I have a few guidelines that I've always said I would stick to if I was a music producer: 1) Any artists that I would produce would have to play an instrument. 2) They wouldn't have to have a great voice, but it would be nice if they could at least carry a tune. And 3) They would have to write at least 95% of the songs they perform.
I've gotta say that I am a little (but not too much) disappointed in Dylan's debut album. The biggest reason for this is because even though he can carry a tune, and he does a great job with both the guitar and the harmonica, he only wrote about 5% of the album and that was mostly music. That was disappointing because one of the biggest draws to Dylan for me was his songwriting. I am so looking forward to hearing his songs on the next album! That said...
“Bob Dylan” is a very good album in and of itself. Though not Dylan's songs, he does have (for lack of a better phrase) a whole lot of soul! He sings the songs as if he had written them and his life depended on them. One thing that I found interesting in the album is the Dylan sounds like a 80 year old man. I think he actually sounds younger in his later work.
I'm not going to go into too much detail on this album because it is mostly his songwriting that I want to focus on in this blog. I have started playing some of the songs on guitar and hope to play through the whole thing very soon. It's just easier to play them as I learn to remember them by listening to them. Hopefully at this pace I will be able to jump into “The Free Wheelin' Bob Dylan” (The only other album I already have, but have not listened to) very soon. I will be spending a lot of time on that album!
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