Link to Song: Simple Twist of Fate
What you should know about this song: After recording this song for the Blood On the Tracks album, Dylan later rewrote may of the lyrics or a TV performance in honor of veteran producer John Hammond. One of the more famous covers of this song came from Joan Baez, who took the liberty of devoting one verse to an impersonation of Dylan himself.
“If Dylan hadn’t said some of the things he did, nobody else was going to say them. Can you imagine what a world it would be if we didn’t have a Bob Dylan? It would be awful.” – George Harrison*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Photo Source: Lynn Goldsmith
