With Bob pulling out the song ‘Under The Red Sky’ on the recent east coast leg of the Outlaws Tour, this recent episode of The Dylantantes is perfectly timed.
The free version of this show 29 minutes, the paid subscriber version is 42 minutes. The Dylantantes is part of the FM Podcast Network.
Only one year after the triumphal release of “Oh Mercy,” Dylan came out with 1990’s “Under the Red Sky.” The album is known for its all-star musicians—George Harrison, Slash, David Crosby, Bruce Hornsby, Al Kooper, David Lindley, and others—and was produced by Don Was. It is filled with the language and structure of children’s songs and music—which is befitting an album dedicated to “Gabby Goo-Goo,” likely Dylan’s then-toddler daughter, Desiree Gabrielle Dennis-Dylan. There are counting songs, fairytales, and echoes of nursery rhymes. But the songs often sport an ominous feel that is hard to shake, which, if we are being fair, is not too different from traditional children’s folk literature.
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