Apr 29, 2023·edited Apr 29, 2023Liked by Ray Padgett
After truly getting into Dylan’s full catalog (it took me 15 years of wandering through all those records), I can feel the religious presence in almost all of his songs, especially over the past 20 years.
But that Slow Train Coming period of the late 1970s and early 80s was a true religious conversion and transcendent artistic period of expression.
I will write about it and align it to what happened inside Miles Davis when he broke from Post-Bop and went electric.
Thanks for the write-up Ray. It was a hot, packed night in a tiny club. We were stood up front and had come from seeing him the night before in a casino in Mississippi. They brought the intensity. I saw John Prine and Emmylou Harris sitting on stools at the bar. They were having a roaring time. Emmylou was up on her knees on her stool just rocking.
I'd like to read about Bob's concerts in Philadelphia PA. The first time I saw Bob was 1980 or 81 @ the Spectrum. Also in Philly, the Mann Music Center, the Trocadero and the Electric Factory. Thanks 😊
These are all so GREAT, even the 2009 recording. It seems sometimes unfair that the greatest songwriter ever is also such a ridiculously good live performer!
After truly getting into Dylan’s full catalog (it took me 15 years of wandering through all those records), I can feel the religious presence in almost all of his songs, especially over the past 20 years.
But that Slow Train Coming period of the late 1970s and early 80s was a true religious conversion and transcendent artistic period of expression.
I will write about it and align it to what happened inside Miles Davis when he broke from Post-Bop and went electric.
Thanks for the write-up Ray. It was a hot, packed night in a tiny club. We were stood up front and had come from seeing him the night before in a casino in Mississippi. They brought the intensity. I saw John Prine and Emmylou Harris sitting on stools at the bar. They were having a roaring time. Emmylou was up on her knees on her stool just rocking.
I'd like to read about Bob's concerts in Philadelphia PA. The first time I saw Bob was 1980 or 81 @ the Spectrum. Also in Philly, the Mann Music Center, the Trocadero and the Electric Factory. Thanks 😊
These are all so GREAT, even the 2009 recording. It seems sometimes unfair that the greatest songwriter ever is also such a ridiculously good live performer!