I'm in the habit of posting anniversary blog posts, and even though the 4th won't really happen until July 15, I decided to go ahead with it now. This one is different ... no history at all ... just a gift of a video and an mp3 file of one of my favorite tunes of all time, Bob Dylan's Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands. I explained my reasons in the post, Doug Dawgz Blog: Your 4th Anniversary Gift ...



* * * Of all of his many tunes, the one that has stuck with me most vividly is his Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, a tune which is about 11½ minutes long and occupies the full side of one of the two LP's contained in his fantastic 1966 Blonde On Blonde album.

For some reason, getting this old album out and hearing Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands was in my waking dreams this morning, and upon getting out of bed I knew what I wanted my 4th Anniversary blog post to be ... the tune and, better still if available, the tune with a video. Low and behold, I found the perfect mix at Google Videos, and the video there is substantially the same as the video at the top of this page ... I tinkered with it just a little and saved it to my own web host for faster loading here. Unfortunately, the person who put the video together so very nicely is not identified at the Google source, but I thank him or her for the good job done, just the same.

Until doing research this morning about the tune, all these years I had no or little understanding of what the lyrics might have meant to Dylan. * * *
If you're a Bob Dylan fan, you'll probably enjoy the post and you might keep open Friday, August 6, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., since he is scheduled for a concert at the OKC Zoo Amphitheater. Admission is $39.50 for lawn seats and $69.50 for VIP seating.