Link to Song: This Wheel’s on Fire
What you should know about this song: Dylan collaborated with Rick Danko on this piece during the so-called “basement Tape” sessions of 1967. It was first covered by Julie Driscoll the following year, and later by Danko himself for a debut LP, Music from Big Pink. Dylan finally released his own rendition in 1975.
“I was teaching myself to play piano. Some music I had written on the piano the day before just seemed to fit with Dylan’s lyrics. Then Dylan and I wrote the chorus together.” – Rick Danko*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Photo Source: Ken Regan
