Dylan's Shadows in the Night is spinning. There is no end to the great man's originality, and love for what he does. An album of covers? The Bobster rightly sees himself as uncovering what's been buried. My favourite track at the moment is Berlin's What'll I Do? but I'll probably change my mind tomorrow, there's so much to love here. Donny Heron's pedal steel alone is gloriously mellifluous enough to deserve, indeed demand, repeated listening.
And Dylan's voice on this is a wonder, especially for those of us who assumed it was pretty much shot completely: sweet, hurt, fragile, vulnerable yet strangely strong.
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That pedal steel is a revelation!
Good to know there's someone else out there with receptive ears. Don't know how much you're up on fine practitioners of the pedal steel persuasion, but I love Chris Funk's work on the instrument in The Decemberists - but there's not all that much of it - only when they're in country mood.
And Greg Leisz's playing on Bill Frisell's Disfarmer is stone cold genius - as is the whole album. I know you'd love it - assuming it hasn't entered your orbit already.
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