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Thursday, April 23. 2015

Did You Miss Your Bob Dylan Moment?

Did you ever wonder why Al Kooper's organ chords were slightly behind? He didn't know the chords. Besides, he barely knew how to play the organ. He was a guitar player.


Good story, and true. With enough ballsiness, life can be like that.




Posted by Bird Dog at 18:24 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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That and Tangled Up In Blue are my favorite Dylan songs. I knew Al Kooper played the organ on it but I didn't know the back story - very interesting!

I guess it shows just how musical I am, or not, because even now that I know the organ is an eighth note behind, I still can't hear it!
#1 mudbug on 2015-04-23 21:42 (Reply)
Dear Bird Dog, Did you see the Twitter hashtag, #NobelforDylan? It's for those who would like to see him get the Nobel Prize for literature. And why not? He was the poet of his generation, a bard, a genius of the American vernacular.
#2 Luke Lea (Link) on 2015-04-23 23:03 (Reply)
Zimmerman don't need no stinkin Nobel. You know why.
#2.1 ostinato on 2015-04-24 11:55 (Reply)
Why? I know it would make me happy to see what he did given the recognition as a serious form of literature. There are no great poets anymore except those involved in song, at least none of the stature of Eliot and Auden. Do you know any?
#2.1.1 Luke Lea (Link) on 2015-04-24 12:15 (Reply)
Thought of this song while reading about Oberlin.
#3 DrTorch on 2015-04-24 13:28 (Reply)
One of my favorites is I'll Be Your Baby Tonight. We play The Whiskey Ain't Working which segues into Dylan's song.

Well a woman warm and willin', Lord that's what I'm lookin' for,
'Cause the whiskey ain't workin' anymore
Lord, the whiskey ain't workin' anymore, that's for sure
[... and she said ...]
Close your eyes, close the door
You don’t have to worry anymore
I’ll be your baby tonight
#4 The Poetry of Violence (Link) on 2015-04-25 03:42 (Reply)

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