Most serious Dylan fans know that his lyrics are heavily influenced by the Bible. Bert Cartwright published one of the first books on the subject (long out-of-print). Check out the link below to read up on Damian Balassone’s efforts to do the same.
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I haven’t visited this site in many years, but I thought some readers might be interested. It’s a valuable site, I hope it doesn’t go away. The fact that it’s on the old GeoCities platform is not a good sign. Film Dialogue in the Lyrics of Bob Dylan
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I need to see this. Perhaps my favorite president, the “last president who wasn’t afraid to tell us what he didn’t want to hear.” Includes an interview with Dylan.
Documentary About Jimmy Carter and His Love of Music Read More »
The owner of The Bitter End has died. The link below is to NY Time obituary.
New York Times Obituary of Paul Colby – Owner of the Bitter End Read More »
Below is an article posted to the Facebook Edlis Cafe group. Must reading. “Dylan” – from Cheetah, 1967 I Nearly two years ago, Bob Dylan had a motorcycle accident. Reports of his condition were vague, and he dropped out of sight. Publication of his book, Tarantula, was postponed indefinitely. New records appeared, but they were
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I know the history of the 60’s folk movement pretty well, but I had never heard of the “Beatnik Riot” of 1961. To mark the 50th anniversary NPR did a piece on it. Link to the documentary, “Bloody Sunday” below.
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Story of how Dylan came to participate in the Isle of Wright Festival.
Interesting Article on Dylan and the Isle of Wright Read More »
Izzy Young ran the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village back in the early sixties. Dylan and all the folk singers knew him well.
Documentary on Izzy Young on YouTube Read More »
I was reviewing Andrew Muir’s Homer the Slut Volume 4 today, which contains a long series of excerpts from various Dylan books about the song, Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right. The authors express some surprisingly varied ideas of what the song is about. Is it a love song?Or is it something more akin to
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I am reading Bob Coltman’s book, Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival. Coltman mentions that Pete Seeger wrote an advice column that was published in Seventeen magazine. That seemed pretty interesting, and a web search picked up the article. I pasted it below since the website was producing some weird errors. PETE SEEGER TALKS TO
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