Comments on: Bob Dylan :: After The Crash (1967-1970)

By: Aquarium Drunkard » Scratch The Surface :: Plants And Animals: Parc Avenue

Aquarium Drunkard » Scratch The Surface :: Plants And Animals: Parc Avenue — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:19:08 +0000

[...] Bob Dylan got into a motorcycle crash, retreated into the bowels of Big Pink with the Band, and emerged months later with a slab of records that sounded something like every American song ever written. The cover of Basement Tapes, which [...]

By: mat mills

mat mills — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:35:59 +0000

I’ve been listening to Dylan for years and always just assumed that NM was one of his great classic albums. NS however took some effort admittedly to truly embrace but It is impossible to overlook possibly Dylan greatest song which to me is like walking into the future and that is Lay Lady Lay .I speak of the future as my evocation and not as a reference to his later catalogue. I certainly agree that this is a peaceful Dylan finally on a road to contentment possibly due to his disuse of amphetamines but when did Dylan actually stop using them completely or did he ever and is there any connection to this copious pastime and his seemingly obvious decline. Is the man a burnout or what? As much as I love his work it hurts me to hear accounts of this ghost of his former self ruining his own credibility. What is wrong with him .

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:47:14 +0000

All 3 of these albums are hidden gems! Have been a Dylan fan since early 90′s, but I fell upon John Wesley Harding/Nashville Skyline by dumb-luck (a CD Club). I actually got into New Morning after watching the movie Big Lubowski featuring “The Man in Me”. Although I like these albums (as well as Self Portrait/Basement), I have to say the Desire/Blood On The Tracks (Blood on the Tapes) era is my favorite!

Just found your site, nice find.

By: Music news :: Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash :: 1969 Sessions :: December :: 2008

Music news :: Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash :: 1969 Sessions :: December :: 2008 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:20:13 +0000

[...] mentioned a couple of weeks ago in Bob Dylan :: After The Crash (1967-1970), back in 2005 AD posted the unreleased tracks from Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash’s 1968 sessions. [...]

By: O.B. Dan

O.B. Dan — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:27:39 +0000

Favorite Dylan periods? That’s easy. The first few years, before he went electric at Newport (which I was there to see), the first three years or so after that, before he went country, and the Rolling Thunder Revue era. Otherwise, it’s one song at a time, and most of them I’d skip over.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:16:36 +0000

I’ve always loved JWH. JWH along with Sgt. Peppers were the first records I remember listening to. I thought everyone thought JWH was as much of a classic as I thought it was as a kid.

By: pete

pete — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:54:35 +0000

ahhh, just so good to soak in Dylan-ness at the end of a long day. brilliant write up dude. I love this part of Dylans life, we all have our ‘bike crashes’ in lifeNashville is one of my favourites. Singing North Country Girl to my north country girl helped me in my wooing,and now we are married,Thanks Bob! Theres a Dylan album for every mood and occasion, i guess thats because thats what created them. I will listen to, sing, wonder over, and get confused by Dylan forever. So keep writing!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:31:10 +0000

I have been listening to Slow Train, Saved, and Shot of Love a lot lately. His singing on these albums is great, his songwritingis focused, and he had a crackerjack band playing behind him. I won’t say this is my favorite period, but it is often overloked

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:24:55 +0000

Great article. I’ve always been one of the weirdos who loved “Self-Portrait” (he called it “Self-Portrait” for Christ’s Sake!) and also the much-maligned “Dylan”. Of course, in my opinion, Dylan “was never known to make a foolish move”.

Is the Little Joy Bar still in LA?

Check out my website at http://www.tahoebasinblues.com if you have the time and are so inclined.

By: Nick Bauer

Nick Bauer — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:44:18 +0000

My personal favorite Dylan era is 65-66 when Dylan was the amphetamine powered, LSD taking, androgynous poet. His lyrics on Blonde on Blonde are the most amazing writings I have ever heard and Highway 61 Revisited is my favorite album of all time. Dylan was a wreck at the end of this era and after his crash he wrote songs a more personal meaning to himself. A great example is Blood on the Tracks which is about the brutal divorce he went through. But Dylan is music. He can write a song in any genre and it would win some sort of award or get some sort of critical acclaim. Bob Dylan is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived!

By: j. neas

j. neas — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:13:23 +0000

I’ve seen Dylan twice in the 2000s (once in 2002 and again in 2006) and found him engaging both times. Not in the way you normally think of it – the man does not talk on stage – but in the way his performances are always really interesting reworkings of his catalogue. Think about it in the way Whitman constantly reworked Leaves of Grass until his death. You don’t always like the changes, but you can’t deny the man is an inventive and restless performance artist.

By: Steve Walsh

Steve Walsh — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:42:24 +0000

That is my favorite period – nice summary of it. I call it the “Country Gentleman” era. JWH is my favorite Dylan record – it hits me on the deepest of levels, especially “Dear Landlord.” I would also include the Basement Tapes in that era as well. Great post.

By: uwmryan

uwmryan — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:18:38 +0000

couldn’t agree with you more jon.

By: jon

jon — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:37:49 +0000

yeah the last two times i’ve seen dylan i went in with llooowwww expectations…and he didn’t even come close to meeting them.

i took my gf the second time (it was ACL) and told her not to get too excited. she said “but its dylan, i mean know matter how bad it coudl be, its still dylan right?”

4 songs in she said “let’s go”

i just don’t get it. he couldn’t possibly have bills to pay. reading his autobiography he is hyper-critical of his performances, so he couldn’t “get off” on the performance. the disappointment oozes from the crowd, so he couldn’t be getting off on that either.

i won’t command him to stop because of his legacy or anything like that. that’s his business. personally i just don’t get it.