 After five sessions that stretched into early 1966 and produced only one usable track, Columbia producer Bob Johnston convinced Dylan to move the recordings to Nashville, where Johnston had previously worked at Columbia's studios on the legendary Music Row.Dylan, who was on the North American leg of his 1966 World Tour, arrived in Nashville in mid-February with only a couple of new songs in mind and only two musicians from the New York sessions, guitarist Robbie Robertson and organist Al Kooper.Johnston assembled a studio band that included some of Nashville's top session men, including drummer Kenny Buttrey, pianist Hargus "Pig" Robbins, bassist Henry Strzelecki, and guitarists Charlie McCoy, Wayne Moss and Joe South.