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Hamell On Trial on Bob Dylan, “Maggie’s Farm” Cover(0)
How did you first get into Bob Dylan? I was young and heavily into the British Invasion, but the babysitter had a boyfriend who was a folkie; he had Eric Anderson, Dave Van Ronk, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, and of course Dylan. I kinda dug it all. The first album, where he was [...]
James Carr, “You’ve Got My Mind Messed Up”
Though James Carr is probably best known for cutting the first (and some still say, best) version of Chips Moman and Dan Penn’s soul standard “Dark End Of The Street,” Carr, a troubled man who would not last long in the limelight, found his first real success in April 1966 with “You Got My Mind [...]
Peter Bjorn and John’s Peter Morén on Bob Dylan
How did you first get into Bob Dylan? I first got into The Byrds and his songs via them. When I was around 12, Traveling Wilburys released their record, and since I was such a huge Beatles fan, I got into him properly via the George connection. And pretty soon I was a huge fan [...]
Mat Kearney On Bob Dylan
How did you first get into Bob Dylan? I grew up in Eugene, Oregon where everyone’s hippie parents listened to Bob and the Beatles. I rejected it for hip hop and graffiti, but I was aware of him from a distance. He seemed peculiar and important but I didn’t understand why. How has he influenced [...]
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