Roll On John

"Roll On John"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album Tempest
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2012
RecordedJanuary–March 2012
StudioGroove Masters
Genre
Length7:25
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Jack Frost (Bob Dylan)
Tempest track listing
10 tracks
  1. "Duquesne Whistle"
  2. "Soon After Midnight"
  3. "Narrow Way"
  4. "Long and Wasted Years"
  5. "Pay in Blood"
  6. "Scarlet Town"
  7. "Early Roman Kings"
  8. "Tin Angel"
  9. "Tempest"
  10. "Roll on John"

"Roll On John" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan that appears as the tenth and final track on his 2012 studio album Tempest. Like much of Dylan's 21st-century output, he produced the song himself using the pseudonym Jack Frost.

There is a traditional folk song by the same title that Dylan had performed in 1962,[1] but the track on Tempest is an original song that pays tribute to John Lennon featuring entirely new music and lyrics by Dylan.[2]

  1. ^ "Roll on John, sung in 1962, written in 2012. That's Bob Dylan for you. | Untold Dylan". 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. ^ "Roll on John | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.