“Dylan is a great singer” – Bryan Ferry

“I actually think Dylan is a great singer. For years people said ‘Great songs but he can’t sing.’ But he’s one of the great voices, just as Louis Armstrong was, or Edith Piaf or Lotte Lenya – I guess they’re all oddball in one way or another.”

That’s according to Bryan Ferry, promoting Dylanesque, his album of Bob covers, due in the shops on 5 March (in England).

The Ferry interview is the cover feature in the Culture mag of yesterday’s Sunday Times. The Ferry portrait on the front cover is captioned ‘With Bob on his side’ (geddit?). The frisky sub-editor, obviously amused by his joke, captioned the article (pp 30/31) ‘The freewheelin’ Mr Ferry’.

A recommended read (and purchase).


http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1389907.ece



Gerry Smith