Zimmy as Holden

Win Boogie (WinBoogie@aol.com)
Sun, 26 Apr 1998 01:15:39 -0400 (EDT)

Hey All,
    I was just reading a Bob Dylan biography sort of book that said there was
talk about Bob playing Holden in 1962. So let's see, Bob has been sought to
play Woody and Holden, I have an idea here; What if Bob went on the road in a
one man dinner theater show where he played, John Smith, Ben Franklin, Abraham
Lincoln, Mark Twain, John Dillinger, Woody Guthrie, Holden Caufield, and then
himself ( although maybe he would have to do some sort of epilogue as Bart
Simpson perhaps) I think this would be a huge success, giving people a true
picture of all these American heroes all done in a Oklahoma drawl by way of a
kid from Hibbing who heard a lot of Folkaways records. Hell, I'd go see it.
    I know we played the, "Who would play Holden?" game just recently, but I'm
wondering if anyone has any thoughts on Bob Dylan as Holden Caufield. I for
one think that any similarities between an early 1960's Bob Dylan and Holden
Caufield are dispelled by the fact that Bob had a clue.
                                                Best,
                                                    Robert