While (Bob) Dylan was recuperating in Woodstock from his motorcycle accident, he and members of the Band started recording what are now known as The Basement Tapes. When more and more unreleased material fell into the hands of collectors, one thing that eventually surfaced was some recordings with Tiny Tim. Tiny and The Band recorded material for the film, You Are What You Eat, an obscure movie co-produced by Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary). Four known songs preserved on tape from this era are "Sonny Boy", "Be My Baby", "I Got You, Babe", and "Memphis, Tennessee." Dylan probably did not play on these tracks.
It is rumored that Dylan offered Tim a cameo in his unreleased television special, Eat The Document. There are also tales of Dylan and Tim privately performing songs for each other.
Bob Dylan played a Tiny Tim recording on the 11th episode of Theme Time Radio Hour. The subject was "Flowers," and the song Dylan played, was, of course, Tiny's biggest hit, "Tiptoe Through The Tulips," from 1968. Here's what Dylan had to say:
“No one knew more about old music than Tiny Tim. He studied it and he loved it. He knew all the old songs that only existed as sheet music.
Tiny Tim died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 30, 1996, when he was 64.
