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7 thoughts on “With, and Without”

1. You know how almost everything reminds me of a Bruce Cockburn song? “Pacing the Cage” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN2uMVYwmqc

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   • I have been realising that might be the case. Funny and unexpected that a Texan would relate so well to a Canadian songwriter. Especially a left wing sh*t disturber 🙂 Good thing though, since you keep on pointing me to songs of his that I don’t know well. I listened to this one and then it looped into a long interview with three more songs. Nice to listen to how he thinks, and his self effacing ways. I don’t think the guy in this photo was very humble, but that is just a gut feeling obtained from a vertiginous height, which was making my gut unreliable.

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     • He DOES speak to me! I enjoy lyrics that are literate and thoughtful and emotional. And the left-wing politics is an added benefit, of course! Glad you found the interviews; I like his self-effacing manner, too.

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     • I’ve only seen him once, in about 1973, in a grubby little room at the university. We were told to bring cushions as we were sitting on the floor. Very intimate, a good venue for his kind of music, and for someone that is shy of his audience. Don’t remember much about the music though, too long ago.

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     • That would have been a great way to see him. In his memoir, Rumours of Glory, he writes at length about his struggles to relate to his audience; it’s refreshingly candid.

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     • He alludes to it in some of the interviews that your comments have set me listening to. Strange that a performer would have such difficulty with an audience.

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     • It is an odd combination, to be sure! But I’m glad he stuck with it, and figured out how to be “on” with his audiences.

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