Hot picking by 2 giant country guitarists doing a variety of song styles. However, their styles overlap so much that often it is hard to distinguish which one is leading, and by the end of the album the music begins to all sound alike.
So who was the first electric guitarist on a Bob Dylan single? Well, duh, you can read a headline — not Mike Bloomfield, not Robbie Robertson, but George Barnes, in 1962. The record was Mixed-Up Confusion, the band skiffling like Bill Black's combo behind Elvis. Producer John Hammond's idle comment about cutting the tune, that they even tried it with a Dixieland band, sent collectors scurrying for a lost take. But Hammond may have meant… more »
