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Bob Dylan - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano
David Bromberg - Electric Guitar, Dobro
Harvey Brooks - Electric Bass
Ron Corneliu - Electric Guitar
Charlie Daniels - Electric Bass
Buzzy Feiten - Electric Guitar
Al Kooper - Organ, Piano, Electric Guitar, French Horn
Russ Kunkel - Drums
Billy Mundi - Drums
Hilda Harris, Albertine Robinsin, Maeretha Stewart - Background Vocals
Producer - Bob Johnston
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Following
the critical and commercial drubbing that SELF PORTRAIT
received, Dylan returned with NEW MORNING, in many ways a
return to form. With its sepia-colored cover photo of a
somewhat rabbinical-looking Dylan, this is a gentle,
eclectic album in which Dylan celebrates married life and
living in the country. He sings about domestic bliss
("The Man in Me"), and on "Sign on the
Window," of the simple joy of being called
"Pa" by his kids. This was perhaps the last time
that Dylan would release a collection of songs so free of
his trademark bile.
"It Not For You," later covered by George
Harrison, is classic Dylan. Much of the music bears some
of the pastoral flavor of NASHVILLE SKYLINE. However the
title track and the slide guitar-driven "One More
Weekend" really rock. Elsewhere there are moments of
quiet beauty: the eloquent "Time Passes Slowly,"
and the lilting, waltz-time "Winterlude. Dylan can
even be heard enjoying himself in "If Dogs Run
Free," which finds him uttering comical Beat-style
jazz rhymes over scat singing. NEW MORNING ends with
"Father of Night," a straightforward benediction
that foreshadows some the religious themes that would
follow later in the decade.
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