WIN, LOSE or DRAW
Nov 01, 2018
4 minutes
BY HARRY BURKETT
HE CAME THROUGH the lobby of the building and he seemed like 40 men,” legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan recounted in his autobiography, Chronicles. “It was Gorgeous George, in all his magnificent glory. He had valets and was surrounded by women carrying roses, wore a majestic fur-lined gold cape and his long blond curls were flowing … He brushed past the makeshift stage and glanced towards the sound of the music. He didn’t break stride, but he looked at me, eyes flashing with moonshine. He winked and seemed to mouth the phrase, ‘You’re making it come alive.’” “
Dylan cites Gorgeous George as a major inspiration. As
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