Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" is a song written by Bob Dylan that appears on his 1966 album "Blonde on Blonde". The album version also appears on 1971's "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II". An early studio take, done in a faster tempo, was released on "" in 2005. As the recording indicates, Dylan had difficulty fitting the words to the tempo, and evidently this led to its rearrangement, as heard on "Blonde on Blonde", in a more "rock"-oriented 4/4 time. A live version of this  song appears on the 1976 album "Hard Rain", and was also released as a single with "Rita May" as the B-side. Recording. All twenty takes of "Stuck Inside of Mobile" were recorded in the early hours of February 17, 1966, in Columbia's Music Row Studios in Nashville. Dylan continuously reworked the song in the studio, revising lyrics and changing the song's structure as he recorded different takes. Eventually, after recording for three hours, a master take, the twentieth and final take, was chosen. Take five would eventually be released on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 7". The entire  recording session was released on the 18-disc Collector's Edition of "" in 2015, with highlights from the outtakes appearing on the six-disc and two-disc versions of that album. Live performances. According to his website, Dylan played the song 748 times in concert between its live debut in 1976 and its last performance in 2010. Cover versions. The song has been covered by over a dozen artists, notably Cat Power for the "I'm Not There (soundtrack)" in 2007 and Old Crow Medicine Show on their 2017 album "50 Years of Blonde on Blonde". Stuck Inside of Mobile