You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
– Bob Dylan (Subterranean Homesick Blues)
Wikipedia:
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.
Bob Dylan uses the weather both as a metaphor and in a literary sense, he is especially fond of rain and wind.
I’ve choses track that fits the lingo of a weatherman or that makes me think of the weather. Continue reading “Bob Dylan the Weatherman – A playlist”
James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hit “If I Were a Carpenter”, “Reason to Believe”, “The Lady Came from Baltimore”, and more..
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Take her rings and run
Then I fell in love with the lady
Got away with none[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Continue reading “Tim Hardin Birthday – Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart, Bob Seger, Neil Young and more cover Tim Hardin”
Eddie Jerome Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, one of three guitarists, and the primary lyricist of the American rock band Pearl Jam.
Live at Madison Square Garden, NYC – October 1992
Continue reading “Eddie Vedder sings 5 Bob Dylan songs – Happy Birthday Eddie Vedder”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]My reason for getting into songwriting was having something to sing. My songs aren’t written for great singers. They’re written for me.
-Bob Dylan (Edna Gundersen interview for USA Today, September 21, 1989)[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Facts from Wikipedia:
| Start date | May 27, 1989 |
|---|---|
| End date | November 15, 1989 |
| Legs | 3 |
| Shows | 21 in Europe 78 in North America 99 in total |
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]It was on one fine March morning,
When I bid New Orleans adieu,
And I was on the road to Jackson town,
My fortunes to renew,[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Continue reading “Bob Dylan: 5 Brilliant live performances from the year 1989”
With God on Our Side was released as the third track Bob Dylan’s 1964 album The Times They Are A-Changin’. Dylan first performed the song during his debut at The Town Hall in New York City on April 12, 1963. Dylan is known to sing the song only rarely in concert.
Buddy Miller recorded the song for his 2004 album Universal United House of Prayer.
Universal United House of Prayer is Buddy Miller’s fifth solo album, and his first for New West Records. The album appeared for one week and reached No. 64 on theBillboard Top Country Albums chart. It received the 2004 Americana Music Award for Album of the Year for 2004, and contains the Mark Heard-penned song “Worry Too Much”, which won the award for Song of the Year that same year.
Continue reading “Buddy Miller – With God on our side – The Best Dylan Covers”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]“Yes to dance beneath a diamond sky with one hand waving free…” for this alone Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize
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Stephen William “Billy” Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is heavily centred on bringing about change and involving the younger generation in activist causes.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself ‘neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Continue reading “Billy Bragg sings Bob Dylan – Happy Birthday Billy Bragg”
