Music Videos and Blog Posts for June 25th, 2008

  • Bob Dylan Discography: 1961 - 1969

    Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

    By Chris Moore:

    A couple years ago, a friend at work asked me for some information about Bob Dylan and his work in the 1960s. Little did she know I would not only give her son as much verbal information as he required, but I would also type up a brief discography of his albums. I just came across it today, and I figured I would share it with you all!

    Bob Dylan Discography

    - The Sixties -

    1961 – January: Moves to New York

    1962 – March: Bob Dylan

    -Very folky album, mostly comprised of covers. His early original “Song to Woody” (for his hero, Woody Guthrie) is notable.

    1963 – May: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

    -His first big success and one of his true classics! This is the album that made bands like the Beatles stand up and take notice of him.

    1964 – January: The Times They Are A-Changin’

    -Deep in the heart of his “protest song” era, this topical album solidified his standing with the folk artists of the 1960’s.

    August: Another Side of Bob Dylan

    -In this album, Dylan’s desire to break away from topical songs and write more personal material—“My Back Pages,” etc.—becomes evident.

    1965 – March: Bringing It All Back Home

    -Dylan begins to “go electric” with this half acoustic, half electric album.

    August: Highway 61 Revisited

    -This is where Dylan pulled out all the stops and made a sound that was all his own. Best known for its lead-off song, “Like A Rolling Stone.”

    1966 – May: Blonde on Blonde

    -Dylan pushes his sound a step further with this album; widely considered to be among the (if not THE) best album of his career.

    1967 – December: John Wesley Harding

    -Following his motorcycle accident in 1966 and the cancellation of his upcoming tour dates, fans were somewhat thrown by his return to a more folky sound.

    1968 –

    Records in a basement with the Band; those widely bootlegged takes were later
    released as The Basement Tapes

    1969 – April: Nashville Skyline

    -Making the transformation complete, he released this country rock album with a new version of “Girl of the North Country” (originally from Freewheelin’) as a duet with Johnny Cash.

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  • The Laptop Sessions: “Bliss” (Jeff Copperthite Original Acoustic Song)

    Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

    By Jeff Copperthite:

    Good evening! I hope you are well and looking forward to another Fusco-Moore Original Wednesday song. It’s my turn this time and I am digging into the “oldie and somewhat goodie” library (to quote my good friend Scott), for a song from Quilt’s 2003 album “Expressions”. I am playing track 3 from it titled “Bliss”.

    This song is one that I had written in a completely different style, but thanks to the awesome abilities of Scott, the sound that came out on the album was much different, and much better. This video meshes the two ways I know the song, and came out as probably one of my better Original Wednesday videos in a while.

    Thank you for visiting today and I hope you enjoy today’s video. Check back to our regularly scheduled cover song program when Jim brings you another great acoustic cover!

     



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