As Dylan performed a two-week run at Gerde's Folk City in 1961 in New York's Greenwich Village, he began gathering songs to include on an album. Ultimately, only two songs would be penned by Dylan. The bulk of the album consisted of traditional, blues, and country tunes. When Hammond and Dylan entered Columbia's 7th Avenue Studio in November 1961, many songs were recorded in one take. Dylan resisted requests for second attempts, telling Hammond he couldn't see himself singing the same song twice. Let's take a look at the story behind one of those songs, "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" by Bob Dylan.
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By Keefer
Apr 20, 2021
In no particular order, a list of some of the best songs celebrating marijuana. Thanks to High Times, Rolling Stone, Udiscovermusic, and my own music collection.
Fats Waller: ‘If You’re A Viper’
Perhaps the earliest, coolest (and most famous) reefer song in jazz, this was originated by gypsy-jazz violinist Stuff Smith in 1937 and was later cut by a host of others, most famously (though a female singer, Rosetta Howard, did it before him). Everybody shared the dream of “a reefer five feet long”, but only The Manhattan Transfer version (on their very first album, Jukin’, kept Smith’s wording of the title: ‘If you’se A Viper’.