Donovan (NME-1965)

[PenguinCookies94]

BOB DYLAN BOB DYLAN BOB DYLAN BOB DYLAN..........NO. this is Donovan. Not Bob Dylan.

[lisar3006]

The poor man's Bob Dylan.

[Livender]

@lisar3006 that's how they wanted to sell'im. it seems they were succesfull, since we are still talking bout it in 2012

[bluerailroad]

Didn't want to be considered a faux-Dylan, but dressed exACTly like him? And while ruining this old Blind Willie McTell song, maybe he could at least tune his guitar??

[apsscinc]

Sorry, but this sucks out loud!

[hm333333]

@apsscinc I completely agree with you. Here in year 2011, this wouldn't cut it at an amateur open mike.

[fuzzy5113]

@hm333333 oh please.....it's a cool tune and he's got a kick-ass voice....its sad that so many people subscribe to the close-minded idea that only the technically proficient can produce worthwhile music....

[apsscinc]

The drum part sounds really hard to play?!

[Beowolf1uk]

The guitarist on the other acoustic is Mac MacLeod Donovan's early mentor and the original Hurdy Gurdy Man.

[Lakrits3]

who is the guitarist in the background?

[imalovedrunk]

Toby Tyler all over 

[johnpeelfeel]

Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

[thuhuyen86]

gorgeous video

[stofstg]

concerts were so simple back then. plug in your guitar and sing. none of this phoney fancy stage designs, dancers, fireworks, etc.

[rulersrules]

nice song and nice guy :) he looked like dylan

[rosydave]

I don't think they should be compared, each is who he is. Dylan was IT at the time, who doesn't feel feel a bit qheasy about possible rivals to your crown. We're always trying to get it right between our noble, cool selves and our petty, childish-paranoid tendencies.

[whatsbeendone]

donovan and dylan are both wonderfull

yet both quite different

they are not similar at all

have any of you heard donovans albums sutras and beat cafe

[cjbarrett87]

Dylan didn't dislike Donovan, it's just a rhumour that's been spread. If you read Donovan's autobiography, "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" he explains that they actually got on well and still do

[hatleman2]

He is a dylan wanabee the only differnce is that dylan didn`t wear a cap

[SeegerWilde]

@hatleman2 early Dylan did wear a cap

[WolcottOakTree]

@hatleman2 I don't think art is a competition sport. Donovan made great music. I don't think we need to compare it with anyone else

[tage92]

SHE'S SHOWING HER LEGS!!

[cristina92alexa]

this is called catch, catch the wind.. :D i love donovan!

[PeterCRissKISSgod]

cute girl. great music.

[cloudbuster66]

now i liked donovon better than dylan,but thats my opinion,

[LynseyWells83]

Google "Donovan Unofficial"

What a fantastic site!

[DeeepSmyle]

So sweet, his li'l smile & laugh at 5:57! I think he'd been a wee bit nervous getting started...but really knew, of course, everyone just loved him!

And we still do :)

Peace & Best Wishes~

[raymondscat]

Wow Nostalgia! It took me right back. Great.

[hugoestr]

He, he, Kathy is trying to get away from the dude.

[SpasticSeamonkey]

God he's hot.

[staronmyfoot]

cool, something new, dylanesque

[GrlLeastLikelyTo]

What a cutie :) Gotta love Donovan...

[AANSkits]

i love both these songs!

[stofstg]

anybody know where i can find a guitar tab for donovan's version of 'you're gonna need somebody on your bond'?

[Gazolba]

Dylan and Donovan started at about the same time 1963. Donovan's autobiography tells a very interesting story.

[jonneeTV]

I seem to keep posting this ... Google Bob Dylan, enjoy

such very different entities

[kelza12300]

Lets get something right. Dylan and Donovan were into the same artist growing, they were folk artish

[mrc926]

Did "The Doors" make this exact song into "Wild Child" years later? Cause it certainly100% sounds like it to me.

[captatnonmuscas]

The influence of Dylan is quite evident, particularly in the second song, which sounds like an answer to Dylan's song "Blowing in the wing"

[runkkiballe]

That second song sounds just like Dylan´s "Chimes of Freedom"

[oxalicman]

I don't know why Dylan didn't like Donovan. I think he was teasing him all the time because he was known from the public first and his music was more pure in some sort of ways.

[HelloHelicopter]

do you have any evidence of Dylan not liking Donovan? from all the Clips of the "Dont Look Back" Documentary it seems that his impressed by him.

Why else would he invite him up to the room?

Ive also seen Clips of Dylan holding Newspapers with his position on Donovan stating "I like him, hes a nice guy" on the "Sunshine Superman" documentary.

This whole Dylan vs Donovan thing to me is totally fabricated.

Each artist is a genius in his own right. Who ever is "better" is up to individual

[AANSkits]

yeah! exactly. thank u!!!!! thank u vry much HelloHelicopter

[RayNDeere]

@HelloHelicopter The only thing I read about Dylan and Donovan was that Dylan thought Donovan sounded more like Ramblin' Jack Elliott than Dylan.

[stolenusername4]

@HelloHelicopter a guitar and a harmonica do not a man make

[Sweetlemonsband]

Dylan and Donovan actually liked each others music extentsively and met up several times in 1965

[yourmybestfriend101]

luv you donovan

[Raymantico]

Ah, so this is where Bob Dylan got his ideas...

[GenericGene]

Dylan was around long before this -

[fuckedsociety]

so?? why does that matter

woody guthrie was around long before dylan

they are all great why compare them

[ToolsnFire]

Image and 'style', but..... music?

[waxwall]

This was a full 2 months before Dylan

appeared in public with a band.

[zeldagoblin]

But he and Dylan hung out in the same cirles, and even jammed together from time to time. He was certainly aware if his style.

[jon1156]

"Because I'm in luv

with Cathy McGowowowan!"  Billy Idol

Incidentally, this clip is shite.

[Ivor662]

I like the song and several of his other hits but it sounds to me he's adopting a 60s Dylan style. More so on the record where the harmonica is more featured.

[zeldagoblin]

Yep. Even the accent and throaty snarl is Dylanesque. When you listen to catch the wind and colours, he lets his scottish accent come thru, much more authentic.

[oxalicman]

In his early days, his main influence was Dylan, but he's really quick-witted and I think Sunshine Superman (1966) was the first record to mark his own real style and, to tell you the truth, he did follow the music generation in all his writing between 1966-1970, which Dylan didn't, while trying to isolate or dissapear from the world almost.

[jumpingjess09]

I love Donovan but this is not him - it's some kind of a fancy-dress ball boy.

[djboony]

if any one wants to know how to play need somebody on your bond, pick a G, but with your ring finger on the G string

[djboony]

anyone know the chords to this first track i cant make them out?

[djboony]

great song man, donovan is really nothing like bob dylan

[phillydog17]

I smoked bananna peels because of him.

[BritBrat5O]

so did I lol and all I got was a sore throat as far as I recall...But, the music was Great!!!

[phillydog17]

When I learned that rope was hemp I also tried to get a buzz from smoking it. I was fifteen in 1967 and I loved every minute of our music scene. Thanks for responding.

[door2yourheart]

Lol, me too! Nutmeg as well, oh and dahlia leaves! Then there were the mushrooms...............

[LOngFirElol87]

<3DonovaN<3

[Airhockeylirare]

Donovan is incredible

[GLASGOWOFCELTIC]

nice harp playin donovan

[laushin]

this is a bloody great show!Just imagine the scene back then and compare it to the worthless crap we got today!

[door2yourheart]

Totally agree! Today - Wannabe mediocre pop groups lauded as rock bands, all imitating each other to stay in the charts, no originality! Sickly, girly, imitative media darlings on the make, desperately trying to appear cute! Nasal whining, formulaeic, synthetic "R&B"/soul" posers with facial and tonsorial topiary as a requisite! Dick head rappers wearing sweat shop produced sports clothes and tacky gold bling, glorifying gangsta mind set negativity! All to blag big money from the naive youths!

[psychedelicinvasion]

Wow! So young in this video!

Great performance. Love it! =D