Boots of Spanish Leather is a ballad written and performed by Bob Dylan, and released in 1964 on his album The Times They Are a-Changin’
Dylan’s recording features him solo on the acoustic guitar, playing the song using fingerpicking.
Continue reading “Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye – Boots of Spanish Leather – The Best Dylan Covers”
“Daddy is it true that we all have to die?”
“You were so tall. How could you fall?”
In 1991 Billy Bragg released the album, Don’t try this at home.
“… (this album) was where Bragg first began to sound completely comfortable with the notion of a full band. With Johnny Marr (who helped produce two tracks), Peter Buck, Michael Stipe, and Kirsty MacColl on hand to give the sessions a taste of star power, Don’t Try This at Home sounds full but uncluttered; the arrangements (most complete with — gasp! — drums) flesh out Bragg‘s melodies, giving them greater strength in the process”
– Mark Deming (Allmusic)
It is one of his best albums and it has a eulogy to his father Dennis who had died of cancer when the singer was only 18.
It is devastatingly beautiful! Continue reading “The Saddest Songs: Tank Park Salute by Billy Bragg”
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If I just turn away, when I see how you’re dressed
If I shut myself off so I can’t hear you cry
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Continue reading “February 4: Watch Bob Dylan performing What Good Am I ? @ Hammersmith in 1990”
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real plays a great Bob Dylan cover at the Sound Check Songs channel. It is a slow and groovy take that sounds like something that The Band could have done.
Meet Me in the Morning is a blues song written by Bob Dylan, recorded in New York City on September 16, 1974, and released on his 15th studio album, Blood on the Tracks, in 1975.
Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the real are wonderful musicians and a this cover has a great expressive vocal. The song flows along with an infectious rhythm and blues groove. Very well done!
Van Morrison at the Winterland Feb 2, 1974
Van Morrison remains seated and playing acoustic guitar for most of this show. This footage is in black & white and concentrates entirely on Van Morrison. It’s an incredible set-list and the delivery is first class.
Continue reading “Feb 2: Van Morrison @ Winterland, San Francisco 1974 (Classic concert)”
“I’ll do your bidding, comrade mine,
If I ride back again.
But if you ride back and I am left,
You’ll do as much for me.”
We get thrown right into a story of two Union soldiers during the Civil War who are about to go into battle. They promise each other to bring the message of their death to their loved ones in case they fall in the assault on a ridge. They both describe their longing for the ones that are waiting at home. The rich language and storytelling is astounding. The song goes on and we witness the battle and the tragic death of both soldiers. And none will be able to give their promised and tender message of loss.
But among the dead that were left on the hill
Was the boy with the curly hair.
The tall dark man who rode by his side
Lay dead beside him there.
There’s no one to write to the blue-eyed girl
The words that her lover had said.
Momma, you know, awaits the news,
And she’ll only know he’s dead. Continue reading “The Saddest Songs: Two Soldiers (trad.) by Bob Dylan”