Bob Dylan visiting Rubin âHurricaneâ Carter in prison before launching the âNight of the Hurricaneâ benefit concert, part of the Rolling Thunder Revue Tour (1975) [Note: Just as this post was being finalized, news broke of Rubin Carterâs death. You … Continue reading →
Note: This is Part 2 of a two part series on âDeliaâs Goneâ â Â See also Part 1 Introduction Todayâs post isnât about Johnny Cashâs song âThe Beast in Meâ, but it is all about restraint, and lack thereof. Â After … Continue reading →
Prineâs stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. All that stuff about âSam Stoneâ the soldier junky daddy and âDonald … Continue reading →
Happy New Year, everyone! We asked our esteemed group of regular reviewers to fire off a list of what they thought the best albums of 2013. As we dash out the door for the year, weâre happy to share a … Continue reading →
Introduction A few weeks back I assembled a list of my âessential elevenâ traditional murder ballads. Â While we here at Murder Ballad Monday usually delve deeply into one ballad or theme, we saw some possible value in a lighter âlist-basedâ … Continue reading →
Introduction We here at Murder Ballad Monday are soon fixing to close our second year of writing about our topic of choice! Â Donât worry; we have a few more weeks to go before we get to our holiday hiatus, and … Continue reading →
     GENE CLARK Here Tonight | The White Light Demos Omnivore Recordings www.omnivorerecordings.com  Heralded in the mid-1960s as Americaâs Beatles, the Byrds â co-founded by Clark â struck pay-dirt right out-of-the-gate with their ringing version … Continue reading →
     DENNY FREEMAN Digginâ On Dylan V8 www.dennyfreeman.com  Digginâ On Dylan is kind of a postscript for Denny Freemanâs five years on the road playing guitar in Bob Dylanâs road band, offering instrumental takes of … Continue reading →
Boxer Davey Moore, immediately after the March 21, 1963 fight with Sugar Ramos, beforecollapsing into a coma and dying 75 hours later. âI did not want to hurt Moore. In the ring the fighters are partners. They put on the … Continue reading →
Dave Van Ronk, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, and Chad Mitchell(this photo looks a little off to me, I canât vouch for its authenticity) As I mentioned in the first post this week, my friend, Cayce, put me up … Continue reading →
