The cover version of the classic song gave it more than a second life—it changed it forever.

On March 9, 1968, legendary folk musician Bob Dylan released his eighth album, John Wesley Harding. The record was a critical and commercial success, peaking at No. 1 on the U.K. charts and remaining ...

Rob Reginio began listening to Bob Dylan’s music when he was young and in the company of his mother, who enjoyed filtering her Dylan through Joan Baez’s graceful covers. But just before he started ...

A one-man tribute album, John Wesley Harding's Trad Arr Jones pays generous homage to folksinger Nic Jones, who hasn't played in public since his involvement in a car accident in 1982. But between ...

A year after his 1966 motorcycle accident and a brief hiatus from touring, Bob Dylan came back with John Wesley Harding. The stripped-down album sounded nothing like the psychedelic music dominating ...

On this day in 1968, a historic battle was happening on the music charts. Bob Dylan's "John Wesley Harding" peaked at No. 1 in the UK, No. 2 in the US. The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" kept Dylan’s ...