If Wilhelm Reich is the Moses who has led them out of the Egypt of sexual slavery, Dylan Thomas is the poet who offers them the Dionysian dialectic of justification for their indulgence in liquor, marijuana, sex, and jazz.

While S.K. did not like Dylan Thomas, I liked his poems very much, but I made the mistake of telling Dylan Thomas so, whereupon he said to me, `` I suppose you think you know all about me ''.

Like the pillars of Hercules, like two ruined Titans guarding the entrance to one of Dante's circles, stand two great dead juvenile delinquents -- the heroes of the post-war generation: the great saxophonist, Charlie Parker, and Dylan Thomas.

Now Dylan Thomas and Charlie Parker have a great deal more in common than the same disastrous end.

A poem by Dylan Thomas, a saxophone solo by Charles Parker, a painting by Jackson Pollock -- these are pure confabulations as ends in themselves.

* Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet

Dylan Marlais Thomas ( 27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953 ) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems, " Do not go gentle into that good night ", " And death shall have no dominion ", the " play for voices ", Under Milk Wood, and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.

5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, birthplace of Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, in Wales, on 27 October 1914, to David John Thomas ( 1876 – 1952 ), a teacher, and Florence Hannah ( née Williams ) ( 1882 – 1958 ), a seamstress.

Thomas ' father chose the name Dylan, which could be translated as " son of the sea ", after Dylan ail Don, a character in The Mabinogion.

Dylan Thomas Theatre, home of Swansea Little Theatre

Dylan's legacy as the " doomed poet " was cemented with the publication of Brinnin's 1955 biography Dylan Thomas in America, which focusses on his last few years and paints a picture of him as a drunk and a philanderer.

David Thomas in Fatal Neglect: Who Killed Dylan Thomas?

Caitlin Thomas ' autobiographies, Caitlin Thomas – Leftover Life to Kill ( 1957 ) and My Life with Dylan Thomas: Double Drink Story ( 1997 ), describe the destructive effect of alcoholism on the poet and to their relationship.

William York Tindall, in his 1962 study, A Reader's Guide to Dylan Thomas, finds comparison between Thomas ' and Joyce's wordplay, while he notes the themes of rebirth and nature are common to the works of Lawrence and Thomas.

* Dylan Thomas: Volume II — Selections from the Writings of Dylan Thomas ( Caedmon TC 1018 – 1954 )

* Dylan Thomas: Volume III — Selections from the Writings of Dylan Thomas ( Caedmon TC 1043 )

* Dylan Thomas: Volume IV — Selections from the Writings of Dylan Thomas ( Caedmon TC 1061 )

* In the fourth chapter of Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan says he knew Blow, and that it was Blow who introduced Dylan to the rap genre of the time ( mentioning contemporary artists like Ice-T, N. W. A.

" Bob Dylan highlighted Orbison's song structures in his book Chronicles: Volume One, specifically noting how they were " songs within songs ".

* Bob Dylan mentions Minuit in his song " Hard Times in New York Town " ( released on The Bootleg Series Volume 1 ) in the following line: Mister Hudson come a-sailing down the stream / and old Mister Minuit paid for his dream.

The band Old 97's took another Bob Dylan song Desolation Row and combined its melody with new lyrics to make a new song " Champaign, Illinois ", which they released with Dylan's blessing on their 2010 album The Grand Theatre Volume One.

Three additional songs recorded during the Bob Dylan sessions were included on Volume 1 of the Bootleg Series: " House Carpenter ," " He Was a Friend of Mine ," and another original composition, " Man on the Street.

In Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan writes that he read Lorayne's book shortly before breaking through as a music star after finding it in the book collection of a friend.

* Dylan Project: May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs of Bob Dylan, Volume 3 ( 2003 )

In addition to its appearance on the Younger Than Yesterday album, The Byrds ' original version of " My Back Pages " also appears on several of the band's compilations, including The Byrds ' Greatest Hits, History of The Byrds, The Byrds Play Dylan, The Original Singles: 1967 – 1969, Volume 2, The Byrds, The Very Best of The Byrds, The Essential Byrds, and There Is a Season.

In Dylan's book The Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan recounts a story of meeting Gorgeous George in person.

3 in 1992 and 1993's recording of " Every Grain of Sand " for Outlaws Blues Volume Two – A Tribute to Bob Dylan with violinist Mamie Fike.

In his autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan describes first encountering Grossman at the Gaslight cafe: " He looked like Sydney Greenstreet from the film The Maltese Falcon, had an enormous presence, always dressed in a conventional suit and tie, and he sat at his corner table.

* Bob Dylan Chronicles: Volume One ( 2004 )

" Silvio " would also be included on 1994's Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 and The Essential Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 is a compilation LP album by Bob Dylan, released on Columbia Records on compact disc in 1994, catalogue CK 66783.

The last time I saw Dylan, his self-destruction had not just passed the limits of rationality.

In an interview conducted by Alan Jackson for The Times Magazine in 2001, before the album was released, Dylan said " these so-called connoisseurs of Bob Dylan music ... I don't feel they know a thing, or have any inkling of who I am and what I ’ m about.

He also mentioned her by name in " I Shall Be Free ", which appeared on his second album, The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan.

Robert Pocock, a friend from the BBC, recalled " I only once heard Dylan express an opinion on Welsh Nationalism.

The same year, Orbison was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and initiated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen, who concluded his speech with a reference to his own song " Thunder Road ": " I wanted a record with words like Bob Dylan that sounded like Phil Spector — but, most of all, I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison.

After a pause, Dylan replied, " I don't believe you.

The album included three songs written or co-written by Dylan (" This Wheel's on Fire ", " Tears of Rage ", and " I Shall Be Released ") as well as " The Weight ", the use of which in the film Easy Rider would make it probably their best known song.

Bob Dylan appeared on stage on New Year's Eve and performed four songs with the group, including a version of " When I Paint My Masterpiece ".

* The Bob Dylan song " When I Paint My Masterpiece ," first recorded in 1971 by The Band and later appearing on the album " Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol.

He revealed on the BBC Radio 2 feature " Tracks of My Years " that his favourite songs are: " I Can Help " by Billy Swan, " Bleeding Love " by Leona Lewis, " Chasing Cars " by Snow Patrol, " Beautiful " by Christina Aguilera, " Unfinished Sympathy " by Massive Attack, " Tangled Up In Blue " by Bob Dylan, " Shoulda Woulda Coulda " by Beverley Knight, " This Woman's Work " by Maxwell, " He's So Fine " by The Chiffons and " Falling Slowly " by The Frames.

Now, I tend to look at some of the greats like Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan.

*" I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine ", a song by Bob Dylan from John Wesley Harding