Dylan Covers R.I.P. Steve Albini (Died May 7th, age 61). New Joe Tullos / Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
This album was released only four months after his controversial and critically panned "Self Portrait" LP / * - This song initially written with the idea to be used Archibald MacLeish's play "Scratch", though none of Dylan's songs were used in the play.
Click on Link above, to read a biography of Tullos (spoiler alert - he died in Nov 2020). All the artists on this album grew up in South Louisiana in the River Parishes, Joe Tullos started the project and enlisted drummer Kevin Aucoin and Subdudes guitarist, singer and songwriter Dave Malone. Tullos got cancer and died before the project could be completed, Malone and Aucoin finished the release. / Click on the Link above, left to read his biography.
Click on Link above, to read a biography of Tullos (spoiler alert - he died in Nov 2020). All the artists on this album grew up in South Louisiana in the River Parishes, Joe Tullos started the project and enlisted drummer Kevin Aucoin and Subdudes guitarist, singer and songwriter Dave Malone. Tullos got cancer and died before the project could be completed, Malone and Aucoin finished the release. / Click on the Link above, left to read his biography.
Originally performed by The Great Society starting in early 1966 {Grace Slick's first group, with her husband, also her brother-in-law (Darby Slick)}, but not officially released till the Jefferson Airplane LP "Surrealistic Pillow", Feb 1967 {recorded Dec 1966}. // Click on the Link above, left to view the video of 'Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway' performing this in the forest dressed as characters from Alice in Wonderland.
* - It was originally the US B-side to 'The Boat That I Row', but after that side had very limited success, the single was "flipped over" and 'To Sir with Love' became a huge hit, in fact in it wasd the #1 song of 1967. // Click on the Link above, left to view the video of this performance.
Both Russ Ballard and drummer Bob Henrit (both ex-Roulettes) were in the group by this time; they would be founding members of Argent in 1969. / Click on Link above, to view the original single.
* - Although Dylan first wrote this in 1964, Dylan's recording was not commercially released till the 1985 'Biograph' 3-LP retrospective / Click on Link above, left to view the original single
* - Dylan once said that Presley's cover of the song was "the one recording I treasure the most". / Dylan's version wasn't released till Nov 1971, on the 2-LP set 'Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II'; it was a live recording from New York's Town Hall - April 12, 1963.
Rolling Stone ranked Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra # 9 on its list of "The 20 Greatest Duos of All Time." / Click on Link above, to view the original album.
Dickey Betts (born as 'Forrest Richard Betts ') died Thursday, April 18th, at age 80. He was a founding member, guitarist (first co-guitarist witrh Duane Allman, then after Allman's death on Oct 29th, 1971, the sole guitarist through 1975) and frequent songwriter (sometimes co-writer with Greg Allman). He also released solo albums as ' Richard Betts', 'Dickey Betts & Great Southern' 'Dickey Betts Band' and 'Dickey Betts' / * - on the album 'Brothers and Sisters'