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| "Nashville Skyline Rag" | |
|---|---|
| Instrumental by Bob Dylan | |
| from the album Nashville Skyline | |
| Released | April 9, 1969 |
| Recorded | Columbia Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)[1] |
| Genre | Bluegrass[2] |
| Length | 3:12 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan |
| Producer(s) | Bob Johnston |
"Nashville Skyline Rag" is an instrumental by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan that appears on his 1969 album Nashville Skyline.
Background
[edit]Bob Dylan had never made an instrumental before, so "Nashville Skyline Rag" was the first instrumental piece to ever appear on a Dylan record, as journalist Andy Gill wrote, it is a "pukka piece of work in sprightly bluegrass style".[2]
Recording
[edit]The sessions for Nashville Skyline spawned two unknown recordings, one of which, according to author Clinton Heylin, could have been an early version of "Nashville Skyline Rag"[3]
Reception
[edit]Rolling Stone editor Paul Nelson stated in a review of Nashville Skyline that it "serves as an instrumental introduction to the album’s excellent personnel".[4] In a review of Nashville Skyline for Paste Magazine, critic Matt Mitchell calls it a "palatable, extended bed of rustic tones and jaunts."[5]
Legacy
[edit]"Nashville Skyline Rag" is one of two tracks on Nashville Skyline to never be performed live.[6]
References
[edit]Citations
- ^ Kosser, Michael (2006). How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A.: A History Of Music Row. Lanham, Maryland, US: Backbeat Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-1-49306-512-7.
- ^ a b Gill 2011, p. 198.
- ^ Heylin 1995, p. 74.
- ^ Nelson, Paul (1969-05-31). "Nashville Skyline". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ "Time Capsule: Bob Dylan, 'Nashville Skyline'". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ Martoccio, Angie (2019-04-09). "Bob Dylan's 'Nashville Skyline': 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
Books
- Gill, Andy (2011). Bob Dylan: the Stories Behind the Songs 1962–1969. London: Carlton. ISBN 978-1-84732-759-8.
- Heylin, Clinton (1995). Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions, 1960–1994. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-15067-9.