The Home Of Bob Dylan Minneapolis, Minnesota September 1960
1.
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Red Rosey Bush (trad.)
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2.
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Johnny
I Hardly Knew You (trad.)
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3.
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Jesus Christ (Woody
Guthrie)
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4.
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Streets Of Glory (trad.)
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5.
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K.C. Moan (1927 Memphis Jug Band)
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6.
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Blues Yodel No. 8 (Jimmie Rodgers - G. Vaughan)
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7.
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I'm A Gambler (trad.)
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8.
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Talking Columbia
(Woody Guthrie)
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9.
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Talking Merchant Marine (Woody Guthrie)
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10.
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Talking Hugh Brown
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11.
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Talking Inflation (Tom Glazer)
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12.
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Come See Jerusalem (trad.)
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13.
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San
Francisco Bay
Blues (Jesse Fuller)
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Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar).
BobTalk
Oh that
guy McKenzie. I like it. I'll do a couple of verses. Sing that whole file if
you want me to do it. This is a Woody Guthrie song. (after Red Rosey Bush).
Cynthia: Do
"Talking Lobbyist".
A guy: Yeah, yeah. Do
"Talking Lobbyist". That’s a good song.
Dylan: Ahh. It’s not that good. It’s a... I gotta do a ... I can’t do a... I can’t do a Talkin’ if we’re on the tape recorder without... It has to
be Woody Guthrie. (almost to himself) It has to be
Woody Guthrie.
Cynthia: Do
"Talking Lobbyist".
Dylan never stops
playing guitar throughout the following dialog. He starts Guthrie's Talking Columbia and almost finishes the
first verse before...
Dylan: Get
Dylan shifts the
lyrics over to Guthrie's "Talking Merchant Marine". He almost gets
through the 2nd verse before Cynthia shouts out something.
Dylan: Screw YOU Cynthia. And all
you (????).
Dylan sings the 3rd
verse relatively uninterrupted. Right before the 4th verse Cynthia tries to
sing something, parodying him. Dylan ignores her and sings the verse, but in
the middle of the last line Cynthia shouts out something.
Dylan: Screw YOU Cynthia. (chuckles)
Cynthia again starts
singing a few lines of something, parodying the Talkin'
Blues format, ending with "Screw ya!".
Dylan: I said screw YOU. (almost
laughing). I'm not done yet. (laughs)
He sings the 5th verse
(the song has 7), with Cynthia still randomly calling things out.
Dylan: You're gonna get played right in the
(????) tonight if you don't shut your God
Damn mouth. (Laughter from the room). Split you right in half.
He strums a few more
bars, then stops playing abruptly.
Dylan; Aw hell, I can't do it.
Cynthia: Do
"Talking Lobbyist".
Notes.
Recorded
by Cleve Pettersen at Bob Dylan’s apartment on 15th
Avenue S.E. He donated his original tape to the Minnesota
Historical Society
Library
in 2004.
Bonnie Beecher and
Cynthia Fisher were also there. Cynthia was a sorority sister of Bonnie's who
played banjo and performed with Dylan in the Fall of
1960.
Talking Inflation is also known as Talking Lobbyist.
This recording has
been circulating as the Minnesota Party
Tape
or The Red Rosey
Bush Tape.
References
Private communication from
Mick McLaughlin.
http://www.mnhs.org/collections/music/dylan.html
Official release
7 released as Rambler, Gambler
on THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL 7. NO
DIRECTION HOME: THE SOUNDTRACK, Columbia Legacy CD 520358 2, 30 August
2005.
Private mono recording, 35 minutes.
Session info updated 25 March 2011.
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