Bob Dylan, explored

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The road

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Songs of leaving, travelling and never quite arriving.

  1. Start here

    1963Greenwich Village
    1 of 13

    Down The Highway

    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

    A solo blues of walking the highway after his love has gone away.

  2. ↓ 2 years later

    1965Going Electric
    2 of 13

    Highway 61 Revisited

    Highway 61 Revisited

    Named after the highway that runs from Minnesota down to New Orleans, it features a police siren whistle.

  3. ↓ the same year

    1965Going Electric
    3 of 13

    It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

    Bringing It All Back Home

    The album's closing song, it was later recorded by Them with Van Morrison.

  4. ↓ the same year

    1965Going Electric
    4 of 13

    Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

    Highway 61 Revisited

    Set largely in Juarez, Mexico, it was recorded in the summer 1965 New York sessions.

  5. ↓ the same year

    1965Going Electric
    5 of 13

    Mr. Tambourine Man

    Bringing It All Back Home

    The Byrds' electric version reached number one in 1965 before many listeners had heard Dylan's own.

  6. ↓ the same year

    1965Going Electric
    6 of 13

    It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

    Highway 61 Revisited

    A slow train-and-travel blues from Highway 61 Revisited.

  7. ↓ 1 year later

    1966Going Electric
    7 of 13

    Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again

    Blonde on Blonde

    Cut in Nashville in early 1966, it runs about seven minutes.

  8. ↓ 3 years later

    1969Basement and Country
    8 of 13

    Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

    Nashville Skyline

    It closes the album and was also issued as a single.

  9. ↓ 28 years later

    1997Late Renaissance
    9 of 13

    Highlands

    Time Out of Mind

    At more than sixteen minutes it closes the album and was then the longest studio track Dylan had released.

  10. ↓ the same year

    1997Late Renaissance
    10 of 13

    Tryin' to Get to Heaven

    Time Out of Mind

    Dylan reshaped the song often in concert in the years after the album came out.

  11. ↓ the same year

    1997Late Renaissance
    11 of 13

    Dirt Road Blues

    Time Out of Mind

    A shuffle about walking a dirt road until someone gives him a ride.

  12. ↓ 4 years later

    2001Late Renaissance
    12 of 13

    Mississippi

    "Love and Theft"

    Dylan first tried it during the Time Out of Mind sessions, and Sheryl Crow released a version before his own appeared.

  13. ↓ the same year

    2001Late Renaissance
    13 of 13

    Po’ Boy

    "Love and Theft"

    A light, jazzy tune filled with old vaudeville-style jokes.