I remember procuring Bob Dylan’s Biograph (a 3 a three-cassette tape) when I was a young tacker. I devoured it as though I had found a treasure trove of lost musical artefacts although only 18 of the 53 tracks were…
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Boots Of Spanish Leather (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary – Live 1992) – Nanci Griffith & Carolyn Hester
There are very few Bob Dylan covers I prefer over the originals, but the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 1992) featured two exceptions: Lou Reed’s Foot of Pride and today’s song, Boots…
The Times They Are a-Changin’ (1964) – Bob Dylan
Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin describes how musician Tony Glover stopped by Dylan’s apartment in September 1963, picked up a page of the song Dylan was working on, and read a line from it: “Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call.” Turning to Dylan, Glover…
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (1964) – Bob Dylan
Here’s Bob at the apex of his protest music beginnings. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll was one of the first songs I heard in my youth where I truly paid attention to the lyrics. It’s a song where every…
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