Links to Song: Spanish Harlem Incident
What you should know about this song: Dylan wrote this song about his brief crush on a fortune teller. Since recording it for the Another Side of Bob Dylan album in 1964, has only played it live once: at New York’s Philharmonic Hall that October. I like how Rolling Stone Magazine describes it: “The ‘incident’ of its title seems to be as tiny as incidents come: the ‘gypsy gal’ holding his hand in hers, and sparking a flurry of associations…” (issue 1131).
“It’s hard being free in a song, getting it all in. Songs are so confining. That’s why I write a lot of poetry, if that’s the word.” – Bob Dylan, 1964*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Photo Source: Daniel Kramer
