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"Pledging My Time" is a blues song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan for his 1966 album ''Blonde on Blonde''. The song was recorded on March 8, 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee with veteran Nashville musicians, as well as Canadian guitarist Robbie Robertson. "Pledging My Time" was released the next month by Columbia Records as the B-side of the single "Rainy Day Women#12 & 35", a hit record in both the United States and Great Britain. The two songs also led off ''Blonde on Blonde'', which was officially released on May 16, 1966 and today is considered among the best albums of all time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Blonde on Blonde )〕 ==Background== "Pledging My Time" is a 8-bar blues song various writers link to the influences of Chicago blues legends Elmore James and Muddy Waters, as well as Mississippi Delta greats Robert Johnson and the Mississippi Sheiks. Dylan was first exposed to the blues as a teenager during the 1950s. He wrote and recorded a handful of blues songs for his early acoustic albums, but began focusing on the genre with his 1965 album ''Highway 61 Revisited'', which featured several electric blues tracks.〔〔 Early in the fall of 1965, about a month after ''Highway 61s release, Dylan was back in Columbia's New York studios to begin work on his next album. After five sessions that stretched into early 1966 and produced only one usable track, Columbia producer Bob Johnston convinced Dylan to move the recordings to Nashville, where Johnston had previously worked at Columbia's studios on the legendary Music Row. Dylan, who was on the North American leg of his 1966 World Tour, arrived in Nashville in mid-February with only a couple new songs in mind and only two musicians from the New York sessions, guitarist Robbie Robertson and organ player Al Kooper.〔〔 Johnston assembled a studio band that included some of Nashville's top session men, including drummer Ken Buttrey, keyboardist Hargus "Pig" Robbins, bassist Henry Strzelecki, and guitarists Charlie McCoy, Wayne Moss and Joe South. After three days of recording with his new ensemble, Dylan left Nashville to play eight dates that took him from New England to Canada to Florida.〔 He returned to Music Row, and on March 8 the group laid down three new songs, "Absolutely Sweet Marie", "Just Like a Woman" and "Pledging My Time".〔 Only two full takes of "Pledging My Time" were recorded, the second being the master. (The first take was released on ''The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966'' in 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bobdylan.com/us/news/bob-dylan-cutting-edge-1965-1966-bootleg-series-vol-12 )〕) Dylan wrapped up recording with two more sessions that week.〔 "Pledging My Time" was released the next month, in April, as the B-side of "Rainy Day Women#12 & 35". The single reached #2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #7 on the UK Singles Chart. ''Blonde on Blonde'' was issued as a double album in mid-May with "Rainy Day Women" and "Pledging My Time" as its first two tracks.〔 In 2003, the album was ranked #9 in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" issue.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pledging My Time」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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