The album came out on the heels of 1965's double-shot of Dylan classics Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited, and picked up the creative pace considerably. One minute he's charming his way into the hearts of the folk rockers with an acoustic guitar, a harmonica, and one of the most easily identifiable vocal deliveries ever, and the next minute he's actively pissing off many of his fans by going all electric on them.īlonde on Blonde captures this transition to electrified Dylan incredibly well. I couldn't help but choose this 1984 Phoenix weirdo punk record to cleanse my palette after a solid week of Blonde on Blonde action.Īt the time Blonde on Blonde was written, Dylan was winding up one of the most prolific periods of his storied career. They seem surreal with the weird instrumentation of Mighty Sphincter's Doug Clark, Joe Albanese, and Greg Hynes dancing around Ron Reckless' oddly Dylan-esque vocal phrasing. The numbers related to Dylan's record bounce around my head. It's pretty certain he had some influence, even if not directly, on at least a few of the classic Phoenix bands, punk and otherwise. Dylan probably never got down with any old Phoenix punk, but one never knows.
I wonder if any DJs out there have ever mixed a song off of Blonde on Blonde into a Mighty Sphincter song.
I sit here listening to Mighty Sphincter's Ghost Walking EP as I get ready to write about Bob Dylan's 1966 classic, Blonde on Blonde, which recently celebrated its 50th birthday right around the time its author turned 75. Peace to those of loved him in this time of transition, especially his wife Robin and daughter Athena. Note: Rest in peace Ron "Ronnie Reckless" Grotjan, who died of cancer on June 6, 2016, and was the reason I was listening to his band, Mighty Sphincter, as I wrote this.
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