| Posted by Celestial Dung ® , Jul 22,2001,17:11 | MetroBlab |
"It's a pretty good album, I think in some ways it could be the Third Millennium Nashville Skyline - except for the voice, of course... Dylan never played so relaxed and enjoying himself in years; the ghosts of Time Out Of Mind are surely long gone. There's a lot of country-blues ballad, in the Hank Williams style, that kind of stuff Dylan did with Return To Me (from the Sopranos). By And By is Blue Moon Revisited, since it has the same melodic line. The masterpiece is Highwater, a terrific acoustic country blues, with banjo, dobro and acoustic guitars, very very powerful, a real masterpiece. Other songs, like Tweedle Dee, are fun rockabilly songs, in the Sun Records style, with good work from Augie Meyers on keyboards and great guitar licks. Not a single chord is played on piano by Dylan or anybody else, tho. And no harmonica at all.
There's some hard rock blues as well, great songs to be performed on stage, stuff like Cold Irons Bound. Another masterpiece to me is the last song, Sugar Baby, a classic Dylan acoustic ballad, in the style of Shooting Star from Oh Mercy."
| Posted by the glitter twin , Jul 22,2001,20:09 | MetroBlab |
Speaking of, I have a pile of stuff for you. I can label it Dylan if you wish. :) I'll send you the picture of me and the black crowe I think I told you about. I have some interesting news for you. Must go, I didn't realize time was getting away from me. Hell, this would have made a better email... I'll find you sometime this week...
the glitter twin
| Posted by Hank IV , Jul 22,2001,23:03 | MetroBlab |