Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 8:46:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Isabella O'Neill-Lack <IOLACK@jade.bucknell.edu>
To: grantg@bucknell.edu
Cc: IOLACK@jade.bucknell.edu
Subject: Patti Smith Article
In the July 11th - 25th issue of Rolling Stone, there is an article about Patti Smith on page 23. (I haven't bought an issue of Rolling Stone in awhile, but I think I will buy this one to add to my Patti Smith collection.) I thought you might be interested in this article. I didn't read it, but by skimming the pages, I do not see mention of Sam Shepard.
Hope all is well.
Isabella
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Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:45:27
From: VF4@gnn.com (Vince Farinaccio)
To: grantg@bucknell.edu
Subject: Brownsville Girl
Hi,
It's great to see a Sam Shepard site on the internet. I've been
browsing through it and noticed the lyric to "Brownsville
Girl" is included. I was wondering if you were aware that
this is actually a revised version of the collaboration by Shepard
and Dylan. The original version,titled "New Danville Girl"
was recorded in December 1984 and contains variations of some
lines and includes some additional verses as well. The copyright
for this is registered December 26, 1984 and identifies Shepard
as being employed by Dylan in the composing of the song (possibly
because Dylan wanted to have the option of rewriting the lyrics?).The
copyright for "Brownsville Girl" in 1986 lists "words,
music and arrangement by Robert Dylan with Sam Shepard."
In the final version, Dylan deleted sections, added the verse
about Henry Porter's name being an alias and considerably revised
the next section about "people who suffer" in addition
to polishing some of the lines and images (the line about Ruby
hanging clothes in the backyard was originally an image of her
at a window as the car pulls up).Dylan discussed the writing of
the song with Bill Flanagan in 1985 and revealed that he and Shepard
were inspired by Lou Reed's "Doin' the Things That We Want
To" which has the narrator viewing the Broadway production
of Fool For Love. The narrator of "New Danville/Brownsville
Girl", Dylan pointed out, was placed in a movie theatre because
of this.
I hope this has been helpful in some way. Thanks for providing this site.
Vince Farinaccio
From: Tim Grossklaus <timgross@blc.edu>
Reply-To: timgross@blc.edu
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To: grantg@bucknell.edu
Subject: Sam S and Counting Crows
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Hey, just thought you'd like to know. . .
There's a song on the new Counting Crows' album "Recovering the Satellites" called "Another Horse Dreamer's Blues" based on the "Geography of a Horse Dreamer" play. They also have an unreleased song called "Margery Dreams of Horses" which is a little more loosely tied into the play. Just thought you'd like to know. If you have any questions (ie. lyrics, etc.) drop me a line.
Tim Grossklaus
timgross@blc.edu
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