George Jackson (song)

George Jackson (song)

Infobox Single
Name = George Jackson

|thumb|Sleeve cover for the West German release of the single "George Jackson." The photo used is from The Concert for Bangladesh]
Artist = Bob Dylan
Album = Masterpieces
A-side = George Jackson (Big Band version)
B-side = George Jackson (Acoustic version)
Released = November 12, 1971
Format = 7"
Genre = Protest Song
Recorded = Columbia Studio B, New York City: November 4, 1971
Length = 5:38 (Big Band version) / 3:37 (Acoustic version)
Label = Columbia
Writer = Bob Dylan
Producer = Bob Dylan
Chronology = Bob Dylan discography
Last single = If Not For You, 1971
This single = George Jackson, 1971
Next single = Knockin' on Heaven's Door, 1973

"George Jackson"" is a song by Bob Dylan, written in 1971, in tribute to the Black Panther leader, George Jackson, who had been recently shot and killed by guards at San Quentin Prison on August 21, 1971, an event that indirectly provoked the Attica Prison riot. Dylan's lyrics clearly identify the George Jackson of his song with the Black Panther leader by citing biographical details such as his being "sent [...] off to prison / For a seventy-dollar robbery" where "They [...] shot him through the head" [ [http://bobdylan.com/moderntimes/songs/jackson.html |George Jackson lyrics at BobDylan.com] ] .

Dylan recorded the song on November 4, 1971 [ [http://www.bjorner.com/DSN01885%201971.htm |"Still On the Road" (the Bob Dylan recording sessions)] ] , and it was quickly released as a 45 rpm single, Columbia 4-45516, on November 12, 1971 [ [http://www.bjorner.com/DSN01885%201971.htm#DSN01980 |"Still On the Road (the Bob Dylan Recording Sessions)" 1971] ] . The single consisted of a "Big Band version" of the song on Side A and an "Acoustic version" on Side B [ [http://www.searchingforagem.com/1970s/1971George.htm |"Searching for a Gem (rarities): Audio: 1971 - George Jackson"] ] .

The single reached number 33 on the Billboard charts. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3070657&cdi=8847711&cid=12%2F18%2F1971| The Billboard Hot 100] ] The "Big Band version" was later included on the 1978 album "Masterpieces", released in Japan and Australia. Both versions are currently available on iTunes as part of "" [ [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=176995772&s=143455|opens iTunes page] ] .

Considered within the chronology of Dylan's work, the song "George Jackson" is of special significance, because, along with the single "Watching the River Flow," it represents the only wholly new work to appear from Dylan in the years 1971-72, the period between the albums "New Morning" (1970) and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973). From the time of the appearance of his first album in 1962 until the 1990s, this was the longest period that Dylan would go without releasing an album of new material (although he made several new recordings of older songs to be released for the first time in a Dylan performance on 1971's "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II"). Along with the speed with which the song was written, recorded and released following the death of Jackson, its appearance in an otherwise creatively fallow period (an outlook suggested by the lyrics of "Watching the River Flow" [ [http://www.bobdylan.com/moderntimes/songs/riverflow.html |"Watching the River Flow" lyrics at BobDylan.com] ] ) suggests that Dylan was passionately motivated by this subject.

Personnel

Big Band Version:
*Bob Dylan (guitar, harmonica, vocal)
*Kenneth Buttrey (drums)
*Ben Keith (steel guitar)
*Leon Russell (bass)
*Joshie Armstead (backing vocals)
*Rosie Hicks (backing vocals)

Acoustic Version:
*Bob Dylan (guitar, harmonica, vocal) [ [http://www.bjorner.com/DSN01885%201971.htm#DSN01980|"Still On the Road (the Bob Dylan Recording Sessions)" 1971] ]

References


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