Links to Song: You Ain’t Going Nowhere
Phish Cover Version: You Ain’t Going Nowhere
The Byrds Cover Version: You Ain’t Going Nowhere
What you should know about this song: Another legendary “Basement Tapes” released, Dylan originally committed this song to tape with two very different sets of lyrics. The Byrds covered it in 1968 with the more conventional lyrics, making the song a country-rock standard. Dylan included it on Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2.in 1971, but it wasn’t until 16 years later that he actually debuted it on the road.
“We were one of the first people to hear his basement tape. That song just jumped out at us. It seemed to fit in perfectly with what we wanted to do when we were cutting that country album Sweetheart of the Rodeo down in Nashville.” – Chris Hillman, The Byrds*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
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