BOB DYLAN: I SHALL BE RELEASED January 20th 1986. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is the venue for an ‘All Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr’. Among the speakers and performers are Charlton Heston, Harry Belafonte, Neil Diamond and Joan Baez. Leading the show is Stevie Wonder, whose introduction to another star performer begins...
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THE WATERS OF OBLIVION: from MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN
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...
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season Three 6) Nonsense Songs From The Basement Tapes Part One
Please click on ‘Watch on YouTube’ in bottom left hand corner, like and SUBSCRIBE… thanks… NONSENSE SONGS FROM ‘THE BASEMENT TAPES’: SOME EXTRACTS… Tiny Montgomery… Nonsense? The first song to be recorded in the basement of Big Pink which displays these characteristics is the bizarre Tiny Montgomery.The song does not have a chorus as...
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NONSENSE SONGS FROM ‘THE BASEMENT TAPES’ Part One
The meaning of TINY MONTGOMERY and THE MIGHTY QUINN, 'nonsense songs' from The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan.
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TEARS OF RAGE: THE HEART IS FILLED WITH GOLD
Chris looks at Tears of Rage from the Basement Tapes