There's an article in the 5/14 issue of the The New Yorker entitled
"Birthday Boy" by David Remnick reviewing a book about Bob Dylan (about to
turn 60!, how did that happen?) by David Hajdu. In it the author says that
Dylan is responsible for marrying rock and roll to folk music. Okay, I can
agree with that. But then he goes on to say, "Without Dylan, the Beatles
would likely have stuck to simple R&B; without him, no Neil Young, no Lou
Reed, no Joni Mitchell, no Bruce Springsteen, no Clash, no Kurt Cobain." I
just can't agree with that...can any of you, do you think Joni, Neil or the
others would agree?
Maddie at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
