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For the third edition of Strong Covers, Kirk takes on two famous covers of two equally famous songs: Jimi Hendrix's 1968 cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," and The White Stripes' early 2000s cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene." Written by: Bob Dylan & Dolly Parton Albums: Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding , 1967 — Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland , 1968 Dolly Parton: Jolene , 1973 — White Stripes: Live Under Blackpool Lights , 2004 Listen/Buy : Watchtower Original | Cover — Jolene Original | Cover ALSO DISCUSSED: Covers of "Hallelujah," "Respect," and "Gotta Get You Into My Life" featured on Strong Covers Volume 1 and Volume 2 "All Along the Watchtower" covered by Dave Matthews Band live at the United Center, 1998, and the cast of Battlestar Galactica "Hey Joe" recorded by Jimi Hendrix, 1967 Nadine Hubbs' essay on Jolene and the "Other Woman Song" Chip Young interview where he talks about recording the Jolene guitar part Zac Childs shares the results of his digging into who played which part Zac Childs' excellent YouTube channel "Jolene" slowed down via Odinsvlog on Youtube ----LINKS----- 💰 SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Patreon | Paypal 🏠 HOMEPAGE strongsongspodcast.com 👚 MERCH strongsongspodcast.com/store 📬 KIRK'S NEWSLETTER newsletter.kirkhamilton.com 📷 SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: @Kirk_Hamilton Bluesky: @kirkhamilton.com 💬 STRONG SONGS DISCORD SERVER strongsongspodcast.com/discord 🎧 STRONG SONGS PLAYLISTS Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music 🎸 KIRK'S GEAR & INSTRUMENTS kirkhamilton.com/gear 🎶 KIRK'S MUSIC kirkhamilton.com/music 🎨 SHOW ART Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics -------------------- FEBRUARY 2024 WHOLE-NOTE PATRONS Robyn Metcalfe Brian Templet Cesar Corpus Frisky Ben Barron Catherine Warner Damon White Kaya Woodall Dan Austin Jay Swartz Miriam Joy SEAN D WINNIE Rush Daniel Hannon-Barry Christopher Miller Jamie White Christopher McConnell David Mascetti Joe Laska Ken Hirsh Jez Melanie Andrich Jenness Gardner Dave Sharpe Sami Samhuri Jeremy Dawson AccessViolation Andre Bremer Dave Florey FEBRUARY 2024 HALF-NOTE PATRONS Suzanne Rand LeShay Max eric sp Matthew Jones Thomas Anthony Mentz James McMurry Ethan Laser Brian Johan Peter Chris Remo Matt Schoenthal Aaron Wilson Dent Earl Carlos Lerner Misty Haisfield Abraham Benrubi Christopher Bruno Chris Kotarba Callum Webb Lynda MacNeil Dick Morgan Ben Stein Susan Green Sean Murphy Thirteen71 Alan Brough Randal Vegter Go Birds! Whit Sidener Robert Granat dave malloy Nick Galloway Heather J john halpin Peter Harding David Meghan O'Leary John Bauman Martín Salías Stu Baker Steve Martino Dr Arthur A Gray Carolina Gary Pierce Matt Baxter Luigi Boccia E Margaret Warton Charles McGee Catherine Clause Ethan Bauman KenIsWearingAHat Jordan Block Aaron Wade Jeff Ulm Jamie Deebs Portland Eye Care Carrie Schneider Richard Sneddon Doreen Carlson David McDarby Wendy Gilchrist Elliot Rosen Lisa Turner Paul Wayper Bruno Gaeta Kenneth Jung Adam Stofsky Zak Remer Rishi Sahay Jason Reitman Ailie Fraser Rob Tsuk NATALIE MISTILIS Josh Singer Amy Lynn Thornsen Adam W Kelli Brockington Victoria Yu mino capossela Steve Paquin David Joske Bernard Khoo Robert Heuer Matthew Golden David Noah Geraldine Butler Madeleine Mader Jason Pratt Abbie Berg Doug Belew Dermot Crowley Achint Srivastava Ryan Rairigh Michael Berman Linda Duffy Bonnie Prinsen Liz Seger Eoin de Burca Kevin Potter M Shane Borders Dallas Hockley Jason Gerry Nathan Gouwens Lauren Reay Eric Prestemon Cookies250 Damian Brady Angela Livingstone Sarah Sulan Diane Hughes Michael Casner Lowell Meyer Stephen Tsoneff Joshua Hill Wen Geoff Golden Pascal Rueger Randy Souza Clare Holberton Diane Turner Tom Coleman Dhu Wik Mel Eric Helm Jonathan Daniels Michael Flaherty Caro Field michael bochner Naomi Watson David Cushman Alexander Chris K Gavin Doig Sam Fenn Tanner Morton AJ Schuster Jennifer Bush David Stroud Amanda Furlotti Andrew Baker Andrew Fair L.B. Morse Bill Thornton Brian Amoebas Brett Douville Jeffrey Olson Matt Betzel Nate from Kalamazoo Melanie Stivers Richard Toller Alexander Polson Earl Lozada Justin McElroy Arjun Sharma James Johnson Kevin Morrell Colin Hodo ----LINKS----- 💰 SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Patreon | One-Time Donation 🏠 HOMEPAGE 👚 MERCH 💬 DISCORD SERVER 📬 KIRK'S NEWSLETTER 🎸 KIRK'S GEAR & INSTRUMENTS 🎶 KIRK'S MUSIC 📷 KIRK’S SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram | Bluesky 🎧 EVERY STRONG SONG: Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music 🎨 SHOW ART: Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics