Mick Doobie
Resist We Much
I know it sounds odd, man.
The "haunted frightened trees", are you familiar with Southern Live Oak? I'll post an example photo. Being right there on the bay, no telling how many hurricanes they have seen, before they were cut down to build a blacktop parking lot. What a sin.
The "circus sands", what the hell does that even mean. But you know it when you see it, especially at night standing under the "diamond skies", that's what it looks like, the sand, like little circus tents all along the beach.
The clincher, "to dance beneath the diamond skies with one hand waving free". Although I didn't Fly Fish there, that is how I have often described Fly Fishing, an art, a dance. But casting a spinrod it's the same motion. A dance, with one hand waving free.
The song literally coincides with my memory of the place, and I being there. Its as if, if I had the gift that Dylan has with words, that is how I would describe it. It's very strange, and beautiful. He often has that sly little grin, a shrug of the shoulders, like he knows something. He's got a secret, it's up to you to figure it out. Throughout his career, everytime someone would try to peg him into a slot such as "the voice of a generation", "you got the wrong guy" he would say.
Mr Tambourine Man he is playing tuned down open D on the 6th string, the top string. When he plays the "G" chord he lets that D ring. He leaves the 1st string open E. He fingers the 2nd string 3rd fret, D. I'm not sure what you would call that chord, but it's beautiful, particularly in context. You could play the song just substituting G maj. You could, it just wouldn't be the same.
Southern Live Oak
