The May tape has never enjoyed the same popularity [as the December tape – The Minnesota Hotel Tape]. Partly because of the low quality of the original recording, and partly due to a remarkably uninspired performance. One of the first times that a young Bob would hear himself on tape, nerves, inexperience, and limited repertoire would result in, at best, this mediocre offering. The tape is significant, however, not only for its historical importance, but also as a standard to compare the December tape. A short seven months that separate the two. A lifetime that separate the two. The interim shows the explosive growth from a kid with a guitar to a Folk Phenomenon.
~Bobsboots.com
Unidentified coffeehouse Minneapolis, Minnesota May 1961
Hazel, stardust in your eye
You’re goin’ somewhere and so am I
I’d give you the sky high above
Ooh, for a little touch of your love
Oh no, I don’t need any reminder
To know how much I really care
But it’s just making me blinder and blinder
Because I’m up on a hill and still you’re not there
Hazel, you called and I came
Now don’t make me play this waiting game
You’ve got something I want plenty of
Ooh, a little touch of your love
The falling leaves
Drift by the window
The autumn leaves
Of red and gold
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..Then there was the very slow incredibly moving Autumn Leaves that could never have been sung with the old rough Dylan voice.
~Nancy Cobb (boblinks.com)
Bob Dylan has now performed this GREAT song 4 times live and we’ve finally found an uploaded version we can share.
Beautiful version!
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saenger Theatre
April 29, 2015
Videos from the Hawaii concerts are popping up over @ youtube. These are not videos of complete songs, but quality & sound is ok… and our man sounds amazing.
Neal S Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, Hawaii April 29, 2014
Bob Dylan – piano, harp
Tony Garnier – bass
George Recile – drums
Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton on lead guitar
Donnie Herron – banjo, viola, violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel
April 27: Bob Dylan – The 15th Infidels recording session in 1983
…..I did the album, and I call it that, but what it means is for other people to interpret, you know, if it means something to them. Infidels is a word that’s in the dictionary and whoever it applies to… to everybody on the album, every character. Maybe it’s all about infidels.
~Bob Dylan (to Kurt Loder in March 1984)
Foot of Pride:
“Bob’s musical ability is limited, in terms of being able to play a guitar or a piano,….. It’s rudimentary, but it doesn’t affect his variety, his sense of melody, his singing. It’s all there. In fact, some of the things he plays on piano while he’s singing are lovely, even though they’re rudimentary. That all demonstrates the fact that you don’t have to be a great technician. It’s the same old story: If something is played with soul, that’s what’s important.”
~Mark Knopfler
“I’ve made shoes for everyone, even you, while I still go barefoot”
~Bob Dylan (from “I and I”)
