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BOB DYLAN 1960
by Olof Bjorner
A summary of recording & concert activities.
New releases, tapes & books.
Copyright 1990 Olof Bjorner.
(olof@enea.se)
C O N T E N T S
INTRODUCTION
1. CALENDAR
2. RECORDINGS
3. SONGS 1960
4. SOURCES
5. SUGGESTED READINGS
INTRODUCTION
This is the first year from which we have Bob Dylan recordings.
The first of these is however very questionable and shows a singer with a
voice very much unlike the one we hear just a couple of months later. The year
was spent mostly in St Paul, rehearsing, as it were, for Greenwich Village.
1. CALENDAR
January Dylan starts to perform at the Purple Onion Pizza Parlour
in St Paul, Minnesota.
February Dylan performs regularly with "Spider" John Koerner at the
Ten O'Clock Scholar, singing songs like "They Called The
Wind Maria"
May The first (?) known recording is made in Karen Wallace's
apartment in St Paul. The tape contains 27 songs and shows
a singer with a country voice a la Hank Williams rather
than the later nasal Woody Guthrie impersonation. There are
however different opinions about the genuinity of this tape.
Michael Krogsgaard omits it in his "Master of the Tracks".
Clinton Heylin and Glen Dundas accept it as a Dylan
recording.
May Dylan appears regularly on the Purple Onion and The
Bastille in St Paul, singing songs like "Go Down You
Murderers", "Sinner Man", "House Of The Risin' Sun" and
"Man Of Constant Sorrow".
His first compositions are written including "One Eyed Jacks"
and "Greyhound Blues"
Summer Plays piano in a strip-joint called "The Gilded Garter" in
Central City, Colorado. Hangs out at the Denver coffee house
"The Exodus", where he first meets Jesse Fuller.
Early September Reads "Bound For Glory" by Woody Guthrie.
September First undisputed and circulating Dylan recording is taped
in Dylan's apartment on 15th Avenue South in Minneapolis,
which he shared with High Brown. The Guthrie influence is
already very notable.
Fall Dylan continues to perform at The Purple Onion and
The Bastille in St Paul.
December Dylan leaves St Paul and Minneapolis and goes to Chicago,
playing in coffee houses and at student parties. He is now
performing almost only Woody Guthrie songs
2. RECORDINGS
May "The St Paul tape"
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The apartment of Karen Wallace, St Paul Minnesota.
1. Gotta Travel On (Paul Clayton/Larry Ehrlich/David Lazar/Tom Six)
2. Doney Gal (trad.)
3. I'm A Rovin' Gambler (B. Flick)
4. Go Down You Murderers (trad.)
5. Bay Of Mexico (trad.)
6. The Two Sisters (trad.)
7. Go Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles)
8. This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
9. Go Tell It To The Mountain (trad.)
10. Fare Thee Well (trad.)
11. Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
12. Saro Jane (trad.)
13. Take This Hammer (trad.)
14. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (J. Cox)
15. The Great Historical Bum (Woody Guthrie)
16. Mary Ann (trad.)
17. Every Night When The Sun Goes In (trad.)
18. Sinner Man (trad.)
19. Delia's Gone (Blind Blake)
20. Wope de Alano (trad.)
21. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (trad.)
22. Abner Young (trad.)
23. 500 Miles (trad.)
24. Blues Yodel No 8 (Muleskinner Blues) (Jimmie Rodgers/G. Vaughan)
25. One Eyed Jacks
26. Columbus Stockade Blues (Woody Guthrie)
27. Payday At Coal Creek (trad.)
Approximate time: 36 minutes.
May or may not be Bob Dylan.
Sept "Minnesota Party Tape"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most probably Dylan's apartment on 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis.
1. Red Rosey Bush (trad.)
2. Johnny I Hardly Knew You (trad.)
3. Jesus Christ (Woody Guthrie)
4. Streets Of Glory (trad.)
5. K.C. Moan (1927 Memphis Jug Band)
6. Blues Yodel No 8 (Muleskinner Blues) (Jimmie Rodgers/G. Vaughan)
7. I'm A Gambler (trad.)
8 Talking Columbia (Woody Guthrie)
9. Talking Merchant Marine (Woody Guthrie)
10. Talking Hugh Brown
11. Talking Lobbyist (?)
Approximate time: 25 minutes.
3. SONGS 1960
Blackjack Blues [1]
Everytime I Hear The Spirit [1]
Greyhound Blues [1]
One Eyed Jacks [2]
Talkin' Hugh Brown [3]
Notes
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[1] Rumoured composition.
[2] Appears on the St Paul tape from May. Clinton Heylin takes this as
evidence for the tape's authenticity. Ten lines from the lyrics are
reprinted in Shelton's book, page 54, with Dylan's permission.
[3] Appears on the Minnesota Party Tape.
4. SOURCES
Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan Stolen Moments
The Ultimate Reference Book.
Wanted Man 1988.
Michael Krogsgaard: Master Of The Tracks.
The Bob Dylan Reference Book of Recording.
October 1988.
Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes Revisited
A Collector's Guide to the Recordings of Bob Dylan.
SMA Services 1990.
Tim Dunn: I Just Write 'Em As They Come.
An Annotated Guide to the Writings of Bob Dylan
A Not-A-Ces Publishing Venture 1990.
5. SUGGESTED READINGS
General background:
Anthony Scaduto: Bob Dylan
An intimate biography.
New American Library 1973
Robert Shelton: No Direction Home
The Life and Music of Bob Dylan
New American Library 1986
Eric von Schmidt: Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
& Jim Rooney The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years
Anchor Books 1979
On the St Paul tape:
If You Can Tell A Bigger Lie - On The 1960 St Paul Tape - article by
Paul Loeber in Fourth Time Around #1 (1982).
The Continuing Story Of The St Paul 1960 Tape article by Gavin Diddle
in Fourth Time Around $2 (1983).
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