 Frankie Miller covered " Just Like Tom Thumb 's Blues " in 1973 on Once in a Blue Moon , Linda Ronstadt covered it in 1998 on We Ran and Bryan Ferry covered it on his 2007 album Dylanesque . The Grateful Dead have , on occasion , covered " Just Like Tom Thumb 's Blues " live in concert , with bassist Phil Lesh taking a rare turn as lead vocalist , and a recording of the song by the band appears on the album View from the Vault , Volume One . Additionally , Neil Young covered the song for the Bob Dylan tribute concert The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration in 1992 . The Beastie Boys sampled the last two lines of " Just Like Tom Thumb 's Blues " for their song " Finger Lickin ' Good " , which appeared on their 1992 Check Your Head album . 
