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Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Bob Dylan 1967
by
Olof Bj�rner
A summary of recording & concert activities,
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CONTENTS:
8.2������ Article compilations
1 INTRODUCTION
Bob Dylan spends a large part of this year jamming with the Hawks in the basement of their house in West Saugerties, New York, called The Big Pink. Dylan's daughter Anna is born in the summer and in August a new recording contract with Columbia is signed. The first album, John Wesley Harding, is recorded I Nashville in October and November and released right after Christmas.
2 The Year At a glance
3 CALENDAR
| 26�� January | Village Voice publishes Jack Newfields article'Brecht of the Jukebox, Poet of the Electric Guitar'. |
|---|---|
| March������� | Single Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat/Most Likely You Go Your Way is released. |
| 27 March | Release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. |
| 7 May | First interview since accident in New York Daily News. |
| 7 May | Premiere of Don't Look Back at the Presido Theatre in San Francisco. |
| June-October | Basement tapes sessions in The Big Pink, the Hawks' house in West Saugerties near Woodstock. |
| July�������� | Single If You Gotta Go, Go Now/To Ramona is released in the Benelux countries only! |
| 11 July | Birth of Anna Lea Dylan, Sara and Bob's second child. |
| 21 August | Dylan's Columbia Records recording contract is renewed. |
| 3 October | Woody Guthrie dies. |
| 17 October | First John Wesley Harding recording session. |
| 6 November | Second John Wesley Harding recording session. |
| 29 November | Third and last John Wesley Harding recording session. |
| 27 December | John Wesley Harding is released. |
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4 RECORDINGS
There are no recordings from 1967 other than the recording sessions mentioned above.
5 JOHN WESLEY HARDING
This album was recorded during three different sessions in October and November in Columbia Studio A in Nashville, Tennessee. There were no songs recorded other than the released ones. There are no outtakes circulating from these sessions. Here's a summary:
| # of | take released on | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Song | takes | JWH[1] | BIOG[2] |
| 17 October | Drifter's Escape | 5 | 2 | |
| I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine | 4 | 4 | ||
| The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 November | All Along The Watchtower | 5 | 3+5 [3] | 3+5 |
| John Wesley Harding | 2 | 2 | ||
| As I Went Out One Morning | 5 | 5 | ||
| I Pity The Poor Immigrant | 10 | 10 | ||
| I Am A Lonesome Hobo | 5 | 5 | ||
| 29 November | The Wicked Messenger | 1 | 1 | |
| I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Down Along The Cove | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dear Landlord | 1 | 1 | 2 |
For more details about these sessions please refer to the corresponding session page in Still On The Road.
Live history
| All Along The Watchtower | Chicago, Illinois, 3 January 1974 with The Band. |
|---|---|
| As I Went Out One Morning | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10 January 1974 with The Band [4]. |
| The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest | John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 10 July 1987 with The Grateful Dead. |
| Dear Landlord | Performing Arts Center, Providence, Rhode Island, 25 October 1992. |
| Down Along The Cove | EMU Ballroom, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 14 June 1999. |
| Drifter's Escape | The Hult Center For The Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon, 30 April 1992. |
| I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine | Woodside Bay, Near Ryde, Isle Of Wight, England, 31 August 1969. |
| I Pity The Poor Immigrant | Woodside Bay, Near Ryde, Isle Of Wight, England, 31 August 1969. |
| I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Woodside Bay, Near Ryde, Isle Of Wight, England, 31 August 1969. |
| The Wicked Messenger | Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, 12 July 1987 with The Grateful Dead. |
I Am A Lonesome Hobo and John Wesley Harding have probably never been played live.
Officially released live versions:
| Before The Flood | All Along The Watchtower |
|---|---|
| At Budokan | All Along The Watchtower |
| Dignity CD-single | All Along The Watchtower |
| MTV Unplugged | All Along The Watchtower |
| Woodstock '94 | All Along The Watchtower |
Performances during The Never-Ending Tour:
| All Along The Watchtower | every year! |
|---|---|
| The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest | 1988, 2000 |
| Dear Landlord | 1992, 2000 |
| Down Along The Cove | 1999, 2000 |
| Drifter's Escape | 1992. 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001 |
| I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine | 1988-1990, 1992 |
| I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | every year! |
| The Wicked Messenger | 1997, 2000, 2001 |
6 SONGS 1967
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| Song | Copyright year | |
|---|---|---|
| June � | All American Boy [5] | 1973 |
| October | All You Have To Do Is Dream | |
| Apple Suckling Tree | 1970 | |
| Baby, Ain't That Fine | ||
| Bourbon Street [6] | 1973 | |
| Clothes Line Saga | 1970 | |
| Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) | 1967 | |
| Don't You Try Me Now | ||
| Don't Ya Tell Henry | 1971 | |
| Get Your Rocks Off! [7] | 1968 | |
| Goin' To Acapulco | 1975 | |
| Gonna Get You Now | ||
| I Can't Make It Alone | ||
| I Shall Be Released | 1967 | |
| I'm Alright | ||
| I'm Not There (1956) | 1970 | |
| Lo And Behold! | 1967 | |
| Lock Up Your Door | ||
| Million Dollar Bash | 1967 | |
| Nothing Was Delivered | 1968 | |
| Odds Ands Ends | 1970 | |
| One Man's Loss | ||
| One For My Baby | ||
| Open The Door, Homer | 1968 | |
| Please Mrs Henry | 1967 | |
| Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) [8] | 1968 | |
| Santa F� [9] | 1973 | |
| Sign On The Cross [10] | 1971 | |
| Silent Weekend [11] | 1973 | |
| Tears Of Rage [12] | 1968 | |
| This Wheel's On Fire | 1967 | |
| Tiny Montgomery | 1967 | |
| Too Much Of Nothing | 1967 | |
| Try Me Little Girl | ||
| Wild Wolf [13] | 1973 | |
| Won't You Be My Baby | ||
| Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread | 1967 | |
| You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | 1967 | |
| You Can Change Your Name | ||
| October � November | All Along The Watchtower, As I Went Out One Morning, Dear Landlord, Down Along The Cove Drifter's Escape, I Am A Lonesome Hobo, I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine, I Pity The Poor Immigrant. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, John Wesley Harding, The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest, The Wicked Messenger. | 4 January 1968 |
Songs without copyright year may well by written by somebody else than Dylan.
The lyrics to Sign On The Cross, Quinn The Eskimo, I Shall Be Released, Get Your Rocks Off!, Silent Weekend and to all the songs on The Basement Tapes album are published in Lyrics 1962-1985.
7 SOURCES
| Tim Dunn | I Just Write 'Em As They Come. Annotated Guide to the Writings of Bob Dylan A Not-A-Ces Publishing Venture 1990. |
|---|---|
| Glen Dundas | Tangled Up In Tapes � 4th Edition A Recording History of Bob Dylan SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999. Softcover 334 pages. |
| Clinton Heylin | A Life In Stolen Moments. Bob Dylan Day By Day 1941-1995. Schirmer Books 1996, 404 pages. |
| Clinton Heylin | Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994 St. Martin's Press, 1995, 233 pages. |
| Michael Krogsgaard | Positively Bob Dylan A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991. Popular Culture, Ink. 1991. 500 pages |
8 SUGGESTED READINGS
8.1 General background
| Michael Gray | Song & Dance Man III. The Art Of Bob Dylan Cassell 1999. Hardback 918 pages (!!) |
|---|---|
| Clinton Heylin | Behind The Shades. A Biography. Summit Books 1991, 500 pages. |
| Daniel Kramer | Bob Dylan. Citadel Press (hardback) or Pocket Books.Great photo book from 1964-1965. |
| Greil Marcus | Invisible Republic. Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes. Henry Holt & Company 1997. |
| Anthony Scaduto | Bob Dylan. An intimate biography. New American Library 1973 |
| Eric von Schmidt,� Jim Rooney | Baby, Let Me Follow You Down. The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years. Anchor Books 1979**.** |
| Robert Shelton | No Direction Home. The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. New American Library 1986. |
| Howard Sounes | Down The Highway. The Life Of Bob Dylan. Groove Press 2001. |
8.2 Article compilations
| Carl Benson (ed) | The Bob Dylan Companion � Four Decades of Commentary. Schirmer Books, New York 1998. Softcover 306 pages. |
|---|---|
| Craig McGregor (ed) | Bob Dylan. A Retrospective. William Morrow 1972 |
| Elizabeth M. Thomson(ed) | Conclusions On The Wall. New Essays On Bob Dylan. Thin Man 1980 |
8.3 Selected articles
Dealing With Fear. An examination of John Wesley Harding � by Matthew Zuckerman, Isis #77
Greil Marcus Interview � by Tony Norman, On The Tracks #11 (Summer 1997)
Hubert Saal Goes To Woodstock � article in The Telegraph 56 (Winter 1997)
I'm Not There (1956) typescript � The Telegraph 37 (Winter 1990)
Rick Danko Interview � by Marjorie Kaufman, On The Tracks #10 (Spring 1997)
Rick Danko Interview � by Tony Norman, On The Tracks #16 (Spring 1999)
The Basement Tapes: Going Down To Big Pink � by Kim Hatton & Dve Thomas, Dignity #5
Thoughts On The Basement Tapes � Roy Kelly, The Telegraph 43 (Autumn 1992)
The Bridge Interview: Sid Griffin by Terry Kelly. The Bridge Winter 2014 #50 pp6-18.
Subterranean Out-Takes Revisted by J Lawrence. The Bridge Winter 2014 #50 pp19-28.
Country Bob Dylan Plays The Orpheum by David Pichaske. The Bridge Winter 2014 #50 pp 29-43.
�Say Hello� by Todd Harvey. The Bridge Winter 2014 #50 pp 44-48.
Changed Your Life by Peter Robinson. The Bridge Winter 2014 #50 pp 49-62.
**�This Wheel�s On Fire by Eric Wolfson.**The Bridge Winter 2014 #50 pp� 63-68.
Nothing New Under The Sun. Bob Dylan The Basement Tapes Complete by Roy Kelly. The Bridge Winter 2014 #50 pp 69-72.
Reels Unflecked: The Basement Tapes Complete by Gavin Selerie. The Bridge Winter 2014 #50 pp 73-87.
The Basement Tapes Complete by Neil Corcoran. The Bridge Winter 2014 #50 pp 88-90.
Bobby�s In The Basement by Drek Barker. Isis #177, pp 22-29,
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[1]� John Wesley Harding
[2]�Biograph
[3]� The released track is slice of take 3 and 5!
[4]� Only live performance at the time of writing.
[5]� No known recording or cover, probably a poem, Dwarf Music demo.
[6]� No known recording or cover, Dwarf Music demo.
[7]� Recorded by Manfred Mann on the album with the same name (Polydor).
[8]� Only Live recording: Isle Of Wight 31 August 1969.
[9]� No known recording or cover, Dwarf Music demo.
[10]� Recorded by Coulson, Dean, McGuiness and Flint on the album 'Lo And Behold' (Sire)
[11]� No known recording or cover, Dwarf Music demo.
[12] First Live recording: Patras, Greece, 26 June 1989.
[13]� No known recording or cover, Dwarf Music demo.