Musician recalls making of 1975 Bob Dylan album
Musician recalls makingof 1975 Bob Dylan album
MINNEAPOLIS -- It takes a lot of guts to tell Bob Dylan to change his song.
But guitarist Kevin Odegard says he did during the Minneapolis sessions for Dylan's classic 1975 album "Blood on the Tracks."
Odegard is one of the uncredited musicians who played on the album in 1974 at Sound 80, a studio in south Minneapolis. He recalls the musicians going over a version of one of Dylan's songs, but the singer didn't care for it.
Dylan then asked Odegard what he thought.
"And I said, 'Well, it's passable,'" Odegard told AP Radio. "I got 'the look,' and began to sweat right through my clothes."
Odegard, 53, offered a suggestion -- moving the song up a key, from G to A. The musicians played it halfway through the first verse and Dylan liked it, Odegard said.
The song, "Tangled Up in Blue," ended up kicking off "Blood on the Tracks" and is still performed by Dylan in concert.
Odegard and some of the musicians on the album are reuniting for a March 3 performance in Minneapolis. Dylan isn't on the lineup, though.
Bobby Brown lands in jailfor probation violation
DECATUR, Ga. -- Singer Bobby Brown is back in jail for violating his probation on a prior drunken-driving conviction.
Brown, 35, was being held Saturday without bond at the DeKalb County Jail, sheriff's spokeswoman Mikki Jones said. He was taken into custody after appearing before a judge Friday, but officials could not confirm exactly what Brown had done to violate his probation.
He was expected to remain jailed until a court hearing Friday.
The judge's ruling may have been related to Brown's charge of misdemeanor battery in December, after an argument with his wife, singer Whitney Houston. A preliminary hearing in that case was set for May 5.
Brown left the R & amp;B group New Edition in the late 1980s for a solo career. He has been on probation since January 2003, when he was convicted of a 1996 drunken-driving incident. Brown had been ordered to remain on probation until Feb. 17, 2005.
'Sex and the City' actresstakes wearble mementos
LOS ANGELES -- Kristin Davis of "Sex and the City" will always have the show in her heart -- and in her closet.
Davis played eternal optimist Charlotte York on the HBO series, which ends Sunday after six seasons. The actress said keeping most of the clothes was part of the deal.
"I have a lot of quintessential 'Charlotte' pieces," Davis told AP Radio recently. "I have a lot of her vintage clothes. I have a lot of her shoes, except for the ones that I'm really, really sick of because they hurt."
Davis said the series, about four women living in Manhattan, dramatically changed her life.
"What it's like to walk around in the world is completely different, in a way that has taken some getting used to, but is really incredibly flattering, especially now that we're going and people are so sad and kind of adorable about it, and it just makes you so thankful to have been a part of it," she said.
Today's birthdays
Songwriter Bob Willis is 70. Actor Peter Fonda is 64. Author John Sandford is 60. Singer-musician Johnny Winter is 60. Actress Patricia Richardson is 53. Rock musician Brad Whitford (Aerosmith) is 52. Singer Howard Jones is 49. Rock musician Michael Wilton (Queensryche) is 42. Actress Kristin Davis is 39. Tennis player Helena Sukova is 39. Country singer Steve Holy is 32. Rock musician Lasse Johansson (The Cardigans) is 31. Actress Dakota Fanning is 10.