Dylan + Cash + Review + Video

Quizá me deba disculpar por haber empezado presentando únicamente al señor Cash. Quizá no, ya que, de mientras, sigo manteniendo la esperanza, y más que nada las ganas y más ganas, de ver a Dylan en vivo.

The Dylan Cash Sessions. Razón de ser de este blog.
Algunos dicen que es un disco que HAY-QUE-TENER por razones históricas, pero que no lo escucharían todos los días por su sonido y blablablería. Yo digo que es un disco que hay que tener y que vas a queres escuchar. Lo escucho ahora mismo y poco me importa si el sonido no es de última calidad.
Son Cash y Dylan tras dos microfonos ubicados a no mucho más de un metro, mechadas con otras apariciones de los dos, en vivo o en el Johnny Cash Show.

Dejo a continuación una reseña del disco posteada en music.com con la que concuerdo bastante en algunos puntos, pero no así en la consideración de que sea un album más atractivo para los fans de Cash que para los de Dylan.

During the Nashville Skyline sessions in February 1969, Dylan teamed up with Johnny Cash to record over a dozen songs. Only one of these made it onto Nashville Skyline ("Girl from the North Country"). Most of the rest are here, in perfect fidelity. If you were to judge this as a proper studio album, the notices wouldn't be too positive, due to the ragged and tentative performances. Judged as a loose, informal meeting of two giants, it's very pleasurable listening, though more for Cash's contributions than Dylan's. With full band backing (including Carl Perkins on electric guitar), the pair run through easygoing, rockabilly-tinged versions of Dylan songs, Cash songs, old Sun rockabilly chestnuts ("That's All Right Mama" and "Matchbox"), and a bit of country gospel. Cash, in fact, dominates the proceedings: he sings lead more often, and the mere two Dylan tunes ("Girl from the North Country" and "One Too Many Mornings") are outweighed by a larger heaping of Cash classics ("Big River," "I Walk the Line," "I Still Miss Someone," "Ring of Fire," "Guess Things Happen That Way"). The CD might even appeal more to Cash fans than Dylan ones, especially as Dylan's singing is not up to scratch: his timing is off, he often sings on one note, and he even needs to be occasionally cued by Johnny for the right words. The disc also includes three interesting Dylan performances from a TV broadcast on The Johnny Cash Show in May 1969, as well as five less essential quadrophonic mixes of Nashville Skyline tracks.

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Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash in the Studio

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