I didn’t realize, “Furry Sings the Blues” was autobiographical . . .
I didn’t realize, “Furry Sings the Blues” was autobiographical . . .She wrote it about her encounters with Memphis music; the title alludes to bluesman Furry Lewis---who actually hated the song and demanded Mitchell pay him royalties if she was going to use him as a subject. (Furry Lewis also toured with the Rolling Stones once upon a time.
As for Bob Dylan, I still think Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Planet Waves, The Basement Tapes, and Blood on the Tracks are the man's best music . . .