Themes from Bob Dylan’s Philosophy of Modern Song

Part 2 — On the Road Again with a Natural-Born Eastman

August 1947. New York. Milt Gabler’s Commodore Record Shop on 42nd Street. photo: William Gottlieb. Colorized 2019 by Marie-Lou Chantel.

Above, the back cover of Bob Dylan’s “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” back in the day when men were men, record stores were record stores, and the smell of vinyl and cardboard permeated the New York City air.