From a Buick 6
| "From a Buick 6" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Bob Dylan | ||||
| from the album Highway 61 Revisited | ||||
| A-side | "Positively 4th Street" | |||
| Released | September 7, 1965 | |||
| Recorded | July 30, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Columbia, New York City | |||
| Genre | Blues, garage rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Johnston | |||
| Bob Dylan singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio sample | ||||
"From a Buick 6" is a song by Bob Dylan from his album Highway 61 Revisited, which was also released as a single on the B-side of "Positively 4th Street". It was recorded on July 30, 1965.[2]
Musical style
The song is a raucous blues song played recklessly by a band that included
power chords
, and is notable for Brooks' almost indiscernible substitution of an F in the tenth bar of all but the first verses, while the guitar and organ play the G-chord.
The song is partially based on
Milk Cow Blues".[3]
Legacy
- "From a Buick 6" has been covered by musicians such as Alex Taylor and Johnny Winter.[7]
- Madison Square Gardens in New York City.[8]
- The name of a 2002 novel by Stephen King, From a Buick 8 is adapted from the title of this song.
- The Billy Bragg song "From a Vauxhall Velox" on the 1984 album Brewing Up with Billy Bragg was written as a response to "From a Buick 6".[9]
References
- ^ "Highway 61 Revisited review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8264-1775-6.
- ^ allmusic. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- ISBN 0-306-80782-3.
- ^ ISBN 1-56025-185-9.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 18, 1965. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ^ This performance was not included in The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration double-album.
- theguardian.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
External links
- Lyrics at Bob Dylan's official website
