One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
original song written, composed, and performed by Bob Dylan
"One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released as the fourth track on his seventeenth studio album Desire (1976). The song was written by Dylan, and produced by Don DeVito. The album version of "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" was recorded on July 30, 1975, and released on Desire in January 1976. Dylan said the song was influenced by his visit to a Romani celebration at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in France on his 34th birthday.
Emmylou Harris sings with Dylan on the track; their performance received critical acclaim. Dylan performed the song live in concert 151 times from 1975 to 2009, and three of the live versions have been officially released. The White Stripes, Robert Plant and Tom Jones have all covered the song on albums.
Background and recording
"One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" was the first song that Dylan wrote after the release of his critically acclaimed album Blood on the Tracks on January 20, 1975, and the only one completed by June 1975. In the preceding 18 months, he had topped the Billboard 200 charts for the first time; both Planet Waves (1974) and Blood on the Tracks reached number one. Dylan wrote the song after visiting a Romani celebration at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in France on his 34th birthday.Somebody took me there to the gypsy high holy days which coincide with my own particular birthday ...
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