[14] I Would Be Surprised

[14] I Would Be Surprised

Written and Performed by Monty Dicksion

Newly Re-recorded January, 2022

About [14] I Would Be Surprised

  “I Would Be Surprised” is another song from my “Summer of ’77 Keepables” collection.  The new re-recorded version of this song was completed January 10, 2022, and is very much like the original recording (only, it’s better).

  There’s a lot I’d like to say about this song.  But for now, I’ll just say this:

  I think it was Peter Yarrow – or maybe it was Paul Stookey – I can’t remember now which one it was –

  In a letter to me in late 1976 or early 1977, he said, “You might be the next Bob Dylan!”

  That struck me as a remarkable thing to suggest.  I mean, all I was trying to do back then was to get my songs heard (which has been the story of my life).  All I wanted to do was get my songs played on the radio.

  But, as a songwriter, Bob Dylan is in a class by himself.  Plus, the circumstances of the times were a huge contributing factor when Dylan made his emergence on the music scene.

  And so I thought to myself, “I might be the next Bob Dylan?!  I would be surprised!”

  And from there, the lyrics to the song came pretty easily.