I’m listening to Billy Joe Shaver
And I’m reading James Joyce
Some people they tell me
I’ve got the blood of the land in my voice
-Bob Dylan (I Feel a Change Comin’ On)

«..I’ve lost part of three fingers, broke my back, suffered a heart attack and a quadruple bypass, had a steel plate put in my neck and 136 stiches in my head, fought drugs and booze, spent the money I had, and burried my wife, son & mother in the span of one year…. I’m not proud of my misfortune – I’m proud of my survival»
~Billy Joe Shaver

“I’ve always been real blunt. Most people from Texas are that way. And it seems like all the great writers, they’re not afraid to say anything. I’ve always been pretty blunt, and sometimes it seems, brutally honest, but it’s real close to the bone.”
~Billy Joe Shaver

Bob Dylan has never played this song in concert, or released it. All we got are the 3 takes from the circulating “Hearts of Fire outtakes”. The solo version is absolutely incredible.

Townhouse Studio
London, England
27 & 28 August 1986
Hearts Of Fire recording session, produced by Beau Hill

with:

  • Eric Clapton (guitar)
  • Ron Wood & Kip Winger (bass)
  • Beau Hill (keyboards)
  • Henry Spinetti (drums)

  1. The Usual (John Hiatt)
  2. The Usual (John Hiatt)
  3. The Usual (John Hiatt)
  4. The Usual (John Hiatt)
  5. The Usual (John Hiatt)
  6. Ride This Train
  7. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  8. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  9. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  10. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  11. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  12. Old Five And Dimer (Like Me) (Billy Joe Shaver)
    Solo – incredible version!!!!
    https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/221119897
  13. Old Five And Dimer (Like Me) (Billy Joe Shaver)
    Fast version… not good
    https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/221106993
  14. Old Five And Dimer (Like Me) (Billy Joe Shaver)
    Slow bluesy version – good stuff!
    https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/221107032
  15. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  16. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  17. To Fall In Love With You
  18. Night After Night
  19. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  20. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  21. Had A Dream About You, Baby
  22. Night After Night
  23. A Couple More Years (Shel Silverstein – Dennis Locorriere)
  • 3-18 circulates as a separate out-take tape, 60 minutes

Lyrics

I’ve spent a lifetime making up my mind to be
More than the measure of what I thought others could see
Good luck and fast bucks are too far and too few between
For Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers like me

She stood beside me letting me know she would be
Something to lean on when everything ran out on me
Fenced yards ain’t hole cards and like as not never will be
Reason for rhymers and old five and dimers like me

It’s taking me so long and now that I know I believe
All that I do or say is all I ever will be
Too far and too high and too deep ain’t too much to be
Too much ain’t enough for old five and dimers like me

Yeah, an old five and dimer is all I really meant to be



Billy Joe Shaver – original studio version (1973):

Waylon Jennings – Live in Texas 1975:

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