Robert Plant’s cover of Bob Dylan’s One More Cup of Coffee praised by fans as ‘superb’ rendition

A cover of One More Cup of Coffee by Bob Dylan has been praised as a “superb” rendition of the song.

Led Zeppelin member Robert Plant would give his own take on the song for his Dreamland album, which was roundly hailed by fans. While Dylan covers may be frequent, a few stand out and this take on One More Cup of Coffee, a song which features on Desire, has been praised. Listeners believe it’s a “superb” rendition of the song, which has been covered by The White Stripes, Eric Burdon of The Animals, and Sertab Erener. Erener’s cover was used in the Dylan-starring film, Masked and Anonymous. Plant’s cover would release in 2002, just a year after the song had been covered for Masked and Anonymous. An upload of the song to YouTube saw fans share their thoughts on the One More Cup of Coffee cover.

One person wrote: “Love this song. I can honestly say it is superior to Dylan’s original and White Stripes versions. There’s something so great about Robert Plant’s voice during this era, as it is starting to get that warmth and resonance like an antique guitar.”

Another listener suggested the tone of the performance changes the location the story is set. They suggested: “Just discovered this version a few days ago while researching for a piece on Dylan covers. always pictured Dylan’s version somewhere in Mexico, this puts you in Spain or Morocco, the weed and tequila having turned to red wine and hashish.”

A third added: “Superb cover.” Others have since suggested that, while the cover is a solid version of One More Cup of Coffee, the superior version remains the original. One person wrote: “Another one of Bob Dylan’s brilliant songs! Great cover but Bob’s performances of it are still best!”

Another added: “Dytlan’s version will always be the best.” A third listener disagreed, writing: “The best one is by Nutz after Dylan, but this one and The White Stripes are also good.” Dylan would write the song after his thirty-fourth birthday and a visit to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, during a Romani celebration.

Dylan said: “Somebody took me there to the gypsy high holy days which coincide with my own particular birthday … hanging out there for a week probably influenced the writing of that song. But the ‘valley below’ probably came from someplace else.

“My feeling about the song was that the verses came from someplace else. It wasn’t about anything, so this ‘valley below’ thing became the fixture to hang it on. But “valley below” could mean anything.”

Dylan would play the song a total of 151 times between 1975 and 2009. Though he released his cover of One More Cup of Coffee in 2002, it doesn’t seem Plant has ever played the song live as, according to Setlist.FM, it has never featured in his setlist.