Reply #3: Something's happening here & you don't know what it is...

[Bridget Burke]

Do you, Mr Hudson?



I remember when we analyzed every word of Dylan's for secret meanings. (Tommy Hall of the Elevators thought one of the "John Wesley Harding" songs was an answer to one of his; but he's still dropping acid in a grim San Francisco apartment.) The critics hailed every new songwriter as "The Next Dylan"--usually the kiss of death.

That was in the past; I've heard lots of fine songwriters since. The Scorsese biography didn't arouse my sense of awe but I was glad to see that Bob is doing so well. He's smart, funny & together, unlike so many others who were famous long ago. And I enjoyed seeing my old folky heroes--then & now. (Wonder what Jim Kweskin is doing nowadays?)

Hudson is as guilty of trying to make Dylan fit his categories as the most manic Dylanologist who ever pawed through Bob's garbage.

Edited to add: www.bobdylan.com/index.html

Edited again to correct spelling. (And to point out that the itinerary shown in the above link would exhaust a 22 year old.)