- 2025-12-27
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MUSIC
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Bird Covers Bob Dylan's “Lay Lady Lay”
London-based singer-songwriter Bird released a cover of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's “Lay Lady Lay” on October 31, 2025.
Followed by, the Austin Texas version of the song was released on December 5, 2025.
The ogival version of the song was released by Bob Dylan from his ninth studio album “Nashville Skyline” in 1969.
The song has become a standard and has been covered by numerous bands and artists over the years.
It was written by Bob Dylan. The cover version was produced by Bird and Pete Davis.
Bird said of the song, “I've been a Bob Dylan fan since before I could walk - my Dad played him constantly when I was growing up, inbetween sporadic blasts of Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot and Kate Bush... And Lay Lady Lay has always been one of my favourites.I had it in my mind to try covering a song using only cello and vocals as a sort of throw back to years ago when I made a whole album called "Girl and a Cello" in Denmark, using only my voice and sounds I could get out of a cello.”- She continued, “So that's how this started, percussion tapped on the body of the cello, the guitar parts recreated as cello lines and vocals doing the rest. Then on a trip to Nashville recording with my band there I played it to them and they jammed along and it sounded so good I kept it on there..and suddenly I wanted it to be a big song a real thank you to Bob from me, so I developed those early cello lines with my friend and collaborator Sally Herbert until we had some big arrangements sweeping through the track. I really had a lot of fun putting this track together and I hope Bob approves..”
- source : Apple Music
