LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 22, 2019…FIFTY ONE YEARS AGO JIMI HENDRIX RELEASED HIS VERSION OF ‘ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER’. LEGEND HAS IT WHEN BOB DYLAN HEARD JIMI HENDRIX’S VERSION OF ‘ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER’ HE CRIED. DYLAN WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH JIMI’S VERSION THAT DYLAN PLAYED IT THE WAY HENDRIX RECORDED IT FOR MANY YEARS LATER. IN A PANEL CONDUCTED BY “TOTAL GUITAR” MAGAZINE, THIS WAS VOTED THE BEST COVER VERSION OF ALL TIME. HERE’S HENDRIX WITH A LIVE VERSION FROM 1970
