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Bob Dylan now performs 'All Along the Watchtower' live modeled on the arrangement popularized by which guitarist's 1968 cover?
Answer
Jimi Hendrix
Hendrix's electrified 1968 cover so redefined the song that Dylan has said he now plays it live in a style shaped by Hendrix's version rather than his own original.
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Jimi Hendrix's 'All Along the Watchtower' cover overshadowed Bob Dylan's original so thoroughly that Dylan now regularly performs Hendrix's arrangement.
Other options people guess
- Eric Clapton
- Neil Young
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
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