Jack White Takes Bob Dylan Further Into Uncharted Territory

What special hold does Jack White have over Bob Dylan? The other night the White Stripes frontman got Dylan to play his Blood on the Tracks gem "Meet Me In The Morning" for the first time ever live, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. And last night, White joined Dylan onstage for the big man's first ever live performance of "Outlaw Blues," from Bringing it All Back Home; White also got Dylan to play "One More Cup of Coffee" (one our personal faves, from Desire) for the first time since 1993. Hoping for a White spotting at an upcoming Dylan gig? The list of Dylan's remaining fall tour dates are below:

September 22: Duluth, GA (The Arena At Gwinnett Center)
September 23: Clemson, SC (Littlejohn Coliseum)
September 25: Norfolk, VA (Constant Convocation Center)
September 27: Charlottesville, VA (University Of Virginia)
September 28: Columbia, MD (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
September 29: Kingston, RI (Univ. Of Rhode Island)
September 30: Bridgeport, CT (Arena At Harbor Yard)
October 2: Worcester, MA (DCU Center)
October 4: Portland, ME (Cumberland Co. Civic Center)
October 5: Manchester, NH (Verizon Wireless Arena)
October 6: Albany, NY (Times Union Center)
October 8: Syracuse, NY (OnCenter)
October 9: Rochester, NY (Gordon Field House @ RIT)
October 11: Pittsburgh, PA (University Of Pittsburgh)
October 12: Ypsilanti, MI (EMU Convocation Center)
October 13: Columbus, OH (Schottenstein Center)
October 16: Dayton, OH (Ervin J. Nutter Center)
October 17: Louisville, KY (Freedom Hall)
October 19: Bloomington, IN (Assembly Hall)
October 20: Bloomington, IL  (U.S. Cellular Coliseum)
October 22: Saint Louis, MO  (Fox Theatre)
October 26: Omaha, NE (Qwest Center Omaha)

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Song Stories

“All Along the Watchtower”

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."

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