And of course I know that there are other songs which have used some of these titles and spun off in a different direction, so that can make things even more difficult to keep track of.
So if I have mentioned this before and I am repeating myself, very sorry, but I think it is worth the risk because it is such a super song, and really need to be added to our collectioin of gambling songs….
But what makes all this a bit more interesting is that running through the songs on the official Bob Dylan site they don’t seem to have the song at all. And that is odd because their heaading is “Bob Dylan songs played live” and our recording above most certainly shows that this was played live.
In fact, I was reminded of this by Zula Sweepstakes Casino and so I owe many thanks to them – although if you can explain why the song is not on the official Bob site as one of his performed pieces, that would be helpful. (It has struck me that this song might have a different title, and indeed that we might even have had this track on here before – if so my apologies – but again if you can help me sort this out, it would be really helpful).
Anyway, bumbling my way around as usual, trying to find out more about various songs I came across a version of this which is utterly different in its whole approach, so I though I would offer up that as well…
Now when I do include these various alternatives, it is entirely because I think the different approaches are interesting – not because I particularly think they are better than Bob’s version. Indeed I do love Bob’s version.
And I do like the occasional variations Bob adds in different versions of the songs. Here’s one more
So if you explain to me why I can’t find it on the official site, please do let me know. And to be clear what I can find are references to Bootleg 7 (No Direction Home) and one listing Rambling Gambling Willie from Bootlegs 1-3 but again with no reference to performances, which there clearly are.
And if it turns out that the answer is dead simple and obvious, please write in kindly – I am getting a bit old now. And this is post number 3,987 on this site. So yes, I am prone to forgetfulness.