John Wesley Harding is a Country album by Bob Dylan, originally released in 1967. On Gatefold: 245 pressings tracked, owned by 46 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- stripped-back
- serene
- storytelling
About
This 1967 album transcended easy categorization as Bob Dylan moved from the experimentation and rock of his few previous releases. Cut in Nashville with a loose-limbed backing trio, the songs are mostly country-folk parables that, even at their most jaunty, like the plainspoken title track, are filled with mystery and distrust—from the occasional violence (the lightning that destroys a courthouse in the roiling “Drifter’s Escape”) to the biblical (“Wicked Messenger”). There are heavily covered love songs too, such as the brilliantly restrained “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1John Wesley Harding2:55
- A2As I Went Out One Morning2:49
- A3I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine3:51
- A4All Along The Watchtower2:30
- A5The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest5:34
- A6Drifter's Escape2:54
Side B
- B1Dear Landlord3:15
- B2I Am A Lonesome Hobo3:19
- B3I Pity The Poor Immigrant4:12
- B4The Wicked Messenger2:02
- B5Down Along The Cove2:29
- B6I'll Be Your Baby Tonight2:41
Credits
Performers
- Charlie McCoyBASS DOUBLE BASS
- Kenny ButtreyDRUMS
- Pete DrakeSTEEL GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Bob DylanVOCALS GUITAR HARMONICA
- Charles McCoyBASS
- Peter DrakeSTEEL GUITAR
46 collectors on Gatefold own this · 245 pressings tracked on Gatefold