Even legends don’t live forever, so I always get a bit apprehensive when Bob Dylan is trending online. But today, happily, the world celebrates his 82nd birthday and astounding artistic legacy. Somehow, the man is still on tour. What’s left to be said about Dylan after the countless retrospectives, especially by a callow millennial who’s only been listening for twenty-odd years? Just that he’s been profoundly inspirational as a writer and curator and channeler, not to mention as a Midwesterner gone east, and that he’s got a ton of great material slightly off the beaten path.
oh, no doubt. I think, morbid as it sounds, when he does go into that tour bus in the sky, or whatever you want to call it, I will have to give the internet a break for a day or so. I hope he lives to one hundred, no make that two hundred. I, too, love that performance on Letterman with his wold backing band. That was a great song...but don´t start me typing, I´ll tell ya everything I know..
I wrote about Dylan a while back. Like yours, it is not comprehensive, but just a thought- about his voice.
oh, no doubt. I think, morbid as it sounds, when he does go into that tour bus in the sky, or whatever you want to call it, I will have to give the internet a break for a day or so. I hope he lives to one hundred, no make that two hundred. I, too, love that performance on Letterman with his wold backing band. That was a great song...but don´t start me typing, I´ll tell ya everything I know..
I wrote about Dylan a while back. Like yours, it is not comprehensive, but just a thought- about his voice.
https://judsonvereen.substack.com/p/bob-dylan-cant-sing
Clicked the link but it's currently listed as private...
https://judsonvereen.substack.com/p/bob-dylan-cant-sing
You are correct, it was taking you to the details form of the post. Whoops. The correct one is above. Thanks for letting me know!