Exactly 48 years ago, in early June 1965, Bob Dylan sat down in Woodstock NY and composed what some (not just me) call the greatest single in rock 'n roll history, "Like a Rolling Stone." Within days he was working on it with Mike Bloomfield and others. Here's rarely heard version of how it might have sounded just after, even as, he composed it--slow and on piano. And then, two years later, Jimi Hendrix's amazing version at Monterey. I saw Bob do it himself in November 1965, in Buffalo, with The Hawks.
Published on June 03, 2013 19:01