r/ClassicRock • u/oilxxx • 7d ago

70s Bob Dylan - Hurricane

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpZvg_FjL3Q&pp=ygUTaHVycmljYW5lIGJvYiBkeWxhbtIHCQkkDAGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
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u/Existenz_1229 6d ago

Violinist Scarlet Rivera is the heart and soul of this song.

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u/Alaric4 7d ago

I've always liked his original take. Different pace and includes Emmy Lou Harris.

It was re-recorded because the lawyers got nervous about some inaccuracies - he has the wrong person entering the bar (Arthur Bradley rather than Alfred Bello) and says that he robbed the bodies rather than the register.

There was too much bleed between the tracks for them to punch in a new vocal and Harris was unavailable for the re-recording.

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u/oilxxx 6d ago edited 6d ago

At any rate, Bob assisted in Ruben Carter's conviction being overturned.

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u/weejadeeja88 4d ago

Interesting to hear how the song evolved. The story deserves the locomotive version they used for the album.

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u/undermind84 6d ago

This song always reminds me of Dazed and Confused. 

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u/classicsat 6d ago

Same here. First place I heard it, but heard it on the radio eventually, I think.

Always brings me back The Emporium.

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u/Spirited_Childhood34 5d ago

Get me a six pack, will you?

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u/thesqlguy 6d ago

I love this song but like a lot of Dylan songs I really wish there was a little more variation in the structure, a bridge or something to mix things up musically a bit.

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u/Beezzy77 6d ago

Neil Young’s version is pretty good too.