I remember having a daydream about the opening acoustic guitar part of “All Along The Watchtower” ending with a Native American scream and a big native drum on the downbeat. That was the spark to assemble one of our biggest and deepest Songs Around The World. From Beirut to New Orleans to the Lakota Nation musicians play and sing like a musical army determined to stop suffering and greed all over the world. As a society we need to get back to our roots and connect deeper with our ancestors and native people in general so we can find the wisdom we need to move forward as a human race. As Jimi Hendrix once said, “If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.”
-Mark Johnson
Lyrics and chords
Written By: Bob Dylan
Ahmed Abdul-Samed: Gonje
Amanda Shaw: Violin
Baaba Sissoko: Talking drum
Billy Branch: Harmonica
Bombino: Guitar
Claudio Mola: Accordion
Coco Soares: Guitar
Cyril Neville: Vocals
Ivan Neville: Organ/Vocals
Johanna Morkos: Electric violin
John Cruz: Vocals and guitar
John Densmore: Drums
Lakota Singers and Dancers: Drums and vocals
“Lopaka” Colon Jr.: Percussion
Louis Mhlanga: Electric guitar
Massamba Diop: Talking drum
Nicola Hakim: Darbuka
Rajhesh Vaidhya: Veena
Roberto Luti: Steel guitar
The Bizung Family Drums: Ghana drums
Warren Haynes: Vocals/Guitar
William Aura: Bass
Yu Hatakeyama: Percussion
