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Bob Dylan release quite a few B-sides through the years that flew under the radar, and I think they deserve more attention.
Nelson, 92, and Dylan, who turns 84 next week, warmed up a cool San Diego night and Dylan’s performance was often revelatory.
“All Along the Watchtower” felt like a dare if Dylan could make one of his songs sound like Sade — a sentence this writer never expected to write. “Blind Willie McTell” wore a Dire ...
Aside from the screen confusion, Dylan and his band unfurled a loose ... including the hushed “Blind Willie McTell,” two songs from “Highway 61 Revisited” (“Desolation Row” and ...
And “Blind Willie McTell” had a descending chord pattern that proved perfectly fitting for its piano-and-standup-bass setting. This is how Dylan reverses the years: by being playful with his ...
On “Desolation Row,” though, Dylan’s piano became the lead instrument again, over a light rockabilly rhythm that made the song feel like something Johnny Cash really ought to have covered. And “Blind ...
The lyrics were written ... They close with “Blind Willie McTell” and a crowd-pleasing “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”, on which somehow Dylan’s voice sounds stronger and younger ...
They included a masterful “Blind Willie McTell” and “Lonesome ... has performed by another songwriter whose lyrics make direct reference to Dylan: “And over in the corner / Much to my ...