All Along the Watchtower” remains the most-played from Bob Dylan’s enormous catalog, and his live take has long leaned heavily on Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 adaptation, which reimagined Dylan’s anxious poem ...
The catch was that he also wanted a watchtower built. Back in the day, it was called Lookout Mountain. It's five stories to the top of the tower but it's also 531 feet above sea level. From there ...
John Wesley Harding and his version is notable mainly for its lyrics. An allegorical tale about the sweeping away of society’s old guard it contains one of the greatest opening lines ever ...