The first item is something I hadn’t heard before. Dylan sings “North Counry Blues”. A young man, trying to sound older and more gruff than he really is. It’s a little slow, probably of interest to fans only, but give it a try. Item N° 2 is from Nat Hentoff’s 1966 interview with Dylan, soon after the folk singer went electric. It’s my favorite Dylan interview; just classic: PLAYBOY: Mistake or not, what made you decide to go the rock-‘n’-roll route? DYLAN: Carelessness. I lost my one true love. I started drinking. The first thing I know, I’m in a card game. Then I’m in a crap game. I wake up in a pool hall. Then this big Mexican lady drags me off the table, takes me to Philadelphia. She leaves me alone in her house, and it burns down. I wind up in Phoenix. I get a job as a Chinaman. I start working in a dime store, and move in with a 13-year-old girl. Then this big Mexican lady from Philadelphia comes in and burns the house dow...
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