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The Archive.
Last update September 2007.
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And it would
appear that those soft folky songs that he used to sing have been exchanged
for a heavier bunch of numbers.
Donovan talked to us about which way his career was going at Bath on
Sunday.
"I can't really remember what I have been doing in the last 12 months . I have been around to see a few places like Greece and Japan" , he said."There is a new single coming out soon called I am dying . Its the story of how you can die while you are still alive and be reborn . I died and that inspired this.
I died two weeks ago and became reborn again . It was a beautiful release for me and this song is a big change in my life. Its a happy single because I was happy when I wrote it and you can hear laughter.” ( sounds like a bit too much acid dropping by Don to me ....)
The pop star that I was has died and now I am still a beatnik sleeping over all the place like I used to .I am happy doing this.
I always used to say that I could leave the pop business with all its bread and glitter but I never did. Now I have left it mentally and I am free again. Its like I am a new person. All I am going to do now is play music.
I can't remember the last time I played at a festival like this ,but I would love to do the Isle of Wight . There are lots of nice people here at Bath and the place is really buzzing"
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We asked Donovan about the heavy electric sounds he was making in his set. Was this a sign of what he would be playing in the future? . "What ever is going I will play " he said. "You cant help but pick up the influence of heavy music at the moment and its really great to play.
"The new style of rock we are working on is a thing called Celtic Rock. Its using the Celtic influence and playing it very heavy" he said.
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Set
list.
Some recordings of numbers exist
for definite. I have a tape of Don playing Mellow Yellow from Bath , but its
not known which day. This set list is from Rob Huntley (with corrections from
Rocky ) and details the Sunday show. Its not known if this is a complete set.
A tape exists of this show, quality C to D- (mostly D I'm afraid).
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Colour stills are taken from super rare 8mm footage of Donovan onstage at Bath sent to us by Jochen Laschinsky © most probably taken from the Sunday performance.
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