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Dr. Hook
A Couple More Years
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Silverstein and Dennis Locorriere wrote this one for Dr. Hook, and it kept traveling: Waylon, Willie, and then Bob Dylan put his own voice on it. Start with Dr. Hook, then hear where Dylan took it.
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Liner notes
Written by Shel Silverstein.
First recorded by Dr. Hook in 1976.
Also recorded by Bob Dylan (1995), Waylon Jennings (1976), Willie Nelson (1994), Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (1978), Mark Chesnutt & Amber Digby (2010).
How you get here
Shel Silverstein co-wrote "A Couple More Years" with Dennis Locorriere, and Dr. Hook cut it first. Which songwriting giant later recorded it himself?Bob Dylan
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