Tag: bob dylan
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The Jimmy Carter story: 1924-1954 | Cronin and Loevy
Jimmy Carter wrote 32 books, and many more than that have been written about his unusual presidency and remarkable life. Both of us have written about him and taught about him. One of us met with Carter a few times and corresponded with him. Two of the best biographies about Jimmy Carter have been published…
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Bob Dylan has written 600 songs. These are his 10 best.
My family and I have been revisiting “Highway 61 Revisited” and lots of other Bob Dylan music in anticipation of James Mangold’s new biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” which opened on Christmas. “Highway 61 Revisited” features the great groundbreaking rant of a song, “Like a Rolling Stone,” from which the movie’s title and climactic moment are…
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Ford Amphitheater addition the latest in Colorado Springs’ ever-shifting musical landscape
Taylor Swift, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Sting, Billie Holiday, Imagine Dragons, Weezer. What do they have in common? They’ve performed in Colorado Springs. With the addition of Ford Amphitheater to the city’s musical landscape, we can expect to see more big names take advantage of the new 8,000-seat, open-air…
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Let’s admit it: We boomers are a bunch of Peter Pans who refuse to grow old | Vince Bzdek
I’m staring down a 64th birthday this month, and, according to Paul McCartney’s “When I’m Sixty-Four,” that means I’ll be mending fuses, knitting sweaters, and weeding the garden from here on out. Yeah, not happening. Rather than going gently into that good night, my baby boomer brothers and sisters and I are going out kicking…
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Detroit jazz saxophonist to cover Grateful Dead songs during Colorado Springs show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A mysterious synergy happened to jazz saxophonist Dave McMurray a few years ago. He was sitting in with the band Wolf Bros, an off-shoot of The Grateful Dead that counts Bob Weir as one of its members, and heard some tunes (“Dark Star,” “Eyes of…
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Detroit jazz saxophonist to cover Grateful Dead songs during Colorado Springs show
A mysterious synergy happened to jazz saxophonist Dave McMurray a few years ago. He was sitting in with the band Wolf Bros, an off-shoot of The Grateful Dead that counts Bob Weir as one of its members, and heard some tunes (“Dark Star,” “Eyes of the World”) that fired him up. “I thought, man, this…