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Set I
From the American folk singer Woody Guthrie to boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, over the years, Dylan has written songs capturing his fascination with the stories and lives of real people – alive and dead.
Dylan's Legends focusses on three of these people and tells the true story of each of those individuals, with Dylan's song as its musical theme.
Woody Guthrie
The great folk singer/songwriter, Woody Guthrie, was Dylan's idol. His ferocious, funny, beautiful songs and style were the basis for Dylan's own early vocals guitar and harmonica. Song to Woody is his tribute.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
Rubin Hurricane Carter was a contender for the world middleweight crown. Then in 1967 he was convicted of murdering three men in a New Jersey bar. He languished in jail for 18 years until his innocence was finally proved and he was acquitted in 1985. Dylan wrote a furious saga, in the song, of the events of the night of the shooting. Hurricane was his contribution to right the wrong done to Rubin Carter.
Lenny Bruce
New Yorker Lenny Bruce was the most notorious and influential comic of the Sixties. In spring 1962, at the invitation of Peter Cook, he played a season at London's legendary Establishment Club. It captivated packed houses night after night but was denounced in the press as obscene. When he returned to London the following year, Tory Home Minister, Henry Brooke was ready for him: he barred Bruce entry, citing him as an undesirable alien. Dylan's Legends tells the story of Bruce's brief confrontation with the old British establishment as it gasped its last breaths.
Dylan's Legends focusses on three of these people and tells the true story of each of those individuals, with Dylan's song as its musical theme.
Woody Guthrie
The great folk singer/songwriter, Woody Guthrie, was Dylan's idol. His ferocious, funny, beautiful songs and style were the basis for Dylan's own early vocals guitar and harmonica. Song to Woody is his tribute.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
Rubin Hurricane Carter was a contender for the world middleweight crown. Then in 1967 he was convicted of murdering three men in a New Jersey bar. He languished in jail for 18 years until his innocence was finally proved and he was acquitted in 1985. Dylan wrote a furious saga, in the song, of the events of the night of the shooting. Hurricane was his contribution to right the wrong done to Rubin Carter.
Lenny Bruce
New Yorker Lenny Bruce was the most notorious and influential comic of the Sixties. In spring 1962, at the invitation of Peter Cook, he played a season at London's legendary Establishment Club. It captivated packed houses night after night but was denounced in the press as obscene. When he returned to London the following year, Tory Home Minister, Henry Brooke was ready for him: he barred Bruce entry, citing him as an undesirable alien. Dylan's Legends tells the story of Bruce's brief confrontation with the old British establishment as it gasped its last breaths.
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