Them genders can fluidify wherever they want, I’m sticking with Rachael Price. She make my heart go thumpity-thump-thump.
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121: George Harrison, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ (Acoustic Demo)
The quiet Beatle??
The Beatle of spirit and flesh and some great music.
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.
033: Radka Toneff, ‘The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress’ (Jimmy Webb)
You’ve never heard of the Norwegian singer Radka Toneff. Trust me, it’s your loss.
Listen to her sing Jim Webb’s ‘The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress’. Tell me you weren’t moved.
270: Laura Nyro, ‘Stoney End’ (Seattle Bootleg, 1971)
What her first album should have sounded like–
The unique, divine Laura Nyro.
095: Derek & The Dominos/Jimi Hendrix, ‘Little Wing’
A jelly bread of a song, the rare meeting of psychedelia and reality, a most electric and eclectic homage to the ephemeral bliss of the carnal–Derek & The Dominos’ rapturous recording of ‘Little Wing’.
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