It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Oct 25th, 2009 by oldfogey
1971 - my third year trying to teach skinheads in East London - and drowning. This is Leon Russell, from the same year, complete with false start. The song, a blues, is by Bob Dylan. The lyrics are typical Dylan whimsy - and don’t mean very much. It is given substance by Russell’s self command and chainsaw vocal. He lags fractionally behind the beat, in that way characteristic of blues and jazz. It’s not something consciously learnt, but absorbed, as by a child, from the sounds of the world around him.
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