By Tony Attwood
Yesterday I published a little article on the song Alberta in the lyrics and music series… Alberta. The need for the two to be as one.
In response Jochen sent me his own favourite recording of Alberta, with the note saying “I imagine there’s a strong possibility that Dylan is in the audience.”
This is Chad Mitchell Trio recorded I think at the “Bitter End”.
If you don’t know the Trio there is a decent article about them on Wiki and you can get an idea of some of what they did from this recording
The group had an interesting history as after a while Chad Mitchell himself left the trio but the remaining two members kept the name of the band and went searching for a new person to fill the gap. They got… John Denver.
It is also interesting to note that the Chad Mitchell Trio, like Bob Dylan, performed for President Obama at the White House.