Outlaw Blues (Bob Dylan song) Outlaw Blues (Bob Dylan song) "Outlaw Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 14, 1965. It was originally released on Dylan's fifth studio album, "Bringing It All Back Home". An acoustic version of the song, recorded the day before the album track, was released in 2005 as part of the "Three Song Sampler" EP, which contained outtakes from the soundtrack of the Martin Scorsese Dylan biopic, "No Direction Home". An unusual aspect of this song is the fact that Dylan overdubbed his harmonica part over his lead vocals, rather than alternate between voice and harmonica. On September
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan marked the beginning of a romantic relationship between Baez and Dylan, the start of what Dylan biographer Sounes termed "one of the most celebrated love affairs of the decade". "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" was released at the end of May. According to Scaduto, it was an immediate success, selling 10,000 copies a month and bringing Dylan an income of about $2,500 a month. An article by Nat Hentoff on folk music appeared in the June issue of "Playboy" magazine and devoted considerable space to Dylan's achievements, calling him "the most vital of the younger citybillies". In July, Dylan appeared at