| features in: Album Chart of 1962 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
Woody Guthrie’s 20 year old disciple steps into the spotlight with a whole load of folk traditionals – and a new way of spitting ‘em out. Just listen to how he messes with “Pretty Peggy-O”. Who is this gallus young pretender? The album’s a complete tease. It’s immediately obvious that the guy is brilliant, but there’s only two which are self-written. With the brilliance and the sparsity of the Dylan originals, Bob left everyone crying out for an encore. Both of them, “Song to Woody” and “Talkin’ New York”, are instant classics. “Song To Woody” echoes with the tune of Guthrie’s “1913 Massacre” as Bob pays his dues in the best possible way – with a classic that lies immortal. The line “that come with the dust and are gone with the wind” directly stems from “we come with the dust and we go with the wind” in Guthrie’s song “Pastures of Plenty”. “Talkin’ New York” similarly echoes stylistically with Guthrie’s “Talking Dust Bowl Blues”, as Bob folk-raps in accordance with his personal issues of the day. The lyrics express the difficulty he had in finding gigs when he arrived in New York as a result of his “unique” sound: “You sound like a hillbilly, we want folk singers here” (who was that goon? what a schmuckbag!) With his love and respect for the genre, his ace harmonica, his restless strumming, and his punk drawl laced with clever witticisms, Bob Dylan was the best darned thing that ever did happen to folk music. And this LP served as an excellent debut for starters…
The Jukebox Rebel
25–Jun–2007
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [01:40]  Bob Dylan - You’re No Good (Jesse Fuller) Folk |
| A2 | [03:20]  Bob Dylan - Talkin’ New York (Robert Zimmerman) Folk |
| A3 | [02:40]  Bob Dylan - In My Time Of Dyin’ (Traditional) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A4 | [03:10]  Bob Dylan - Man Of Constant Sorrow (Traditional) Folk |
| A5 | [02:22]  Bob Dylan - Fixin’ To Die (Bukka White) Folk |
| A6 | [03:23]  Bob Dylan - Pretty Peggy-O (Traditional) Folk |
| A7 | [02:52]  Bob Dylan - Highway 51 Blues (Tommy McClennan) Folk |
| B1 | [01:47]  Bob Dylan - Gospel Plow (Traditional) Folk |
| B2 | [02:37]  Bob Dylan - Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Gary Davis, Eric Von Schmidt, Dave Van Ronk) Folk |
| B3 | [05:20] Bob Dylan - House Of The Risin’ Sun (Traditional) Folk |
| B4 | [02:18] Bob Dylan - Freight Train Blues (Traditional) Folk |
| B5 | [02:42]  Bob Dylan - Song To Woody (Robert Zimmerman) Folk |
| B6 | [02:43]  Bob Dylan - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Lemon Jefferson) Folk |
