The music of Bob Dylan has been profoundly touched by the blues genre.., from his first album to his latest “Modern Times”. Either in song construction or in mood, Dylan’s songs continually call on the genre, drawing from the primal power of America’s most significant roots music. This collection centers on blues-tinged material drawn from Dylan albums beginning with 1965’s Bringing It All Back Home (She Belongs to Me) and ranging to 2003’s Love and Theft (High Water).

If the rough-edged quality of Dylan’s voice in the later selections betrays the hand of time, his intensity and commitment on each of these classic tracks seems undiminished.From the laid-back groove of It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry to the spiritual fervor of Gotta Serve Somebody to the lonesome wail of Blind Willie McTell, Dylan makes brilliant use of the striking musical, lyrical, and “above all” emotional resources of the blues to intensify his personal statements. This stirring collection makes us glad that Dylan has an unshakable case of the blues.

Track Listing:
01 - She Belongs To Me 02:48
02 - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 03:58
03 - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train 03:23
04 - Down In The Flood 02:50
05 - Meet Me In The Morning 04:22
06 - Gotta Serve Somebody 05:26
07 - The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Alter 04:05
08 - Seeing The Real You At Last 04:22
09 - Everything Is Broken 03:15
10 - Dirt Road Blues 03:38
11 - High Water (For Charley Patton) 04:04
12 - Blind Willie McTell 05:52