Well, the fates play interesting tricks. Al Kooper was in the studio when
Dylan was recording "Like a Rolling Stone". He was asked if he could play the
organ - being young, dumb and full of confidence, he said "Sure", when he
really didn't know much about organ, but had a little keyboard influence. The
result of his pedestrian noodling around became that signature organ riff that is
totally identified with this tune.
In a message dated 1/15/2009 12:34:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Imagine a producer asking someone
who can't play piano to play piano all the way through a recording - "But I
don't know the first thing about playing piano" - "No no, that's the sound
I want." Ain't gonna happen.