Dylan Context Anyone who attended the Never Ending Tour in 1988 knew that Dylan was back. In 1989 he announced the comeback to a wider audience with Oh Mercy, released a month after his Riverbend ’89 concert. Not only was this Dylan’s strongest album of original songs in years, but in the fullness of time it holds up as one of the best of his entire career. If you’re as a big a fan of the album as I am, you might enjoy my earlier piece called
I am so in love with the sports metaphors here. But most of all, Graley, I love how just like Bob you are using the freedom of a different medium from academic writing to experiment with different approaches. I just reread your phenomenal but very serious chapter on race and Dylan and now this really playful entry on Shadow Chasing. I leave each one of these wishing I could write like you.
Dylan in Cincinnati: August 1989
Great stuff GH. Wow, imagine getting both River Flow AND Most Likely in the same show - imagine that lol. The more things change...
I am so in love with the sports metaphors here. But most of all, Graley, I love how just like Bob you are using the freedom of a different medium from academic writing to experiment with different approaches. I just reread your phenomenal but very serious chapter on race and Dylan and now this really playful entry on Shadow Chasing. I leave each one of these wishing I could write like you.