Michael Gray
I wrote the 1st critical study of Bob Dylan's work, over 50 years ago. And I'm still alive. Very fond of dogs. I'm English and regard myself as European.
- Clothes Line Saga by Suzzy & Maggie Roche - utterly brilliant cover of this song: music.youtube.com/watch?v=kk2W...
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- This Thursday!
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- I'm sorry to have discovered Raul Malo only now that he's died. But what a voice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDiW...
- My first gig of 2026: Tickets now on sale from 01305 266926 or share.google/PYuHzhpZsJYS...
- youtu.be/XrrYKs8aVVQ?... Lovely if you were there for the atmosphere (and more so if you were aware that Shane's widow was there too, and on their wedding anniversary) but listening to this recording, it would be hard to decipher more than a very few words if you didn't already know the song well:
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- A reminder, a miniature sample, of what's on offer from "Song & Dance Man" 50th Anniversary Series, Vol. 2, published by the FM Press, NYC and still available in paperback (sorry about this) from you-know-who:
- A 1965 interviewer tells Bob Dylan he prefers caruso as a singer. Dylan replies: "I happen to be as good as him... and can hold my breath three times as long if I have to." He'd proved that last claim five years earlier, at age 19, as the "Window" release shows on his 1960 'East Virginia Blues'.
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[Not loaded yet] - Yes. Grieve is one of the few decent ex-Tories - ex because of course Boris Johnson got rid of every decent one when he took power:
- A new short article about obsidian eyes: www.facebook.com/WriterMichae...
- I finally got around to writing about "A Complete Unknown". It's here: www.facebook.com/groups/thebo...
- Remarkable: what a find!
- Thanks to johnnogowski.substack.com : in Larry Charles’ book “Comedy Samurai” he & Bob are making “Masked & Anonymous”; he tries to talk Bob out of something, saying it would be misunderstood. Whereupon Bob comes up with, off the cuff, a classic Dylanism: “What’s so bad about being misunderstood?”
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- Clearly a tad less marvellous than the originally released version, except for a beautiful, distinctively light-hearted (perhaps, in context, philosophically light-hearted) harp solo in the middle:
- Reposted by Michael GrayToday is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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- TOMORROW NIGHT! Friday Sept 26, 8pm The Séamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Dublin: tseac.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
- This Friday - September 26, 8pm at Naul, Dublin: tseac.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
- Two weeks today, just outside Dublin, Ireland. Why not come over? IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY? IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY? IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY? I'm returning to The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre stage, to give this new talk with audio & footage: tseac.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
