Grateful Dead Family Discography: Down On The Bottom

Down On The Bottom

Composer: Bob Dylan / Jim James

Down On The Bottom was played by Phil Lesh & Friends, with Jim James, in 2017.

Down On The Bottom is one of a group of songs based on unused lyrics by Bob Dylan from 1966/67. The songs were set to music, by a group of musicians that included Jim James, and recorded for the Lost On The River album.

(Note that Elvis Costello also set the Down On The Bottom lyrics to music. His song was not included on the Lost On The River album but has been included on Elvis Costello albums.)

Jim James

Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes, 2014
no info Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued (DVD), T Bone Burnett / Elvis Costello / Rhiannon Giddens / Taylor Goldsmith /
Jim James / Marcus Mumford, 2015
no info 3rd Annual Roll Call 7" single (Down On The Bottom / Nothing To It), My Morning Jacket, 2016
no info Live At The World Café Volume 39, Various Artists (The New Basement Tapes), 2016

Other recordings

no info Open Road, Colin James, 2021