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I just thought this is how I'd say hi.

Hi!

Jesse James and his boys rode that Dodge City Trail,
Held up the midnight Southern mail,
And there never was a man with the law in his hand
That could keep Jesse James in a jail.

It was Frank and Jesse James that killed many a man,
But they never was outlaws at heart;
I wrote this song to tell you how it come
That Frank and Jesse James got their start.

They was living on a farm in the old Missouri hills,
With a silver-haired mother and a home;
Now the railroad bullies come to chase them off their land,
But they found that Frank and Jesse wouldn't run.

Then a railroad scab, he went and got a bomb,
And he throwed it at the door --
And it killed Mrs. James a-sleeping in her bed,
So Jesse grabbed a big forty-four.

Yes, Frank and Jesse James was men that was game
To stop that high-rolling train --
And to shoot down the rat that killed Mrs. James,
They was Two-Gun Frank and Jesse James.

Now a bastard and coward called little Robert Ford,
He claimed he was Frank and Jesse's friend,
Made love to Jesse's wife and he took Jesse's life,
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave.

The people were surprised when Jesse lost his life,
Wondered how he ever came to fall,
Robert Ford, it's a fact, shot Jesse in the back,
While Jesse hung a picture on the wall.

They dug Jesse's grave and a stone they raised,
It says, "Jesse James lies here --
Was killed by a man, a bastard and a coward,
Whose name ain't worthy to appear."



Bob Dylan on Woody Guthrie

QUESTION:
So then you heard of Guthrie and he changed your life?
BOB DYLAN: I heard of Odetta first...
QUESTION:
Then you heard of Guthrie and he changed your life?
BOB DYLAN: Then I heard of Josh White...
QUESTION:
Then you heard of Guthrie...
BOB DYLAN:
Then I heard about those riots in San Francisco... an' I missed out on meeting James Dean so I decided to go meet Woody Guthrie.



J. R. Goddard Interview, Village Voice, Mar 1965. J. R. Goddard Interview, Village Voice, Mar 1965.


If there is a God, I know he likes to rock.
 
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Bobby Brady couldn't have said it better before his trip to the principal's office. Did Bob Dylan ever meet Bobby Brady? Maybe they could have sung a duet.

P. S. Hi, nice to see you.

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I typed in "Absolutely no significance" in a google search, and this was the very last "image" listed on the last page source available (of 47 total pages of images)...

How ironically insignificant:

http://charliegower.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/26/bobd.jpg
 
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That is actually dreadfully ironic, and totally not implied.

Huh.


If there is a God, I know he likes to rock.
 
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Absolutely no significance?" Nonsense.

This guy acts like he's close to it, but happens to be the CEO of Microsoft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc
 
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Great men rant alike!

...or maybe it was just their powerdrink!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FzCeV0ZFc
 
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If not insignificant, how about irrelevant?

http://www.irrelevantweek.com/
 
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Originally posted by Phil Knox:
North America (that covers a whole lot of area!!)

That reminds me of a comment made by T Bone Burnett at the concert last week. He told of an old blues singer (I disremember which one), who was once asked where he was from. He replied South America. What part of South America? South Texas, he said.


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At least he knew what he was talking about!
 
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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
...He replied South America. What part of South America? South Texas, he said.


Reminds me of Stan and Ollie in Way out West. ("I'm from the south, too." "South of WHAT, suh?" "The south of London.")


- Phil

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One of their best!

Suh is a good wuhd.


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