Nashville Skyline released: Apr 9, 1969 BUY

The year 1969 delivered another surprise. Dylan brought a new, lighter vocal sound to the studio for sessions with some of Nashville’s finest. He seemed almost ready to be reborn as a country star, singing straightforward love lyrics in new lilting tones. On Nashville Skyline the influence of a slightly slicker, more contemporary approach to country music gave Dylan an expanded audience, as well as a hit single in “Lay, Lady, Lay.” Dylan sings a duet with Johnny Cash on “Girl From The North Country,” and the album had Dylan relishing the role of Music Row writer for hire with songs like “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You,” “To Be Alone With You,” and the sly and sexy “Country Pie.” Girl of the North Country | listen | Nashville Skyline Rag | listen | To Be Alone with You | listen | I Threw It All Away | listen | Peggy Day | listen | Lay, Lady, Lay | listen | One More Night | listen | Tell Me That It Isn't True | listen | Country Pie | listen | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You | listen |