| I'm watching and enjoying so incredibly much, on PBS, "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan". And one of the more brilliant bits is where Dylan admits to using DVR's (Dave Van Ronk's) chords /pacing of "House of the Rising Son" and it's intersperced with an interview with Dave, where he said "Bobby asked me if he could use if for his first record, and I told him I was about to for my record, so I was sorry, no, and he said 'Ut Oh!'". He then told how he couldn't sing it anymore, because people would say, "your'e singing Bobby's song", so it was very very annoying, [and Dave laughed! and went on to tell that...] later when The Animals came out with it using "Bobby's" [re: Dave Van Ronk's] rendition of it, that he (Bob Dylan) couldn't sing it any more because people accused him (Dylan) of ripping off the Animal's rendition...[and again Dave chuckles his gruff, sweet laugh]. [please to forgive my use of quotes from the flick that may not be exact, but I have no access to the actual dialogue] So, this is a fine "chronicle" and seems to be truthful documentary on the time (before I was born...and into my consciousness as I grew up) of Bob Dylan, MacDougal Street, Ginsberg, Kerouac et al down in Greenwich Village, NYC. ...and, I just can't WAIT until we get to the Newport Jazz Festival...I hope it covers it! Oh, the scandal when he went "electric" LOL - now it is considered ground-breaking. Love it! They will probably be repeating this, I don't see how they can not -- so look to your local PBS listings if you have any interest in this slice of history and music.
American Masters
PBS
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Directed by Martin Scorsese
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