1975 Live Version with Joan Baez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuOisA4Ng9U
2012 Live Version with Nora Jones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FySFa6H7w-M
Jeff Buckley Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOJ8M6LHQls
What you should know about this song: In the 1960s, musicians and fans began circulating the s0-called “Basement Tapes,” which were….
It was through this channel that Dylan released this song, and it instantly became a Dylan standard. Since then, the song has been covered by numerous artists and was re-recorded for the 1971 release of Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2.
“He was writing shorter lines, with every line meaning something. Each line had to advance the story, bring the song forward… There was to be no wasted language, no wasted breath… And from that came some of the stuff that he did with The Band, like ‘I Shall Be Released.'” – Allen Ginsberg*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
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