We
remember Dylan
1976
I wrote this piece because I lived in Dinkytown in Minneapolis and kept hearing people say they had been Bob Dylan's friends. It was like Woodstock -- you were the the only perspon in the 70s not to be there -- to hear them tell the tales. Here are their stories, as verbatim as I can make them. Each of these remarks is from a different
person. I myself have never met Bob Dylan. Honest! -Mike Finley
Yeah, I knew him. We used to hang around a lot. He lived just upstairs from me, used to say hi in the laundry room.
You know. We did things.
Hands in his pockets, tough act. I used to think,
he could really benefit from relaxation therapy.
I won't lie. Him and me and two, three other guys
lived on Nicollet Island, down by the peanut butter warehouse.
We were all slobs but he was the worst.
One morning stumbling around I kicked his guitar halfway across the room.
Said he'd get me for that but so far I can't
say that he has.
What a guy. Rips off his friends, hits the jackpot,
total amnesia. What a pal.
for spare change, and bang the urns when one would clog.
A semi-regular. He got the sack but he
might have changed. I've got the tapes at home.
Roots stuff, way early. Give me a call, I'll let you hear 'em. Any time. Say, I'll bet that stuff mightbe worth a few bucks
Bob Dylan the folksinger or Bob Dylan the dickhead?
One of them stole my best licks. "Don't Think Twice It's All Right" -- did he ever write another song remotely like that one? Think about it.
And he laughed in that boyish way I'll never forget. He was like that, real sweet.
That's his home town, you know. We'd pick up chicks, down some brew.
Partying with Bob, man!
He couldn't type for shit. Hunt here, peck there.
Had to cover Greek days so he quit. He was his own sort of person, if you know what I mean.
I said, Woody who?
dropping his name like some kind of asshole?
I wouldn't do that to Bob. Some other asshole, maybe.
Not me.
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