Classic Dylan Being Dylan

How many artists completely reinvent their songs? Not many, but Bob Dylan is certainly one of them. Take this 1976 version of “Shelter from the Storm” (my favorite Dylan song…). It’s nothing like the original version on Blood on the Tracks. Where the original is a fairly traditional acoustic folk song, this version is a full-blown electric rocker.

Here’s the original for comparison purposes:
Shelter From The Storm

Fun fact: The other guitar player in this clip is T-Bone Burnett, who went on to be a pretty decent songwriter himself. But his biggest success has come as a producer, where his credit’s include the amazing soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Counting Crows’ debut album August and Everything After.