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Subject: [Leica] Re:White Stripes and waiting by the doorbell
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed Nov 29 16:58:19 2006

I haven't. But I did hear him here a couple weeks ago and it was a really
spectacular performance. The voice he did have is shot to hell, but it fits
his new material, and he's redoing old material to make it work.


On 11/29/06 5:12 PM, "Steve Unsworth" <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:

> Someone - Ginsberg? - once said he had a better voice than Caruso :-). Once
> you got past the 'sound' of the voice, the pitch was spot on IMHO.
> 
> The recent Dylan radio shows are about to be broadcast in the UK, have you
> heard any of them?
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> On 29/11/06 22:01, "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote:
> 
>> Absolutely, Steve. I was reminded of that watching the Scorcese 
>> documentary,
>> No Direction Home. Dylan's voice was 'unusual,' especially coming on the
>> heels of Sinatra, Crosby, Patti Page, etc., and the Doo Wop era - but as 
>> you
>> note, it was always where it was supposed to be.
>> 
>> Dylan was indeed unique as a lyricist/poet, but in terms of the music, it
>> wasn't just Dylan - Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Brian Wilson
>> (the Beach Boys,) the Band, Paul Simon, the Who, Jimmy Hendrix, Cream, and
>> on and on.
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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