Jesu Joy Of Man’s Desiring By J. S. Bach

I first learned this tune from Pete Seeger’s “Goofing Off Suite” in the mid 1950s. Years later when it was time to make up a Rickenbacker introduction for Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” I used a few notes from this J.S. Bach piece which happen to match part of the melody of the chorus. I also played this as an instrumental break in the Byrds’ song “She Don’t Care About Time” and remember how much George Harrison, who as visiting our Columbia Records studio at the time, liked it.