J.R. and Zimmy transform an oldie into a goodie.

On Bob Dylan's second studio LP, the song Girl from the North Country seems and even sounds a tad ho-hum and arid up against the magnitude of the other purely acoustic era tracks: the destined for greatness Blowin' In the Wind, the surreal epic crypticism of A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, the airtight aw shucks shrugging simplicity of Don't Think Twice, It's Alright, the relentless judgmental slow burn wrath of Masters of War or even the funny, folksy absurdity of Talkin' World War III Blues or Bob Dylan's Blues. But on this day in 1969 when Dylan and Johnny Cash went into a recording studio together, they transformed it into a musical moment that practically demands to be surrounded by a stillness while the listener waits for the verses to unfold with a deliberate, unrushed and inevitable pace that transports us to a place we always knew we'd end up anyway. It was released as the opening track on Dylan's ninth studio release, Nashville Skyline.