Link to Song: Watching the River Flow
What you should know about this song: This is one of two songs cut during the experimental 1971 sessions with Leon Russell and his band. The song reached the UK Top 30 that summer and was later used in Dylan’s live repertoire beginning in 1978.
“We had a bet, that he could write a song right there and then. So I played him this track we had cut with my band, and then I watched him do it. He walked back and forth around the studio, and all these words started coming out.” – Leon Russell*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
