Cu 50 de ani in urma, Bob Dylan sosea la New York
27 Ianuarie 2011"Nu cunosteam pe nimeni in aceasta metropola intunecata si inghetata," scria Dylan in "Chronicles." "Dar asta se va schimba in curand, si chiar foarte rapid"Bob Dylan canta la Bitter End in New York City, in 1961.
In timp ce este aproape imposibil sa se confirme data cu exactitate, este unanim acceptat ca in urma cu 50 de ani, Bob Dylan sosea la New York. Cantaretul folk de 19 ani, care tocmai renuntase la Universitea din Minnesota, petrecuse ultimele 24 de ore in masina, mergand spre est cu Fred Underhill si alti doi prieteni.
"Masina s-a oprit de partea cealalta a podului George Washington, iar eu am coborat, gata sa ma imprietenesc cu acest oras atat de complex."
What actually happened is that Dylan immediately trudged down about 40 blocks to Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village. There he met the club"s MC Fred Neil — five years before he recorded his signature song "Everybody"s Talkin." "He asked me what I did and I told him I sang, played guitar and harmonica," Dylan wrote in Chronicles. "He asked me to play something. After about a minute, he said I could play harmonica with him during his sets. I was ecstatic. At least it was a place to stay out of the cold. This was good."
Manny Roth (unchiul lui David Lee Roth de la Van Halen) avea cafeneaua Wha? si cum ii placuse de Dylan, facuse din el un obisnuit al casei, in schhimburile de dupa-masa
Pe coperta albumului din 1963 In The Wind, Dylan isi descrie primele zile in acest oras in versurile sale. "Snow was piled up the stairs an onto the street that first winter when I laid around New York City/It was a different street then/It was a different village/Nobody had nothin/There was nothing to get/Instead of being drawn for money you were drawn for other people...It is "f these times that I remember most sadly/For they"re gone/And they"ll not never come back again."
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