Yes.... This is a strong fact for so many artists but DYLAN its real CLEAR...... todays pop artists would be lost, There are songwriters still but they are hidden for good reason
Seen the arrow on the doorpost Saying, “This land is condemned All the way from New Orleans To Jerusalem” I traveled through East Texas Where many martyrs fell And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell Well, I heard that hoot owl singing As they were taking down the tents The stars above the barren trees Were his only audience Them charcoal gypsy maidens Can strut their feathers well But nobody can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell See them big plantations burning Hear the cracking of the whips Smell that sweet magnolia blooming See the ghosts of slavery ships I can hear them tribes a-moaning Hear that undertaker’s bell Nobody can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell There’s a woman by the river With some fine young handsome man He’s dressed up like a squire Bootlegged whiskey in his hand There’s a chain gang on the highway I can hear them rebels yell And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell Well, God is in His heaven And we all want what’s his But power and greed and corruptible seed Seem to be all that there is I’m gazing out the window Of the St. James Hotel And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell
Bianca Pickett whoever says that is not worth mentioning. I didn’t need to hear this version to know he’s amazing singer. No one can sing any Dylan song better than him. The ones say he’s not a good singer doesn’t understand anything in music.
The man is a musical and poetical genius! They don't give out Nobel Prizes like sweets! Bootleg version with only piano makes me cry, it's so beautiful! And I'm a 47 year old tone deaf heathen LOL 🤣
One very mystical song listen to the story bobs telling if you dont feel this song your DEAD!!!! Im sorry but this is a great time to be on this earth with him!!!!
@@larken558 Mark Knopfler you know the grand Guitarist (and Singer/Songwriter.. Sultans of Swing..Brothers in Arms)as guest player with Bob Dylan like so many times before. He was in the Band Dire Straits❣️🌺
@@0otee , Its Mick Taylor ( ex Rolling Stones ) playing slide guitar here .. Not Mark Knopfler . Mick Taylor also played guitar on Dylans 1984 tour . Mark Knopfler plays acoustic on the other version of Blind WM . This video is mis-labeled
This version is just as good as the acoustic one featuring Mark Knopfler on guitar, for the slide guitar on this version is played by Mick Taylor, credit where it's due. It's such a gem, I cannot stop listening. The lyrics, the atmosphere, it's a timeless gem.
Any singer-songwriter worth his/her salt would have sacrificed his/her right arm to be able to write such a masterpiece!! Haunting, mesmerising and all that stuff.
@@BlindWillieJackson leave it to Dylan to choose his best songs ;-) I always thought this version was superior to the One released on the bootleg series
Probably his finest Outtake ever & One of his own top ten colletected. All the three takes circuilating are perfect themselves but at the same Time each One Is the Natural compendium for the others. Any single Singer/songwriter would kill for composing such masterpiece & Him discarted it All! Only another Pearl of an unmatched Carrer. That's makes the really far distance beetween His Bobness & the rest of the World! The Song itself Is a sort of brief American Great Novel. In less of six minutes describes, more best than an entire film or book, the U.S. South & human condition driven by the burden of the corruptible seed of greed. Each single Word strikes the target. His Voice & the sound are poignant & full of regret. Totally on Fire & kissed by an Amazing Grace. May the Lord protect him & the Ones he loves the most!. May His Art stay Forever Young.
Don't tell me this isn't Mark Knopfler at 2:39. He plays this lick all the time. Requires finger-picking to get that initial triplet before the long note.
@@scottmclaughlin5221 you are indeed correct. I only heard this track for the first time tonight and I was amazed. After a little more searching online I realised my error, the version I heard was definitely Mark Knopfler. Please accept my apologies, now I must try to find a copy somewhere. Kind regards
The reason why Dylan won a Nobel Prize. The bloke who said Dylan was the first successful singer who couldn't sing obviously never heard Florence Foster Jenkins (Great movie by the way)!
It's really unfortunate that the definitive version from the original Bootleg Series album seems to be unavailable online. That performance absolutely stunned me. The version here, while good in some respects, falls very far short.
Mac J K, cool. It’s still a bit of a mystery those sessions. I have ‘Rough Cuts,’ and still can’t discern when Mark contributes or doesn’t, despite his indelible guitar flourish.
@@jaredf921 well, that's weird as I know exactly which songs he played in. His guitar is unmistakable. But unlike the Slow Train Coming he wasn't the only guitarist working on this album. Mick Taylor also played and as Knopfler is not a session musician perhaps he didn't have time to play on all of the tracks. He wasn't present while mixing which as he later said was a shame as he didn't quite like the final mix of the album. He was one of the producers
Mac J Am aware he was co-producer of Infidels. Merely saying I wonder if ‘Union Sundown’ or ‘Man of Peace’ may have had a tinge of Mark, alongside Taylor, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, and others. It was all magical.
Mick Taylor on slide. When you listen to Infidels with headphones (which I did a lot when I was 18) Mick Taylor plays on the left channel & Mark is on the right, throughout. Slide & finger picking.
The stuff Dylan doesn't release would put most artists to shame
Yes.... This is a strong fact for so many artists but DYLAN its real CLEAR...... todays pop artists would be lost, There are songwriters still but they are hidden for good reason
@@raindeerprojekt4119 its a matter of taste.
This is one of Dylan's finest songs, IMO, and not well known. A wonderful recording.
It's actually is most well-known song that didn't make it on an album.
Charlie Parr just did a version at the Turf Club in St. Paul, MN (Jan 13, 2020). Was absolutely fantastic.
@@SimonRobeyns I believe "Positively Fourth Street" appeared first on a greatest hits album.
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This is my father's favorite Dylan song. He told me to take a listen and I'm sure glad I did 💕
And you know, no one can sing the blues, like our old Zimmy will...a vastly underrated masterpiece.
Seen the arrow on the doorpost
Saying, “This land is condemned
All the way from New Orleans
To Jerusalem”
I traveled through East Texas
Where many martyrs fell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
Well, I heard that hoot owl singing
As they were taking down the tents
The stars above the barren trees
Were his only audience
Them charcoal gypsy maidens
Can strut their feathers well
But nobody can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
See them big plantations burning
Hear the cracking of the whips
Smell that sweet magnolia blooming
See the ghosts of slavery ships
I can hear them tribes a-moaning
Hear that undertaker’s bell
Nobody can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
There’s a woman by the river
With some fine young handsome man
He’s dressed up like a squire
Bootlegged whiskey in his hand
There’s a chain gang on the highway
I can hear them rebels yell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
Well, God is in His heaven
And we all want what’s his
But power and greed and corruptible seed
Seem to be all that there is
I’m gazing out the window
Of the St. James Hotel
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
His greatest song
Thank you!
WoW - thanks for the Lyrics
Makes it even “more better” #1BobFan
What incredible lyrics.
Thanks for the lyrics!!
I saw Dylan and Knopfler in concert together. Rare event. Truly memorable.
I did, too. It was wonderful (about 10-12 years ago).
Me too 👍🏼
@@davidt.5294 Same here, I think they toured together in 2011-12 or thereabouts. Brilliance was beheld by all.
Its Mick Taylor on slide Guitar .. not Knopfler
unbelievably good. There is a slower piano only version, And they say Bob can't sing? No-one could sing this amazing song better
Bianca Pickett he really shows his power in his voice in his solo piano version wow .
Bianca Pickett whoever says that is not worth mentioning. I didn’t need to hear this version to know he’s amazing singer. No one can sing any Dylan song better than him. The ones say he’s not a good singer doesn’t understand anything in music.
The man is a musical and poetical genius! They don't give out Nobel Prizes like sweets! Bootleg version with only piano makes me cry, it's so beautiful! And I'm a 47 year old tone deaf heathen LOL 🤣
Maybe Blind Willie Mctell......
Mick Taylor. . . Please bitch 😂 not Mark Knopfler...
One very mystical song listen to the story bobs telling if you dont feel this song your DEAD!!!! Im sorry but this is a great time to be on this earth with him!!!!
A match made in heaven...that voice and that guitar...I'd recognize both anywhere.
I believe the slide guitar is Mick Taylor not Mark Knopfler.....and Taylor released it on a solo album before Dylan.
Oh that harrrrrrrppppppp where would the world be without it! Grand!.. Hounting the Blues🌺 I smell the magnolia🌹🌺🌷🌻🌞
Thanks so much Mark and Dylan🌺❤️🌹
Its Mick .. not Mark
@@larken558 Mark Knopfler you know the grand Guitarist (and Singer/Songwriter.. Sultans of Swing..Brothers in Arms)as guest player with Bob Dylan like so many times before. He was in the Band Dire Straits❣️🌺
@@0otee , Its Mick Taylor ( ex Rolling Stones ) playing slide guitar here .. Not Mark Knopfler . Mick Taylor also played guitar on Dylans 1984 tour .
Mark Knopfler plays acoustic on the other version of Blind WM . This video is mis-labeled
This version is just as good as the acoustic one featuring Mark Knopfler on guitar, for the slide guitar on this version is played by Mick Taylor, credit where it's due. It's such a gem, I cannot stop listening. The lyrics, the atmosphere, it's a timeless gem.
Mick Taylor, actually. This is an error and is not Mark.
Its better imo . I Love this version
Bob Dylan and MICK TAYLOR
Wow... My favorite Dylan song for so many years and I never heard this great version.
And this version wasnt released officially, its a crime !
Any singer-songwriter worth his/her salt would have sacrificed his/her right arm to be able to write such a masterpiece!! Haunting, mesmerising and all that stuff.
Mamma mia
Who can write the lyrics like Bob Dylan? Nobody!
One of my favorite Dylan songs. The Band did a great cover but Dylan gives me chills.
this isn't the bootleg version. I can't believe he shelved this song. DOH! This in top ten of greatest songs ever.
both version [acoustic and electric] were bootlegged but Bob only released the acoustic take on his bootleg series
Bob Dylan and Mick Taylor on guitar..
According to Knopler Bob left it off Infidels because it "didn't fit" with the other songs.
@@BlindWillieJackson leave it to Dylan to choose his best songs ;-) I always thought this version was superior to the One released on the bootleg series
@@openwheel1739 in my opinion, both versions are great. but the other version has a MUCH more impassioned vocal, which this masterpiece demands.
This is an amazing piece! Bob Dylan you are Greatest
Just heard this for the first time, played on the Paul Gambaccini show on Radio 2. Fabulous song 🧡
Probably his finest Outtake ever & One of his own top ten colletected. All the three takes circuilating are perfect themselves but at the same Time each One Is the Natural compendium for the others.
Any single Singer/songwriter would kill for composing such masterpiece & Him discarted it All! Only another Pearl of an unmatched Carrer. That's makes the really far distance beetween His Bobness & the rest of the World!
The Song itself Is a sort of brief American Great Novel. In less of six minutes describes, more best than an entire film or book, the U.S. South & human condition driven by the burden of the corruptible seed of greed. Each single Word strikes the target. His Voice & the sound are poignant & full of regret.
Totally on Fire & kissed by an Amazing Grace.
May the Lord protect him & the Ones he loves the most!.
May His Art stay Forever Young.
Fucking good comment !!!
No one can sing the blues like Dylan, 2020
yeah, What a Song, a Masterpiece that stand along with his long record of time..
Its signature Mick Taylor slide laying in the background - just like his slide on Dont Fall Apart on Me tonight. Mark plays on the acoustic version.
Don't tell me this isn't Mark Knopfler at 2:39. He plays this lick all the time. Requires finger-picking to get that initial triplet before the long note.
@@mklives2 This is Mick Taylor, Knopfler plays on the acoustic version indeed.
Wow what a great recording of this! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Greatness
Love that it’s Mick Taylor that most poetic of guitarists with him
Mick Taylor: The Master of Melodic Invention.
Believe its Mark Knopfler actually
@@cheneyrichard219 Anybody slightly familiar with Taylor knows that it is him. He even covered it on a solo album
@@scottmclaughlin5221 you are indeed correct. I only heard this track for the first time tonight and I was amazed. After a little more searching online I realised my error, the version I heard was definitely Mark Knopfler. Please accept my apologies, now I must try to find a copy somewhere. Kind regards
@@cheneyrichard219 , No, Knopfler can't play slide like that. Thats 100% Mick Taylor . He does done live in his band over the years.
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Fucking boomers
So strange that there are some thumbs down! Blinder than Willie Mc Tell!
Looking forward to seeing Mr. Dylan for the 18th time this summer
Thanks for having this.
An amazing version...
One of the Master's Best , Good ole MK as well
Its Mick Taylor on slide. Title is not correct.
Em pleno 2020, ouvindo 499 vezes "Blind Willie Mctell!! Forever Bob Dylan!!!
Eu tbm kk
The reason why Dylan won a Nobel Prize. The bloke who said Dylan was the first successful singer who couldn't sing obviously never heard Florence Foster Jenkins (Great movie by the way)!
where Knopfler puts his mark he turns it to a masterpiece...this guy knew Music better than anyone else.
This is not Knopfler, he plays 12 string on the acoustic version. It's Mick Taylor.
no one can write songs like bobby dyalan
It's Dylan. Let's give the man some credit.
And finally it’s going to be released officially this year !
holy shit thanks for the upload 😍
An absolute masterpiece.
A great song thanks
ETERNAL LOVE AND MUSIC = MARK KNOPFLER
Love this song!
It's really unfortunate that the definitive version from the original Bootleg Series album seems to be unavailable online. That performance absolutely stunned me. The version here, while good in some respects, falls very far short.
where can I find it?
There is another version on Vimeo with an acoustic, but its kind of plain compared to this one
Its Mick Taylor on slide Guitar .. not Knopfler
No Mark KNopfler here, only Mick Taylor on slide, Knopfler played the accoustic version of this tune
Are you certain of that?
@@jaredf921 yes, Mark played on the accoustic version of this song ( not included in the album)
Mac J K, cool. It’s still a bit of a mystery those sessions. I have ‘Rough Cuts,’ and still can’t discern when Mark contributes or doesn’t, despite his indelible guitar flourish.
@@jaredf921 well, that's weird as I know exactly which songs he played in. His guitar is unmistakable. But unlike the Slow Train Coming he wasn't the only guitarist working on this album. Mick Taylor also played and as Knopfler is not a session musician perhaps he didn't have time to play on all of the tracks. He wasn't present while mixing which as he later said was a shame as he didn't quite like the final mix of the album. He was one of the producers
Mac J Am aware he was co-producer of Infidels. Merely saying I wonder if ‘Union Sundown’ or ‘Man of Peace’ may have had a tinge of Mark, alongside Taylor, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, and others. It was all magical.
Gawd. Get me another drink, make it a double.
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That’s Mick Taylor
Beautiful
I believe the slide guitar is Mick Taylor not Mark Knopfler.....and Taylor released it on a solo album before Dylan decided to release it.
Nope. 2:39 That's clearly Mark Knopfler.
@@mklives2Sorry it's Mick. Listen to his version: ruclips.net/video/kn7iVw-HkXU/видео.html
@@mklives2 You are wrong, best get informed; this is Mick Taylor playing.
Brill have never heard this either an amazing performance.
For a guy who refers to himself as a Poet this Blues Jam is bomb
If I'm not mistaken,this was originally slated for the lp Infidels.
danny4481 and to think that he didnt put it on the record because he felt it was "incomplete"...
Absolutely mesmerizing
My favorite version
love the laugh - seems to be erased on the official release
I say Amen to most of the Comments below!
Thanks so much for sharing
Very beautiful..nice beat but i miss Mark's pics..❤
Grandioser Song!
Now how/why the fuck did they decide not to release a recording of this arrangement back then? Insanity
Great Stuff
That outro could have gone on for ten minutes and I would have been absolutely fine with it
me encanta esta canción
merci pour ce partage
The best cover version I have ever heard is Roger Chapman's version of this song.
Shaun Kelly: thank you for your sugestion.
And thank you to RUclips.
OMG thank you man for this information
Not by a long shot!!
Thanks. Bob's version of Delia says it all.
Thanks for doing this
Espetacular!!!!🇧🇷🇧🇷
Bobby's got the harmonica out...
This is a very fine version
Thanks you.
(What a union).
😄😄😄😄😄😄😄.
Happy birthday Bobby!
Stunning
MARAVILLOSO. MUCHAS GRACIAS, DE CORAZÓN. javizimmerman
no no no... is mick taylor on guitar not knopfler in this version....
win andromeda hahaha
Mick Taylor is playing slide here
mick Taylor slide guitar
thank you for sharing :)
Mick Taylor on slide
J'adore cette musique
nobody mentions : it´s mick taylor. i love mark knopfler, but it´s not him. yes, it´s mick.
Its Mick Taylor on slide guitar.. not Knopfler .. geez !
Mick Taylor on slide. When you listen to Infidels with headphones (which I did a lot when I was 18) Mick Taylor plays on the left channel & Mark is on the right, throughout. Slide & finger picking.
How many songs can one get moved by every single time they hear it?
I love The Band's version of this song
Thank you ❤
⭐️⭐️⭐️🎼
Meraviglia!
I love Beth Bombara's version of this from just a few years ago. That's where I first heard the song.
its true too
o melhor classico que ja vi
Eu❤MK 💃💃💃💃💃🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷💃💃💃💃💃
Best
Só fica a dúvida: Mick Taylor ou Mark Knopfler faz o solo... O que vc. me diz??
Sublime
If God could sing !!!
That's Mick Taylor on slide guitar
Patrick Jordan I asked Mark and he was the guitar player of that one only master piece! Taylor copied the rest...
Did Knofler actually say he was playing the slide.. what a liar , lol Its 100% Mick Taylor. Mick Taylor plays this version in his live shows.
Knopfler plays guitar on the acoustic version, not this one
@@JoeASolitaire , Its Mick Taylor.. not Knopfler.
@@JoeASolitaire , Knopfler is the guitar player on the acoustic version .. not this one.
Bravo!!!👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷
Capolavoro assoluto 👏 standing ovation 👏👏👏
Didn't hear Knopfler.