"All Along the Watchtower"
Song by Bob Dylan
Album	John Wesley Harding
Released	December 27, 1967
Recorded	November 6, 1967
Genre	Folk Folk Rock
Length	2:31
Label	Columbia
Writer	Bob Dylan
Producer	Bob Johnston
John Wesley Harding track listing
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (3) "All Along the Watchtower" (4) The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest (5)

For the Scottish TV comedy series, see All Along the Watchtower (TV series)

"All Along the Watchtower" is a song written by folk-rock singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It is notable for the fact that Dylan has performed this song more often in concert than any of his other compositions. It has been estimated that by the end of 2003, Dylan had sung the song 1,400 times.^[1] It is also notable for the number of times it has been covered by different artists in different genres. Image File history File links PetSounds 7/5/05 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For other uses, see Song (disambiguation). ... This article is about the recording artist. ... John Wesley Harding is an album of original songs by Bob Dylan, produced by Bob Johnston and released on December 27, 1967. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Bob Johnston (born 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a noted record producer, best known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and many Nashville recording artists, as well as Simon and Garfunkel. ... John Wesley Harding is an album of original songs by Bob Dylan, produced by Bob Johnston and released on December 27, 1967. ... The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest is a song on Bob Dylans 1967 album John Wesley Harding. ... All Along the Watchtower is a short-lived British sitcom about a RAF base in Scotland. ... Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... This article is about the recording artist. ...

Bob Dylan's version

Commenting on the songs on his recently released album John Wesley Harding, in an interview published in the folk music magazine Sing Out! in October 1968, Dylan told John Cohen and Happy Traum: John Wesley Harding is an album of original songs by Bob Dylan, produced by Bob Johnston and released on December 27, 1967. ... Sing Out! is a quarterly journal of folk music and folk songs that has been published since May 1950. ... Johen Cohen, manchester Uk REUINION FINANCE, SPEEDY FINANCE 31 REEDHAM HOUSE KING STREET WEST MANCHESTER LANCASHIRE M3 2PJ business -BANKRUPT -ALL LOANS ARE UNENFORCABLE allegations of 250,000 in stolen funds wife - ran off with mp KHALID MAHMOOD, had affair stole 250,000 pounds from REUnion finance police investigation check... Happy Traum (born Harry Peter Traum) is an American folk musician who started playing music in the Fifties. ...

Christopher Ricks has commented on All Along the Watchtower": "...at the conclusion of the last verse, it is as if the song bizarrely begins at last, and as if the myth began again."^[3] Christopher Ricks (born 1933) is a British literary critic and scholar. ...

The song was recorded by the artist as a quiet, menacing three-chord folk song on November 6, 1967, at Columbia Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee. Accompanying Dylan on acoustic guitar and harmonica were Charlie McCoy on bass guitar, and Kenneth Buttrey on drums.^[4] The producer was Bob Johnston, who had been Dylan's producer since the album Highway 61 Revisited in 1965. The song was released on Dylan's equally quiet and sparse album John Wesley Harding, on December 27, 1967. A three-chord song is a song whose music is built around three chords that are played in a certain sequence. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ... A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. ... For the African American blues musician, see Papa Charlie McCoy. ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... Kenneth A. Buttrey (April 1, 1945 - September 12, 2004) was an American drummer and arranger. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Bob Johnston (born 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a noted record producer, best known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and many Nashville recording artists, as well as Simon and Garfunkel. ... Highway 61 Revisited is Bob Dylans sixth studio album, released in 1965 by Columbia Records. ...

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Sample from Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower". From the album John Wesley Harding.

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Dylan, recovering from a motorcycle accident which had marked a shift in his career, had been seen reading the Bible on a daily basis.^[5] As with many of the lyrics to the songs on this album, the words to "Watchtower" contain biblical and apocalyptic references. This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ... Look up Apocalypse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9, contains the following: "Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise ye princes, and prepare the shield./For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth./And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with such heed./...And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground." This article is about the Book of Isaiah. ...

The song depicts a conversation between two people, a "joker" and a "thief", about the difficulties of getting by in life ("There's too much confusion"). The joker is concerned about losing his property, while the thief observes that some individuals among them aren't taking life as seriously as they should: "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke." The joker suggests that time is running out. In the last verse, the viewpoint of the song switches abruptly. The ruling princes stand guard in a watchtower over their women and servants as an unnamed pair of riders approach amidst ominous sounds.^[6]

In recent years, Dylan in live performance has taken to singing the first verse again at the end of the song. As Michael Gray notes in The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, "Dylan chooses to end in a way that at once reduces the song's apocalyptic impact and cranks up its emphasis on the artist's own centrality. Repeating the first stanza as the last means Dylan now ends with the words 'None of them along the line/Know what any of it is worth' (and this is sung with a prolonged, dark linger on that word 'worth')."^[7]

In addition to his original recording, Dylan has released four different live recordings of the song on the following albums: Before the Flood, Bob Dylan at Budokan, Dylan & The Dead and MTV Unplugged. Before the Flood is the title of a 1974 live album by Bob Dylan and The Band. ... Bob Dylan At Budokan is an audio recording taken from two different shows on February 28 and March 1, 1978. ... Dylan & The Dead is a collaborative live album by Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead, released in 1989 by Columbia Records. ... MTV Unplugged is Bob Dylans 1995 unplugged release, recorded and issued at the peak of that formats popularity. ...

Cover versions

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

"All Along the Watchtower"
Single by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the album Electric Ladyland
B-side	"Burning of the Midnight Lamp"
Released	September 21, 1968
Recorded	Record Plant Studios, New York, July 1967, December 1967, January 1968, April–August 1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	4:00
Label	Reprise Records 0767
Writer	Bob Dylan
Producer	Jimi Hendrix
The Jimi Hendrix Experience singles chronology
"Up From the Skies" (1968) "All Along the Watchtower" (1968) "Crosstown Traffic" (1968)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded what is widely considered the definitive cover version of this song. Hendrix heard the track after being taken to a party by Traffic's Dave Mason. Hendrix, a longtime fan of Dylan's work, commented he would love to cover the track. Due to Noel Redding's absence over the tension created by Hendrix in the studio during the recording of Electric Ladyland, Hendrix played the bass himself with a righthand, shortscale Fender Mustang bass guitar.^[8] Dave Mason initially played the 12-string acoustic part, but was unable to satisfy Hendrix's growing perfectionism and was moved to bass, then completely off the track, as Hendrix played everything except the drums. While Dylan's version had been minimalistic, Hendrix's spared nothing—his wailing electric guitar and vocal delivery were wholly different from Dylan's quiet folk performance. Hendrix rearranged the song to include several electric guitar solos, where the harmonica solos were in Dylan's version, and included it on the Electric Ladyland album (1968). The longest solo on the song (in between the second and final verses) features slide guitar, done with a cigarette lighter rather than a more traditional tubes of glass or metal. Hendrix settled on the lighter after frantically trying other objects to get the exact sound that he had in his head for that portion of the solo.^{[citation needed]} The solo also features a wah-wah line, and an echo effect in its middle section (from the 'slide' part to the end of the wah-wah part). Album cover for Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix This is an album cover. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... The Jimi Hendrix Experience was a highly influential, though short-lived, English/American rock band famous for the guitar work of frontman Jimi Hendrix on songs such as Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, Fire, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), All Along the Watchtower and Spanish Castle Magic. // Hendrix arrived in... Electric Ladyland is a rock album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968 (1968 in music). ... “B-Sides” redirects here. ... Burning of the Midnight Lamp is a song by Jimi Hendrix, first released as a single in the UK in August 1967. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Record Plant Studios (also known as just The Record Plant) is a famous recording studio, first opening in New York City at 321 West 44th Street map, in 1968. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... 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Dylan has described his reaction to hearing Hendrix's version: "It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day."^[9]

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Sample from Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower". From the album Electric Ladyland.

Problems listening to the file? See media help. Electric Ladyland is a rock album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968 (1968 in music). ...

Released as a single, it was an immediate hit—the only US Top 40 single Hendrix would release in his lifetime. Dylan's subsequent live performances of Watchtower also used an electric guitar, like most of Dylan's contemporary live performances do. ^{[citation needed]} Hendrix's version was featured in the movies Withnail and I, Rush, Private Parts, Clockers, Forrest Gump, A Bronx Tale, Vegas Vacation and Tupac: Resurrection and also in television shows such as The Simpsons, in episodes "Mother Simpson" and "My Mother the Carjacker". Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... Withnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films. ... Rush is a crime drama from 1991. ... Private Parts, a 1997 movie about Howard Stern. ... Clockers is a 1995 film directed by Spike Lee, based on the novel Clockers by Richard Price. ... For the main character of the same name, see Forrest Gump (character) Forrest Gump is a 1994 drama film based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom and the name of the title character of both. ... This article is about the 1993 film. ... Vegas Vacation (1997, Warner Bros. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Mother Simpson is the eighth episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... My Mother the Carjacker is the second episode of The Simpsons fifteenth season. ...

This version of the song appears at number 48 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs ever, and in 2000, British magazine, Total Guitar, named it top of the list of the greatest cover versions ever.^[10] This article is about the music magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2004. ... Total Guitar is a monthly magazine in the United Kingdom. ...

U2

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U2 "All Along the Watchtower" (1988) Image File history File links U2_-_All_Along_The_Watchtower. ...

Sample from U2's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", from the album Rattle and Hum

Problems listening to the file? See media help. Rattle and Hum refers to both a motion picture about the band U2 and its companion album, documenting the bands 1987 Joshua Tree Tour of the United States and its exploration into American music. ...

Irish rock band U2 first played a cover of the song during the Boy Tour in 1981. Years later during the Joshua Tree Tour in 1987, the cover was played for a second time, in San Francisco, CA, with an additional verse added by Bono. This special performance was later included as a scene in U2's 1988 rockumentary film, Rattle and Hum, and also as a track on the album of the same name. The performance was impromptu, with the band literally learning the chords and lyrics within minutes of taking the stage, and thus had problems which were edited in the soundtrack. The song was played as a homage to both Bob Dylan and The Jimi Hendrix Experience,^{[citation needed]} and was later followed up by making its way into almost 50 live shows during the band's 1989 Lovetown Tour. The song has since faded from the band's live performances, but has made brief comebacks as it was snippeted by the band at two shows during the Zoo TV Tour and Elevation Tour. This article is about the Irish rock band. ... Alternate cover U.S. and Canada cover Singles from Boy Released: August 1980 Released: October 1981 Boy is the debut album from Irish rock band U2, released in 1980. ... The Joshua Tree Tour was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place during 1987, in support of their album The Joshua Tree. ... This article is about the city in California. ... For other uses, see Bono (disambiguation). ... Rattle and Hum refers to both a motion picture about the band U2 and its companion album, documenting the bands 1987 Joshua Tree Tour of the United States and its exploration into American music. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... The Jimi Hendrix Experience was a highly influential, though short-lived, English/American rock band famous for the guitar work of frontman Jimi Hendrix on songs such as Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, Fire, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), All Along the Watchtower and Spanish Castle Magic. // Hendrix arrived in... The rock band U2s Lovetown Tour took place in late 1989 and early 1990. ... For the fan club-exclusive album released from this tour, see Zoo TV Live. ... The rock band U2s Elevation Tour took place in 2001 in support of their album All That You Cant Leave Behind. ...

Dave Matthews Band

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Sample from Dave Matthews Band's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", from the album Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95

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Dave Matthews Band has played the song since the band's inception in the early 1990s.^[11] Their rendition of the song maintains Dylan's three chord structure and key signature but differs in style. Vocalist and guitarist, Dave Matthews, typically begins the song slowly with just vocals and acoustic guitar. The band members come in after the line "the hour is getting late" and the song tempo and intensity picks up. This is then followed by extended solos taken by the band members culminating with the line that the band chooses to highlight, "No reason to get excited." The song is often chosen to feature a guest performer since it is a well known rock standard. Watchtower, as it is often referred to by fans, is a concert staple, often performed as a concert closer or encore. Performances of the song, including those played and sung solo by Matthews or with guitarist Tim Reynolds, have totaled more than 500 to date.^[11] The group has released the song on more than a half-dozen live albums but has never released a studio recording of the song. Both Pat McGee and Howie Day have performed the song in the style of Dave Matthews. Dave Matthews Band (also known by the acronym DMB) is a United States-based band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991 by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dave Matthews. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... David John Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is a South African, now naturalized American, Grammy-winning lead vocalist and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Pat McGee Band is a rock band from Richmond, Virginia. ... Howie Kern Day (born January 15, 1981 in Bangor, Maine) is an American singer-songwriter. ...

Prince

During the halftime show for the National Football League's Super Bowl XLI (2007) game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears, Prince performed a cover of "All Along the Watchtower". NFL redirects here. ... Date February 4, 2007 Stadium Dolphin Stadium City Miami Gardens, Florida MVP Peyton Manning, Quarterback, Colts Favorite Colts by 6. ... City Indianapolis, Indiana Other nicknames The Horseshoes Team colors Speed Blue and White Head Coach Tony Dungy Owner Jim Irsay General manager Bill Polian Mascot Blue League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1953–present) Western Conference (1953-1969) Coastal Division (1967-1969) American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC East (1970... City Chicago, Illinois Other nicknames Da Bears, The Monsters of the Midway Team colors Navy Blue and Orange Head Coach Lovie Smith Owner Virginia Halas McCaskey Chairman Michael McCaskey General manager Jerry Angelo Fight song Bear Down, Chicago Bears Mascot Staley Da Bear League/Conference affiliations Independent (1919) National Football...

Dionysis Savvopoulos

Greek singer and composer Dionysis Savvopoulos's album "Ballos" (released in 1970) included a version of this song. The lyrics are adapted into Greek. The Greek name of the song is "Paliatsos kai listis", which is a Greek translation for the phrase "the joker and the thief". Dionysis Savvopoulos (Greek: Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος) is a Greek music composer, lyricist and singer. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Neil Young

Neil Young performed a version live, and was joined onstage by The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde. This version later appeared on Young's live album Road Rock Vol. 1: Friends & Relatives. He has also played this song with the above mentioned Dave Matthews Band and performed it w/Booker T and the MGs at the Dylan 30th Anniversary Celebration (aka "Bobfest") at Madison Square Garden. The subsequent recording of the Dylan tribute was issued in 1993. This article is about the musician. ... The Pretenders are an Anglo-American rock band. ... Chrissie Hynde (born Christine Ellen Hynde, 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio) is an American rock musician, best known as the leader of the band The Pretenders. ... Road Rock Vol. ... Dave Matthews Band (also known by the acronym DMB) is a United States-based band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991 by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dave Matthews. ...

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead performed Watchtower 123 times^[12], first on June 20, 1987. This adds to a lengthy repertoire of Bob Dylan covers by the Dead. This article is about the band. ...

Bear McCreary

Television composer Bear McCreary wrote a version of All Along the Watchtower for use in the final scene of the Battlestar Galactica Season 3 finale Crossroads, Part 2. The lyrics had been written into the screenplay by Ronald D. Moore.^[13] Bear McCreary (b. ... The Battlestar Galactica science fiction franchise, which began as a 1978 TV series, was reimagined in 2003 into the TV miniseries. ... Episode chronology Crossroads (Parts one and two) are the nineteenth and twentieth episodes of the third season and season finale from the science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica. ... For other persons named Ronald Moore, see Ronald Moore (disambiguation). ...

Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry recorded this song as a demo with Robin Trower in the mid 1990's. He completed the track during sessions in August 2006 for his Dylan tribute album Dylanesque released March 2007. Bryan Ferry (born 26 September 1945 in Washington) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style, who came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with Roxy Music. ... Robin Leonard Trower (born March 9, 1945 in Catford, South East London, England) is a preeminent English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the leader of his own Hendrixesque power trio. ... Dylanesque is a covers album by the legendary Bryan Ferry. ...

Others

The song has been covered by many other artists, including:

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See also

• Joker & the Thief - Wolfmother
• 'All Along the Watchtowers' is the name of a quest in the popular MMO 'World of Warcraft'. The quest objective is to mark four particular watchtowers with a beacon torch, in order to label them for a later attack.
• A hard rock/metal version of the song repeatedly features in the helicopter scenes in the Xbox 360 game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and during the credits.

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References

1. ^ Michael Gray, The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, p. 7
2. ^ Jonathan Cott (ed.), Dylan on Dylan: The Essential Interviews, p. 122
3. ^ Christopher Ricks, Dylan's Visions of Sin, p. 359
4. ^ "Log of every Dylan Recording Session", Bjorner's Still on the Road, 2006-08-20. 
5. ^ Heylin,C: Bob Dylan Behind the Shades, page 285
6. ^ Lyrics of "All Along The Watchtower". Bob Dylan.com (2007-10-07).
7. ^ Michael Gray, The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, p. 7
8. ^ Electric Ladyland album sleeve notes, 1990s Alan Douglas edition (with alternative cover)
9. ^ Interview with Dylan: 09/29/95. Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel (1995-09-29).
10. ^ "The Best Cover Versions Ever", Total Guitar (Future Publishing), August 2000
11. ^ ^{a b} DMBAlmanac.com.
12. ^ http://www.deadbase.com/
13. ^ Moore, Ronald D. Podcast commentary for Crossroads, Part 2. Available at http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/season03/

Total Guitar is a monthly magazine in the United Kingdom. ...

Further reading

• Marqusee, M (2003). Chimes of Freedom: The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art, New Press

External links

• Lyrics to the song

• Website containing the trailer for the Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter version of the song
• "reason to rock" - an interpretation of the lyrics
• The Paperboys's cover in MP3 format.
• MP3 Version of the Everlast and B-Real remix