"Dylan first played the song to group of singer-songwriters including Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, and Kris Kristofferson at Cash's house outside of Nashville when they were passing a guitar and singing a song.
Drummer Kenny Buttrey has said that he had a difficult time coming up with a drum part for the song. Dylan had suggested bongos, while producer Bob Johnston said cowbells. In order to "show them how bad their ideas were",
Buttrey used both instruments together. Kris Kristofferson, who was working as a janitor in the studio at the time, was enlisted to hold the bongos in one hand and the cowbell in the other.
Buttrey moved the sole overhead drum mic over to these new instruments. When he switches back to the drums for the choruses the drumset sounds distant due to not being directly miked. The take heard on the album is the first take and is one of Buttrey's own favorite performances."
The song was also a favourite of popular singer Madonna, "I used to listen to that one record, 'Lay Lady Lay', in my brother's bedroom in the basement of our house," she recalled. "I'd lie on the bed and play that song and cry all the time.
I was going through adolescence; I had hormones raging through my body. Don't ask me why I was crying – it's not a sad song. But that's the only record of his that I really listened to." "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_Lady_Lay
(Just the facts)
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"a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Oregon, Jan. 21 and Jan. 23 set records for the coldest high temperatures on those days, which were, respectively and coincidentally,
21 degrees and 23 degrees.
Months later, a report from Multnomah County suggested
the response to extreme weather should be stronger. "
"The snow and ice storm was brutal. It knocked out power for days. People died from the cold, from fires and from downed power lines."
(Freezing. That's a word.)
'July 2024 was Portland’s warmest July on record, according to Bryant.
July 5-9, Portland set new daily records every day, he said.
Portland roasted during a string of days with temperatures around 100 degrees, and at least 17 people died."
Warm? Hot as fucked climate.
'On Sept. 5, the airport reached 102 degrees, setting a record for the day.It was also only the third time since the early 1940s when records started being kept at the Portland International Airport that Portland hit
100 degrees in September." .
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The writing was bad. It was really, really, really bad.
It got worse. On a good note, it ended. Really.
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"456 people experiencing homelessness died in Multnomah County in 2023, up 45% from 2022"
"409 more people than died in 2011,
the first year records were kept."
'A total of 282 deaths, or 62%, were due to overdoses, according to the report. The vast majority of overdose deaths were caused by fentanyl, meth, or a combination of the two"
"Of the non-overdose deaths, 26 people died by suicide, 18 died of either cancer or heart disease and 14 died by homicide, according to the report.
There were no deaths caused by extreme heat and only one death due to cold weather.
Twenty-two people died in traffic accidents,
far higher than the rate of traffic deaths in the general population."
"We wish we could have helped him more, but he wore a shield that said, ‘I’m good, I can do this, I don’t want to be a burden,’” Shelbie, whose last name was not included, told Dean."
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"In 17 years, Oregon sees 91% spike
in homelessness, report says
the data also said that of families with children who are homeless, about 56% are unsheltered. That is the highest in the nation.
Oregon also has 1,315 unsheltered youth, the third highest in the country. "
https://katu.com/news/local/in-17-years-oregon-sees-91-spike-in-homelessness-report-says
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Who's been running Oregon for 17 years?
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