Name one of Bob Dylan's most-performed live songs, that is said to be inspired by the Prospect Park Water Tower in Minneapolis.
All Along the Watchtower "All Along the Watchtower" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The song initially appeared on his 1967 album "John Wesley Harding", and it has been included on most of Dylan's subsequent greatest hits compilations. Since the late 1970s, he has performed it in concert more than any of his other songs. Different versions appear on four of Dylan's live albums.
From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water "From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water" is a popular song published in 1909. Charles Wakefield Cadman composed the music based on an Omaha love song collected by Alice C. Fletcher. "Sky-blue water" or "clear blue water" is one possible translation of ""Mnisota"," the name for the Minnesota River in the Dakota language. Nelle Richmond Eberhart wrote the poem that goes with the music: