Talkin Greenwich Village,published by Hachette Books,will be releasedSept.
17and is available forpreordernow.
We sat one day thinking of all the names, and Gil came up with that, Dixon said.
We were going to be in a new world, and things were going to change.
We didnt call it a date, Dixon said.
We hung out together.
We went to parties.
She did not recall that particular party, but it probably happened, she said.
As Dixon recalled, I said, Really?
Since they had to split their paltry earnings, Dixon decided that the numbers didnt add up for her.
I had to pay rent and food, she said.
The guys could always go to a girl and eat their food and spend the night or whatever.
But I had to have my own money.
She settled for a job at the board of education, although she continued singing from time to time.
How do you translate a Dylan tune that doesnt have much of a melody?
You make a very moving first harmony part.
You construct the harmony part that becomes, then, the melody.
Then the melody becomes sort of a solid base.
And then you construct the second harmony off of the first harmony.
So that all of a sudden, youve got movement.
Radio stations in Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C., began playing it hourly.
According to Traum, he said, I like that song.
But could you change the words and make it a love song?
Knowing Dylan as they did, the group didnt bother to ask him for a rewrite.
