Monday, 8/16/10

by musicclipoftheday

Suppose Blind Willie McTell, who died in 1959, came back to life for a day.

How would you explain this to him—a video clip of a pop icon singing a song about him, during a recent concert in Slovenia, captured by a cell-phone camera then uploaded onto the ’net for anyone, anywhere in the world, to see?

Bob Dylan, “Blind Willie McTell,” live, Slovenia (Ljubljana), 6/13/2010

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lagniappe

Blind Willie McTell

hotel room, Atlanta, 1940

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“Statesboro Blues,” 1928 (Atlanta)