Somewhere in the 90's a friend introduced me to a Bob Dylan collector living some 35 miles from the Rock Hall. I am honoring this man's anonymity now, so forgive me, and I was going to see John Hammond's son, the great blues musician. After meeting the collector, i vowed to give him some momento of the Hammond concert as I am sure he would enjoy having something from Hammond's son. In all honesty, I don't think he knew who Hammond was. So, I pressed on anyway.

 

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i have been listening to the cd for two days now. i really like the music, but that voice, like neil young's, is about to scratch itself right off the disc. a little less age, twang and scratch and a little more mellifluoity (word)please.

Going down the road feeling bad and wondering why more people don't know how Woody Guthrie helped define the face of modern music. It seems that a travelling troubador that was not part of Nashville or part of the rock n'roll scene was not considered an icon or a star and now, as we review the songs and the life and the ones that followed him, it seems he is more important than the star machine could make out. And when school children sang "This is your land" it is not their fault that the… Continue

It had not been since Willie released Phases and Stages that I even wanted to hear Willie Nelson again, but when a delicious friend suggested a night under the stars and an outdoor concert featuring Willie sans Waylon and the boys that I agreed. We set out rolling two or three def com 9 joints that were sure to ensure the experience and purchased two shorts of Old Heaven Hill, the bourbon blended over eight years that no one ever recognizes. We slid each of these down the front of out pants to… Continue

I was not trying to be apologetic. The last time i saw Dylan, over ten years ago, the cd, Time Out of Mind had not been made and he ran up a long list of faux pas' on stage...playing too loud and too long, pounding on some "hits" and reworking some material into indecipherable rock messes. So, when i heard Time Out of Mind I was blown away by his understanding and his ability to make manifest codependent and failed love relationships. The next cd caught me off guard with its "country stylings"… Continue