NO GAP YEAR – contrary to claims 1974 produced some great albums…..
‘1974 brought brilliant work from Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young so has plenty to recommend it’
Tag Archive: Bob Dylan
ON THE BANDWAGON – with the only group good enough to be called simply The Band
A handful of artists have begun their careers with two great albums – but only The Band kick off with two masterpieces.
SMALL VENUES/TALL TALES: Bob Dylan and ‘The Rolling Thunder Revue’ (documentary review)
‘If there was a concept to the ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ it was the notion of being an ‘anti-tour’ tour.’
AIRBORNE – The Flying Burrito Brothers take flight with a magnificent debut album……….
‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’ is not only a great debut album, but arguably the most potent mix of country, soul and rock ever recorded.
BOB DYLAN finds merciful redemption on ‘OH MERCY’
‘OH MERCY’ is outstanding – his most compelling collection since ‘Desire’ so by virtue a landmark 80s album.
ELVIS BEREFT IN THE BUILDING – The Triumph and Tragedy of the Vegas Years
‘Sadly, Elvis gave up on everything beyond Vegas and the tired old standards he was churning out night after night.’
AN OLD ROD ALBUM WON’T LET YOU DOWN – Five reasons to say Cheers Rod…………
The monumental second side of ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ stands tall against any side of any album ever recorded.
EXCITABLE JOY – The genius that was WARREN ZEVON
This is not the Los Angeles of ‘life in the fast lane’ decadence, the songwriting of Zevon closer to novelist James Ellroy than Joe Walsh…
IN BOB WE TRUST – BBC Documentary features Dylan’s late 70s religious phase
‘Gotta Serve Somebody’ from ‘Slow Train Coming’ won Bob Dylan a Grammy but was lampooned by John Lennon.
LEAST OF EDEN: Van delivers – eventually.
Van delivers ‘Here Comes The Night,’ Real Real Gone’ and ‘Moondance’ in quick succession to an audience aware they are listening to a true original.