Re: Disastrous Dylan

[lester@gandalf.etdesg.TRW.COM (Jeff Lester)]

Cynthia writes:

>Emmylou Harris, Roseanne Cash,
>Michelle Shocked, Nanci Griffith plus another lady or two
>whose names I didn't catch, were there. 

Mavis Staples, I believe.

>A group of women that
>totaled humongous talent, and they were relegated to singing
>backup to Bob Dylan, whose performance was shockingly bad.  I
>mean, he sounded unintelligible.  I know, some may say he
>always did, but I could make out his words in the past. 

It was pretty bad. I'm one of those who say he always did, live anyway.

>Oh, Carole King was there on piano, also.  All that talent,
>wasted essentially.  

And Chrissie Hynde, though she's certainly not known as a guitarist.

-Jeff Lester