Catfish

About Catfish

"Catfish" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy. It was originally recorded for Dylan's 1976 album Desire, but was not released until 1991 on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 1961–1991. "Catfish" was a tribute to future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Catfish Hunter.

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"Catfish" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy. It was originally recorded for Dylan's 1976 album Desire, but was not released until 1991 on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991. "Catfish" was a tribute to future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Catfish Hunter.

Cover versions

Joe Cocker covered the song and included it on his 1976 album Stingray. Kinky Friedman released a live version on his Lasso from El Paso album. Albert Castiglia covered the song on his These Are the Days (2008) album.

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Notable quotes

“Fishes light up the interior of the sea like fires.”
— Anonymous, A subscript (balbale) to Nanshe (Nanshe B), late , at .
“Her father was a fisherman, with a beard that tasted of salt, and fingers that smelled like the sea.”
— Arthur M. Jolly, A Gulag Mouse, Act II, sc. i.
“It's just hard, all right, because I'm a little fish in a big pond. A really big pond. The ocean.”
— Oscar the Sharkslayer (Will Smith), Shark Tale (2004)
“It's no fish ye're buying—it's men's lives.”
— Walter Scott, The Antiquary (1816), Chapter XI.
“Bait the hook well: this fish will bite.”
— William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99), Act II, scene 3.
“The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas.”
— W. B. Yeats, "Sailing to Byzantium" (1927)

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