Bob Dylan
711 15th Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN
1960-06-xx

01 Red Rosey Bush
02 Johnny I Hardly Knew You
03 Jesus Christ
04 Streets of Glory
05 K. C. Moan
06 Blues Yodel No. 8 (Muleskinner Blues)
07 Rambler, Gambler
08 Talking Columbia
09 Talking Merchant Marine
10 Talkin' Hugh Brown
11 Talking Inflation
24:31

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Minnesota Public Radio Archive
Cleve Pettersen Interview
Bonnie Wilson Interview
2005-01-14

12 Cleve Pettersen Interview
03:47

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Bob Dylan, 711 15th Ave Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, June 1960
taper: Cleve Pettersen
location : ground floor, living room, microphone sitting on coffee table, then microphone hand-held
lineage:
Realistic reel-reel tape recorder TR-167? >
Realistic High Fidelity Recording Tape (5 inch reel, 3 3/4 ips) >
Reel(s)> Reel>Tandberg TD 20A>Aiwa HD-S-100>DAT>
Transfer 8 October 2021 by LTA
TASCAM DA-30>TASCAM DR-100mkIII>
Amadeus Pro 2.8.7 (2576)>iZotope RX 8>xACT 2.50 (8446)>FLAC 0.4534 (12 files), tags, ffp, md5
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Bob Dylan
711 15th Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN
1960-06-xx
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Bob Dylan
711 15th Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN
1960-06-xx
01 Red Rosey Bush
(Traditional)
I wish I was a red rosey bush
By the banks of the sea
And every time my true love would pass
She�d pick a rose off me
I wish I had a little white box
To keep my true love in
And I�d take her out and kiss her then
I�d put her back again
I wish I was in some dark holler
Where the sun don�t ever shine
For if my true loves another
I know she�ll never be mine
I wish I was a red rosey bush
By the banks of the sea
And every time my true love would pass
She�d pick a rose off me
hmm hmm
Well�
02 Johnny I Hardly Knew You
(Joseph Bryan Geoghegan, Padraic Colum)
With your guns and your drums and your guns and your drums, A-hoo! A-hoo!
With your drums and your guns and your drums and your guns, A-hoo! A-hoo!
With your drums and your guns and your drums and your guns
The enemy fairly slew you
Oh, darling dear, you look so queer
Johnny, I hardly knew you
You haven�t an arm, you haven�t a leg, A-hoo! A-hoo!
You haven�t an arm, you haven�t a leg, A-hoo! A-hoo!
You haven�t an arm, you haven�t a leg
You�re an eyeless, boneless, chickenless egg
You�ll have to be put out with a bowl to beg
Johnny I hardly knew you
Where are your eyes that shone so mild, A-hoo! A-hoo!
Where are your eyes that shone so mild, A-hoo! A-hoo!
Where are your eyes that shone so mild
When you first my heart beguiled?
Why did you run from me and the child?
Johnny, I hardly knew you
Where are your legs that used to run, A-hoo! A-hoo!
Where are your legs that used to run, A-hoo! A-hoo!
Where are your legs that used to run
When you first went on to carry a gun
Indeed your dancing days are done
Johnny I hardly knew you
Where is your face that shone so bright, A-hoo! A-hoo!
Where is your face that shone so bright, A-hoo! A-hoo!
Where is your face that looked so bright
When you went on to fight at night
Oh, darling dear, you're out of sight
Johnny I hardly knew you
They�re rollin� out those guns again, A-hoo! A-hoo!
They�re rollin� out those guns again, A-hoo! A-hoo!
They�re rollin� out those guns again
But they never will take our sons again
No, they�ll never will take our sons again
Johnny I�m swearing to you
� 1867
Oh� Woody Guthrie, no, I can�t do it. I�d like to, ha ha!
I�ll do a couple of verses.
I�ve got that old file, played it in the summer.
Cleve Pettersen : Woody Guthrie song it was?
Yeah.
Er, this is a Woody, Woody Guthrie song.
03 Jesus Christ
(Woody Guthrie)
Jesus Christ was a man that traveled through the land
A carpenter true and brave
But that dirty little coward named Judas Iscariot
He laid Jesus Christ in his grave
One day Jesus knocked on a rich man�s door
�What must I do to be saved?�
�Sell all your goods and give it to the poor�
So they laid Jesus Christ in his grave
Jesus was a man that traveled through the land
A carpenter true and brave
But that dirty little coward named Judas Iscariot
He laid Jesus Christ in his grave
People of the land took Jesus by the hand
Followed him far and wide
Take to the rich, give the poor in the world
So they killed Jesus Christ on the side
When the love of the poor sure some day turn to hate
And the patience of the workers gives away
It would be best for you rich if you�d never been born
So they laid Jesus Christ in his grave
This song was written in New York City
Of carpenters, preachers and slaves
If Jesus preached today what He preached in Galilee
They would lay Jesus Christ in his grave
Jesus was a man, a carpenter by hand
A carpenter true and brave
But that dirty little coward named Judas Iscariot
Has laid Jesus Christ in his grave
� Copyright 1961 (renewed) and 1963 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)
Hmm!
I can�t think of anything else!
OK, thanks.
04 Streets of Glory
(Traditional)
I�m gonna walk the streets of Glory
I�m gonna walk the streets of Glory one of these days, hallelujah
I�m gonna walk the streets of Glory
I�m gonna walk the streets of Glory one of these days
I�m gonna sing and play the guitar
I�m gonna sing and play the guitar, one of these days, hallelujah
I�m gonna sing and play the guitar
I�m gonna sing and play the guitar, one of these days
Again I�m gonna see my lovin� mother,
I�m gonna see my lovin� mother, one of these days, hallelujah
I�m gonna see my lovin� mother
I�m gonna see my lovin� mother, one of these days
05 K. C. Moan
(Tee Wee Blackman)
I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
Lord, I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
Lord, I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
She blowed like my woman�s on board
[coughs]
When I get back on this K. C. road
Lord, when I get back on this K. C. road
Lord, when I get back on this K. C. road
Gonna love my woman like I never did before
I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
Lord, I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
Lord, I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
She blowed like my woman�s on board
Got a girl down in Alabama
Lord, I�ve got a girl down in Alabama
I�ve got a girl in down in Alabama
This girl means a whole lot to me
And I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
Lord, I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
Lord, I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
She blowed like my woman�s on board
I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
Lord, I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
Lord, I thought I heard that K. C. when she blowed
She blowed like my woman�s on board
� 1929
06 Blues Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
(Jimmie Rodgers, Vaughn Horton)
Hey, little water boy
Can you bring your bucket �round?
Hey, little water boy
Can you bring your bucket �round?
And if you don�t like your job
Let your water bucket down
Yodel-a-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ohh, ha ha, ha!!
Goddamn!!
� 1931 by Peer International Corporation
07 Rambler, Gambler
(Bob Dylan)
I�m a rambler, I�m a gambler
I�m a long ways from my home
If the people don�t like me
They can leave me alone
Come sit down beside me
Come sit down right here
Come sit down, love, I want you
Love you boldly, so dear
When you get to Wyoming
A letter you will see
If you get into trouble
Just you write and tell me
For I once had a lover
Her age was sixteen
She was the flower of Belton
And the rose of Aberdeen
Her parents was against me
Now she is the same
If I�m writ on your book, love
Just you blot out my name
Lord, there�s changes in the ocean
There�s changes in the sea
There�s changes in my true love
There ain�t no change in me
� 2005 by Special Rider Music
Cleve Pettersen : One of your songs?
Yeah.
Cynthia Fincher : Do �Talking Lobbyist�.
Cleve Pettersen : Yeah, yeah, do �Talking Lobbyist�, that�s a good song.
Nah� it�s not that good. I can�t do it, I can�t do it, I can�t do a talkin' blues on the tape recorder without him.
It has to be Woody Guthrie. It has to be Woody.
08 Talking Columbia
(Woody Guthrie)
I was down �long the river, just settin� on a rock
Watchin� the boats in the Bonneville Lock
The gate swings open and the boat sails in
Blows her whistle, she�s gone agin'
� Copyright 1961 (renewed), 1963 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)
Cynthia! Get outa here now!! Get out!
Cynthia Fincher: You�re talkin� about me?
Oh, fuck ya!
I want to get that Woody Guthrie song right.
09 Talking Merchant Marine
(Woody Guthrie)
In bed with a woman, just a-singin� the blues
Heard the radio tellin� the news
That the big Red Army took a hundred towns
Allies droppin� them two-ton bombs
Started yellin�
Screamin�
Dancin� up and down like a bullfrog!
Doorbell rung, in come a man
I signed my name, I got a telegram
�If you want to take a vacation trip
You got a dish-washin� job on a Liberty ship.�
Woman a-cryin��
Cynthia Fincher : Which one will find the right answer!
You�re useless Cynthia, and all of that!
�Bout two minutes I run ten blocks
I come to my ship down at the dock
Walked up the plank and signed my name
Blowed that whistle, she�s gone again!
Ships as far as the eye can see
Woman a-waitin�
Ship loaded down with TNT
All out across the rollin� sea
Stood on the deck, watched the fishes swim
I�se a-prayin� them fish wasn�t made out of tin
Sharks
Porpoises
Rainbow trouts
You�re useless Cynthia again, he he
Cynthia Fincher :
Now I was feelin� sad and I was blue
I didn�t know what in the world I was gonna do
All of them Communists they might screw you!
I said, �Screw you�!
And that�s done ya! Ha ha!
Con [coughs]� convoy�s the biggest I ever did see
All out across the rollin� sea
Ships blow the whistles, blows her bells
Blow them fascists all to hell!
Win some freedom
Liberty
Stuff like that
You�re useless, I�ll fling your dress in your face tonight if you don't shut your Goddamn mouth!
I�ll split you in half.
Oh hell, I can�t do it, OK.
Cynthia Fincher : Do �Talking Lobbyist�.
Cleve Pettersen : Yeah, do �Talking Lobbyist�.
� Copyright 1958 (renewed) and 1986 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
10 Talkin� Hugh Brown
(Bob Dylan)
I knew a boy named Hugh Brown
He�s the laziest man in town
Got up this morning and combed his hair
He�s so lazy, he just don�t go anywhere
He just kinda opens his door and walks out
And looks around and walks away
You know, he sprained his arm combing his hair
I don�t think that�s quite really fair
He lays in bed all the time
I don�t think that�s very right
He�s such a lazy bastard
You know, it was raining the other day
I mean the other night, and Hugh Brown said�
And Hugh Brown, he�s so lazy that
He said to me, �Bob, it�s raining on my bed�
And I says, �Oh?�, and he says, �Yeah�, and I says, �Oh�
Hugh Brown never closed the window
Oh, that�s the end!!
That�s the end, it doesn�t mean a thing.
� Copyright 2005 by Special Rider Music
11 Talking Inflation
(Tom Glazer)
Friends and neighbors of the United States
Come listen to a story that�s hard to relate
Takes place in a town where the hot air blows
Over in the lobbies where the filibuster (1) grows
Hardy Perennial (2)
[coughs]
Evergreen
Stinkweed
Down this town a feller� down in this town there�s a feller there
He ain�t a barber but he gets in people�s hair
He gets paid to squeeze, gets paid to twist
They call this critter (3) a lobbyist
He is high pressure
All thumbs
Fits any size of buttonholes
But he�s only doing his job
Then he gets a big bonus
From the National Association of Manufacturers
From the National Association of Real Estate Boards
From the National Association of Dry Goods Records
Big shots
This here feller, I�m sorry to say
He�s trying to kill the O.P.A. (4)
He�s trying to kill the housing bill
And other good things he�s trying to kill
He�s a killer
But he�s only doing his job
He gets a big bonus from the�
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Real Estate Boards
National Association of Cookie Fingers
Big shots
Friends and neighbors of the United States
I�ll tell you what�ll happen if they kill that O.P.A. (4)
Your beat-up buck won�t be worth a cent
Prices will fly to the firmament
Sky high rent
Sky high food
Sky high everything
Oh, but the lobbyist he�s only doing his job
He gets a big bonus�
From the National Association of Manufacturers
The National Association of Real Estate Boards
The National Association of Dry Goods Merchants
Big shots
If you don�t want to pay ten dollars for a pound of steak
Twenty dollars for a pound for cake
Fifty dollars for a pound of stew
Lord knows what for beans
Write a card to your Congressman now, today
And tell him to save that O.P.A.
Tell him to fight, it�s hard to do
For the National Association of Americans think
Biggest shots!
(1) A filibuster is a political procedure where one or more members of parliament or congress debate
over a proposed piece of legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal
(2) A plant that lasts three seasons or more and that can withstand freezing temperatures
(3) A critter is a living creature
(4) Office of Price Administration
� 1958 Folkways Records & Service Corp, NYC, USA
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Red Rosey Bush Traditional
Johnny I Hardly Knew You Joseph Bryan Geoghegan, Padraic Colum
Jesus Christ Woody Guthrie [Woodrow Wilson Guthrie]
Streets of Glory Traditional
K. C. Moan Tee Wee Blackman
Blues yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) Jimmie Rodgers [James Charles Rodgers], Vaughn Horton [George Vaughn Horton]
Rambler, Gambler Bob Dylan
Talking Columbia Woody Guthrie [Woodrow Wilson Guthrie]
Talking Merchant Marine Woody Guthrie [Woodrow Wilson Guthrie]
Talkin' Hugh Brown Bob Dylan
Talking Inflation Tom Glazer [Thomas Zachariah Glazer]
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Minnesota Public Radio Archive
Cleve Pettersen Interview
Bonnie Wilson Interview
2005-01-14
12 Cleve Pettersen Interview
Cleve Pettersen :
�he knew them better than I did and he asked around and came back and said, �Oh, Dylan�ll do it!�, and I had
never met Dylan, but we went over to where he was staying, and it was, it was just before or after his dinner
and he sat down and very nicely played a few songs for me, and hung out with his friends who were there�
Cleve Pettersen : Yeah, yeah, do �Talking Lobbyist�, that�s a good song.
Nah� it�s not that good. I can�t do it, I can�t do it, I can't do a talkin' blues on the tape recorder without him.
It has to be Woody Guthrie. It has to be Woody.
Talking Columbia
I was down �long the river, just settin� on a rock
Watchin� the boats in the Bonneville Lock
The gate swings open and the boat sails in
Blows her whistle, she's gone agin�
Cynthia! Get outa here now!! Get out!
Cynthia Fincher : You're talkin� about me?
Oh, [fuck] ya!
I want to get that Woody Guthrie song right.
Cleve Pettersen :
He was there with two women, friends of his, and they�re all, you know, college students, and er, these two
teenagers walked in with a tape recorder, and they�re, you know, having their fun, you know, amusing
themselves before we got there and they were just opening up a bottle of wine, and passing it around among
the three of them, and er� so I suppose it was just, you know, a night of relaxing at home, and er� it was
carefree and relaxed, and they were having fun and I suppose having some people there with a tape recorder
was part of their party.
Rambler, Gambler
I�m a rambler, I�m a gambler
I�m a long ways from my home
If the people don't like me
They can leave me alone
Beth Friend :
The Historical Society's Bonnie Wilson has listened to the tape. She says it�s a true historical artefact.
Bonnie Wilson :
This may be one of the first times that he actually sang into a recording instrument of some kind, namely
Cleve�s tape recorder.
Beth Friend :
Well, aside from the obvious significance for music fans, I mean they�re just going to love this, but is the
recording really anything special historically?
Bonnie Wilson :
It�s a slice of time, it�s er, the scene in Dinkytown in 1960, Dylan pretty much within the next six months went
to New York and didn�t look back, so I guess you could say historically it might have been his er� one of his
last salutes to Minnesota.
Beth Friend :
Now I understand you were a student at the University about the same time this recording was made.
Bonnie Wilson :
Yes, I was.
Beth Friend :
Has listening to it and researching its history brought back any personal memories for you?
Bonnie Wilson :
Oh yes, it�s funny you should ask that. Er, when I was a teenager in 1959, I used to go to the Purple Onion *
over in St. Paul with my friends from high school, and Bob Dylan played there a couple of times, in the corner,
and� we didn�t think he was very good! And er, we were there to eat French fries and drink Cokes and we
weren�t terrifically impressed with Bob, as a matter of fact we sort of hoped he�d tone down a little bit �cause
we wanted to talk and gossip and all that good stuff, and we� my friends and I talked about that many times
since, you know, �Oh, how little we knew at the time�! But it was true, he was not known by anybody for any
reason, and, so he was just a guy hanging around.
* The Purple Onion was located at 722 No. Snelling Ave. at the corner of Minnehaha Ave. in St. Paul, near Hamline University.
Beth Friend :
Bonnie Wilson is the curator of Sound and Visual Collections at the Minnesota Historical Society. The full
recording of the Dylan tape is available for listening at the Minnesota History Center in Saint Paul.
Rambler, Gambler
Come sit down beside me
Come sit down right here
Come sit down, love, I want you
Love you boldly, so dear
03:47
https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2005/01/14/bob-dylan-and-the-minnesota-party-tape
https://archive.mpr.org/profiles/01F9KXNRK99REQGEQ4HQE7P6G5
Bob Dylan and the �Minnesota Party Tape�
January 14, 2005 � It is the stuff of legend among Bob Dylan devotees � an early recording of Dylan singing
folk songs with friends in a Dinkytown apartment. But apparently only a few diehards have ever heard the socalled
�Minnesota Party Tape.� Until now. The tape has surfaced and is available for public listening. The
Minnesota Historical Society has acquired the tape from Minnesotan Cleve Pettersen, who in 1960, thought it
would be a good idea to record some local music acts in the Dinkytown area of Minneapolis on his new tape
recorder.
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Bob Dylan, 711 15th Ave Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, June 1960
taper: Cleve Pettersen
location : ground floor, living room, microphone sitting on coffee table, then microphone hand-held
lineage:
Realistic reel-reel tape recorder TR-167? >
Realistic High Fidelity Recording Tape (5 inch reel, 3 3/4 ips) >
Reel(s)> Reel>Tandberg TD 20A>Aiwa HD-S-100>DAT>
Transfer 8 October 2021 by LTA
TASCAM DA-30>TASCAM DR-100mkIII>
Amadeus Pro 2.8.7 (2576)>iZotope RX 8>xACT 2.50 (8446)>FLAC 0.4534 (12 files), tags, ffp, md5
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711 15th Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN
Bob Dylan : vocals, acoustic guitar
Cynthia Fincher : vocals

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