In 1968 Bob Dylan released John Wesley Harding after a two year absence while he recuperated from a motorcycle accident. Most people know All Along the Watchtower from Jimi Hendrix's great recording of the song. Indeed, Dylan was so impressed with Jimi's interpretation that he briefly reinvented himself and performed his repertoire in the style of Hendrix with disastrous results. Does anyone recall Live at Budokan?
I imagine Jimi was inspired by the plaintive wail of Dylan's harmonica which gives All Along the Watchtower its sense of urgency.
