Desolation Row by Bob Dylan

"Desolation Row" is the closing track of Bob Dylan's sixth studio album, Highway 61 Revisited. It is noted for its length (11:21) and surreal lyrics. It was recorded on August 4, 1965, in Columbia's Studio A in New York City. The two takes spliced for the album were the second and third time Dylan had sung the song. Mike Bloomfield played acoustic guitar for the record, making it the album's only track not to feature an electric guitar. An alternate .