New Morning - Dylan album cover query

Subject: New Morning
From: GUEST,fasteddy
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 08:49 AM

Any ideas about the identity of the woman on the back cover of New Morning with a very young Bob Dylan. Also wonder about the guitar,looks like a very old Gibson.

Subject: RE: New Morning
From: gillymor
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 09:09 AM

Victoria Spivey

Subject: RE: New Morning
From: GUEST,#
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 09:12 AM

Her name is Victoria Spivey. I don't know about the axe.

Subject: RE: New Morning
From: GUEST,#
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 09:13 AM

Sorry, crossposted.

Subject: RE: New Morning
From: GUEST,#
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 09:24 AM

PS If you go to Google Images and search victoria spivey lyrics you'll find many pics of the lady and albums she did.

Subject: RE: New Morning
From: gillymor
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 09:35 AM

I'm just happy to beat you to the punch,#, for once. :-).

Didn't Spivey play piano and scat on the cut "If Dogs Run Free" off that that album?

Subject: RE: New Morning
From: GUEST,#
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 09:52 AM

I think you're right, gillymor :-)

Subject: RE: New Morning
From: gillymor
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 09:53 AM

I somehow assumed the above to be true all these decades but I'm wrong. Here's the skinny- '"If Dogs Run Free", a beat jazz paean, featuring scat-singing Maeretha Stewart as a guest vocalist and Al Kooper on piano.'- Wikipedia

Subject: RE: New Morning
From: GUEST,#
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 09:57 AM

LOL. I was just coming back to post something similar. Keep up the good work and I hope you are well down there. Best wishes to you.

Subject: RE: New Morning
From: gillymor
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 10:00 AM

I'm doing good, just suffering from a little PT(rump)SD and I hope you're doing well up there.

Subject: RE: New Morning - Dylan album cover query
From: The Sandman
Date: 21 Jan 21 - 10:42 AM

victoria spivey was a blues singer, she also played ukelele