Word: blowin
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...parody, stunt double, postage stamp--the first Elvis impersonator. In the new era of the singer-songwriter, hack tunesmiths were still handing him drab variations on Don't Be Cruel. The Beatles left him for dead; and his darling, deviant version of Blowin' in the Wind (from a Graceland basement tape) shows he didn't quite get Dylan. Elvis was Vegas before he played Vegas--the ultimate lounge act. His movie and music producers, and the Colonel, called the shots in what should have been Elvis' prime. He didn't rebel; he did it their...
Jakob's dad is the great Bob Dylan. Having been asked about his famous father about as many times as Blowin' in the Wind has been heard at protest marches, the younger Dylan plays down the elder's influence. Says Jakob: "I know that material, and I learned as much [from it] as other songwriters probably...
...Memphis, you can still participate. A Blue Suede Shoes ballet, performed by the Cleveland San Jose Ballet, is touring the country, and rca is releasing the four-volume Elvis Presley Platinum: A Life in Music, which contains 100 recordings, 77 of them previously unreleased, including Elvis' version of Blowin' in the Wind...
Judging from Saturday night's garbled message, the answer is still "Blowin' In the Wind...
...Singing "Blowin' in the Wind," a ballad they first performed three decades ago during the politically tumultuous 1960s, Peter, Paul and Mary urged the audience to reelect the incumbents...