” ‘Love & Theft’ is not an album I’ve recorded to please myself. If I really wanted to that, I would have recorded some Charley Patton songs.” ~Bob Dylan “All the songs are variations on the 12-bar theme and blues-based melodies. The music here is an electronic grid, the lyrics being the substructure that holds it all … Continue reading Today: Bob Dylan released “Love And Theft” in 2001, 12 years ago
“It’s just another record,” [Dylan says of Red Sky] “You can only make the records as good as you can and hope they sell.” ~Bob Dylan (to Edna Gundersen, Aug 1990) I made this record, Under the Red Sky, with Don Was, but at the same time I was also doing the Wilburys record. I don’t know … Continue reading Today: Bob Dylan released “Under The Red Sky” in 1990, 23 years ago
Paul Weller was born 25 May 1958. Starting with the Punk/New Wave band The Jam (1972–1982), later Weller went on to branch out musically to a more soulful “cool” style with The Style Council (1983–1989). In 1991 he established himself as a successful solo artist, and continues to remain a respected singer, lyricist and guitarist. Despite widespread critical recognition, Weller has … Continue reading Today: Paul Weller is 55 – Happy Birthday to The Modfather
I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist. ~Eric Clapton “I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Little Walter. In some way, in some form, my God was always there, but now I have learned to talk to him.” … Continue reading Today: Eric Clapton is 68
The hard rain is gonna fall is in the last verse when I say “when the pellets of poison are flooding the waters”. I mean, all the lies, you know, all the lies that people get told on their radios and their newspapers which, all you have to do is just think for a minute, … Continue reading Bob Dylan’s best songs – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – #16, released version