Feb 27, 2012 | 100 Days with Bob Dylan
Link to Song: I Threw It All Away
What you should know about this song: “Simple and deeply moving, ‘I Threw It All Away epitomized the easy grace of Dylan’s 1969 venture into the heart of country music, Nashville Skyline.”*
“‘It’s a song that we can all connect with. We all regret past relationships, which we’ve messed up. It’s easy to sing that song.” – Rob Snarski, the Blackeyed Susans*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Photo Source: Rolling Stone Magazine
Feb 26, 2012 | 100 Days with Bob Dylan
Link to Song: Lay, Lady, Lay
What you should know about this song: “Lay, Lady, Lay” was arguable the most popular song on Dylan’s Nashville Skyline album. In 1969, the hit single reached the Top 10 in the UK and US.
“‘Nashville Skyline is a very important album. He was getting away, getting back to his roots. His ballads are the finest things. What about ‘Lay, Lady, Lay’? Could anyone else cover that?” – Eric Clapton*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Dylan’s first interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, 1969.
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Feb 25, 2012 | 100 Days with Bob Dylan
Link to Song: Dear Landlord
What you should know about this song: Dylan originally recorded this last song for the John Wesley Harding album with the accompaniment of Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey, and Pete Drake. Joe Cocker later created his own uptempo R&B cover of the song.
“‘Dear Landlord’ was really just the first line. I woke up one morning with the words on my mind. Then I just figured, what else can I put to it?.” – Bob Dylan, 1985*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
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Feb 24, 2012 | 100 Days with Bob Dylan
Link to Song: I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
What you should know about this song: In many ways, “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” was just a foreshadow of Dylan’s country style to come.
“Maybe it was tongue-in-cheek, I don’t know. It’s just a simple song, a simple sentiment. I’d like to think it was written from a place where there is no struggle, but I’m probably wrong… sometimes you may be burning up inside but still do something that seems so cool and calm and collected.” – Bob Dylan, 1985*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
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Feb 23, 2012 | 100 Days with Bob Dylan
Link to Song: I Pity the Poor Immigrant
What you should know about this song: Bob Dylan has a unique way of recreating his material in unexpected and stunning ways. “I pity the Poor Immigrant” was first recorded as a “tender acoustic ballad,” yet when Dylan played it with Joan Baez seven years later he rearranged it as a vibrant rock song.
“Before I wrote John Wesley Harding, I discovered something about all those earlier songs I had written. I discovered that when I used words like ‘he’ and ‘it’ and ‘they’, I was really talking about nobody but me. I went into John Wesley Harding with that knowledge in my head.” – Bob Dylan, 1970*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Photo Source: Rolling Stone Magazine
Feb 22, 2012 | 100 Days with Bob Dylan
Link to Song: Drifter’s Escape
Jimi Hendrix Cover: Drifter’s Escape
What you should know about this song: As with “All Along the Watchtower”, this song was a favorite of Jimi Hendrix.
“A song has to be of a certain quality for me to sing and put on a record. One aspect i has to have is that it doesn’t repeat itself.” – Bob Dylan, 1968*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
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