I first heard the tapes on some cassette boots in the late 90's.. And those scattered tracks on Jesse's copy of Great White Wonder. Then my own copy of GWW, from a record store in Ann Arbor (which I still have). Then a dub of the Genuine Basement Tapes then later the remastered Tree With Roots on CD-R (now on grooveshark, of course). I remember playing it for hours in that Toledo apartment - about the time I fell into the Anthology of American Folk Music. And things changed.
There are some amazing moments. The sheer, indescribable "I'm Not There (1956)" - a song that contains worlds. The giddiness, the bawdiness, the openness.. I can't wait to dive back in.. Deep.
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