Paul Brady on Bob Dylan learning to play 'The Lakes of Pontchartrain' in 1984

[@kingshamie1332]

Great song Paul and a great singer and a top class guitar player

[@johnmccann8319]

Brilliant.Great story about Dylan.I have 2 signed autographs.One is Shay Healy and the other is Paul Brady.I had the privilidge to see Paul many times in concert.AMAZING Artist.👌💚

[@SimonTimoney-74]

Privelege

[@Rich-ng3yy]

That's a lovely story and interesting about the song too.

[@amaggie3913]

God bless you Paul Brady!

[@ks-eq3yx]

Thats our Bob always humble.

[@seamustoland8670]

Paul Brady is Irish not British 😊

[@robertfrazer8161]

"So you do it like this" and the producer changes the camera angle so that we CAN'T see what Paul does! Unbelievable!

[@niall3373]

Gobshite eh? 😂

[@maryrickert9220]

Bob then did a lot of Blood on the tracks in open D

[@cashminier]

It wasn’t in 1984 it was 1974 because Bob learned it for Blood on the Tracks

[@Adam-ie5wy]

It was 1984. Bob Dylan played first played at Wembley in 1984 (the tour with Carlos Santana). The 1974 tour was US only.

[@MortimerSnerdVideos]

@@Adam-ie5wy Yes but Bob heard Paul's The Lakes of Pontchartrain and asked to meet Brady and Brady told him it was in Open D tuning and showed him and where to put his fingers and that made Bob play every song on Blood on the Tracks in that tuning which was recorded in 1974 after the tour had ended.

[@Adam-ie5wy]

@@MortimerSnerdVideos That is an urban legend that is simply not correct, unless Dylan has the ability to time travel. Blood on the Tracks was recorded in 1974. Dylan learned to play the Lakes of Pontchartrain from Paul Brady in 1984. Brady put his version of Lakes of Pontchartrain out in 1978. Dylan couldn't have heard it before then in any case. As an aside, Dylan used Open D tunings as early as 1963 - for example, 'Corrina, Corrina' on Freewheelin.

[@richardmorley7999]

I think he is referring to meeting Bob at Dylans Wembley Stadium gig in Summer 1984. Welcome hear Kind Stranger was released in 1978 . In about 1986 talked about Paul Brady being one of his top ten favourite singers. Presumably ,at least in part as a thank you to Paul for his assistance

[@steinbauge4591]

1974

[@christopherhelton6999]

I love Dylan, but as a guitarist he couldn't hold a candle to British folkies like Brady, Nic Jones, and Bert Jansch, all of whom he tried to imitate, and all of whom made untold fortunes less than him.

[@steinbauge4591]

He obviously did more than trying to imitate them and sometimes he is a quite interesting guitarist while not at the level of Brady or even say Joan Baez technically. More about using his powerful personality, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Joni Mitchell has a point in saying Bob is good, sometimes very good but overrated. Dylan's version of Arthur McBride is not perfect but has this warmth, emotion both in singing and playing, stays with you.

[@christopherhelton6999]

@@steinbauge4591 I will give Dylan the credit for using his massive platform to turn people on to the British and Irish folkies, but, once I listened to Paul Brady's "Arthur McBride" or Nic Jones's "Canadee-I-O," I never felt much like returning to Dylan's.

[@christopherhelton6999]

@dominionphilosophy3698 Bert's been dead for awhile now. Still not forgotten. I'm not impugning Dylan as an artist. Just saying he was a shite guitar player. You're right: it's not all about playing guitar, so why you mad, bro?

[@martinamanecke3622]

Dylan's strength is in his marvellous poetry. His voice and guitar playing was just a way to perform those beautiful poems. And I prefer to read his works instead of listening to his nowaday's music since the 1990ies.

[@redlight4740]

Paul simon is quoted as saying one of the best folk guitarists he's ever worked with was bob dylan

[@markczarny7088]

Bob Dylan did a useless version of lakes not fit fit to polish this guys boots

[@steinbauge4591]

and yet..