THE BEAT GOES ON
Bob Dylan almost spat the words out in the studio of Chicago public television WTTW before a sleepy crowd of less than 200 at 2 a.m. on a Thursday morning. The song was a new one, fresh from the sessions for his new album. The band, which backed Dylan on the album, was also a new one: Rob Rothstein, bass; Howard Wyeth, drums; Donna Shea, fiddle.
THE BEAT GOES ON
Dylan Rides A Hurricane
This is the story of a hurricane,
A man the authorities came to blame,
For something that he never done,
Put in a prison cell;
But one time he could have been the champion of the world.
—“Hurricane,” B. Dylan
Bob Dylan almost spat the words out in the studio of Chicago public television WTTW before a sleepy crowd of less than 200 at 2 a.m. on a Thursday morning.
The song was a new one, fresh from the sessions for his new album. The band, which backed Dylan on the album, was also a new one: Rob Rothstein, bass; Howard Wyeth, drums; Donna Shea, fiddle. The feel was familiar, though.