Jimi Hendrix.
English power pop outfit, XTC, on their 1978 debut album, 'White Music'.
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Jimi Hendrix composed the original All Along the Watchtower
hendrix plays guitar on it. It was originally written by bob dylan
Dylan is playing lead singer in the Jimmy Hendrixs version of the All Along the Watch Tower. Dylan liked this son so much he decide to play it for himself.
Bob Dylan wrote the song. Hendrix rearranged it for his own use. Same words, same base chords, whole different arrangement.
The lyrics not "Fred" but "Friend"; originally sung by Johnny Paycheck, redone by Tracy Byrd and George Strait.