Kids, be careful! One little romp in the back seat, whoops, you’re a parent forever. One untimely text while driving, you’re limping through the Pearly Gates at 21. Write a Protest Song at 22, you’re a Protest Singer forever.
Continue reading...190: Bob Dylan, ‘Boots of Spanish Leather’
127: The Band, ‘Tears of Rage’ (“Music from Big Pink”)
As intimate as lovers, as self-effacing as monks, as synchronized as guys who have been on the road together for six years.
Continue reading...126: Bob Dylan, ‘Tears of Rage’ (The Basement Tapes)
Dylan’s “King Lear”–a daughter’s love denied.
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145: Peter, Paul & Mary, ‘Early Morning Rain’
“Hi, I’m Peter, but I’m no saint.”
“Hi, I’m Paul, and I’m no saint.”
“Hi, I’m Mary, and I’m no virgin.”
307: Bob Dylan, ‘Living the Blues’
How I met Dylan backstage at The Johnny Cash Show in 1969–the ‘true’ story.
Continue reading...248: Bob Dylan, ‘You Ain’t Going Nowhere’
Dylan just turned 82, and the dude shows no signs of slowing down. I wrote the following SoTW seven years ago, when he won the Nobel.
It’s my attempt to get to the heart of how I perceive Dylan as an artist.
106: Joni Mitchell, ‘Cactus Tree’
Most of the little I understand of the female psyche I’ve learned from Joni Mitchell.
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