The three hour flight from Providence to Tampa was spent watching the new Dylan movie on my Kindle, compliments of Southwest.

“A Complete Unknown” was absolutely wonderful.

From Searchlight: Set in the influential New York City music scene of the early 1960s, “A Complete Unknown” follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts as his songs and his mystique become a worldwide sensation that culminates in his groundbreaking electric rock-and-roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.

Let’s talk about the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. I was there, a fourteen-year old with my two friends and their mother. Yes, it was as historic as the movie portrayed. My grown sons think it was amazing and mpressive that I was there at such a musically historic event.

My claim to fame.

So…back to the movie…

Let’s talk about the Dylan songs. I couldn’t help but sing along. I tried not to but, well, it was impossible to be quiet. We sat near the wing so I hoped the engine noise drowned out my renditions of “Times They Are A Changin”,” but I really didn’t care. I had my earbuds in and couldn’t hear much.

Banjo Man had taken his hearing aids out and was sound asleep. It was the best plane ride ever.

Six days later, on the flight from Austin to Las Vegas, I watched the movie again. Or most of it, since the flight was shorter. Did I sing? Yes. Was the movie as fascinating? Yes. Am I going to watch it again? Yes.

If you are a child of the sixties, check it out. You won’t be sorry.

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