Rating: 72.00
Genre: Folk Rock
It's Dylan. I don't know what more I can say (but I'll try). It's been 50 years since his debut album. Personally, I like his voice better today. It's raw and rough. Perfect for stories of pain, loss and death.
Dylan continues his exploration of America's musical history, including country (Soon After Midnight which could be a Willie Nelson song), blues (
Early Roman Kings, basically a remake of Muddy Waters' Mannish Boy) and early 70's rock (Pay In Blood). The one song that has me truly confused (do I like it or not?) is the nearly 15 minute long title track: Tempest, a folk ballad and perhaps the longest song ever performed without a chorus, tells the story of the Titanic with references to both history and the James Cameron movie ("Leo took his Sketch book"). Listen if you have time, once, just so you can say you did.He's joined by guitarists David Hidlago (from Los Lobos), Charlie Sexton, who's done session work for him since the late '90s and Stu Kimball, who, oddly enough, was a non-performing lyricist with the Grateful Dead.
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