Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan Cover)

[@59markr]

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.

[@myrafromparis]

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 :)

[@MrAucklandguy]

Amen to that

[@winstonenglish285]

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

[@rdstroud1]

I agree. I would like to hear him play all of them too.

[@100Equipoise]

@Mark and others here: precisely my thoughts since I first heard Carson. Long Live Bob Dylan.

[@david_pulanco_music1572]

Man that twelve-string sounds glorious

[@psmguy63]

Jingle - jangley, no? Perfect choice

[@TheManOnTheRail]

Nice strum pattern too.

[@danielueblacker9118]

12 strings brings me to a happy place for sure.

[@RagGeorgie]

@@TheManOnTheRail And one of the very best strumming you could possibly hear...!

[@RagGeorgie]

You bet it does! Much more in Carson's hands! :)

[@RikoScouse]

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.

[@harryw9598]

💋sweet and suß , musik verbrudert.

[@timsmith190]

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.

[@rbrb3625]

Z. E. R. H. GUT. , Mein Frailine!

[@rbrb3625]

German. Doesn’t type out on this machine.

[@adamlegion13]

Yes, my friend. Genius storyteller. Inspiring music for generations. Love your story.

[@alkinboo]

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.

[@RealBobLoblaw]

artists like Carson , Allison and Josh make youtube a wonderful world of musical discovery

[@robertthegreek]

And Reina and Toni.

[@jebsaekam]

Alison and Josh? Do tell

[@dlbstl]

@@jebsaekam Allison Young did a beautiful cover or two with Josh.

[@NavyVetJack]

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.

[@1AvW1]

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!

[@andrewglt8491]

That version is a little diamond !

[@murraylee9558]

Incredible....

[@ancil57]

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.

[@lancomedic]

And the wink.

[@craigberg1942]

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...'

[@roytee3127]

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.

[@larryfisher7056]

Sitting on a bed playing Mr Tamborine Man.....god that takes me back to my college days 45 years ago....nicely done Carson.

[@lew526]

Bravo!

[@MrFLeeF]

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.

[@nunnner]

Beautiful

[@mimo70]

Very nice.

[@petrkalina2032]

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

[@psmguy63]

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?

[@jessicacosiguitar]

His voice is amazing!

[@rbrb3625]

@@psmguy63 why not do it Byrdsish ~~~~? ? ! !

[@DB-cb7xb]

Stay on this path. This is your gift for the world to enjoy.

[@slotplayer50]

Fantastic Carson

[@Bobywan75]

Dylan is always a good choice. Beautiful !

[@johnbriggs2409]

A perfect rendition of my all-time favourite song. Carson makes the song come to life with his easy, natural style. Thank you 👍

[@bobf.5538]

He's not.just a great singer he makes his bed too !

[@carsonmckeemusic]

Tell my Mom I’m doin’ good!

[@timjohns2751]

Doing well enough to afford a bedroom with a window in Brooklyn. And judging by the light maybe not even an airshaft window!

[@stevepositiv]

if you wanna change the world, and even if by music, you‘d want to start by making your bed first. #admiral

[@TheDacat77]

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.

[@MsTarheelNative]

@P aul Nope, wasn't me.

[@t5o7m]

the last thirty seconds was more than worth the price of admission !!!

[@vortexpilot5096]

Outrageously good.

[@shanemccarthy1742]

Great cover

[@GregGibson_music]

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.

[@JohnSmith-nj9qo]

I could happily spend an entire day listening to this on a loop.

[@fastjazz]

The last 25 seconds - fabulous!

[@JoshNelsonOfficial]

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

[@bobsykes]

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.

[@lw216316]

Yep, got to use a 12 string - and a harmonica would be icing on the cake.

[@brendachristopher2693]

Thank you for sharing, I loved your performance!

[@JackFlaps]

loved the bit at the end

[@mattbrown3091]

The tambourine tattoo on my arm is quivering with joy, my favourite artist and song combined 💙

[@mdk2]

Dylan is obviously a legendary lyricist but you do his songs a lot of justice with the voice. Awesome man!

[@roytee3127]

and his (Carson's) phraseology and diction

[@philsco47]

Dude, love that last part where you channel Dylan in a comical tribute! Clap, clap, clap....well done!

[@GoneFishingification]

Thanks. Took me back about 60 years - or more. I used to sing this song when a teenager.

[@westonandmarilynhawkes7423]

Thank you Carson. Beautiful!!!!

[@bradcoffman7395]

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.

[@presentconstellations]

One of my favorites

[@ariane3072]

Great cover.....always a fresh & put together interpretation. Pure Carson! Highlights the mighty difference between simple and easy.

[@MrAucklandguy]

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.

[@rbrb3625]

I like the way you slowed down the “far past the frozen leaves” part.

[@benpholmes]

Nobel laureate Bob Dylan!!

[@ego2go-pk]

Super Cool! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@barbarag.5521]

Thank you, Carson, for beautifully covering these old favorites.

[@chrisbarton2967]

A beautiful ray of beaming light in a time of utter darkness. Carson, we all needed this right now. Thank you.

[@syd.garrett]

The alchemy of verb, rhythm and melody ... I predict a great future for this songwriter 🌠

[@rbrb3625]

You be Articulate, Discerning, and Positive. I hope that. “The. ‘ C ‘ Factor “. play concert at The El Mocomba in Toronto, Ontario, CANADA . ✝✝Hhfv✝✝✝✝✝🟩🟨🟩🟨🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇸🇬🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇽🇸🇽🇪🇸🇱🇨🇰🇳🇸🇷🇹🇯🇹🇯🇹🇴🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇿🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪✝✝🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋🔋✝✝✝☢☢☢☢☢🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🇹🇹🇹🇹🇵🇪✝✝✝

[@EHzRacingCollecting]

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.

[@Cortlandt_Cash]

Huge fan of yours. Keep it up.

[@BrunoNeureiter]

Given all the effort you've put into your art, there's not a single reason one should restrain from giving a thumbs up

[@realsharo4146]

You are an amazing singer. Much love from India.

[@danielueblacker9118]

What a wonderful tribute and cover. Thanks.

[@MrPiperian]

ya put tears in my eyes, thank you.

[@belascialoja4812]

Man, that's downright masterful. I mean, how could it be any better?

[@stevederebey]

Love the 12 string! Great old song!

[@jonasisrael7158]

Bravo...quelle mémoire..!! Je n'ai réussi qu'à apprendre deux couplets...Bravo ...belle interprétation

[@robertthegreek]

Great way to start the weekend!

[@sunnysmilessunshine4060]

That was More than Beautiful. Thank you for warming up my day~ I just Love it when I see a new Carson post~

[@Marta-cq6dw]

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.

[@nitramza861]

I love the sound of that 12 string. Beautiful!

[@canticle56]

Utah Phillips “I remember loving you”. I’d love to hear you do this one when you have a moment. Love your work.

[@wolmarrrrr]

Always utterly amazed by the talent.

[@christyler975]

I thought I knew this song. You have refreshed my memory of it. Thanks also for the extra slice.

[@alexandercalder2143]

Wo. Very soulful. This is a very different, more plaintive rendition. Truly excellent.

[@faigler]

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.

[@Archiewhynot]

Absolutely marvellous!

[@odinfromcentr2]

Perfetto. 😁

[@dgbooth]

Jingle jangle with a drop D. Awesome. Well done, Carson.

[@joshuadavidson7527]

Love the ring of a 12 string!

[@flatroc1]

Beautiful...

[@marti7343]

The music is always better when Carson is there. A great artist. Keep it coming.

[@Baakjimiuh47]

wonderful performance my friend. great song and great voice. thank you for sharing your amazing talent. great job.

[@SmiTTyy-sh8nc]

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 👍👍

[@dandamerville]

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.

[@adamlegion13]

Love stories, even sad ones, about Dylan’s storytelling changing people. Thanks for the vulnerability and sweet share.

[@GrandpaCanCook]

I remeber the first time I heard this awesome Dylan song, and just love your version. Thank you Carson.

[@sean9960]

Absolutely loved it

[@1Barrel2u]

You have a way of bringing a new life to well known songs. Giving them a new relevance and flavor. Thank you

[@davidcox2197]

I remember roller skating to this song When I was a kid.

[@danielcostello4041]

Love this. Great cover.

[@pedromagalhaes6400]

I have no words to describe how great interpreter you are

[@jeanmarclatreille8065]

All fantastic way to go Carson you're doing an awesome job love it🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@Hare_deLune]

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!

[@samvanderlee6497]

That last Dylan impression is amazing!

[@MrJorvik]

Beautiful version with the right 60s feel to it. Thanks! :)

[@michaelfeeley4351]

Lol Carson should do another cover just in that voice at the end. Not even bad

[@barbarag.5521]

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!

[@BasherBrookes]

Well it served one person very well over a 50odd year career 😎

[@microbuilder]

William Shatner doing Bob Dylan lol

[@fredneecher1746]

1966 Dylan doing 1965 Dylan - brilliant!

[@fredneecher1746]

@@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!

[@DavesCoverSongs]

I’ve always loved this song but never really listened to the lyrics. Dylan is such an amazing wordsmith. Great stuff as always Carson.

[@michaelswisher8630]

Carson and Josh always put the song first. They never use a song as a vehicle for showing off their considerable talents.

[@abaptiste]

this old 12-string sounds pretty good. Excellent Voice ! Nice ! Bravo !

[@sharingsherpa1440]

I love your cover version of the legendary Bob Dylan. Please do more songs of him. Much love to you and family from Everest.

[@pavloosh]

Thank you Carson.

[@minimax9050]

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.

[@mikeg3660]

Soulful...you make it look easy. The highest of complements. Gotta say I also like the take at the end.

[@kathycogliano9550]

Just incredible. Brings back many memories. I love what you do Carson keep it up.

[@talmagerichardson5575]

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

[@momusicfan]

You need to come to Duluth, Mn/ Superior, Wii for Bob Dylan days. Great job!

[@ronaldszudy8184]

A timeless song, so well performed. Thank you, Carson

[@ratroddiesels1981]

thats a wonderful one , my uncle gave me one too ,i loved it .

[@davidwatson1225]

A very hard cover, you have a richness to your voice that is really fun to hear. Thanks for the post.

[@marksimpson2321]

Uplifting to listen to good music performed brilliantly with a smile!

[@mjcal81]

That was fantastic. Thank you, I love the ending!

[@sydhowell4813]

Love It! Quite a talent. Nice to see you and Josh and so many of your generation giving such great life to the music of my generation. Please keep it up!

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

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!

[@mrsteve2112]

Fantastic, as always!