Richie Havens - All Along The Watchtower (Live)

[ELobodeStepario]

One of the Covers of this Song i like most, it is ba Gladys Knight

[TheBenkrasa]

@jonlemaar I know Dylan wrote it but Hendrix made it famous. I like Bob Dylan dont get me wrong but his performance compared to Jimi's pales in comparison.

[TheBenkrasa]

@PBstratocaster Hendrix does have a killer rendition, but i think folks attribute it to being the best because its the first version they heard. It does have some good guitaring for the time and has a good flow as far as energy, but something about DMB version seems more intense the way it builds up. One thing i can say about this song is that it is an awsome tune and have yet to hear a 'bad' version.

[Jonlemaar]

@TheBenkrasa And that is because it has absolutely nothing to do with Hendrix. DYLAN!!!

[JimArdal]

Zero Dislikes!! W00T!!!

[FRANCECHILD]

JESUS CHRIST

[FRANCECHILD]

HE KNOWS

[FRANCECHILD]

CATHOLICS.

[FRANCECHILD]

RICHGODBLESS.

[Vincenteloco]

Great cover

[Dadsodillo]

Personal choice I guess!

[pbstratocaster]

IMO nothing comes close to Hendrix` version, with the drama and definition of the song, but its a strong composition, so any version is listenable, and Richie is a honest performer of Gods mercy, so its highly a worthwhile hearing too.

[TheBenkrasa]

@pbstratocaster man as much as it kills me to say this.....Dave Mathews Band totally brings the song to another level..

[pbstratocaster]

@TheBenkrasa Its a matter of taste. Dave Mathews "sitting around the campfire" intro, ending up ( live at least ) with some "modern crescendo repetitions" with only energy is not my perception of the piece.

In the rockguitarbusiness where every guitarist wrecks the pentatonic scale, only to sound alike, Jimi did a futuristic notebending never heard before, or since.

What Bob Dylan and I agree uppon, is that Jimis version stands as the art of style.

[malltease]

@TheBenkrasa

You are so right on about the Dave Matthews live rendition...totally fuckin out there

[bcaudana]

@TheBenkrasa Probably you never listened to the Dylan's version, or, a step below, to Jimi Hendrix's one

[Dadsodillo]

Dylan's is the best version!

[TheXoo]

@Dadsodillo Really? Dylan himself 'cedes Hendrix's cover as superior to his original.

[minored360]

i came

[bathory1234567890]

This IS the best version! And after this of course it comes the Hendrix version.

[DarkwingScooter]

This is my favourite version I think.

[wolfman9211952]

Dave Mason did an great version

[ShowmetheBlues]

i think knocking on heavens door is most covered sonng made by boob dylan

but this song is still great

[lcdmpl]

@ShowmetheBlues Dude,the dead slay this song!