Editing Desolation Row (section)

=== Other cover versions ===
The [[Grateful Dead]] performed a version of "Desolation Row" from the mid-1980s onwards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grateful Dead Desolation Row |url=https://www.dead.net/song/desolation-row |website=Grateful Dead |date=March 21, 2007 |access-date=November 20, 2019 |archive-date=June 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602190421/https://www.dead.net/song/desolation-row |url-status=live}}</ref> The song is included on their 2002 release ''[[Postcards of the Hanging]]'', the album name alluding to the lyrics of "Desolation Row". The album features a recording from March 24, 1990, at the Knickerbocker Arena in [[Albany, New York]]. The song was frequently abbreviated in Dead set lists to "D-Row."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grateful Dead Greatest Stories Ever Told – "Desolation Row" |url=https://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-desolation-row |access-date=January 5, 2021 |website=Grateful Dead |date=October 23, 2014 |language=en |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117061022/https://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-desolation-row |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Chris Smither]] recorded the song on his 2003 album ''[[Train Home (Chris Smither album)|Train Home]]'' with [[Bonnie Raitt]] providing backup on vocals and slide guitar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Choates |first=Rick |year=2003 |title=Chris Smither's Long Train Home |url=http://www.northernexpress.com/editorial/music.asp?id=174 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217113701/http://www.northernexpress.com/editorial/music.asp?id=174 |archive-date=February 17, 2007 |access-date=January 1, 2009 |publisher=Northern Express}}</ref> It has also been recorded by [[Robyn Hitchcock]] on the album ''[[Robyn Sings]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Downing |first=Brian |title=Robin Sings: Review |url=http://allmusic.com/album/robyn-sings-r614586 |access-date=March 2, 2011 |website=Allmusic |archive-date=January 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129031304/http://www.allmusic.com/album/robyn-sings-r614586 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Old 97's]] singer [[Rhett Miller]] borrowed "Desolation Row"'s melody for a new song, "Champaign, Illinois". It was recorded with Dylan's blessing and appears on Old 97's 2010 album ''[[The Grande Theatre, Volume One]]'', with Dylan and Miller sharing writing credit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Jon |date=September 9, 2010 |title=Old 97s' Rhett Miller found unexpected inspiration in 'Desolation Row' |url=http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/287485 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105235208/http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/287485 |archive-date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2010 |website=Lancasteronline.com}}</ref>

Italian singer-songwriters [[Fabrizio de André]] and [[Francesco De Gregori]] wrote "Via della Povertà", an Italian translation of "Desolation Row", and included it on 1974 album ''[[Canzoni (Fabrizio De André album)|Canzoni]]''.