“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.
Like a lot of people, my cub insisted from early childhood that the line from Purple Haze was excuse me while I kiss this guy instead of kiss the sky-she didn’t believe that until she looked it up on the internet as an adult-my husband made fun of her every time she came to the house...
Dylan does Jimi’s version of Watchtower in concert instead of his own; I’ve seen him do it twice.
Nails every lick.