10 Greatest Covers Of Bob Dylan Songs

10. The White Stripes - One More Cup Of Coffee

Dylan started out his career as a minimalist, one man operation, with his often simple guitar playing merely underpinning his incredible words. By the mid-’70s, though, his sound had expanded greatly. The Desire album is one of his sonically richest, with “One More Cup Of Coffee” a highpoint, Dylan ably backed by Emmylou Harris’ gorgeous vocals and Scarlet Rivera’s fiddle.

To that end, The White Stripes’ cut throws back to the younger Bob’s approach. Appearing on their first record, their version exemplifies their methodology of the time: two noisy Detroiters keeping things simple and raw.

Jack mirrors the violin line on his overdriven guitar before whacking out the chords under his plaintive yowl. Meg, true to form, doesn’t do a whole lot on the drums, but every decision she makes is exactly right, blasting out a basic beat over which her kayfabe brother can do what he likes.

The Stripes even cut out the vocal flourishes of ‘70s Dylan. While the original sees Bob stretch out words over several notes, Jack acks at his vocal chords and guitar in equal measure, making a great garage blues out of one of Dylan’s most mysteriously plaintive tunes.