12/20/2023 0 Comments Diamonds and rust bob dylan![]() ![]() You’ve called it a bookend to your first album from 1960. Q: The album is a reflection of the kind of material you’ve done over the years. The “President” song and “Another World” take the album to a different level. Q: There are some powerful songs on your new album such as “The President Sang Amazing Grace” about Barack Obama at the service for the Charleston church shooting victims.Ī: Those are absolutely powerful. Maybe they don’t need what I think they need. It’s called “I Carried the Flame.” Maybe they don’t want one. I talked to Josh Ritter, who wrote for me the closest thing to an anthem that I’ve heard in a long time. Q: Do you have conversations with those kinds of people that we’re not aware of?Ī: A few. The torch as far as political awareness and willingness to take action, there are lots of people. But the anthem they need hasn’t come yet.Īs far as passing the torch of who I am, that’s not possible given the combination of things I am. I think a lot of it will come out of that. When I look at the Parkland High School kids who’ve really created the closest thing to the movement we’ve had for decades, they’re newbies, but they have the courage and the brains and intelligent tactics. There are places I will go that make sense to me and where I hope I can be helpful.Ī: I don’t really know. I think I can have a presence without having formal touring. Q: At the time you’re retiring from the road, it feels like the country needs you now as much as ever.Ī: Yeah. So we added Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas. For instance, I suddenly realized we toured the states but not the places that were so meaningful to me during the civil rights years. By the way, we’ve extended this tour ridiculously long. Q: Was it a relief when you decided to do the farewell tour?Ī: Absolutely. He’s a road warrior.Ī: Well, he doesn’t have to worry about singing. Q: A change in his voice never stopped Bob Dylan from touring. I’m stopping the big tours, but I’ve left it open to do one-offs or things with other people. I’ll probably miss that more than anything. The long tours - I forget my age and probably should be a little kinder to my body. I would rather go out when it’s really good. The performance right now is also very difficult to keep up. Q: Why did you decide it was time to do a farewell tour?Ī: A lot of reasons. Q: If people quit more often, they become Cher. There’s just more excitement and more response, and as a result I’m probably performing better. In a breezy chat, Baez talked about her album, activism and, of course, the state of the nation.Ī: Stunningly. “In that period - in those 10 years - he was the best we had to put in our arsenals of music and social consciousness and protests.” ![]() “I was lucky to have been around when he was writing and to have been able to sing what he was writing,” she said. ![]()
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