Link to Song: Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
What you should know about this song: People aren’t quite sure whether Bob Dylan ever visited Mexico prior to writing this interesting take on the border town, but nevertheless the song has long been regarded as another gem from the 1965 album. This song was conceived out of a creative session during the recording of Highway 61 Revisited on 2 August 1965, and Dylan took it for a live spin a month later in New York. It is most famous from Dylan’s dramatic rendition at the 1966 UK tour.*
“I was attracted by the imagery, which I thought was spectacular. Bob’s manager, Albert Grossman, was an old friend of mine, and he introduced me to Bob. And Bob in turn used to play me his new songs, if he thought there was something that would be suitable for me to record. I was in the fantastic position of being able to hear these songs at first-hand, straight from the creator’s mouth. It was wonderful.” – Judy Collins*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Photo Source: Don Hunstein
