Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Mr. Tambourin Man

                                                Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
                            Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival,Banjo Stage,Golden Gate Park
                                          San Francisco, California,October 3, 2015


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  Mr. Tambourin Man (Bob Dylan)

"Mr. Tambourine Man" was written and composed by Dylan in early 1964, at the same approximate time as "Chimes of Freedom," which Dylan recorded later that spring for his album Another Side of Bob Dylan.^[1][2] Dylan began writing and composing "Mr. Tambourine Man" in February 1964, after attending Mardi Gras in New Orleans during a cross-country road trip with several friends, and completed it sometime between the middle of March and late April of that year after he had returned to New York.^[1] Nigel Williamson has suggested in The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan that the influence of Mardi Gras can be heard in the swirling and fanciful imagery of the song's lyrics. Journalist Al Aronowitz has claimed that Dylan completed the song at his home, but folk singer Judy Collins, who later covered the song, has stated that Dylan completed the song at her home.Dylan premiered the song the following month at a May 17 concert at London's Royal Festival Hall.^(Wikipedia)