Bob Dylan

After angering pony-tailed people all over by going electric, Dylan diverged from his rock path to release this stark and mystical album which has closer ties to country than anything else. "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" is sadly beautiful, and it's obvious that the combination of reefer cigarettes and "All Along the Watchtower" really blew Jimi's mind.

So, there is this semi-recognizable cat on the front of the album out there in the woods,
looking like some friend of Baudelaire, way back in 1844 in "Le Vieux Quartier" of Paris with
a few friends from inside the walls. You might well ask, "What's it all about?" The music is
again a brilliant electronic adaptation of rural blues and country and western sounds. A
swaying harp picks out the title track, "John Wesley Harding." A statement is ma... More >