Bob Dylan Band • Page 3

Recently tried to get into Dylan, bought Free Wheelin', Highway 61, and Blood on the Tracks to sort of get a good cross section of him. Think I enjoyed Blood on the Tracks most. Feel like the music and lyrics were consistently strong on all three albums (maybe Free Wheelin' is a slight notch lower in terms of lyrics). Feel like I like him best when he's not adopting this particular vocal affectation a lot, it comes off a little ill fitting at times imo

 

This is just fucking insane.

 

That whole '69-'71 period where he was just making simple, folksy music in the woods and deliberately eschewing the whole "prophet of our time" thing is one of my favorites.

I can understand why it was heresy then but looking back it's a lot easier to see it as just a delightful little niche era.

 

100% agree.

 

"When I Paint My Masterpiece - Demo" from Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 might be in my top 5 all time Dylan recordings. Just thought I'd let you guys know lol

 

Anyone else love the crap out of John Wesley Harding? It seems to have a good enough rep, but of all his canonical releases, it doesn't seem to get much attention.

 

It's either top 5 or pretty damn close for me.

 

It's been a contendor for number one, but Blond on Blond beats it by a smidgeon.

 

There's a general aura of mystery about that record that I really love. Greil Marcus wrote a book about it and called it "The Old, Weird America" (he was talking about The Basement Tapes, but it applies).

I also like that it ends with "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," which is very much a forerunner for the "back to basics" motif his next few records took.

 

Was inspired by this thread to get back into New Morning and I ended up grabbing it when I saw it at the record store the other day. Great album! I particularly love all of the piano based stuff.

 

Need a few tubs of this.

 

very excited for this:

Bob Dylan's New Bootleg Series Will Spotlight Gospel Period

 

The Old, Weird America is one of the best music books ever.

 

It's a shame we don't talk about Bob Dylan more on this site.

 

I should probably get around to listening to one of his gospel records

 

Been obsessed with Nashville Skyline the past few weeks

 

Wanna do it together at some point? I've heard the songs but not the albums.

 

Exactly a year ago haha

 

October 12th for me looks like!

 

I know some people wanted to try to get into his gospel output.

Just heard this for the first time and it's fantastic

Hear Bob Dylan's Lost Gospel Masterpiece 'Making a Liar Out of Me'

 

His gospel stuff is really underrated, hopefully this new Bootleg Series gets more people on board with it. This performance is incredible

 

A lot of his diehards think the gospel years were his best ever as a live performer, which is tough to dispute.

Shot of Love is a record everyone with more than a casual interest in Dylan should hear, in my opinion. I've struggled over the years to really connect with Slow Train and Saved, but I think they have great moments and qualities, too.

Excited for this set.

 

This is so good

 

I'm so excited for this set