Song of the Day: Wagon Wheel

"Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show from O.C.M.S., available now.

Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show. What better song to listen to on this Thanksgiving morning than the anthem for the state of North Carolina. West Virginia has Country Roads and the greatest state in the US has Wagon Wheel. An interesting fact about this song is that the chorus was actually written to this song in 1973 by none other than Bob Dylan. Dylan never finished the song and it wasn’t until 31 yrs later that Old Crow Medicine show wrote the verses to the song and released it in 2004. The song has since become a staple of the south and song hit the charts again in 2014 when Darius Rucker covered the song. One of my all time favorites and one of the ultimate sing along songs. Happy Thanksgiving.

Here’s Dylan’s original version:

In 1973 Bob Dylan made this sketch of song in the Billy The Kid sessions. Never finished the song but, many years after that, Old Crow Medicine Show used the chorus part and the chord progression in Wagon Wheel. A collaboration thru the years for a great song.

Thanny