ARTS DIARY: FOLK Bob Dylan and the Poetry of the Blues/Pacific Road Theatre.Byline: DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. CHARTERS FROM his soft-soled brown shoes to the fastened top button on his tieless white shirt, the man looked the cool dude - with turn-ups on his blue jeans and a red lining peeping from a longdraped coat in the Teddy-Boy style. But he has the head of a professor with abundant white hair flopping over his spectacles. Then you notice a perfectly modulated voice, sugared by the company of intellectuals. Michael Gray For other people named Michael Gray, see . Michael Gray (born August 3, 1974 in Sunderland, United Kingdom), sometimes known as Micky Gray, is an English football player who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. as a full-back. He wears the number 33 shirt for the club. , who now lives in France, was performing near the gorgeous cinemas and the lower dives, where he first heard the rock and rollers, who would become his heroes. But one towered over them all - Bob Dylan Noun 1. Bob Dylan - United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) Dylan , the poetic troubadour troubadour One of a class of lyric poets and poet-musicians, often of knightly rank, that flourished from the 11th through the 13th century, chiefly in Provence and other regions of southern France, northern Spain, and northern Italy. , his head filled with dreams, cunning rhymes and beautiful melodies, drawn from open pastures and unyielding streets. Gray, 62, became an authority on Dylan's work, writing the books, Song and Dance Man and later the Bob Dylan Encyclopaedia. During his performance, Gray prowls the stage speaking of how Dylan absorbed the blues and, with genius and trickery, turning it into his own work. The act is called Bob Dylan and the Poetry of the Blues, and it was much appreciated by a respectful audience. From time to time, Gray pointed to the men in the balcony running the lighting and sound. They showed film or played records, which explained how Dylan had blended old blues into his songs. Gray appears in Southport in June. On May 1, Dylan himself is performing at the Echo Arena, Liverpool. CAPTION(S): Michael Gray |
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