Shelter From the Storm
Posted by Gordon on May 31st, 2007
2007
May 31
Far and away my favorite Bob Dylan song of all time is Shelter From the Storm. However, I have only been keen on the Blood on the Tracks album version. I have not heard many versions that capture the emotional intensity of the album version. And quite frankly they have always felt quite flat and lacking. However I stumbled across a live recording from 1976 on youtube that lives up to the full expectations of the song. It is certainly different than the album and does not reproduce the mood of the album but it delivers the song in a stunning and dynamic way that redefines the meaning of the song for me. Hope you enjoy.
And by the way, what is with those hats? Crazy hippies. But they are cool in a way that only 70’s Dylan could make cool.
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June 1st, 2007 at 3:29 pm
not sure if hats are of the 70’s but I guess plain cotton
(harvested by “indentured workers”) was in vogue among
Pennslyvania Dutch of the 17th and 18th century.
June 3rd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
The cloth hats strike me as something out of the old testament, worn by Israeli peasants. I wish I knew the name of the style I could look it up. Haven’t been able to find any info.