Don't Think Twice It's Alright -"COVER"

Sorry if you were looking for Bob Dylan version. This is a cover .... an improvisation that originated on a particular day and in no way attempts to copy Dylan's various arrangement of his song. ....just post for grandchildren and friends as a hobby. If offended for this deviation...just smile and click your mouse. :)


"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right",a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962, and released on the 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.

Dylan once introduced "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" as "a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better... as if you were talking to yourself." The song, written around the time that Suze Rotolo indefinitely prolonged her stay in Italy, is based on a melody taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton. NPR's Tim Riley described the song as "the last word in a long, embittered argument, a paper-thin consolation sung with spite."

As well as the melody, a couple of lines were taken from Clayton's "Who's Goin' to Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone?" which was recorded in 1960, two years before Dylan wrote "Don't Think Twice." Lines taken word-for-word or slightly altered from the Clayton song are, "T'ain't no use to sit and wonder why, darlin'," and, "So I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road." On the first release of the song, instead of "So I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road babe, where I'm bound, I can't tell" Dylan sings "So long, honey babe, where I'm bound, I can't tell". The lyrics were changed when Dylan performed live versions of the song and on cover versions recorded by other artists.

The original album version of the song is played in a fast, fingerstyle manner by, some speculate, Bruce Langhorne.[1] In live performances, Dylan often strummed the chords, or flatpicks, albeit in a similar, fast-paced manner.

The song was used to end the last episode of the first season of the television series Mad Men.
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" has been covered by Arnaldo Baptista, Cher, Johnny Cash, Davey Graham, Odetta, Rory Gallagher, Stone the Crows, Heinz, Elvis Presley, Burl Ives, Waylon Jennings, Flatt and Scruggs, Steve Young, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Jerry Reed, Joan Baez (who, in addition to covering it herself, also recorded it as a trio with the Indigo Girls), Doc Watson, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Waifs, Vonda Shepard, John Martyn,Metric, Elliott Smith, Billy Bragg, Nick Drake, Sandi Thom, Susan Tedeschi, Emily Haines, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Boris Grebenshchikov, Jackie Greene, Bryan Ferry, Wolfgang Ambros, Arlo Guthrie, Tristan Prettyman, Bree Sharp, Gavin Castleton, Folk By Association, The Folkswingers, |O.A.R. with Matt Nathanson and Mike Ness, Social Distortion, Donavon Frankenreiter, Billy Paul, country-western singer John Anderson, and guitarist Lenny Breau. The Peter, Paul and Mary cover was the definitive single, reaching #9 pop, #2 easy listening on Billboard's charts.[citation needed]

The Four Seasons released a cover of the song as a single in 1965 (with the title "Don't Think Twice") under the pseudonym The Wonder Who? Their "joke" version reached the #12 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and eventually sold one million copies.

The Seekers recorded a cover on their first album for EMI in 1965.

Eric Clapton performed a very distinct version of the song at the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, and this version appears on the live double album of the same name. Clapton has also played the song at a few of his own live shows, sometimes in a duet with Dylan. A similar blues version was recorded by Clapton with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Maria Muldaur.

Steel Train covered the song on Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute.

Johnny Marr covered the song for an Uncut compilation CD.

Vonda Shepard covered the song for the soundtrack Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life, released in 2001.

Australian folk band The Waifs recorded a version of "Don't Think Twice..." on their live double-cd A Brief History... and have included the song in live setlists regularly.

Danish singer-songwriter Tina Dico has covered the song in live performances, and a live version appears on the Special Edition of her 2006 album In The Red.

Randy Travis covered the song on his 2008 album Around the Bend.

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[yesIammmmm]

very dull video, but still very good cover

[bappreciated]

@yesIammmmm  Thanks...appreciate your comment.

[ex0ja]

Well done! Gave me shivers when you started singing :)

[bappreciated]

@ex0ja Thanks...I think. ....or, did you mean like fingernails on a blackboard. :)

[cjoey39]

Excellent cover! Very nice expressive vocals! You really know how to get the best out of a song! Thanks for sharing that! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"

[bappreciated]

@cjoey39 Thank you Joey....still confused on the merits of the performance, but needed that.  :)

[thomasroneill]

check out the cover version on my page as well

[xxsuperduendexx]

original cover you don't be try make bob s voice is your owne version congratulations is pretty good

[JimmyPkelly]

why cant i find original!!!??

[JumpingGrasshoppers]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

Where is the proper one by BOB DYLANNNN!

[naymelful]

Nice voice...............Thanks.

[Anon2076]

Good job!

[westK444]

Truly amazing.

[Xxfrankthetank56xX]

im going to shoot evryone who made a cover... im going to need ALOT of bullets

[dointhacockroach]

AAAAH DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMITQ! wheere is the original from essential? kill me please