Just another post connecting Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton. We are still celebrating Clapton’s 70th Birthday – salute!
Shangri-La Studios
Malibu, California
March – April 1976
Eric Clapton (guitar & vocal)
Bob Dylan (guitar & shared vocal)
Robbie Robertson (guitar)
You speak to me
In sign language
As I’m eating a sandwich
In a small café
At a quarter to three
But I can’t respond
To your sign language
You’re taking advantage
Bringing me down
Can’t you make any sound?
’Twas there by the bakery
Surrounded by fakery
Tell her my story
Still I’m still there
Does she know I still care?
Exploring the recent resurgence of folk music. Throughout the evening, celebrity fans Stephen Mangan, Bob Geldof, Cerys Matthews and Seth Lakeman reveal exactly what it is about the folk sound that finds its way into their hearts. Richard Thompson, Frank Turner, Donovan, Billy Bragg and many more also discuss the enduring appeal of this age-old musical form.
“Folk – a musical tradition with roots in the pre-electric world – is now becoming the new 21st-century pop phenomenon… Is it the antidote to manufactured music, the new punk, or simply evidence of the enduring appeal of this age-old musical form?”
– NME
Kristoffer “Kris” Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) songwriter, musician, actor, and former soldier. He is best known for writing and recording such hits as “Me and Bobby McGee”, “For the Good Times”, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” and “Help Me Make It Through the Night”. Kristofferson is the sole writer of most of his songs, and he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene such as Shel Silverstein. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup, The Highwaymen. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He is also known for his acting work, including starring roles in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and A Star Is Born, the latter for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Some people can’t talk and express themselves; with me, expression comes in the form of a song, and it makes me very happy. So I’d lose my blues, hang on to what little I had, and it became a style
~Lefty Frizzell
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Lefty Frizzell was the definitive honky tonk singer, the vocalist that set the style for generations of vocalists that followed him. Frizzell smoothed out the rough edges of honky tonk by singing longer, flowing phrases — essentially, he made honky tonk more acceptable for the mainstream without losing its gritty, bar-room roots.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine (allmusic.com)
I Love You A Thousand Ways & I Wan’t To Be With You Always:
As with most musicoholics I need to create playlists associated with upcoming travel destinations. It is a mandatory part of the planning process.
I will soon travel to Manchester (UK) and hence a playlist is created. Here are videos of 10 great songs from the list & the spotify playlist embedded.
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The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows when
But I’m strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother
