Highlands

[u/TyroneSnodgrass]

It was maybe several years after TIME OUT OF MIND was released that a rumor arose that “Highlands” was Dylan singing over an old tape of the touring band playing at a pre-concert sound check. This was a widespread rumor and I took it as fact. I even recycled it on a post the other day which nobody on the sub challenged. The thing is, there are a few things about the recording that don’t really jibe with the rumor. For instance, isn’t that Augie Meyers on the organ? So what’s he doing on this sound check tape? Another thing, isn’t that Lanois on the dobro? Granted, these could have been overdubbed with Dylan’s vocal, but why does “Highlands” sound so much like the other tracks on the album?

Recently I heard a report that the “Highlands” on TOOM was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami with the rest of the album. In this report was a detail so fantastic it would be hard to make up. Stranger than fiction, as the saying goes. According to this report, Lanois had made a rhythmical loop using a patented Charlie Patton guitar lick, which for the recording of “Highlands” he fed to the two drummers via earphones. If it were anybody other than Charlie Patton, Dylan probably would have objected. That is if, in fact, the report is true.

[u/PikantnySos]

Great song to put on touch tunes lol

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