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3 unusual facts about I Shall Be Released


Arthur Louis

Louis's reggae influenced interpretations of songs such as Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (1974) and "I Shall Be Released" (1998), have confirmed him as a notable interpreter of Dylan's songs and other work has established Louis as a leading reggae, blues and rock crossover artist.

The Heptones

Party Time also included remakes of Studio One tunes, including Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released", along with newer compositions such as "Sufferers' Time".

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

On September 24, 1971, Dylan re-recorded three songs from the Basement Tapes sessions for inclusion on his Greatest Hits Vol. II album—"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," "I Shall Be Released," and "Down in the Flood"—with Happy Traum playing bass, banjo and electric guitar, as well as providing vocal harmony.



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Vancouver Adapted Music Society

Produced by Shore 104 FM, it features VAMS members Jim Byrnes, sylvi macCormac and Rolf Kempf, joined by Ndidi Onukwulu, The Sojourners, Geoff Hicks, Wide Mouth Mason’s Shaun Verreault, Adaline, Daniel Wesley, Shane Turner and Jets Overhead in a cover of Bob Dylan’s I Shall Be Released.