Nashville Skyline
by Bob Dylan
- Type: Album
- Released: April 9, 1969
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 27:08
- Community rating: 3.65/5 from 16 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Nashville Skyline', Bob Dylan fully embraced country music, trading his signature vocal delivery for a smooth, gentle croon. The album's simple songwriting structures and direct lyrical themes of romance and contentment are supported by clean production and a host of veteran Nashville session musicians. Highlighted by a duet with Johnny Cash on "Girl from the North Country," the commercially successful record was pivotal in bridging rock and country audiences and solidifying the country rock genre.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, classic, gentle, folk
Tracklist
- Girl from the North Country (03:44)
- Nashville Skyline Rag (03:15)
- To Be Alone with You (02:10)
- I Threw It All Away (02:26)
- Peggy Day (02:02)
- Lay, Lady, Lay (03:21)
- One More Night (02:25)
- Tell Me That It Isn't True (02:43)
- Country Pie (01:39)
- Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You (03:23)
Credits
- Bob Dylan - vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Norman Blake - guitar, dobro
- Fred Carter Jr. - guitar
- Charlie McCoy - guitar, harmonica
- Pete Drake - pedal steel guitar
- Charlie Daniels - bass guitar, guitar
- Bob Wilson - organ, piano
- Kenneth A. Buttrey - drums, bongos, cowbell
- Johnny Cash - vocals and guitar on "Girl from the North Country"
- Bob Wootton - electric guitar on "Girl from the North Country"
- Marshall Grant - bass guitar on "Girl from the North Country"
- W. S. Holland - drums on "Girl from the North Country"
- Bob Johnston - production
- Charlie Bragg - engineering
- Neil Wilburn - engineering
- Elliot Landy - photographer front cover
- Al Clayton - photographer back cover