Johanna & Ukulele Ike are responsible for me spending what remains of my day listening to Dylan and enjoying some buddage. Thanks, guys!!
Spark one for me, my friends, you know I can’t spark any more.
A song about a pair of drifters, and one opts for settling down. For some reason (sexist?) I attribute the drifter role to the man, and the need to settle down to the woman - so Kristofferson’s version resonates more with me than Joplin. (Kentucky- Louisiana - California - they certainly got around…)
I’m not sure how much literary attention Salinas has gotten since Steinbeck passed, but I just finished reading Jenn Bennett’s Arcadia Bell series of urban fantasy novels. Even though I’ve never been to that part of California, Bennet has obviously set it in Salinas by another name (calling it “Morella”) and Carmel-by-the-Sea (“La Sirena”). She had me frequently referring to Google Maps of Salinas, Carmel, and environs. In particular, Summoning the Night features intensely eldritch goings-on in the old abandoned cannery.
That’s funny because ME TOO! I’m just hanging out contemplating how I was so much older then and I’m younger than that now.
The thread on Bands - live vs. studio turned me on to Leftover Salmon yesterday.
Try their version of “Tangled Up in Blue” on the “25” album. Also “Rag Mama Rag” if you consider the Band to be a Dylan offshoot, as I do.
Next time I am stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again, I’m sure I will have visions of Johanna and a sad eyed lady of the lowlands wearing a leopard skin pill box hat. Is it just like a woman? Absolutely, sweet Marie. One of us must know that I’ve been pledging my time. It’s the 4th time around and most likely you go your way and I’ll go mine.
:: applause ::
Everybody just get stoned!
Can’t. I’m busted flat in Baton Rouge. But the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad, so I had one more, for dessert.
The lyric changes with the gender (and, I suppose, the orientation) of the singer. Guys (well, straight guys) sing about Bobbie McGee as a her, Girls (again, straight girls) sing about Bobby McGee as a him.
of course, we also have to consider what Bobb(ie/y)'s preferred pronoun is…
Would you trade all your tomorrows to find out?