Dylan's In The Basement
- 9 Nov 07, 01:45 PM
Many music fans are aware of the Bob Dylan motorbike crash in 1966, but what kind of bike was he riding, what part of the road did he come off and how many vertebrae were fractured? These are the things that have been obsessing , music writer, musician and archivist. It΅―s important to some of us because this was the moment that divided Dylan΅―s career, between rampaging speed freak and folksy resident of Woodstock. Either side was a collection of astounding music. At the centre is myth and hearsay.
You can weigh up the evidence in Sid΅―s excellent new book, ΅®Million Dollar Bash΅―. You can also hear the man on my show tonight, talking a blue streak and giving us many reasons to listen back to the music that Bob made after the crash. Some of that was officially released on ΅®The Basement Tapes΅―, but the majority of it is in the hands of bootleggers and file-traders, a trove of strange and cool recordings. Bob was lashing out the songs at a tremendous rate. Some would appear on ΅®John Wesley Harding΅― and ΅®Music From Big Pink΅―, but hundreds of others exist.
Sid has fronted The Long Ryders, The Coal Porters and more. He΅―s kept the legacy of Gram Parsons alive and he΅―s forever writing sleevenotes and books that satisfy a hunger.
Also on tonights΅― show, some Sigur Ros, plenty of the new Jens Lekman album and lovely grumblings from The Handsome Family.
Stu Bailie presents The Late show on Radio Ulster, every Friday from 10pm until midnight. See his playlist here.
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