Townes talks about doing his own songs and the honor he feels when someone sings his songs. Then he goes on to do a very fine version of Bruce Springsteen’s Racing in The Street.
I have around 30 albums by Townes and I still find something new everytime I hear him sing, one of the all time best.
– Hallgeir
Photo by Willa Davis
From Wikipedia:
John Adam Estes (January 25, 1899 – June 5, 1977), best known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a American blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee.
From allmusic.com:
Despite the fact that he performed for mixed black and white audiences in string band, jug band, and medicine show formats, his music retains a distinct ethnicity and has a particularly plaintive sound. Astonishingly, he recorded during six decades for Victor, Decca, Bluebird, Ora Nelle, Sun, Delmark, and others. Over the course of his career, his music remained simple yet powerful, and despite his sojourns to Memphis and Chicago he retained a traditional down-home sound. Some of his songs are deeply personal statements about his community and life, such as “Lawyer Clark” and “Floating Bridge.” Other compositions have universal appeal (“Drop Down Mama” and “Someday Baby”) and went on to become mainstays in the repertoires of countless musicians. One of the true masters of his idiom, he lived in poverty, yet was somehow capable of turning his experiences and the conditions of his life into compelling art.
— Barry Lee Pearson
Mailman blues:
Album of the day @ JV:
Other June-05:
Continue reading Today: Sleepy John Estes passed away in 1977 – 35 years ago
“There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music”
– Barack Obama
Yesterday the greatest studio album ever released celebrated it’s 46th birthday… and today the greatest rock concert ever performed celebrates it’s 46th birthday… should be easy for Dylan people to remember 🙂
This was the first bootleg concert I ever heard.. and it’s still my fav one.
Here is my top 5 concerts:
1. She Belongs To Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions Of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Tell Me, Momma
9. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Eric von Schmidt)
11. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
12. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
13. One Too Many Mornings
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man
15. Like A Rolling Stone
The facts from Wikipedia:
| Released | October 13, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Recorded | May 17, 1966 |
| Genre | Rock, folk rock, blues rock |
| Length | 95:18 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Producer | Jeff Rosen |
Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert is a two-disc live album by Bob Dylan, released in 1998. Recorded at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall. It is from Dylan’s famous world tour in 1966, having been extensively bootlegged for decades, and is an important document in the development of popular music during the 1960s.
The setlist consisted of two parts, with the first half of the concert being Dylan alone on stage performing an entirely acoustic set of songs, while the second half of the concert has Dylan playing an “electric” set of songs alongside his band The Hawks. The first half of the concert was greeted warmly by the audience, while the second half was highly criticized, with heckling going on before and after each song.
“I don’t believe you”:
Today’s mandatory playlist:
Other May-17:
Continue reading Today: Bob Dylan played his legendary Manchester concert in 1966 – 46 years ago
Bob Dylan left many a jewel in the studio. Some were rerecorded for later albums, others were abandoned for good.
All the songs on this list have been officially released at a later date.. they might not be the best version of the song.. I will point out.. but at least he eventually put a version out.
The List:
Details:
Continue reading The 5 best songs Bob Dylan left in the studio – updated..