Down Along the POLL: Bob Dylan JOHN WESLEY HARDING

I had been a Dylan holdout for a long time before a friend said you know, I bet you’d like this weird little record. And of course I fell for it completely, and then Time Out of Mind came out and blew my head off.

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK),

It bored my head off

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What did you think of "Love and Theft"?

top five if not top three Dylan

Love this album. What outtakes, Tyler?

Ok, I've found this explainer by some dude called Tyler Wilcox. Must think he's some sorta Dylan expert.

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1157-beyond-the-bootlegs-bob-dylans-unreleased-holy-grails/

Here's the rundown from Bjorner:

Columbia Studio A
Nashville, Tennessee
17 October 1967
1st John Wesley Harding session, produced by Bob Johnston.
1. Drifter's Escape
2. Drifter's Escape
3. Drifter's Escape
4. Drifter's Escape
5. Drifter's Escape
6. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
7. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
8. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
9. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
10. The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest

Columbia Studio A
Nashville, Tennessee
6 November 1967
2nd John Wesley Harding session, produced by Bob Johnston.

1. All Along The Watchtower
2. All Along The Watchtower
3. All Along The Watchtower
4. All Along The Watchtower
5. All Along The Watchtower
6. John Wesley Harding
7. John Wesley Harding
8. As I Went Out One Morning
9. As I Went Out One Morning
10. As I Went Out One Morning
11. As I Went Out One Morning
12. As I Went Out One Morning
13. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
14. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
15. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
16. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
17. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
18. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
19. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
20. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
21. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
22. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
23. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
24. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
25. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
26. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
27. I Am A Lonesome Hobo

and then there's one more session with the pedal steel player, but I don't think there are outtakes from that? Anyway, not sure if there's going to be anything mindblowing, but I'd still like to hear these!

xps Alfred glad we agree on that late period peak
I don’t want to hear outtakes from JWH - it’s a sealed enigma

No interest in anybody's outtakes.

god kenny buttrey was an *unbelievable* drummer

this is my favorite dylan album no contest

i think it's got some of dylan's most fascinating writing on it. just how the format of songs like "frankie lee" or "st. augustine" kind of set you up for a resolution that never comes, a really canny use of the folk song. even when he's like here's the moral of this story in "frankie lee" you're like, what? that's the moral? the songs kind of swallow themselves up in that way. it's cool. (don't know if that made any sense lol).

― tylerw, Monday, February 7, 2011 2:02 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol earlier today i said that almost every song on this record is "the end! no moral" in song form

https://i.imgur.com/c6WKwQ4.png

the way this album flows fascinates me. it kicks off with some of bob's most genuinely anguished and ominous songs ("as i went out one morning," "st. augustine," and even "watchtower" even tho the lyrics are so overfamiliar it can be hard to hear them with fresh ears) and gradually the mood alters, bit by bit, until you get to the very last song, probably one of his happiest, simplest, and least troubled moments on record. feels like you've just emerged from days and days of total darkness into the sunlight. i love this album.

23. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
24. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
25. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
26. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
27. I Am A Lonesome Hobo

lol

Thought for a second I had clicked on a Whale thread.

J.D. otm

brad otm re: KB

his drumming is so restrained on the title track right up until the end of the second verse when he opens up with this right tasty fill and then does this super groovy pattern throughout the second harmonica solo where he's hitting the snare on the & of 2 = amazing

Yeah the drums/bass on this album are great.
The sound is a bit too dry for my taste though.
Still, I love this album and "I dreamed I Saw St Augustine" in particular.
Amazing song (and the drums breaks on "Arise, Arise" is one of my favourite moments on it).

totally. he adds all these little touches but they really elevate the music so much.

yeah buttrey really is one of the great all-time drummers — and on these classic dylan recordings, he's pretty much just coming up with that stuff off the top of his head.