#AtoZ Dylan - "C" is for Chimes of Freedom

"All I can do is be me, whoever that is." ~ Bob Dylan"Chimes of Freedom" was featured on Dylan's 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan. Music critic Paul Williams, a leading authority on Bob Dylan, has described "Chimes of Freedom" as Dylan's Sermon on the Mount. The lyrics have been analyzed by many, some referencing the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud, others thinking the song included Dylan's reflections on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Click HERE for a link to the lyrics.The first public performance of the song took place in early 1964, either at the Civic Auditorium in Denver or at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, California. It's been covered by The Byrds, Jefferson Starship, Joan Osborne, and Warren Zevon, among others. Here is Bruce Springsteen's version, played in East Berlin in 1988:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_hQit-3Vh0&w=560&h=315]