 According to Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin , on early takes of the song , Sam Lay was the drummer and Frank Owens played piano . In Heylin 's opinion , Gregg 's jazzier drumming and Griffin 's more fluid piano playing better communicated the feeling of dislocation that Dylan desired for the song . Take 5 of the song , which , according to Heylin , featured both Lay and Owens , was included on the 2005 album The Bootleg Series Vol . 7 : No Direction Home : The Soundtrack . In 2015 , the entire recording session was released on the 18 @-@ disc edition of The Bootleg Series Vol . 12 : The Cutting Edge 1965 – 1966 , while the 2 @-@ disc version of the album featured Take 3 and the 6 @-@ disc edition contained Takes 1 , 3 and 13 . 
