Ryan J. Rossner, PhD

After his 1966 motorcycle crash, Bob Dylan stopped performing regularly and began releasing relaxed country-influenced music.  Though I disagree, Blood on the Tracks (1975) is generally considered Dylan’s creative high point post-Blonde on Blonde (1966) and pre-Time out of Mind (1997).  The songs on Blood on the Tracks are about Dylan’s first marriage to Sara Lownds, about whom “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” was written.  Their marriage was in turmoil by 1975 and ended in divorce in 1977.

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1. “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” – John Wesley Harding (1967)
2. “Lay Lady Lay” – Nashville Skyline (1969)
3. “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You” – Nashville Skyline (1969)
4. “The Mighty Quinn” – Self Portrait (1970)
5. “The Man in Me” – New Morning (1970)
6. “When I Paint My Masterpiece” – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1971)
7. “Tomorrow is a Long Time” – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1971)
8. “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1971)
9. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” – Pat Garret and Billy the Kid sdtk. (1973)
10. “Forever Young” – Planet Waves (1974)
11. “Tangled Up in Blue” – Blood on the Tracks (1975)
12. “Simple Twist of Fate” – Blood on the Tracks (1975)
13. “You’re a Big Girl Now” – Blood on the Tracks (1975)
14. “Meet Me in the Morning” – Blood on the Tracks (1975)
15. “Shelter from the Storm” – Blood on the Tracks (1975)
16. “Buckets of Rain” – Blood on the Tracks (1975)
17. “Tangled Up in Blue” – The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975 (The Rolling Thunder Revue) (2002)