Off the Grid: Doin' It Dylan is a tribute album to Bob Dylan, by the Charlie Daniels Band. The album of Dylan covers was released April 1, 2014. When Daniels first moved to Nashville, he played guitar on three of Bob Dylan's albums, which were recorded there. Daniels attributes playing on these albums for helping him learn about the music business and especially for showing him how to lead his own band. He noted that Dylan had a sense of freedom and that he let the musician play the way he wanted to, instead of telling him how to play.[2]
In his review for Cover Me Songs, Joseph Wright says "In the end, each track on Off the Grid is less a Dylan tribute than a Daniels cover."[3]
Sean Curnyn of Cinch Review writes, "It's the first time Daniels has recorded an album of Dylan covers, or as far as I know, any album dedicated to the songs of another writer."[4]
Jim Moulton at No Depression writes, "Well, this is different for The Charlie Daniels Band. Some of the first sessions work on the guitar that Daniels did when he moved to Nashville was for Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline Album. Charlie was just supposed to fill in for a day for a guitar player who did not show up. Unfortunately for the guitarist that did not show up, Dylan wanted Charlie to keep playing."[2]
The Band recorded the first officially released version of "I Shall Be Released" for their 1968 debut album, Music from Big Pink. The Band had previously served as Dylan's backing band from 1965 to 1967 on his first U.S. "electric" tour.[5]
^Off the Grid: Doin' It Dylan (liner notes). Charlie Daniels. Blue Hat Records. 2014. BLH-9716.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
