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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 13) Desolation Row: Between the Windows of the Sea
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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 13) Desolation Row: Between the Windows of the Sea

Hi folks…. welcome to DESOLATION ROW…. Please click on ‘Watch on You Tube’ (bottom left) PLEASE like and subscribe. Any comments at the bottom of this page or on you tube would be highly appreciated….   EXTRACTS        (Full text here) The key to the success of the recording on Highway 61 Revisited was the addition...

PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of  Ideas Season 3 10) Black Rider: Extract from ‘Determined to Stand’
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season 3 10) Black Rider: Extract from ‘Determined to Stand’

EXTRACTS Black Rider, from Rough and Rowdy Ways, consists of a direct address to an ominous figure which Dylan performs against the sparse but highly atmospheric backing of a single, flamenco-flavoured acoustic guitar. The track is reminiscent of some of the more intimate cuts on his ‘Sinatra’ albums such as Melancholy Mood or Some Enchanted...

BOB DYLAN’S THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE LEE AND JUDAS PRIEST: NOTHING IS REVEALED…
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BOB DYLAN’S THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE LEE AND JUDAS PRIEST: NOTHING IS REVEALED…

 What is revealed? The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, from 1967’s John Wesley Harding, is perhaps Bob Dylan’s most enigmatic song. It is certainly one of his funniest. Over eleven verses and within a virtually unchanging musical template, it tells a convoluted ‘shaggy dog’ story about the consequences of falling into too much...