Bongo Boy Magazine Out Of The Garage Feb. 2017 | Page 10

It Takes A Punk To Cover The Proto-Punk Bob Dylan ’ s Rainy Day Women # 12 and 35 . How exactly do you cover a legend ? Gar Francis knows the answer !

This Bob Dylan classic was recorded and produced by Gar Francis in which he recorded all the tracks himself . Playing piano , fuzz bass , guitar , harmonica , and vocals . The track originally recorded by Bob Dylan reached No 2 on the US charts in April 1966 . Gar ' s version of Rainy Day Women still makes a fun time of this classic .
Music Review by The Grouch Hej America !
My good friends at Bongo Boy have asked me to review the latest single by Gar Francis . Naturally , I enthusiastically agreed . For those of you who don ’ t know , Gar is monster from the East Coast ; over the past several years I have heard a lot of his music and I can honestly say there is nothing , from what I have heard of Gar ’ s music that I did not like - a lot !
This latest single is no exception . This time out Gar is covering Dylan , specifically the song Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 . This is a bold move for anyone , but Gar pulls it off . Dylan , in my opinion , was the proto-punk . I have seen the reaction to the show in Newport where Dylan went electric and oh how the folkies were up in arms . Bob Dylan was busting heads . The thing about Dylan is , despite the fact that often times his voice simply sucks , he is such a huge figure that covering Dylan well is a really difficult thing to do .