bob’s entire catalogue? No rush. I’ve got the rest of my life to listen to your superb artistry.
There's a lot of Carson's own songs already to be amazed to, plus the ones with The Other Favorites and also Reina del Cid's band! But surely his singing of Dylan are a blessing :)
Amen to that
Among other things in my collection I have the Complete Works of Bob Dylan gonna take a while to work your way through those my friend
I agree. I would like to hear him play all of them too.
@Mark and others here: precisely my thoughts since I first heard Carson. Long Live Bob Dylan.
Man that twelve-string sounds glorious
Jingle - jangley, no? Perfect choice
Nice strum pattern too.
12 strings brings me to a happy place for sure.
@@TheManOnTheRail And one of the very best strumming you could possibly hear...!
You bet it does!
Much more in Carson's hands! :)
Back in 2002, when I was 12 years old, I went on the internet (which was quite costly back then and I was allowed 10 minutes per week), printed out a bunch of Dylan and Beatles lyrics, took my dad's dictionary and tried to translate them into German so I'd be able to truly grasp the meaning.
Needles to say, I was fascinated with Dylan and I cried when I saw him play "Mr. Tambourine Man" live on stage as it brought back so many memories of this girl desperately trying to understand the genius of Bob Dylan. He's the reason I started to write, why I wanted to be an artist.
And he's also the reason I learned that poetry touches you, even if you don't fully understand what is being said.
💋sweet and suß , musik verbrudert.
Don't worry about understanding what it "means". Its beauty is that it means different things to different people and different things to the same person at different times in their life. You are free to assign any meaning that suits you.
Z. E. R. H. GUT. , Mein Frailine!
German. Doesn’t type out on this machine.
Yes, my friend. Genius storyteller. Inspiring music for generations. Love your story.
artists like Carson , Allison and Josh make youtube a wonderful world of musical discovery
And Reina and Toni.
Alison and Josh? Do tell
@@jebsaekam Allison Young did a beautiful cover or two with Josh.
When I first saw these guy’s, I thought they were great talent just starting out. Maybe like students in High School. I Couldn’t believe when Josh said he was like 27 yrs. old. I think I read they have toured in Europe.
You are so right!
But please don't you forget artists like Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, and Sierra Hulll, just to name few of them. America has a LARGE box filled with extraordinary talents. If you don't know these mentioned, you definitely should check them out thoroughly, says this Amsterdammer from the Netherlands!
I discovered Dylan when I was 14 (back in 1962) and this video stirs all that youthful excitement I felt at the time. I'm 73 now and I thank you for stirring those old memories.
He's not.just a great singer he makes his bed too !
Tell my Mom I’m doin’ good!
Doing well enough to afford a bedroom with a window in Brooklyn. And judging by the light maybe not even an airshaft window!
if you wanna change the world, and even if by music, you‘d want to start by making your bed first. #admiral
Only for the video. But he has not cut his ear off yet. Which i applaud. Thank you Carson for taking me back to yesterday.
@P aul Nope, wasn't me.
Someone else noted secret of Carson's remarkable renditions of so many classics (besides his beautiful voice): Carson really sings the lyrics. He's telling the story of the song, with his voice.
A lot of singers concentrate on the notes, with the lyrics just something for the voice to be doing while making the sounds.
Carson does both.
Sitting on a bed playing Mr Tamborine Man.....god that takes me back to my college days 45 years ago....nicely done Carson.
I love the sly smile when you inverted a couple of lines. I love that you didn't bother with another take to correct it. Bob plays with his lyrics. There's no reason you can't do so as well.
And the wink.
I agree; loved the sly smile & wink. Wonderful cover. So don't get on my case when - just for the record - I point out that the original Dylan lyric is:
"And the ancient empty street’s too dead for dreaming", not 'city streets'. And (a lesser point) "
Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time", not 'down the smoke rings of my mind...'
One of my few remaining early memories was at age 5 when I was playing in my back yard in a sleepy Simi Valley. I could hear in the house my big sister playing a brand new song "Like a Rolling Stone" on the turntable. I can still remember the pleasant feeling that song gave me even though I didn't understand a single word in the lyrics. That old house is gone now, my mom, my dad, just about everything from then is gone except my sister, me and Bob Dylan. Thanks for keeping things alive, Carson.
If people don't get what a genius this guy is there is no hope for them. Seriously though it's hard to explain or express just how good this is. Not just a great cover. It's artistry and the embodiment of the meaning of the song and the lyrics and yes it pays homage to Dylan but Carson doesn't need to be anyone but himself.
Absolutely for the time and of the time and the time is now.
I like the way you slowed down the “far past the frozen leaves” part.
Nobel laureate Bob Dylan!!
You carry this song so well. No hesitation, no thinking, just a pure vein of feeling from your soul. Thank you. and great job making your bed.
His voice is just so full. I love it. And combined with the great Bob Dylan ....oh I am the good kind of sad again. 😌 Thank you
There should be a song, " The good kind of sad" believe you have inspired me to write one. Pray tell, shall I do it Dylan-esque?
His voice is amazing!
@@psmguy63 why not do it Byrdsish ~~~~? ? ! !
Carson and Josh always put the song first. They never use a song as a vehicle for showing off their considerable talents.
A perfect rendition of my all-time favourite song. Carson makes the song come to life with his easy, natural style. Thank you 👍
the last thirty seconds was more than worth the price of admission !!!
Stay on this path. This is your gift for the world to enjoy.
Dylan is obviously a legendary lyricist but you do his songs a lot of justice with the voice. Awesome man!
and his (Carson's) phraseology and diction
Dylan is always a good choice. Beautiful !
Nice, and thank you. I so appreciate you bringing these beautiful songs back to life. I am soon to be 53 years old and am the father of three young 20 somethings. I was raised on Dylan by my father (and by simply being a New York kid in the 70’s-he was everywhere) and passed that gift on to my kids. I feel there is so much he has done that awakens the soul and rounds you out to being a good person. I hope your audience of younger people can get into that groove and not only listen and enjoy your wonderful performances but...learn.
Carry that torch, brother. Peace. ☮️
That 12 string is beautiful. You can just see the story behind it and what it has been through. Great cover Carson, love you bro
The alchemy of verb, rhythm and melody ...
I predict a great future for this songwriter 🌠
You be Articulate, Discerning, and Positive.
I hope that. “The. ‘ C ‘ Factor “. play concert at
The El Mocomba in Toronto, Ontario, CANADA .
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Given all the effort you've put into your art, there's not a single reason one should restrain from giving a thumbs up
I saw the title of this and was all ready to pounce on this cover with assorted pre-composed cutting critiques. "How dare you take on this classic from the early 60s without knowing the context underneath," I thought. But, upon listening, I found the vocal to be quite pleasing with enough twists and turns to tap my feet happily throughout.
First time I ever got high (not drunk-dizzy-dumb-disoriented high, but floating high) was in the summer of 1965. A kid from New York City (or so he claimed) moved to my rural Florida neighborhood. He said come over and listen to a new record. The album was Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home, the first track of which was Mr. Tambourine Man. As the words -- so many words -- tumbled-jumbled-rumbled on and on, I felt my accustomed fear-based tightness loosen up and slip away. Note: My poor father was a recreational kid-beater, and I was his favorite target, hence the fear. "To dance beneath the diamond-sky, with one hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea . . . let me forget about today until tomorrow." I couldn't make sense of what he was singing about, but it sounded better than what I could make sense about. A new possibility arose in my cringe-constrained little mind; There might be more to life than simply trying to postpone the next beating. Hey, I'm not the biggest Dylan fan. Some of his songs are forgettable, a few lamentable -- but Mr. Tambourine got me high, woke me up. Thanks, Bob.
Love stories, even sad ones, about Dylan’s storytelling changing people. Thanks for the vulnerability and sweet share.
The tambourine tattoo on my arm is quivering with joy, my favourite artist and song combined 💙
Lol Carson should do another cover just in that voice at the end. Not even bad
I love the Bob-voice, Carson. lol
There was a time when Dylan actually sang, before he did the Bob-voice full-time. I had an old tape with him singing "Moon River," I think it was.
He could sing!
Well it served one person very well over a 50odd year career 😎
William Shatner doing Bob Dylan lol
1966 Dylan doing 1965 Dylan - brilliant!
@@barbarag.5521 He did Blue Moon on the original Self-Portrait but if you've got him on tape singing Moon River you need to hang on to it - valuable bootleg!
Very nice.
Weekend. Summer. Coffee. Carson McKnee. Perfect Day
True dat!
Yep, got to use a 12 string - and a harmonica would be icing on the cake.
Incredible....
Dude, love that last part where you channel Dylan in a comical tribute! Clap, clap, clap....well done!
Thanks. Took me back about 60 years - or more. I used to sing this song when a teenager.
I could happily spend an entire day listening to this on a loop.
Fantastic Carson
This is the purest version I have ever heard.
One of my favorites
Wow. I used to play and (try to) sing that song when I was learning guitar as a schoolboy in the '70s. Dylan's music is so timeless.
I had the pleasure of seeing him in concert November 2019. Still had the magic and lolling voice. My GF and me loved the concert. Thanks for keeping his music going. Your 12 sounds nice and jangly for this song too.
loved the bit at the end
1:35. Nice recovery!!! When patti smith forgot lyrics to hard rain at the Nobel ceremony she tried to apologize to Dylan and was told not to worry about it because no one screws up his lyrics more then he does.
Beautiful
I’ve always loved this song but never really listened to the lyrics. Dylan is such an amazing wordsmith. Great stuff as always Carson.
Great cover
I agree it would be great to hear you sing every Dylan song. I sure would love to hear you do Chimes of Freedom, a song whose day has come (again).
A beautiful ray of beaming light in a time of utter darkness. Carson, we all needed this right now. Thank you.
Bravo!
This beautiful song always gives this strange sense of peace to me, I can't explain this. But I love it.
Btw, amazing cover! I felt the same sense of piece.
I love this cover so much, it's fantastic. The outtake at the end is extra funny to me, though, because my dad does the same imitation and usually with this specific song. It's like the obligatory Dylan mimic, you just have to.
Well, many of us have covered that song, but it's always good to hear another version. This song is meant for a twelve string, but I used to perform it on a six string, pretty much sticking with Dylan's style and version, on occasion, shortening the song. Good job Carson, AS USUAL
Great rendition of one of the all time great songs. I heard Dylan say once he though he has a very good singing voice. Fact is when writing songs like this one it makes little difference what the words sounds like is where they take you melodically and spiritually.
Thanks so much, Carson! That was a really great rendition of the classic. Also, you do an hilariously exaggerated impression of Dylan! LOL
I have no words to describe how great interpreter you are
Utah Phillips “I remember loving you”. I’d love to hear you do this one when you have a moment. Love your work.
Great cover.....always a fresh & put together interpretation. Pure Carson! Highlights the mighty difference between simple and easy.
Josh, Allison & Carson! These kids know what great music is. The 60s & 70s are alive. There is no shame in covering songs in the past especially those certified as classic. Keep it up!
Mr. McKee; I don't consider it an exaggeration to say that your voice in my humble opinion is right there with the likes of Elvis, McCartney, Sinatra etc. and when you combine it with your other amazing musical friends..like Josh, Reina Del cid it's just mind blowing that you are all so awesomely talented on your own and as a group. Love your rendition btw, and look forward to more. Just so you know i have you on my personal play list.
"A strange young man called Dylan with a voice like sand and glue"
Absolutely the best depiction of his voice
[EDIT I mean Dylan's voice. If you don't know the song check out "Song for Bob Dylan" by David Bowie]
Thanks Carson.
Carson has a more pleasing voice IMO.
@@melvinlee5684 Carson has a great voice! My quote is from "Song for Bob Dylan" by David Bowie
@@maxsignori7660 Sorry brother. I agree.
@@melvinlee5684 no problem, I reckon I was not that clear :D
My humble opinion? More pleasing than Dylan's rendition.
Dylan's performance isn't great. But words are gold.
👍 never been a Dylan's fan.. he is overrated.. so I like the cover
@@sigmaman721 naah Dylan is great but his voice isn't the best. His lyrics are great tho
Dylan's execution isn't always.. the smoothest to listen to! But a good cover can show how good his songwriting actually is. I don't think one could say he's over-rated on the songwriting front.
I agree with you that it's more pleasing to the ear but Bob Dylans version is still way better. Singing isn't only about creating something that sounds pleasing to the ear. I hate it when people say that they like Dylans words but they don't like how he sings. A huge part of what makes Dylan so great is his delivery of the words that writes. He makes them sound realistic and believable, occasionally aggressive and intense as any good storyteller would. The way Dylan sings pulls you into the story and it makes you wanna know what he's talking about. Listen to the Dylan version again and pay attention to the way his singing gives the song life with his amazing delivery. Good delivery is more valuable than a pleasant voice. I actually think that if Dylan sung with a nice pleasant soft voice it would take away allot of the life in his songs, they would feel more two dimensional and be less relatable.
Man, that's downright masterful. I mean, how could it be any better?
The music is always better when Carson is there. A great artist. Keep it coming.
I doubt there's another person in this world that can play a song the way you do. You play a folk song the way it's supposed to be played. The way Mr. Dylan and Tom Waits and Ben Taylor would play it.
I always say he has some kind of magic in his singing. When he sings, everyone listens as a lecture. Carson is amazing.
As always- just incredible
Can’t wait for your next song
Same!
Was that a request for the next Bob cover? ;)
Jingle jangle with a drop D. Awesome. Well done, Carson.
Thank you, Carson, for beautifully covering these old favorites.
My infatuation with you has peaked. I can’t anymore. You’re gonna be a god damn legend some day.
I totally agree. I love everything he sings.
That was More than Beautiful. Thank you for warming up my day~ I just Love it when I see a new Carson post~
The last 25 seconds - fabulous!
Thank you Carson. Beautiful!!!!
I'm listening to Dylan songs since I was 15, now I'm 63, and somehow Mr. Tambourine Man is not easy to sing, but you do it with your special tenderness, I like it a lot... By the way, following you up from your first recording "Wagon Wheel", think, at that time, you were about 15 years old.
Love the ring of a 12 string!
Huge fan of yours. Keep it up.
That Outro was fun!
Agreed. : )
Outrageously good.
I heard this song a lot when I was a little kid and couldn't appreciate it.
Never really knew how epic it was until now.
Thanks, Carson!
Bravo...quelle mémoire..!!
Je n'ai réussi qu'à apprendre deux couplets...Bravo ...belle interprétation
Never disappointed by your art
Thank you Carson.
I come back to this one, Carson because it takes a special sensitivity to sing melodically repetitive, poetic Dylan and you have it. When there are thirteen versus to something you need to be able to convey the light and shade, rise and fall, that peculiar Dylan habit of marking time occasionally (or we could imagine he's making up the next line sometimes) and counterpoint and you nail it. Thanks for a great rendition of a similarly great tune.
Great way to start the weekend!
wonderful performance my friend. great song and great voice. thank you for sharing your amazing talent. great job.
Super Cool! Thanks for sharing with us!
Thank you Carson for that's the first time I've ever heard and understood the lyrics to that familiar classic !!
I don't know how but you reach a higher level of excellence with each video.
And with that 12 strings bright rich tone......
Brilliant 👍👍
@4:26-4:30... why I'll watch ANY Carson cover. Well done, man!
I thought I knew this song. You have refreshed my memory of it. Thanks also for the extra slice.
That last Dylan impression is amazing!
Love this. Great cover.
You need to come to Duluth, Mn/ Superior, Wii for Bob Dylan days. Great job!
I remeber the first time I heard this awesome Dylan song, and just love your version. Thank you Carson.
Dude, that slip of the lyrics on the middle verse was so bloody well covered. I wouldn't want a Dylan cover any other way. Very authentic.
Love the 12 string! Great old song!
thats a wonderful one , my uncle gave me one too ,i loved it .
You have a way of bringing a new life to well known songs. Giving them a new relevance and flavor. Thank you
I love the post credits scene my god.
Always utterly amazed by the talent.
ya put tears in my eyes, thank you.
Man, You do Dylan better than Dylan did Dylan !!!! Keep em coming !!
Always find myself re-playing your videos, but reading along with lyrics. You make them unique as if I had never heard the original! This cover was rich and beautiful, thank you for sharing
You are an amazing singer. Much love from India.
Wo. Very soulful. This is a very different, more plaintive rendition. Truly excellent.