‘Songs are the star’
May 30, 2021
2 minutes
by Graham Reid
Those wondering about the current tributes to Bob Dylan – who signed his first record contract 60 years ago – needn’t look too far for the reason. The man whose self-titled debut album in 1962 sold a paltry 5000 copies just turned 80.
Dylan was the poetic and into psychedelic hard rock (Hendrix, Cream), he delivered the acoustic, sepia-toned and biblically infused , which ran contrary to everything hip, Hindu, elaborate and colourful.
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