Bob Dylan Blues

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"Bob Dylan Blues"
Song by Syd Barrett
from the album
The Best of Syd Barrett
Wouldn't You Miss Me?
Released16 April 2001
Recorded1970
Genre
Length3:14
Label
Songwriter(s) Syd Barrett
Producer(s) David Gilmour
An Introduction to Syd Barrett track listing
18 tracks
  1. "Arnold Layne"
  2. "See Emily Play"
  3. "Apples and Oranges"
  4. "Matilda Mother"
  5. "Chapter 24"
  6. "Bike"
  7. "Terrapin"
  8. "Love You"
  9. "Dark Globe"
  10. "Here I Go"
  11. "Octopus"
  12. "She Took a Long Cool Look"
  13. "If It's In You"
  14. "Baby Lemonade"
  15. "Dominoes"
  16. "Gigolo Aunt"
  17. "Effervescing Elephant"
  18. "Bob Dylan Blues"

"Bob Dylan Blues" is a song written in 1965 [1] by Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd. Recorded during sessions for Barrett , it was unreleased until it turned up in 2001. The song was included in The Best of Syd Barrett .

Contents

Writing and recording

The song was supposedly written by Barrett after attending a Bob Dylan concert in 1964. [1] The chorus (namely the line "Cause I'm a poet, don't you know it, and the wind, you can blow it.") references a lyric in Dylan's own "I Shall Be Free No. 10" released on Another Side of Bob Dylan . It is one of Barrett's very earliest songs written before he even had a publishing deal. [2] This song, along with "Terrapin" and "Maisie", [3] reflected Barrett's early interest in the blues. [3]

The song was recorded on February 26, 1970, [4] [5] [6] and was since largely forgotten about until David Gilmour unearthed the tape in his personal collection. [2] [7] It was released in 2001 on the Barrett compilation The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? . [8]

In 2010, the track was digitally remastered and featured on the album An Introduction to Syd Barrett. [9]

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Chapman, Rob (2010). "Watching Buttercups Cup the Light". Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head (Paperback ed.). London: Faber. p.  58. ISBN   978-0-571-23855-2.
  2. 1 2 "Syd Barrett Song Unearthed". Rolling Stone. 14 February 2001. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 Manning, Toby (2006). "The Early Years". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 9. ISBN   1-84353-575-0.
  4. ↑ Jones, Malcolm (2003). The Making of The Madcap Laughs (21st Anniversary ed.). Brain Damage. pp. 13–14.
  5. ↑ Barrett (booklet). Syd Barrett. Harvest, EMI. 2010. p. 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Chapman, Rob (2010). "We Awful, Awful Crawl". Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head (Paperback ed.). London: Faber. p.  253. ISBN   978-0-571-23855-2.
  7. ↑ Jones, Malcolm (2003). The Making of The Madcap Laughs (21st Anniversary ed.). Brain Damage. pp. 11–12.
  8. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Wouldn't You Miss Me?: The Best of Syd Barrett - Syd Barrett : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  9. ↑ Syd Barrett - An Introduction To Syd Barrett, 2010, retrieved 22 November 2023
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