This week I picked an album that an old friend I used to work with years ago (Burn Out Bernie) had told me about, and made a tape of it for me back in the early 90's. At the time I was really getting into Bob Dylan (still like Dylan to this day,of course) and he brought me this album by Dylan called The Basement Tapes. This album had been bootlegged for many years before the record company finally officially released it back in 1975 as a double album. The Basement Tapes were actually recorded in 1967 with Bob Dylan and The Band as his back up band. It was recorded in The Bands house called the Big Pink. Oh,to have been a fly on the wall while this was being recorded. What an awesome raw recording of some blues,folk rock n' roll. Bob and The Band just sound like they are having a lot of fun jamming out, some of the songs have some humorous lyrics, it sound like a really good time just hanging out and playing off each other. Everyone gets their time at the mic and share in the song writing.
My favorite tracks on this double album are Odds And Ends,Million Dollar Bash,Yazoo Street Scandal,Lo And Behold,Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread (love that song title),Apple Suckling Tree and Please Mrs. Henry, hell they are all good songs, can't forget Tears Of Rage, all and all a wicked album.
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