Tell Me, Momma Dylan in concert. The song was shown played live by Dylan and The Band during his 1966 U.K.Tour in D. A. Pennebaker's documentary "Eat the Document". The same video of Dylan and the Hawks shown in Eat the Document was shown in Martin Scorsese's 2005 Documentary No Direction Home. Tell Me, Momma Tell Me Momma is a song written by Bob Dylan and performed exclusively during his 1966 World Tour with the Band (then known as the Hawks). It was used to introduce the second half of a concert, when Dylan switched from an acoustic solo performance to an electric
The House of the Rising Sun Brothers recorded a version on "Feelin' the Blues", released on Vault records (1970). In late 1961, Bob Dylan recorded the song for his debut album, released in March 1962. That release had no songwriting credit, but the liner notes indicate that Dylan learned this version of the song from Dave Van Ronk. In an interview for the documentary "No Direction Home", Van Ronk said that he was intending to record the song and that Dylan copied his version. Van Ronk recorded it soon thereafter for the album "Just Dave Van Ronk". An interview with Eric Burdon revealed that he first