There must be fifty ways to come unchained in rock ‘n’ roll. Here are three of them.
1. She’s free of him, whether he likes it or not. It’s Pure Prairie League with Falling in and out of love/Amie. This is one of the most incredible country-rock medleys ever committed to vinyl, but I can’t show you the studio version. The rights police want to make sure that nobody buys any old PPL albums this Christmas. Good thinking.
2. He’s free of her, and he’s not quite dancing in the streets. I’ve know about this version of Bob Dylan’s She’s your lover know, but I had never heard it until tonight. It was recorded at about the same time as Like a rolling stone, when Dylan was convinced he could become a singles act like the Beatles. Here is an abortive studio take. This raw piano version is better, I think, because there’s still room for regret, even if the singer knows he’s better off.
3. Why chain yourself to him when you can chain yourself to me instead? This is Jim Hendrix covering Bob Dylan on Baby can you please crawl out your window? This again was written at the same time, and the Hendrix version is clearly cribbed directly from Dylan’s Columbia single.
None of these are very good as videos, but do make an effort to disabuse yourself of the image of “bloodhounds that kneel.” No such thing.
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