Yesterday I had lunch and spent some time with Andrew Ivers, a gentleman and a scholar, at Courtesy Diner on Hampton. Of course, we eventually came around to Bob Dylan, after Andrew gave me a tutorial on Kanye West. Andrew is enthusiastic about Dylan’s last album, and, in particular, the last song on the album, the subject of one of the tweets he sent me today. The second tweet pays homage to Dylan’s original inspiration.
The Nobel laureate has a book coming out soon: The Philosophy of Modern Song. So does Greil Marcus: Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs.
Ain’t life grand?
I was sad to see the Courtesy Diner on Kingshighway closed a while back.