![]() ![]() Three complete takes from the first day of work on the album, with his entire ensemble, don’t work, and neither do two complete takes from the seventh Infidels session. Recording the song has been giving Dylan difficulty. James Infirmary”-the same melody that dominates Blind Willie McTell’s own “The Dyin’ Crapshooter’s Blues”-with possibly just a touch of Frédéric Chopin’s Marche Funèbre. Almost right away, it is obvious that the melody of “Blind Willie McTell” comes from “St. ![]() Mark Knopfler softly, exquisitely picks an acoustic guitar in the background, then joins in Bob Dylan hits a quick pair of somber E- flat minor chords, sketches two measures of melody, and begins to sing, wearily: “Seen the arrow on the door po-ost, sayin’ this land is condemned.” Twenty years after “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” he has written another of his many songs that traverse appalling sights and sounds. It is a quiet but stark call to musical order. ![]() The Power Station studio is hushed there is a barely audible footfall, then Dylan strikes a single piano key. ![]()
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