Highway 61 Revisited

by Bob Dylan

Overview

Taking the first, electric side of Bringing It All Back Home to its logical conclusion, Bob Dylan hired a full rock & roll band, featuring guitarist Michael Bloomfield, for Highway 61 Revisited. Opening with the epic "Like a Rolling Stone," Highway 61 Revisited careens through nine songs that range from reflective folk-rock ("Desolation Row") and blues ("It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry") to flat-out garage rock ("Tombstone Blues," "From a Buick 6," "Highway 61 Revisited"). Dylan had not only changed his sound, but his persona, trading the folk troubadour for a streetwise, cynical hipster. Throughout the album, he embraces druggy, surreal imagery, which can either have a sense of menace or beauty, and the music reflects that, jumping between soothing melodies to hard, bluesy rock. And that is the most revolutionary thing about Highway 61 Revisited -- it proved that rock & roll needn't be collegiate and tame in order to be literate, poetic, and complex. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/18/2015
Label:	Columbia/Legacy
UPC:	0888751463011

Tracks

1. Like a Rolling Stone [Mono Version]
2. Tombstone Blues [2010 Mono Version]
3. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry [Mono Version]
4. From a Buick 6 [Mono Version]
5. Ballad of a Thin Man [Mono Version]
6. Queen Jane Approximately [2010 Mono Version]
7. Highway '61 Revisited [2010 Mono Version]
8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [2010 Mono Version]
9. Desolation Row [2010 Mono Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob Dylan   Primary Artist,Vocals,Harmonica,Guitar (Electric)
Al Kooper   Guest Artist,Organ (Hammond)
Charlie McCoy   Guest Artist
Michael Bloomfield   Guest Artist
Joe Macho   Guitar (Bass)
Bobby Gregg   Drums
Frank Owens   Tack Piano
Charles McCoy   Guitar
Bruce Langhorne   Tambourine
Russ Savakus   Bass (Upright)
Sam Lay   Drums

Technical Credits

Tom Wilson   Producer
Bob Johnston   Producer
Bob Dylan   Composer