Folks, just in time for Christmas I want to tell you about this CD that BILL CAMPLIN put out recently. It simply contains the most heartfelt labor of love renditions of Bob Dylan songs that I haver ever heard. I listened first with earphones and it was a sublime experience. It's just Bill and his guitar generating pure taste all the way on every song. Respect for Bob and his creations runs through the whole CD---but Bill Camplin is a master of putting a good song across in a way that'll allow you to hear MUCH more than even Bob Dylan's versions of these might show.

The CD is BILL CAMPLIN--Bob Dylan Project--One. (Yes, more are planned.)

Who is Bill Camplin?? --- Bill is a singer/songwriter who would sell out the entire house wherever he was playing with lines of his fans snaking around two or three city blocks in Milwaukee back in the early 1970s when I first noticed him. Several years ago he and his wife, Kitty Welch, decided to slow down some and they started a great folk club/bar/pub/restaurant in the town of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin---U.S.A. Called CAFE CARPE, they feature great music --- and the pizza they make is the best in Wisconsin. Take my word for it. I loved playing this club both for the food and because going there always felt like coming home to me. (Indeed, the last gig I ever did was at Cafe Carpe in 1997 --- with friend Jerry Rasmussen lurking in the wings to take over in case I couldn't make it to the stage. Ah, nostalgia!)

But I digress. The songs here encased are :

The Times They Are A-Changin'
Senor
Girl From The North Country
All I Really Want To Do
She Belongs To Me
Boots Of Spanish Leather
Mr. Tambourine Man
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
If Not For You
One Too Many Mornings
and
Desolation Row

As I said, this CD is PURE TASTE. Here are musically wondrous arrangements and interpritations of some of Dylan's best creations. It's just one guy (for the most part) with his instrument. Backup is mostly only Bill's GREAT, just about perfect, finger-style picking throughout.

I've got a call in to Bill to find out how folks can order this CD. I'll get back to this thread with the info as soon as I get the o.k. to post it...


Everyone, have a fine holiday !!!

Art Thieme