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Subject: [Leica] Boston T and Bob Dylan
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri May 19 15:39:08 2006

Oh nothing nostalgic in those three volumes, Walt - not a word. ;-)


On 5/19/06 6:02 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:

> 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. ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/19/06 3:27 PM, "Steve Unsworth" <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----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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