Just like a woman
songs of bob dylan (2019)
1 - Ring Them Bells
2 - Sad Eyed Lady of the Low Lands
3 - As I Went Out One Morning
4 -I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
5 - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
6 - One More Cup Of Coffee
7 - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
8 - Blowin' In The Wind
9 - Lay Down Your Weary Tune
Just like a Woman - Songs of Bob Dylan is Jessica Rhaye’s sixth full-length album, and first with backing band The Ramshackle Parade. This rollicking folk-rock interpretation of Dylan's classics and hidden gems transcends the concept of a simple tribute album.
Just Like a Woman captures a hot mix of professionals performing live together - no click tracks and very few overdubs - true to the recording style of Dylan’s earlier work. With producer and multi-musician Dale Murray at the helm, it was free flow. All band members brought ideas to the floor. They imagined working in the style of Dylan in Woodstock, the days of the Basement Tapes and Big Pink, in the wake of the motorcycle crash.
The result is a fun folk-rock album with psychedelic undertones, with folk type ballads, a conversation between rockabilly and swing, and engaging new interpretations of the Master’s works.
SINGLES
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*All songs written by Bob Dylan
Jessica Rhaye: Lead vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, 9)
Chris Braydon: electric guitar, vocals (track 3), group vocals (track 9), effects manipulation (tracks *intro 1 & 3)
Sandy MacKay: upright bass, electric bass, mandolin (track 8), vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Clinton Charlton: drums and percussion, synthesizer (track 3), group vocals (track 9)
Bill Preeper: electric guitar (tracks *intro 1 & 2), acoustic guitar (track 4), 12 string acoustic guitar (tracks 5 & 8), accordion, vocals (tracks 1, 7, 8, 9)
Dale Murray: 12 string electric guitar (track 5), 12 string acoustic guitar (tracks 5 & 8), pedal streel, piano, organ, synthesizer (tracks 4 & 6), radio intro (track 8), group vocal (track 9)
Produced & Mixed By Dale Murray with Jessica Rhaye & the Ramshackle Parade
Engineered by Dale Murray
Mastered by Joao Carvalho
Illustration by Jud Haynes
Photography by Mark Hemmings
Design & Layout by Jessica Rhaye -
"Jessica Rhaye's got a new collection of Bob Dylan reinterpretations coming out this fall, one of the best I've heard since Tim O'Brien's excellent collection from back in the 90's. I especially love to hear women's voices singing Bob's music---there's something about the female perspective that seems to complete the Dylan message, as if his songs are notes left in a bottle needing to crash on the siren's rock before they can be fully released. Mavis Staples is one of those sirens, as is Joan Armatrading, and now, thankfully, Jessica Rhaye." - Ketch Secor - Old Crow Medicine Show
“The modern folk trio offered their skills to the famed Dylan track (Blowin’ in the Wind) in this string-laden rendition. Rich with golden vocals, acoustics, and even a mandolin, Rhaye, and her group would make Baez and the rest of the ’60s decade proud with this heartfelt version.” - American Songwriter Magazine
“In a Stan-worthy move only the biggest Dylan diehard could pull, New Brunswick folk queen Rhaye has spliced, examined and re-assembled ol’ Bob’s songbook. The result? A collection of covers that attempts to emulate the legend’s Basement Tapes-era energy while seeing some of the best songs about women ever written showcased through a woman’s gaze.” - The Coast
"Love what you did on the album. Especially love that you and the band did not simply recite the songs but interpreted them and made them your own" - Michael Tearson, DJ, - Sound Museum | World Wide Dylan www.rtds.ca
"Nice work with the Dylan tunes, especially liked hearing Lay Down Your Weary Tune" - Ron Sexsmith
"I like it a lot. Very cool project." - Dr. Rob Bowman, Grammy-Award-Winning Professor of Ethnomusicology
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• ECMA 2021 Nomination - Group Recording of the Year
• Music NB 2020 Nomination - Recording of the Year
• Music NB 2020 Nomination - Live Act of the Year
• Music NB 2020 Nomination - Fans’ Choice of the Year
• Music NB 2020 Nomination - Video of the Year (Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands)
• Music NB 2020 WINNER - Visual Identity of the Year
*Their version of Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind has generated millions of views on YouTube!
MUSIC VIDEOS
