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Feb 23/15 – No one big has thrown in the towel yet

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Kevin Muir
Feb 23, 2015
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At 4am on February 15th, 1996, after sitting alone in a room writing out lyrics since 6pm, Bob Dylan called his studio musicians in to record what turned out to be one of his greatest masterpieces.

Dylan was in Nashville, having left New York the previous year. He had been frustrated with the slow progress recording his next record. So at the suggestion …

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