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Good As I Been to You

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Good As I Been to You was originally conceived as contractual filler for Columbia Records, but the project was given new life when Bob Dylan realized how much fun he was having recording without producers, acoustically, in the garage studio of his Malibu mansion. This is the first album since 1964’s Another Side of Bob Dylan to entirely feature Dylan alone with his acoustic guitar and it is the first album of his career to contain no original compositions. One can’t help but imagine that playing these songs helped to reignite Dylan’s fondness for the folk tradition. The album covers the same mix of time-honored folk songs, blues, and Appalachian ballads that comprised Dylan’s earliest repertoire. He plays them like a seasoned veteran, bringing unbridled pep to “Frankie & Albert” and “Step It Up and Go,” and a romantic twinkle to “Tomorrow Night” and “You’re Gonna Quit Me.” Wisdom and experience bring a newfound weight to “Blackjack Davey,” “Little Maggie,” and “Arthur McBride,” but perhaps the most lasting sign of the matured Dylan’s interpretative power is “Froggie Went a Courtin’,” which he plays with poignancy and bittersweet grace.

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"Well; I Ain't Gonna Tell You No Story!"

.."I Ain't Gonna Tell Ya No Lie.. He Was Her Man; But He Done Her Wrong!" Is this the "Sounds Of A Man Turning 50" or a "True Time Capsule"; back to old Bleeker & Mac Dougal Streets in Greenwich Village @ 1962? (Had you all forgotten what a good fingerpicking guitar player Old Bobby Dylan was by 1992?) On "Good As I Been To You"; Dylan really goes "Old School!" Well-chosen tunes by Stephen Foster, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson & Howling Wolf; these are the songs the "Young Bob'' "Cut His Teeth On" in the early 60's "Folk Scene!" Doing Eric Von Schmidt & Dave Van Ronk proud; Bob Dylan truly is "Carrying It On" to the "New Folk/New Traditionalists" of the 1990's! (And what a Treasure Trove of "Story Songs!"): English Madrigals; Murder Ballads; Killer Women & Highway Robbery! {Dylan again "Steals From The Best & Leaves The Rest!"} "Step It Up And Go"-"Yeah, Man!"-...by Grimmbo.

His most underappreciated album..

This album is absolutely perfect. People searching for Blonde On Blonde or Highway 61 might not appreciate it, but as someone who has been listening to Dylan since I was 6 years old, I feel that this record fits faultlessly into his entire body of work. This is Dylan at his purest. People screamed when he picked up an electric guitar and now fail to acknowledge the brilliance that brought him to fame in the first place. Dylan is so comfortable performing these songs they might as well be originals. Canadee-I-O and Froggie Went a Courtin' are the standout tracks for myself, but every song is beautiful in its own right. This is the Dylan we will miss some day. The storyteller. For someone whose music is so often twisted into something more than it is, the songs on this album capture him in his element. If you have never listened to this album, forget the lore of Dylan and take this album for what it is. You won't regret it.

The Man Is a Prism.

Because it seems increasingly important to claim cultural heroes in the ever-growing arena of art, Bob Dylan, by virtue of his long and full career, has often garnered such reverence by his fans and critics alike. While it is true that there are no original Dylan compositions on this album, his arrangements of these old tunes/ballads harken back to the tradition of the first country blues musicians to emerge on "the scene" in the early 19th century by playing whatever songs were around, then slowly developing the hallmarks of "the blues". For his part, Dylan inhabits each song on this album as if he wrote it himself, and in doing so, seems to anchor the songs in a place that time cannot touch. It is in this place that oral tradition, legend, folk lore, and heroes all seem to linger. Very few modern musicians will see this place, but Bob Dylan proves yet again that he has the address tattooed on the back of his hand.

Biography

Born: May 24, 1941 in Duluth, MN

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-consciousness narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notion that a singer must have a conventionally good voice in order to perform, thereby redefining the vocalist's role in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock....
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