Sounds Like: 80’s Bob Dylan

Sounds Like: 80’s Bob Dylan

Folk legend Bob Dylan, is shown in London to help publicize the American-financed film "Hearts of Fire", Aug. 17, 1986 in which he will star as a retired rock star, which begins six weeks of filming later this month. Dylan, 45, protest songwriter/singer of the sixties, is doing film after an acting break of 12 years and is to write four songs for it. (AP Photo/Press Association)

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Welcome to the first installment of the ‘Sounds Like’ series, in which I travel back to a particular era or genre that is often neglected or misunderstood and try to make sense of it.

Saved (1980)

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Dylan ended the 70s with a prayer to Jesus and a big Fuck You to his fan, who stuck around after Street Legal hoping for another Blood On The Tracks. Instead they got Slow…

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Double Feature: “Handle with Care” Covered By Two Different Music Supergroups

Double Feature: “Handle with Care” Covered By Two Different Music Supergroups

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In 1988 Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne formed the Traveling Wilburys and released their debut album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. The first song off the album is “Handle with Care” and it became one their most popular songs in their short career (Orbison died right before a proper follow up could be recorded).

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