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Title: Slow Out of the Starting Gate
Review: Man, this is one drag of an album. His precociosness is such a boring act after awhile - so he can strum a guitar at 50,000 MPH and play a harmonica at the same time? There's a lot of imitation ("See That My Grave is Kept Clean", like half the tunes, is a cover, and a pale one at that) but no soul. A couple of slow, pleasant tunes "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" and "Song For Woody" save this mess from utter destruction. But the quantum leap he takes from this dreadful debut to "The Freewheelin'" is one of the most amazing rock'n'roll stories in history. I'd start there instead.
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