Lord, yes! How did I forget Simon & Garfunkel? That was great folk rock for sure, and I also played those albums again and again.

Paul Simon even did a parody of Dylan called "A Simple Desultory Phillipic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)! It was derivative (obviously), but kind of neat.

When I heard it, I thought of writing a letter to Paul Simon saying...

"You know, Paul, I find most of your material a bit, well, wimpy...a bit too "New York angst" and overly delicate and affected...but this new tune 'A Simple Desultory Phillipic (etc...)' goes off in a totally bold new direction...savage in its intensity, biting in its lyrical punch, uncompromising in its delivery, startling in its imagery! In short, a masterpiece! Paul, I think if you just would do more material along these lines, you will be destined for greatness. I await your new album with the highest hopes that you will enlarge on this first effort in what promises to be a revolutionary musical style without peer!

Your faithful fan,

Little Hawk :-)

(Paul Simon's very good, but he ain't no Bob Dylan. Wonder what he would have said?)

- LH