Restless Farewell
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1964 song by Bob Dylan
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"Restless Farewell" is a song by
The Times They Are a-Changin' in 1964. The melody is based on the Scottish folk song "The Parting Glass".[1]
Notable performances
In 1995, Dylan performed the song live as part of the Sinatra: 80 Years My Way television special, celebrating entertainer Frank Sinatra's 80th birthday, at the request of Sinatra himself. It was the only performance in the special of a song that Sinatra had not recorded.[2]
In 1968, Joan Baez covered it on her all-Dylan double album, Any Day Now.
De Dannan recorded it on their 1991 release Half Set in Harlem.
Clancy, O'Connell, and Clancy
on their 1997 self-titled album.
On the 2012 compilation album Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, the song was covered by Mark Knopfler.
See also
List of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes
References
- ^ "Restless Farewell: the meaning and the music of Dylan's song | Untold DylanUntold Dylan". 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
- ^ "Q&A with Bill Flanagan | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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