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Subject: [Leica] Boston T and Bob Dylan
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri May 19 15:02:22 2006
References: <C093B3D2.10CA4%bdcolen@comcast.net>

Remind me when there is world enough and time to refresh your non 
nostalgic memory of what we were like.

B. D. Colen wrote:

>You can really hear that in the duets with Joan Baez from 63-65. Of course
>you can't speak of the two voices in the same breath, but what strikes me is
>that he is most definitely in tune with her - even if in tune in another
>vocal universe.
>
>BTW - Totally and completely off-topic, with no Leica, photo, image, or art
>rationalization, but I am reminded of it by typing 63-65 - I cannot highly
>enough recommend the Taylor Branch recently completed trilogy - America in
>the King Years...Parting The Waters - 1956-63; Pillar of Fire - 1963-65; and
>the recently release At Canaan's Edge - 1965-68. Particularly for any of you
>younger LUGers who want a sense of what this country was like a very short
>time ago, and who wonder why race seems to be such a big deal, these three
>volumes are not to be missed. For that matter, they are a must read for
>anyone interest in mid-20th century America, or anyone who just appreciates
>spectacularly well written non-fiction.
>
>End of commercial.
>
>I have never met Taylor Branch, was never published by his publisher, have
>no connection to his publisher, and...oh, wait, his wife was the girl friend
>of my college best friend. ;-)
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>On 5/19/06 3:27 PM, "Steve Unsworth" <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
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>>Listen to anything before his voice got shot and he's bang on the note. Not
>>a 'pretty' voice perhaps, but certainly not out of tune.
>>
>>Steve
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org
>>[mailto:lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
>>B.
>>D. Colen
>>Sent: 18 May 2006 12:10
>>To: Leica Users Group
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Boston T and Bob Dylan
>>
>>...I and many others consider him one of the handful
>>of truly great 20th century poets, with a perfectly pleasant voice. 
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