Chris examines Bob Dylan's apocalyptic/prophetic/visionary song THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE, originally written with Rick Danko of The Band for The Basement Tapes and later recorded by Julie Driscoll, The Band, The Byrds and others. An amended version of this blog appears in Chris' book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN
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BOB DYLAN: THE WATERS OF OBLIVION: from MINSTREL BOY
THE WATERS OF OBLIVION; TWO MYSTERIOUS SONGS FROM BOB DYLAN’S BASEMENT TAPES (FROM ‘MINSTREL BOY’) A version of this text appears in Chris Gregory’s MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN (available here) a study of Dylasn’s work between 1967 and 1990 – the second part of the ‘Picasso of Song’ trilogy. “Are we...