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Thursday, May 20, 2021

Bob Dylan - 80th Birthday Countdown (Day 5)

Bob Dylan :: Too Many Mornings

An hour’s worth of Bob Dylan’s “One Too Many Mornings” — is this too many “One Too Many Mornings”? Give it a try. These 14 different versions, stretching from the original recording released in early 1964 to a live tape from 1995, illustrate Dylan as an artist in constant motion. Whether onstage with The Hawks or in a Nashville studio with Johnny Cash, whether blazing with the Rolling Thunder Revue or solo acoustic in the 1980s, Bob never really settled on a stock arrangement for this tune. Instead, he almost always approached it with fresh ears, as though he was writing it anew every time, discovering that “restless, hungry feeling” all over again. “One Too Many Mornings,” like the relationship it so touchingly depicts, is beautifully unfinished. And it seems like Bob likes it that way. | t wilcox


Bob Dylan, “One Too Many Mornings” ++ Bob Dylan, “One Too Many Mornings” (BBC 1965) ++ Bob Dylan & The Hawks, “One Too Many Mornings” (Liverpool 1966) ++ Bob Dylan & The Band, “One Too Many Mornings” (Basement Tapes) ++ Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, “One Too Many Mornings” (1969 studio outtake) ++ Bob Dylan & The Band, “One Too Many Mornings” (Isle of Wight 1969) ++ Bob Dylan with George Harrison, “One Too Many Mornings” (1970 studio outtake) ++ Bob Dylan & The Band, “One Too Many Mornings” (Florida 1974) ++ Bob Dylan, “One Too Many Mornings” (1975 rehearsal) ++ Bob Dylan, “One Too Many Mornings” (Fort Collins 1976) ++ Bob Dylan, “One Too Many Mornings” (Osaka 1978) ++ Bob Dylan, “One Too Many Mornings” (Berkeley 1986) ++ Bob Dylan, “One Too Many Mornings” (NYC 1993) ++ Bob Dylan, “One Too Many Mornings” (Berkeley 1995) 

Down the street the dogs are barkin’.

Nearly missed this . . . . . . 




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