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Coffee Break: Bob Dylan

American folk pop singer Bob Dylan at a press conference in London in 1966.
American folk pop singer Bob Dylan at a press conference in London in 1966.Express Newspapers/Getty Images

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

April 04, 2025

Bob Dylan has long been considered one of the best songwriters of all time, and now the Voice of a Generation is bringing his “Rough and Rowdy Ways” Tour to the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato.

The show is Friday night, so let’s get ready for Bob Dylan’s big show by prepping a playlist full of Dylan… covers, that is!  

So, for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs written by Bob Dylan or Dylan covers would you like to hear?

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Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
Jimi Hendrix- All Along The Watchtower
Bryan Ferry- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Nina Simone- Just Like a Woman
The Dead Weather- New Pony
Duran Duran- Lay Lady Lay
The Byrds- My Back Pages
The New Basement Tapes feat. Marcus Mumford- Kansas City