![]() ![]() He didn’t let his disability stop him from chasing his dream, even if he had to adjust it. Langhorne’s story is an inspiration to us all. He was playing, and this vision of him playing this tambourine just stuck in my mind.” On one session, Tom Wilson had asked him to play tambourine. Bruce was playing guitar with me on a bunch of the early records. Tambourine Man,’ I think, was inspired by Bruce Langhorne. In the liner notes for Biograph, Dylan wrote, “‘Mr. If it wasn’t for him developing the finger-picking style, then he’d never have garnered such a reputation to be an accompanist, and his paths wouldn’t have crossed with Dylan’s, which spurned the creation of ‘ Mr. And that’s very essential for an accompanist.” He added: “I got to be a very good accompanist for that reason. Here is a photo of Langhorne and his tambourine.Rather than viewing his disability as a stumbling block, it instead became the making of Langhorne. The story is that he told his mother, “I guess I won’t have to practice the violin anymore.” He couldn’t play the violin, but he certainly could pick the guitar. At an early age, he was a violin prodigy but, when he was around 12-years old, he blew the tips of his fingers off playing with fireworks. Dylan said, “He had this giant tambourine. But in 1985, Dylan said it was inspired by Bruce Langhorne, the guitarist that accompanied him on the song. ![]() The song has been endlessly analyzed, often interpreted as a song about a drug experience. ![]() While it wouldn’t be released on a record until 1965, he had performed the song at a few small venues but, for most of the people in the festival audience, this was their first time hearing the song. Tambourine Man” was written by Dylan in early 1964. What I want to share with you is the biggest Dylan event of 1964, his performance of “Mr. Even at 22-years old, Dylan could pull off a bullwhip as a fashion accessory.īy the 1964 Newport Folk Festival, Dylan was a star, on a par with Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary and by 1965, Dylan owned the festival. ![]()
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