"Down in the Flood" is a song by

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, originally recorded by Dylan in 1967 with the Band, and copyrighted that autumn. One of the 1967 recordings was released on the 1975 album ''

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'' and re-released in 2014 on '' The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete'', along with a preceding take. Dylan re-recorded the song with

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in September 1971 using slightly different chords for inclusion on ''

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''. A live version performed with the Band in the early hours of January 1, 1972 was released on the 2001 reissue of the Band's ''

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''. Dylan's July 2002 re-recording of the song featured on the album, '' Masked & Anonymous: Music from the Motion Picture'', the

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to the 2003 film ''

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''.

Cover versions

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covered the song on her 1971 album ''

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'', as did

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for their 2009

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-winning album '' Already Free''.

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also covered the song on their fifth album, '' New Blood'' released in 1972 with Jerry Fisher singing lead. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs also covered the song on their 1968 album ''Changin' Times''. Chris Smither covered this song on his 1972 release ''Don't it Drag On'', and again on his 1991 release ''Another Way to Find You.''

References

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