Posted on 05/16/2014 2:47:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Is Bob Dylan channeling his inner Sinatra? Or is it his inner Rachmaninoff? On Wednesday, Mr. Dylan’s website, bobdylan.com, posted what appears to be the cover of the singer’s forthcoming album, “Shadows in the Night,” as well as a single track – a gently sung cover of “Full Moon and Empty Arms,” in an ensemble dominated by a country-tinged steel guitar part. The song, written in 1945 by Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman, is based on a theme from the third movement of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and was a hit for Frank Sinatra in 1946.
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That gentleman has a really nice voice.
Give me an hour with him to teach him barre chords so he can ditch the capo. LOL.
Seriously though, thank you for that! :-)
You mean Phil Hartman’s Frank.
I better come back maybe next week, ‘cause you see I’m on a losing streak.
The last time I saw a photo of Bob Dylan I thought I was looking at a picture of Vincent Price. Really.
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