"All Along the Watchtower" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Covered by numerous artists in various genres, "All Along the Watchtower" is strongly identified with the interpretation Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 -September 18, 1970) recorded for Electric Ladyland with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The Hendrix version, released six months after Dylan's original recording, became a Top 10 single in 1968 and was ranked 48th in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song also had the #5 spot on Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Solos and in 2000, British magazine Total Guitar named it top of the list of the greatest cover versions of all time.
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. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day." In the booklet accompanying his Biograph album, Dylan said: "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way... Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."
"Jimi" Hendrix is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in the history of music,and one of the most influential musicians of his era across a range of genres.
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