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Thursday, March 12. 2009

Thursday free ad for Bob: License to Kill

Video of a studio rehearsal, with Mark Knopfler and his band. Again, no date or place. 70s for sure. It's a lovely tune:

Posted by Bird Dog in The Song and Dance Man at 12:01 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Touching the moon has so many meanings but the one that fits the previous verse is Islam.

That has reeked doom round the world since Muhammad the moon struck signed on with Satan, the Devil.
#1 Leag on 2009-03-12 15:19 (Reply)
Song written in early 80s, I think...82? 83?
#2 Budd on 2009-03-12 19:52 (Reply)
The band members are from around the time of the Slow Train Coming albumn, which came out in 1979. Bob was in his christian period. That was Mick Taylor playing slide softly in the corner. Taylor and Knopfler were too great together to be held back as they were on that albumn. Slow Train would have been a much better albumn if they took a more prominent role.
#3 sean on 2009-03-13 09:32 (Reply)
This song is on Infidels, Dylan's post Christian album from when he was exploring his Jewish roots.

My personal favorite on Infidels is Neighborhood Bully, a defense of Israel with blistering guitar work by Mick Taylor.

It's funny that Dylan's not regarded highly as a guitar player, but if you listen to the two albums of folk and blues standards he did not long ago you can hear that he has some chops. Though he's always known he's needed more accomplished instrumentalists than himself, I'm sure he's picked up a thing or two from Mike Bloomfield, David Bromberg, Mick Taylor and Robbie Robertson.
#4 Bozoer Rebbe (Link) on 2009-03-14 22:51 (Reply)

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