THE BILLY JAMES INTERVIEW AUTUMN 1961 CONTINUED

Dylan: Ah, Woody was a folk-singer up to the point. Woody was a glorified singer. Woody was a man that went back to some record ... James: No, man, no ... Dylan: Well, you see, Woody was a man who dwelled on a simple record because he was getting attention ... <--- interrupted ---> Dylan: I play the piano. I used to play the piano. I used to play great piano, very great. I used to play Little Richard stuff only an octave higher. And everything came out - He made a big mistake - his records were great records - but couldn't have been greater. His great mistake was he played low. If he had played high, they would've been uncomplicated. Do you listen to Little Richard? James: No. Dylan: Well, Little Richard's something else. He's a preacher, man. But I sort of played the piano in his style. And I played everything high and amplified it. <--- interrupted ---> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This interview was conducted by Billy James of CBS sometime in the Fall, 1961. It is the first known taped interview and this is a transcript of the, unfortunately incomplete tape, published in Stephen Pickering's Praxis: One. A complete transcript (?) was published in New Musical Express 4/24/76.