Any of us who have been around SK for a minute already know that he’s a big Dylan fan. His latest release as of this writing is this cover of Buckets of Rain. This is a collaboration with Boots Factor, who many of you know primarily from his work with Stephen in the past during the Sixers era. You can read here what Boots had to say about this.
While this is Stephen’s first release of a Dylan cover, you may not be surprised to hear he’s done a bunch of Dylan covers over the years. Let’s have a look back through some of these before we talk about another Dylan cover that SK has teased is also in the can, hopefully awaiting a future release.
YOU AIN’T GOIN’ NOWHERE • Stephen has covered this one a handful of times during his shows over his career, most recently with Adam Duritz and David Immerglück in New York City in November of 2020. This one was streamed online at a time most of us weren’t going to concerts.
MASTERS OF WAR • Stephen did a stirring cover of this one during a streaming show in 2020. This clip talks some about what Dylan means to Stephen as well.
KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR • The Bob Dylan song that I grew up thinking was a Guns N Roses song showed up in a couple of SK sets around 2015-2016. He played this in Myrtle Beach, SC, and in Dardanelle, AR, both times with John Daly.
RING THEM BELLS • Stephen Kellogg played this Dylan song a handful of times across his 2013 Countdown to Blunderstone tour, opening his encore with it each time.
LIKE A ROLLING STONE • This is another song that SK has covered a number of times over the years. Here is him performing it with the Sixers in 2009 at The Bowery Ballroom.
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER • Watchtower was a staple of the earliest era of Stephen Kellogg live shows in the mid- to late-1990s, especially when he was part of The Stephen Kellogg Band.
BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE SHOW • Stephen participated in a Bob Dylan tribute show in 2002 at Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. At this show he covered a couple of Dylan songs, including Tombstone Blues, while backing up some of the other artists who appeared on their covers as well.
TO MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE • In a comment responding to a Tweet about the release of his new cover, SK has suggested that he’s also recorded a cover of this one. With any luck, we’ll see a release of this as well!
In the mean time, check out Buckets of Rain on Spotify or Apple Music!
