Did Bob Dylan wrote All Along the Watchtower for Jimi Hendrix?

Bob Dylan
All Along the Watchtower/Composers

Who Covered All Along the Watchtower?

Versions

Title	Performer	Release date
All Along the Watchtower	Bob Dylan	December 27, 1967
All Along the Watchtower	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	September 4, 1968
All Along the Watchtower	The Nashville Teens	1968
All Along the Watchtower	The Alan Bown	1968

How difficult is All Along the Watchtower?

I’ve wanted to play this for a long time but it is a deceptively difficult song to nail when playing along with the original track. This is probably my all time favourite song and has always felt like a rollercoaster, particularly how Jimi modified the rhythm and strumming patterns through the song.

What did Bob Dylan think of Jimi Hendrix’s version of All Along the Watchtower?

Dylan has described his reaction to hearing Hendrix’s version: “It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn’t think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using.

What did Jimi Hendrix think of Bob Dylan?

Jimi loved Dylan! He couldnt believe someone was brave enough to sing “out of key” the way he did lol. Then eventually jimi really listened to Dylan and his lyrics and completely respected and admired him, so much to the point where he carried a Dylan song/lyric book with him everywhere he went.

How many versions of All Along the Watchtower are there?

Following their tour with Dylan, the Grateful Dead regularly worked “All Along the Watchtower” into their shows. According to Setlist.fm, they performed it 118 times between 1987 and 1995.

Is Hey Joe hard to play?

This solo is fairly challenging, so breaking it down into smaller chunks is recommended. The solo in “Hey Joe” is almost entirely played using the minor pentatonic scale, which makes this solo pretty easy to wrap your head around. The hardest part will be replicating Jimi’s sound.