Bob Dylan is obsessed with his ‘honey’s’ Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat. So much so he asks her: Honey, can I jump on it sometime? Yes, I just wanna see If it’s really the expensive kind. If I had a gal…
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Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat (1966) – Bob Dylan (Live 1966)
Tagged with: audrey hepburn, blonde on blonde, Bob Dylan, Edie Sedgwick, Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat, Live at Free Trade Hall
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Lenny Bruce (1981) – Bob Dylan
I’m going to go the long and winding road to get to this song so please excuse its wordiness. In January 2014, I wrote an article – Comedy and the Ages. Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. It led…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, infidels, Lenny Bruce, neighbourhood bully, Shot of Love, Texan Tales
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Learning to Fly (1991) – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
I remember in the weeks following Tom Petty’s sudden departure from this great play we call life; I heard Bob Dylan paying tribute to Petty singing today’s featured song Learning to Fly. This song follows the same basic 4 chord…
Born in the USA (Live Amnesty International) 1988 – Bruce Springsteen
Born down in a dead man’s townThe first kick I took was when I hit the groundEnd up like a dog that’s been beat too much‘Til you spend half your life just covering up now Born in the U.S.A (born…
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (1965) – Bob Dylan
This is another one of those mid-60’s Dylan songs where I needed to let it settle with me a while until I could find the courage to write something about it. It takes me on average about 5 times longer…
Jokerman (1983) – Bob Dylan
Jokerman is the opening track of his 1983 album Infidels. It’s my favourite track from the album but License to Kill and Neighbourhood Bully sure give it run for their money. You just have to be reminded this record could have…
Jim Jones (1992) – Bob Dylan
Jim Jones is my joint favourite song from Dylan’s 1992 record Good as I Been To You. Canadee I-O which has already featured here is my other favourite from his cover versions of old mainly 19th Century folklore ballads. The…
Is Your Love in Vain (1978) – Bob Dylan
Is Your Love in Vain is another unheralded gem from Dylan’s massive music catalogue. It comes from one of Bob Dylan’s most misunderstood and underrated records – Street Legal. I wrote in the post about the record’s opening track –…
24/10 – 30/10/22 – Bringing it All Back Home, Colombia & An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the West
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Bringing it All Back HomeArticle by Richard Williams at the bluemoment ‘Last night I was on my way to see Bob Dylan in concert in…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Brett Weinstein, Colombia, Konstantin Kisin, Richard Williams, Triggernometry
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I’m Your Teenage Prayer (1967) – Bob Dylan
We are having a Tuesday Basement Tapes festival with this and I’m Not There being released here because they follow in alphabetical order in the Music Library Project. What a marvellous coincidence!I’m Your Teenage Prayer is a band and singer…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, I'm Your Teenage Prayer, the band, the basement tapes Vol 11
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