More TTS

Here are a few worthy news clips from today:

Verve "The same is true with Mississippi. This song previously has been spun as a ballad by Dylan (on Love and Theft) to rock 'n' roll by Sheryl Crow to country by the Dixie Chicks. On Tell Tale Signs, Dylan delivers it both in old-school Robert Johnson-style to something that rolls and flows like a river. It proves just how remarkable this song is. It will age and improve in the same manner Tangled Up in Blue did."

Huffinton Post -There's a junior Dylanologist in our family, and he's been listening harder and longer to some of these songs than I have. In an excited e-mail, he wrote me: "His lyrics are so rhythmic. He'll have a simple walking baseline and then do all the syncopation with verse. And he'll repeat the same line over and over again. But it's not repetitive, because he changes the meter of the phrase subtly each time."

Dylan Daily - Most of The Time - A more subtle version of the OM track. Less-obviously produced with a more rootsy feel (the acoustic guitars are more pronounced). I like this track a lot, Dylan leans into each word as if he means it. A gem.

Last Time Dylan Played Live -a nice listing, by album of where Dyla last played a song live. Saw two of these from Time out of Mind - Cold Irons Bound in Leipzig and Highlands in Columbia, MO.