Thus replied Bert Bailey ([log in to unmask]) to me:

>>Not that I have any problem with Costello (and I was, after all, born quite
>>literally across the rado from the Hooever Factory) but the influence of
>>Dylan on his work is undeniable.
>
>Agreed.  My picture came out unintentionally lopsided: I certainly wasn't
>out to dump on Dylan, but merely to contest the view that Costello's
>singing is somehow deficient.

No argument from me.  He does a particularly good line in vituperation...

Deryk Barker
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