Bob Dylan is one of rock’s most prolific artists, flaunting a massive and brilliant discography. At age 68, he’s been recording for years and probably has more than a few tracks he’s never bothered to release. For whatever reason, he’s chosen to lend one of these songs to America’s most popular show, “NCIS.”
Up until now, mustaches were just about the only thing Bob Dylan has had in common with TV cop shows. But on the November 3 episode of the CBS procedural drama “NCIS”, we’ll hear our very first taste of a long-unreleased Dylan song called “California”.
The song comes from the same sessions that produced Dylan’s 1965 acoustic/electric transitional classic Bringing It All Back Home, but it’s been unheard since then, sitting in the vault for the better part of a half-century. Maybe if they’d had “NCIS” back in 1965, we would’ve heard it a long time ago.
I’ve never seen the show, but I’ll be tuning in along with every other diehard Dylan fan.
