Cold Irons Bound


"Cold Irons Bound" is a Grammy Award-winning song written by Bob Dylan, recorded in January 1997 and released on September 30, 1997 on his album Time Out of Mind.
An alternate version of the song, recorded in July 2002 for a concert sequence in the film Masked and Anonymous, was released on the film's soundtrack album in July 2003. This version appears in video form on the bonus DVD included in the Limited Edition version of Dylan's 2006 album Modern Times.

Background

Since its composition, "Cold Irons Bound" was a regular in Dylan's live setlists from 1997 to 2011. A concert version, recorded in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 1997, appeared on various "Love Sick" single releases in 1998, as well as on the compilation ', released in Japan in 2001. A June 11, 2004 performance, from the Bonnaroo Music Festival, in Manchester, Tennessee, is included on the Deluxe Edition of '.
Oliver Trager describes "Cold Irons Bound" as "biting" with "ricocheting guitar licks, rockabilly drums, distorted organ, and voice floating in a blimp of its own echo," in which "one can still hear, to paraphrase "Visions of Johanna," the ghost of electricity howling from the bones of Dylan's face..." Michael Gray also describes this song in detail:

Awards

"Cold Irons Bound" has been covered by: