Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information