Bob Dylan recorded the song for his 1962 debut album
Bob Dylan. He recorded it again with
the Band, which is included on
The Basement Tapes. Other artists to cover the song include
B.B. King,
Peter, Paul and Mary (as "One Kind Favor"),
Lightnin' Hopkins (as "One Kind Favor"),
Canned Heat (as "One Kind Favor" on
Living the Blues), the
Grateful Dead (as "One Kind Favor"),
Mike Bloomfield,
Keiji Haino,
Diamanda Galás,
Meindert Talma & the Negroes,
Laibach,
Lou Reed,
Furry Lewis,
Chrome Cranks,
the Dream Syndicate,
Dave Van Ronk,
Hobart Smith,
Mavis Staples,
Martin Simpson,
Thelonious Monster,
Peter Parcek, Laibach and
Widespread Panic. Staples' version of the song from her 2015 album
Your Good Fortune won the 2016
Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance.
Pat Donohue performed this song as "One Kind Favor" live on
Garrison Keillor's
A Prairie Home Companion. It was later released on Donohue's CD,
Radio Blues. The British band
Half Man Half Biscuit recorded a parody titled "See That My Bike's Kept Clean" on their 1997 album,
Voyage to the Bottom of the Road. On August 4, 2017, the American Jam/Rock band
Phish performed this song to open night 11 of their 13 night residency at
Madison Square Garden named the Bakers Dozen. Each show was donut themed, with night 11 being "lemon donut" night. ==References==