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Thread #84796   Message #1572266
Posted By: GUEST,Whistle Stop
29-Sep-05 - 02:21 PM
Thread Name: BBC2/PBS Sept 26 No Direction Home
Subject: RE: BBC2/PBS Sept 26 No Direction Home
Here I am, patiently reading through the thread, and I come upon an old Rick Fielding posting responding to one of my own ("Yeah, Whistle, etc..."). Just to correct any mistaken impressions, that was part of a thread where Rick had maintained that Dylan was originally a pretty good guitar player; I dissented, and Rick responded by basically saying that Dylan may not have been stellar by today's standards, but by the standards of many of the people who were part of his scene at the time, he wasn't bad.

Now that we've cleared that up... I bought the DVD last week, and watched the whole thing over the weekend. Loved it, but then I've been a huge admirer of Dylan for most of my life. What amazes me is that, after all this time, he still inspires more passion and controversy (witness the multiple threads growing to great length on this forum) than anyone else I can think of.

Have to agree with McGrath about the Baez/Dylan duets, though; they never did work for me. I kind of think people liked the idea of those two singing together more than the result.