In spring of 1979, a mildly inebriated 20-year old walked into a bait shop/convenience store in Eatonton GA with a landing net full of hefty largemouth bass and dumped them on the floor, then proceeded to weigh them and be photographed with the two largest specimens, one in each hand. The next Monday, Angler magazine showed the angler, wearing wraparound sunglasses and Levis, barefoot, bare-chested save for an unbuttoned denim jacket, and his fishes with the caption, "Elvis Costello boated these beauties on Lake Sinclair last Wednesday."
Wow! What memories! You might enjoy these few songs I stream from the Imperial Bedroom tour in '82. Only 67 people in history have heard the recording, lol. I'm going to digitize the 2nd encore over the weekend: All These Songs (Toussant cover), Mystery Dance, Shipbuilding, and Peace, Love, and Understanding. https://aggrovox.substack.com/p/elvis-costello-live-from-the-santa
Interesting line ‘one person's blues can be another's Hawaiian music’. Blues Slide guitar was created bc a Hawaiian troupe toured the South in the early 20th century and were loved by the locals. One of the miracles in the American musical landscape imo.
In spring of 1979, a mildly inebriated 20-year old walked into a bait shop/convenience store in Eatonton GA with a landing net full of hefty largemouth bass and dumped them on the floor, then proceeded to weigh them and be photographed with the two largest specimens, one in each hand. The next Monday, Angler magazine showed the angler, wearing wraparound sunglasses and Levis, barefoot, bare-chested save for an unbuttoned denim jacket, and his fishes with the caption, "Elvis Costello boated these beauties on Lake Sinclair last Wednesday."
Love this!!!
What a brilliant set of memories spontaneously/artfully arranged as a history of song writing. Beautiful.
Who cares what he thinks about anything?
Really great! Putting this here because I went looking for it as soon as I finished reading (I also dig Madeleine Peyroux's 2004 soft jazz version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6apA8v1iGA
Being a fan of both Costello and Dylan I really enjoyed reading about their interactions and Elvis’ interpretations of Bob’s work
Wow! What memories! You might enjoy these few songs I stream from the Imperial Bedroom tour in '82. Only 67 people in history have heard the recording, lol. I'm going to digitize the 2nd encore over the weekend: All These Songs (Toussant cover), Mystery Dance, Shipbuilding, and Peace, Love, and Understanding. https://aggrovox.substack.com/p/elvis-costello-live-from-the-santa
Fantastic!! Can’t wait to hear this
Thanks!
Bob and Elvis
Two of the best songwriters of our time, in my opinion
Indeed. And Elvis in particular has shown he can do almost anything. The album with Bacharach is one of my all time favourites.
This was a great compilation of stories and observations by Elvis about Bob.
Thanks.
Fantastic to read all of his Dylan thoughts in one place…
Interesting line ‘one person's blues can be another's Hawaiian music’. Blues Slide guitar was created bc a Hawaiian troupe toured the South in the early 20th century and were loved by the locals. One of the miracles in the American musical landscape imo.
Incredible