Wagon Wheel; Behind the music
Wagon wheel is composed of two different parts. The chorus and melody for the song comes from a demo recorded by Bob Dylan that was never officially released. The Dylan song was available on a bootleg, it was entitled "Rock me mamma". Although Dylan left the song an unfinished sketch, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show wrote verses for the song around Dylan's original chorus. Secor's additional lyrics transformed "Rock Me, Mama" into "Wagon Wheel".