Restless Farewell
"Restless Farewell" is a song by Bob Dylan, released as the final track on his third studio album The Times They Are a-Changin' in 1964. The melody is based on the Scottish folk song "The Parting Glass".[1]
| "Restless Farewell" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Bob Dylan | |
| from the album The Times They Are a-Changin' | |
| Released | January 13, 1964 |
| Recorded | October 31, 1963 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Length | 5:32 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan |
| Producer(s) | Tom Wilson |
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.
Robbie O'Connell performed the song as a member of 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.
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.
