Recordings

October, 1970

Bob Dylan Self Portrait (Columbia), a double album, might well be called "Bob Dylan and Friends," the personnel on the recording numbering an even 50, including Cajun fiddler-singer Doug Kershaw and Robbie Robertson, guitarist of The Band. Producer Bob Johnston has made full use of all hands without slipping into overproduction. Highlights of this new chapter in Dylan's "get-back" period include Blue Moon, featuring some fine fiddlework by Kershaw, and Dylan's version of Quin...