2 years, 11 months ago
Story of the song: This Wheel’s on Fire by Julie Driscoll
The IndependentJulie Driscoll, Mod's first lady, was a shimmering muse in a space-age hairstyle and vinyl-black eyeliner. Auger was impressed, and Driscoll leapt at the invitation to join his R&B assembly, Steampacket, which also featured a lean young vocalist named Rod Stewart. “This wheel's on fire / Rolling down the road / Best notify my next of kin / This wheel shall explode!” The lines may be Dylan coming to terms with his near-fatal motorcycle accident in 1966, which kept him from the public eye for more than a year. By then Driscoll and Trinity were a fading pop memory and “This Wheel’s on Fire” little more than a Sixties curio. The wheel turned full spin and Driscoll was coaxed back into the studio to rerecord the song as the show's theme.