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"Girl from the North Country" (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country" [1]) is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan .
The musical made its world premiere at The Old Vic in London running from 8 July to 7 October 2017, directed by McPherson. Following the success of The Old Vic production, it transferred into London's West End at the Noël Coward Theatre from 29 December 2017 for a limited 12-week run until 24 March 2018, with the majority of The Old Vic cast.
In the film Swingers, one of the male characters is named Sue. Another character explains the name by saying, "his dad was a big Johnny Cash fan." [citation needed] "A Boy Named Sue" is referenced in the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Save This Lady." [33] The Stone Temple Pilots' song "Crackerman" references "A Boy Named Sue" in the second verse.
'Girl From the North Country,' now having its L.A. premiere at the Hollywood Pantages, stitches together Bob Dylan classics in a play by Irish playwright Conor McPherson.
Cash sang a duet with Dylan, "Girl from the North Country", on Dylan's country album Nashville Skyline and also wrote the album's Grammy-winning liner notes. Another artist who received a major career boost from The Johnny Cash Show was Kris Kristofferson , who was beginning to make a name for himself as a singer-songwriter.
Johnny Cash – vocals and guitar on "Girl from the North Country" Bob Wootton – electric guitar on "Girl from the North Country" Charlie Daniels – bass guitar, guitar; Marshall Grant – bass guitar on "Girl from the North Country" Bob Wilson – organ, piano; Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums, bongos, cowbell [23]
Before Simon learned the song, Bob Dylan had borrowed the melody and several lines of lyrics from Carthy's arrangement to create his song "Girl from the North Country", [39] which is featured on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Nashville Skyline (1969) (with Johnny Cash), Real Live (1984) and The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1993).
Johnny Cash covered the song numerous times, including on the album Johnny & June in 1978. He also recorded two versions of the song with Dylan while Dylan was recording Nashville Skyline. The song, along with several others he recorded with Dylan, were released in 2019 on Travelin' Thru—The Bootleg Series Volume 15 1967-1969.