Black Crow Blues

    "Black Crow Blues" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released on his 1964 album ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN. Usually considered a minor work in Dylan's oeuvre, "Black Crow Blues" is the first song he released in which he plays the piano. In fact, that – with the harmonica – is the only accompaniment for his voice, as he is alone in the recording, like in most of his first four albums. This song is in the key of G major. Author Oliver Trager calls this song "A funky little piano blues that Dylan plays in his wonderfully untutored style". Black Crown Blues, argues Trager, is reminiscent of "the lilting calypsos of Harry Belafonte and piano boogie-woogies of Meade 'Lux' Lewis".

Below: USA, M. Witmark & Sons, New York. Part of the Bob Dylan Collector's Series.