Ray LaMontagne Covers Bob Dylan's 'The Man in Me'

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Ray LaMontagne has been covering Bob Dylan's "The Man in Me" during live shows for some time, so in celebration of tomorrow's launch of his co-headlining tour with Levon Helm, we're delighted to premiere this studio version of the track (originally from Dylan's New Morning LP, but perhaps better known from The Big Lebowski). On this version, recorded in New York in July, Ray and his Pariah Dogs give the track a slow groove in keeping with their latest LP, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise .
Click to listen to Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs' "The Man In Me."

Ray LaMontagne/ Levon Helm Tour Dates
November 2: Times Union Center of Performing Arts, Jacksonville, FL
November 4: Pompano Beach Amphitheatre, Pompano Beach, FL
November 5: Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
November 7: Saenger Theatre, Mobile, AL
November 8: BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham, AL
November 10: Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, TN
November 11: Verizon Theatre @ Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX
November 12: Bass Concert Hall, Austin, TX

Plus: Hear the rest of the songs LaMontagne recorded during this session on his Facebook page.

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Song Stories

“V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.”

Fishbone | 1985

Quite a few musicians have utilized initials for song titles -- Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T.," Abba's "S.O.S.," Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y.," etc. But the more curiously initialed tune has to be "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.," short for "Voyage to the Land of the Freeze-Dried Godzilla Farts." Fishbone's original guitarist, Kendall Jones, explained to Rolling Stone, "When Norwood [Fisher] wrote it, he introduced it to the band saying, 'Man, I've been hearing about all these Nazi right-wing groups on the news saying the Holocaust was staged. So what if America said it never dropped two atom bombs on Japan, that it was actually Godzilla popping a couple off?' Only Norwood would come up with something that out." The same year "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F." was released, the film Godzilla 1985 appeared in North America.

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