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Master of Words
The Gotham Gal and I took Josh and his friend (and fellow Four Fellas member) and his friend’s Dad up to the Morgan Library yesterday afternoon to see their exhibit on the early years of Bob Dylan’s career.
If you are a Bob Dylan fan and live in or are visiting NYC this fall, you must go see it. They have listening booths for each of his early records (until his motorcycle accident). It’s not about listening to the records, although it’s great that they’ve incorporated the music into the exhibit. It’s about putting the music in perspective. And they do a great job of that with photos, the typewritten lyrics with Bob’s handwritten edits, and the guitars and harmonicas.
My two favorite moments were seeing the photo of the boxer Davey Moore who was killed in the ring and immortalized by this amazing song.
Who Killed Davey Moore - Bob Dylan
And there was a video of Bob Dylan shot on his 1966 european tour. He sees a sign on a wall and starts making up and talking instant poetry using the words on the sign. There’s a part near the end where he starts dancing to his words. I’ve never seen that footage before. Here's a cutup and black and white version of that footage I found on YouTube. The version in the exhibit is much better.
November 5, 2006 My Music , NYC | Comments (5)
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Good post.
I'm going through one of my "Dylan phases" as we speak....from the release of Modern Times.
My relationship with Bob and his music started in 1987, when he accompanied the Grateful Dead on the summer tour....
At the beginning of the tour, I was more consumed by being on a DEAD tour....but, by the end of the summer run, (and through Ohio) I was 99% focused on Bob.
The DEAD were clearly energized by being on stage with him, and watching this master weave his lyrical craft.
It is a memory I will always cherish.
Thanks for the tip on the morgan Library....I will visit after Ad-Tech this week.
Good post Fred, rock on.
Andy
Posted by: andym | Nov 5, 2006 2:48:47 PM
Fred,
The full clip of improvised street poetry is included on the "No Direction Home" DVD.
Posted by: James Kahler | Nov 6, 2006 9:09:52 AM
And he did it all without internet access.
Posted by: jackson | Nov 6, 2006 10:57:11 AM
"Who Killed Davey Moore" is a great song - thanks for the link about the exhibit - I will check it out.
If you like that song you may like "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"
Posted by: Ugly | Nov 6, 2006 7:20:34 PM
Big fan of Bob. I want to see this but live in Minneapolis. Life ain't fair.
Posted by: Robert J. Ed | Nov 7, 2006 2:16:16 PM
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