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I'm bummed out about missing your clever Dylan thread. "Infidels" is my favorite Dylan album that I don't own. Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan were certainly an interesting combination, and throw in Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, and Mick Taylor and you've got one helluva band. Interesting fact: "Blind Willie McTell" was first recorded during the "Infidels" sessions but left off of the album.

I'm partial to "Jokerman" and "I and I":

Took an untrodden path once,
Where the swift don't win the race,
It goes to the worthy,
who can divide the word of truth.
Took a stranger to teach me,
To look into justice's beautiful face
And to see an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."

I'm bummed out about missing your clever Dylan thread.

Well you're here now and can read it. I have always known about "Neighborhood Bully" but never read the lyrics much including exact words such as "bomb factory". The lyrics have more meaning today then they did in 1983.

"Infidels" is my favorite Dylan album that I don't own. Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan were certainly an interesting combination, and throw in Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, and Mick Taylor and you've got one helluva band. Interesting fact: "Blind Willie McTell" was first recorded during the "Infidels" sessions but left off of the album.

Mark Knofler is a genius. Too bad he closed down Dire Straits.
And Mick Taylor of course propelled the Stones during their greatest era. Mick went out on one tour with Bob.

Thanks for the great link to Expecting Rain. Very nice website which I will be returning to. ....... Even has something on Levon Helm. I always liked The Band, with "Big Pink" being the best.