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Thoughts on: Bob Dylan – “The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Live 1966 The “Royal Albert Hall” concert

Bob Dylan may be one of the most divisive and polarizing of the modern American music titans. Even among fans, you will find dissent. Many of the diehard followers can point to at least one phase of his career that they view as not just a misstep, but a waste of his talent and time. He is an artist that seems to revel and welcome this discourse. I can think of only three other American solo artists who approach his level of influence and importance to not only music, but popular culture: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Louis Armstrong. Sure, there are any number of names just outside my final four that make strong cases – Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Loretta Lynn, John Coltrane and Hank Williams to name a few – but Armstrong, Cash, Dylan and Elvis were wholly unique and transform...

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Introducing… “Side Tracks One Mic Sessions”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPWR5yrPSKA Sometimes, our guests are talented musicians. It wouldn't make much sense to have them come in and NOT record an original song. This new feature is dubbed "Side Tracks One Mic Sessions" our first installment features Harold Hensley performing a track from his upcoming solo debut "Midnight Savings Time" called "Songs of Home." It is a hauntingly beautiful true story of his family's decision to sell their generations old Kentucky farm. Make sure to like Hensley's Facebook music page to keep up to date on the album's release and tour dates. The full episode of Hensley's pod can be streamed here.

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