‘I felt embarrassingly unaware of what he did’: The Band’s Robbie Robertson on meeting Bob Dylan
Dylan proceeded to pull out a series of songs that, truth be told, didn’t appeal to the future leader of the Band.
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Old Crow Medicine Show, “Sweet Amarillo” (2014): Something Else! sneak peek
“Sweet Amarillo” brings Old Crow Medicine Show back to their roots, while reminding us of what country music used to be – and what it could be again.
One Track Mind: Dolly Parton, “Don’t Think Twice,” from Blue Smoke (2014)
Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice,” with its sad acceptance of life’s strange twists set to a plucky finger-picked cadence, always seemed well suited for a country-music makeover. You May Also Like: Bob Dylan – ‘Travelin’ Thru: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15′ (2019) How the Unsung ‘Jokerman’ Showed the Way BackRead More
‘I hung on every note’: Happenstance led to Charlie Daniels’ collaboration with Bob Dylan
Charlie Daniels’ one of country music’s best-known outlaws, found a kindred spirit in Bob Dylan — a rebel who, Daniels says, refused “to do anything except what he felt like he did best.” They only met, however, because another sessions guitarist couldn’t make it. You May Also Like: How theRead More
Built to Spill, Glen Hansard, Carl Broemel – Bob Dylan in the 80s: Volume One (2014)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of waning religious zeal and disco experimentation, the epoch of brilliant outtakes like “Blind Willie McTell” and lackluster releases like Down in the Groove. You May Also Like: How the Unsung ‘Jokerman’ Showed theRead More
One Track Mind: Bob Dylan, “Abandoned Love” from Biograph (1985)
Bob Dylan’s career, brimming as it is with enough unreleased tracks to make ordinary songwriters blush, has often puzzled both fans and critics alike. At times, there appears to be no rhyme or reason to his decisions regarding which of composition to release and which to leave in the can.Read More
Benmont Tench Remembers Difficult First Session With Bob Dylan: ‘He Proceeded to Leave’
Benmont Tench had seen success with Tom Petty, had been part of several hits. Then came a memorable session with Bob Dylan.
The Band, “When I Paint My Masterpiece” from ‘Cahoots’ (1971): Across the Great Divide
The introduction of a new studio to experiment with might have seemed like a happy challenge for the Band, in another place.
Mike Bloomfield – From His Head to His Heart to His Hands (2014)
Al Kooper’s task, in reminding us of the towering genius possessed by his late friend Mike Bloomfield, wasn’t in finding dusty unheard tracks for From His Head to His Heart to His Hands. When it comes to Bloomfield, who overdosed at just 37 in 1981, the likelihood is that almostRead More
Robbie Robertson wanted Otis Redding to cover a key Bob Dylan song
Bob Dylan, at Robbie Robertson’s urging, handed one of his most famous songs off to Otis Redding in the hopes that he would do his own Stax-ified version of it. Things didn’t quite work out that way, however. You May Also Like: How Robbie Robertson Changed Bob Dylan Forever HowRead More
