Ring Them Bells

I’m winding down this brief series featuring modern folk music over the next few days. Bob Dylan is the tutelary spirt. For those following along I want to post the live version of Dylan’s “Ring Them Bells,” the title track from Baez’s 1995 double album. On this track Baez is joined by Ireland’s Mary Black. The harmony is beautiful on this cover of a Sunday morning song, Dylan style. In Chronicles: Volume 1 Dylan writes: “We cut this song [produced by Daniel Lanois for Oh Mercy] exactly as I found it…”

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