Re: [Harp-L] Re: Bob Dylan

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

 The Mr. Zimmerman story is really easy to explain. He wrote his OWN 
stuff. That's all there is to it.
If he had depended on doing other peoples stuff, he would have never 
made it. BUT, even 'I' ( a dyed in the wool hippie/folk music avoider), 
absolutely LOVED this guys material.

 With Dylan, almost every tune had a message that pertained to one of 
my own (personal) problems, pitfalls or experiences. I'm sure I'm not 
alone in this as EVERY ONE has had problems growing up. Dylan has often 
been type cast as a "Protest" singer. What a crock of shit. He was a 
"Balladier" and wrote some very VERY catchy material about everyday 
experiences.  And herein lies the answer. The only way the record 
companies were going to get this material was to take "bobby" along 
with it.

 a...he played harp (of sorts), and was probably 6,000,000th. best in 
the world
 b...he played guit fiddle (maybe), and was probably on book 2 of Mel 
Bay's beginner course.
 c...he sang (in the vernacular sense), and it was so unusually 
strange, no one has (as yet) ever captured that.

  Well I can do all these things better than he can, but since I 
haven't written ANY published hits, Sooo I get a one way ticket to 
Zamboanga, while Mr. Zimmerman laughs all the way to the bank. The 
talent was in the WRITING, and THAT is what carried the guy to home 
plate.

tafka s-j