[HANASHIR:13649] Re: Grammies

[sholom <sholom...>]

>> Bob Dylan -- who singlehandedly revolutionized pop music in the 1960's
>> and 1970's with such landmark albums as Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde
>> on Blonde, Blood on the Tracks -- won a Lifetime Achievement in the
>> 1990's -- but for nothing before that.
>
> Bob Won a Grammy in 1980, Best Male Rock Vocal, I think, for Gotta Serve
> Somebody, Bob's first "Christian Era" single.

Whoops -- you are right, and I sincerely apologize for the above mistake. 
Yes, he won in 1979 for Gotta Serve Somebody.

My criticism still holds however -- after his truly landmark albums (noted
above), for his first win to be "Gotta Serve Somebody" is absurd.

>  At the Grammy party
> afterward, the great folk music impresario Harold Leventhal (Pete
> Seeger's manager) walked up to Dylan, stuck out his hand and said, "Bob!
>  Mazal tov!"

Now _that's_ a great story!!

-- Sholom





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