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Self Portrait · 1970

Woogie Boogie

A short instrumental on Self Portrait, a loose boogie-woogie jam credited to Dylan.

The words

A brisk, good-time boogie-woogie romp led by rolling piano and a bright, bouncing band.

This is a wordless jam built on the old boogie-woogie piano pattern, with the band falling in behind a steady, driving rhythm. It sounds informal, like a warm-up captured on tape rather than a polished composition. Over its brief running time it never changes much, keeping a cheerful, toe-tapping groove from start to finish. On an album full of covers and oddities, it works as a light musical interlude.

Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗

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The words

A brisk, good-time boogie-woogie romp led by rolling piano and a bright, bouncing band.

This is a wordless jam built on the old boogie-woogie piano pattern, with the band falling in behind a steady, driving rhythm. It sounds informal, like a warm-up captured on tape rather than a polished composition. Over its brief running time it never changes much, keeping a cheerful, toe-tapping groove from start to finish. On an album full of covers and oddities, it works as a light musical interlude.

Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗

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