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March 07, 2005
It Ain't Me, Babe
I don't know if any of our readers feel this way, but in digging out some old cds, I just remembered how fantastic Bob Dylan really can be. I've been enjoying Another Side of Bob Dylan quite a bit tonight. Perhaps I should add Chronicles Vol. 1 to my reading list.
And while I'm thinking of making purchases, I'll also look into Mark Roberts' suggestion of Bach's St. Matthew Passion. If anyone knows of a particularly good arrangement, please let me know.
Speaking of Bob Dylan, I think he's easily one of the five best American songwriters of the last fifty years. I'll also throw the late Townes Van Zandt into that group. While existential and lonely in many respects, Van Zandt wrote some incredible songs and was a tremendous influence on many Texas songwriters. I always enjoyed the following quote about Dylan and Van Zandt from the liberal but still great Steve Earle:
"Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that."
I might not say it, but it always made me laugh.
Posted by Matt at March 7, 2005 10:33 PM