The singer on his debt to the tradition: "If you'd sung 'John Henry was a steel-drivin' man' as many times as I did, you'd have written 'Blowin' in the Wind, too."
I think you were referring to "Golden Vanity" where he says "This one's got all that stuff in it. You'll see, all that and more." Great article.
Terrific history of a song full of pithy quotes.
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnogowski/p/gregory-peck-brownsville-girl-and?r=7pf7u&utm_medium=ios
Great piece! I'll put Self Portrait on every now and then. Certainly not one of his greats, but I think more enjoyable than awful.
The next, New Morning, made up for it.
Yes, there's that way of looking at it.
I think you were referring to "Golden Vanity" where he says "This one's got all that stuff in it. You'll see, all that and more." Great article.
Terrific history of a song full of pithy quotes.
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnogowski/p/gregory-peck-brownsville-girl-and?r=7pf7u&utm_medium=ios
Great piece! I'll put Self Portrait on every now and then. Certainly not one of his greats, but I think more enjoyable than awful.
The next, New Morning, made up for it.
Yes, there's that way of looking at it.