Anonymous #2 58w

i saw him this summer too!! he was amazing for being 92, i feel very lucky to be alive at the same time as a genuine american legend.

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Anonymous woodyguthrie 58w

Did you see him with Bob Dylan?

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Anonymous #2 58w

yes i did! bobby was also pretty damn good, much better than the last time i saw him lol

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Anonymous woodyguthrie 58w

I was so far away I couldn’t see him that well, but yeah, he’s always hit or miss, and that goes for his discography as well. People thought he was washed, and then BOOM! Blood on the Tracks.

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Anonymous #2 58w

i was far away too, but still could tell he had more energy and the band was just really great that night. and see…i think his stuff from ‘67-76 might be his best lol the cover albums are obviously misses, but his originals in that timeframe kicked so much ass and suited his voice so well.

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Anonymous woodyguthrie 58w

This is probably the best 3 album run of all time. But then he released Self Portrait, New Morning, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Dylan, and Planet Waves. They had a couple hits across them, but overall not that good. And then perhaps his best album all of the sudden, a genuine no-skip album, Blood on the Tracks.

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Anonymous #2 58w

while i love his rock period, i fuck with john wesley harding, nashville skyline, and new morning harder than almost anything else he ever made, except probably freewheelin’.

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Anonymous woodyguthrie 58w

Those are good, but lost in a sea of duds

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Anonymous #2 58w

i think the fact that we are debating this just speaks to how amazing of a musician the man is

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Anonymous #2 58w

Also, the bad stretch was after Nashville Skyline (an all-time vibes album)

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Anonymous woodyguthrie 58w

For sure

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Anonymous #2 58w

yeah like i said, i don’t care for the cover albums, but i think the original albums in that period get a bad wrap. he sounded his best as far as singing goes imo, it was a sound that suited him so well. it took us a while to get them, but the basement tapes were also recorded in that time, which is one of my favorite projects of all time.

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Anonymous #2 58w

i also think he quit smoking for a few years there, which may also contribute so his singing being much better in that period

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Anonymous woodyguthrie 58w

Yeah, I love the basement tapes, although when Blood on the Tracks came out, I don’t believe people had heard it yet,

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Anonymous #2 58w

yeah i don’t believe so either, i think it came out later that year

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