Posted by:
mrtranquility
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Date: May 24, 2011 01:07PM
I can remember when I was a 18 yr. old pup at one of my first college parties. I was sitting at the kitchen table, and my friend had a cassette player playing some Dylan, and he was going on and on about how brilliant it all was. I was thinking, man, that's awful - I just couldn't get past the singing.
Fast forward 20 yrs. I heard a Tim O'Brien CD played on a bluegrass show and my ears pricked right up. What was he singing about? They didn't sound like typical song lyrics; that was poetry. So I went and bought the CD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_on_Blonde It's all Dylan covers done in a bluegrassy style and unlike Dylan, O'Brien has a great set of pipes. It's in my top five CDs of all time.
Anyway, I finally GOT Dylan. I can now even smoke my Dylan unfiltered. I gotta say he has his singing moments too (well, he used to, anyway ;-).
Yeah, he's the man. Happy Birthday Mr. Dylan.