Bobby doing covers????? What the hell? LOL! This is pretty surprising to me. I guess the ol' boy has a few tricks up his sleeves yet. Okay, Merk, you've convinced me to seek him out. I am one of 27 people on the planet who thought that the "Slow Train Comin" disc had tons of good ideas on it so it's good to hear he's revisiting that collection.
To me, Bobby is the only lyricist of my generation in Joni's league (and vice versa). This is good news. Lama np: Bryan Thomas'es song, "Now". Check out this sample: " 3 AM no sirens scream just blue and red lights like 3-D glasses cellophane and no police sirens scream just the sound of little boy heart-beat and beating " I have no idea what this means to Bryan but, man, do I ever get a movies in my own head. He puts just enough paint on the canvas to get you started then stands back...... Merk said, >>>>>His set list is pretty much top drawer from start to finish, and covers the gambit from a strikingly beautiful acoustic version of Masters of War, to a rambunctious cover of Brown Sugar. His version of Niel Young's Old Man was a revelation, and coming from someone of Bob's age, it put a new twist on the song - instead of plea to the Old Man to recall what he was like in his youth, it had the air of a confessional, that even though he couldn't relate to his Old Man while growing up, now that he is there himself, he isn't all that different. "Old Man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you". Definite goose bump material. As a man in upper 40's who never got along with his father, this definitely hit home.>>>>>>
