The Rebel Side of Heaven
If you're born Sean Scolnick in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and you want to make a living as a folk singer in New York City, it might not be a bad career move to change your name to Langhorne Slim. And he did. Here he is with the infectious Rebel Side of Heaven.
In the company of his War Eagles (Paul Defiglia on bass and Malachi DeLorenzo on drums), Langhorne Slim will be back on the road in March. The tour will take in places as diverse as Pontiac, Michigan, Carrboro, North Carolina and Arlington, Virginia.
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Of course, the most famous name change was the transformation of the 68-year old Robert Allen Zimmerman to Bob Dylan.
During his early folky days, Zimmerman began introducing himself as "Bob Dylan". Dylan recalled: "What I was going to do as soon as I left home was just call myself Robert Allen ... It sounded like a Scottish king and I liked it." However, in reading Down Beat magazine, he discovered there was a saxophonist named David Allyn. Dylan adds, "I'd seen some poems by Dylan Thomas. Dylan and Allyn sounded similar. Robert Dylan. Robert Allyn. The letter D came on stronger."
Posted by: Henry Barth | January 25, 2009 10:32 AM