I didn’t know Dylan wrote Watchtower until MrT5 told me-I had thought I knew about every song Dylan wrote-I’d been hearing his stuff since I was about 12-13, when my mom was into folk music...
“I didn’t know Dylan wrote Watchtower until MrT5 told me”
Yeah, Jimi wasn’t much into covering other artist’s tunes, but Dylan was one of his heroes. He really loved him, and drew a great deal of inspiration from him. I think that’s one reason he put even more than his usual 100% best into covering All Along The Watchtower.