Oh, Sister
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| "Oh, Sister" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Bob Dylan | |
| from the album Desire | |
| Released | January 1976 |
| Studio | Studio E, Columbia Recording Studios (New York) |
| Length | [1] |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy |
| Producer(s) | Don DeVito |
| Desire track listing | |
9 tracks
| |
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"Oh, Sister" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released as the XXXXtrack on his seventeenth studio album Desire (1976). The song was written by Dylan and Jacques Levy, and produced by Don DeVito. The album version of "Oh, Sister" was recorded on ....., and released on Desire in January 1976.
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Background and recording[edit]
critically acclaimed album Blood on the Tracks on January 20, 1975,[2][lower-alpha 1][3][4] and the only one completed by June 1975.[5] In the preceding 18 months, two of his albums had topped the Billboard 200 charts, his first releases to achieve this.[5]
One take of the song was recorded on July 28, 1975. That day's sessions featured a large band including Dylan (guitar, vocal), Emmylou Harris (vocals), Eric Clapton, Vinnie Bell, Neil Hubbard, Perry Lederman, and Jim Mullen (all guitar), Erik Frandsen (slide guitar), Rob Stoner (bass), Alan Spenner (bass), Scarlet Rivera (violin), Sheena Seidenberg (tenor saxophone), Mel Collins (tenor saxophone), Sugar Blue (harmonica), Dom Cortese (mandolin/accordion), Michael Lawrence (trumpet), Tony O'Malley (keyboards), Jody Linscott (percussion), John Sussewell (drums), and Dyan Birch, Francis Collins, and Paddy McHugh (background vocals).[6]
FURTHER SESSIONS
Harris, who sang on the track with Dylan, later said that she had been contacted by producer Don DeVito to join the recording sessions for Desire, and that she "basically shook hands and started recording."[7] In Harris's account, she did not know the songs before the recording sessions, and, with a copy of the lyrics to hand, "the band would start playing and [Dylan] would kind of poke me when he wanted me to jump in. Somehow I watched his mouth with one eye and the lyrics with the other."[2] Harris was unhappy with the quality of her performance, but her request to redo it was rejected.[8]
Critical reception[edit]
Credits and personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from the Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track book.[7]
Musicians
- Bob Dylan – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Emmylou Harris – harmony vocals
- Scarlet Rivera – violin
- Rob Stoner – bass guitar
- Howard Wyeth – drums
- Sheena Seidenberg – percussion
Technical personnel
- Don DeVito – producer
- Biff Dawes – sound engineering
Live performances[edit]
According to Bob Dylan's official website, he has played the song live in concert 67 times, from 1975 to 1978.[17]
His first concert performance of the song was during the Rolling Thunder Revue tour, on October 30, 1975.[7]
Official releases[edit]
Vesions of the track have been released on the following Bob Dylan albums:
- Desire (1976)[17]
- Hard Rain
- Masterpieces (1978)[18] - CHECK
- Bob Dylan at Budokan (1979)[17]
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue (2002)[17]
- Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (2019)[17]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Some sources state the release date of Blood on the Tracks as January 17, 1975
References[edit]
Citations
- ↑ Margotin & Guedson 2022, p. 444.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Margotin & Guedson 2022, p. 432.
- ↑ "Blood on the Tracks (1975)". bobdylan.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hasted, Nick (November 15, 2013) [2005]. "Shelter From The Storm – the inside story of Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks". Uncut. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Heylin 1995, p. 110.
- ↑ "Still on the road: 1975 early sessions". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Margotin & Guedson 2022, p. 440.
- ↑ Williamson 2021, p. 238.
- ↑ Garner, Jack (January 16, 1976). "Dylan appears unstoppable". The Bellingham Herald. p. 25.
- ↑ Hasted, Nick (April 2019). "Something definitely changed in 1976 ...". Record Collector. No. 491. pp. 82–85.
- ↑ Fraser, Alan. "Audio: International 7" Stereo Singles & EPs 1976". Searching for a Gem. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Cutler, Hugh (January 25, 1976). "Dylan offers new sound". The Morning News. Wilmington. p. H11.
- ↑ Hilburn, Robert (January 18, 1976). "Dylan turns up the volume with 'Desire'". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. p. C54.
- ↑ Cosford, Bill (January 25, 1976). "Desire captures the many Dylans". The Miami Herald. Miami. p. 3K.
- ↑ Rudis, Al (January 28, 1976). "Dylan's 'Desire' outstanding; may be his best ever". The Chapel Hill News. Chapel Hill. p. 10C.
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/desire-255500/
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)". Bob Dylan. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ↑ Trager 2004, p. 418.
Bibliography
- Denning, Michael (2009). "2 – Bob Dylan and Rolling Thunder". In Dettmar, Kevin. The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 28–41. ISBN 978-0-521-71494-5. Search this book on
- Dylan, Bob (2014). Ricks, Christopher; Nemrow, Lisa; Nemrow, Julie, eds. The Lyrics / Bob Dylan. London: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4711-3709-9. Search this book on
- Gray, Michael (2008). The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8264-2974-2. Search this book on
- Heylin, Clinton (1995). Dylan: Behind Closed Doors – the Recording Sessions (1960–1994). Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-025749-6. Search this book on
- Heylin, Clinton (2011). Still on the Road: The Songs of Bob Dylan Vol. 2 1974–2008. London: Constable. ISBN 9781849015981. Search this book on
- Heylin, Clinton (2011a). Behind the Shades: The 20th Anniversary Edition. London: Faber And Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-27240-2. Search this book on
- Hughes, Karen (2017). "16. Interview with Karen Hughes. Rock Express, April 1, 1978". In Cott, Jonathan. Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 251–265. ISBN 978-1-5011-7319-6. Search this book on
- Margotin, Philippe; Guedson, Jean-Michel (2022). Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track (Expanded ed.). New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 9780762475735. Search this book on
- Trager, Oliver (2004). Keys to the Rain: the Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0823079740. Search this book on
- Williamson, Nigel (2021). Bob Dylan. Dead Straight Guides (5th ed.). Red Planet. ISBN 978-1-912733-41-5. Search this book on
- Zollo, Paul (2017). "26. Interview with Paul Zollo. SongTalk, 1991". In Cott, Jonathan. Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-5011-7319-6. Search this book on
External links[edit]
- Lyrics at Bob Dylan's official website.
- Audio of the track on Desire at Bob Dylan's official YouTube channel.
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