Old music: Dory Previn – The Lady with the Braid

As a child one might love the melodies, but as an adult one can see the teeth in Dory Previn's musicThe album Mythical Kings and Iguanas, from which this song comes, was already part of my parents' record collection when I was born, and through every stage of my life I have loved it. I hated my Dad's Bob Dylan records when I was little – I found his nasal voice and piercing harmonica grating (it wasn't until I was 12 that I "got" Dylan). Previn, on the other hand, was an artist the whole famil...

Read full article Share article