Hah - so true. That late 50s/early 60s look was something.

Sad news about Wayne Moss. One of the Nashville Players who played on Blonde on Blonde and blew Al Kooper’s mind with his guitar on I Want You. Also played on Oh, Pretty Woman and Jolene. What a legacy. RIP.

As does JFK in mine

Received mine today

Rolling Thunder '76 Show-By-Show Opening night: 1976-04-18, Civic Center, Lakeland, FL

Rolling Thunder 1976 started 50 years ago today! So I’m going to be writing about every show, from opening night in Florida today through Hard Rain and the illusive Salt Lake City, with stopovers like Bobby Charles’ alligator bbq and Willie Nelson getting subpoenaed backstage. Follow along!

Same. Never my favourite Dylan song but I love Harrison and Russell’s backing vocals on this version.

So good. A belter of a Wah-Wah, Billy Preston and an excellent Dylan side.

Perfect isn’t it?

The wah-wah one is the best caption/song title/photo combo ever

The booklet alone is worth the 20 quid

Very pleased with this find from my local record shop

Dylan at his best when the broad sentiment or big picture is clear enough but the details are mysterious and open to interpretation. Takes very rare talent to pull that off.

I know Desolation Row is a sinister yet alluring place. But have no idea why a 20th-century physicist is dressed as a medieval outlaw.

Second new Tom Waits song coming too, and it’s the very best kind of Tom Waits song: A song about bugs!

"That’s what it sounds like it’s all about to me...You might think it’s about something different"

Matthew nails why being a Dylan fan is such fun

Decoding Bob Dylan's most inscrutable lyrics Bob Dylan is the only songwriter to have won a Nobel Prize in Literature, so his credentials are never in doubt. Sometimes, though, his meanings can be.

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Massive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

Listen to it here: youtube.com/watch?v=L-57...

The video a montage of photos by photo artist/journalist thefinaleye...powerful stuff.

He shares a love of unusual percussion and syncopated rhythms with Massive Attack, which makes for an ideal collaboration.

MA's typical downtempo moodiness works with these words.

Really like the line "We trim your hedges, we fight your wars"

Tom sounds right pissed off:

"Now who the hell are these federal pricks?
Hiding in the Senate like a bloated-ass tick
Air-conditioned fuckstick loafers
Sittin' in a room full of army posters"

Boots on the Ground sees Tom Waits once more identifying with the low-ranked soldier, sent off to fight someone else’s war.

Which is interesting, given the accompanying video’s focus on the derided ICE agents, suggesting that they too are only a pawn in their game.

Done

Update: The forthcoming Tom Waits song is indeed a new collaboration with Massive Attack.

Ha ha. Love that idea. He’s made us question whether a Nobel Prize winner is writing his own material.

Yeah, probably up there as one of mine.

This was my favourite album
Of last year.

Mavis Staples - Beautiful Strangers (Live) [ft. Kevin Morby & Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats] YouTube video by ANTI- Records

One highlight is her take on Kevin Morby’s Beautiful Stranger – I love hearing her sing “can’t stand the coppers”.

Just found this live version where she duets with him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz_B...

Listening a lot to that Mavis Staples album from last year, Sad and Beautiful World.

It’s a really fine mix of smart song choices and personal interpretations that both remind you how great the originals are while making them sound new.

Dorian Electra - Mr. Tambourine Man (Official Music Video) YouTube video by DORIAN ELECTRA

Glitchy synth-pop Tambourine Man is pretty sick actually