Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

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"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album Blonde on Blonde
ReleasedJune 20, 1966 (1966-06-20)
RecordedFebruary 17, 1966
StudioColumbia Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreFolk rock
Length7:05
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Bob Johnston
"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"
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Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Hard Rain
B-side"Rita May"
ReleasedNovember 30, 1976 (1976-11-30)[1]
RecordedMay 16, 1976
VenueTarrant County Convention Center Arena, Fort Worth, Texas
GenreFolk rock
Length3:35 (single edit)
6:01 (album version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)

"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" is a song written by Bob Dylan that appears on his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde.[2] The album version also appears on 1971's Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II. An early studio take, done in a faster tempo, was released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack in 2005. As the recording indicates, Dylan had difficulty fitting the words to the tempo, and evidently this led to its rearrangement, as heard on Blonde on Blonde, in a more "rock"-oriented 4/4 time.

A live version of this song appears on the 1976 album Hard Rain, and was also released as a single with "Rita May" as the B-side.

Recording[]

All twenty takes of "Stuck Inside of Mobile" were recorded in the early hours of February 17, 1966, in Columbia's Music Row Studios in Nashville. Dylan continuously reworked the song in the studio, revising lyrics and changing the song's structure as he recorded different takes. Eventually, after recording for three hours, a master take, the twentieth and final take, was chosen.[3] Take five would eventually be released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7.

The entire recording session was released on the 18-disc Collector's Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 in 2015, with highlights from the outtakes appearing on the six-disc and two-disc versions of that album.[4]

Live performances[]

According to his website, Dylan played the song 748 times in concert between its live debut in 1976 and its last performance in 2010.[5]

Cover versions[]

The song has been covered by over a dozen artists,[6] notably Cat Power for the I'm Not There (soundtrack) in 2007 and Old Crow Medicine Show on their 2017 album 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Philippe Margotin; Jean-Michel Guesdon (October 27, 2015). Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. Black Dog & Leventhal. p. 407. ISBN 9781579129859.
  2. ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 40 - Ballad in Plain D: Bob Dylan. [1966] : UNT Digital Library" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  3. ^ Bjorner, Olof (3 June 2011). Columbia Music Row Studios, Nashville Tennessee, 17 February 1966. Bjorner's Still on the Road. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  4. ^ "Bob – The Cutting Edge 1965–1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12". Archived from the original on 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  5. ^ "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  6. ^ "Cover versions of Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again by Old Crow Medicine Show | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
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