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Blowin' Dylan's Mind

By Ethan Brown

Just got an advance copy of Bob Dylan's very soon to be released album Together Through Life.

I haven't listened to the album itself yet--I skipped to the second disc on the Deluxe Edition ("Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour") because I was excited to see that Dylan spins Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend."

After visiting the Stax Museum last year I became obsessed with Tharpe, scouring the Internet for any video footage of her that I could find. Interestingly, on his "Theme Time Radio Hour" Dylan recommends that his listeners do the same--he even commands us to go to Youtube in order to bear witness to the genius of Tharpe. "It'll blow your mind," Dylan counsels.

So, here are some Tharpe clips to get you started:[More...]

• "Down by the Riverside";
• "Didn't It Rain";
• "Up Above My Head."

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).