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Thread #146116 Message #3385817
Posted By: Phil Edwards
03-Aug-12 - 06:39 PM
Thread Name: Dylan Songs You've Done Over the Years..
Subject: RE: Dylan Songs You've Done Over the Years..
As an unaccompanied floor singer at the local FC, I've done
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Subterranean Homesick Blues Mr Tambourine Man (the full version, natch) Like A Rolling Stone One More Cup of Coffee No Time To Think
and, accompanied by my friend Mark, Visions of Johanna
Hard Rain and No Time were both delivered more or less as poems. I did Hard Rain on a "Dylan Night"; I got through the verses, spoken, in three minutes flat, then let rip on the very last line, which is of course
...And I'll know my song well before I start singing
Then sang the last refrain, accompanied by the entire audience. Magical.
Near misses: I've worked up Girl from the North Country and Idiot Wind for performance, but never actually sung them out. I recorded Percy's Song for 52fs, but it didn't come out very well.