Mr. Tambourine Man (Byrds, The, 1965; Bob Dylan, 1965). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-26. “Keeping the Oldies Alive”
“Mr. Tambourine Man,” written by Bob Dylan, was the Byrds’ first release and climbed to the no. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965; the Byrds’ recording was inducted into the Grammy: Hall of Fame as well åças the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is found at no. 79 on Rolling Stone magazines’ “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” (Whitburn, 2013). This is the only Bob Dylan song to ever reach the no. 1 position on the Billboard charts in the USA (songfacts, 2022). Dylan claimed that he was inspired by folk guitarist “Bruce [Langhorne who] was playing with me on a bunch of early records. On one session, [producer] Tom Wilson had asked him to play tambourine. And he had this gigantic tambourine. It was, like, really big. It was as big as a wagon wheel. He was playing and this vision of him playing just stuck in my mind” (songfacts, 2022). The musicians on the Byrds’ track included Roger McGuinn and the Wrecking Crew; Gene Clark and David Crosby supplied the background harmony vocals. At the time of the recording, McGuinn, Clark and Crosby were known at the Jet Set, “the Byrds” were not hatched yet (wikipedia, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and there ain’t no place I’m going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning, I’ll come followin’ you
Take me for a trip upon your magic swirling ship
All my senses have been stripped
And my hands can’t feel to grip
And my toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
I’m ready to go anywhere, I’m ready for to fade
Into my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and there ain’t no place I’m going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning, I’ll come followin’ you
