May 10, 2020

Bob Dylan talks — and sings a song — about Little Richard.

7 comments:

Ken B said...

I guess Dylan is a generational thing. Like ovaltine.

Darrell said...

Everybody must get stoned.

traditionalguy said...

Dylan is generational spanning the radio days and 45s of rock into stereo albums and folk music of the 60s. But his spoken/sung words touched an eternal chord that still gets him literature awards. Do with that what you want with that.

William said...

I would have thought Dylan had a higher opinion of Johnny Cash and Elvis or even Ricky Nelson. Dylan said about his music "They're just songs"......In one hundred year, I'm sure people will still be singing "Darem La Mano" and "Summertime". I'd need odds to bet on Tutti Fruti and Desolation Row.

Wince said...

Dylan was talking like a young man. When was that recorded?

khematite said...

And some years later . . .

"You never know what to expect from Little Richard, who gave up rock 'n' roll several years ago to go back to the ministry. And now he has changed his tune again.

"The original wild man of pop has announced that he has converted to Judaism. Saying that he celebrated Rosh Hashanah while on tour in England this fall, he added, "I've only missed going to synagogue one Saturday for the past year."

"One supporter of his recent conversion was none other than Bob Dylan who, Richard said, "spent seven hours at my bedside, talking about the importance of keeping the Sabbath" when Richard was in the hospital last year after being injured in a car wreck."

---From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, December 5, 1986

khematite said...

Blogger Wince said...
Dylan was talking like a young man. When was that recorded?

1958. Dylan was about 17 years old.