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:	04/08/2022
Label:	Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music
UPC:	0194398903712
Rank:	15581

Tracks

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

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