After Legend Heard Fellow Icon COVER His Song-He FREAKED OUT & Started COPYING IT!-Professor of Rock

Coming up the story of an all-time rock classic that has 2 Legendary versions. All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan was actually covered by Guitar Virtuoso Jim Hendrix and realized before Dylan could get his out. Bob Dylan got into a motorcycle accident and shortly after changed the way he wrote and the result is All Along the Watchtower with lyrical inspiration from the book of Isaiah from the Bible making the song lyrics over 2700 years old. Thing is after Bob Dylan heard Hendrix's version of the song he freaked out. He loved it. In fact, after he heard it he started playing it the exact same way. It’s become arguably the greatest cover song ever and has been covered since then by everyone from Dave Matthews Band to U2. Bob Dylan released All Along the Watchtower on his 60s classic John Wesley Harding. Get the story next on Professor of Rock.
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The song “All Along the Watchtower” was written by Bob Dylan, one of the most influential lyricists in recorded music history, and transformed into pre-eminence by Jimi Hendrix, one of the greatest instrumentalists of the Rock Era. Only a month after the release of his highly acclaimed Blonde on Blonde LP in ‘66, Dylan had a mysterious motorcycle accident- wrecking his Triumph on a windy (wine-dee) road in upstate New York.
There are no police records of the accident, no evidence of an ambulance being summoned, no witnesses, or even an official hospitalization of Dylan. The best intel that we have comes from Dylan’s late manager, Albert Grossman, who arrived on the scene moments after the incident. Grossman recounted that the crash happened not long after Dylan had left their residence. Grossman & his wife, Sally, were in a vehicle- following Dylan along the same road, when they suddenly rounded a corner and saw the wreckage on the the side of the road, with his mega-famous client lying on the ground.
Although Dylan was writhing and moaning, he did not look to be injured. Instead of asking his manager to drive him to the hospital, Dylan opted to be taken to a home doctor named Ed Thaler.
Many have questioned the entire story. If he was hurt, why wouldn’t he insist on going to a professional doctor a a hospital, instead of a general practitioner located an hour away. There was conjecture that Dylan staged the accident because he wanted to get away from the media microscope.
He had become such a big icon, the pressure began to take its toll on him. Some felt Dylan didn’t want the responsibility of being the so-called “voice of a generation,” and just wanted to lead a normal life. Dylan’s former band member Robbie Robertson swears that Bob was in a neck brace for several weeks and that he, indeed, had suffered a vertebra injury.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: I have to ask it: What is your pick for the COOLEST Cover of all time?

[@Ganja-jh6iy]

Born To Be Wild The Cult

[@Code.Name.V]

Joan Jett - I Love Rock And Roll CCR - Good Golly Miss Molly Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World KISS - God Gave Rock And Roll To You

[@Lam_3-22-23]

I've always loved what UB40 did with Red, Red Wine. I also prefer Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Dwight Yoakum

[@DC8091]

Daddy Sang Bass - Cash, Carter, Statlers It Ain’t Me Babe - Johnny & June San Francisco Mabel Joy - Waylon Rehab - Ministry (The Amy Whinehouse song done Ministry style!! Bad Ass!!)

[@petercena9497]

Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort

[@vonhalberstadt3590]

Hendrix's version is the original mic drop. I miss him. He was an original. Young people don't realize how influential he was. You can tell listening to rock songs before and after he hit town. The twirpy guitars suddenly turned into what we expect nowadays. It was ALL due to Hendrix. Rock on Jimi.

[@claudemayers]

All Hail Jimi!!

[@4himsanctified]

Both versions stand on their own

[@bwat9365]

That's a great song. I'm old enough to have listened to both of those guys. Frankly Hendrix still gives me chills. Greatest cover? Manfred Mann's cover of the Boss' Blinded By The Light is still on my playlist but for me it's still Johnny Cash's version of Trent Reznor's Hurt.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I agree. Both are great! Greatest cover ever... that's tough...

[@black64ford]

Wow! What Jonny Cash did with Hurt is legendary!

[@ViciousAlienKlown]

Manfred Mann's cover of "Blinded by the light" takes the tune to a better place sonically. When I heard Springsteen's version it did nothing for me. The cover had that hook.

[@debbie4503]

Agreed 100%!

[@fivestring65ify]

All of those are great covers.

[@thetitleisours1]

Wow, when you see documentaries of the 60's, this song is so often played. Still gives you chills

[@SarahBarnes-cr8nr]

Yes Yes Yes. Too and true Classic.❤

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I know! I love those.

[@thetitleisours1]

@@SarahBarnes-cr8nr Brings up memories :)

[@thetitleisours1]

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Lyrics were often much deeper back then :)

[@buddrud]

Let's not forget the seriously ethereal version done by Bear McCreary for the Battlestar Galactica Season 3 finale. That actually got me more interested in both the original Dylan recording, and the cover by Hendrix. In my opinion it's the best cover of the song (since Hendrix). McCreary was able to weave it into the story line AND make it a song that very well could have been written 150,000 years ago on another world. All the other covers since Hendrix are poor imitations to my ear. I love it when someone can come up with a completely different 'interpretation' and make it a high quality listening experience. It's a rare thing when a band or singer can make a cover song as good or better than the original.

[@Destin65]

Agree that Bear McCreary's version was great in its own right and breathed some new life in the song. And the way it was presented in BSG, absolutely epic.

[@stephenbrown4211]

Bob does love good covers of his songs. Stevie Nicks covered Just Like A Woman but wouldn’t release it until it got the Bob approval. He loved it and asked to be on it.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Bob is a genius. Have you ever read his books? Such a great writer too!

[@je23508]

​Thanks for writing FYI regarding Dylan's literary work. I plan to check it out!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

That was nice of him.

[@SaltyChip]

Dylan loving Jimmy's version just shows that he was all about the progression of the art of music and not upset like other artist because they were topped by another. Love this story!

[@marcusd1796]

Conversely, the speculation regarding Don McClain considering Dylan as "The Jester" (My first time hearing this, thanks Adam) and Bob responding to it.

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

This is definitely one of, if not THE greatest cover version of any song ever recorded. Jimi Hendrix was incredible.🖖🏼

[@ProfessorofRock]

Agreed!

[@DG-uh8uv]

I totally agree!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Hats off to Jimi for this one 😊

[@dennisscott6501]

Great cover. Janis joplins cover of me and Bobby McGee ranks up there as well.

[@christineml1476]

Jimi made "All Along The Watchtower" all his. I've never been a Dylan fan, but I will give him props for writing Jimi's version. 😊

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha! Love it.

[@ScottBrown-ec4sf]

He has a Nobel Prize for literature and it is well earned.

[@jorgeacevedo7874]

Dylan is and always been an awful singer. Great writer though.😊

[@kathycuster1714]

Went to a Dave Matthews show and he did a pretty darn good cover of it too!

[@paradoxworkshop4659]

I think this falls into the category that Prince falls into as well. Not into his music, or his genre, but the stuff he wrote for other people is still amazing.

[@jennyjenny4501]

Imagine being Bob Dylan, covering the cover of your own song! Amazing stuff!

[@ProfessorofRock]

I know! Isn't it wonderful?

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I would imagine it’d be pretty difficult to replicate Jimi’s version.

[@claudemayers]

Realize when you see Dylan over the years, he's kinda like Van Morrison (but not quite!) wanting not to do the song the same every time. He went through the torture of forerunning the folk guitar songiness transmuted into electric versions of old and new songs and got hated for it, especially in England. But emotional as it made him, he forged ahead and moved the needle deeper and wider, Dylan did. Viva Bob! But what price did he have to pay? Lots of hidden info around the intrigue. Remember, he was supposed to write three autobiographical books. To my knowledge he only put out one. What say you on that Professor? Chronicles part 1 I think was the title. And he definitely held back on what he told. Expecially no mention of smoking pot or drug use, or enlightenment or inspired from thereof. I saw him with the Band from Ronnie Hawkins days, around 1966, he kept singing off key or out of synch and laughing when he did so. That wasn't a sober Bob. I think it was Rick Danko who offered us in the audience at Cornell that night that Bob had had a rough plane trip to get there and it had affected his hearing. Which launched Bob into even more laughter.

[@davelindstrom6005]

@@claudemayers - There is no "X" in the word "especially," in either its spelling OR its pronunciation.

[@illiambarna9470]

I have to tell you, I grew up, loving music. Three of my brothers can play guitar. I just didn’t seem to have the aptitude. But it didn’t diminish my love of music. Yes, I read liner notes, back covers, and had copies of cream magazine all over the place. Your videos are giving me new insights to music that I love. And I am all over the place with it, one just has to look at my playlist on KZbin or Pandora. Thank you for bringing new insights to the music that I love in particular, the 70s. But I’ve also gotten a new appreciation for the songs of the 80s and 90s into the 2000s. Thanks again.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for watching!

[@mojomagick]

For the longest time, I believed this was the greatest cover of all time.... Until I heard Johnny Cash's version of Hurt. Now I put All Along the Watchtower at #2. Thanks, ProRo, happy Solstice!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Same.

[@No1414body]

People talk about Jimi's guitar playing but his vocal on Watchtower is so strong in contrast to Dylan

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It’s powerful.

[@peterd.9978]

I was introduced to Hendrix around the 6th grade ('87) by my uncle. He had the "Are You Experienced" album for me to listen to. I eventually bought Hendrix's greatest hits tape to enjoy on my Sony Walkman while doing my paper route. I used to listen to Dio doing the paper route as well!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Cool!

[@Nora-ov2pq]

Wow. Great show! I caught Jimi Hendrix live three times - yes I’m old - he did lots of Dylan covers. I did not know that Brian Jones and Dave Mason were on there. So cool. Love your show. Thanks

[@wpl8275]

Two brilliant geniuses of music. I just wish Jimi had as long a career as Dylan has had.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

He went too soon.

[@kevinl2578]

900k Professor, well deserved one of the BEST KZbin channels hands down!

[@ViciousAlienKlown]

Not easy to have success on KZbin.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Why thank you!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@ViciousAlienKlown]

@@ProfessorofRock I have a small channel here at KZbin and have had a few videos do okay. Not in music but music is always important in editing a video. I can appreciate hard earned success.

[@michaelopry3456]

We need to share more, Prof needs to get over 1million subs, he basically covers the soundtrack to my youth on his channel.

[@Nora-ov2pq]

I can’t help myself here! I’m a huge Dylan fan too. Blonde on Blonde changed my life! At the start of this episode you mentioned memorizing lyrics. I memorized every word of all four sides of Blonde on Blonde. Quite a labor of love. Happy New Year

[@patrickf.4440]

Yup: screwing up in my first year of college, facing the draft, just broke up with girlfriend, and then I walked into my school's lounge and heard "Memphis Blues Again," for the first time. Obscure as the meaning may be, it talked to me immediately, and I found myself singing it to myself quite happily for days. It took me out of a low time. And, yes, the other songs were quite good too (several which had already gotten much radio time when they came out). And I still have my original LP.

[@mizginavale22]

I knew immediately that this was about Dylan's song and Jimmy's amazing cover of it. Adele also did quite well with a Dylan cover of the song "Make You Feel My Love".

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

That’s a good cover.

[@Chapps1941]

Dylan's was way better.

[@pinballinc1752]

One of the most iconic 12 string acoustic opening riffs ever performed by ...Jimi...er uh...Dave Mason!!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

That’s right!

[@rfran4348]

I really appreciate this episode of your show, Professor.

[@1govguy]

This is hands down my favorite Professor Of Rock video so far! Watchtower is one of my favorite songs. This video is so well researched, and the Professor's delivery is better than perfect and keeps you engaged. I appreciate this song even more than I did before, after hearing the backstory. Well done, and thank you.

[@jodie2025]

This is a masterful analysis, Professor! Amazing. Thank you!

[@tonylombardi4661]

Hendrix hit a grand slam twice with his versions of "Watchtower" and "Like a Rolling Stone." Amazing covers.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Agreed. Love them both!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Yes indeed.

[@annika_panicka]

So many artists have Bob Dylan to thank for their careers: Peter, Paul and Mary; Gunz n Roses - although they had their own songs Knock Knock Knockin' lingers in my memory; the Byrds (-ish). He was/is absolutely brilliant and definitely a character. His legend will live on and his eccentricity never wavers. Watchtower-wise, Hendrix tore the roof off the mutha as per usual.

[@heyangst6159]

Great story here POF.Thanks I am inspired!

[@AnnMcglocklin]

Along the watchtower,master of lyrics narrator of our culture and the master of strings tip of the hat ...🎉

[@charlesheit4880]

Not going to a hospital after a get off is just kind of what we motorcycle enthusiasts do. If I can get back up, not gushing blood and nothing's broken? I'm going home. Bones heal and chicks dig scars. That's always been my motto.

[@Jagangela]

thanks Professor...keep them coming!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Will do!

[@bensfisher6065]

I love the history of facts or opinions on the music.. keep Rocking 🤘🤘🤘🤘.. P.O.R

[@AnyangU]

This has become a standard by which all rock artists measure themselves. How can they interpret and play this song. But, the guitar work here is absolutely mesmorizing!

[@Doadab13]

This is just a great Chanel. Love the story’s and music.

[@annika_panicka]

Thank you, Adam, for your scholarship and presentation. I have three pairs of Zennis, by the way. I'm usually impervious to sponsorship spiels... You're an amazing person and very cool in your own special way. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. ❤

[@pinballinc1752]

I discovered Hendrix when a friend put on "Third Stone From the Sun" on his turntable. After that, Hendrix was blasted on my Opel GT stereo, consisting of Jensen Coaxes, everyday. A funny story, I was skipping school and as I was racing out of the school parking lot I had Jimi at full volume. The principle called me into the office the next day and said, "I know you left at 11:00 yesterday, I could hear your Hendrix as you left". Busted!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for sharing!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Did the principal like Hendrix too? Did you ask her?

[@pinballinc1752]

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I don't recall asking. I know my Opel GT was not very liked by the school staff. ;-)

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

@@pinballinc1752 Oh, I’m sorry. How much longer will it take for them to start dancing to the music on your stereo?

[@juansimonreynosoalba336]

Greetings Profesor Rock 🎸🥁🎵🎼👍 Merry Christmas 🎉🍀🎼👍

[@Tora-no-shi]

Two legendary people, there will never be another Jimi. No one can write like Dylan. It took me a long time to really appreciate Bob's work. I love both versions of this song. Props to Bob for the way he respected Jimi and the tribute in the best way he can. I am a late comer to rock. 87-88 was when I got into it, but I love a lot of things from long before then. 50's-90's rock have no equal.

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

This is definitely the upper tier of covers, and very few can make it to this level.

[@johnvoncannon9717]

You can thank U2 for introducing me to this classic tune and then all the oldies/classic rock stations in the 80's/90's playing the original.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very cool!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

They have a great version.

[@catbutte4770]

When I read the title of this video, I immediately thought of "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan and masterfully covered by Jimi Hendrix. I love both versions, but Hendrix's version is just so spectacular! ❤😻

[@c.e.anderson558]

I did too. Couldn't see the phone but I knew it could be only one song.

[@darleneirby8244]

Your dad and I had the best of the best of music. What a time for entertainment !!

[@johndutchman]

You ride that fine line between hype and over-hype . very well .. excellent job!

[@ProfessorofRock]

I try! ha ha

[@johndutchman]

@@ProfessorofRock I really like trying to guess who/what the subject will be .. your intros are well-crafted and fun!

[@leightnite3056]

I was introduced to the Experience when I bought a $5 cd of "Smash Hits" at the local pawn shop. It featured two bonus tracks you never hear anymore, including my fave, "Highway Chile". Plus I was a 14 yr old budding guitarist, Jimi helped me find my voice! 🎸

[@Starsk25]

Kmart had $5 cassette tapes in the 80s.

[@DC8091]

Dylan is just so damn awesome!! I listened to him constantly from about high school til my early 30s, & really need to go on major Dylan binge soon!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Do it! What's your favorite album by him?

[@DC8091]

⁠​⁠@@ProfessorofRock Highway 61! (Desolation Row), Time Out Of Mind ( Cold Irons Bound), Blonde on Blonde (Visions Of Johanna), etc etc

[@Chapps1941]

​@@DC8091naming just 3 is hard. I agree with those 3 but l could have another 3 in there another time.

[@DC8091]

@@Chapps1941 your damn right! Had leave off Pat Garret, Bringing it All Back Home, Nashville, Free Wheeling etc,etc, etc

[@Chapps1941]

@@DC8091 even listening to _Street Legal,_ an album not received well at the time has two timeless classics on it such as "Changing of the Guard" & "Where are You Tonight?". And is now being thought of as slow burn album.

[@shemanic1]

I love both versions but Jimi's is the one I play at festivals. Bob's "John Wesley Harding" & "Highway 61" are my favourite Dylan albums. Thanks for your in depth review, I learned a lot.

[@thua4673]

I love version, and listen to each depending on the mood.

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks Professor👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 🌟🎄🎁👼🏻🎶📯

[@ProfessorofRock]

You are very welcome

[@jameswoodruff7182]

I have loved this song for so long I cannot remember where it started. But it took on a whole new meaning when Alan Moore used the lyrics as part of the story in his Watchmen comic. Now I cannot hear it without seeing those panels drawn by Dave Gibbons.

[@ProfessorofRock]

YES!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I haven’t seen that in a long time.

[@bradley-eblesisor]

Hey Professor, you Rock! I can't believe this only has 801 likes for 1700 views. It should be at 1700 👍!!! Come on people, this episode was Great!

[@owlmuso]

One of the greatest pieces of music ever

[@judikingsman6132]

Brilliant ❤

[@gregwasserman2635]

For years,I never realized it was a cover! It's such a great cover, far more ominous than the original. It was my favorite Hendrix tune until I heard "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", which has such an epic, haunting intro. PoR, you "need" to do a vid on this song!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Voodoo Child blows your mind.

[@WriterandPhotographer]

Adam.......the cousin of the drummer in my band in the early 70s was the head of the Detroit-area band Savage Grace. They did a very good version of All Along the Watchtower with some interesting harpsichord and lead guitar portions. It is on KZbin.

[@sandijohnson2216]

Love these videos. ❤❤

[@ProfessorofRock]

Glad you like them!

[@duromusabc]

Def Leppard, Heart, Steve Miller Band , Cheap Trick and Journey are having concert tours starting next June ! You attending any of them next summer Professor?

[@maxsmart9116]

I was just arguing with someone online that didn't like Jimi's version. We're all entitled to our own opinion, but how could anyone not like it??

[@teresavoegele5114]

Coolest cover: MY BACK PAGES Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert. Covered along with Bob was George Harrison, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Roger McGuinn, and Neil Young.

[@Chapps1941]

And Neil did the best on thst song even if George didn't understand

[@MitchBast-xu7jg]

This is on of my ALL TIME favorite songs. Whether is Bob, or Jimmy, it grabs my attention and the volume goes UP. Thank you very much for this one

[@mjc4art]

Thank you for this, I absolutely love when an artist takes a great song and reinterprets it. A few I love and would love to hear others favorites. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah Johnny Cash - Hurt Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane Disturbed - Sounds of Silence The Dead South - You are my sunshine The Sundays - Wild Horses Honey Ryder - Annie’s song Tori Amos - Strange little girl and Real Men Soft Cell - Tainted Love The Animals - House of the rising sun Sinead O’Connor - Nothing compares 2 U Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar The Clash - I fought the law

[@Dan-dg9pi]

Professor, in high school many long years ago, the word was that the lyrics were meant to be so obscure that you could sing the stanzas backwards (or in any order) and it would make the same amount of sense!

[@kenbrown5449]

I'm more of a Dylan song fan than a Dylan fan. But he's an artist that I respect a hell of a lot. AATW is one of my favorites along with Wagon Wheel. It's like Bob drops a seed in the ground and others come along to marvel and re-interpret or help it to grow.

[@alangrace8628]

The greatest cover song ever and one of the greatest songs ever from the greatest guitarist ever

[@michaelnorman3393]

I'm probably the only one alive whose favorite version is the Dave Mason cover ❤ (Maybe Dave lol)

[@ProfessorofRock]

Will you link to it?

[@Heene1028]

Bob Dylan…. An enigma wrapped in a riddle… wrapped in a simple, down to earth regular guy.❤😂🎉

[@luhoffma8836]

Hendrix was my 1st concert in Atlanta 1968.

[@jeffreywebb7932]

Another great vid👍Dylans the greatest songwriter.

[@forakermm]

For me it is a song written by Dylan for Hendrix. I never hear Dylan’s version in my head. It’s always Jimi’s voice and guitar riffs I hear. A great song regardless!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Agreed!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Hendrix is the definitive version.

[@trinaq]

Definitely one of the most iconic covers of all time, and just as epic as the original, in my opinion.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Agreed! Thanks Trina!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

That’s pretty rare!

[@todddickinson3262]

There’s a version of this on KZbin played by arguably the greatest guitar player ever born, named Shawn Lane. It’s well worth a listen, as is everything the guy ever played…

[@kenswindle4860]

I discovered Dylan and Hendrix through U2's version on Rattle and Hum. I am surprised that you did not focus more on that version as it Bono sings "three chords and the truth".

[@rogerdeahl9629]

❤ Was not aware Hendrix covered Dylan! Iconic version of the song. Thanks for this insight, Professor! Nice shirt!

[@richardchocolas8800]

This is my favorite song by Hendrix, and Dylan is the greatest songwriter of all time.

[@OffRampTourist]

My top 3 are Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Leonard Cohen. Honorable mention: Gordon Lightfoot.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Good ones!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Of course!

[@dms8504]

Dylans overrated big time.

[@lowellmccormick6991]

Best cover ever. Just ahead of Benny Goodman's live at Carnagie Hall cover of Louie Prima's "Sing. Sing, Sing". I corrected this to Benny Goodman.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Yes! Good one!

[@Dave-lq2le]

Glenn Miller? Dag, I thought I was old!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

That’s an oldie!

[@lowellmccormick6991]

@Dave-lq2le ​I grew up on the Beatles but have gotten an appreciation for the music that led to the British Invasion. I'm from New Orleans and so is Louie Prima. My uncle was a musician and knew Louie and my mom grew up with Al Hirt and Pete Fountain. I especially like early jazz & swing, like Cab Calloway & Louis Jordan. Asleep at the Wheel and the movie "The Cotton Club" led me to those guys.

[@Dave-lq2le]

@lowellmccormick6991 Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller is what my parents listened to in the 30's and 40's. Never got into their stuff and they never got into mine. Too big a generation gap. I am grateful to my older brothers and sisters. There was always music in our house when I was real young. So my history goes back to the late 50's. Everyone has a ten year stretch that influenced them the most, usually junior high school to their early 20's. Mine would be 63' to 73'. Great music in those days. Thanks for letting me bend your ear! 😎👍

[@wildtill9]

I was hoping you would have an interview with him Hey, a man can dream - eh?

[@c.e.anderson558]

SRV covers of Voodoo Chile and Little Wing carry on the legacy of artists paying homage.

[@jimcatalfamo8034]

Dylan is amazing and for jimi to take this song and create something that is truly beautiful is incredible. Sadly people don't have this kind of feelings anymore.

[@roxannemoser]

Professor, I love the Jackson Browne shirt!

[@black64ford]

The Bangles did a great job with Hazy Shade of Winter. I'd be curious to know what Simon & Garfunkel thought of the cover.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I love their version!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

They actually loved it just as much as we did. They said it was full of energy.

[@Chapps1941]

The Bangles do Mike Nesmith's _Different Drum_ and Neil Young's _Cinnamon Girl_ Susanna is my Cinnamon Girl (My hubba bubba Capricorn)

[@williambenner701]

I didn't even hear this song until I heard Hendrix's version of it , after his death. I was strongly discouraged from listening to Rock and Roll until the 70's. So it was Hendrix's version I heard first. I originally thought the lyrics were "the smoker and the Bee" instead of Joker and the theath. I do prefer Hendrix's take on this for sure. Thanks Professor for doing a segment on this classic.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for watching William!

[@TheManFromUNCLEIllya]

Great episode. It made me finally decide to go on Discogs and pick up a 1968 single vinyl copy. Thats all your fault Professor 😉🤣🤣🙏

[@CP-nl2zb]

The original Bob Dylan recording is by far the best. All the window dreesing jimmy put on was a negative

[@patfixsen7884]

Professor keep an eye on the news as many iconic music figures are set to come out of witness protection very soon!

[@Dave-lq2le]

Hendrix was as big an influence on rock music as anyone, including The Beatles. His guitar work is unparalleled. I was never a Dylan fan, but there's no denying his influence. I wonder where rock would have gone had Hendrix lived. I still like Band of Gypsys the best of all his albums. Thanks, Professor! Youda best!! 😎👍

[@ProfessorofRock]

SO true. HE's a genius. Thanks for watching!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It would have gone in more interesting directions, that’s for sure.

[@Dave-lq2le]

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I think so too!!

[@johnnyxmusic]

Imagine Jiimi covering Eruption… You know, like the day after the album comes out that would be a Jimi move. 🎸🎸🎸

[@FistandFootMartialArts]

I have always enjoyed both versions, ever since the 70s. As to the meaning, I never really thought about it. I always assumed it was a personal song, and it had no meaning beyond that. With the possible exception of whatever images that might pop into one's head.

[@richardmcginnis5344]

My older brother is where I found my love for all things rock and roll

[@st.anselmsfire3547]

Finding out that the Hendrix version was a cover changed my opinion on covers when I was a cynical teenager in the 90s. I didn't think covers were legitimate. This song changed my mind completely.

[@generay6807]

You ought to do a segment on covers. Jimi did a great version of this. Molly Hatchet did a great cover of an Allman Brothers song called Dreams I’ll Never See. Gives me goosebumps every time.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Good call. What's your top 5?

[@RunningWithScissors765]

1. All along the watchtower-jimi 2. Blinded by the light Manfredd man 3. Gimme shelter- stone sour 4. Bring it on home-zeppelin 5. Hurt- Johnny cash

[@generay6807]

Dreams I’ll Never See - Molly Hatchet It’s all too much- Journey (a Beatles cover) Blinded By the Light- Manfred Mann No You Don’t- Pat Benatar (Sweet cover) Green Manalishi- Judas Priest (Fleeteood Mac) Diamonds and Rust- Judas Priest (Joan Baez)

[@pistolpeteOH]

You Really Got Me, Van Halen; All Along the Watchtower, Dave Mason; Gregg Allman, These Days; Crossroads, Skynyrd; Bonnie Raitt, Angel from Montgomery

[@andrewft31]

It is just called Dreams, not Dreams I’ll Never See

[@rayjames7702]

I remember back in the mid 90's when my mother didn't know who Jimi Hendrix was until I played "All Along the Watchtower" and some of his other well-known hits.

[@AliasMark69]

I saw Dylan walk out center stage holding a Fender Strat and say... "This Is My Tribute To Jimi".... then he finished the song with a damn good version of Jimi on the Start.... It was Epic.

[@johnwest7993]

Dylan doesn't write songs. He writes moods. He creates auras around the listener. He draws them to a place and time, a scene that they become a part of.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

His songwriting is prophetic.

[@Chapps1941]

He writes panoramic visions with ethereal characters capturing the zeitgeist of the times they're set in and even ones they aren't

[@patrickf.4440]

Both good versions. It was a grand tradition in the 60's that groups doing Dylan covers always did better on the charts than Dylan's original versions. I still have all my very old and worn Dylan LPs plus LPs of many of the groups who covered him. Seems like everybody came out OK as a result. Pat, in Chicago

[@davidgibson8484]

Would love someone to do a modern cover of "The Times They are a Changin" it's as timely now as it ever was

[@dontmesswithtexas363]

Greatest cover of all time. To me the Hendricks version brought up images and a feeling of the Apocalypse.Battlestar Galáctica also had a version in its finale. They did a great job with it. One of top songs of all time

[@lindaward3156]

I was surprised to hear it was "only" 20th. In my circle (young teens) it was definitely #1.

[@catherine6653]

I discovered both versions of the song from listening to the radio. In the past radio listening was a way to discover music. Bob Dylan is an artist who prefers to play smaller venues. He is a legend who could fill an arena. Intead, his concert is at the county fair.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Catherine, Have you seen him live?

[@catherine6653]

​@@ProfessorofRockNo.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I prefer smaller venues too so I might go to one of his shows in the future.

[@ryanjones4150]

Jimi was the man, period. Electric Ladyland is a powerful experience, punctuated by Watchtower and then a little more Voodoo Child. It makes a statement. The more you get to know him, through interviews, concert footage, his musical output, the more you can see the kind of person that he was - soft spoken, intelligent, well-read. I would have liked to know him, but I was just a kid. RIP Jimi.

[@adrianduncan6481]

My aunt is a lifetime Dylan follower and lover and even she thinks that Hendrix made "All Along The Watchtower" what it is. I am a great Neil Diamond fan and I would never call "I'm a Believer," which he wrote and performed first, his song.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

[@tnrodgers]

Jimi has many similarities to Prince, but magnificent guitarist, creative, demanding, and iconic. Can’t watch Gump without the tension of Watchtower looming. I think it is the best cover. When the Nobel Laureate creator imitates the improvement. Thanks Adam!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Couldn't agree more!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I loved its use in Forrest Gump as well.

[@TheTokenTom]

This song was an integral part of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica show's final 2 seasons... I love Bear McCready's version of it for the show.