The first tournament round begins today!  Match-ups are randomly chosen, and you can vote for your favourites by visiting the forum posts listed below.  You must be a registered user to vote, and though the winners will be determined by our panel of judges, they may be influenced by your popular votes!  So share your entry on facebook or elsewhere, and get your friends to make their picks!

Here are your round 1 match-ups:

• Hard Rain vs Slop Mountain Ramblers
• Triple Moon vs Wilbur
• Invisible Republic vs Sofia Laiti
• Al Diesan & PinoTocco vs Matze Schmidt
• Jacques Mees vs Luigi Catuogno
• Kurt Matthew vs Zimming Point
• Maurenbrecher & Band vs The Highlights
• Bruno Cattivelli vs Zelda Smyth
• Homesick Chronicles vs HOW MANY ROADS
• Lou Belto vs Vaughn Young
• Die DoubleDylans vs Kaj Wilhelm
• David Bertsch vs Stagwolf
• Frenchy Burrito vs Roger Holmroos
• Michael Roberts vs Robobob
• Frenchy Burrito And The Folk Pistols vs Terry Cotton
• Blood on the Tracks vs Maggie’s Farm Southern Band
• Bill Madison vs PetTommy
• The Hideaways vs The Royal Alberts
• Ben Schuurmans & Luigi Catuogno vs Tudesque
• Dennis Heller vs Ivy
• Alessandro Cavazzuti vs Dylan Dogs
• Born 53 vs The Bob Band
• A Band on Stage vs The Infidels

PS: Please note that, with US Thanksgiving upon us, many people will be away visiting family (including at least one of our Judges), so your patience with the results is appreciated.

The results from the Battle Audition Round are in, and I’m pleased to present our tournament competitors below.  The math is simple:  two or more “yeas” from our three judges move the entry on to the tournament.  However, like all previous battles, everyone wins because everyone becomes a permanent part of the DylanRadio.com songpool – so don’t fret if you don’t see your fave in this list.  That said, here is your list of competitors and their selected song:

A Band on Stage: License to Kill
Al Diesan & PinoTocco: With God On Our Side
Alessandro Cavazzuti: Trying To Get To Heaven
Ben Schuurmans & Luigi Catuogno: Every Grain of Sand
Bill Madison: Ballad Of A Thin Man
Blood on the Tracks: Tangled Up In Blue
Born 53: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
Bruno Cattivelli: Mama You Been On My Mind
David Bertsch: Lay Down Your Weary Tune
Dennis Heller: Things Have Changed
Die DoubleDylans: Taunus (Highlands)
Dylan Dogs: Blowing in the Wind
Frenchy Burrito: Things Have Changed
Frenchy Burrito And The Folk Pistols: Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)
Hard Rain: As I Went Out One Morning
Homesick Chronicles: Ballad of a Thin Man
HOW MANY ROADS: You Angel You
Invisible Republic: I’m Not There
Ivy: Tomorrow Night
Jacques Mees: North Country Blues
Kaj Wilhelm (Joker): Lenny Bruce
Kurt Matthew: Never Say Goodbye
Lou Belto: What Was It You Wanted (Cosa Volevi)
Luigi Catuogno: Man Gave Names To All The Animals
Maggie’s Farm Southern Band: I Shall Be Released
Matze Schmidt: Mainwasser (Highwater)
Maurenbrecher & Band: Eternal Circle
Michael Roberts: One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
PetTommy: License To Kill
Robobob: Shelter from the Storm (Division 5 Reconstructed)
Roger Holmroos: Girl of North Country
Slop Mountain Ramblers: Do Right To Me Baby
Sofia Laiti: I Shall Be Released
Stagwolf: Make You Feel My Love
Terry Cotton: Shelter From The Storm
The Bob Band: All Along the Watchtower
The Hideaways: From A Buick 6
The Highlights: Everything is Working
The Infidels: Senor
The Royal Alberts: From A Buick Six
Triple Moon: Not Dark Yet
Tudesque: Schweri Ziite (A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall)
Vaughn Young: Song To Woody
Wilbur: Outlaw Blues
Zelda Smyth: One More Cup of Coffee
Zimming Point: Like a Rolling Stone

The tournament will kick off next week, so check back for details.  In the meantime keep on Bobin’!!