BOB, BOB, BOBBING ALONG

Call him Bobby, call him Zimmy, call him what you damn well please; the boy from the north country, the ghost in the basement, rock & roll’s true eminence grise has generated more covers, tributes, parodies, piss-takes and impersonations than any other performer. Here’s a tiny handful. Dedicated to The Zimmermen, Hertfordshire’s boldest Bobcats. 1 national lampoon-remember the 60’s 2 mae west-if you gotta go 3 johnny jenkins-down along the cove 4 the white stripes-one more cup of coffee 5 robert wyatt-blues in bob minor 6 julie london-mighty quinn (quinn, the eskimo) 7 the alan bown set-all along the watchtower 8 race marbles-like a dribbling fram 9 william shatner-mr tambourine man 10 rotary connection-like a rolling stone 11 the fontana concert orchestra-too much of nothing 12 solomon burke-maggie’s farm 13 georgie fame-i’ll be your baby tonight 14 blue ash-dusty old fairgrounds 15 mouse & the traps-a public execution 16 the tremeloes-i shall be released 17 stan getz-blowin’ in the wind 18 turquoise-woodstock 19 the sandals-tell us dylan 20 david bowie-song of bob dylan 21 christopher guest-positively wall street