From John Wesley Harding (1967)
Original Studio Recording
Recorded during Dylan retreat in Nashville following his 1966 motorcycle accident, the song features cryptic biblical imagery with a conversation between a joker and a thief.
Jimi Hendrix electric cover in 1968 so impressed Dylan that he adopted elements of the Hendrix arrangement for his own live performances. Dylan once said: It overwhelmed me, really... He had such talent, he could find things inside a song.
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