I have seen Dylan 4x in Seattle. My daughter and I visited NOLA in Nov., '22. We stayed in the French Quarter. We did numerous tours and had a great time.
I believe you when you say that "New Orleans is haunting." One of my all-time favorite entertainers, Harry Shearer, has a house in the French Quarter, as well as ones, in Hollywood, where his television and movie work is largely performed, and one in London, from whence his wife hails. Given the choice between spending time at his homes in Hollywood, London, and New Orleans, he keeps showing up in Louisiana. I used to wonder why.
And the Animals' version opened the door to folk for lots of kids at the time, most of us having had NO idea that the Animals' song was "folk," which we only knew as dorky Kingston Trio stuff. Dylan was basically underground, there were no FM stations yet and AM wouldn't play that strangeness. So you had to know someone who turned you on to his music (and perhaps some other things). Thanks for filling in the context, prof.
I totally missed out on Dylan until my 30s. My high school A2 cohort was all about Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Ozzie, Stones, Allman Brothers, Bob Seger, and sadly Aerosmith. Then in college came punk, Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, and Dire Straits. My son got into Dylan and I dug in. It was Masters of War that hooked me...
That's hysterical! (Yeah, sorry about Aerosmith, such a guy thing.) I first heard Dylan when the tough, cool guy in English class got up and read the lyrics off the back of a Dylan album for his poetry selection. He got kicked out of class, and Dylan got a Nobel Prize. Often wonder about that asshole teacher and the "cool kid."
This was a really nice rabbit hole!
I have seen Dylan 4x in Seattle. My daughter and I visited NOLA in Nov., '22. We stayed in the French Quarter. We did numerous tours and had a great time.
I liked your version but I really liked your narrative and the poster.
I believe you when you say that "New Orleans is haunting." One of my all-time favorite entertainers, Harry Shearer, has a house in the French Quarter, as well as ones, in Hollywood, where his television and movie work is largely performed, and one in London, from whence his wife hails. Given the choice between spending time at his homes in Hollywood, London, and New Orleans, he keeps showing up in Louisiana. I used to wonder why.
It is hallowed ground in more ways than one.
Odetta 2005: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaya8jYZBO8
And the Animals' version opened the door to folk for lots of kids at the time, most of us having had NO idea that the Animals' song was "folk," which we only knew as dorky Kingston Trio stuff. Dylan was basically underground, there were no FM stations yet and AM wouldn't play that strangeness. So you had to know someone who turned you on to his music (and perhaps some other things). Thanks for filling in the context, prof.
I totally missed out on Dylan until my 30s. My high school A2 cohort was all about Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Ozzie, Stones, Allman Brothers, Bob Seger, and sadly Aerosmith. Then in college came punk, Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, and Dire Straits. My son got into Dylan and I dug in. It was Masters of War that hooked me...
That's hysterical! (Yeah, sorry about Aerosmith, such a guy thing.) I first heard Dylan when the tough, cool guy in English class got up and read the lyrics off the back of a Dylan album for his poetry selection. He got kicked out of class, and Dylan got a Nobel Prize. Often wonder about that asshole teacher and the "cool kid."
Hopefully the rebel found a radical cause.
We sure do need a new dawn here in America.
Red Dawn? I like this image :) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chairman_Mao_is_the_Red_Sun_in_Our_Hearts,_People%27s_Republic_of_China,_1968,_lithograph_-_Jordan_Schnitzer_Museum_of_Art,_University_of_Oregon_-_Eugene,_Oregon_-_DSC09554.jpg