Here is Douglas Brinkley at Vanity Fair: When news broke in 2016 that Bob Dylan had given his vast archive of recordings and artifacts to the George Kaiser Family Foundation of Tulsa, people were taken aback. Why was this cultural trove...
Bob Dylan
Some quick thoughts on the CNN documentary “Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President”
I’ve always been a Jimmy Carter fan, so I was eager to watch Mary Wharton‘s documentary “Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President” last Sunday night. On one level, it did not disappoint. I knew very little about Carter’s relationship with...
Song of the Day
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When Dylan Covered Springsteen
Here is a recording of Bob Dylan playing Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” at show in New Haven, Connecticut on January 12, 1990: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIZC2sZ5aXI&w=560&h=315] Learn more at Rolling Stone....
Song of the Day
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Quote of the Day
When I was growing up, Billy Graham was very popular. He was the greatest preacher and evangelist of my time — that guy could save souls and did. I went to two or three of his rallies in the ’50s or ’60s. […]