Audio Example 4.12: "It's Alright, Ma" and "Like a Rolling Stone," excerpts
Chapter 4
Audio Example 4.12
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"It's Alright, Ma" and "Like a Rolling Stone," excerpts
New York, NY (Columbia Studio A) — January 15th and June 16th, 1965
Here are two classic instances of Dylan's chant-escape style. In both, he intones the lyrics on one pitch before leaping up at line's end to the "escape tone," which also marks a change in vowel sound.