The sessions yielded Dylan’s comeback hit “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” and just a few takes after finishing that classic they ran through two versions of “Rock Me, Mama.” It was far from finished, and they soon moved onto the main title track of and probably forgot all about the sketch of a song. How Bob Dylan Co-Wrote Darius Rucker’s ‘Wagon Wheel,’ 40 Years Ago Rolling Stone Music How Bob Dylan Co-Wrote Darius Rucker’s ‘Wagon Wheel,’ 40 Years Ago The secret history of a country. The next month he moved over to Burbank, California and brought in Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn, drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Terry Paul. He started work on the disc on January 20th, 1973 in Mexico City. The studio ultimately took the film from Peckinpah and recut it, taking out many of Dylan’s scenes.ĭylan had far more control over the film’s soundtrack. Dylan’s acting experience was very limited at this point, and the shoot in Durango, Mexico was extremely troubled. He spent the next two years largely off the grid, then agreed to take a supporting role in Sam Peckinpah’s 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. His career had reached a low point after the commercial failures of 1970’s Self Portrait and New Morning. This time around, Dylan has a piece of the song from the get-go.ĭarius Rucker Making ‘True Believers’ With Country Musicįorty years ago, Dylan couldn’t possibly have imagined he was working on a future hit song. More accurately, Bob Dylan wrote the chorus and recorded it as part of the Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid soundtrack sessions (famous for also producing Knockin. Yeah, I’m tangled up in blue.” It was a crystal-clear case of plagiarism, and rumor has it Dylan and the group settled the matter out of court. This version was a huge hit, going to 15 on the US Hot 100 and 1 on the Country chart.
Darius Rucker and his Capitol Records labelmates and frequent tourmates, Lady Antebellum, teamed up to record this song for Rucker's 2012 album True Believers. Wagon Wheel is the long-suffering country music tune that started as a chorus from a Bob Dylan demo that was in turn fleshed out by Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show and released on their 2004 Major label debut album O.C.M.S. Hootie and the Blowfish’s 1995 hit “Only Wanna Be With You” quotes extensively from Dylan’s 1974 song “Idiot Wind.” The song repeats five lines from the song verbatim later, Rucker says, “Ain’t Bobby so cool. Dylan and Secor are the credited songwriters on the track. (Capo 2nd fret) Intro G D Em C G D C G D Em C G D C Verse 1 G D Em C Headed down south to the land of the pines, Im thumbin my way into North Caroline G D C Starin’ up the road and pray to. This isn’t the first time that Darius Rucker used part of a Dylan song in his own work.
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