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The Cat In The Brand New Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat | Jul 02nd 2008
Got the new issue of Mojo through the letterbox today and amongst the usual excellent mix of articles, I spotted a wee nod to ‘Dylan Hears A Who’. This was a project that I stumbled across quite by accident about a year ago, where a couple of guys recreated Bob Dylan’s golden mid-6os period with the most authentic-sounding band ever, playing songs who’s lyrics are made up entirely from words and phrases taken from the writing of Dr Seuss. It has to be heard to be believed, but trust me, the album is easily one of the Top 3 things I’ve ever downloaded. Even the artwork is beautifully pastiched…
According to Mojo, mp3’s of ‘Dylan Hears A Who’ are hard to find. A bit of poking around on the internet shows this to be true. Dylan loved the music – there’s faithful pastiches of ‘Ballad Of A Thin Man’, ‘Tombstone Blues’, ‘Queen Jane Approximately’ and much more, but the dylanhearsawho website was shut down on the instructions of the Dr Seuss estate. Booooo! Pastiche fascists! So a year late, I’m posting it here. Artwork is included!
The Cat in the Hat
There’s something happening here and you don’t know what it is? Try before you buy! Here’s the aforementioned splendid take on ‘Tombstone Blues’, entitled ‘Green Eggs & Ham’. See what I mean? Now go and download the whole lot. You won’t regret it. ‘Too Many Daves’ sounds like one of those hotel room tape recordings that Bob fans go mental over. I’d forgotten quite how good Dylan Hears A Who actually is. Thanks, Mojo. Now. What are you waiting for?
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Awesome.
sheer genius! and I have only listened to the Green Eggs and Ham so far (it’s a slow download). I will definitely be creating a CD for the children.
Thanks also for the Folk singer’s Choice episode. it’s nice to know there was something happening on the day I was born other than Elvis being number one.
All I need now* is the five hundred track full version of the basement tapes to be happy
Andrew
*not true, technically
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vocal can’t be heard on “Green Eggs and Ham” – too low down on the mix
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