Friday, October 21, 2011

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan at 50 Years

To kickstart this music blog thing - and in honor of the name - my first post shall commemorate one of the most respected singer-songwriters of the 20th century, and his first album, which was recorded 50 years ago this month... Bob Dylan's Bob Dylan.

The 20-year old recorded his debut album in two 3-hour sessions on November 20 and 22, 1961 in Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. Of the 13 tracks on the album, Dylan only wrote two songs himself - Talkin' New York and Song to Woody.




In his early days, he was rather straight forward - here's the one about Woody Guthrie: