John to - I take your comment as asking me for more detail as to what I hear in Dylan’s new album - so hear goes.
The main musical theme in the album is simplicity. You can still make great music with limited musicians - piano, Hammond B3, acoustic guitar guitar, snare drum. He focuses on delicate rhythms for the majority of the album. He did I add strings to ‘Murder Most Foul’.
oOn ‘Mother of Muses’ he adds a bass drum to the rear of the soundstage to great effect.
Two of the cuts are what I consider Honky Tonk - ‘Goodbye Jimmy Reed and Crossing The Rubicon’. More guitar and drum kit and cymbals.
The star of the album are the lyrics in all of the songs - like I said in my original post - he is a Poet - his ability to paint a picture in my mind while he sings is a gift he offers to those who want to listen, he makes me think, and he creates a musical web to help me focus on the story he is telling in his lyrics.
enjoy the music
The main musical theme in the album is simplicity. You can still make great music with limited musicians - piano, Hammond B3, acoustic guitar guitar, snare drum. He focuses on delicate rhythms for the majority of the album. He did I add strings to ‘Murder Most Foul’.
oOn ‘Mother of Muses’ he adds a bass drum to the rear of the soundstage to great effect.
Two of the cuts are what I consider Honky Tonk - ‘Goodbye Jimmy Reed and Crossing The Rubicon’. More guitar and drum kit and cymbals.
The star of the album are the lyrics in all of the songs - like I said in my original post - he is a Poet - his ability to paint a picture in my mind while he sings is a gift he offers to those who want to listen, he makes me think, and he creates a musical web to help me focus on the story he is telling in his lyrics.
enjoy the music