Link to Song: Oh, Sister
What you should know about this song: This spontaneous and remarkable piece was the result of minimal rehearsals between Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris, the vocalist tasked with harmonizing to Dylan’s lead. For the next three years until July 1978, Dylan included the song in his live performances.
“I would have been very intimidated, except that we just got right down to work, and the work was reading the lyrics off the page. We were cutting the song, watching him and trying to phrase with him while not really knowing the song. It was all live. It was like a painter that works by just throwing paint up on the canvas and yet there’s this real method to his madness. He knew what he was doing. It was an extraordinary experience.” – Emmylou Harris
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Bob Dylan at the Secret Sound Studio 1976
Photo Source: Lynn Goldsmith
