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Message started by Martha on May 16th, 2008 at 10:34pm

Title: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 16th, 2008 at 10:34pm
Set-list already up!  :keithpunky
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Worcester, Massachusetts
The Palladium
May 16, 2008

1.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Girl Of The North Country (Bob on keyboard and harp)
3.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Can't Wait (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on keyboard and harp)
7.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
8.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
9.      John Brown (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
10.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard)
11.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard and harp)
     
     (encore)
16.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Ed & Michelle, Susan & Al, and Michael Johnson for the phone calls)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - electric guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on May 17th, 2008 at 2:51am
nice setlist!

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by cabledogg2 on May 17th, 2008 at 6:31am
Does bob even play the guitar anymore? other than that nice setlist...........

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on May 17th, 2008 at 9:22am

cabledogg2 wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 6:31am:
Does bob even play the guitar anymore? other than that nice setlist...........


Hadn't for a while, but picked it up again last year for the first few songs of his sets.
Played it as recently as the last leg of the NET that ended in March.

Maybe he's put it down again... :(  


So are you going tonight, TTM?

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by TenThousandMotels on May 17th, 2008 at 9:53am

left shoe shuffle wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 9:22am:

cabledogg2 wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 6:31am:
Does bob even play the guitar anymore? other than that nice setlist...........


Hadn't for a while, but picked it up again last year for the first few songs of his sets.
Played it as recently as the last leg of the NET that ended in March.

Maybe he's put it down again... :(  


So are you going tonight, TTM?


I don't know. I won't know for sure until my nephew shows up here in a couple hours. That last I knew, as of about 10PM last night, that it's not sold out.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on May 17th, 2008 at 11:08am
A couple of nice inclusions from Time Out of Mind, but otherwise its pretty much along the lines of last year's shows...and without the added bonus of Bob playing guitar on a few songs unfortunately.

Some new (or long lost)  songs would be welcome. Quite what appeal Bob continues to see in 'Tweedle dee' is lost on me.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by fireontheplatter on May 17th, 2008 at 12:17pm
i have never been a huge fan but i do like his earlier material.  

maybe i should stop complaining about his voice and just go to a show to say i went to one.  

:smoking

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Sioux on May 17th, 2008 at 1:04pm
I think the guitar problem is a physical problem with his arm....:( And my husband, a HUGE fan, says he doesn't want to hear him sing in person again. Bob's band is great, but he is becoming a shell of what he used to be.....

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by andrews27 on May 17th, 2008 at 1:43pm

Ade wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 2:51am:
nice setlist!


Well, If you haven't heard seen/all this already 2001-2007.  NEW ALBUM, BOB!  BECOMING PREDICTABLE AND YOU KNOW HOW YOU USED TO HATE THAT.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by andrews27 on May 17th, 2008 at 1:45pm

Gazza wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 11:08am:
Quite what appeal Bob continues to see in 'Tweedle dee' is lost on me.


It's his oblique US election year song.  He's playing it for everybody who may be obliquely listening,  

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by sweetcharmedlife on May 17th, 2008 at 2:58pm

wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 12:17pm:
i have never been a huge fan but i do like his earlier material.  

maybe i should stop complaining about his voice and just go to a show to say i went to one.  

:smoking


Yeah I would go for the same reason. Just to fill in a hole on the old Rock & roll resume.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on May 18th, 2008 at 5:26pm

andrews27 wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 1:45pm:

Gazza wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 11:08am:
Quite what appeal Bob continues to see in 'Tweedle dee' is lost on me.


It's his oblique US election year song.  He's playing it for everybody who may be obliquely listening,  



I've always saw it as an election song too, but there hasnt been a US presidental election EVERY year since 2001.

It does fucking seem like it sometimes, though....  :interestingstuffronnie

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on May 18th, 2008 at 5:28pm

Sioux wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 1:04pm:
I think the guitar problem is a physical problem with his arm....:( And my husband, a HUGE fan, says he doesn't want to hear him sing in person again. Bob's band is great, but he is becoming a shell of what he used to be.....



Depends what youre comparing it to. Compared to the shows from the early 90s - the real nadir of his performing career, his current shows are Rolling Thunder-esque.


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on May 19th, 2008 at 10:50am

Sioux wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 1:04pm:
I think the guitar problem is a physical problem with his arm....:( And my husband, a HUGE fan, says he doesn't want to hear him sing in person again. Bob's band is great, but he is becoming a shell of what he used to be.....


Arm?  No way, he has no physical problems (other than his legs get tired and he sometimes shakes them out while on stage) that I can see.  He LOVES, let me repeat, he LOVES to play the keyboard....and is much happier on it cause for one thing he can dance with it, and he does.  I don't get why it's such a shock to so many that he doesn't prefer to play the guitar these days.  Piano and harp are more his thing.  

"Shell", criminey he's more active now than ever.  Writing books, doing Theme Time, and touring at age 67 (on the 24th he turns 67), he's kicking my ass.  He's no shell.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Nasty Habits on May 19th, 2008 at 11:31am

Gazza wrote on May 18th, 2008 at 5:28pm:

Sioux wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 1:04pm:
I think the guitar problem is a physical problem with his arm....:( And my husband, a HUGE fan, says he doesn't want to hear him sing in person again. Bob's band is great, but he is becoming a shell of what he used to be.....



Depends what youre comparing it to. Compared to the shows from the early 90s - the real nadir of his performing career, his current shows are Rolling Thunder-esque.



While I myself am no longer attending Dylan shows for reasons of diminishing returns (my last one was in '04) I can verify this statement based solely on the bootleg evidence.  I started going to Dylan shows in '89, and from the time G.E. Smith left the band until right around TOOM things could get pretty grim up on that stage.  Did see some good ones, too, but I think I saw more bad ones.  

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on May 20th, 2008 at 2:26am
last night's setlist:-

Saint John, New Brunswick
Harbour Station
May 19, 2008

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Desolation Row
5. Watching The River Flow
6. Nettie Moore
7. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
8. High Water (For Charlie Patton)
9. Spirit On The Water
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Visions Of Johanna
12. Things Have Changed
13. When The Deal Goes Down
14. Summer Days
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain
17. Like A Rolling Stone

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by lotsajizz on May 20th, 2008 at 5:44am

Nasty Habits wrote on May 19th, 2008 at 11:31am:



While I myself am no longer attending Dylan shows for reasons of diminishing returns (my last one was in '04) I can verify this statement based solely on the bootleg evidence.  I started going to Dylan shows in '89, and from the time G.E. Smith left the band until right around TOOM things could get pretty grim up on that stage.  Did see some good ones, too, but I think I saw more bad ones.  
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1989 through 1994 seems to have been the nadir---I saw him 3 of the worst 10 concerts I've ever seen.  But he and his band had recovered by 1995.  He was smokin' on the summer tour that year (blew the Dead off the stage)!

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on May 20th, 2008 at 6:28am

lotsajizz wrote on May 20th, 2008 at 5:44am:
1989 through 1994 seems to have been the nadir---I saw him 3 of the worst 10 concerts I've ever seen.  But he and his band had recovered by 1995.  He was smokin' on the summer tour that year (blew the Dead off the stage)!


'89 was still pretty decent and the Hammersmith and Paris residencies in early 1990 were superb. It went downhill after that, especially from early 1991 when the original NET band with GE Smith broke up and Bob's performances descended into drunken ineptitude. The summer '91 European shows are unquestionably the worst performances of his entire career...things picked up a bit after that though and for me the Great Music Experience Tv broadcast he did from Japan in May 1994 was when things really kickstarted again. The 1995 shows (when he actually chose to sing without playing an instrument for much of the show) were absolutely brilliant - it was like watching a rebirth on that spring tour of Europe that year compared to what I'd last seen from him two years earlier.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on May 20th, 2008 at 8:45pm
Oh what I wouldn't have given to be at this one.   ;)

Moncton, New Brunswick
Moncton Coliseum
May 20 2008

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2.      It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Mississippi (Bob on keyboard)
7.      John Brown (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
10.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Ed & Michelle, and Roberto for the phone calls)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]



Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on May 21st, 2008 at 2:16am
good setlist!  :)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Nasty Habits on May 21st, 2008 at 8:18am

Gazza wrote on May 20th, 2008 at 6:28am:

lotsajizz wrote on May 20th, 2008 at 5:44am:
1989 through 1994 seems to have been the nadir---I saw him 3 of the worst 10 concerts I've ever seen.  But he and his band had recovered by 1995.  He was smokin' on the summer tour that year (blew the Dead off the stage)!


'89 was still pretty decent and the Hammersmith and Paris residencies in early 1990 were superb. It went downhill after that, especially from early 1991 when the original NET band with GE Smith broke up and Bob's performances descended into drunken ineptitude. The summer '91 European shows are unquestionably the worst performances of his entire career...things picked up a bit after that though and for me the Great Music Experience Tv broadcast he did from Japan in May 1994 was when things really kickstarted again. The 1995 shows (when he actually chose to sing without playing an instrument for much of the show) were absolutely brilliant - it was like watching a rebirth on that spring tour of Europe that year compared to what I'd last seen from him two years earlier.


You bloody Brits always got it better in the mid 90s.   It always seemed like he was so much more creative and challenging in Europe than in the US, at least in the Missouri area where I'd always see shows.  I'd watch dull shows at the Fox or somewhere and then get boots like The Pedlar Now Speaks and feel really ripped off.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Keefj200 on May 21st, 2008 at 8:21am
I saw Mr. Dylan in 1991 in New Orleans.  It was the worst show I have ever seen.  And this comes from a card carrying Dylan fan.  I took some friends who were on the fence, and this show promptly sent them the other way.  The more recent shows have been okay, but I have to agree with Gazza concerning the 1991 shows.  Everyone likes to make fun of his "Elvis" period with the Budakon tour in 78, but that show was one of the BEST shows I've ever seen anyone do.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by TenThousandMotels on May 21st, 2008 at 11:47am
Fuck the shows. And fuck everything else. The Stones may be the "GREATEST ROCK N ROLL BAND IN THE WORLD" but Bob is still "THE COOLEEST MAN ON THE PLANET."


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Prairie Dog on May 21st, 2008 at 5:30pm
Best Dylan Show I saw was with Tom Petty backing him up.
I loved some of the Dylan shows from the 90's.
One outdoor concert in the rain- Bob came out in a hooded sweatshirt- never took the hood off- never addressed the crowd-blew through a hour and half set and was gone.

Saw him a few years ago at the Beacon in NYC. I didn't know he stopped playing guitar and I couldn't understand a word he sang. Worst Dylan show ever.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by TenThousandMotels on May 21st, 2008 at 8:03pm

Prairie Dog wrote on May 21st, 2008 at 5:30pm:
Best Dylan Show I saw was with Tom Petty backing him up.
I loved some of the Dylan shows from the 90's.
One outdoor concert in the rain- Bob came out in a hooded sweatshirt- never took the hood off- never addressed the crowd-blew through a hour and half set and was gone.

Saw him a few years ago at the Beacon in NYC. I didn't know he stopped playing guitar and I couldn't understand a word he sang. Worst Dylan show ever.


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by TenThousandMotels on May 21st, 2008 at 8:06pm
Sometimes Bob behaves like he's some kind of god.
Wait a minute.....god????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7Xs9WVNBU

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on May 21st, 2008 at 9:59pm
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Metro Centre
May 21 2008

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2.      It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Positively 4th Street (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
6.      High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Moonlight (Bob on keyboard)
8.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
12.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Ed & Michelle, and Roberto for the phone calls and Zac Kline for the email)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on May 27th, 2008 at 2:30am
last night's setlist, first night of the European leg,
and 7 Modern Times songs!

Reykjavik, Iceland
Laugardalshöll
May 26, 2008

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Nettie Moore
7. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
8. Honest With Me
9. Workingman's Blues #2
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Spirit On The Water
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
13. When The Deal Goes Down
14. Summer Days
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain
17. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on May 29th, 2008 at 2:35am
Odense, Denmark
Arena Fyn
May 28, 2008

1. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. Rollin' And Tumblin'
4. Tears Of Rage
5. High Water (For Charlie Patton)
6. Spirit On The Water
7. Positively 4th Street
8. The Levee's Gonna Break
9. Workingman's Blues #2
10. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
11. Beyond The Horizon
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
13. When The Deal Goes Down
14. Summer Days
15. All Along The Watchtower

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain
17. Like A Rolling Stone

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on May 31st, 2008 at 8:43am
OH YEAH!!!!!!  Just got this date: Aspen, Colorado - Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival

Bob & His Band plays there August 30th.  I already have tickets for Ratdog/Allman Brothers at Red Rocks for this night and I've promised to get Jaxx into the first 5 rows...but criminey I MUST see Bob.  Oh meohmyoh! It's a party now people!

xxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on May 31st, 2008 at 9:58am
very pleased for you martha!
go get those Bob tickets!  :willya

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on May 31st, 2008 at 12:54pm
Thank you Ade.  You are very kind.  Tickets I shall get asap!!!!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 2nd, 2008 at 2:26pm
Tickets have been purchased for Bob's headlining night (8/30) at the Jazz Fest in Snowmass.  Anyone from this board planning to be there? Fogerty headlines the following night......

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 2:31am
Helsinki, Finland
Hartwall Areena
June 1, 2008

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on keyboard)
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4. Visions Of Johanna (Bob on keyboard)
5. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
6. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
7. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
8. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
9. Every Grain Of Sand (Bob on keyboard)
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 5:02am
Think I really would have loved that Helsinki show!! ;)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 5:38am
It's up on Dime, apparently, Meg  :)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Sioux on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 6:09am
No kidding! What a set list....

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by mojoman on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 8:20am
Tuesday August 12, 2008 celebrate brooklyn. bandshell prospect park.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 9:16am
I would loved to have gotten Every Grain Of Sand.  I adore that song.  He played it at night one of the 2 Red Rocks shows and blew me away. ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by erikjjf on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 3:25pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 5:02am:
Think I really would have loved that Helsinki show!! ;)


I was there. Very enjoyable gig.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 4th, 2008 at 8:40am
St. Petersburg, Russia
Ice Palace
June 3, 2008

1. Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on keyboard)
7. John Brown (Bob on keyboard)
8. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
9. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 4th, 2008 at 11:50am

erikjjf wrote on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 3:25pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 5:02am:
Think I really would have loved that Helsinki show!! ;)


I was there. Very enjoyable gig.


I'm so happy for you! How is Bob....and His Band doing?  ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 4th, 2008 at 12:44pm

mojoman wrote on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 8:20am:
Tuesday August 12, 2008 celebrate brooklyn. bandshell prospect park.


Curses! Foiled again!  >:(

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by erikjjf on Jun 4th, 2008 at 3:40pm

Martha wrote on Jun 4th, 2008 at 11:50am:
How is Bob....and His Band doing?  ;-)


Playing well, and having fun doing it.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 5th, 2008 at 2:18am
Tallinn, Estonia
Saku Suurhall (Saku Arena)
June 4, 2008

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2. If You See Her, Say Hello (Bob on keyboard)
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
5. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
6. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
7. Positively 4th Street (Bob on keyboard)
8. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
9. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
10. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
11. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by andrews27 on Jun 5th, 2008 at 8:54am

Sioux wrote on May 17th, 2008 at 1:04pm:
I think the guitar problem is a physical problem with his arm....:( And my husband, a HUGE fan, says he doesn't want to hear him sing in person again. Bob's band is great, but he is becoming a shell of what he used to be.....


For decades, Bob has resolutely been the world's worst electric guitar player.  You can see/hear it in video like the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame benefit concert, and hear it on scores of boots.  His anti-style worked best with Robbie Robertson in 1966, when together they created cooperative sharp dissonances - so good, the initiates all hated it like it was Stockhausen.  Since then, he hasn't cared to play collaboratively with other guitarists.  It's shocking in a guy who has real style and character on acoustic guitar.  If I were Keith, I'd have sat that guy down with some old records and relived Edith Grove.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 5th, 2008 at 12:05pm

erikjjf wrote on Jun 4th, 2008 at 3:40pm:

Martha wrote on Jun 4th, 2008 at 11:50am:
How is Bob....and His Band doing?  ;-)


Playing well, and having fun doing it.


I can imagine that in my mind! Thanks! Glad to hear it.  Are you catching anymore shows?

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by erikjjf on Jun 5th, 2008 at 1:46pm

Martha wrote on Jun 5th, 2008 at 12:05pm:

erikjjf wrote on Jun 4th, 2008 at 3:40pm:

Martha wrote on Jun 4th, 2008 at 11:50am:
How is Bob....and His Band doing?  ;-)


Playing well, and having fun doing it.


I can imagine that in my mind! Thanks! Glad to hear it.  Are you catching anymore shows?

xxoo,
Martha


Sadly, no. Helsinki was the only show for me this time around.
But just over a year ago, I caught the club show and the arena show in my hometown of Stockholm.
The club show was surreal...

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jun 5th, 2008 at 5:54pm
Just got an e-mail from pollstar which says that Bob has added another Finnish show on June 28th at Haapavesi.

Surely that cant be right as he's playing in Spain that day.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jun 5th, 2008 at 6:09pm

GotToRollMe wrote on Jun 4th, 2008 at 12:44pm:

mojoman wrote on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 8:20am:
Tuesday August 12, 2008 celebrate brooklyn. bandshell prospect park.


Curses! Foiled again!  >:(


Not quite. You've only missed the pre-sale.


August 12, Brooklyn, New York-- (Tuesday)
Prospect Park Bandshell
Showtime: 8:00 PM
There will be an internet presale through Bobdylan.com on Monday, June 2 at 10:00 AM
(a password is required for the presale and can be found on the Bobdylan.com page.
It is usually posted on the day of the presale.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster on Friday, June 13 at 10:00 AM

The venue holds about 7,000 apparently.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by mojoman on Jun 5th, 2008 at 6:59pm

Gazza wrote on Jun 5th, 2008 at 5:54pm:
Just got an e-mail from pollstar which says that Bob has added another Finnish show on June 28th at Haapavesi.

Surely that cant be right as he's playing in Spain that day.





Gazza wrote on Jun 5th, 2008 at 5:54pm:
Just got an e-mail from pollstar which says that Bob has added another Finnish show on June 28th at Haapavesi.

Surely that cant be right as he's playing in Spain that day.






Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine
Made of silver or of golden,
Either from the mountains of Madrid
Or from the coast of Barcelona.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by mojoman on Jun 5th, 2008 at 7:03pm

Gazza wrote on Jun 5th, 2008 at 6:09pm:

GotToRollMe wrote on Jun 4th, 2008 at 12:44pm:

mojoman wrote on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 8:20am:
Tuesday August 12, 2008 celebrate brooklyn. bandshell prospect park.


Curses! Foiled again!  >:(


Not quite. You've only missed the pre-sale.


August 12, Brooklyn, New York-- (Tuesday)
Prospect Park Bandshell
Showtime: 8:00 PM
There will be an internet presale through Bobdylan.com on Monday, June 2 at 10:00 AM
(a password is required for the presale and can be found on the Bobdylan.com page.
It is usually posted on the day of the presale.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster on Friday, June 13 at 10:00 AM

The venue holds about 7,000 apparently.




this a beautiful venue. if they wont take your money you can listen around the perimeter. mojoman would love to attend but as it is on a weeknight it will be dificult........

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 5th, 2008 at 7:22pm

Gazza wrote on Jun 5th, 2008 at 6:09pm:

GotToRollMe wrote on Jun 4th, 2008 at 12:44pm:

mojoman wrote on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 8:20am:
Tuesday August 12, 2008 celebrate brooklyn. bandshell prospect park.


Curses! Foiled again!  >:(


Not quite. You've only missed the pre-sale.

August 12, Brooklyn, New York-- (Tuesday)
Prospect Park Bandshell
Showtime: 8:00 PM
There will be an internet presale through Bobdylan.com on Monday, June 2 at 10:00 AM
(a password is required for the presale and can be found on the Bobdylan.com page.
It is usually posted on the day of the presale.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster on Friday, June 13 at 10:00 AM

The venue holds about 7,000 apparently.




Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jun 5th, 2008 at 8:09pm
Gazza to the rescue again.....

:willya

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 6th, 2008 at 2:22am
Vilnius, Lithuania
Siemens Arena
June 5, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on keyboard)
3. Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
7. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
8. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
9. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 7th, 2008 at 5:40pm
Warsaw, Poland
Stodoła
June 7, 2008

1.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4.      The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Make You Feel My Love (Bob on keyboard)
10.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15.      I Shall Be Released (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks Jim Nolan for the phone call.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 8th, 2008 at 2:38am
great setlist - and it's already up at Dime  :)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 10th, 2008 at 9:06pm
I would have loved to been at this show.  Nice set!!!

Vienna, Austria
Stadthalle
Halle D
June 10, 2008

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bob on keyboard)
3.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
4.      John Brown (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
6.      High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)
10.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Harald Hix for the email)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 11th, 2008 at 2:23am
you're correct Martha- thats a brilliant setlist. :)

I'd be happy with that, when i see him in Toulouse.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 11th, 2008 at 9:46am
Hey Ade!  "Sugar Baby" is a song I really would love to get at a live show.  Never have.  I look forward to seeing what you get....it's all good you know! ;-)

peace to you,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jun 11th, 2008 at 9:55am
Last night's Vienna show must have been up on dime within about 2 hours of the concert having ended. It wasnt even midnight here when it was uploaded.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 12th, 2008 at 2:36am
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg Arena
June 11, 2008

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)
3. 'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on keyboard)
4. Positively 4th Street (Bob on keyboard)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6. Moonlight (Bob on keyboard)
7. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
8. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
9. Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 14th, 2008 at 5:19am
Varazdin, Croatia
Radar Festival
Gradski Stadium
June 13, 2008

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
3. Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
7. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
8. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
9. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
10. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
11. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
13. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 16th, 2008 at 2:31am
Trento, Italy
Palazzo delle Albere
June 15, 2008

1. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on keyboard)
3. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
4. Blind Willie McTell (Bob on keyboard)
5. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
6. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
7. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
8. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
9. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 16th, 2008 at 11:27am
Yippee!  We scored 12th row floor tix for Tulsa!!!!  The server went haywire though and we almost didn't get anything.  Now it seems to be working again.  The Internet can be a nightmare.  Anyone else going to see Bob @ The Brady Theater this August?

peace out,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jun 16th, 2008 at 11:59am
Some of the US dates in Aug/September have been changed in recent days/weeks. This is the current schedule :

August 9, South Side Works, New American Music Union Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
August 10, Virgin Festival - Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore MD  
August 12, Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, New York.
August 15, MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods, Mashantucket CT
August 16, Borgata Resort Spa & Casino Event Center, Atlantic City NJ
August 17, Saratoga Music Festival - SPAC (multi act show), Saratoga Springs NY
August 19, Constellation Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua NY
August 22, National City Pavilion, Cincinnati OH
August 23, Caesars Indiana, Elizabeth IN
August 24, Mesker Amphitheatre, Evansville IN
August 26, Riverfest Amphitheatre, Little Rock AR
August 27, Brady Theater, Tulsa OK
August 28, Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO
August 30, The Labor Day Festival, Snowmass Town Park, Snowmass Village, Colorado
August 31, Deer Valley Resort, Park City UT
September 3, Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula CA
September 5, Concerts on the Green @ Qualcomm Park, San Diego CA
September 7, Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara CA

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:11pm

FYI -
Levon Helm Band has been announced for the 8/17 Saratoga NY show.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:25pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:11pm:
FYI -
Levon Helm Band has been announced for the 8/17 Saratoga NY show.


You going to that one too, Lefty?

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:32pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:25pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:11pm:
FYI -
Levon Helm Band has been announced for the 8/17 Saratoga NY show.


You going to that one too, Lefty?


Could be.
SPAC is a great place, and the two acts they've confirmed so far make that festival look mighty appealing.

Wondering if that might also be the weekend that somebody else is in Philly...  ;)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:35pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:32pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:25pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jun 16th, 2008 at 7:11pm:
FYI -
Levon Helm Band has been announced for the 8/17 Saratoga NY show.


You going to that one too, Lefty?


Could be.
SPAC is a great place, and the two acts they've confirmed so far make that festival look mighty appealing.

Wondering if that might also be the weekend that somebody else is in Philly...  ;)



Oh that would make the trip all the more appealing! ;)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 16th, 2008 at 10:40pm
Who's birthday is it?

xxoo,
Martha
-------------------------

Bergamo, Italy
Summer Sound Festival
Lazzaretto
June 16, 2008

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2.      If You See Her, Say Hello (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Moonlight (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
7.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
8.      High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
9.      When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      Happy Birthday (insturmental, Bob on harp)
17.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
18.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks Ed & Michelle and Roberto for the phone calls.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jun 17th, 2008 at 6:44am

Martha wrote on Jun 16th, 2008 at 10:40pm:
Who's birthday is it?

Bergamo, Italy
Summer Sound Festival
Lazzaretto
June 16, 2008

     (encore)
16.      Happy Birthday (insturmental, Bob on harp)


Could have been any one of :

Nanatod,  Roberto Duran, Tupac Shakur, Stan Laurel, Geronimo and Phil Mickelson

8-)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 17th, 2008 at 9:33am
LOL I bet it isn't any of them Gary.  I am hoping to find out.  I know one of the people who called in the set, maybe he'll have a clue.  Or hopefully some reviews will be posted and hints will be dropped.  ;)
Stay tuned Ronnie!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 17th, 2008 at 10:38am

Martha wrote on Jun 16th, 2008 at 10:40pm:
Who's birthday is it?


Bob's late mother, according to a poster at Expecting Rain.
Beatrice Stone Zimmerman, b. 6/16/15.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 17th, 2008 at 10:43am

Full lineup for the Saratoga Music Festival has been announced:
- Dylan
- Levon Helm Band
- Steve Earle
- Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
- The Swell Season
- Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
- Raul Malo

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jun 17th, 2008 at 11:33am

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jun 17th, 2008 at 10:38am:

Martha wrote on Jun 16th, 2008 at 10:40pm:
Who's birthday is it?


Bob's late mother, according to a poster at Expecting Rain.
Beatrice Stone Zimmerman, b. 6/16/15.



Wow. Interesting that he's chosen to do it now, but never before - she died in 2000.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 17th, 2008 at 11:56am
Bingo!!!  I tried to find the day of her birth last night but couldn't, only the year.  I thought of her immediately though when I saw the set-list.  I also think he's "talking/referring" to her in "Nettie Moore".   I can believe it's for her.

Indeed.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 17th, 2008 at 12:09pm
Bergamo, Italy
Summer Sound Festival
Lazzaretto
June 16, 2008


     
     (encore)
16.      Happy Birthday (insturmental) (Bob on keyboard and harp) (Happy Birthday John)
-----------------------------------------------------

Ok, here's an update on the set.....who the hell is John????

The mystery continues.....:-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 17th, 2008 at 12:34pm

Guess it wasn't for his mom.
Another poster at ER posted a pic of Beatrice's tombstone - DOB 6/13/15.


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 17th, 2008 at 2:33pm
I stand corrected.  Thanks for posting the birth and death dates.  I couldn't find her b-day anywhere I looked.

peace n love,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 19th, 2008 at 2:19am
Châtillon, Italy
Parco Castello Baron Gamba
June 18, 2008

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
4. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
5. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
6. Boots Of Spanish Leather (Bob on keyboard)
7. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
8. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
9. Positively 4th Street (Bob on keyboard)
10. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
11. Moonlight (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 19th, 2008 at 2:20am
...and it's less than 48 hours before i see Bob in Toulouse  8-)  :willya

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jun 19th, 2008 at 6:33am

Ade wrote on Jun 19th, 2008 at 2:20am:
...and it's less than 48 hours before i see Bob in Toulouse  8-)  :willya

Hey Ade....
Enjoy your little getaway!!! 8-) :willya

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 19th, 2008 at 7:35am
Thanks Meg, i'm looking forward to it.  :)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by glencar on Jun 19th, 2008 at 7:41am
I was flipping channels & I heard a bit of Bob off Modern Times. It turns out that his song was featured in one of Lohan's recent flops, Georgia Rule. Can't remember the actual song as I had already flipped to a better flick.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 19th, 2008 at 9:07am

Ade wrote on Jun 19th, 2008 at 2:20am:
...and it's less than 48 hours before i see Bob in Toulouse  8-)  :willya


I am very excited for you Ade!  Do you know Roberto?  He calls in the set and I know he's going to be at this gig.  

peace n love,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 21st, 2008 at 9:26am
Toulouse, France
Le Zénith
June 20, 2008

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel)
3.      Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on lap steel)
4.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin,
Denny on electric slide guitar, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5.      Simple Twist Of Fate
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
6.      The Levee's Gonna Break
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
7.      Spirit On The Water
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
8.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
9.      Desolation Row
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
10.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
11.      Sugar Baby
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
12.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
13.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
14.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboar, Donnie on lap steel)
15.      All Along The Watchtower
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
     
     (encore)
16.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
17.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
     
(Thanks Ed & Michelle and Roberto for the phone calls and Hilmar Thors for the email.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by glencar on Jun 21st, 2008 at 12:45pm
No tix available for Prospect Park in Brooklyn in August. I could've made that show!

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 21st, 2008 at 7:22pm

wrote on Jun 21st, 2008 at 12:45pm:
No tix available for Prospect Park in Brooklyn in August. I could've made that show!


8/13 show at Convention Hall in Asbury Park just announced.
Presale Monday @ 10 AM.

I'm so there...;D

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 22nd, 2008 at 12:56pm

Martha wrote on Jun 19th, 2008 at 9:07am:

Ade wrote on Jun 19th, 2008 at 2:20am:
...and it's less than 48 hours before i see Bob in Toulouse  8-)  :willya


I am very excited for you Ade!  Do you know Roberto?  He calls in the set and I know he's going to be at this gig.  

peace n love,
Martha


cheers Martha - just returned from a wonderful ,chilled-out, relaxing, sun-drenched weekend in a very hot, Southern France. 8-)

Toulouse is a beautiful mini-city, and is to be recommended for a 3-4 day city break.

Good food, good wine, great weather....oh, and the Bob concert was STUNNING.  :willya

I was blessed to get 'Simple Twist' - and yes, it was played beautifully. :)

My other highlight of the set, was a gem of a, 'Nettie Moore'...but really, the entire show was great....as was the t-shirt and the tour poster, and the post-concert beer. :booze

...the only thing missing, was sharing such a great show, with some of you guys. :)

Those of you attending the upcoming U.S shows, are in for a treat.  :willya

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 22nd, 2008 at 1:16pm

wrote on Jun 21st, 2008 at 12:45pm:
No tix available for Prospect Park in Brooklyn in August. I could've made that show!


What about The Borgata in AC on 8/16?  I got pretty good seats for that one the other night.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 2:28am
Encamp, Andorra
Camp de Fútbol de Prada de Mole
June 22, 2008

1. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
3. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
4. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6. Visions Of Johanna (Bob on keyboard)
7. Million Miles (Bob on keyboard)
8. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
9. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
10. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
11. Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
13. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 11:14am
Ade I would LOVE to meet you at a Bob show.  Wish you could come over here for the 4 I am hitting in August.  Just got my Park City tickies a moment ago.  I am so ready to see Bob again....but also I feel I've never left him since the Texas 3-pack in February.  Then my second favorite Bob sends me the shows from the tour (due to my ignorance of downloading) and I am spinning those to keep in the groove...it works so well! ;-)  Also I live on Theme Time Radio Hour each Wednesday when XMX plays 2 shows over a 24 hour period.  I never knew I could have my cake and eat it too, life is GOOD!

I have good music news to share....I got extra, extra lucky and got 2 tickets on Friday afternoon for the Robert Plant Alison Krauss gig at Red Rocks Saturday night.  It had been sold-out for months and I'd been trying for months (only at Txbastard) to get in.  I can't tell you all how great the show was.....otherwordly comes to mind....and Robert threw in "I'm In the Mood (for a Melody)" which sent me over the beautiful orange moon that rose right as the show came to an end.  Red Rocks is the most gorgeous venue on this earth.  Come here rock lovers!  

So glad Bob rocked your world Ade.  I certainly know what that feels like.....like nothing else.  Cheers to you my friend!

xxxooo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by glencar on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 11:16am

GotToRollMe wrote on Jun 22nd, 2008 at 1:16pm:

wrote on Jun 21st, 2008 at 12:45pm:
No tix available for Prospect Park in Brooklyn in August. I could've made that show!


What about The Borgata in AC on 8/16?  I got pretty good seats for that one the other night.

I might be away that night.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 11:18am
Glenny, KEEP trying....tickies may fall back into the system.....don't give up!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by glencar on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 11:18am
I will not Martha!

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 1:01pm
If nothing comes through for daze on end....still keep at it.  The best chance for tickies showing up through Txbastard will be 48-36 hours before the gig.  Will Call that madness darlin'!

Keep me "posted"........

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by glencar on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 1:24pm
I will, Martha! I would rather see him in a park in Brooklyn than just about anywhere else! Shall I pick up extra tix??

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 3:32pm

wrote on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 1:24pm:
I will, Martha! I would rather see him in a park in Brooklyn than just about anywhere else! Shall I pick up extra tix??


Oh...you tempster you!  LOL  I would go with bells on if I could.  You are a sweetheart.  Keep at it...I want your review of the show!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 4:59pm

wrote on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 1:24pm:
I would rather see him in a park in Brooklyn than just about anywhere else!


GA tix for the 8/13 Asbury Park show are $50.

Sweet...

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 6:57pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 4:59pm:

wrote on Jun 23rd, 2008 at 1:24pm:
I would rather see him in a park in Brooklyn than just about anywhere else!


GA tix for the 8/13 Asbury Park show are $50.

Sweet...


Yup.  South Side Pittsburgh are $49.50.


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 24th, 2008 at 2:31am
Zaragoza, Spain
Feria de Muestras
June 23, 2008

1. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on keyboard)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
5. Shelter From The Storm (Bob on keyboard)
6. Cry A While (Bob on keyboard)
7. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
8. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
9. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
10. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
11. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 24th, 2008 at 10:40am
LARS from last night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCrDDQroPl0

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 24th, 2008 at 12:25pm
Thanks Ade! LARS always pleases the crowd. :-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jun 25th, 2008 at 2:19am
Pamplona, Spain
Pabellón Anaitasuna
June 24, 2008

1. Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bob on keyboard)
3. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
4. John Brown (Bob on keyboard)
5. Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
6. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
7. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
8. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
9. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 28th, 2008 at 11:21am
Hey now I'm awake!  Bob threw something NEW in the set!

xxoo,
Martha

Vigo, Spain
Recinto Ferial (Fairground)
June 27, 2008

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Stu on acoustic guitar, Stu on acoustic guitar)
3.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Girl Of The North Country (Bob on keyboard and harp, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
6.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
7.      Moonlight (Bob on keyboard, Stu on acoustic guitar)
8.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
9.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard, Stu on acoustic guitar)
10.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
11.      Handy Dandy (Bob on keyboard) (first live performance)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
     
     (encore)
16.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard, Stu on acoustic guitar)
17.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks Jay & Joanna and Marcos Vilariño for the emails.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 28th, 2008 at 12:47pm
Handy Dandy

First Release      

Under the Red Sky
1990

     
Handy dandy, controversy surrounds him
He been around the world and back again
Something in the moonlight still hounds him
Handy dandy, just like sugar and candy

Handy dandy, if every bone in his body was broken he would never admit it
He got an all girl orchestra and when he says
"Strike up the band", they hit it
Handy dandy, handy dandy

Bridge #1:
You say, "What are ya made of?"
He says, "Can you repeat what you said?"
You'll say, "What are you afraid of?"
He'll say, "Nothin' neither 'live nor dead."

Handy dandy, he got a stick in his hand and a pocket full of money
He says, "Darling, tell me the truth, how much time I got?"
She says, "You got all the time in the world, honey."
Handy dandy, Handy dandy

Bridge #2:
He's got that clear crystal fountain
He's got that soft silky skin
He's got that fortress on the mountain
With no doors, no windows, no thieves can break in

Handy dandy, sitting with a girl named Nancy in a garden feelin' kind of lazy
He says, "Ya want a gun? I'll give you one." She says, "Boy, you talking crazy."
Handy dandy, just like sugar and candy
Handy dandy, pour him another brandy

Handy dandy, he got a basket of flowers and a bag full or sorrow
He finishes his drink, he gets up from the table he says,
"Okay, boys, I'll see you tomorrow."
Handy dandy, handy dandy, just like sugar and candy
Handy dandy, just like sugar and candy


Copyright ©      1990 Special Rider Music

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jun 29th, 2008 at 3:52pm
Some news on the upcoming Bootleg Series Vol. 8 AND rumours of a new studio album

(source : Desolation Row mailing list)

Some Album News

Sources tell me that the new Bootleg Series album (No. 8) will be released in Europe on September 8th, to be followed on the 19th by the re-release of 15 old albums in papersleeve form; ten of these will be newly re-mastered. More “horse’s mouth” information to follow soon.

But here’s what little we know so far. The following have been mooted as being part of this 2 CD set since the beginning of the month and there are more treats to be revealed -

Dignity (piano demo)
God Knows (piano demo)
Various other Oh Mercy out-takes
TV Talking Song (original version)
Polly Vaughn (Bromberg sessions)
Rise Again (Bromberg sessions)
32-20 Blues (World Gone Wrong/Good As I Have Been To You)
Girl From The Red River Shore
Shake Sugaree (out-take from TOOM)
Mississippi (out-take from TOOM)
'Cross The Green Mountain (complete version)
Various Modern Times demos

Later this month there was an article in a Dutch newspaper by someone who had supposedly heard the album and had this to say – translation taken from an Expecting Rain discussion board –

Jeff Rosen gave Sony permission to choose material for a chronological double album out of no less than fifty unreleased songs. The result is baffling: more than fifteen tracks are brand new, four sound better in their alternate takes than in the original, and some obscure covers tell a lot about Dylan the transmitter of folk roots.

The Bootleg Series 8 starts with five outtakes from the Oh mercy sessions. ... What we didn’t hear on the album as it was released are the solo piano versions of unreleased songs like ‘Dignity’ and ‘God knows’. Dylan sounds particularly concentrated and relaxed.
The follow up Under the red sky was marred by a cold Dan Was production, but it was Dylan who convinced Was not to release some much better takes on known material. For instance the original version of ‘TV Talking Song’ now sounds like a caustic protest song.
More fascinating still is an entirely unreleased studio album from 1992. ... Bromberg ... project blown off ... Yet gospel tinged tracks like ‘Polly Vaughn’ and ‘Rise Again’ show an utterly enthusiastic performer ...

... Good as I been to you... World gone wrong. Some of the (incomprehensibly) left off songs from these two albums are on the new Bootleg Series, among which a heart-rending interpretation of Robert Johnson’s ‘32.20 Blues’.

... Second CD of BS8, the highlight ... starts of with legendary Time out of mind sessions. ... ‘Girl from the red river shore’ is probably the most impressive Dylan has written in recent years. The ghost ballad is an epical track in which Jim Dickinson and Duke Robillard harshly try to counter Dylans hallucinating ghost voice. During repetitions Dylan also unearthed a modest version of Elisabeth Cottons ’Shake Sugaree’. And this Bootleg Series also brings for the first time the original and much better take of the epical ‘Mississippi’.

... The complete version of ‘Cross the green mountain’. Lastly two demo’s of ‘Modern times’ that prove how driven and precise Dylan is in the studio these days.

And this was in Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick writing -

Bob Dylan has a new album ready for release. This represents an almost unheard of turnaround for the legendary old curmudgeon in his latter period. There has been four or five years between each of his last four albums, the most recent being the much acclaimed ‘Modern Times’ just two years ago. More than this, I cannot tell you. It could be a masterpiece or another one of his strange cast offs, like his 1990 nursery rhyme album ‘Under A Red Sky' or 1986 album of sloppy rock and roll cover versions ‘Knocked Out Loaded' (the clue to its quality was right there in the title). But Dylan seems to have re-engaged with his art in the past ten years and so there is every cause for hope. All I know for sure is that in some windowless room deep in the bowels of SonyBMG in London (quite possibly surrounded by armed guards) executives are locked in listening to playbacks while management discuss what to do with it...

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jun 29th, 2008 at 11:35pm
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Jun 30th, 2008 at 8:03pm
The Raconteurs are opening up for Dylan here.  Anybody familar with them?  I may have heard a song or two from them.  Are they worth seeing?  I went to their website but it sucks ass.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 1st, 2008 at 2:27am

robpop wrote on Jun 30th, 2008 at 8:03pm:
The Raconteurs are opening up for Dylan here.  Anybody familar with them?  I may have heard a song or two from them.  Are they worth seeing?  I went to their website but it sucks ass.

you're in for a treat- they just happen to be one of the very best bands, in the world,
at this moment in time.... Bob has impeccible taste, for opening acts.
Enjoy- and be prepared to become a fan.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 1st, 2008 at 12:55pm

robpop wrote on Jun 30th, 2008 at 8:03pm:
The Raconteurs are opening up for Dylan here.  Anybody familar with them?  I may have heard a song or two from them.  Are they worth seeing?  I went to their website but it sucks ass.



Oh you  are so very lucky!  Bob has had Jack guest WITH him at least 3 times now.  Need I say more? ;-)

Do you happen to know if they are opening for any of these shows:
Tulsa
Kansas City
Snowmass
Park City
Las Vegas
Temecula>  :keithpunky We JUST got in yesterday for the Temecula show; center section row B reats 101 and 102!!!  I am in shock...and THRILLED beyond words. :-) Also, for some unknown reason we had to buy 4 tickets to get the presale promotion?!?  So, we have 2 tickets to sell in row B seats 1-3. they are superb!  If anyone is interested (Gary? Meg?! Joey?! LOL) please PM me!  This venue is only 1200 capacity all reserved state of the art acoustics sans a balcony.  I plan to politely stare straight into Bob's eyes!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Tonight Stevie Wonder @ Fiddler's green FRONT ROW center!!!! :willya

peace n love,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Jul 1st, 2008 at 3:06pm
Thanks guys, I'll check them out.   I do not know who is opening on the dates you listed Martha.  They are playing here as part of The New American Music Union festival in which Bob is the headliner.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 1st, 2008 at 3:18pm
Thanks robo...I wondered if you were hitting one of the Festival gigs.  Have a great time!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by GotToRollMe on Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:55pm
This Dylan thread is more active than the other one, so I'll post these new dates here as well:

WED  08-20-2008  Hamilton, ON     The Joint @ The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
MON  09-01-2008  Las Vegas, NV   Copps Coliseum

Ticket info here: http://www.bobdylan.com/moderntimes/tour/main.html




Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 2:23am
Cuenca, Spain
Complejo Deportivo La Fuensanta
"La Fuensanta"

July 1, 2008

1. Maggie's Farm (Bob on keyboard)  
2. If You See Her, Say Hello (Bob on keyboard)  
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)  
4. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)  
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)  
7. John Brown (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)  
9. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)  
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)  
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
13.  Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)  
15. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
16.  Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
17.  Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 1:04pm
After getting my Rolling Stone magazine on the 30th, I knew Bob would start playing "Maggie's Farm" again. You GO Bob!

I wonder how it was played?  Gosh I can't wait to see him!

GTRM I am seeing (@ Pagel's) The Joint in Vegas as the venue, on the 1st, but you see another venue.  I plan to attend so I need to be sure!  Thanks for the info!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 2:17pm
I got my hands on a couple of The Raconteurs CDs, and I must say...I like them.

Title: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 6th, 2008 at 6:11pm
Just got this itinerary from BobDylan.com:

8/10
Pittsburgh PA
New American Music Union - SouthSide Works
On Sale Now

8/11
Baltimore MD
Virgin Festival - Pimlico Race Course
On Sale Now

8/13
Brooklyn NY
Prospect Park Bandshell
Presale:6/2 @ 10AM

8/16
Mashantucket CT
MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods
Presale:6/10 @ 10AM

8/17
Atlantic City NJ
Borgata Resort Spa & Casino Event Center
Presale:6/16 @ 10AM

8/18
Saratoga Springs NY
Saratoga Music Festival - SPAC (multi act show)
Presale:6/16 @ 10AM

8/20
Canandaigua NY
Constellation Performing Arts Center
Presale:6/9 @ 10AM

8/23
Cincinnati OH
National City Pavilion
Presale:7/7 @ 10AM

8/24
Elizabeth IN
Caesars Indiana
TBA

8/25
Evansville IN
Mesker Amphitheatre
Presale:6/9 @ 10AM

8/27
Little Rock AR
Riverfest Amphitheatre
On Sale Now

8/28
Tulsa OK
Brady Theater
Presale:6/16 @ 10AM

8/29
Kansas City MO
Uptown Theater
Presale:7/14 @ 10AM

8/30
Aspen CO
Jazz Aspen Festival
On Sale Now

8/31
Park City UT
Deer Valley Resort
Presale:6/23 @ 10AM

9/4
Temecula CA
Pechanga Resort and Casino
TBA

9/5
San Diego CA
Concerts on the Green @ Qualcomm Park
Presale:7/7 @ 10AM

9/7
Santa Barbara CA
Santa Barbara Bowl
Presale:7/7 @ 10AM

Title: Re: Dylan Tour Dates for Summer
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 6th, 2008 at 6:14pm
I'm liking the looks of that August 17th Atlantic City show.  8-)

Title: Re: Dylan Tour Dates for Summer
Post by Sioux on Jun 6th, 2008 at 6:44pm
The Virgin Festival in Baltimore usually has some really good acts. That's the one I would want to see...

Title: Re: Dylan Tour Dates for Summer
Post by Bitch on Jun 6th, 2008 at 10:33pm

GotToRollMe wrote on Jun 6th, 2008 at 6:14pm:
I'm liking the looks of that August 17th Atlantic City show.  8-)


me 2
you wanna meet me there?

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by Martha on Jun 7th, 2008 at 2:52am
I'm planning to hit OK, MO, CO, the UT shows.  Already have my tickies for the Aspen Jazz Fest.

I can't sleep!!!!

xxoo,
Martha

"Saw a shooting star tonight, and I thought of you."

PS John Prine and Emmylou put on a spectacular show tonight at Red Rocks. We saw a shooting star on the way home.

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 7th, 2008 at 1:23pm
Good for you, Martha! Somehow I knew you'd get those Aspen tickets.  :)

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by robpop on Jun 7th, 2008 at 1:28pm
I checked into the Pitt show.  This festival is mostly college bands.  But, it is going on with the South Side Summer Streert Spectacular, so even if you don't want to see the college bands , plenty to do.  The Streets of the South Side are closed down for a huge party.  Plenty of drink and ethnic foods.  Then after all the young bands are finished, head back to see Dylan.  Can't beat the cost of the ticket also.  

I'll be there.  Maybe even ride my new Harley dawntahn.

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by Martha on Jun 8th, 2008 at 9:34am
I just checked on dates. The Tulsa show is Wednesday August 27th and the Kansas City show Turdsdsay August 28th with a day off in between that and the Aspen gig (30th), (or I can't make all these shows!).  Park City is on the 31st (my 17th wedding anniversary). I hope these are correct, only 5 shows are up at TX bastard so far.

Thanks Mary!  You are the BEST!!!!

love and hugs,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 8th, 2008 at 12:15pm
Aw, yer a doll, Martha. Thanks for the heads up - this is the new schedule with the changed dates:

8/09
Pittsburgh PA
New American Music Union - SouthSide Works
On Sale Now

8/10
Baltimore MD
Virgin Festival - Pimlico Race Course
On Sale Now

8/12
Brooklyn NY
Prospect Park Bandshell
Presale:6/2 @ 10AM

8/15
Mashantucket CT
MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods
Presale:6/10 @ 10AM

8/16
Atlantic City NJ
Borgata Resort Spa & Casino Event Center
Presale:6/16 @ 10AM

8/17
Saratoga Springs NY
Saratoga Music Festival - SPAC (multi act show)
Presale:6/16 @ 10AM

8/19
Canandaigua NY
Constellation Performing Arts Center
Presale:6/9 @ 10AM

8/22
Cincinnati OH
National City Pavilion
Presale:7/7 @ 10AM

8/23
Elizabeth IN
Caesars Indiana
TBA

8/24
Evansville IN
Mesker Amphitheatre
Presale:6/9 @ 10AM

8/26
Little Rock AR
Riverfest Amphitheatre
Presale:6/16 @ 10AM

8/27
Tulsa OK
Brady Theater
Presale:6/16 @ 10AM

8/28
Kansas City MO
Uptown Theater
Presale:7/14 @ 10AM

8/30
Aspen CO
Jazz Aspen Festival
On Sale Now

8/31
Park City UT
Deer Valley Resort
Presale:6/23 @ 10AM

9/4
Temecula CA
Pechanga Resort and Casino
TBA

9/5
San Diego CA
Concerts on the Green @ Qualcomm Park
Presale:7/7 @ 10AM

9/7
Santa Barbara CA
Santa Barbara Bowl
Presale:7/7 @ 10AM

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 9th, 2008 at 12:27pm
They've changed the Temecula, CA show date from September 4th to the 3rd:

9/3  
Temecula CA  
Pechanga Resort and Casino
TBA

[smiley=rolleyes.gif]

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by Martha on Jun 9th, 2008 at 5:05pm
Thanks for the correction GTRM!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 18th, 2008 at 6:21pm
Got the Borgata tickets for 8/16! It's supposed to be a nice little theatre, and we've got Row A of the "riser" section. Yes!  8-)

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by mmdog on Jun 18th, 2008 at 11:04pm

The Raconteurs are also playing the Pittsburgh festival.

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by Ade on Jun 19th, 2008 at 2:24am

Martha wrote on Jun 7th, 2008 at 2:52am:
I'm planning to hit OK, MO, CO, the UT shows.  Already have my tickies for the Aspen Jazz Fest.

I can't sleep!!!!

xxoo,
Martha

"Saw a shooting star tonight, and I thought of you."

PS John Prine and Emmylou put on a spectacular show tonight at Red Rocks. We saw a shooting star on the way home.


nice one Martha - less than 48 hours, beofre i see Bob in Toulouse, France!  8-) :willya

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by Martha on Jun 19th, 2008 at 4:50pm
Ade I'm getting giddy for you!  It's almost as good as my going along....almost! ;-)  Are you hoping for any particular song?

GTRM!  I just read that you scored great tickets!!!!  I am thrilled for you darlin'!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 24th, 2008 at 11:48am
Oh fer fuckssake. More tour updates:

08-13-2008  Asbury Park, NJ
09-04-2008  Temecula, CA
09-06-2008  San Diego, CA

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by GotToRollMe on Jul 1st, 2008 at 9:53pm
A couple more dates added:

WED  08-20-2008  Hamilton, ON     The Joint @ The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
MON  09-01-2008  Las Vegas, NV   Copps Coliseum

Ticket info here: http://www.bobdylan.com/moderntimes/tour/main.html



Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by GotToRollMe on Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:11pm

Martha wrote on Jun 19th, 2008 at 4:50pm:
Ade I'm getting giddy for you!  It's almost as good as my going along....almost! ;-)  Are you hoping for any particular song?

GTRM!  I just read that you scored great tickets!!!!  I am thrilled for you darlin'!

xxoo,
Martha


Aw, thanks, Martha! I'm really jazzed to be seeing Uncle Bob again. VERY pleased that you're seeing him too! :)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 2:55pm

GotToRollMe wrote on Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:55pm:
This Dylan thread is more active than the other one, so I'll post these new dates here as well:

WED  08-20-2008  Hamilton, ON     The Joint @ The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
MON  09-01-2008  Las Vegas, NV   Copps Coliseum

Ticket info here: http://www.bobdylan.com/moderntimes/tour/main.html


I've spliced the two threads. It means a few are out of sequence but from now on we can keep all the Dylan info in this thread to avoid duplication.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by GotToRollMe on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 4:29pm

Gazza wrote on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 2:55pm:

GotToRollMe wrote on Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:55pm:
This Dylan thread is more active than the other one, so I'll post these new dates here as well:

WED  08-20-2008  Hamilton, ON     The Joint @ The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
MON  09-01-2008  Las Vegas, NV   Copps Coliseum

Ticket info here: http://www.bobdylan.com/moderntimes/tour/main.html


I've spliced the two threads. It means a few are out of sequence but from now on we can keep all the Dylan info in this thread to avoid duplication.


Wotta guy!   [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 4:49pm
I've been checking the venues and it looks like the venues got accidentally switched. So I think the below info is correct.  The ON show is listed at Copps and the Vegas show is not up at their site quite yet.  Thanks Gary and GTRM!

WED  08-20-2008  Hamilton, ON    Copps Coliseum  
MON  09-01-2008  Las Vegas, NV   The Joint @ The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino  :weed


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 5:39pm
Set's up! Maggie's back!

:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Alicante, Spain
Centro de Tecnificacion
July 2, 2008

1.      Maggie's Farm (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on electric bass)

2.      It Ain't Me, Babe
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on electric bass)

3.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on electric bass)

4.      Positively 4th Street
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)

5.      High Water (For Charlie Patton)
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)

6.      Rollin' And Tumblin'
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on electric bass)

7.      Spirit On The Water
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)

8.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)

9.      Workingman's Blues #2
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)

10.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin, Tony on electric bass)

11.      My Back Pages
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Tony on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)

12.      Highway 61 Revisited
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on electric bass)

13.      Love Sick (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on electric bass)

14.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)

15.      Ain't Talkin'
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on electric bass)
     
     (encore)
16.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on electric bass)

17.      Like A Rolling Stone
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on electric bass)
     
(Thanks to Antonio Iriarte for the phone call and Thomas & Natasha for the email.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:50am
Lorca, Spain
Plaza de Toros (Bull Ring)

July 4, 2008

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)  
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)  
3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on keyboard)  
4. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)  
5. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)  
7. Moonlight (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)  
10. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)  
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
13.  When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)  
15. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
16.  Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
17.  Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 5th, 2008 at 12:32pm

Martha wrote on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 5:39pm:
Set's up! Maggie's back!




Thats never a good thing. Its become a bit like Bob's equivalent of 'Miss you', although at least he changes the arrangement around from year to year.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Nasty Habits on Jul 5th, 2008 at 12:48pm

Gazza wrote on Jul 5th, 2008 at 12:32pm:

Martha wrote on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 5:39pm:
Set's up! Maggie's back!




Thats never a good thing. Its become a bit like Bob's equivalent of 'Miss you', although at least he changes the arrangement around from year to year.



Nonsense.  Highway 61 Revisited is CLEARLY the contemporary Bob equivalent of Miss You.


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 5th, 2008 at 6:24pm
H61 still sounds pretty good live for the most part. Maggies Farm has been tired for decades.

Bob's equivalent of YGMR (ie, minor, unloved latter day song being played to death in vain attempt to pummel audience into seeing it as a warhorse) must surely be Summer Days.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 6th, 2008 at 12:51am
Jaén, Andalucia, Spain
Estadio Municipal Chapín de Jerez
July 5, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on keyboard)
3. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
5. Moonlight (Bob on keyboard)
6. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
7. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
8. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
9. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard)
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Nasty Habits on Jul 6th, 2008 at 10:01am

Gazza wrote on Jul 5th, 2008 at 6:24pm:
H61 still sounds pretty good live for the most part. Maggies Farm has been tired for decades.

Bob's equivalent of YGMR (ie, minor, unloved latter day song being played to death in vain attempt to pummel audience into seeing it as a warhorse) must surely be Summer Days.


Who unloves it?

It rules!

"I got my hammer ringin', pretty baby, but the nails ain't goin' down!"

I think Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum is the Dylan YGMR.

Both are songs that kick my ass sometimes and baffle me the next and both are mysterious serial repeaters.



Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 7th, 2008 at 9:49am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_EQc-NrYI

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 7th, 2008 at 4:22pm
Awesome!!!! Thanks so much Ade!

xxoo,
Martha
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 8th, 2008 at 10:08am
Cant be bothered looking through this spliced thread to check the latest tour schedule and amendments,  but here it is, with the message that "Many of the following dates have changed for some unknown reason."

August 9, South Side Works, New American Music Union Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
August 10, Virgin Festival - Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore MD  
August 12, Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklynn, New York.
August 13, Asbury Park, New Jersey.
August 15, MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods, Mashantucket CT
August 16, Borgata Resort Spa & Casino Event Center, Atlantic City NJ
August 17, Saratoga Music Festival - SPAC (multi act show), Saratoga Springs NY
August 19, Constellation Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua NY
August 20, Copps Colisseum, Hamilron, Ontario
August 22, National City Pavilion, Cincinnati OH
August 23, Caesars Indiana, Elizabeth IN
August 24, Mesker Amphitheatre, Evansville IN
August 26, Riverfest Amphitheatre, Little Rock AR
August 27, Brady Theater, Tulsa OK
August 28, Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO
August 30, The Labor Day Festival, Snowmass Town Park, Snowmass Village, Colorado
August 31, Deer Valley Resort, Park City UT
September 3, Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula CA
September 5, Concerts on the Green @ Qualcomm Park, San Diego CA
September 7, Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara CA

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 8th, 2008 at 11:16am
Bob plays The Pechanga Resort and Casino on the 4th.  I bought my tickets last week and the date is still up as the 4th at their website.  Las Vegas is still set for the 1st.  Where are you finding these dates G?  

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 8th, 2008 at 11:33am
I'm on the Desolation Row (a UK based fanclub) mailing list. We get (almost) daily news updates.

Keep a check on Pagel's site too, just in case.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 8th, 2008 at 11:41am
G, I check Pagel's site as well as bobdylan.com everyday at least twice.  They both have the same dates up at the moment.  

The Joint doesn't have Bob's show up at their website yet, but if it goes anything like the Temecula/Pechanga show it won't be posted until minutes before the presale begins.  

peace out,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jul 8th, 2008 at 12:38pm

Per bobdylan.com:
Presale for the 9/1 show at The Joint is next Monday, 7/14 @ 10AM.
Public onsale date is Saturday 7/19, @ noon.

Title: Re: Dylan U.S. Tour Dates: August/Sept.
Post by Bitch on Jul 8th, 2008 at 1:39pm

GotToRollMe wrote on Jun 18th, 2008 at 6:21pm:
Got the Borgata tickets for 8/16! It's supposed to be a nice little theatre, and we've got Row A of the "riser" section. Yes!  8-)


OK I just got myself a ticket and I am in Section A 'riser' section too! These are the only seats left, the floor seats are gone.  Shall we meet up for a pre-show cocktail? check PM please!  

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 8th, 2008 at 2:19pm

Gazza wrote on Jul 8th, 2008 at 11:33am:
I'm on the Desolation Row (a UK based fanclub) mailing list. We get (almost) daily news updates.


have you got a link to it? thanks

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by GotToRollMe on Jul 8th, 2008 at 3:47pm

Gazza wrote on Jul 8th, 2008 at 10:08am:
Cant be bothered looking through this spliced thread to check the latest tour schedule and amendments,  but here it is, with the message that "Many of the following dates have changed for some unknown reason."

August 9, South Side Works, New American Music Union Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
August 10, Virgin Festival - Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore MD  
August 12, Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklynn, New York.
August 13, Asbury Park, New Jersey.
August 15, MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods, Mashantucket CT
August 16, Borgata Resort Spa & Casino Event Center, Atlantic City NJ
August 17, Saratoga Music Festival - SPAC (multi act show), Saratoga Springs NY
August 19, Constellation Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua NY
August 20, Copps Colisseum, Hamilron, Ontario
August 22, National City Pavilion, Cincinnati OH
August 23, Caesars Indiana, Elizabeth IN
August 24, Mesker Amphitheatre, Evansville IN
August 26, Riverfest Amphitheatre, Little Rock AR
August 27, Brady Theater, Tulsa OK
August 28, Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO
August 30, The Labor Day Festival, Snowmass Town Park, Snowmass Village, Colorado
August 31, Deer Valley Resort, Park City UT
September 3, Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula CA
September 5, Concerts on the Green @ Qualcomm Park, San Diego CA
September 7, Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara CA


I can't be arsed keeping up with it anymore. Thanks G.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 8th, 2008 at 4:55pm

Ade wrote on Jul 8th, 2008 at 2:19pm:

Gazza wrote on Jul 8th, 2008 at 11:33am:
I'm on the Desolation Row (a UK based fanclub) mailing list. We get (almost) daily news updates.


have you got a link to it? thanks


http://www.desolation-row.co.uk/

There isnt actually an active site as such but if you e-mail John Baldwin on the link above, maybe he can put you on the mailing list.

It used to be a regular magazine service called "Dignity" available by subscription, but thats somewhat gone by the wayside in recent years in favour of an e-mail news update. I'm not sure if theres still a fee, but if there is its very small.

The best thing about it is that - along with the other Dylan based fanzines like Isis - we get priority ticket allocation for Bob's UK shows due to a long running deal with his UK promoters. So, there's no ticketmaster fees involved, and the only extra when ordering tickets is a tiny admin cost of something like £5.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 9th, 2008 at 2:15am
thanks Gary, sadly the email link on the webpage, appears not to work.

anyway,here's last night's setlist:-

Jérez de la Frontera, Spain
Estadio Municipal Chapín de Jerez

July 8, 2008

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2. If You See Her, Say Hello (Bob on keyboard)
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6. Mississippi (Bob on keyboard)
7. John Brown (Bob on keyboard)
8. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
9. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on keyboard)
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 10th, 2008 at 5:27pm
Set's up!  One more show to go before the break.  I am getting eager!

Mérida, Spain
Plaza de Toros (Bull Ring)
July 10, 2008

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob Dylan on keyboard)
3.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)
5.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
6.      High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
8.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
11.      When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Antonio Iriarte for the phone call and Rene & Mark for the email)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 10th, 2008 at 6:24pm

Ade wrote on Jul 9th, 2008 at 2:15am:
thanks Gary, sadly the email link on the webpage, appears not to work.



I guess it holds his previous one.

Try johnabaldwinATbtinternet.com

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 11th, 2008 at 2:36am
thanks Gary.  :)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 12th, 2008 at 11:45am
Well, here it is the last set of this leg....now the break and back to the US!  

It won't be long now! :weed :weed :weed

Oeiras, Portugal
Optimus Alive!08
Passeio Marítimo of Algés
July 11, 2008

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Girl Of The North Country (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)
8.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Roberto for the phone call and Rene & Mark for the email)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]





Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 14th, 2008 at 8:29am
....a nice setlist to conclude the European tour  :willya

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 14th, 2008 at 10:15am
Ok!  Got our Kansas City tickets, which are all GA so it was no big deal, now I am anxiously waiting to see the prices on the Vegas show.  My fingers are crossed for good reserved seats.  Stay tuned!

peace out,
Martha

Title: Dylan's US tour 2008
Post by Martha on Jul 19th, 2008 at 12:05pm
Wake UP! :whatapostronnie

HEADS UP!! :funny

Another show just added!!!

xxoo,
Martha
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Bob Dylan and His Band
August 8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-- (Friday)

Electric Factory

Address: 7th and Willow
General admission
Ticket price: $67.25
There should be an internet presale through Bobdylan.com on Monday, July 21 at 10:00 AM
(a password is required for the presale and can be found on the Bobdylan.com page.
It is usually posted on the day of the presale.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster on Friday, July 25 at 10:00 AM

Title: Re: Dylan's US tour 2008
Post by MaineMotels on Jul 19th, 2008 at 12:16pm
Dylan needs a publicity stunt....or a great new record.
Or else he's going to shuttle off into graceful oblivion. Our time is over....it's time to just die a graceful death.

:pullanolte

Title: Re: Dylan's US tour 2008
Post by Martha on Jul 19th, 2008 at 12:24pm

Ten Thousand Motels wrote on Jul 19th, 2008 at 12:16pm:
Dylan needs a publicity stunt....or a great new record.
Or else he's going to shuttle off into graceful oblivion. Our time is over....it's time to just die a graceful death.

:pullanolte



I guess you aren't paying any attention to Bob at this time.  He's busy as a bee.  



Title: Re: Dylan's US tour 2008
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jul 19th, 2008 at 12:30pm

Ten Thousand Motels wrote on Jul 19th, 2008 at 12:16pm:
:pukey


I don't believe you. You’re a liar!

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jul 19th, 2008 at 12:39pm

Ten Thousand Motels wrote on Jul 19th, 2008 at 12:36pm:
OK.
But I've got a ship to catch.



Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Brainbell Jangler on Jul 21st, 2008 at 8:10pm
Just scanned the schedule of stateside shows.  Could someone get Bob and his promoters a map of the US that's not missing the upper left hand corner?

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 22nd, 2008 at 2:19am

Martha wrote on Jul 14th, 2008 at 10:15am:
Ok!  Got our Kansas City tickets, which are all GA so it was no big deal, now I am anxiously waiting to see the prices on the Vegas show.  My fingers are crossed for good reserved seats.  Stay tuned!

peace out,
Martha


pleased to hear you've got tickets for Kansas, Martha.
good luck, securing Vegas seats  :willya

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Bitch on Jul 22nd, 2008 at 8:12pm
another show is added for August 8th in Philly! password is scrapple? wonder who thought that up!!

Bob Dylan and his Band will be performing a special show at The
Electric Factory in Philadelphia on August 8, to commemorate the
legendary venue's 40th Anniversary.

Pre-sale tickets are on sale now exclusively to readers of
bobdylan.com.  The pre-sale ends on Thursday night, so be sure to
pick yours up now before they go on sale to the general public on
Friday morning.

To purchase tickets, visit Ticketmaster.com and use the password "scrapple".

Visit bobdylan.com's tour page for the latest concert information including
exclusive pre-sale tickets to upcoming shows.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 23rd, 2008 at 11:27am

Ade wrote on Jul 22nd, 2008 at 2:19am:

Martha wrote on Jul 14th, 2008 at 10:15am:
Ok!  Got our Kansas City tickets, which are all GA so it was no big deal, now I am anxiously waiting to see the prices on the Vegas show.  My fingers are crossed for good reserved seats.  Stay tuned!

peace out,
Martha


pleased to hear you've got tickets for Kansas, Martha.
good luck, securing Vegas seats  :willya


Thank you so much Ade.  That's very kind.  I DID score exceptionally good reserved seats for The Joint gig. It will be what keep's me from going looney in the car all those miles.  I am so excited!!! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxo,
Martha Mellencamp

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Factory Girl on Jul 23rd, 2008 at 11:45am
I WISH I could go to the Philly 8/8 show.   :keithpunky

DANK IT!   :thatwassmart

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by gimmekeef on Jul 24th, 2008 at 8:03am
For all the Dylan fans theres a new rare 74 concert from Boston with Dylan and The Band up on DIME now:

BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND
BOSTON GARDEN
BOSTON, MA (USA)
JANUARY 14, 1974 (4PM SET)

AUDIENCE ANALOG MASTER>CDR>EAC>FLAC

JOE MALONEY MASTER RECORDING.

SET LIST:

DISC ONE:

1: RAINY DAY WOMAN
2: LAY LADY LAY
3: JUST LIKE TOM THUMB BLUES
4: IT AIN'T ME BABE
5: I DON'T BELIEVE
6: BALLAD OF A THIN MAN
7: STAGE FRIGHT
8: THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
9: KING HARVEST
10: WHEELS ON FIRE

DISC TWO:

1: I SHALL BE RELEASED
2: UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK
3: ALL ALONG THE WATCH TOWER
4: THE BALLAND OF HOLLIS BROWN
5: KNOCKIN ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
6: THE TIMES ARE A CHANGING
7: DON'T THINK TWICE
8: GARDEN OF EDEN
9: JUST LIKE A WOMAN

DISC THREE:

1: IT'S ALRIGHT MA, I'M ONLY BLEEDING
2: RAG MAMA RAG
3: WHEN YOU AWAKE
4: SHAPE I'M IN
5: THE WEIGHT
6: FOREVER YOUNG
7: SOMETHING THERE ABOUT YOU
8: LIKE A ROLLING STONE
9: MOST LIKELY YOU GO YOUR WAY, I'LL GO MINE

Special thanks to Joe Maloney for making this recording available.

Please do not "Remaster" and then re-post this recording on this or other trackers.

Presented to you by KRW&CO, July 2008. This is a new, complete, unaltered transfer.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 25th, 2008 at 4:47pm

Factory Girl wrote on Jul 23rd, 2008 at 11:45am:
I WISH I could go to the Philly 8/8 show.   :keithpunky

DANK IT!   :thatwassmart



FG  Put on those red slippers and click them together 3 times....I hope you land in the front row!!!!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 28th, 2008 at 1:00pm
Just heard today that apparently in an interview in the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, Kris Kristofferson said that he will star in a Western together with Dylan and Robert Duvall; he said that the producer would be Steve Bing.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 28th, 2008 at 1:22pm
Sounds like Bob's still on a roll!  Did you get my Lu photo G?  She was in top form at Red Rocks last night. But I digress.  Bob's TTRH was marathoned all weekend on XMX.  I was in heaven!  Those shows are priceless.  I don't know how I ever got along without them.

peace n love,
Martha Mellencamp

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 28th, 2008 at 3:39pm

Martha wrote on Jul 28th, 2008 at 1:22pm:
Sounds like Bob's still on a roll!  Did you get my Lu photo G?  She was in top form at Red Rocks last night. But I digress.  Bob's TTRH was marathoned all weekend on XMX.  I was in heaven!  Those shows are priceless.  I don't know how I ever got along without them.

peace n love,
Martha Mellencamp



I got a multimedia last night when I was in Scotland, so didnt realise what it was until I just read your post. Just logged in now to get it - thanks very much! :)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 28th, 2008 at 6:27pm
G, You are very welcome.  I couldn't help but think of you as she stood there playing her great tunes. She did 11 songs, about an hour on the stage.  

She looks really good and her new tunes sound delicious.  Can't wait for her new album to be released, sometime in Rocktober!

Bob playin a "cowboy" shouldn't be much of a stretch then ehh?! LOL

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jul 28th, 2008 at 6:53pm

Did Lu do her AC/DC cover last night?

Can't wait for the new album - 'Jailhouse Tears' with Elvis Costello is supposed to be one of the tracks...


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 28th, 2008 at 7:09pm

Martha wrote on Jul 28th, 2008 at 6:27pm:
G, You are very welcome.  I couldn't help but think of you as she stood there playing her great tunes. She did 11 songs, about an hour on the stage.  

She looks really good and her new tunes sound delicious.  Can't wait for her new album to be released, sometime in Rocktober!

Bob playin a "cowboy" shouldn't be much of a stretch then ehh?! LOL

xxoo,
Martha



Only 11 songs? Why so short. Normally she plays about 2 hours if theres no curfew.

Didnt know she had a new album due. Then again, I havent been paying much attention of late as her official website is pretty hopeless in terms of providing info.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jul 28th, 2008 at 7:34pm

Gazza wrote on Jul 28th, 2008 at 7:09pm:
Only 11 songs? Why so short. Normally she plays about 2 hours if theres no curfew.

Didnt know she had a new album due. Then again, I havent been paying much attention of late as her official website is pretty hopeless in terms of providing info.


She's opening for Mellencamp.

Her website is embarrassing.
The Forum is active though.

According to poster "Inside Job" the new album is called 'Little Honey', scheduled for release on 10/14.

Real Love
Circles & X's
Tears Of Joy
Little Rock Star
Honey Bee
Well Well Well (with Charlie Louvin & Jim Lauderdale)
If Wishes Were Horses
Jailhouse Tears (with Elvis Costello)
Knowing
Heaven Blues
Rarity
Plan To Marry
It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock N' Roll)

BTW, apparently Lu had one of those nights in Atlanta recently when she was doing a headlining gig.   :-?

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 29th, 2008 at 4:07am
from the Desolation Row newsletter:-

Bootleg Series 8

The new album will be called “Tell Tale Signs”. It will be issued in three formats on October 7th –

1.   2 CDs featuring 27 songs plus a 60 page booklet with “stunning” rare photos and in-depth notes by author Larry "Ratso" Sloman
2.   As above plus Bonus CD with additional 13 live songs, plus 150 page deluxe photo book of Bob Dylan "singles" from around the world, plus 7" vinyl single of "Dreaming of You" and "Ring Them Bells" (the latter is a Bob Dylan Pre-Order Store Exclusive)
3.   Four 180 gram vinyl LPs featuring 27 songs plus the 60-page booklet as above.

Track listings:

2CD Edition
Disc One
1. Mississippi 6:04 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
2. Most of the Time 3:46 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
3. Dignity 2:09 (Piano demo, Oh Mercy)
4. Someday Baby 5:56 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
5. Red River Shore 7:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
6. Tell Ol' Bill 5:31 (Alternate version, North Country soundtrack)
7. Born in Time 4:10 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
8. Can't Wait 5:45 (Alternate version, Time Out of Mind)
9. Everything is Broken 3:27 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
10. Dreamin' of You 6:23 (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
11. Huck's Tune 4:09 (From Lucky You soundtrack)
12. Marchin' to the City 6:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
13. High Water (For Charley Patton) 6:40 (Live, August 23, 2003,Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
Disc Two
1. Mississippi 6:24 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind)
2. 32-20 Blues 4:22 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
3. Series of Dreams 6:27 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
4. God Knows 3:12 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
5. Can't Escape from You 5:22 (Unreleased, December 2005)
6. Dignity 5:25 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
7. Ring Them Bells 4:59 (Live at The Supper Club, November 17, 1993,New York, NY
8. Cocaine Blues 5:30 (Live, August 24, 1997, Vienna, VA)
9. Ain't Talkin' 6:13 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
10. The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore 2:51 (Live, June 30, 1992,Dunkerque, France)
11. Lonesome Day Blues 7:37 (Live, February 1, 2002, Sunrise, FL)
12. Miss the Mississippi 3:20 (Unreleased, 1992)
13. The Lonesome River 3:04 (With Ralph Stanley, from the album Clinch Mountain Country)
14. 'Cross the Green Mountain 8:15 (From Gods and Generals Soundtrack)

or the deluxe edition contains this extra cd and vinyl 7:

Disc Three (Deluxe Set Only)
1. Duncan & Brady 3:47 (Unreleased, 1992)
2. Cold Irons Bound 5:57 (Live at Bonnaroo, 2004)
3. Mississippi 6:24 (Unreleased version #3, Time Out of Mind)
4. Most of the Time 5:10 (Alternate version #2, Oh Mercy)
5. Ring Them Bells 3:18 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
6. Things Have Changed 5:32 (Live, June 15, 2000, Portland, OR)
7. Red River Shore 7:08 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind)
8. Born in Time 4:19 (Unreleased version #2, Oh Mercy)
9. Tryin' to Get to Heaven 5:10 (Live, October 5, 2000, London,England)
10. Marchin' to the City 3:39 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind)
11. Can't Wait 7:24 (Alternate version #2, Time Out of Mind)
12. Mary and the Soldier 4:23 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
7" Vinyl (BobDylan.com Exclusive)
1. Dreamin' of You 6:23 (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
2. Ring Them Bells 4:59 (Live at The Supper Club, November 17, 1993,New York, NY

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 29th, 2008 at 6:58am

Ade wrote on Jul 29th, 2008 at 4:07am:
from the Desolation Row newsletter:-

Bootleg Series 8

The new album will be called “Tell Tale Signs”. It will be issued in three formats on October 7th –

1.   2 CDs featuring 27 songs plus a 60 page booklet with “stunning” rare photos and in-depth notes by author Larry "Ratso" Sloman
2.   As above plus Bonus CD with additional 13 live songs, plus 150 page deluxe photo book of Bob Dylan "singles" from around the world, plus 7" vinyl single of "Dreaming of You" and "Ring Them Bells" (the latter is a Bob Dylan Pre-Order Store Exclusive)
3.   Four 180 gram vinyl LPs featuring 27 songs plus the 60-page booklet as above.

Track listings:

2CD Edition
Disc One
1. Mississippi 6:04 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
2. Most of the Time 3:46 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
3. Dignity 2:09 (Piano demo, Oh Mercy)
4. Someday Baby 5:56 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
5. Red River Shore 7:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
6. Tell Ol' Bill 5:31 (Alternate version, North Country soundtrack)
7. Born in Time 4:10 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
8. Can't Wait 5:45 (Alternate version, Time Out of Mind)
9. Everything is Broken 3:27 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
10. Dreamin' of You 6:23 (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
11. Huck's Tune 4:09 (From Lucky You soundtrack)
12. Marchin' to the City 6:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
13. High Water (For Charley Patton) 6:40 (Live, August 23, 2003,Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
Disc Two
1. Mississippi 6:24 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind)
2. 32-20 Blues 4:22 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
3. Series of Dreams 6:27 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
4. God Knows 3:12 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
5. Can't Escape from You 5:22 (Unreleased, December 2005)
6. Dignity 5:25 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
7. Ring Them Bells 4:59 (Live at The Supper Club, November 17, 1993,New York, NY
8. Cocaine Blues 5:30 (Live, August 24, 1997, Vienna, VA)
9. Ain't Talkin' 6:13 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
10. The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore 2:51 (Live, June 30, 1992,Dunkerque, France)
11. Lonesome Day Blues 7:37 (Live, February 1, 2002, Sunrise, FL)
12. Miss the Mississippi 3:20 (Unreleased, 1992)
13. The Lonesome River 3:04 (With Ralph Stanley, from the album Clinch Mountain Country)
14. 'Cross the Green Mountain 8:15 (From Gods and Generals Soundtrack)

or the deluxe edition contains this extra cd and vinyl 7:

Disc Three (Deluxe Set Only)
1. Duncan & Brady 3:47 (Unreleased, 1992)
2. Cold Irons Bound 5:57 (Live at Bonnaroo, 2004)
3. Mississippi 6:24 (Unreleased version #3, Time Out of Mind)
4. Most of the Time 5:10 (Alternate version #2, Oh Mercy)
5. Ring Them Bells 3:18 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
6. Things Have Changed 5:32 (Live, June 15, 2000, Portland, OR)
7. Red River Shore 7:08 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind)
8. Born in Time 4:19 (Unreleased version #2, Oh Mercy)
9. Tryin' to Get to Heaven 5:10 (Live, October 5, 2000, London,England)
10. Marchin' to the City 3:39 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind)
11. Can't Wait 7:24 (Alternate version #2, Time Out of Mind)
12. Mary and the Soldier 4:23 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
7" Vinyl (BobDylan.com Exclusive)
1. Dreamin' of You 6:23 (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
2. Ring Them Bells 4:59 (Live at The Supper Club, November 17, 1993,New York, NY



Sweet fucking buggery!!!!

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 29th, 2008 at 7:07am
Surprised though at the omission of some of the 1992 outtakes from the session with david Bromberg ()hich have been bootlegged)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 29th, 2008 at 7:10am

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 28th, 2008 at 7:34pm:

Gazza wrote on Jul 28th, 2008 at 7:09pm:
Only 11 songs? Why so short. Normally she plays about 2 hours if theres no curfew.

Didnt know she had a new album due. Then again, I havent been paying much attention of late as her official website is pretty hopeless in terms of providing info.


She's opening for Mellencamp.

Her website is embarrassing.
The Forum is active though.

According to poster "Inside Job" the new album is called 'Little Honey', scheduled for release on 10/14.

Real Love
Circles & X's
Tears Of Joy
Little Rock Star
Honey Bee
Well Well Well (with Charlie Louvin & Jim Lauderdale)
If Wishes Were Horses
Jailhouse Tears (with Elvis Costello)
Knowing
Heaven Blues
Rarity
Plan To Marry
It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock N' Roll)

BTW, apparently Lu had one of those nights in Atlanta recently when she was doing a headlining gig.   :-?



Thanks for the info. She did a lot of songs for 'West', some of which are in that list. (She played 'jailhouse tears' as an audible despite the protests of her 'new' band who tried to convince her they didnt know it well enough after I shouted for it in Manchester two years ago)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jul 29th, 2008 at 7:15am

Gazza wrote on Jul 29th, 2008 at 6:58am:

Ade wrote on Jul 29th, 2008 at 4:07am:
from the Desolation Row newsletter:-

Bootleg Series 8

The new album will be called “Tell Tale Signs”. It will be issued in three formats on October 7th –

1.   2 CDs featuring 27 songs plus a 60 page booklet with “stunning” rare photos and in-depth notes by author Larry "Ratso" Sloman
2.   As above plus Bonus CD with additional 13 live songs, plus 150 page deluxe photo book of Bob Dylan "singles" from around the world, plus 7" vinyl single of "Dreaming of You" and "Ring Them Bells" (the latter is a Bob Dylan Pre-Order Store Exclusive)
3.   Four 180 gram vinyl LPs featuring 27 songs plus the 60-page booklet as above.

Track listings:

2CD Edition
Disc One
1. Mississippi 6:04 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
2. Most of the Time 3:46 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
3. Dignity 2:09 (Piano demo, Oh Mercy)
4. Someday Baby 5:56 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
5. Red River Shore 7:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
6. Tell Ol' Bill 5:31 (Alternate version, North Country soundtrack)
7. Born in Time 4:10 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
8. Can't Wait 5:45 (Alternate version, Time Out of Mind)
9. Everything is Broken 3:27 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
10. Dreamin' of You 6:23 (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
11. Huck's Tune 4:09 (From Lucky You soundtrack)
12. Marchin' to the City 6:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
13. High Water (For Charley Patton) 6:40 (Live, August 23, 2003,Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
Disc Two
1. Mississippi 6:24 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind)
2. 32-20 Blues 4:22 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
3. Series of Dreams 6:27 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
4. God Knows 3:12 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
5. Can't Escape from You 5:22 (Unreleased, December 2005)
6. Dignity 5:25 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
7. Ring Them Bells 4:59 (Live at The Supper Club, November 17, 1993,New York, NY
8. Cocaine Blues 5:30 (Live, August 24, 1997, Vienna, VA)
9. Ain't Talkin' 6:13 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
10. The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore 2:51 (Live, June 30, 1992,Dunkerque, France)
11. Lonesome Day Blues 7:37 (Live, February 1, 2002, Sunrise, FL)
12. Miss the Mississippi 3:20 (Unreleased, 1992)
13. The Lonesome River 3:04 (With Ralph Stanley, from the album Clinch Mountain Country)
14. 'Cross the Green Mountain 8:15 (From Gods and Generals Soundtrack)

or the deluxe edition contains this extra cd and vinyl 7:

Disc Three (Deluxe Set Only)
1. Duncan & Brady 3:47 (Unreleased, 1992)
2. Cold Irons Bound 5:57 (Live at Bonnaroo, 2004)
3. Mississippi 6:24 (Unreleased version #3, Time Out of Mind)
4. Most of the Time 5:10 (Alternate version #2, Oh Mercy)
5. Ring Them Bells 3:18 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
6. Things Have Changed 5:32 (Live, June 15, 2000, Portland, OR)
7. Red River Shore 7:08 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind)
8. Born in Time 4:19 (Unreleased version #2, Oh Mercy)
9. Tryin' to Get to Heaven 5:10 (Live, October 5, 2000, London,England)
10. Marchin' to the City 3:39 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind)
11. Can't Wait 7:24 (Alternate version #2, Time Out of Mind)
12. Mary and the Soldier 4:23 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
7" Vinyl (BobDylan.com Exclusive)
1. Dreamin' of You 6:23 (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
2. Ring Them Bells 4:59 (Live at The Supper Club, November 17, 1993,New York, NY



Sweet fucking buggery!!!!


Great news!!  Thanks Ade 8-)

I wouldn't go as far as Gazza though.....

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 29th, 2008 at 7:37am
a bit naughty, putting this 3-cd deluxe set, onsale exlusively to the Bob Dylan store...(shipping costs etc)
Anyone know the price of it?
or when its available for pre-order?

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 29th, 2008 at 10:31am

Ade wrote on Jul 29th, 2008 at 7:37am:
a bit naughty, putting this 3-cd deluxe set, onsale exlusively to the Bob Dylan store...(shipping costs etc)
Anyone know the price of it?
or when its available for pre-order?



130 bastarding dollars!

I think the cd single is the bobdylan.com exclusive. I cant imagine the deluxe set being limited to that site. At that price, it would be economic suicide. Or it should be.

A word of advice. Do NOT order something from Dylan's official site if you live outside the US. They charge a fortune for shipping and WON'T (even though you can request it on their site) tick the items as 'gift' meaning you end up paying hefty amounts for import duty.

Normally, if I'm ordering stuff like expensive box sets from overseas where the prices are so much cheaper, I get them sent to my wife and marked as a 'gift' to avoid the duty on them. If youre doing that, get it from amazon.com or somewhere else.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Lazy Bones on Jul 29th, 2008 at 12:47pm
thanks, Ade, for the info!

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 29th, 2008 at 2:18pm
thanks Gazza for the advice  :)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 30th, 2008 at 8:18am
latest from Desolation Row:-

More on Bootleg Series 8

My announcement yesterday about the new album “Tell Tale Signs” was based largely on information from Bobdylan.com. ISIS issued their own bulletin, and we both seem to have concluded that the 3 CD set containing the 7” vinyl could only be obtained by ordering from bobdylan.com, but that you’d still be able to get the 3CD set without the vinyl from other sources. This has been questioned by some who have read the Bobdylan/com announcement differently. Looking back at the Bobdylan.com announcement, it could be concluded that the only source of the 3 CD set is through Bobdylan.com. However, information from Sony/Columbia says otherwise. The only way to get the 7” vinyl is through bd.com by buying what they are calling the “Bobdylan.com Exclusive Deluxe Edition” but you can get the set without the vinyl through normal sources (although, caution, it’s a limited edition). Bobdylan.com mentions three options (2, 4 and 5 below), but there are apparently 6 options, as follows:

1. Single CD version (13 songs) in a jewel case with a 16 page booklet. The US and Canada will hold off on releasing this format until some time in November but elsewhere it will be released simultaneously with the other formats on October 7th. I believe this will be disc 1 of the 2/3 CD set.
2. 2 CDs featuring 27 songs plus a 60 page booklet with “stunning” rare photos and in-depth notes by author Larry "Ratso" Sloman. Price through bd.com $18.99, but available elsewhere.
3. The limited de-luxe edition - As above plus third CD with additional 13 live songs, plus 150 page deluxe photo book of Bob Dylan "singles" from around the world. Available through usual outlets.
4.The Bobdylan.com Exclusive Deluxe Edition - As 3 above plus 7" vinyl single of "Dreaming of You" and "Ring Them Bells". Available only through bd.com at $129.99. Note that these two tracks are not unique to the vinyl; they are both to be found on the first two CDs.
5. Four 180 gram vinyl LPs featuring 27 songs ( from CDs 1 & 2) plus the 60-page booklet as above. Price through bd.com $99.99, but available elsewhere.
6. An iTunes release of the 2CD version with an exclusive bonus track (to be decided) not included on any o fthe other formats.

Items 4 and 5 will be heavy and, if bought through Bobdylan.com, postage charges to Europe will be steep; for option 2 it’s just under $40.00.

"Dreaming of You" is available as a free download from bd.com. if you have trouble like I did, go to www.yousendit.com That’s where I had success. There will be a second free download available early September but the exact date and which track are still to be decided.

“Ring Them Bells” on CD2, live at the Supper Club 1993, can be viewed in video format in the online version of Mondays USA today (see next section), You should be able to see it by clicking on the following url or by pasting it into your browser - http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-07-28-dylan-telltale-signs_N.htm
It’s a truly beautiful version IMO.

A concept video has been shot and is scheduled to premiere on September 8. The US are planning to give Amazon.com the premiere but it’s still to be decided for elsewhere. Further promotional videos are being planned.

The New Album According to Edna Gundersen

From USA Today –

The tunes, they are a-changin', and Bob Dylan fans will find the telltale signs on Tell Tale Signs, the long-rumored eighth installment of his Bootleg Series.

The two-CD, 27-song set, out Oct. 7, contains previously unreleased studio recordings, demos, alternate takes, live tracks and rarities spanning 1989 to 2006, a rich period that generated the lauded Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft, Modern Times and Oh Mercy. A third 12-track disc is part of a limited-edition deluxe set in a hardcover slipcase with a book with photos of all of Dylan's singles. The 27-song version also will be issued in a limited-edition four-LP set.

Listeners will discover a wealth of fresh material and multiple versions of songs with altered lyrics, moods and styles.

"When Most of the Time came out on Oh Mercy, I thought it was such an achingly beautiful love song," says Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of A&R at Columbia/Legacy. "Now it's here as a folk version and something that sounds like Dylan with Brian Eno and The Edge. To hear the way the songs and lyrics develop is fascinating. Dylan comes across as a folk singer, a blues musician and a jazz artist."

Dignity appears as a truncated piano demo and in twangy rockabilly form. Series of Dreams undergoes a rewrite. Twin renditions of the bluesy Marchin' to the City serve as blueprints for 'Til I Fell in Love With You.

The newly unveiled Dreamin' of You, a free download at the just-overhauled bobdylan.com, bears lyrics that later fed other songs.

Also new to Dylan's canon are Red River Shore and Can't Escape From You, written for a film but never used. Miss the Mississippi was rescued from a long-shelved album with David Bromberg, and 32-20 Blues marks Dylan's only release of a Robert Johnson cover.

Among the rarities are the live The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore, eight-minute 'Cross the Green Mountain, The Lonesome River duet with Ralph Stanley and Ring Them Bells from Dylan's storied 1993 stint at the Supper Club in Manhattan. Those performances were filmed but never released.

"The songs and performances are of such strength and diversity, they will appeal to new fans and longtime fans," Berkowitz says, predicting the two-CD set will satisfy most appetites. "For some fans, there's never enough."

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Jul 30th, 2008 at 9:53am

Ade wrote on Jul 30th, 2008 at 8:18am:
latest from Desolation Row:-

Items 4 and 5 will be heavy and, if bought through Bobdylan.com, postage charges to Europe will be steep; for option 2 it’s just under $40.00.


That must be one hell of a heavy piece of 7' vinyl then theyre using for the 2-track single, because its the only difference between item 3 and item 4!

Option 3 will suffice for me, with hopefully an i-tunes purchase of just the bonus track mentioned in option 6.

No doubt within a few months of people selling off their first born to get the deluxe edition, there'll be an alternate and much cheaper way of getting disc 3 made available "due to popular demand".

Nonsensical stuff. And we thought the multiple options of buying the "Dylan" best of boxed set last October were head scratching.

The free download song available on the official site is a sort of early version of "Til I Fell In Love With You". Its not bad, although it's no 'Series of dreams'

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Jul 30th, 2008 at 11:59am
Yeah, she's opening for Johnny's tour.

Here's Lu's complete set from July 27th at Red Rocks

1. Real Love
2. Tears of Joy
3. Fruits of My Labor
4. Right In Time
5. Out Of Touch
6. Little Rock Star
7. Essence
8. Real Live Bleeding Fingers
9. Honey Bee (this JAMS!)
10. Joy
11. Righteously


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Jul 30th, 2008 at 1:50pm
"option 3", would certainly appear to be the "consumer friendly" option.

We just need clarification/confirmation from Amazon etc, of it's existence/ ordering info.

nevertheless, very confusing stuff from Mr Dylan and his record company.


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Aug 1st, 2008 at 4:33am
Bootleg Series #8 'will lead to more piracy'

http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/how-the-bootleg-series-8-will-lead-to-more-bob-dylan-piracy/

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Aug 2nd, 2008 at 3:05pm
I will miss the over-priced practice (Steelers first pre-season game) to attend the Dylan show Friday.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Aug 4th, 2008 at 12:28pm

robpop wrote on Aug 2nd, 2008 at 3:05pm:
I will miss the over-priced practice (Steelers first pre-season game) to attend the Dylan show Friday.



Good for you RC!  Will you write a review of the gig for us?

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Aug 4th, 2008 at 2:55pm

Martha wrote on Aug 4th, 2008 at 12:28pm:

robpop wrote on Aug 2nd, 2008 at 3:05pm:
I will miss the over-priced practice (Steelers first pre-season game) to attend the Dylan show Friday.



Good for you RC!  Will you write a review of the gig for us?

xxoo,
Martha


I'll be more than happy to, although I may not write in until late Saturday.   Friday is looking to be a long night.  My friend's (he is going to the show with me) band is playing a bar down the street after the show.  The last time I was lead singer for the Stones set.  LOL!!!

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Aug 4th, 2008 at 9:10pm
Oh yeah, I'll be ther to see The Raconteurs also.  I'll let all of yinz know how that was.  I maybe there also in time to see that big black guy sing "Crazy".

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Aug 5th, 2008 at 3:10pm

Martha wrote on Aug 4th, 2008 at 12:28pm:

robpop wrote on Aug 2nd, 2008 at 3:05pm:
I will miss the over-priced practice (Steelers first pre-season game) to attend the Dylan show Friday.



Good for you RC!  Will you write a review of the gig for us?

xxoo,
Martha


I just checked the schedule.  I thought Dylan was on Friday, but he is playing the second day of the event on Saturday.  Good thing I checked.  Actually, it works out better for me.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Aug 9th, 2008 at 8:47am
Opening US summer tour show, August 8,  at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band remains unchanged and Bob is still on keyboards throughout.

1. Cat's In The Well
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Moonlight
5. Tangled Up In Blue
6. Things Have Changed
7. Spirit On The Water
8. Honest With Me
9. Beyond The Horizon
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
11. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
12. Highway 61 Revisited
13. Nettie Moore
14. Summer Days
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain
17. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Aug 9th, 2008 at 12:09pm
It looks like it going to be a late night.  Dylan should be taking the stage around 11 PM.  Event is sold out, and post concert traffic should be a nightmare.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Aug 9th, 2008 at 12:22pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 9th, 2008 at 8:47am:
Opening US summer tour show, August 8,  at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band remains unchanged and Bob is still on keyboards throughout.

1. Cat's In The Well
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Moonlight
5. Tangled Up In Blue
6. Things Have Changed
7. Spirit On The Water
8. Honest With Me
9. Beyond The Horizon
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
11. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
12. Highway 61 Revisited
13. Nettie Moore
14. Summer Days
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
16. Thunder On The Mountain
17. Blowin' In The Wind

------------------------------------------------------


It's time to bring Martin in for a shoot!  I am counting down the shows til Tulsa!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
MM


Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Aug 9th, 2008 at 1:40pm
nice setlist   8-)

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Aug 9th, 2008 at 3:30pm
Ok all, I'm heading out in a few minutes to see Bob.  I'm also looking foreward to seeing The Raconteurs.  I won't be back until late, so I'll let yinz know how it went in the morning.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Ade on Aug 10th, 2008 at 8:22am
Last night’s, August 9,  show was at South Side Works, New American Music Union Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was a reduced setlist because it was a festival.
1. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Spirit On The Water
5. High Water (For Charley Patton)
6. Tangled Up In Blue
7. Honest With Me
8. Beyond The Horizon
9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Nettie Moore
11. Summer Days
12. Ballad Of A Thin ManEncore
13. Like A Rolling Stone Apparently, during the show on the 8th, the following little event occurred – "Kimball drew the ire of the bandleader in “Summer Days” when Dylan left his keyboard to give him some face-to-face instructions, evidently about his volume level. Later, when Dylan introduced the band, he said “Stu Kimball on guitar…at least I think that’s Stu Kimball…”

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Aug 10th, 2008 at 9:00am

Ade wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 8:22am:
Last night’s, August 9,  show was at South Side Works, New American Music Union Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was a reduced setlist because it was a festival.
1. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Spirit On The Water
5. High Water (For Charley Patton)
6. Tangled Up In Blue
7. Honest With Me
8. Beyond The Horizon
9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Nettie Moore
11. Summer Days
12. Ballad Of A Thin ManEncore
13. Like A Rolling Stone Apparently, during the show on the 8th, the following little event occurred – "Kimball drew the ire of the bandleader in “Summer Days” when Dylan left his keyboard to give him some face-to-face instructions, evidently about his volume level. Later, when Dylan introduced the band, he said “Stu Kimball on guitar…at least I think that’s Stu Kimball…”



The campaign to bring back Larry Campbell starts here!

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:10pm
I've seen Stu throw fits before and walk off the stage.  Maybe he's not gonna hang around.  We'll have to stay tuned.


Larry won't be back no more though.  

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:11pm

Martha wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:10pm:
I've seen Stu throw fits before and walk off the stage.  Maybe he's not gonna hang around.  We'll have to stay tuned.


Larry won't be back no more though.  

xxoo,
MM

I agree, Martha.

He has too much freedom performing with Phil and Friends and Levon Helm.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:21pm

Martha wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:10pm:
I've seen Stu throw fits before and walk off the stage.  Maybe he's not gonna hang around.  We'll have to stay tuned.


Larry won't be back no more though.  

xxoo,
MM



My satirical attempt at a Taylor-Wood-esque feud have evidently failed!  :smile :aimama

Kimball has walked offstage before? Seriously? I'm amazed he still has a job if thats the case. He must have photos of Dylan in compromising positions or something.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:24pm
Hi Meg!  I remember seeing Larry at the last 2 ballpark shows and he looked GREY.  I was actually worried about him, and then he left Bob.  Afterwards I saw him when he toured with Emmy Lou and Elvis C. and he had color back in his cheeks.  He won't go back to Bob, I'm almost certain.  Stu is a bit of a hot-head I think.  I've never seen Bob go instruct anyone during a show.  Is this moment on U-tube perchance?

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:26pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:21pm:

Martha wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:10pm:
I've seen Stu throw fits before and walk off the stage.  Maybe he's not gonna hang around.  We'll have to stay tuned.


Larry won't be back no more though.  

xxoo,
MM



My satirical attempt at a Taylor-Wood-esque feud have evidently failed!  :smile :aimama

Kimball has walked offstage before? Seriously? I'm amazed he still has a job if thats the case. He must have photos of Dylan in compromising positions or something.


Yeah it was towards the end of the show in Lincoln NE in 2006 and Stu was monkeying about with his amp getting more and more frustrated and during the song actually left the stage.  I remember it took a few minutes before Bob casually turned around to see that he was not there.  He acted unconcerned, (of course) and went on with the show.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Gazza on Aug 10th, 2008 at 1:02pm

Martha wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:24pm:
Hi Meg!  I remember seeing Larry at the last 2 ballpark shows and he looked GREY.  I was actually worried about him, and then he left Bob.  Afterwards I saw him when he toured with Emmy Lou and Elvis C. and he had color back in his cheeks.  He won't go back to Bob, I'm almost certain.  Stu is a bit of a hot-head I think.  I've never seen Bob go instruct anyone during a show.  



seen him do it a couple of times. Also remember one night in Dublin in 1993 (first show of that year) when during the acoustic mini-set he used to do in those days, Bob suddenly downed his guitar and left the stage for about three minutes. Garnier sort of winged it and, after looking around in disbelief, did what amounted to a solo spot on his stand-up bass. After what seemed like an eternity as 8,000 fans wondered if the show was over, Bob returned and resumed the song without a word.

No idea what happened - maybe Bob just heard the call of nature and it was time for a temporary "abrupt end to transmission"

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 10th, 2008 at 2:20pm

Paging Freddy Koella.
Freddy Koella, white courtesy phone.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 10th, 2008 at 2:26pm

Martha wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:24pm:
I remember seeing Larry at the last 2 ballpark shows and he looked GREY.  I was actually worried about him, and then he left Bob. Afterwards I saw him when he toured with Emmy Lou and Elvis C. and he had color back in his cheeks. He won't go back to Bob, I'm almost certain.


Larry's fine.

As Meg noted, LC's playing with both Phil Lesh & Friends and Levon Helm.
He pulled double duty on the recent Phil/Levon tour.

His wife Teresa Williams is also playing with both bands.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Aug 11th, 2008 at 7:34pm
I've been holding back my comments on the show Saturday.  I have very little that is good to say, and I blame none of it on the bands.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Aug 11th, 2008 at 10:03pm
Here we go...

Baltimore, Maryland
Virgin Mobile Festival
Pimlico Race Course
August 10, 2008

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2.      It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
5.      High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
7.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
8.      When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
11.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks Don Mitchell for the email)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]



Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Aug 11th, 2008 at 10:04pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 2:20pm:
Paging Freddy Koella.
Freddy Koella, white courtesy phone.



I second that!  I loved it when Fuzzy was in the band.  :wow

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Martha on Aug 11th, 2008 at 10:05pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 1:02pm:

Martha wrote on Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:24pm:
Hi Meg!  I remember seeing Larry at the last 2 ballpark shows and he looked GREY.  I was actually worried about him, and then he left Bob.  Afterwards I saw him when he toured with Emmy Lou and Elvis C. and he had color back in his cheeks.  He won't go back to Bob, I'm almost certain.  Stu is a bit of a hot-head I think.  I've never seen Bob go instruct anyone during a show.  



seen him do it a couple of times. Also remember one night in Dublin in 1993 (first show of that year) when during the acoustic mini-set he used to do in those days, Bob suddenly downed his guitar and left the stage for about three minutes. Garnier sort of winged it and, after looking around in disbelief, did what amounted to a solo spot on his stand-up bass. After what seemed like an eternity as 8,000 fans wondered if the show was over, Bob returned and resumed the song without a word.

No idea what happened - maybe Bob just heard the call of nature and it was time for a temporary "abrupt end to transmission"


I would have loved to have been there for that.  Thanks for the story G!

xxoo,
MM
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by Bitch on Aug 11th, 2008 at 11:50pm

robpop wrote on Aug 11th, 2008 at 7:34pm:
I've been holding back my comments on the show Saturday.  I have very little that is good to say, and I blame none of it on the bands.


TELL IT, man! I'm going to the AC show on Saturday, so what's up? Did you get bad seats? Into a scuffle? Too drunk?  

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by GotToRollMe on Aug 12th, 2008 at 9:42am

robpop wrote on Aug 11th, 2008 at 7:34pm:
I've been holding back my comments on the show Saturday.  I have very little that is good to say, and I blame none of it on the bands.


Ah, that's a shame, rob. Festivals aren't the ideal place for music, in my opinion. Dylan's playing in AC this Saturday if ya wanna give him another shot!  8-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Aug 12th, 2008 at 11:11am
Is Dylan playing near the Poconos next week?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 12th, 2008 at 11:41am
it's alright ma i'm only bleeding is on the setlist a ton....when i saw him back in 05, he played it too. i wonder why he plays it so often...great song, i know...but not one of his best or most well known.

bob, i am assuming, picks the setlists every night, no?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Aug 12th, 2008 at 11:53am
No, Chuck Leavell faxes it in.

Title: Re: Dylan's opening night
Post by robpop on Aug 12th, 2008 at 1:17pm

GotToRollMe wrote on Aug 12th, 2008 at 9:42am:

robpop wrote on Aug 11th, 2008 at 7:34pm:
I've been holding back my comments on the show Saturday.  I have very little that is good to say, and I blame none of it on the bands.


Ah, that's a shame, rob. Festivals aren't the ideal place for music, in my opinion. Dylan's playing in AC this Saturday if ya wanna give him another shot!  8-)


I'd love to do so, but I'm on the road for two Springsteen shows next week.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 12th, 2008 at 4:18pm

Starbuck wrote on Aug 12th, 2008 at 11:41am:
it's alright ma i'm only bleeding is on the setlist a ton....when i saw him back in 05, he played it too. i wonder why he plays it so often...great song, i know...but not one of his best or most well known.

bob, i am assuming, picks the setlists every night, no?


I have been told by my friend John who was Al's (Al Santos>Bob's tour manager)room mate in college and happened to be in his office at one of the shows, that Tony brings the set-list to Al right before show-time.  I believe Bob puts it together since I cannot imagine him giving that over to anyone.  I also know of one show ( the next to last ballpark gig) where Bill Pagel was given the actual set-list AFTER the show.  I was it with my own eyes.  Bob had added the song Love Sick during the show and it was hand written in.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 12th, 2008 at 5:27pm

Asbury Park tomorrow night!

I can smell the Nag Champa already...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 12th, 2008 at 5:55pm
You will have your left AND right shoe ROCKED!!!!   :keithpunky

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 12th, 2008 at 7:55pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Aug 12th, 2008 at 5:27pm:
Asbury Park tomorrow night!

I can smell the Nag Champa already...



What are the odds of a "Bruce" appearance?..

If you are going Leftie, I expect a report or photo or a listen old buddy, old friend!! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 12th, 2008 at 8:00pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Aug 12th, 2008 at 7:55pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Aug 12th, 2008 at 5:27pm:
Asbury Park tomorrow night!

I can smell the Nag Champa already...


What are the odds of a "Bruce" appearance?


To quote Frank Zappa, "I figure the odds be 50/50".




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 12th, 2008 at 9:35pm

Tonight's setlist from Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
Sumbitch did 'John Brown' one day too soon...

 1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
 2. Lay, Lady, Lay
 3. Lonesome Day Blues
 4. Girl Of The North Country
 5. The Levee's Gonna Break
 6. Spirit On The Water
 7. Honest With Me
 8. John Brown
 9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Beyond The Horizon
11. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
12. Nettie Moore
13. Summer Days
14. Masters Of War
       
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Thunder On The Mountain
17. Blowin' In The Wind  

from boblinks.com

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 13th, 2008 at 2:17am
sounds like a good show - thanks!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 13th, 2008 at 12:57pm
The next leg is starting to form:

(From Bill Pagel's website)

Nov.             Asian Tour including Japan - (unconfirmed)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by fireontheplatter on Aug 13th, 2008 at 3:42pm
don't get me wrong here but bob sounds horrible these days.

i loved the guy back in the day but now every word he sing in unaudable.  

he played here in ny yesterday and the concert sucked.

he sucks now.............


:wtf1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Aug 13th, 2008 at 3:56pm

wrote on Aug 13th, 2008 at 3:42pm:
don't get me wrong here but bob sounds horrible these days.

i loved the guy back in the day but now every word he sing in unaudable.  

he played here in ny yesterday and the concert sucked.

he sucks now.............


:wtf1


Sucks?  I would never go that far.  He is not what he was, but then again who is?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by fireontheplatter on Aug 13th, 2008 at 4:03pm

robpop wrote on Aug 13th, 2008 at 3:56pm:
[quote author=fireontheplatter link=1210995293/225#235 date=1218660128]don't get me wrong here but bob sounds horrible these days.

i loved the guy back in the day but now every word he sing in unaudable.  

he played here in ny yesterday and the concert sucked.

he sucks now.............


:wtf1


don't get me wrong here dude

so does your fucking fish

i'm about ready to kill that fucking thing.............

:wtf1





Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Aug 13th, 2008 at 4:10pm
I'll smash a fucking 40 over your fucking head!!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by fireontheplatter on Aug 13th, 2008 at 4:15pm
take it easy there dude otherwise i'll eat your fish.

:wtf1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Aug 13th, 2008 at 5:07pm
No Borgata seats available.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 13th, 2008 at 6:32pm
Just off the phone with Leftie who is at Convention Hall.  The buzz there from Ushers, people who work there, etc..is 3 songs with Bruce tonight....

DAMN!!! :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 13th, 2008 at 6:45pm

wrote on Aug 13th, 2008 at 3:42pm:
don't get me wrong here but bob sounds horrible these days.

i loved the guy back in the day but now every word he sing in unaudable.  

he played here in ny yesterday and the concert sucked.

he sucks now.............


:wtf1



..and you were there, I suppose?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Aug 13th, 2008 at 6:55pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 13th, 2008 at 6:45pm:

wrote on Aug 13th, 2008 at 3:42pm:
don't get me wrong here but bob sounds horrible these days.

i loved the guy back in the day but now every word he sing in unaudable.  

he played here in ny yesterday and the concert sucked.

he sucks now.............


:wtf1



..and you were there, I suppose?


If he was there with me on Saturday night, and that was the only Dylan show he had seen in a while, I could understand where he was coming from.  I have seen Dylan several times in the last few years, and this show was not his fault.  Poor setup, and the performers seemed to be "rushed" through their sets.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Aug 13th, 2008 at 6:56pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Aug 13th, 2008 at 6:32pm:
Just off the phone with Leftie who is at Convention Hall.  The buzz there from Ushers, people who work there, etc..is 3 songs with Bruce tonight....

DAMN!!! :willya


Chimes of Freedom?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by fireontheplatter on Aug 13th, 2008 at 9:16pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 13th, 2008 at 6:45pm:

wrote on Aug 13th, 2008 at 3:42pm:
don't get me wrong here but bob sounds horrible these days.

i loved the guy back in the day but now every word he sing in unaudable.  

he played here in ny yesterday and the concert sucked.

he sucks now.............


:wtf1



..and you were there, I suppose?


no i wasn't there, thank god.

fox 5 morning  news had a thing on the show in brooklyn or whatever borough it was in a couple of days ago.  from what i saw it all just sounds like crap, and a lot of the people in the audience said so too..

don't bite my head of g...i'm still a fan.  [sort of]

:wtf1




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 13th, 2008 at 9:20pm
I'm on pins and needles waiting for the set to post!  

Or Meg you may be the first to know!
:weed :weed :weed


xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 13th, 2008 at 10:26pm
Here it is.  No mention of The Boss showing up.

Asbury Park New Jersey
Convention Hall
August 13, 2008

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2.      It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
5.      High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
9.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks Ed & Michelle and Susan & Al for the phone calls and Mike Gardner for the email)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 13th, 2008 at 10:44pm

Caught the Garnier Recile Duo tonight in Asbury Park.

Weird that a buncha other dudes were up there pantomiming along with 'em all night...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Aug 14th, 2008 at 12:52am
Cool setlist, 4 from the new CD, and I love Nettie Moore and Aint Talkin.

Looking forward to AC show Saturday night! I'm gonna get there early, and spark one up outside before the show. Strict 'no smoking' rules at The Borgata, the big tough bouncers in that place get in your face and escort you out the door!

Oh the times, they are a changing.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 14th, 2008 at 2:05am
Asbury Park New Jersey
Convention Hall

August 13, 2008

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)  
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)  
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)  
4. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)  
5. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)  
7. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)  
9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)  
10. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
12.  Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)  
13. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
15.  Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
16.  Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
17.  Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 14th, 2008 at 6:22am

left shoe shuffle wrote on Aug 13th, 2008 at 10:44pm:
Caught the Garnier Recile Duo tonight in Asbury Park.

Weird that a buncha other dudes were up there pantomiming along with 'em all night...


No Bruce..

I wondered about it anyway, as Eric Clapton was at Bob's show during the "baseball tour" and only played with Junior not Bob!!.. He must be getting to be a finicky old man I guess.

This from a review on Boblinks that attested to the fine sound in Convention Hall:

"Encores:  They are all good, but now we are expecting Bruce to join in:

Show ends:  Get this: we get to watch an obviously unhappy Bruce
Springsteen walk across the floor in front of the stage to let us know he
was there to play and was shut down.  Again, we were all saying that we
expected a lot of Bruce fans to be showing up in hopes of this and we did
not expect it to.  But after hearing about the rehearsals and watching
Bruce stroll out of the building in front of us, you couldn't help but
feeling pissed at Bob.  That's how tonight was.  Not a great Bob night and
he blew off Bruce.  Goodnight"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Aug 14th, 2008 at 6:34am
I see Dylan Friday night at the MGM Grand....I'm psyched!!!   :perverted

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Aug 14th, 2008 at 7:42am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Aug 14th, 2008 at 6:22am:
This from a review on Boblinks that attested to the fine sound in Convention Hall:

"Encores:  They are all good, but now we are expecting Bruce to join in:

Show ends:  Get this: we get to watch an obviously unhappy Bruce
Springsteen walk across the floor in front of the stage to let us know he
was there to play and was shut down.  Again, we were all saying that we
expected a lot of Bruce fans to be showing up in hopes of this and we did
not expect it to.  But after hearing about the rehearsals and watching
Bruce stroll out of the building in front of us, you couldn't help but
feeling pissed at Bob.  That's how tonight was.  Not a great Bob night and
he blew off Bruce.  Goodnight"


Woah. That's pretty fucked up right there.  :(

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 14th, 2008 at 11:28am
I'm not surprised Bruce didn't take the stage.  I would have been more surprised if he had.  That's Bob for ya. ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 14th, 2008 at 5:09pm

Story is bullshit.
Bruce was there with Patti, and they left the same way they came in - through a side stage door.

Was Bruce supposed to play?
According to folks I know that work at Convention Hall, they were told that he'd be joining Bob for three songs.

However, nobody - including those same people - seemed to know if there were any songs rehearsed.
And often as not the soundchecks are done sans Dylan.  

One thing I did notice was that the setlist at Bob's keyboard was changed moments before they hit the stage.

I'm not terribly disappointed that Bruce didn't play because it would've been inaudible anyway.

Worst. Sound. Ever.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Aug 14th, 2008 at 6:19pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Aug 14th, 2008 at 5:09pm:
Story is bullshit.
Bruce was there with Patti, and they left the same way they came in - through a side stage door.

Was Bruce supposed to play?
According to folks I know that work at Convention Hall, they were told that he'd be joining Bob for three songs.

However, nobody - including those same people - seemed to know if there were any songs rehearsed.
And often as not the soundchecks are done sans Dylan.  

One thing I did notice was that the setlist at Bob's keyboard was changed moments before they hit the stage.

I'm not terribly disappointed that Bruce didn't play because it would've been inaudible anyway.

Worst. Sound. Ever.  


Bad sound Left?  You should be glad you were not here on Saturday.  Worst sound ever.  Anyway all stories I read Bruce was just there last night to enjoy the show.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Aug 15th, 2008 at 8:49pm
Best wishes again GTRM.  I wish I was there.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:07pm

robpop wrote on Aug 15th, 2008 at 8:49pm:
Best wishes again GTRM.  I wish I was there.


Thanks Rob! :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:20pm

GotToRollMe wrote on Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:07pm:

robpop wrote on Aug 15th, 2008 at 8:49pm:
Best wishes again GTRM.  I wish I was there.


Thanks Rob! :)


Let me know how it went, OK?  Hey if it is thumbs up, can I get a listen?   ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:10pm
Here's tonight's set, with a nod to Bruce perhaps?  ;-)

Song # 10 is one of my very favs!  

Hope the sound was good tonight.

xxoo,
Martha
================================


Mashantucket, Connecticut
MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods
August 15, 2008

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2.      The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
4.      I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Can't Wait (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard)
7.      High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
10.      I Believe In You (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
13.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks Ed & Michelle and Susan & Al for the phone calls)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:17pm

Grrrr.
Two of my favorites - 'John Brown' and 'I Believe In You' - played before and after the Asbury Park debacle.

Punkass... ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 16th, 2008 at 4:12am

GotToRollMe wrote on Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:07pm:

robpop wrote on Aug 15th, 2008 at 8:49pm:
Best wishes again GTRM.  I wish I was there.


Thanks Rob! :)



have a great time at Bob and enjoy your break

"down the shore everything's alright.."

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 16th, 2008 at 8:32am

Gazza wrote on Aug 16th, 2008 at 4:12am:

GotToRollMe wrote on Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:07pm:

robpop wrote on Aug 15th, 2008 at 8:49pm:
Best wishes again GTRM.  I wish I was there.


Thanks Rob! :)



have a great time at Bob and enjoy your break

"down the shore everything's alright.."

Have a great trip, GTRM!

Hope Bob gives ya the "tingles" !!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Aug 16th, 2008 at 2:59pm
ok I'm off the the Borgata now for tonight's show. Hope it's a good one, it's a beautiful sunny day here 'down the shore' in New Jersey! Hope Bob plays LIKE A ROLLING STONE for an encore! "THANKS BOB"  


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Aug 16th, 2008 at 3:02pm

Bitch wrote on Aug 16th, 2008 at 2:59pm:
ok I'm off the the Borgata now for tonight's show. Hope it's a good one, it's a beautiful sunny day here 'down the shore' in New Jersey! Hope Bob plays LIKE A ROLLING STONE for an encore! "THANKS BOB"  


Have a blast.  If you see GTRM tell her I sending all my best again.  Hell, it worked for her a the Springsteen show!! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 16th, 2008 at 7:32pm
just heard "Tambourine Man" down the 'phone....!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 16th, 2008 at 8:39pm
is Tambourine man down the phone, a new composition ?  8-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 16th, 2008 at 10:36pm

Looks like the RO ladies got a real beauty at The Borgata tonight...

01. Watching The River Flow
02. Mr. Tambourine Man
03. Things Have Changed
04. Mississippi
05. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
06. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
07. Make You Feel My Love
08. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
09. Visions Of Johanna
10. Honest With Me
11. Lenny Bruce
12. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
13. Highway 61 Revisited
14. Ain't Talkin'
15. Thunder On The Mountain

16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

from boblinks

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 16th, 2008 at 11:18pm
Got admit the setlist was great,,
Sorry Leftie..
Your only hope is maybe the sound wasn't so good! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 17th, 2008 at 1:22pm
I'm so happy for those of you who are catching Bob on this leg of the tour.  It's fun to see him put a few gems in the set-list. ;-)

I have bad news about the shows we were planning to attend.  We are ticketed for 7 shows and now have learned that we are unable to attend any of them. My husband lost his job on Friday and we are in shock.  So we have tickets to sell for Tulsa, Kansas City, possibly Snowmass (we are still deciding about this show) Park City Las Vegas (we have killer seats for this show) Santa Monica and Temecula, CA.

If anyone is interested please send me an email to this address: [email protected]

Keep on rockin' you gainfully employed rollers!

peace out,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 17th, 2008 at 1:33pm

Sorry to hear that, Martha.

Might want to try the discussion forum at www.expectingrain.com or the Ticket Exchange at the Never Ending Pool - http://tinyurl.com/6ppbwj  

And there's always StubHub.

Best of luck with both the tickets and the job sitch...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by LadyJane on Aug 17th, 2008 at 1:33pm
Shit, Martha.
Horrible news!!!!!!!!

Call me if you need me and check your email!!!!

Hang in there, Sister.
One door closes and another opens!!!!

hugs,
LJ.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 17th, 2008 at 1:45pm

LadyJane wrote on Aug 17th, 2008 at 1:33pm:
Shit, Martha.
Horrible news!!!!!!!!

Call me if you need me and check your email!!!!

Hang in there, Sister.
One door closes and another opens!!!!

hugs,
LJ.


Thoughts are with you, Sway Sister

I echo, LJ's sentiment.

You know how to get in touch with me..


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 17th, 2008 at 2:04pm
Thanks LJ Leftie and Sway Sister Meg. I am so nervous ( I have an anxiety disorder and go into terrible back pain when I am too nervous, in fact I just came out of a 7 day stint being in terrible pain at the beginning of this week flet good for about 40 minutes and then I was hit with altitude sickness and dizziness and migraines....sigh, I am not employable) this is a hard thing to take but I have to believe that something better is coming through that other door. :-)

Your kind words hold me in the light.  I will call you sisters!

love and thanks,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 18th, 2008 at 2:17am
sorry to hear of your bad news, Martha - best wishes.


August 17, Saratoga Music Festival - SPAC (multi act show), Saratoga Springs NY

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3. Rollin' And Tumblin'
4. Desolation Row
5. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
6. Million Miles
7. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
8. Highway 61 Revisited
9. I Believe In You
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
11. When The Deal Goes Down
12. Thunder On The Moutain
13. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
14. Like A Rolling Stone
15. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 18th, 2008 at 6:37am
Hang in there, Martha. Hopefully something will turn up for you both.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 18th, 2008 at 9:45am
Thanks Ade and Gazza. We appreciate the supportive words.  My fingers are crossed for my husband.  I haven't earned a dime in over 10 years due to illness and my lack of skills.  I am not employable. So this all rides on my husband.   I am so grateful for the friends I've met on this board.  I can't thank you all enough for the care and kindness you offer.  

peace n love,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Aug 19th, 2008 at 4:15pm
AC Borgata show August 16, 2008.

It's a very small venue, well organized, no bag searches, just some ushers scanning tickets. Liquor beer & wine served and allowed inside, very calm atmosphere, not many rockers in the mostly older crowd with some younger folks mixed in. When I asked if they were fans, HELL YES, so Bob's music is not an exclusive 60's generational poet-profit thing, teens and tweens dig his music now! Bob came out at 8:20 and was wearing the same black leather hat and outfit he wore when I saw him last year in the city! Bob did not smile or change his expression the entire night, very deadpan serious face and I was in the 6th row so I studied him! Very understated stage set-up, no stage gimmicks, just the lights. Some highlights for me were WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW< MR TAMABOURINE MAN> YOU GO YOUR WAY & ILL GO MINE>VISIONS OF JOHANNA> HIGHWAY 61>AINT TALKIN> LIKE A ROLLING STONE>WATCHTOWER. I didnt see him play guitar, he was all keyboards and harmonica.

OK I'll probably take some shit for saying this, but BOB's voice is totally shot, he cant reach the low notes or the high notes, and he sounds like he's ready to choke his throat is so overused. The songs are great and stand the test of time, and the band was tight, but for the love of God BOB needs some back-up singers to help him out! It's all right, I'm only bleeding, the martyr syndrome perhaps? Yeah he's a legend, but his voice is getting worse each time I see him play and maybe its time he starts interviewing some younger singers to help him out.

With all that said, I enjoyed the 2 hour show 100%, it was a great way to spend a Saturday night! THANKS BOB!







Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 20th, 2008 at 2:12am
August 19, Constellation Brands, Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua NY

1. Cat's In The Well
2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
3. Summer Days
4. This Wheel's On Fire
5. Tangled Up In Blue
6. Masters Of War
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. John Brown
9. Beyond The Horizon
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Shooting Star
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
13. Under The Red Sky
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Ain't Talkin'

(encore)
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Aug 20th, 2008 at 4:29pm
Aw shit, Martha, sorry to hear that. Hope something comes up for you guys soon. I hope you get to attend at least one or two local shows.

Thanks for the good wishes too, guys. Bob put on a great show Saturday night - better than when I saw him at City Center in winter of 2006. Great setlist and he was really engaged with the audience.

I had a sublime, relaxing couple of days "down the shore." Wish it could have been a longer stay.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 21st, 2008 at 4:19am
August 20, Copps Colisseum, Hamilton, Ontario

1. Cat's In The Well
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
4. Girl Of The North Country
5. High Water (For Charlie Patton)
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Rollin' And Tumblin'
8. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Moonlight
11. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
12. When The Deal Goes Down
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ain't Talkin'

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Aug 21st, 2008 at 9:10am
A small sample of the Borgata show. Sorry if its blurry but stick with it, the autofocus kicks in, I can never stand completely still.

HIGHWAY 61 ~ Atlantic City show August 16, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/v/R0cU6CIW7go&hl=en&fs=1

WATCHTOWER ~ Atlantic City Show

http://www.youtube.com/v/MObCu37SoYk&hl=en&fs=1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 21st, 2008 at 1:48pm
Thanks GTRM.  You are so kind. I know you are pulling for us and that really means a lot.  I am praying Chris finds employment in weeks not months.  We aren't in a good spot and need a real paycheck asap.  It's hard on me since I cannot earn any money, even in the interm, to sit with this uncertainty. I am stressssssed!!!  Yet, I am working on keeping the anxiety low,this is  a real challenge let me tell you. So again thanks for your care and concern.  It helps a lot.  :weed

I'm so glad you got a great Bob show.  Makes me smile for ya!   ;D

We have decided, (weather and my health permitting> I've been experiencing altitude sickness again  :(  ) to try for the Aspen/Snowmass show on Saturday the 30th.  I hope we can make that one.  We have sold 4 of the shows we can't make it too, with 2 to still go, and our fingers are crossed that they will sell in time.  Kansas City and Vegas are not getting bites.  Park City sold immediately, we had over 12 calls for those tix.  

Bitch> I guess you haven't seen Bob in a long time.  His "voice" is not like it was when he was 30 it is very gravelly now.  I had to get over that when I first started seeing him again in 1999.  I don't think anything of that now.  I focus on the delivery, his impish behaviors and that incredible band...not to mention the set-list from show to show.  I'm sorry to hear you had trouble with his voice.  Try checking him out on his Theme Time Radio Hour if you haven't already done so.  He speaks very clearly and is exceptional in the content and delivery, it's his baby I'm certain.

Rock on everyone.

peace n love,
Martha



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Aug 21st, 2008 at 1:54pm
Best of luck Martha.  I'm sure everything will turn out for the best.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 21st, 2008 at 2:55pm

robpop wrote on Aug 21st, 2008 at 1:54pm:
Best of luck Martha.  I'm sure everything will turn out for the best.


Thank you so much robpop.  You are very kind to say that.  And I trust that you are correct!

love n peace,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Aug 21st, 2008 at 4:57pm

Bitch wrote on Aug 21st, 2008 at 9:10am:
A small sample of the Borgata show. Sorry if its blurry but stick with it, the autofocus kicks in, I can never stand completely still.

HIGHWAY 61 ~ Atlantic City show August 16, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/v/R0cU6CIW7go&hl=en&fs=1

WATCHTOWER ~ Atlantic City Show

http://www.youtube.com/v/MObCu37SoYk&hl=en&fs=1


Thanks for those clips, Bitch, as well as the pics and review. Bob was in good form, though I'd love it if he'd play some guitar.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Aug 21st, 2008 at 5:17pm
Heres one more clip

VISIONS OF JOHANNA
"http://www.youtube.com/v/HddqXyh8KEY&hl=en&fs=1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 23rd, 2008 at 1:27pm
Cincinnati, Ohio
National City Pavilion
August 22, 2008

1. Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on keyboard)
3. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
4. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on keyboard)
5. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
7. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
8. Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard)
9. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
10. I Believe In You (Bob on keyboard)
11. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
12. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
13. 'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on keyboard)
14. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
15. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
16. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Aug 23rd, 2008 at 3:28pm
That Cincy setlist is awesome!

Martha, sorry to hear about your troubles. I hope C gets a job again quickly.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Aug 24th, 2008 at 2:29am
Elizabeth, Indiana
Horseshoe Southern Indiana
Outdoor Stage

August 23, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on electric guitar)  
2. Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)  
4. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)  
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Visions Of Johanna (Bob on keyboard)  
7. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)  
8. I Believe In You (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
9. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)  
10. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
12.  Make You Feel My Love (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
13. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
14. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)  
15. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
(encore)
16.  Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
17.  Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard and harp)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 27th, 2008 at 1:58am
Little Rock, Arkansas
Riverfest Amphitheatre

August 26, 2008

1. Cat's In The Well (Bob on guitar)  :)  
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on keyboard)  
3. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)  
4. John Brown (Bob on keyboard)  
5. Shooting Star (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)  
7. This Wheel's On Fire (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Mississippi (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)  
10. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
12.  Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)  
13. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)  
15. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
16.  Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
17.  Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 28th, 2008 at 2:18am
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Brady Theater

August 27, 2008




1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on guitar)   :)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)  
3. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)  
4. Moonlight (Bob on keyboard)  
5. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Positively 4th Street (Bob on keyboard)  
7. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)  
10. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)  
12.  When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)  
13. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)  
15. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
16.  Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
17.  All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 28th, 2008 at 12:14pm

wrote on Aug 23rd, 2008 at 3:28pm:
That Cincy setlist is awesome!

Martha, sorry to hear about your troubles. I hope C gets a job again quickly.



Thanks so much gc.  I am a bundle of nerves today and need to hear supportive words so THANK YOU!  I do need someone I can lean on.

And Bob picked his axe back up for a song.  I know how much that excites many of you.  EnJoy!!!!

peace out,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Aug 28th, 2008 at 12:16pm
Martha, I'd love to see another Bob show. I've seen "the Boss" once & frankly, that's enough but Bobby? I need to see again. Let's hope he leads with his axe.

And glad I could cheer you up. I was concerned when I'd seen you hadn't posted for a few days.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Aug 28th, 2008 at 6:54pm

erikjjf wrote on Aug 24th, 2008 at 2:29am:
Elizabeth, Indiana
Horseshoe Southern Indiana
Outdoor Stage

August 23, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on electric guitar)  





Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 28th, 2008 at 10:23pm
Set's up!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed


Kansas City, Missouri
Uptown Theater
August 28, 2008

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Rollin' And Tumblin'm (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Girl Of The North Country (Bob on keyboard)
5.      High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard)
7.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on keyboard)
8.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
11.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Brian Doyle for the phone call)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Aug 29th, 2008 at 10:14am
Lotta recent stuff...others could, ahem, learn!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 29th, 2008 at 10:15am
back to keyboard for opening number?  :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 30th, 2008 at 11:37am
It's sunny in Colorado for Bob's show tonight.  I just called the venue and learned he's gonna split his set in two taking a short break in between so the show will end later.  He takes the stage at 7pm and they told me they paid him LOTS of money to have him place a break in his set.  LOL  So I guess that's the deal.  They expect around 10,000 to show up. I am not feeling very well today and am nervous about going to the show.  I dislike these festival events but need to see Bob and more importantly need to HEAR him tonight.  I may not be able to see anything, which is discouraging.  I much prefer the seated small venue shows.  At least I can get to this show though.  Hope I get these 2 songs, I Believe In You, and Beyond The Horizon.  But I'll take whatever Bob dishes to us.

That's my report for now.

Oh, and there's fires burning around us which has the Denver skyline so hazy you can barely see the cityscape.  The ozone is bad and I have been sneezing and coughing from it.  The fires are closer to Aspen than here so I hope it will not be bad at the show.

I may text you Gary from the show. ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 31st, 2008 at 12:35pm
Okay, the guy I talked to was WRONG!  No split set.  A GREAT show.  Bob in fine form and very animated last night.  He had many mini band meetings during the set.  He looks BETTER  like he's not aging.  I need what he has!  LOL

Here's the set, our friends Brian and Jeff called it in and I got to talk to Bill for a minute too (it's great to have friends at the shows)  :weed:

Snowmass Village, Colorado
Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival
Snowmass Town Park
Main Festival Stage
August 30, 2008

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob onkeyboard)
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard)
4.      Cry A While (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
6.      Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Under The Red Sky (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Visions Of Johanna (Bob on keyboard)
14.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Ed & Michelle, Brian Doyle and Jeff Franzreb for the phone calls.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 1st, 2008 at 2:27am
thanks Martha -looks like a good show!  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 1st, 2008 at 2:31am
check out this setlist!  :)
...apparently show ended early, due to torrential rain.


August 31, Park City, Utah
Deer Valley Resort

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2. When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on keyboard)
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
4. Not Dark Yet (Bob on keyboard)
5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
6. Million Miles (Bob on keyboard)
7. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)
8. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
9. She Belongs To Me (Bob on keyboard)
10. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
11. Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Queen Jane Approximately (Bob on keyboard)
14. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 1st, 2008 at 12:33pm
Some more info on the upcoming "Tell Tale Signs" Bootleg Series 8 release via Desolation Row :



We've had "Dreamimg of You" as a free download, now it's to be followed by one of the new versions of Mississippi - (the opening track of Disc 1). This will be available from September 22nd but a decision has not yet been taken about where it will be available from.

 

Sony/Columbia  US have created a TV spot for the album and the European end are now creating an international version of this, with the voice-over and in-store date removed.  I've already seen the US print ads, and the European ones are still in preparation and new publicity photos have been sourced.

 

There will be three videos to support this release; firstly a live clip for "Ring Them Bells" went up on USAToday.com at the end of July; then the video for "Dreamin' Of You", which was directed by Thom Zimny and stars the actor Harry Dean Stanton. The US will premiere the video on Amazon on September 8 but will be available in Europe via some yet to be decided medium; finally, there will be an animated clip for the track "Mississippi", which uses the single cover art from the special package. This will be used around the time of album release.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 2nd, 2008 at 2:17am
thanks Gazza...here's last night's setlist

Las Vegas, Nevada
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
The Joint

September 1, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)  
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)  
4. Million Miles (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
5. Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on keyboard)  
6. High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)  
7. My Back Pages (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
8. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)  
10. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)  
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
13. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)

15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nasty Habits on Sep 2nd, 2008 at 7:46am

Gazza wrote on Sep 1st, 2008 at 12:33pm:
Some more info on the upcoming "Tell Tale Signs" Bootleg Series 8 release via Desolation Row :



We've had "Dreamimg of You" as a free download, now it's to be followed by one of the new versions of Mississippi - (the opening track of Disc 1). This will be available from September 22nd but a decision has not yet been taken about where it will be available from.

 

Sony/Columbia  US have created a TV spot for the album and the European end are now creating an international version of this, with the voice-over and in-store date removed.  I've already seen the US print ads, and the European ones are still in preparation and new publicity photos have been sourced.

 

There will be three videos to support this release; firstly a live clip for "Ring Them Bells" went up on USAToday.com at the end of July; then the video for "Dreamin' Of You", which was directed by Thom Zimny and stars the actor Harry Dean Stanton. The US will premiere the video on Amazon on September 8 but will be available in Europe via some yet to be decided medium; finally, there will be an animated clip for the track "Mississippi", which uses the single cover art from the special package. This will be used around the time of album release.



Man, that Dreamin' of You is something else, too!  Obviously an early version of Standing in the Doorway, but totally creepy and interesting - trés Time Out of Mind and a real reminder of how eerie and powerful that album was when it first came out and I hadn't heard all the tracks 4000 times.  A bootleg track for sure, but a great one.  I cannot wait to hear this whole sumbitch.  Was not a fan of the last Bootleg Series (or for that matter the last Genuine Bootleg Series) - it's going to be very cool to hear a whole passle of uncirculated excellence.

Martha, dammit, I am sorry you been having troubles.  Hope it gets better soon.  Say hi to C for me.  That show you saw has a KILLER setlist.  He must have known you were in the audience.  ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 4th, 2008 at 2:10am
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
September 3, 2008

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
4. Mississippi (Bob on keyboard)
5. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
6. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
7. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
8. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob on keyboard)
10. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
11. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
12. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
13. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
14. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
15. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 4th, 2008 at 1:21pm
Martha, dammit, I am sorry you been having troubles.  Hope it gets better soon.  Say hi to C for me.  That show you saw has a KILLER setlist.  He must have known you were in the audience.  
-------------------------------------------------
Nasty!!!  YOU my dear KNOW how to make me smile!  Thanks for the kind words.  A job possibility is on the horizon at Comcast.  C has an interview on Friday morning.  Fingers crossed!  I plan to call you soon to catch the heck up!  Hope all is well.  

Tonight was to be the last show of our travels and we had second row seats.  I am hoping Roberto (who bought our tickets thank goodness) has a GREAT set tonight.  The venue is state of the art and should be acoustically superb.  Google Pechanga Casino to see a photo of it!

peace, blessings, love and hugs,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Sep 4th, 2008 at 2:27pm

Ade wrote on Sep 4th, 2008 at 2:10am:
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
September 3, 2008

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on keyboard)
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
4. Mississippi (Bob on keyboard)
5. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
6. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
7. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
8. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob on keyboard)
10. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
11. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
12. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
13. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
14. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
15. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

If I'd been there, I'd die a happy man...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 5th, 2008 at 10:08am
Temecula, California
Pechanga Resort and Casino
Pechanga Theatre
September 4, 2008

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2.      The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on keyboard and harp)
3.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard and harp)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
6.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
7.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on keyboard and harp)
8.      The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
10.      When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard)
12.      Love Sick (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
13.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
15.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
     
(Thanks to Ed & Michelle and Roberto for the phone calls.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violiln, viola, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Sep 5th, 2008 at 2:29pm
Does he ever do To Make You Feel My Love?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 6th, 2008 at 10:43am
he's done it twice on this leg.

69 songs so far in 22 shows (there are two shows left)- not bad, considering the shows are generally 17 songs long (and shorter for festival dates). Whats good about this collection is that of the 22 shows, only 3 songs have been played at more than 12 of them (little more than half the shows)

Like A Rolling Stone (21)

Thunder On The Mountain  (18)

Highway 61 Revisited  (18)

Nettie Moore  (12)
All Along The Watchtower  (12)

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again  (12)

Honest With Me  (12)

Summer Days  (12)

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)  (10)

High Water (For Charley Patton)  (9)

Beyond The Horizon  (9)

Rollin' amd Tumblin' (9)

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (7)

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum  (7)

It Ain't Me, Babe  (7)

Things Have Changed  (7)

Blowin' In The Wind  (7)

Ain't Talkin'  (7)

The Levee's Gonna Break  (7)

Spirit On The Water  (6)

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (6)

Cat's In The Well  (6)

Just Like A Woman  (6)

I Believe In You  (5)

Ballad Of A Thin Man  (5)

Tryin' To Get To Heaven  (5)

When The Deal Goes Down  (5)

'Til I Fell In Love With You  (5)

Watching The River Flow  (5)

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)  (5)
Tangled Up In Blue  (4)

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat  (4)

Masters of War  (4)

Million Miles  (4)

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)  (4)

John Brown  (3)
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight  (3)
Love Sick  (4)

Moonlight   (3)

Girl Of The North Country  (3)

Chimes Of Freedom  (3)

Ballad Of Hollis Brown  (3)

Visions Of Johanna  (3)

Simple Twist Of Fate (3)

Shooting Star  (3)

Mississippi   (3)

The Times They Are A-Changin'  (3)
Lay, Lady, Lay  (2)
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall  (3)

Mr. Tambourine Man  (2)

Make You Feel My Love  (2)
This Wheel's On Fire  (2)
Under The Red Sky  (2)

Desolation Row  (2)
Not Dark Yet  (2)

Lonesome Day Blues (2)

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll  (2)


1 performance each :
Can't Wait
Lenny Bruce
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Cry A While

Blind Willie McTell

Positively 4th Street

Cry A While

When I Paint My Masterpiece

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

She Belongs To Me

Queen Jane Approximately

My Back Pages




Apparently, plans for an Asian tour in November are off and instead it's possible there may be some more US dates.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 6th, 2008 at 11:47am
My gawd we DID get a GREAT set in Snowmass. Thanks for the stats!!!!

MORE  US DATES!!!!!!!!!!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxxooooxxoo,
Martha

PS C got a job offer with Comcast Friday (3 weeks from being let go from his job). THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT ROffer's!!!! :keithpunky

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Sep 6th, 2008 at 10:21pm
This Wheel's On Fire: Is that the same as that Siouxsie song?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 7th, 2008 at 7:46am

wrote on Sep 6th, 2008 at 10:21pm:
This Wheel's On Fire: Is that the same as that Siouxsie song?


One and the same.

Co-written by The Band's Rick Danko and Dylan.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Sep 7th, 2008 at 6:18pm
Wow, I always thought it was an Iggy Pop tune! Thanks for the info.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 7th, 2008 at 6:26pm

wrote on Sep 7th, 2008 at 6:18pm:
Wow, I always thought it was an Iggy Pop tune! Thanks for the info.


No, but Ig's 'The Passenger' was on 'Through The Looking Glass', the Siouxsie & The Banshees covers album that included 'This Wheel's On Fire'.

Maybe you misread the liner notes...  ;)    

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 16th, 2008 at 9:30am
Badlands are offering the Bootleg Series 8, 3 disc deluxe set, for £85 (plus £5 p+p)


http://www.badlands.co.uk/Items/bootlegvol83cd?sck=6294208&caSKU=bootlegvol83cd&caTitle=Bob%20Dylan%20-%20Bootleg%20Series%20Vol.%208%20(Deluxe%203CD%20Set)%5bTell%20Tale%20Signs%5d

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 16th, 2008 at 9:51am
http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/index.php?blog=6&p=953&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more953

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:02pm
Pop review: Bob Dylan, Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol 8

 

Caspar Llewellyn Smith; The Observer, September 14th

 

Which Bob Dylan is it that will turn up this time? Last year's film, I'm Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, presented seven incarnations of the singer - the young Dylan who wanted to be Woody Guthrie (played by a child), the born-again Dylan, the Dylan who played that thin wild mercury music (played by Cate Blanchett) and so on - but in the course of the past half decade, he has revealed himself to us in a further multiplicity of ways. There's Dylan the TV ad star, Dylan the radio host, Dylan the painter, Dylan the author - and of course Dylan the never-ending touring artist. Can these different figures be reconciled by thinking of Dylan as Dylan the entertainment franchise? Because the 67-year-old's commercial stock is higher now than at any other point in at least the past 30 years. It's a view that encompasses, too, the vociferous complaints on a website near you now concerning this latest instalment of the Bootleg Series: two discs (the only two available to this reviewer) are priced quite normally, but there is also a box set containing a third CD being hawked for something like £101. It's bread-head Bob.

 

Set against this, who is the Bob Dylan known to us through his songs in the period so welcomely covered with these releases? Tell Tale Signs brings together rare and unreleased material from between 1989 and 2006. That period ought to encompass sessions for seven albums - Oh Mercy (1989), Under the Red Sky (1990), the two records he made of covers of old folk songs, Good As I Been to You (1992) and World Gone Wrong (1993), Time Out of Mind (1997), 'Love and Theft' (2001) and Modern Times (2006). But Under the Red Sky and 'Love and Theft' are essentially edited from the picture - and what do you mean it's not like him to be so slippery? - leaving outtakes from three albums of original material. Considered as a trilogy, those records leave a singular vision of the artist: here is the 'Man in the Long Black Cloak', muttering something about it being not dark yet, but it's getting there, always on the periphery of your vision.

 

How does this treasure trove make us reconsider that Dylan? Among 27 tracks there is room for two versions of 'Mississippi' from the Time Out of Mind sessions with producer Daniel Lanois - and the first in particular is wondrous: performed acoustically, it features Dylan singing beautifully, beguilingly, pursuing the key sentiment: 'But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free.' And you understand why it didn't make the cut on the album (but did surface reconceived on 'Love And Theft'). Likewise, 'Red River Shore', among Dylanologists, the most eagerly awaited song on Tell Tale Signs. The narrative unrolls over almost fully seven minutes, and touches delightfully, mysteriously, on matters theological ('I heard of a guy who lived a long time ago... that if someone around him died and was dead he knew how to bring 'em on back to life'); and at the end, Dylan the great storyteller finds a note of optimism: 'sometimes I think no one ever saw me here at all/ except the girl from the red river shore'.

 

So guess what? Not all is what it seems, with Dylan himself wont to quote another poet: 'I is another'. But unknowable as he may be, he remains untouchable as a songwriter and at times performer. Not everything is perfect here, the five live cuts, in particular, not particularly inspired choices. But you could lose yourself in these recordings.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:06pm
thanks Gary - the anticipation is building

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 17th, 2008 at 2:38am
according to a contributor to the allalong the watchtower forum,
these albums are getting the remastering treatment, and are coming out,
in early 2009.

New Morning
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
The Basement Tapes
Before The Flood
Shot Of Love
Empire Burlesque
Dylan & The Dead
Bootleg Series 1-3
Good As I Been To You
World Gone Wrong

http://www.allalongthewatchtower.dk/phorum/read.php?1,375106

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 17th, 2008 at 6:20am

Ade wrote on Sep 17th, 2008 at 2:38am:
according to a contributor to the allalong the watchtower forum,
these albums are getting the remastering treatment, and are coming out,
in early 2009.

New Morning
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
The Basement Tapes
Before The Flood
Shot Of Love
Empire Burlesque
Dylan & The Dead
Bootleg Series 1-3
Good As I Been To You
World Gone Wrong

http://www.allalongthewatchtower.dk/phorum/read.php?1,375106


Cheers. Hope theyre as good as the magnificent SACD Remasters from a few years ago of 15 other Dylan albums.

Interesting though that someone in that thread mentions that recent reissues of Bootleg Series 1-3 (originally released in 1991) ARE remasters!

..and from a post on the same thread, more info about the tracks on Tell Tale Signs




Thanks to Ian Woodward & others, here's some more detail about the new release that hasn't made it to the net yet, I don't think.

Mississippi (version 1 - 1st song on disc 1) will be available for download as MP3 from bobdylan.com on 22nd of September. This is an acoustic version with the band.

More details and track times. This is taken from ISIS magazine, which published the press releases with track times from Sony. Additional and sometimes contradictory comments come from a 2nd source:

DISC ONE

1. Mississippi (6.04) - acoustic & band...."two guitars"
2. Most Of The Time (3.46) - guitar & harmonica (demo?) - "NEW"
3. Dignity (2.09) - Piano demo (is this the same as the 'Chronicles' sampler? Can someone check the timing?)
4. Someday Baby (5.56) - Slower version
5. Red River Shore (7.36)
6. Tell O' Bill (5.36) - minor key
7. Born In Time (4.10) - "close to circulating version"
8. Can't Wait (5.45)
9. Everything Is Broken (3.27) - more bluesy than album version
10. Dreamin' Of You (6.23)
11. Huck's Tune (4.09)
12. Marchin' To The City (6.36) - one version of this song has a gospel blues sound..."lyrical similarities to 'Til I Fell In Love With You"
13. Highwater (6.40) - live 23rd August 2003

DISC TWO

1. Mississippi (6.24) - rockier than version #1, possibly later take .."more full blown than #1"
2. 32-20 Blues (4.22) - Word Gone Wrong outtake
3. Series Of Dreams (6.27) - "probably not circulating"
4. God Knows (3.12) - "demo with bass"
5. Can't Escape From You (5.22) - Dublin, December 2005 - one report says uillean pipes, the other says not
6. Dignity (5.25) - different lyrics & rockier...also described as a 'rockabilly' version
7. Ring Them Bells (4.59) - Supper Club 17 Nov 93
8. Cocaine Blues (5.30) - Wolftrap 24 Aug 97
9. Ain't Talkin' (6.13) - earlier version with different lyrics, not as 'ethereal' as released version
10. Girl On The Greenbriar Shore (2.51) - live France 30 June 92
11. Lonesome Day Blues (7.37) - live Florida 1 Feb 02
12. Miss The Mississippi (3.20) - Bromberg June 92 - "newly mixed"
13. The Lonesome River (3.04)
14. Cross The Green Mountain (8.15)

DISC THREE

1. Duncan & Brady (3.47) Bromberg 92 - with band & horns...another report says "no horns"
2. Cold Irons Bound (5.57) - Live Bonnaroo June 2004
3. Mississippi (6.24) - different lyrics..."earlier version"
4. Most Of the Time (5.10)
5. Ring Them Bells (3.18)
6.Things Have Changed (5.32) - live Portland 15 June 2000
7. Red River Shore (7.08) - with accordion..."more obvious approach than #1"
8. Born In Time (4.19) - "alternate Lanois mix"
9. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (5.10) - live Wembley 5 Oct 2000
10. Marchin' To The City (3.39) - "uptempo"
11. Can't Wait (7.24) - "psychadelic version"
12. Mary & The Soldier (4.23) - World Gone Wrong o/t - "riff not the same as Paul Brady version"




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 18th, 2008 at 2:02pm
"Buddy Holly looked at me"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8I2QIoczc

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 18th, 2008 at 2:49pm
the TTRH Comendium is to be published on 28th October

http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=628535&er=9781416592709

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 19th, 2008 at 5:53pm
Some updated info from the Desolation Row digest

Bob’s Touring Plans
 

Solid information is starting to come in about where and when Bob is touring next. Based on information provided by the band and the road crew, we have every reason to believe that the tour will start in the third week of November in Vancouver. Bill now reckons that there will be a show at the Centre Bell (formerly Molson Centre) in Montreal, Quebec on November 18th. Bill cautions that the show has not been officially announced but should be announced next week, but is obviously confident as he goes on to say that tickets should go on sale to the general public through Admission.com on Saturday, October 27.

 

 

Theme Time Radio, Series III

 

Season three of the Theme Time Radio Hour starts on October  6th on XM Radio.

 

Tell Tale Signs – The De-Luxe Version


 

Steve Vallely had some questions to ask about the limited nature of the edition and whether the price would hold.

 

Here’s one answer from someone who has a good knowledge of how the music business works but is not an employee of Sony/Columbia or part of the Bob Dylan organisation.

 

“One of our readers offers the following comment on the pricing of the De Luxe 3-CD version of "Tell Tale Signs":  It is impossible to answer the question. It would seem that the De Luxe "Tell Tale Signs" is limited to the extent that it will be manufactured once only. In other words, once it sells out, no more will be made. The first question, therefore, is: how many will be made? The second question is: on what basis will they decide how many to make? The third question is: how many will be distributed to which sales territories? And nobody outside Battleship Sony actually knows the answers to these questions. This is new terrain for them as well as us. What I'm suggesting is that, for lack of knowledge on all sides, it could end up a very mixed picture. There could be surplus copies in, say, France but a shortage in, say, the United Kingdom. There could be even be a shortage in some parts of the U.K. and spare copies in others. Record retailers, worried about the effect of the price on their sales, are also in a bind. The odd thing is that the wholesale price to record retailers is not fixed but down to individual negotiation, which probably means that Sony has greater scope to shave the wholesale price. Sony want "Tell Tale Signs" to chart, in order to stimulate even more sales. The recent announcement that, on an experimental basis, the UK rules on multiple album formats will be relaxed in the final quarter of this year will help them in this aim.  This should also mean that Sony really want to shift the De Luxe edition. From our side, a collective approach is what's required - someone prepared to buy wholesale and sell at wholesale price + post, packing and insurance. Thoughts, anybody?”

 

Tell Tale Signs – Review from Uncut


 

Written by John Mulvey

 

I remembered this the other day, listening to “Tell Tale Signs” and thinking about the comparable intransigence of Bob Dylan. O’Rourke and Dylan aren’t a perfect pair to measure up against each other, of course, for any number of reasons. But for a start, I guess O’Rourke comes from an avant-garde background where the performance is detached from the idea of the song, whereas Dylan’s approach privileges songs as sacred documents which can be bent into infinite new shapes, but retain their integrity.

This, obviously, is the gist of “Tell Tale Signs”. Across the three CDs (and I’m afraid you’re probably going to need to buy the exorbitantly-priced 3CD version), he has two goes at each of “Most Of The Time”, “Dignity”, “Red River Shore”, “Born In Time”, “Can’t Wait” and “Marchin’ To The City”, and three at “Mississippi”. What emerges is an impression of Dylan, more than ever, as someone who regards albums as mere snapshots in time. The versions of songs that made it onto, say, “Oh Mercy”, aren’t necessarily the ones that he thinks are best, they’re just the ones that made most sense on the day.

“Tell Tale Signs”, then, is a document of songs in constant flux, an exploration of how Dylan’s obsessive quest to look at his own work in new ways expands far beyond his live shows. The live tracks here, as it happens, are some of the least interesting things in this collection, though a notable exception is a 2003 take on “High Water (For Charley Patton)”, one of my favourite late-period Dylan songs, given a full-blooded rock makeover.

“Love And Theft” and (the to my mind slightly overrated) “Modern Times” don’t get much of a look-in, actually, apart from that “High Water”, an alternate version of “Ain’t Talkin’” and a superbly elegaic version of “Someday Baby”, where the familiar jauntiness is replaced with a brooding momentum. The latter kicks off a fantastic sequence through the guts of Disc One, followed up with “Red River Shore” (the set’s greatest unreleased song, though I’m torn between this version and the one on Disc Three as my favourite. In Dylanworld, mind you, we shouldn’t have anything so reductive as a favourite version), “Tell Ole Bill”, a ravishing “Born In Time” and “Can’t Wait”.

Maybe Dylan sees his own songs the way he – and, come to that, the brightest folk singers - always approached the songs on Harry Smith’s “Anthology Of American Folk Music” – as ancient but still living entities that should not be preserved in aspic, but constantly messed about with, repeatedly adapted, if only to prove that the innate quality of the songs can withstand any vagaries of mood or fashion. Dylan might change the way a song works, of course, but he still operates within pretty strict musical parameters: only the odd penchant for reggae pacing (Disc 3’s stab at “Mississippi”) strays much from venerable American tradition.

Not that we want Dylan to stray, of course: one Mark Ronson remix in the catalogue is probably enough. Anyway, Disc Two is probably the weakest component of the package, though still full of gems: a pleasantly dazed slouch through “Mississippi”; a jauntily bouncing version of, incongruously enough, “Dignity”; a resonant duet with Ralph Stanley on “The Lonesome River”.

It’s all compelling for anyone with an interest in Dylan, as you might expect. But with it also comes the frustrating implication that we’ll never see the entire picture. If Neil Young’s “Archives” will eventually, as promised, meticulously document every move Young has made in the past 40-odd years, “Tell Tale Signs” reminds us that Dylan has a much more capricious attitude towards his life’s work. Like “Chronicles”, the picture that emerges is fragmentary, often enigmatic, providing occasional glimpses of revelation rather than full disclosure.

Songs spin backwards and forwards through time, changing radically, but often on a passing whim instead of a linear evolution. Nothing is certain, resolved, remotely finished. It initially seems to answer a few questions about how Dylan works, but eventually only adds yet more puzzles and dead-end trails to the myth. And, of course, adds a bunch more great recordings to the canon, too.



 


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Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 19th, 2008 at 6:03pm

First of the Fall 2008 US & Canada dates were announced today at www.bobdylan.com - presales start Monday.

Oct 23
Victoria, BC - Save On Foods Memorial Centre

Oct 24
Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place

Oct 25
Kamloops, BC - Interior Savings Centre
     
Oct 27
Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome

Oct 29
Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place

Oct 30
Lethbridge, AB - ENMAX Centre
   
Nov 1
Regina, SK - Brandt Centre

Nov 2
Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre

Nov 4
Minneapolis, MN - Northrop Auditorium

Nov 5
La Crosse, WI - La Crosse Center

Nov 6
Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Theater

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 20th, 2008 at 6:15am
here's what  I have, Lefty


10/23 Victoria, British Columbia - Memorial Centre
10/24 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place
10/25 Kamloops, British Columbia - Interior Savings Centre
10/27 Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome
10/29 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
10/30 Lethbridge, Alberta - ENMAX Centre
11/01 Regina, Saskatchewan - Brandt Centre
11/02 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
11/04 Minneapolis, Minnesota - Northrop Auditorium
11/05 La Crosse, Wisconsin - La Crosse Centere
11/06 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Riverside Theater
11/18 Montreal, Quebec - Centre Bell

Guess there'll be a few north-east shows in between Milwaukee and Montreal.

(My post above mentioned a tour start in 3rd week of November in Vancouver - seems the guy should have said 'October')

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Post by Gazza on Sep 21st, 2008 at 4:37pm
At last...the first sign of hope for UK tour dates in 2009

From Desolation Row :

 Bob’s Touring Plans for Europe next Spring


The last time I spoke with the UK Promoters, who are also the European Agents, and this was about two months ago, they said that they hoped there would be a European tour, including the UK, early next year but not January or February. Today, I received emails from Antonio Iriarte and Elaine Jackson, both referring to an article in today’s Sarrbruecker Zeitung about Bob being booked for a show in April. The summary headline reads – “"The Saar Music Festival has signed up the Folk and Pop giant Bob Dylan. On 5 April 2009 the singer, guitarist and rock poet will perform in Saarland, most likely at the Saarland Hall. The ticket sales will start in mid-November."

 
http://www.saarbrueckerzeitung2.de/geonews/show.phtml?nID=G0T2250O3.1

 

Now that I have this info, even if only a rumour, it gives me a reason to call the Promoters on Monday and find out what's going on. Watch this space.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Sep 21st, 2008 at 7:29pm
Are those places arenas or theaters?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 22nd, 2008 at 2:24am
thanks Gazza - about time there were some UK dates!  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 22nd, 2008 at 6:26am
Exclusive download- Mississippi

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/competition/2008/sep/22/bob.dylan.download.mississippi

Title: alternate Mississippi - Bob Dylan
Post by Billy on Sep 22nd, 2008 at 11:32am
apologies if already posted


http://www.sendspace.com/file/yyk4p2

Title: Re: alternate Mississippi - Bob Dylan
Post by Gazza on Sep 23rd, 2008 at 6:49am
Nice version. Thanks.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Sep 23rd, 2008 at 11:31am

Gazza wrote on Sep 21st, 2008 at 4:37pm:
At last...the first sign of hope for UK tour dates in 2009

From Desolation Row :

 Bob’s Touring Plans for Europe next Spring


The last time I spoke with the UK Promoters, who are also the European Agents, and this was about two months ago, they said that they hoped there would be a European tour, including the UK, early next year but not January or February. Today, I received emails from Antonio Iriarte and Elaine Jackson, both referring to an article in today’s Sarrbruecker Zeitung about Bob being booked for a show in April. The summary headline reads – “"The Saar Music Festival has signed up the Folk and Pop giant Bob Dylan. On 5 April 2009 the singer, guitarist and rock poet will perform in Saarland, most likely at the Saarland Hall. The ticket sales will start in mid-November."

 
http://www.saarbrueckerzeitung2.de/geonews/show.phtml?nID=G0T2250O3.1

 

Now that I have this info, even if only a rumour, it gives me a reason to call the Promoters on Monday and find out what's going on. Watch this space.


Fabulous news!  Will you let me know which shows you're planning for??? I wouldn't mind using the same incredibly kind and helpful ticket concierge from the last tour. ;) 2 Tickets each please,, as wherever you go, Chichi and I shall follow...
                                                         [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]                      [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

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Post by Ade on Sep 24th, 2008 at 2:20am

jostorm wrote on Sep 23rd, 2008 at 11:31am:
 Will you let me know which shows you're planning for???


ditto that!  :)

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Post by Ade on Sep 25th, 2008 at 8:52am
Bob's the cover star, of the new edition of Uncut.

http://www.uncut.co.uk/magazine/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 25th, 2008 at 10:29am

jostorm wrote on Sep 23rd, 2008 at 11:31am:
 
Fabulous news!  Will you let me know which shows you're planning for??? I wouldn't mind using the same incredibly kind and helpful ticket concierge from the last tour. ;) 2 Tickets each please,, as wherever you go, Chichi and I shall follow...
                                                     



Your chichi needs a ticket as well???

Christ. It would certainly give a new twist to 'Visions of Johanna'.....

I'd like to think there'll be at least one Irish show this time. He proportionally sells a lot of tickets here compared to England and missed us out in 2007.

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Post by Martha on Sep 25th, 2008 at 12:08pm

Ade wrote on Sep 25th, 2008 at 8:52am:
Bob's the cover star, of the new edition of Uncut.

http://www.uncut.co.uk/magazine/


I just called Borders to see if they have this copy yet and they don't.  The man I spoke to was UNABLE to tell me when they will be getting this issue. WTF?!?!?! I am living in a technological nightmare.  Can anyone here tell me when I  might be able to get a copy of this issue in the US?  Thanks in advance.

"I need a can do person"

xxoo,
Martha

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Post by jostorm on Sep 25th, 2008 at 1:37pm
Hi, Martha!!!!!!! Please send me your postal address by email or PM and I shall get you the Uncut tomorrow and mail it to you.
Per special request I could upgrade the parcel and include a jam jar full of English rain, just let me know...........

Jo

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Sep 25th, 2008 at 1:44pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 25th, 2008 at 10:29am:

jostorm wrote on Sep 23rd, 2008 at 11:31am:
 
Fabulous news!  Will you let me know which shows you're planning for??? I wouldn't mind using the same incredibly kind and helpful ticket concierge from the last tour. ;) 2 Tickets each please,, as wherever you go, Chichi and I shall follow...
                                                     



Your chichi needs a ticket as well???

Christ. It would certainly give a new twist to 'Visions of Johanna'.....

I'd like to think there'll be at least one Irish show this time. He proportionally sells a lot of tickets here compared to England and missed us out in 2007.


Yes, she wants her own seat, she's a very free-spirited and independent Chichi    ;)

Finally something to look forward to for next year, yay!!!! I can already see all the summits in front of my eyes.....

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Post by Gazza on Sep 25th, 2008 at 2:09pm

Martha wrote on Sep 25th, 2008 at 12:08pm:

Ade wrote on Sep 25th, 2008 at 8:52am:
Bob's the cover star, of the new edition of Uncut.

http://www.uncut.co.uk/magazine/


I just called Borders to see if they have this copy yet and they don't.  The man I spoke to was UNABLE to tell me when they will be getting this issue. WTF?!?!?! I am living in a technological nightmare.  Can anyone here tell me when I  might be able to get a copy of this issue in the US?  Thanks in advance.

"I need a can do person"

xxoo,
Martha



Its only out in the UK today. I'm a subscriber and mine was delivered this morning. These magazines arent usually available in the US for some weeks afterwards. If the store in question normally stocks it, they'll get it eventually.

Its a similar system in reverse over here for magazines like "Rolling Stone". We dont normally get it for a couple of weeks at least after its out in the US.

The main piece where they interview various musicians and engineers about their experience in working with Bob from "Oh Mercy" onwards is absolutely superb, it has to be said, not to mention utterly hilarious.

Interesting Stones-related piece I was unaware of. According to Malcolm Burn who played on "Oh Mercy", Dylan recorded an original version (presumably in demo form) of the entire album with Ronnie Wood.

Glowing review of Tell Tale Signs as well as the new Lucinda Williams album and the new "Clash at Shea Stadium" live release. Five stars apiece.

Both Bob & Lucinda should be in the UK next spring, I hear. It would be pretty convenient if its around the same time!

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Post by Billy on Sep 25th, 2008 at 6:11pm
Bob’s Touring Plans for Europe next Spring


April 5th, Saarland, Germany. To be confirmed.



Bob’s European Agents confirm that this is part of a wider European tour. They are starting to plan for shows in the UK around this time but it’s too early to say where, when, how many, etc. They will call ne in 2-3 weeks once plans are more advanced. At the moment, it does look as if UK shows are likely to be seated and the usual allocation of tickets to fans will again be allowed for UK shows.

(not me but the bloke who sent me the email)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Sep 25th, 2008 at 6:13pm
samples from tell tale signs can be heard here..............


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GP20AG/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1222359645&sr=8-13

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Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 25th, 2008 at 8:10pm
Thanks, Billy!!

Listened to NPR which featured a discussion of Bob's album (as well as Lucinda's) on their fall music preview.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94872218

 They mentioned the possibility of the album being streamed on Sept 30th.  Hope this happens!! ;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 26th, 2008 at 2:23am

Martha wrote on Sep 25th, 2008 at 12:08pm:

Ade wrote on Sep 25th, 2008 at 8:52am:
Bob's the cover star, of the new edition of Uncut.

http://www.uncut.co.uk/magazine/


I just called Borders to see if they have this copy yet and they don't.  The man I spoke to was UNABLE to tell me when they will be getting this issue. WTF?!?!?! I am living in a technological nightmare.  Can anyone here tell me when I  might be able to get a copy of this issue in the US?  Thanks in advance.

"I need a can do person"

xxoo,
Martha


Martha, if you need the new Uncut, PM me, your address, and i'll happily stick one in the post for you. :)
...that goes for Meg, too.  :)

btw... there's also a 'Q&A' interview with good old ALO.  :booze

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Sep 26th, 2008 at 2:04pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 25th, 2008 at 2:09pm:
Both Bob & Lucinda should be in the UK next spring, I hear. It would be pretty convenient if its around the same time!


Oh, yes??????????????? How come you already know??? Did Lucinda already give you a time-slot at her backstage-door (absolutely NO pun intended!) for after the concert?????

:aimama :aimama :aimama :aimama :aimama :aimama

As Joey would say: developing....................

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 26th, 2008 at 5:01pm
A guy I know asked her manager about plans for European shows on her official website and he said that there were plans for shows next spring/summer.

I'm hoping to get to at least 'second base' this time.  :areyoufuckingserious

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 27th, 2008 at 8:46am
Making no comment about your baseball game fantasy , Gazza!

OK.  It is official. Exclusive preview of 'Tell Tale Signs' on NPR Sept. 30!!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95047293

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 27th, 2008 at 8:47am
Then I suggest you go to the show dressed as a honey bee...... :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 27th, 2008 at 12:32pm
more Canadian dates:-

November 9, Essar Centre, Ault St. Marie, Ontario
November 11, John Labatt Centre, London Ontario
November 12, General Motors Centre, Oshawa, Ontario
November 13, Sudbury Arena, Sudbury, Ontario
November 15, K-Rock Centre, Kingston, Ontario
November 16, Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Sep 29th, 2008 at 10:23am
most of the time

from tell tale signs


http://www.sendspace.com/file/3rs8ks

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Sep 29th, 2008 at 10:27am
just like tom thumb's blues
tampa  21  9  1993


http://www.sendspace.com/file/6robev

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Post by Gazza on Sep 29th, 2008 at 1:46pm
Very nice. Cheers, Bill.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Sep 29th, 2008 at 6:59pm
I been thinking about the DYLAN concerts, compared to almost everyone else I've seen play, and thats just about everyone. The way Dylan treats his performances, it's like 'a day at the office'. He goes in, does his work, plays his gig, packs up and leaves with very little fanfare or theatrics. He delivers the goods like a professional and thats it. Plain and simple. Nothing wrong with that, it's just his style. THANKS BOB!

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Post by Billy on Sep 30th, 2008 at 5:38am
tell tale signs

you can listen to all of it here.........................


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95047293

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Post by Gazza on Sep 30th, 2008 at 6:33am
Dylan's heartfelt soul-searching

'Tell Tale Signs' reveals that in getting back to his roots, Dylan the singer-songwriter reinvented himself.

By Robert Hilburn, Special to The Times

September 30, 2008

Bob Dylan's latest collection of material from his musical back pages, "Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8," is a rich, revealing look at how this master songwriter put together one of the most dramatic creative renaissances in pop history.

When Dylan set aside his songwriting in the early 1990s to record two albums of vintage folk, country and blues tunes, many fans thought his long, remarkable career was nearing an end. As we have since learned, Dylan was just returning in those albums to musical traditions that felt more honest to him.

After reconnecting with those rural, pre-rock styles, a rejuvenated Dylan surprised the doubters with a brilliant series of works that began in 1997 with the deeply introspective, Grammy-winning "Time Out of Mind" and continued with the more playful and jubilant "Love and Theft" in 2001 and the wry, majestic "Modern Times" in 2006.

Listening to the rare and unreleased material from the last two decades in "Tell Tale Signs," we can hear Dylan reaching for and regaining the spark. Whether he's simply interpreting traditional numbers or writing new songs, he brings such passion and intimacy to his vocals and arrangements that the line between singer and writer is blurred.

The highlights include a marvelous, never-released Dylan song that was recorded during the sessions for "Time Out of Mind" and his versions of two songs by landmark influences: country singer Jimmie Rodgers’ "Miss the Mississippi" and bluesman Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues."

Dylan is such a big Rodgers fan that a few years ago he got Bono, Van Morrison and others to join in a tribute album to the man who is often called the father of commercial country music, but this is the first time he has released one of his own versions of a Johnson song. In both cases, you can sense Dylan's deep respect for the artists and their respective musical forms.

The new collection will be released Oct. 7 in a standard two-disc set that contains 27 songs and in a deluxe three-disc set that offers 12 additional tracks and other features. As of today, the songs on the two-disc set are being streamed free on National Public Radio's website until the sets go on sale.

Bob Dylan

"Tell Tale Signs:

The Bootleg Series Vol. 8"

(Columbia Records)

The back story: There were so many twists and turns on Dylan's road to creative recovery that most of us will need a program to tell what is going on in this collection. Larry Ratso Sloman, who has written a book on Dylan, contributes liner notes that serve as the perfect guide.

In the various songs here, Dylan still deals with themes of struggle and faith, despair and hope, but his singing and the musical textures are tied to the vintage sounds that thrilled him as a youngster in Minnesota before he began his own musical journey.

On one hand, the music here could exist even if rock 'n' roll never happened, but it's difficult to think of rock 'n' roll without the passion and attitude of these tunes.

The music: The first disc opens with one of the deluxe set's three previously unreleased versions of "Mississippi," a Dylan song from the "Time Out of Mind" sessions that first appeared on "Love and Theft."

In the first, Dylan's vocal is gentle and reflective, and he's backed only by producer Daniel Lanois' guitar.

On the second, he's joined by the band, and the effect is more formal.

On the third attempt, he experiments with different lyrics. None is even close to the brighter treatment that was finally released. Thanks to these and other live or alternative versions of songs, we get a valuable glimpse into Dylan's method of constantly testing a song's various options.

The best of the new Dylan songs is "Red River Shore," a drastic, 7 1/2 -minute reworking of a traditional tune recorded years ago by the Kingston Trio. The opening line suggests the song's epic reach: "Some of us turn off the lights and we live / In the moonlight shooting by / Some of us scare ourselves to death in the dark / To be where the angels fly."

The tension and drama of the tale of longing and loss don't let up until the final verse, in which we learn that the woman of the narrator's dreams has slipped from his life. The loss is so deep that the narrator tries to dust off his faith. He tells of hearing about a God who could bring the dead back to life, and he ends up wondering if "they do that kind of thing anymore."

"Tell Tale Signs" is not just "extra" Dylan. It's essential Dylan.

Backtracking is a monthly column focusing on CD reissues and other pop items of historical interest.


Robert Hillburn
LA Times

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Post by Nellcote on Sep 30th, 2008 at 6:48am
Just going thru this now.
Thanks to all for the npr link  
Red River Shore is a keepah....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 30th, 2008 at 8:37am

Billy wrote on Sep 30th, 2008 at 5:38am:
tell tale signs

you can listen to all of it here.........................


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95047293


Thankyou  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nasty Habits on Sep 30th, 2008 at 11:41am

Ade wrote on Sep 30th, 2008 at 8:37am:

Billy wrote on Sep 30th, 2008 at 5:38am:
tell tale signs

you can listen to all of it here.........................


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95047293


Thankyou  :)


This is blowing my mind . . . :blankfriggingstare1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 30th, 2008 at 3:12pm
just spent a glorious hour, listening to disc 1.
Fabulous stuff

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 30th, 2008 at 4:58pm
Had a poor "bandwidth problem" at work today, but managed to get thru disc 1-..god this is some great great stuff..

Disc 2 to follow.... :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 30th, 2008 at 6:55pm

Nellcote wrote on Sep 30th, 2008 at 6:48am:
Just going thru this now.
Thanks to all for the npr link  
Red River Shore is a keepah....


Red River Shore is to this release what Blind Willie McTell and Series of Dreams were to the first Bootleg Series.

Stunning and jaw-dropping.

A song that any other artist would build a career out of...and for Dylan, its a outtake.

Mad AND a genius.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 30th, 2008 at 7:36pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 30th, 2008 at 6:55pm:

Nellcote wrote on Sep 30th, 2008 at 6:48am:
Just going thru this now.
Thanks to all for the npr link  
Red River Shore is a keepah....


Red River Shore is to this release what Blind Willie McTell and Series of Dreams were to the first Bootleg Series.

Stunning and jaw-dropping.

A song that any other artist would build a career out of...and for Dylan, its a outtake.

Mad AND a genius.


Yep..

Totally agree with the 2 of you..
Can't get enough of that song...


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 30th, 2008 at 8:12pm

Bitch wrote on Sep 29th, 2008 at 6:59pm:
I been thinking about the DYLAN concerts, compared to almost everyone else I've seen play, and thats just about everyone. The way Dylan treats his performances, it's like 'a day at the office'. He goes in, does his work, plays his gig, packs up and leaves with very little fanfare or theatrics. He delivers the goods like a professional and thats it. Plain and simple. Nothing wrong with that, it's just his style. THANKS BOB!



Amazingly, Dylan's so-called 'Never Ending Tour' - which began in June 1988 - has now passed 2,100 shows.

To get it into perspective...thats more shows on this tour alone than in the Stones' entire career.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 1st, 2008 at 8:35am
was asked for this on another site so thought i may as well post here as well.that's the reason for posting random songs...............

stuck inside of mobile
jean,nevada 1996

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rttibj

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 1st, 2008 at 8:37am
there are already rapidshare mp3 links, for discs 1 & 2
...naughty

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 1st, 2008 at 11:02am

Ade wrote on Oct 1st, 2008 at 8:37am:
there are already rapidshare mp3 links, for discs 1 & 2
...naughty



have you got a link please ?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 2nd, 2008 at 3:38pm
no sorry -they expired

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 2nd, 2008 at 3:41pm
the back cover of the TTS booklet... with thanks to Slewan, over at Expecting Rain

http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31147

http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/download/file.php?id=137

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 2nd, 2008 at 4:10pm

Ade wrote on Oct 2nd, 2008 at 3:38pm:
no sorry -they expired



it's OK i'm sorted now,thanks.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Oct 3rd, 2008 at 4:57am
If you are a member on Demonoid.com you can torrent the 2CD version here:

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1639586/10292814/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 3rd, 2008 at 10:49am
The deluxe edition arrived in the mail today.

Three days early!

The price tag may indeed be ridiculous and I'll probably hate myself for capitulating, but it has to be said, it truly is a thing of outstanding beauty. A superb package.

Listening to disc 3 now (having heard the other two online) and it's great so far.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 3rd, 2008 at 11:50am
Please Mr. POSTMAN  :weed

PLEASE bring mine today too!!!!  :-)

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 3rd, 2008 at 12:21pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 3rd, 2008 at 10:49am:
The deluxe edition arrived in the mail today.

Three days early!

The price tag may indeed be ridiculous and I'll probably hate myself for capitulating, but it has to be said, it truly is a thing of outstanding beauty. A superb package.

Listening to disc 3 now (having heard the other two online) and it's great so far.


mine didn't arrive today  >:(

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 6th, 2008 at 11:49am
I am still waiting to get mine.  Maybeeeeeee today will be the day!  :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 6th, 2008 at 3:58pm
Oh MY!  Dignity was the last to leave!  Tell Tale Signs is spinnnnnnnnnnin on the Onkyo as I type!  

It came today when Chris was off signing his offer letter for employment at Comcast!!!! I am in shock (good shock for once!!!)   :smoking

And......if the weather holds we will be with Bob on the 4th 5th and 6th. :weed :weed :weed

I got our tix on Friday during the GA sale in case a miracle took place so we would have great seats, and we do.  And it's a go because Comcast is ok with him taking off that week. :keithpunky  

I cannot say how humbled, happy, and truly blessed I am feeling right now.  

Ironically the tix for the 4th came in the mail TODAY as well, and I only bought them last Friday.  Never had tix get here that fast, not ever. Tell Tale signs are everywhere! LOL

Peace to all who want it! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Thank you for the kind words of support and for caring, everyone.  

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYONE!!! :willya

love n kisses,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Oct 6th, 2008 at 4:03pm
Martha, it's such a pleasure to read such good news. I hope Chris enjoys the new job & that you both enjoy the Dylan shows. I haven't read where they're at but if you're coming to NY, let me know!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Oct 6th, 2008 at 6:44pm

Martha wrote on Oct 6th, 2008 at 3:58pm:
Oh MY!  Dignity was the last to leave!  Tell Tale Signs is spinnnnnnnnnnin on the Onkyo as I type!  

It came today when Chris was off signing his offer letter for employment at Comcast!!!! I am in shock (good shock for once!!!)   :smoking

And......if the weather holds we will be with Bob on the 4th 5th and 6th. :weed :weed :weed

I got our tix on Friday during the GA sale in case a miracle took place so we would have great seats, and we do.  And it's a go because Comcast is ok with him taking off that week. :keithpunky  

I cannot say how humbled, happy, and truly blessed I am feeling right now.  

Ironically the tix for the 4th came in the mail TODAY as well, and I only bought them last Friday.  Never had tix get here that fast, not ever. Tell Tale signs are everywhere! LOL

Peace to all who want it! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Thank you for the kind words of support and for caring, everyone.  

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYONE!!! :willya

love n kisses,
Martha


Excellent news, Martha!  I've been listening to TTS for the past couple of days and knew you were absolutely going to LOVE it.  Tremendous stuff. Bob says more in one line than most artists do in an entire career. So happy for ya, kid. Perfect timing all around! :weed :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 6th, 2008 at 7:27pm

wrote on Oct 6th, 2008 at 4:03pm:
Martha, it's such a pleasure to read such good news. I hope Chris enjoys the new job & that you both enjoy the Dylan shows. I haven't read where they're at but if you're coming to NY, let me know!


Thank you sweetheart.  You're always in my corner, and that means a lot to me.   :weed

I sure wish the shows were in NY.  They are in MN and WI.  13 hours from here.  Election night with Bob is a dream come true for me.  It will be so exciting.  I am in shock as to how all of this has unfolded/happened in three days.  Plus, my Mother fell and broke her hip the day I bought these tickets and she is recovering from surgery doing great, THANK GOODNESS!!!   But that put a whole other shock on top of shock in the last 3 daze.  I've been emotionally out of it.  It's scary when your only parent is in the hospital so far away from you.  She isn't having much of any pain so far so I am calling her The Bionic Woman. LOL

Want you to all know I got to visit our Jaxx last week when Chris interviewed with Echostar.  She's doing great! Always looking for a way to get to her favorite band, Ratdog, but they don't come out here as much nowadays.   I may get to see her again this week if the next interview gets scheduled then.  She says; Hi Rock n Rollers!

GTRM!!!!!!  Tell Tale Signs is TREMENDOUS!!!!!!  I wept when I got to track 3 disc one.  WEPT!  I'm just like Joey.  LOL  I really appreciate all your support sister.  Wish we could see Bob together this time around.  That would be wonderful!  I am filled with humility I'll be in his presence on what will be a most historic day for this country, and the next two nights afterward. I can still barely believe this is all happening.  An early b-day gift.  :weed :weed :weed

love, peace and joy, :willya
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 6th, 2008 at 7:46pm
Good news, Martha!!  I wasn't too worried, as you both are good people.  So glad things are working out for the two of you!

And yes Dignity is worth the price.. but track 5 disc 1 is absolutely stunning!!! 8-) 8-)

Enjoy Bob.

Peace, Sway Sister!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 7th, 2008 at 2:23am
pleased things are getting better,for you, Martha.
Isn't TTS a brilliant listen? :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ian Billen on Oct 7th, 2008 at 2:36am
I am curious how his 1990 release Under The Red Sky album is?

I have only heard that song (the title track) and it was a good song and it got me interested.


Anybody?


Ian

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 7th, 2008 at 8:11am

Ian Billen wrote on Oct 7th, 2008 at 2:36am:
I am curious how his 1990 release Under The Red Sky album is?

I have only heard that song (the title track) and it was a good song and it got me interested.


Anybody?


Ian


I defer to the "experts" ;)

To me, Born in Time is the best song on the album( followed by the title track and Cats in the Well) and that song is really a left over from the Oh!Mercy sessions.  Any Dylan "nut" will say you must have this album as it shows yet another side of Bob. (His poetic nursery rhymes and Don Was as producer). Personally, other than for a few songs, I'll skip the rest when they come up on my ipod.  Unless of course, I am in one of my Dylanesque moods.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 7th, 2008 at 11:41am

Ian Billen wrote on Oct 7th, 2008 at 2:36am:
I am curious how his 1990 release Under The Red Sky album is?

I have only heard that song (the title track) and it was a good song and it got me interested.


Anybody?


Ian


Hey Ian!  I listen to it off and on and LOVE the title track.  Bob plays it when he comes to CO since we have that red sky out here.  I also love God Knows, TV Talkin' Song, Unbelievable, 10,000 Men, and Cat's In the Well is one of my most favs.  Check out the info below and take a dip Under the Red Sky!  I even like Wiggle Wiggle, mainly because Bob is such a wiggler....he CANNOT stay still for any length of time.  :-)  EnJoy Ian!

xxoo,
Martha

ALBUM INFO

Wiggle Wiggle

Bob Dylan -- Guitar, Vocals
Slash -- Guitar
David Lindley -- Guitar
Jamie Muhoberac -- Organ
Randy Jackson -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums

Under the Red Sky

Bob Dylan -- Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
George Harrison -- Slide Guitar
Waddy Wachtel -- Guitar
Al Kooper -- Keyboards
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums

Unbelievable

Bob Dylan -- Acoustic Guitar, Harp, Vocals
Waddy Wachtel -- Guitar
Al Kooper -- Keyboards
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums

Born In Time

Bob Dylan -- Accordion, Vocals
David Crosby -- Background Vocals
Bruce Hornsby -- Piano
Robben Ford -- Guitar
Randy Jackson -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Paulinho Da Costa -- Percussion

T. V. Talkin' Song

Bob Dylan -- Guitar, Vocals
Bruce Hornsby -- Piano
Robben Ford -- Guitar
Randy Jackson -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums

10,000 Men

Bob Dylan -- Piano, Vocals
Jimmy Vaughan -- Guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Guitar
David Lindley -- Slide Guitar
Jamie Muhoberac -- Organ
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums

2 X 2

Bob Dylan -- Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
David Crosby -- Background Vocals
Elton John -- Piano
David Lindley -- Bouzouki
Randy Jackson -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Paulinho Da Costa -- Percussion

God Knows

Bob Dylan -- Piano, Vocals
Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Lead Guitar
Jimmie Vaughan -- Guitar
David Lindley -- Slide Guitar
Jaimie Muhoberac -- Organ
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Paulinho Da Costa -- Percussion

Handy Dandy

Waddy Wachtel -- Lead Guitar
Jimmie Vaughan -- Guitar
Al Kooper -- Organ
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
Paulinho Da Costa -- Percussion
Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, Donald Ray Mitchell, and David Was -- Background Vocals

Cat's In The Well

Bob Dylan -- Piano, Vocals
Jimmie Vaughan -- Lead Guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Guitar
David Lindley -- Slide Guitar
Jaimie Muhoberac -- Organ
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums
David McMurray -- Sax
Rayse Biggs -- Trumpet

Produced by Don Was and David Was and Jack Frost
Engineered and Mixed by Ed Cherney

Assistant Engineers: Daniel Bosworth, Jim Mitchell, Steve Deutsch, Brett Swain, and Judy Kirshner
Studios: Oceanway, Record Plant, The Complex, Sorcerer
Production Coordinator: Marsha Burns
Special Thanks To: Carole Childs

For Gabby Goo Goo

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 7th, 2008 at 11:42am

Ade wrote on Oct 7th, 2008 at 2:23am:
pleased things are getting better,for you, Martha.
Isn't TTS a brilliant listen? :)


Thank you Ade!  Yes  TTS is spectacular!  Medicine for my soul.  

I wish you peace!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 7th, 2008 at 11:48am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Oct 6th, 2008 at 7:46pm:
Good news, Martha!!  I wasn't too worried, as you both are good people.  So glad things are working out for the two of you!

And yes Dignity is worth the price.. but track 5 disc 1 is absolutely stunning!!! 8-) 8-)

Enjoy Bob.

Peace, Sway Sister!!


Hey Sister Sway!  Thanks for having so much faith in us.  It's been a very rocky time.  No job in an economy that is falling apart puts the anxiety in overdrive.  I have been on my knees with thanks and humility.  

I may never take TTS off my CD changer!  It is incredible.  I will meditate on track 5 of disc one thinking of YOU!  The Ralph Stanley track (13) is especially cool......notice that for ONCE Bob is actually singing right in time WITH Ralph, something he never does....he always throws off the other singer and delights in doing that, but not with Ralph.  LOL

Gotta get ready to see The Coen's "Burn After Reading" for the second time around.  Chris hasn't seen it yet and we are celebrating today with a matinee.  Thanks again for the support sister!

Peace n love,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Oct 7th, 2008 at 4:18pm
Martha,
So glad to hear that Chris FINALLY got on with Comcast...they messed around long enough, didn't they?
Do you want me to put a copy of disc three of TTS in your next package?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Oct 7th, 2008 at 6:09pm
I got this email today, will go buy it now since everyone here is raving about it!


Tell Tale Signs Available Now!


The 8th Installment in Dylan's "Bootleg Series"
Columbia Records is happy to announce today's release of Bob Dylan's "Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8".

Los Angeles Times: "'Tell Tale Signs' is not just "extra" Dylan. It's essential Dylan."

San Francisco Chronicle: "For Bob Dylan, these are outtakes. Most musicians would call them their greatest hits."

The BBC: "Beautiful, brave and beguiling."

Boston Globe: "a feast for casual fans and Dylanologists alike."

Read more great reviews: http://bobdylan.com/news/tell-tale-signs-the-first-reviews-are-in

Visit your local music store and pick up "Tell Tale Signs" today. U.S. listeners can purchase "Tell Tale Signs" online from Amazon or iTunes

Thanks for listening!

bobdylan.com



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Oct 7th, 2008 at 6:16pm

Good news all around, Martha.

Congrats, and enjoy the shows!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Oct 7th, 2008 at 6:18pm
How much is this TTS?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Oct 7th, 2008 at 6:31pm

wrote on Oct 7th, 2008 at 6:18pm:
How much is this TTS?


14 bucks at Target, 15 at Best Buy for the two disc version.

There's also a super turbo deluxe edition with a bonus disc and book available at www.bobdylan.com

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Oct 7th, 2008 at 6:32pm
I gotta go to both tomorrow! Thanks for the info, as usual...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Oct 7th, 2008 at 6:43pm
got my copy of TTS today along with the clash from shea stadium. gonna rock the house tonight!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Oct 7th, 2008 at 6:50pm

mojoman wrote on Oct 7th, 2008 at 6:43pm:
got my copy of TTS today along with the clash from shea stadium. gonna rock the house tonight!!!


Hells yeah, gotta pick up The Clash at Shea, too.

The Pretenders new one 'Break Up The Concrete' also came out today, but they were nice enough to pre-release it track by track on the web.

Good stuff, btw.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 8th, 2008 at 6:25am
Theme Time Radio Hour, with your host, Bob Dylan,
returns, today, with Season 3


Per XM Radios site...

Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: Season 3 Premiere: Money, Part 1| 2 XMX| 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM (12 hrs) Take a trip to the land of radio magic...with music hand-selected from his personal collection, Bob Dylan takes you to places only he can. Listen as he weaves his own brand of radio with dreams, themes, and schemes.

Join Channel 2 anytime for the Premiere of Season 3 of Bob Dylan's XM exclusive series - today, the focus is on Money.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 8th, 2008 at 7:39am

Martha wrote on Oct 7th, 2008 at 11:41am:

Ian Billen wrote on Oct 7th, 2008 at 2:36am:
I am curious how his 1990 release Under The Red Sky album is?

I have only heard that song (the title track) and it was a good song and it got me interested.


Anybody?


Ian



Unbelievable

Bob Dylan -- Acoustic Guitar, Harp, Vocals
Waddy Wachtel -- Guitar
Al Kooper -- Keyboards
Don Was -- Bass
Kenny Aronoff -- Drums

For Gabby Goo Goo


I think it was Don Was who dubbed the band line-up on "Unbelievable" as "the Five Jews".

Gabby Goo Goo is Bob's (at the time secret) daughter Gabrielle that he fathered with Carolyn Dennis.

Patchy album. I love the title track (great slide by George harrison) and 'Born in Time' (saw the live debut of this one in Belfast in 1993). 'Handy Dandy' and 'Unbelievable' are pretty good,  but most of the rest is solid without being anything special, and theres a couple of absolute turds ("Wiggle Wiggle" - what WAS he thinking?)

Some nice outtakes though - a few of which have popped up on the new Bootleg Series - although they omitted to include a really good version of "TV Talkin Song" which is far better (and darker) than the one he released. It's on the "Genuine Bootleg Series Vol.3" bootleg.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nasty Habits on Oct 8th, 2008 at 8:09am
The outtake version of Handy Dandy on GBS #3 is also far superior.  But Ian, I think you should get it.  That album is YOUR Dylan album, no doubt.

To me TTS is kind of patchy - there's a lot of waste cuts on discs two and three - a good editor could have brought home a second disc that had the same sort of amazing focus and artistic depth that that first disc has.  

But that first disc is a freaking masterpiece, one of the best single CDs of Dylan music ever.  



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 8th, 2008 at 9:52am
Season 3
Money Part 1

Begin:
Jerry McCain & His Upstarts - That's What They Want
Louis Prima - Pennies From Heaven (winner! winner!!)
Papa Charlie Jackson - You Put It In, I'll Take It Out (banjo)
Van Morrison - Blue Money (pitiful to miss this)
Ray Charles - Greenbacks
Mel Blanc - Money
Buddy Johnson & His Band - It's the Gold
Lefty Frizzell is on - My Baby's Just Like Money,
Nic Jones just finished --Farewell to the Gold
Buddy Guy - 100 Dollar Bill
Diddy - It's All About the Benjamins
Clovers - Your Cash Ain't Nothin But Trash
Jesse Price - You Can't Take It With You
End

next week Money Part 2

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 8th, 2008 at 11:44am

MRD8 wrote on Oct 7th, 2008 at 4:18pm:
Martha,
So glad to hear that Chris FINALLY got on with Comcast...they messed around long enough, didn't they?
Do you want me to put a copy of disc three of TTS in your next package?



Thank you my second favorite MRD8! LOL  You called it.  It's been a difficult wait MRD8, but good news is in the works now that he's signed the offer.  He is waiting for an interview with Echostar to be scheduled this or next week AND he will be interviewing with NationalCineMedia for a position they discussed with him last month that is now ready to be filled.  

In spite of the times I bought the deluxe TTS as a pre-b-day gift to self, so I have all three discs album and books.  Thanks so much for the very sweet offer.  I will be sending you your very own POST OFFICE to defray the costs of all those glorious packages you keep sending me. I can never thank you enough....you are a doll!

I wish you peace love and joy!!!

Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 8th, 2008 at 11:49am

Ade wrote on Oct 8th, 2008 at 9:52am:
Season 3
Money Part 1

Begin:
Jerry McCain & His Upstarts - That's What They Want
Louis Prima - Pennies From Heaven (winner! winner!!)
Papa Charlie Jackson - You Put It In, I'll Take It Out (banjo)
Van Morrison - Blue Money (pitiful to miss this)
Ray Charles - Greenbacks
Mel Blanc - Money
Buddy Johnson & His Band - It's the Gold
Lefty Frizzell is on - My Baby's Just Like Money,
Nic Jones just finished --Farewell to the Gold
Buddy Guy - 100 Dollar Bill
Diddy - It's All About the Benjamins
Clovers - Your Cash Ain't Nothin But Trash
Jesse Price - You Can't Take It With You
End

next week Money Part 2


Next week (15th) is my b-day and Bob picked my most favorite subject to spin and discuss......I KNEW/FELT that he would start season three with the theme "Money" and was overjoyed when it came true last night on XMX at 10pm MT. I did NOT peek ahead.  Then I learn he's doing a Money Part 2 on my b-day!  I am in HEAVEN today!

Great show today.  13 tracks! ;-)
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
Martha


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 8th, 2008 at 1:48pm
pleased you enjoyed the show, Martha  :willya

and what a treat to get an all-new show on your birthday, no less  :booze

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Oct 8th, 2008 at 7:29pm
Well, I bought TTS today at Target since Best Buy didn't have it (#1 next week?) but I haven't played it yet as I've been catching up with the debates which led to a looooooooooooooooooooooooooong nap...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 11th, 2008 at 10:22am
Are you still sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeping gc? :whatapostronnie

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 11th, 2008 at 10:37am

Bob Dylan: Behind the sound of a late revival

By Joan Anderman
Boston Globe
Article Launched: 10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM PDT

Rarities collections are windows on the creative process, and the thoughtful ones offer illuminating glimpses of songs in raw demo form, alternate versions that didn't make the cut, an obscure live performance or a tune that's never been released. With a musician as important as Bob Dylan, our appetite for fresh material and new insights is as deep as the artist's song trove, and "Tell Tale Signs," the eighth installment of the songwriter's "Bootleg Series," is a feast for casual fans and Dylanologists alike.

The two-CD, 27-song set covers roughly the past two decades. (A third disc comes with the exorbitantly expensive deluxe edition.) This is the era of Dylan's artistic rebirth following a long fallow, or at least wildly unfocused, stretch, and "Tell Tale Signs" anthologizes the story of Dylan's renaissance, which began with 1989's pointed, artful "Oh Mercy" and kept rolling with a bona fide comeback trilogy: 1997's "Time Out of Mind," 2001's "Love and Theft," and 2006's "Modern Times."
A number of tracks appear here in multiple incarnations, most memorably "Mississippi," an exuberant song (or so we thought in 2001) that rates no fewer than three different takes in this collection. A sturdy folk-rock rendition appeared on "Love and Theft," and Sheryl Crow fashioned the tune into even friendlier, radio-ready fare for her album "The Globe Sessions."
Now Dylan shares a triptych of radically different versions that he recorded earlier for "Time Out of Mind" — one tender and bruised with only acoustic guitar, another shambling and twangy with full band, and the third ... well, only folks who shell out $135 for the deluxe set will be privy to that particular vision.

Here is hard evidence of rock's poet laureate as relentless searcher. It's no coincidence that "Mississippi" was chosen as the opening track; this anthology spans a period defined by Dylan's willful and remarkably tuneful effort to come to terms with the cosmic abyss. "Every step of the way, we walk the line/Your days are numbered, so are mine/Time is pilin' up, we struggle and we scrape/We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape," he sings, setting the tone for the emotional and social decay to come on "Everything Is Broken," "Huck's Tune," "Most of the Time," "Marchin' to the City," and "Born in Time."

As ever, Dylan's covers are as pointed and reflective as his originals. The album marks Dylan's first release of a Robert Johnson song, "32-20 Blues," and taken with his elegantly grizzled version of Jimmie Rodgers's "Miss the Mississippi" and a seven-and-a-half minute Tex-Mex revamping of the traditional "Red River Shore," Dylan simultaneously expands the cultural context of his late-career concerns and locates himself in musical history.

Among the collection's other highlights is a heartfelt duet with bluegrass veteran Ralph Stanley on "The Lonesome River," barn-burning live cuts of "Lonesome Day Blues" and "High Water," and the timely closing cut: "Cross the Green Mountain," a stately eight-minute portrait of doomed Civil War heroes written for the "Gods and Generals" movie soundtrack.

"The world is old, the world is great/Lessons of life can't be learned in a day/I watch and I wait and I listen while I stand/To the music that comes from a far better land," Dylan growls.
The words are meant to be a dying young soldier's final lament. But they also form — along with the rest of this wide-ranging collection — a poignant snapshot of an aging master's long view.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Oct 11th, 2008 at 4:21pm
I got the deluxe set at Best Buy for $14.99 + TAX and I'm loving it!! Comes with a nice booklet and 2 CD's.   :smoking

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Oct 11th, 2008 at 4:59pm

Bitch wrote on Oct 11th, 2008 at 4:21pm:
I got the deluxe set at Best Buy for $14.99 + TAX and I'm loving it!! Comes with a nice booklet and 2 CD's.


The Deluxe Edition of 'Tell Tale Signs' is 3 discs, comes with a 150 page hardcover book and retails for $140.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 12th, 2008 at 1:45pm
nice to see Bob discussing money just as the 3 CD set hits the shops here (England) for 90 odd quid.....................

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Oct 14th, 2008 at 9:49pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Oct 11th, 2008 at 4:59pm:

Bitch wrote on Oct 11th, 2008 at 4:21pm:
I got the deluxe set at Best Buy for $14.99 + TAX and I'm loving it!! Comes with a nice booklet and 2 CD's.


The Deluxe Edition of 'Tell Tale Signs' is 3 discs, comes with a 150 page hardcover book and retails for $140.


I got a 50 page booklet and 2 CD's ~ and I asked the salesperson for the Deluxe set, she looked it up on the computer, and thats what I got. Theres a single CD which is NOT the deluxe set.

BUT if there is a 3rd disc maybe that package isnt being sold here yet. Anyone volunteer to make me a copy of Disc #3? Will trade for something else, thanks, xoxoxo :will-ya  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 15th, 2008 at 9:26am
TTRH Season 3 , Episode 2

Money - Part 2

1. Intro
2. Gimme My Dime Back, Gimme My Money - Moon Mullican & His Blue Ridge Playboys
3. I've Got Money - James Brown
4. Penny Reel - Eric "Monty" Morris
5. Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
6. Lookin' For Money - Johnny Dove & His Magnolia Playboys
7. I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis) - Slim Harpo
8. Man With Money - Everly Brothers
9. Clean Money - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
10. Last Two Dollars - Johnnie Taylor
11. Down To My Last Dime - Donny Young (Johnny Paycheck)
12. Romance Without Finance - Tiny Grimes (w/ Charlie Parker)
13. For The Love Of Money - The O'Jays
14. You Can't Take It With You - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
15. Outro

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 15th, 2008 at 6:15pm
Newcastle 19/9/2000

Duncan & Brady

http://www.sendspace.com/file/lttmxt

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Soldatti on Oct 15th, 2008 at 7:27pm
The album debuted at #6 in the US with 50,000 copies sold, great number for a bootleg and his best seller of the collection.
Bob had a US #1 and a #6 album in the last 2 years.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 16th, 2008 at 12:19pm

Soldatti wrote on Oct 15th, 2008 at 7:27pm:
The album debuted at #6 in the US with 50,000 copies sold, great number for a bootleg and his best seller of the collection.
Bob had a US #1 and a #6 album in the last 2 years.



Bob's career is soaring off the charts!  

What a guy! :willya

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Oct 16th, 2008 at 5:59pm

Martha wrote on Oct 11th, 2008 at 10:22am:
Are you still sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeping gc? :whatapostronnie

Aw, you know it! I watched the debate last night & used O'Bama's soundbites to get some extra sleep. In a way, I will welcome him if he gets elected. he's sonorous!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 16th, 2008 at 6:52pm
got this message today.............



That UK Tour

 

Almost everything is in place, plan-wise, except for the final go-ahead from Bob’s people. There is no news that the Promoters will divulge as of today, but they expect to be able to give me full details very soon and almost certainly by next Tuesday.

 


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 18th, 2008 at 1:19pm
One more show just added at Bill's site......anyone going?

Bob Dylan & His Band
November 19, Oneonta, New York -- (Wednesday)

SUNY College at Oneonta
Alumni Field House

Showtime: 8:00 PM
There will be an internet presale through Bobdylan.com on Wednesday, October 22 at 10:00 AM
(a password is required for the presale and can be found on the Bobdylan.com page.
It is usually posted on the day of the presale.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 24 at 10:00 AM.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 21st, 2008 at 4:47pm
a slight update came today................

Hi Folks, The briefest of notes by way of an update. Have been up to my neck with work yesterday and today and am going away tomorrow am for 3 days  - so, no time to impart what little news there is. What you're waiting for is info about the UK tour. There will be no news this week. Absolutely definitely next week. Tickets will not go on sale until mid November, so plenty of time to sort things out and get the information flowing.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 22nd, 2008 at 6:14am
this week, TTRH
....Night (In The Big City)


1. Joe Houston - All Night Long
2. Dr. John - Such A Night
3. The Drifters - Another Night With The Boys
4. LeRoy Carr - When The Sun Goes Down
5. Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight
6. Willie Nelson - Nite Life
7. Chick Carbo - In The Night
8. Buddy Holly - Midnight Shift
9. Zuzu Bollin - Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night
10. The Strangeloves - Night Time
11. Professor Longhair - In The Night
12. Latin Playboys - Forever Night Shade Mary
13. Charles Brown - Black Night
14. Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through The Night

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 24th, 2008 at 8:52am
It's ON!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed


Victoria, British Coumbia
Save On Foods Memorial Centre
October 23, 2008

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on guitar)
2.      Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
4.      Girl Of The North Country (Bob on keyboard)
5.      High Water (For Charlie Patton) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
6.      Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard)
7.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on harp)
8.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on acoustic guitar)
11.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
12.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard and harp)
13.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
15.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard and harp)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Ch'an Bodhi Cede, Stephen Scobie and Nadine for the phone calls
and Stefan Haras and Thomas Kalcher for the email.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp, guitar
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 25th, 2008 at 10:32am
Groovy!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Vancouver, British Columbia
General Motors Place
October 24, 2008

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on electric guitar)
2.      The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on keyboard and harp)
3.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard and harp)
7.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Make You Feel My Love (Bob on guitar, then keyboard and harp)
9.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Visions Of Johanna (Bob on keyboard)
11.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on keyboard and harp)
12.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Stephen Scobie and Ch'an Bodhi Cede for the phone calls
and Stefan Haras and Thomas Kalcher for the email.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp, electric guitar
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 26th, 2008 at 8:40am
April 5, Saarland, Germany. To be confirmed.

 

Show expected at O2 Arena, Dublin (formerly The Point Depot).

 

Show(s) expected in Israel in June. Whether this is part of the European tour or a separate tour waits to be seen.

 

UK tour to be announced shortly.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 26th, 2008 at 8:42am
Kamloops, British Columbia
Interior Savings Centre
October 25, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on keyboard)
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
4. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
7. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
8. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
9. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
10. Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on keyboard)
11. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
12. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
13. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
14. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
15. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 28th, 2008 at 12:49pm
SHOW ADDED!!!!

HEADS UP NEW YORKERS!!!!!!
:willya



Bob Dylan and His Band
November 21, New York, New York -- (Friday)

United Palace Theater

Capacity: 3293
There will be an internet presale through Bobdylan.com on Thursday, October 30 at 10:00 AM
(a password is required for the presale and can be found on the Bobdylan.com page.
It is usually posted on the day of the presale.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 28th, 2008 at 9:21pm

Calgary, Alberta
Pengrowth Saddledome
October 27, 2008

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on keyboard and harp)
3.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp)
4.      Million Miles (Bob on keyboard and harp)
5.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
6.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
7.      My Back Pages (Bob on keyboard and harp)
8.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob midstage - no guitar or keyboard) :o
11.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on guitar) :weed
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard and harp)
16.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Stefan Haras and Thomas Kalcher for the email.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp, guitar
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 29th, 2008 at 3:58am
nice setlist Martha!  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 29th, 2008 at 11:29am
Hi Ade!  

Wonder how the crowd reacted to Bob's antics?  

He LOVES to keep us on our toes.   :willya

peace n love,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 30th, 2008 at 3:24am

hi Martha, hope you're well  :) - here's wednesday nights setlist:-

Edmonton, Alberta
Rexall Place
October 29, 2008

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
4. Spirit On The Water
5. High Water (For Charley Patton)
6. The Levee's Gonna Break
7. Tangled Up In Blue
8. Honest With Me
9. Just Like A Woman
10. Things Have Changed
11. When The Deal Goes Down
12. Desolation Row
13. Highway 61 Revisited
14. Ain't Talkin'
15. Thunder On The Mountain

(encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Child of the Moon on Oct 30th, 2008 at 3:26am
Am I the only one who would love to hear some live versions of some of the Tell Tale Signs material? I would honestly sell my own grandmother to hear a live take of 'Cross the Green Mountain...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 30th, 2008 at 10:31am
Hi Ade, I am having a good day so far today.  Thanks for asking about me.  You are a sweetheart.

I cannot WAIT to see Bob.....the 4th is almost here!!!!   :weed :weed :weed

Grooooooooovy man.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 31st, 2008 at 6:14am
Lethbridge, Alberta
ENMAX Centre
October30, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on keyboard and harp)
3. Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on keyboard and harp)
5. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
6. Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard and harp)
7. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
8. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
9. 'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on harp - center stage) *********
10. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
11. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
12. Love Sick (Bob on keyboar and harp)
13. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
14. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
15. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
(encore)
16. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 31st, 2008 at 1:13pm
same old same old.............it's getting silly.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Oct 31st, 2008 at 7:52pm
If the material's good, what's the difference?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 5:50am
Regina, Saskatchewan
Brandt Centre
November 1, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow
2. Mr. Tambourine Man
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Visions Of Johanna
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6. Make You Feel My Love
7. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
8. Summer Days
9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
11. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
12. Workingman's Blues #2
13. Highway 61 Revisited
14. Ain't Talkin'
15. Thunder On The Mountain

(encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 8:44am
Pinch Me!!!!!  We're just about to hit the road for the next three shows!!!!

I almost cannot believe this is really happening.....(after the recent job loss madness).  Thanks again for the support everyone.  I am humbled.  Deeply.

Gazza, :willya Meg, (MRD8 I lost your number!? and I know you go to bed with the chickens ;-)) LJ expect a CALL from Bob:

11/04            Minneapolis, Minnesota - Northrop Auditorium       :weed            
11/05            La Crosse, Wisconsin - La Crosse Centere       :weed            
11/06            Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Riverside Theater       :weed

xxoo,
Martha Melodylan Mellencampin'      

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 9:05am

Martha wrote on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 8:44am:
Pinch Me!!!!!  We're just about to hit the road for the next three shows!!!!

I almost cannot believe this is really happening.....(after the recent job loss madness).  Thanks again for the support everyone.  I am humbled.  Deeply.

Gazza, :willya Meg, (MRD8 I lost your number!? and I know you go to bed with the chickens ;-)) LJ expect a CALL from Bob:

11/04            Minneapolis, Minnesota - Northrop Auditorium       :weed            
11/05            La Crosse, Wisconsin - La Crosse Centere       :weed            
11/06            Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Riverside Theater       :weed

xxoo,
Martha Melodylan Mellencampin'      

Have a great Bob Trip, Martha!! :willya

Look forward to a call or text!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 9:11am
Have a great trip!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 9:27am
here's hoping you get 3 great shows, Martha.

enjoy! we'l look forward to your show reviews.  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 8:14pm

Ade wrote on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 5:50am:
Regina, Saskatchewan
Brandt Centre
November 1, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow
2. Mr. Tambourine Man
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Visions Of Johanna
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6. Make You Feel My Love
7. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
8. Summer Days
9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
11. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
12. Workingman's Blues #2
13. Highway 61 Revisited
14. Ain't Talkin'
15. Thunder On The Mountain

(encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower







ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 6:11am
Winnipeg, Manitoba
MTS Centre
November 2, 2008

. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
2. The Times They Are A-Changin'
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
5. Til I Fell In Love With You
6. Simple Twist Of Fate
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. I Believe In You
9. Desolation Row
10. Blind Willie McTell
11. Summer Days
12. Nettie Moore
13. Highway 61 Revisited
14. Ain't Talkin'
15. Thunder On The Mountain

16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nasty Habits on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 7:29am

wrote on Oct 31st, 2008 at 7:52pm:

Billy wrote on Oct 31st, 2008 at 1:13pm:
same old same old.............it's getting silly.

If the material's good, what's the difference?



Spoken like a true Stones fan! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 2:58pm
sadly, it looks as if i will miss bob at northrop tomorrow night. what a venue....

all of my friends bailed...it's finals week at school...i've seen my kids for about four hours the last four days....]

kids or bob?

help me if you can; i'm feeling down!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 3:36pm

Starbuck wrote on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 2:58pm:
sadly, it looks as if i will miss bob at northrop tomorrow night. what a venue....

all of my friends bailed...it's finals week at school...i've seen my kids for about four hours the last four days....]

kids or bob?

help me if you can; i'm feeling down!


so you aren't going?

what's wrong with you!!!

Don't think twice, get on that endless highway before it's all over, Baby Blue!!!!



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 5th, 2008 at 2:23am
Minneapolis
4th November

1. Cat's In The Well
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (A rousing, crowd sing along, with the crowd roaring after every verse)
3. Summer Days
4. This Wheel's On Fire
5. Tangled Up In Blue
6. Masters of War
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. John Brown
9. Beyond The Horizon
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Shooting Star (Dylan played guitar towards the end)
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
13. Under The Red Sky
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Ain't Talkin'

Encore:
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Dylan gave a short speech before this song, talking about how he was born the year Pearl Harbor was attacked, and how he's seen a lot of darkness, but it looks like change is coming!)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 5th, 2008 at 5:43am
TTRH this week is, 'Beginning's, Middle's & End's'


1.Anita O'Day - I Can't Get Started
2.Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
3.J. Geils Band - Start All Over
4.Peggy Lee - I'm Beginning To See The Light
5.Amos Milburn - In The Middle Of The Night
6.Manfred Mann - The One In The Middle
7.Ray Charles - Smack Dab In The Middle
8.Wanda Jackson - In The Middle Of A Heartache
9.Nick Lowe - Half A Boy And Half A Man
10.Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys - At The End Of The Lane
11.Skeeter Davis - The End Of The World
12.Richard & Linda Thompson - The End Of The Rainbow
13.Buddy Guy - This Is The End

Next Week :- Blood

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 5th, 2008 at 5:24pm

Ade wrote on Nov 5th, 2008 at 2:23am:
Minneapolis
4th November

1. Cat's In The Well
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (A rousing, crowd sing along, with the crowd roaring after every verse)
3. Summer Days
4. This Wheel's On Fire
5. Tangled Up In Blue
6. Masters of War
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. John Brown
9. Beyond The Horizon
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Shooting Star (Dylan played guitar towards the end)
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
13. Under The Red Sky
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Ain't Talkin'

Encore:
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Dylan gave a short speech before this song, talking about how he was born the year Pearl Harbor was attacked, and how he's seen a lot of darkness, but it looks like change is coming!)



verbatim quote :

After Like A Rolling Stone and after the band intro, Bob said what appears to have been - "I was born in 1941 the year Pearl Harbor was bombed. It has been dark ever since. I guess things are really gonna change now"

Some of the song choices on that setlist aren't exactly coincidental! He did a similarly 'themed' show on Election Night four years ago.

Got a blast of this show on my voicemail this morning - thanks, Martha!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 6th, 2008 at 4:16am
La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse Center
Arena
November 5, 2008

1. Wicked Messenger
2. Watching The River Flow
3. Forever Young
4. Rollin' And Tumblin'
5. Spirit On The Water
6. High Water (For Charley Patton)
7. Just Like A Woman
8. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
9. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Chimes Of Freedom
12. Honest With Me
13. When The Deal Goes Down
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Like A Rolling Stone

(encore)

16. All Along The Watchtower
17. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 7th, 2008 at 2:17am
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Riverside Theater

November 6, 2008




1. Thunder On The Mountain
2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
3. Lonesome Day Blues
4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6. Girl Of The North Country
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
8. Workingman's Blues #2
9. Just Like A Woman
10. Tangled Up In Blue
11. Love Sick
12. Highway 61 Revisited
13. Ain't Talkin'
14. Summer Days
15. Like A Rolling Stone
   
 (encore)

16. All Along The Watchtower
17. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 9th, 2008 at 2:46pm
I'm back home after MANY hours of driving....in snow through Iowa...egads!  LOL  But we got to eat din din with our JOEY in his Omaha!

And all 3 shows were stunning.  Gary, I don't  know if you could tell but I called you during "John Brown".

I'll give a full report tomorrow once I can sit and collect my thoughts and tell the tale. :willya

Love and Peace to all who want it.

xxxxoooo,
Marthamelodylanmellencamp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 10th, 2008 at 2:48am
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Essar Centre

November 9, 2008




1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
3. Rollin' And Tumblin'
4. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar and harp)  
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on harp)  
6. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on harp)  
8. Blind Willie McTell
9. Honest With Me
10. I Believe In You (Bob on harp)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on guitar and harp)  
12. When The Deal Goes Down
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Nettie Moore
15. Like A Rolling Stone
   
 (encore)

16. All Along The Watchtower
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on harp)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:35am
London, Ontario
John Labatt Centre

November 11, 2008

1. Cat's In The Well
(Paul James replaced Stu & Denny on guitar, Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)  
2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Paul James replaced Stu & Denny on guitar,
Bob on harp - center stage no keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
3. The Levee's Gonna Break (Paul James replaced Stu & Denny on guitar,
Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)  
4. Spirit On The Water (Paul James replaced Stu & Denny on guitar,
Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)  
5. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Paul James replaced Stu & Denny on guitar, Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel)  
6. Masters Of War (Stu & Denny joined the band for the rest of the show,
Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
7. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
(Bob on keyboard and harp then guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
8. John Brown
(Bob on heyboard, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
9. Beyond The Horizon
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)  
10. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
11. Shooting Star (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)  
13. Under The Red Sky (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
14. Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
15. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
   
 (encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 12th, 2008 at 1:26pm

Gazza wrote on Nov 5th, 2008 at 5:24pm:

Ade wrote on Nov 5th, 2008 at 2:23am:
Minneapolis
4th November

1. Cat's In The Well
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (A rousing, crowd sing along, with the crowd roaring after every verse)
3. Summer Days
4. This Wheel's On Fire
5. Tangled Up In Blue
6. Masters of War
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. John Brown
9. Beyond The Horizon
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Shooting Star (Dylan played guitar towards the end)
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
13. Under The Red Sky
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Ain't Talkin'

Encore:
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Dylan gave a short speech before this song, talking about how he was born the year Pearl Harbor was attacked, and how he's seen a lot of darkness, but it looks like change is coming!)



verbatim quote :

After Like A Rolling Stone and after the band intro, Bob said what appears to have been - "I was born in 1941 the year Pearl Harbor was bombed. It has been dark ever since. I guess things are really gonna change now"

Some of the song choices on that setlist aren't exactly coincidental! He did a similarly 'themed' show on Election Night four years ago.

Got a blast of this show on my voicemail this morning - thanks, Martha!


Okay, thanks to my 2nd favorite Bob sending me the 3 shows, which arrived in my mailbox on Monday!  Whoo!!!!!  

I have the quote from Bob:

Beginning as he's doing the intros and gets to Tony:

" Tony Garnier, wearin' the Obama button.  (crowd cheering) Bob says a subdued; "alright"

"Tony likes to think it's a brand new time with now. (pause and more cheering) The Age of Light."

"Me, I was born in 1941 that's the year they bombed Pearl Harbor.  I've been livin' in the darkness ever since. But it looks like things are gonna change now."

Then the band starts playing "Blowiin' in The Wind"

Sheer magic! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 13th, 2008 at 2:42am
this weeks TTRH:-

Season 3, Episode 5:-

"Blood"

1. Intro
2. Flesh, Blood and Bones - Little Esther
3. Are You Washed In The Blood Of The Lamb? - Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
4. Cold Blooded Woman - Memphis Slim
5. Lust Of The Blood - Jerry Lee Lewis
6. She Made My Blood Run Cold - Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm
7. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus
8. Bloodstains On The Wall - Honeyboy
9. Go Down You Blood Red Roses - Paul Clayton
10. Blood On The Moon - Danny Barker
11. Bucket O Blood - Big Boy Groves And Band
12. Bloodshot - The String Kings
13. The Blood - Zion Travelers
14. I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You - Mississippi Sheiks
15. Outro

next week.......War

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 13th, 2008 at 2:43am
Oshawa, Ontario
General Motors Centre

November 12, 2008

1. The Wicked Messenger
(Paul James replaced Stu & Denny on guitar, Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)  
2. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
(Paul James replaced Stu & Denny on guitar, Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on lap steel)  
3. The Levee's Gonna Break (Paul James replaced Stu & Denny on guitar,
Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)  
4. Tangled Up In Blue (Paul James replaced Stu & Denny on guitar,
Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)  
5. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Paul James replaced Stu & Denny
on guitar, Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)  
6. Man In The Long Black Coat
(Stu & Denny joined the band for the rest of the show, Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
(Bob on harp - center stage no keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
8. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on electric mandolin,
Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
9. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
(Bob on harp - center stage no keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
10. Simple Twist Of Fate
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
11. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
12. When The Deal Goes Down
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
13. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
14. Nettie Moore
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
15. Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
   
 (encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
   

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 13th, 2008 at 7:19am
unintelligible  Bob !   11/11/2008


http://www.sendspace.com/file/jw32ma

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 13th, 2008 at 11:51am

Ade wrote on Nov 13th, 2008 at 2:42am:
this weeks TTRH:-

Season 3, Episode 5:-

"Blood"

1. Intro
2. Flesh, Blood and Bones - Little Esther
3. Are You Washed In The Blood Of The Lamb? - Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
4. Cold Blooded Woman - Memphis Slim
5. Lust Of The Blood - Jerry Lee Lewis
6. She Made My Blood Run Cold - Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm
7. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus
8. Bloodstains On The Wall - Honeyboy
9. Go Down You Blood Red Roses - Paul Clayton
10. Blood On The Moon - Danny Barker
11. Bucket O Blood - Big Boy Groves And Band
12. Bloodshot - The String Kings
13. The Blood - Zion Travelers
14. I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You - Mississippi Sheiks
15. Outro

next week.......War


"Never forget!  Blood may be thicker than water, but it isn't thicker than money." BD

They took XMX off their roster so Bob's show no longer airs for a 24 hour period each week.  I am bummed!!!!!  Now I must rely on help to get TTRH season 3 so I can spin it all day long.  I need a rock n roll computer Dr.! ;-)

Great show Bob!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 14th, 2008 at 2:40am
Sudbury, Ontario
Sudbury Arena
November 13, 2008

1. Watching The River Flow
2. Mr. Tambourine Man
3. Rollin' And Tumblin'
4. Positively 4th Street
5. High Water (For Charley Patton)
6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
7. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
8. Girl Of The North Country
9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Workingman's Blues #2
11. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
12. Love Sick
13. Highway 61 Revisited
14. Ain't Talkin'
15. Thunder On The Mountain

(encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 16th, 2008 at 10:36am
March 31, Hannover, AWD Arena
April 1, Berlin, Max Schmeling Halle
April 2, Erfurt, Messehalle
April 4, München, Zenith
April 5, Saarbrücken, Saarlandhalle


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 16th, 2008 at 10:39am


Kingston, Ontario
K-Rock Centre
November 15, 2008

1. Maggie's Farm
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. Things Have Changed
4. Spirit On The Water
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6. Just Like A Woman
7. The Levee's Gonna Break
8. Make You Feel My Love
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
10. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
11. Honest With Me
12. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
13. Highway 61 Revisited
14. Nettie Moore
15. Thunder On The Mountain

(encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 16th, 2008 at 10:48am
Maggies Farm from last night


http://www.sendspace.com/file/m0fxji

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 17th, 2008 at 5:53am
Kanata, Ontario
Scotiabank, Place
November 16, 2008

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4. Visions Of Johanna
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Not Dark Yet
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. I Believe In You
9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Every Grain Of Sand
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Blind Willie McTell
13. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
14. Nettie Moore
15. Thunder On The Mountain

(encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 17th, 2008 at 10:15am

Billy wrote on Nov 16th, 2008 at 10:48am:
Maggies Farm from last night


http://www.sendspace.com/file/m0fxji



What does it take to listen to the song?  It doesn't work. ?!?!?!?!

Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:00am
November 4, 2008

This Wheels On Fire



http://www.sendspace.com/file/qcaru0

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:08am

Martha wrote on Nov 17th, 2008 at 10:15am:

Billy wrote on Nov 16th, 2008 at 10:48am:
Maggies Farm from last night


http://www.sendspace.com/file/m0fxji



What does it take to listen to the song?  It doesn't work. ?!?!?!?!

Martha



Martha

just left click to open link then click again to open/listen or save.

Bill

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:38am
I did that and a window opens and asks me to agree to some long legal mumbo jumbo about ITunes and I am not able to understand what I would be doing if I agree.  Does it cost money to agree?  I have no clue about using the Internet.  Thanks if you are able to help me further.  

peace,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 19th, 2008 at 2:27am

Montreal, Quebec
Centre Bell

November 18, 2008




1. Cat's In The Well
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. Lonesome Day Blues
4. Just Like A Woman
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. John Brown
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
10. This Wheel's On Fire
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Masters Of War
13. Summer Days
14. Ain't Talkin'
15. Thunder On The Mountain
   
 (encore)

16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 19th, 2008 at 6:27am

Martha wrote on Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:38am:
I did that and a window opens and asks me to agree to some long legal mumbo jumbo about ITunes and I am not able to understand what I would be doing if I agree.  Does it cost money to agree?  I have no clue about using the Internet.  Thanks if you are able to help me further.  

peace,
Martha



No one can take money off you without you providing your banking details, Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 19th, 2008 at 3:51pm
TTRH
Season Three Episode Six: WAR

A soldier's a man,
O, man's life's but a span,
Why then, let a soldier drink. (Othello | Act 2, Scene 3)
William Shakespeare

Disc One

1. Intro
2. G.I. Jive - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1943)
3. Fightin' In The War With Spain - Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles (c.1929)
4. Searching For A Soldier's Grave - The Bailes Brothers (1945)
5. The Horrors Of War - Atilla The Hun (1938-40)
6. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle (1971)
7. The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton (1959)
8. Was My Brother In The Battle ? - Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1991)
9. Drive Soldiers Drive - Little Maxie Bailey (1953)
10. The Cold War With You - Floyd Tillman (1949)
11. Universal Soldier - Buffy Saint-Marie (1964)

Disc Two

12. I Believe I'm Gonna Make It - Joe Tex (1966)
13. Let A Soldier Drink - Jerry Lee Lewis (1968)
14. Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1983)
15. The Forgotten Soldier Boy - The Monroe Brothers (1936)
16. Day After Tomorrow - Tom Waits (2004)
17. Bring the Boys Home - Freda Payne (1971)
18. Peace - Los Lobos (1992)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 20th, 2008 at 11:45am
Oneonta, New York
SUNY College at Oneonta
Alumni Field House
November 19, 2008

1. The Wicked Messenger
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. My Back Pages
5. High Water (For Charley Patton)
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7. Ballad Of A Thin Man
8. Honest With Me
9. Workingman's Blues #2
10. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
11. When The Deal Goes Down
12. Highway 61 Revisited
13. Nettie Moore
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Like A Rolling Stone

(encore)

16. All Along The Watchtower
17. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 20th, 2008 at 11:48am
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1301195

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 21st, 2008 at 6:50am
e-mail from desolation Row this morning indicates that we should know the spring 2009 European tour schedule within the next few hours. The contracts have been signed and all arrangements have been completed.

(update : tour announcement  probably now wont be until early next week)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 8:53am
Holy Cow! I bet this night was smashing! I'm so happy for my friends who got to be there.  Roberto and Al and Susan! I bet they cried!!!

So, Bob pulled a song out of the past...when did he last play it?

Gazza?

Check the set:

New York, New York
The United Palace
November 21, 2008

1.      Gotta Serve Somebody :weed
(Bob on harp center stage - no keyboard, Stu and Denny on stage for all songs)
2.      The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on harp)
3.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Donnie on electric mandolin)
4.      Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Bob on guitar) :weed
5.      Things Have Changed (Donnie on violin)
6.      Desolation Row (Donnie on electric mandolin)
7.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Donnie on banjo)
8.      Beyond The Horizon
9.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on harp center stage - no keyboard or guitar)
10.      Make You Feel My Love (Bob on harp)
11.      Honest With Me
12.      Spirit On The Water
13.      Highway 61 Revisited
14.      Ain't Talkin' (Donnie on viola)
15.      Thunder On The Mountain
     
     (encore)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone
17.      All Along The Watchtower
18.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on guitar, Donnie on violin)
     
(Thanks to Ed & Michelle, Susan & Al and Roberto for the phone calls and Zac Kline for the email.)

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:50pm
what a nightmare......................


8.      Beyond The Horizon
9.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on harp center stage - no keyboard or guitar)
10.      Make You Feel My Love (Bob on harp)
11.      Honest With Me
12.      Spirit On The Water

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:53pm
last played........

Serve Somebody  30/7/2003
Tomorrow             15/4/2005

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by platter on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 5:19pm
wow two great shows up in subuy, kingston ont. and montreal.  bob doesn't sound all that good to me live these days, but i got to give him props for doing what he does.  it sounds like he is just driving himself into the ground.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 24th, 2008 at 10:53am

Billy wrote on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:53pm:
last played........

Serve Somebody  30/7/2003
Tomorrow             15/4/2005



Thanks for getting the info and posting it Billy!

xxoo,
Martha

"You think I'm over the hill
You think I'm past my prime
Let me see what you got
We could have a whoppin' good time."

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 24th, 2008 at 8:21pm
Sure Bob's not performing the same as he was in his younger years ~ but the man has something unique to offer, mainly his songs stand the test of time and his new songs are just as good as the older ones. But I agree his live act needs some help ~ back-up singers would be a big asset. And also he could use some props on the stage. But it's just BOB's way of being himself and he really doesnt try to impress anyone. I love it that he is still touring, and even tho his voice is not what it used to be, he does the best he can with what he has to work with. You gotta admire that. Same is said about the Stones, they aint what they used to be, but you still love it that staying power.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Nov 24th, 2008 at 8:54pm

Bitch wrote on Nov 24th, 2008 at 8:21pm:
And also he could use some props on the stage.



Pyro, inflatables and cherry pickers at a Dylan show?

Right!


Here's the only prop you'll ever see on his stage:
http://www.biojobblog.com/AwardOscar.jpg" name="post_img_resize_10" alt="" border="0" id="imagecount10" style="display:none" />

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 24th, 2008 at 9:05pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 24th, 2008 at 8:54pm:

Bitch wrote on Nov 24th, 2008 at 8:21pm:
And also he could use some props on the stage.



Pyro, inflatables and cherry pickers at a Dylan show?

Right!

Not exactly ~ but for an example, alot of other bands use a jumbotron and show old footage from the early days, or artistic movies, or just magnify the stage performers during the show. Also there should be a light show, and some back-up singers or dancers. Would make it more interesting then plain white lights and tired black outfits. A little flash adds excitement!  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 25th, 2008 at 6:22am

Bitch wrote on Nov 24th, 2008 at 9:05pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 24th, 2008 at 8:54pm:

Bitch wrote on Nov 24th, 2008 at 8:21pm:
And also he could use some props on the stage.



Pyro, inflatables and cherry pickers at a Dylan show?

Right!

Not exactly ~ but for an example, alot of other bands use a jumbotron and show old footage from the early days, or artistic movies, or just magnify the stage performers during the show. Also there should be a light show, and some back-up singers or dancers. Would make it more interesting then plain white lights and tired black outfits. A little flash adds excitement!  



you MUST be joking.

leave that shit for the circus.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 27th, 2008 at 2:25am

TTRH Season 3,

Episode 7..........Fruit


1. Intro
2. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard (1955)
3. Peaches In The Springtime - Memphis Jug Band (1928)
4. Don't Squeeze The Peaches - Jack Costanzo & Gerrie Woo (1968)
5. Lemon 'N Ice - Latin Playboys (1999)
6. Cherry Oh Baby - Eric Donaldson (1971)
7. Where the Sweet Old Oranges Grow - Sam Montgomery (1936)
8. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado (1955)
9. W-P-L-J - The Four Deuces (1956)
10. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles (1967)
11. I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight - The Savoy Havana Band (1924)
12. Eatin' Watermelon - Crown Prince Waterford (1949)
13. Yes, We Have No Bananas - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers featuring June Hutton (1948)
14. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte (1957)
15. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (1939)
16. Outro

nextweek:- street map

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 27th, 2008 at 1:00pm

Ade wrote on Nov 27th, 2008 at 2:25am:
TTRH Season 3,

Episode 7..........Fruit


1. Intro
2. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard (1955)
3. Peaches In The Springtime - Memphis Jug Band (1928)
4. Don't Squeeze The Peaches - Jack Costanzo & Gerrie Woo (1968)
5. Lemon 'N Ice - Latin Playboys (1999)
6. Cherry Oh Baby - Eric Donaldson (1971)
7. Where the Sweet Old Oranges Grow - Sam Montgomery (1936)
8. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado (1955)
9. W-P-L-J - The Four Deuces (1956)
10. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles (1967)
11. I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight - The Savoy Havana Band (1924)
12. Eatin' Watermelon - Crown Prince Waterford (1949)
13. Yes, We Have No Bananas - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers featuring June Hutton (1948)
14. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte (1957)
15. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (1939)
16. Outro

nextweek:- street map


Great show!  I thought this was a rerun, am I incorrect on that count?

xxoo,
Martha  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 27th, 2008 at 3:30pm
Desolatio Row
21/11/2008

listen at 4.30 and tell me that the great man has not lost his marbles...........


http://www.sendspace.com/file/jhhgyy

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 27th, 2008 at 3:36pm
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
21/11/2008


http://www.sendspace.com/file/9ihqhu



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 27th, 2008 at 3:41pm
Martha

Managed to convert these 3  to MP3 so hopefully they will be OK for you !

Gotta Serve Somebody
21/11/2008


http://www.sendspace.com/file/aj3v81

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 27th, 2008 at 3:50pm
One more.That ludicrous singing "style" again,not sure what you'd call it ? Pathetic springs to mind.

Things Have Changed
21/11/2008



http://www.sendspace.com/file/ctmi7m


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 27th, 2008 at 9:17pm
:smile thanks for the links.

Bob's singing style? I think its more of a choice NOT to sound like the original versions!  Some people would prefer to hear the songs as originally written, but songs do morph over the years. The Stones do it too. Bob's voice could use a little help, thats why I always say he needs back up singers but then he would have to be consistent, and from what I've read Bob's band is very 'loose'. too loose for some musicians who prefer repeating.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 28th, 2008 at 2:18am

Martha wrote on Nov 27th, 2008 at 1:00pm:

Ade wrote on Nov 27th, 2008 at 2:25am:
TTRH Season 3,

Episode 7..........Fruit


1. Intro
2. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard (1955)
3. Peaches In The Springtime - Memphis Jug Band (1928)
4. Don't Squeeze The Peaches - Jack Costanzo & Gerrie Woo (1968)
5. Lemon 'N Ice - Latin Playboys (1999)
6. Cherry Oh Baby - Eric Donaldson (1971)
7. Where the Sweet Old Oranges Grow - Sam Montgomery (1936)
8. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado (1955)
9. W-P-L-J - The Four Deuces (1956)
10. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles (1967)
11. I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight - The Savoy Havana Band (1924)
12. Eatin' Watermelon - Crown Prince Waterford (1949)
13. Yes, We Have No Bananas - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers featuring June Hutton (1948)
14. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte (1957)
15. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (1939)
16. Outro

nextweek:- street map


Great show!  I thought this was a rerun, am I incorrect on that count?

xxoo,
Martha  


it's a new show, Martha - enjoy!  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 28th, 2008 at 7:49am

Bitch wrote on Nov 27th, 2008 at 9:17pm:
:smile thanks for the links.

Bob's singing style? I think its more of a choice NOT to sound like the original versions!  Some people would prefer to hear the songs as originally written, but songs do morph over the years. The Stones do it too. Bob's voice could use a little help, thats why I always say he needs back up singers but then he would have to be consistent, and from what I've read Bob's band is very 'loose'. too loose for some musicians who prefer repeating.  


I  have been more than happy with Bob's singing for well over forty years.Until this fairly recent rat - a - tat nonsense.It's embarrassing.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 28th, 2008 at 9:55am

Billy wrote on Nov 27th, 2008 at 3:41pm:
Martha

Managed to convert these 3  to MP3 so hopefully they will be OK for you !

Gotta Serve Somebody
21/11/2008


http://www.sendspace.com/file/aj3v81


I talked to Al, who was at that show, he said the opening song with Bob running to the mike with harp in hand was incredible.  You are so kind to do that for me Billy.  THANK YOU darlin'!!!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Nov 28th, 2008 at 4:43pm

Billy wrote on Nov 27th, 2008 at 3:30pm:
Desolation Row
21/11/2008

listen at 4.30 and tell me that the great man has not lost his marbles...........


http://www.sendspace.com/file/jhhgyy


Ugh

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Dec 3rd, 2008 at 2:11pm
Aiken Promotions are proud to present: Bob Dylan Live at The O2 Dublin - 5th May 2009.
Tickets will go on sale from ticketmaster.ie Monday 8th December 2008 at 9am


http://www.expectingrain.com/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 3rd, 2008 at 2:41pm
Yes!!

UK dates to be confirmed in the next 24 hours.

"There will be a good number of shows throughout the UK from North to South and East to West " apparently

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Dec 4th, 2008 at 2:23am
thanks for the exciting new Gazza.  :willya

meanwhile here's this weeks TTRH:-

this week - "Street Map"

Laura Cantrell - 14th Street
Pilgrim Travelers - Straight Street
Roger Miller - King of the Road
Ray Charles - Lonely Avenue
Percy Mayfield - Hit the Road Jack
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Mississippi Fred McDowell - 61 Highway
Hank Williams - Lost Highway
Little Feat - Willin'
Nat King Cole - (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow - Route 90
Jack Kerouac - Reading from 'On the Road'
Mud Boy & The Neutrons - The Dark End of the Street
Woody Guthrie - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

Next week's theme: "Famous People""

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 4th, 2008 at 10:58am
Confirmed so far :

Friday 24/4 - Sheffield Arena
Tuesday 28/4 - Cardiff Arena
Tuesday 5/5 - Dublin 02

More to be announced later. With that itinerary, I'd expect at least 7-8 UK shows even if Sheffield was to be the first show.

Sheffield and Cardiff are onsale tomorrow at 9 am, so I'd imagine any other UK on sale dates will be likewise.

Dublin is on sale Monday 8/12. Presale at 9 am Saturday 6/12 for 02 Ireland customers.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Dec 4th, 2008 at 11:01am
It's your turn to swing with Bob!  Glad to see the next leg forming.

:-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Dec 4th, 2008 at 1:07pm
23/03 Stockholm
25/03 Oslo
27/03 Jönköping
28/03 Malmö
05/04 Saarbrücken
24/04 Sheffield
25/04 London
28/04 Cardiff
29/04 Birmingham
01/05 Liverpool
02/05 Glasgow
05/05 Dublin


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Dec 4th, 2008 at 3:09pm
UK tour:-

Sheffield Hallam Arena – April 24th

London O2 Arena – April 25th

Cardiff International Arena – April 28th

Birmingham NIA – April 29th

Liverpool Echo Arena – May 1st

Glasgow SECC – May 2nd

 

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 4th, 2008 at 4:12pm
Hmmmm... two nights off between Glasgow and Dublin, eh?

Intriguing.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Dec 4th, 2008 at 4:24pm
additional club show in London, possibly?.....i wouldn't bet against it.

Not overjoyed, from a selfish point of view, of the timimg of these shows.
I'm only going to be able to make, at a push, the Cardiff date.
And i have no love for these aircraft hangar venues.

 I really hate the o2. It's such a soulless, corporate-friendly, concrete enoro-dome. Too many poor quality seats,
at high prices.... he may struggle to fill it.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 4th, 2008 at 4:56pm
Wembley 2 years ago - which holds about 3,000 less than the 02 - and when he was touring just after the release of a hugely successful new album, saw him sell out the first night OK but on the second night the entire rear section of the arena was closed off.

Using that as a yardstick , he wouldnt fill half of the 02 for a second night. A smaller venue on the 26th would make sense.

That gap in between Glasgow and Dublin suggests the possibility of either another Scottish show (Edinburgh or else maybe a small Glasgow venue again like the Barrowland where he played in 2004) or (hopefully) a gig in Belfast

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Dec 4th, 2008 at 6:25pm
I'm going to see The Yardbirds at Sutton United FC tomorrow night,it's a few hundred yards from our house.I expect Bob will end up there in a couple of years.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Dec 4th, 2008 at 11:09pm
3/23  Stockholm, Sweden - Globen
3/25  Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
3/27  Jönköping, Sweden - Kinnarps Arena
3/28  Malmö, Sweden - Malmö Arena
3/29  Copenhagen, Denmark - Forum
3/31  Hannover, Germany - AWD Arena
4/1  Berlin, Germany - Max Schmeling Halle
4/2  Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle
4/4  München, Germany - Zenith
4/5  Saarbrücken, Germany - Saarlandhalle
4/10  Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
4/11  Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
4/12  Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
4/14  Basel, Switzerland - St. Jakobshalle
4/15  Milano, Italy - Mediolanum Forum
4/17  Rome, Italy - PalaLottomatica
4/18  Florence, Italy - Mandela Forum
4/20  Geneva, Switzerland - Geneva Arena
4/21  Strasbourg, France - Zenith
4/22  Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
4/24  Sheffield, England (UK) - Sheffield Arena
4/25  London, England (UK) - O2 Arena
4/28  Cardiff, Wales (UK) - Cardiff International Arena
4/29  Birmingham, England (UK) - National Indoor Arena
5/1  Liverpool, England (UK) - Echo Arena
5/2  Glasgow, Scotland (UK) - SECC - Clyde Auditorium
5/3  Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) - Edinburgh Playhouse
5/5  Dublin, Ireland - O2

http://www.boblinks.com/dates.html#cur

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Dec 5th, 2008 at 2:41am
that 3-night stand in Amsterdam, looks tasty.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 5th, 2008 at 7:03am
Edinburgh has apparently gone on sale today.

It appears that there will be a second Dublin show on May 6th.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Dec 5th, 2008 at 9:48am
yes - both of these extra shows, are confirmed, and according to the good people at Desolation Row,
onsale as we speak.

I can only, on this occasion, make the Cardiff show.

Happily i have a standing ticket booked :willya

and have just sorted my hotel room for the night  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 5th, 2008 at 10:21am

Ade wrote on Dec 5th, 2008 at 9:48am:
yes - both of these extra shows, are confirmed, and according to the good people at Desolation Row,
onsale as we speak.



Dublin #1 isnt even on sale yet - Dublin #2 is confirmed on Dylan's site but isnt listed on ticketmaster so far.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Dec 5th, 2008 at 6:06pm

Ade wrote on Dec 5th, 2008 at 9:48am:
yes - both of these extra shows, are confirmed, and according to the good people at Desolation Row,
onsale as we speak.

I can only, on this occasion, make the Cardiff show.

Happily i have a standing ticket booked :willya

and have just sorted my hotel room for the night  :willya



for the first time in a while i'm not doing them all.Birmingham,Cardiff and London.we normally meet in Jury's over the road so if you are about Ade ?

i'm being tempted by friends to do Amsterdam and/or Dublin as well though so............

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Dec 11th, 2008 at 2:29am
this weeks TTRH is,

"Famous People"

1.Jack Palance - Mighty Sparrow
2.My Boy Elvis - Janis Martin
3.Sweet Gene Vincent - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
4.Lee Van Cleef - King Stitt
5.Meet James Ensor - They Might Be Giants
6.Christopher Columbus - Dinah Washington
7.Hey Liberace! - Charlie Adams
8.Beatles Got To Go - Ken Lazarus & Keith Lyn
9.Fate Of Will Rogers & Wiley Post - Bill Cox
10.The Right Profile - The Clash
11.Jean Harlow - Leadbelly
12.So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright - Simon & Garfunkel

Next Week's Show is Number's 11 on up

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Dec 11th, 2008 at 12:21pm
Dear GOD!  Not again!!!!  I can't take anymore of those can't see over anyone's head and being crushed in the crowd shows.  Arghhhhhh............. :wtf1

Bob Dylan and His Band
Summer 2009, West Coast USA tour--

Possible tour of West coast ballparks with Willie Nelson concentrating on venues in California, Oregon and Washington.

This has not been finalized and plans could change. :willya


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Dec 17th, 2008 at 12:56pm
TTRH this week :- Numbers (11 on up)

Playlist:

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - 36-22-36
Prince Buster - 30 Pieces of Silver
Muddy Waters - Forty Days and Forty Nights
Lattie Moore - 100,000 Women Can't Be Wrong
Floyd Dixon - Girl Fifteen
Jim Ford - 36 Inches High
Sonny Boy Williamson II - Ninety Nine
The Maytals - 54 46 Was My Number
The Showmen - 39-21-46
Todd Rhodes - Rocket 69
Joe Mooney Quartet - A Man with One Million Dollars
Ann Peebles - 99 Pounds
Howlin' Wolf - Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
NRBQ - 12 Bar Blues
Merle Haggard - C'mon Sixty-Five

Next week: Christmas (reprise)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Dec 17th, 2008 at 2:13pm
any tour dates in early June? I'm going to either Russia or Spain that week & a show would help me decide.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Dec 17th, 2008 at 10:16pm
1964 NYC with John Sebastian and Jack Elliott, at the moment they are watching the fresh Rolling Stones first album

Thanks Chris @ http://www.rocksoff.org/foro


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Dec 18th, 2008 at 6:17am
Imagine the jealousy he felt...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Dec 18th, 2008 at 1:27pm

wrote on Dec 18th, 2008 at 6:17am:
Imagine the jealousy he felt...



gc, Bob loves the Stones....he is prolly very excited and curious. Nice photo!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Dec 22nd, 2008 at 12:58pm
Had to post this one. One of my favorites of Bob's-of course unreleased ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkZ-XgF7zpM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 22nd, 2008 at 3:12pm

wrote on Dec 18th, 2008 at 6:17am:
Imagine the jealousy he felt...


yeah, right.

Not in 1964. And probably not anytime since, I'd imagine.

I doubt Bob or the Stones get too hung up on that little flaw too often.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 22nd, 2008 at 3:14pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Dec 22nd, 2008 at 12:58pm:
Had to post this one. One of my favorites of Bob's-of course unreleased ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkZ-XgF7zpM



It was actually released on "Biograph" in 1985, Meg. With some lyrical alterations.

This was the only ever live performance (3rd July 1975). He recorded it for 'Desire' three weeks later but it was left off the album.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Dec 22nd, 2008 at 3:35pm
Ok, Gazza.....since you have the skinny on Bob, I have to ask, where is he presently?  And what has happened to Sara?  Did she remarry?  Thanks!

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Dec 22nd, 2008 at 3:36pm

Gazza wrote on Dec 22nd, 2008 at 3:14pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Dec 22nd, 2008 at 12:58pm:
Had to post this one. One of my favorites of Bob's-of course unreleased ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkZ-XgF7zpM



It was actually released on "Biograph" in 1985, Meg. With some lyrical alterations.

This was the only ever live performance (3rd July 1975). He recorded it for 'Desire' three weeks later but it was left off the album.


Oh OK-you always catch the "mistake"!!!
Yes, I have the "Biograph" version.

I had never heard this live version, however.  I am sure you have it somewhere in your "Bob vault" ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MaineMotels on Dec 31st, 2008 at 10:48am
Can't let this thread die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzqpCOvnCnU&feature=related

(just an aside ....I'm curious as to the other musicians are on this clip.)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 31st, 2008 at 12:41pm
The new issue of UNCUT - which I got today - has an interesting feature on upcoming releases that are in the works for 2009 and mentions a Dylan related release I was unaware of.

Apparently, Bob has acquired a 'Holy Grail' of some 30 previously unrecorded Hank Williams compositions and has assembled a 'mystery cast of stars' to record them for an album to be released sometime in 2009. Dylan recorded his own contribution during the 'Modern Times' sessions in 2006. Jack White is also heavily involved in the project.

Could well be one of the most intriguing releases of 2009.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Dec 31st, 2008 at 3:34pm

Ten Thousand Motels wrote on Dec 31st, 2008 at 10:48am:
Can't let this thread die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzqpCOvnCnU&feature=related

(just an aside ....I'm curious as to the other musicians are on this clip.)


That clip is from August 03.

The NET band at that time:
Larry Campbell - guitar
Freddy Koella - guitar
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums

Dylan's guitar tech Tommy Morrongiello is also sitting in on guitar.
He's the guy that straps on the axe after being summoned by His Bobness...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 5th, 2009 at 7:41am

erikjjf wrote on Dec 4th, 2008 at 11:09pm:
3/23  Stockholm, Sweden - Globen
3/25  Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
3/27  Jönköping, Sweden - Kinnarps Arena
3/28  Malmö, Sweden - Malmö Arena
3/29  Copenhagen, Denmark - Forum
3/31  Hannover, Germany - AWD Arena
4/1  Berlin, Germany - Max Schmeling Halle
4/2  Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle
4/4  München, Germany - Zenith
4/5  Saarbrücken, Germany - Saarlandhalle
4/10  Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
4/11  Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
4/12  Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
4/14  Basel, Switzerland - St. Jakobshalle
4/15  Milano, Italy - Mediolanum Forum
4/17  Rome, Italy - PalaLottomatica
4/18  Florence, Italy - Mandela Forum
4/20  Geneva, Switzerland - Geneva Arena
4/21  Strasbourg, France - Zenith
4/22  Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
4/24  Sheffield, England (UK) - Sheffield Arena
4/25  London, England (UK) - O2 Arena
4/28  Cardiff, Wales (UK) - Cardiff International Arena
4/29  Birmingham, England (UK) - National Indoor Arena
5/1  Liverpool, England (UK) - Echo Arena
5/2  Glasgow, Scotland (UK) - SECC - Clyde Auditorium
5/3  Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) - Edinburgh Playhouse
5/5  Dublin, Ireland - O2
5/6  Dublin, Ireland - O2

http://www.boblinks.com/dates.html#cur


Bob will be playing another show in the UK on either the 26th or 27th April (probably the 26th).

No confirmation as yet, but it will NOT be at the 02 where he is playing on the 25th. More likely than not it will be a theatre sized venue in London. Details should be confirmed soon.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 5th, 2009 at 8:03am
thanks Gazza- exciting news.
  The Indigo or Koko, would be great

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jan 5th, 2009 at 11:26am
O2 on Dublin?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 5th, 2009 at 12:41pm

wrote on Jan 5th, 2009 at 11:26am:
O2 on Dublin?


Yeah, its the new revamped and expanded version of The Point, which had been closed since the latter half of 2007.  Just re-opened last month, I think.

New venue holds up to about 13,000 - so about 50% more than the old one.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jan 5th, 2009 at 12:46pm
That was a nice intimate venue in which to see the Stones.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 5th, 2009 at 12:56pm
compared to what we were used to, it was akin to a club. The first time I ever saw the Stones indoors I had to travel to Connecticut for the privilege. It was quite something to see them play in such a small venue - albeit still an arena - just 100 miles down the road four years later. They didnt even use a b-stage at those shows as there wasnt enough room.

Was never crazy about it as a venue, though. (The Odyssey in Belfast, which holds about 1,500 more, is definitely better). Its fine when youre on the floor if its a GA show, but in all the years I've been going there for shows, I've NEVER been offered a seated ticket to the sides. They're always snapped up in advance by corporate attendees and Point 'members'. Apparently even though its a bigger capacity, the layout of the new venue will mean everyone will be closer to the stage than the way it was before.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jan 5th, 2009 at 1:12pm
I was only 8 feet from the stage both nights for both shows. My legs were KILLING me by the end of the 2nd show. Walking out after the show was really tough.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 6th, 2009 at 4:21pm
I want to delete my review from this thread but do not know how.  Can anyone help me out?  Thanks!

peace,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:12pm

Bob Links says another US ballpark tour with Willie Nelson is rumored for the summer.

West Coast, though... :(

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:41pm

Martha wrote on Jan 6th, 2009 at 4:21pm:
I want to delete my review from this thread but do not know how.  Can anyone help me out?  Thanks!

peace,
Martha



Click the 'delete' button at the top right side of the post in question. Cheers.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 7th, 2009 at 3:43pm

Gazza wrote on Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:41pm:

Martha wrote on Jan 6th, 2009 at 4:21pm:
I want to delete my review from this thread but do not know how.  Can anyone help me out?  Thanks!

peace,
Martha



Click the 'delete' button at the top right side of the post in question. Cheers.


This isn't good....I must be blind.  I do not see any button with the word delete on it....not on anyone's post or mine.  I already looked for it and do not see it.  Could you please delete it for me.  Thanks.

Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 7th, 2009 at 3:47pm
Okay!  I'm NOT blind.  When I quoted you G, I DO see the delete button appears, but I do not see it in ANY of the other posts, nor is it in the one of mine I want to delete.  I have no idea why, but at least my eyes still work.  Can you please delete my review for me, since I cannot?  Thank you for your help!

peace,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jan 7th, 2009 at 7:08pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:12pm:
Bob Links says another US ballpark tour with Willie Nelson is rumored for the summer.

West Coast, though... :(


Dylan and Willie can fill up Stadiums?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jan 7th, 2009 at 8:43pm

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jan 7th, 2009 at 7:08pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:12pm:
Bob Links says another US ballpark tour with Willie Nelson is rumored for the summer.

West Coast, though... :(


Dylan and Willie can fill up Stadiums?


Minor league ballparks.
GA field, 10-12K crowd.

Caught a coupla shows when they last toured together in 05.
Good stuff...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jan 7th, 2009 at 9:45pm

Martha wrote on Jan 7th, 2009 at 3:47pm:
Okay!  I'm NOT blind.  When I quoted you G, I DO see the delete button appears, but I do not see it in ANY of the other posts, nor is it in the one of mine I want to delete.  I have no idea why, but at least my eyes still work.  Can you please delete my review for me, since I cannot?  Thank you for your help!

peace,
Martha

I think the delete only works for a certain amt of time after the initial post, Martha. HNY BTW!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jan 7th, 2009 at 9:46pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jan 7th, 2009 at 8:43pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jan 7th, 2009 at 7:08pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:12pm:
Bob Links says another US ballpark tour with Willie Nelson is rumored for the summer.

West Coast, though... :(


Dylan and Willie can fill up Stadiums?


Minor league ballparks.
GA field, 10-12K crowd.

Caught a coupla shows when they last toured together in 05.
Good stuff...

I'd go to see that.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 8th, 2009 at 2:39am
this week's TTRH show, "Work" :-



Playlist:

(Reading Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing"
The Burnadettes - First, You've Got to Recognize God
T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues (interestingly Bob pronounces it "workin' man's" like the title of his own recent sequel...)
Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man
Sarah Vaughan - Nice Work if You Can Get it
Jesse Winchester - Payday
Lee Dorsey - Gotta Find a Job
Harry Reser - The Coat and the Pants Do All the Work
Billy Butler & The Enchanters - I Can't Work No Longer
(Reading from H. W. Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith"
Ray Charles - I'll Do Anything But Work
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Payday Blues
Honey Cone - Want Ads
Adriana Caselotti - Whistle While You Work
Detroit Junior - Call My Job
Tom Waits - I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (and See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)
Marva Whitney - You Got to Have a Job

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MaineMotels on Jan 8th, 2009 at 3:16am
Touring Bob Dylan's New York

It was in January nearly half a century ago that Bob Dylan arrived in New York. Nigel Richardson sees the district that helped to forge 'the original vagabond’.

By Nigel Richardson
Last Updated: 11:05AM GMT 07 Jan 2009
Telegraph

We stand on the spot and Terre Grilli holds up a photocopy to compare the scene with the present day. “One thing I notice are the trees,” she says. “There are no trees on the block in ’63.” And in place of the blue VW campervan parked on the left is an SUV with blacked-out windows.

It was a snowy day in February, 1963, in the heart of Greenwich Village, New York City. The photographer, Don Hunstein, set up on West 4th Street and shot plum down Jones Street as Bob Dylan and his then girlfriend, Suze Rotolo, walked up the middle of Jones towards the camera. Bob thrust his hands deep in his jeans pockets, Suze clung on to his arm – and the result is one of rock music’s most famous album covers.

The photograph on the front of Dylan’s second LP, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, encapsulates a remarkable time and place. For a period nearly half a century ago this grid of streets, barely a couple of square miles in total, generated a buzz of creative energy that forged Dylan’s artistic sensibility. “The air was bitter cold, always below zero, but the fire in my mind was never out,” he recalls in his memoir, Chronicles.

Greenwich Village – or just The Village – is a different place today and Dylan went west long ago. But the architectural mixture of classic tenements and grander, Federal-style townhouses is largely intact. And the spirit of the “original vagabond” who fetched up here in January 1961, and whose words and music shaped new ways of looking at the modern world, still clings to its fire escapes, backstreet cobbles and more outré street characters.

Terre Grilli, a 52-year-old folk music enthusiast, runs guided tours aimed at invoking that spirit. The tours are arranged privately and are pretty laid-back, very much in the freewheelin’ spirit of those Village days of the Sixties. “It’s kind of a labour of love,” she said. “We don’t advertise. It’s for fans.”

We meet on Hudson St at West 11th, across the street from the White Horse Tavern. This old longshoremen’s dive (the Hudson River is just three blocks west) has an impeccable bohemian pedigree: in the 1950s Dylan Thomas, as well as having his name filched by a young kid in Minnesota called Robert Zimmerman, drank his last at the bar before dying a few days later; Norman Mailer supposedly conceived the radical Village Voice newspaper here; and it was a Beat poet hangout. It was also where Dylan listened to the Clancy Brothers singing “rousing rebel songs that would lift the roof”.

The White Horse is still gratifyingly grungy, its walls covered in pictures and mementos of Dylan Thomas. A couple of doors up, a shop sells Dolce & Gabbana handbags for many hundreds of dollars, while an estate agent’s window on the other side of Hudson St advertises a one-bedroom flat – sorry,
“stunning pre-war condo” – for well over a million. The cheap rents and edginess that made the Village a magnet for chancers and dreamers like Dylan disappeared long ago.

It was his former lover, Joan Baez, who called him a vagabond. The word captures the way in which he just turned up in “the city that would come to shape my destiny” with a readymade back catalogue of tall stories about himself and, in his own assessment, a mind that “was strong like a trap”.

“You would come to town and try to establish yourself and sleep on floors,”
says Terre, leading me round to one of his crash pads, in Perry St. “You had no money for an apartment.” At 129 Perry – dingy brick, green fire escape – he slept on the floor of Carla Rotolo, Suze’s elder sister. Here, as well as meeting Suze, he would plunder Carla’s extensive folk record collection for ideas for his first album. “Carla really big-sistered Bob,” says Terre.

The folk singer Dave Van Ronk, whom Dylan described as “king of the street”, lived several blocks north-east on Waverly Place. Terre indicates number 190, a grey tenement building with a bright orange door. “Bob has talked about staying on the couch here,” she says. “Tom Paxton used to come by. And who’s observing all this?” Terre jerks her thumb over her shoulder. “Behind us at 191 lived [the journalist] Bob Shelton. “He was responsible for the New York Times review that catapulted Bob’s career.” She opens her ringbinder and flicks to a copy of the review, of a set Bob played at the famous venue Gerde’s Folk City, in September 1961 (“20-year-old singer is bright new face,” runs the headline).

Gerde’s no longer exists, but plenty of venues from those days do, many of them “basket houses” where performers passed round a hat. Principal among them is Cafe Wha? on Macdougal St, which Dylan sought out when he arrived in New York. Here, to an audience of “lunch-hour secretaries, sailors and tourists” he played harmonica for Freddy Neil, who later wrote Everybody’s Talkin’, popularised in the film Midnight Cowboy.

“You have to remember, the whole of Macdougal was lined with coffeehouses,” says Terre. At 116, in the basement, was The Gaslight, now a lounge bar called Alibi. “Hard to believe but this was a premier place to play,” she says. The Gaslight didn’t have a drinks licence, so after and in between sets they would all pile next door to the Kettle of Fish. The bar is now called the Esperanto Cafe. The hipster geeks sitting at its window tables with their skinny lattes and mint-thin laptops look the same age, 21, as Bob would have been when, in the sweaty basement next door, he first performed A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.

Terre’s tour is exhaustive and fascinating – the former Commons coffeehouse in
Minetta St where he wrote Blowin’ in the Wind; the former residential Hotel Earle where he lived for a while and which Joan Baez, in her bittersweet love song about Dylan, Diamonds and Rust, refers to as “that crummy hotel over Washington Square”; the magical spot on West 4th where he freewheeled with Suze Rotolo in the snow.

Twelve months after that album cover was shot, Dylan had found fame and broke up with Suze, who inspired Tomorrow Is a Long Time. Those halcyon coffeehouse days were over.

He has left no tangible mark on the Village – no plaques, statues or stores selling memorabilia – but that’s in keeping with the man. “Everything was always new, always changing,” he wrote in Chronicles. “It was never the same crowd upon the streets.”

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 8th, 2009 at 6:47am
Great article, thanks. I always like to do a 'Dylan tour' any time I'm in New York.

Turns out that 'Freewheelin' album cover pic shot looking down Jones Street was taken just about 20 yards south of where Bob & Suze were living at the time on West 4th Street. Steve Earle & his wife Allison Moorer now also live in Jones Street - Voodoo and myself sank a few beers at the excellent Slaughtered Lamb pub on the corner when we were there to see the Stones in 2002!

That same day I also found the townhouse he lived in on MacDougal Street after he moved back from Woodstock in 1969. Couldnt believe that such a sought after yet private man would live in what was a busy downtown street in a house which basically afforded him no privacy and which opened on to the street. This was the era where AJ Weberman kept stealing his garbage until Bob jumped him on Houston Street and kicked the shit out of him.  :booze

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 8th, 2009 at 6:48am
Great article, thanks. I always like to do a 'Dylan tour' any time I'm in New York.

Turns out that 'Freewheelin' album cover pic shot looking down Jones Street was taken just about 20 yards south of where Bob & Suze were living at the time on West 4th Street. Steve Earle & his wife Allison Moorer now also live in Jones Street - Voodoo and myself sank a few beers at the excellent Slaughtered Lamb pub on the corner when we were there to see the Stones in 2002!

That same day I also found the townhouse he lived in on MacDougal Street after he moved back from Woodstock in 1969. Couldnt believe that such a sought after yet private man would live in what was a busy downtown street in a house which basically afforded him no privacy and which opened on to the street. This was the era where AJ Weberman kept stealing his garbage until Bob jumped him on Houston Street and kicked the shit out of him.  :booze

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Jan 8th, 2009 at 9:06am
Yep, great article, MM. I've done a few "Dylan tours" of my own in the village. Always wanted to do my own take on the Jones Street Rotolo photo, but have yet to find a worthy candidate. Jones Alley is my favorite "picturing-taking' alley (right across from Shinbone Alley!)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:09am
You can actually go on guided walking tours of Dylan's New York

http://www.daytrippin.com/dylan.htm

There's also a DVD available :

http://www.daytrippin.com/dylan.htm#dylanDVD

there's another site specifically dedicated to Dylan's NY sites...I'll have to look for it

and in more Bob related news - William Zantzinger (the guy who 'killed poor Hattie Carroll') has croaked it, aged 69 :

http://www.thebaynet.com/announcements/index.cfm/fa/viewcat/cat_ID/61

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Brainbell Jangler on Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:17am

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:12pm:
Bob Links says another US ballpark tour with Willie Nelson is rumored for the summer.

West Coast, though... :(

Yes!!!  :smoking

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:44am
Gary, please delete my review.  I am unable to do so myself.

Thank you.

Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jan 9th, 2009 at 7:36pm

Gazza wrote on Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:09am:
You can actually go on guided walking tours of Dylan's New York

http://www.daytrippin.com/dylan.htm

There's also a DVD available :

http://www.daytrippin.com/dylan.htm#dylanDVD

there's another site specifically dedicated to Dylan's NY sites...I'll have to look for it

and in more Bob related news - William Zantzinger (the guy who 'killed poor Hattie Carroll') has croaked it, aged 69 :

http://www.thebaynet.com/announcements/index.cfm/fa/viewcat/cat_ID/61

Nice!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 10th, 2009 at 10:21am
Thanks for deleting my post G!  

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:06pm
There will be another London show but the Promoters will not let on where, when, how much or whatever. They are being unusually coy. The boss man there is now on holiday for 2 weeks and it is thought that an announcement of the new show will await his return on January 26th, in which case there will be a ticket allocation. If the show has to go on sale before then, I will not be here to arrange an allocation and you’ll have to fend for yourselves. I’ll be on holiday until the 26th myself in a far-flung corner of the globe and completely out of contact. In that eventuality, the Promoter’s office will contact Derek or Tracy at ISIS for them to spread the word. If you are an ISIS subscriber you should get an email from them with any breaking news; otherwise keep a regular eye out on their web page and on Expecting Rain.


got this news today.........................

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 14th, 2009 at 2:56am
keeping fingers crossed, for that one, Billy!  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Jan 14th, 2009 at 2:26pm
Third Amsterdam show (April 12th) announced.
http://www.livenation.nl/event/getEvent/eventId/340168/?c=bdylan3_lnmailing

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 15th, 2009 at 2:46am
this week :-
TTRH Season 3, Episode 12

...a fantastic show - check out, Peter Wolf/Mick Jagger

Playlist:

Intro
Nuttin' But A "G" Thang - Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop Dogg (background)
Nothing - The Fugs
Don't Say Nothin' (Bad About My Baby) - The Cookies
There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - Sammy Davis Jr.
Sweet Nothin's - Brenda Lee (Little Miss Dynamite)
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Frank Sinatra (Mr. Frank)
It's Nothing To Me - Harry Johnson
Nothing But The Wheel - Peter Wolf (w/ Mick Jagger)
No Love, No Nothin' - Marlene Dietrich
Nothing Takes The Place Of You - Toussaint McCall
I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues - Mose Allison
That Ain't Nothin' But Right - Mac Curtis
You Ain't Nothin' But Fine - Rockin' Sidney
Nothing - Townes Van Zandt
Outro

Next Week:- Something

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jan 15th, 2009 at 1:44pm
Is that show on Sirius yet?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Jan 16th, 2009 at 9:44am
...some fine guitar work on Derek Trucks' rendition of 'Down In The Flood' on his new album "Already Free".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNATCqpiHAE

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 16th, 2009 at 11:48am

wrote on Jan 15th, 2009 at 1:44pm:
Is that show on Sirius yet?


Yes, gc, it airs again on XM/Sirius Monday at 6pm MT. It's a gem, just like all the rest. ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 16th, 2009 at 11:49am

Lazy Bones wrote on Jan 16th, 2009 at 9:44am:
...some fine guitar work on Derek Trucks' rendition of 'Down In The Flood' on his new album "Already Free".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNATCqpiHAE


Has the album been released then LB?

peace,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jan 16th, 2009 at 11:56am

Martha wrote on Jan 16th, 2009 at 11:48am:

wrote on Jan 15th, 2009 at 1:44pm:
Is that show on Sirius yet?


Yes, gc, it airs again on XM/Sirius Monday at 6pm MT. It's a gem, just like all the rest. ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Thanks, Martha! I have Sirius but I have to update my radio. I'll be doing it shortly!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Jan 16th, 2009 at 1:04pm

Martha wrote on Jan 16th, 2009 at 11:49am:

Lazy Bones wrote on Jan 16th, 2009 at 9:44am:
...some fine guitar work on Derek Trucks' rendition of 'Down In The Flood' on his new album "Already Free".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNATCqpiHAE


Has the album been released then LB?

peace,
Martha


It was released this week, Martha...

http://derektrucksband.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=633_15279

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 17th, 2009 at 12:09pm

Lazy Bones wrote on Jan 16th, 2009 at 1:04pm:

Martha wrote on Jan 16th, 2009 at 11:49am:

Lazy Bones wrote on Jan 16th, 2009 at 9:44am:
...some fine guitar work on Derek Trucks' rendition of 'Down In The Flood' on his new album "Already Free".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNATCqpiHAE


Has the album been released then LB?

peace,
Martha


It was released this week, Martha...

http://derektrucksband.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=633_15279


Thank you darlin'!  I look forward to picking it up.  Derek plays like an angel. ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MaineMotels on Jan 20th, 2009 at 9:08am
Bob Meets The Beatles - The Meth Minute 39
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybI34Z_ZHbo&feature=related

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 20th, 2009 at 7:02pm

Gazza wrote on Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:09am:
You can actually go on guided walking tours of Dylan's New York

http://www.daytrippin.com/dylan.htm

There's also a DVD available :

http://www.daytrippin.com/dylan.htm#dylanDVD

there's another site specifically dedicated to Dylan's NY sites...I'll have to look for it


Found that link..here it is :

http://www.new-pony.com/tour.html


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 22nd, 2009 at 2:20am
Theme Time Radio Hour, SEason 3, Episode 13

"Something"

...and Bob plays, possibly, my fave record of all time,
Cochran's Something Else


01 Intro, opening
02 The Beatles - Something (1969)
03 The Beatles outro, Earl-Jean McCrea intro
04 Earl-Jean McCrea - I'm Into Something Good (1964)
05 Earl-Jean McCrea outro, Vic Damone intro
06 Vic Damone - Something's Coming! (1964)
07 Leonard Bernstein, The Dominoes intro
08 The Dominoes - Do Something For Me (1950)
09 Something facts, Jimmy Ballard intro
10 Jimmy Ballard - She's Got Something (1952)
11 Jimmy Ballard outro, Steve Allen, The Velvelettes intro
12 The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' (1964)
13 Famous last words, Eddie Cochran intro
14 Eddie Cochran - Something Else (1959)
15 Eddie Cochran outro, phone call, Daddy Cleanhead intro
16 Daddy Cleanhead (Fred Higgins) - Something's Going On In My Room (1954)
17 Poltergeists, Charlie Rich intro
18 Charlie Rich - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (1966)
19 Charlie Rich outro, June Christy intro
20 June Christy - Something Cool (1953)
21 June Christy outro, Pete Rugolo, Bobby Marchan intro
22 Bobby Marchan - There's Something On Your Mind, Part 2 (1960)
23 Bobby Marchan outro, Tom Waits on Jewish cursing, The Carlisles intro
24 The Carlisles - Something Different (1953)
25 The Carlisles outro, Thunderclap Newman intro
26 Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (1969)
27 Closing, credits

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 22nd, 2009 at 10:10am
Thanks for posting the track-list for the show Ade!  

It just keeps getting better!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 2:29am
you're very welcome Martha - i haven't listened to this weeks show yet,
i download them, and look forward to listening to it over the weekend.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 11:27am

Ade wrote on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 2:29am:
you're very welcome Martha - i haven't listened to this weeks show yet,
i download them, and look forward to listening to it over the weekend.


Ade, can you give me the link to download this season's shows?  I can't do it, but my husband might be able to figure it out.  I have the 2 other season's, (thanks to the generosity of friends) and it's time to learn how to do this for ourselves.  Thanks for the help!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 12:05pm

Martha wrote on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 11:27am:
can you give me the link to download this season's shows?


Try this website:
http://dylan-ttr-blindwilly.blogspot.com/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Jan 24th, 2009 at 5:16am
another show............


APR 26th - LONDON, ENGLAND - THE FORUM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 24th, 2009 at 10:19am

erikjjf wrote on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 12:05pm:

Martha wrote on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 11:27am:
can you give me the link to download this season's shows?


Try this website:
http://dylan-ttr-blindwilly.blogspot.com/


Thanks, so much!   I'll have my hubby give this a whirl.  

peace,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 26th, 2009 at 2:44am

Martha wrote on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 11:27am:

Ade wrote on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 2:29am:
you're very welcome Martha - i haven't listened to this weeks show yet,
i download them, and look forward to listening to it over the weekend.


Ade, can you give me the link to download this season's shows?  I can't do it, but my husband might be able to figure it out.  I have the 2 other season's, (thanks to the generosity of friends) and it's time to learn how to do this for ourselves.  Thanks for the help!

xxoo,
Martha


alternatively, try here:-

http://croz.fm/pages/ttrh.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 26th, 2009 at 2:51am

Billy wrote on Jan 24th, 2009 at 5:16am:
another show............


APR 26th - LONDON, ENGLAND - THE FORUM


thank you Billy, tickets onsale, next saturday at 9am, apparently.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Jan 27th, 2009 at 6:53am
the latest................

I'm back from my winter holidays and back in touch with the Promoters. The rumour of a show at the London Forum (HMV Forum) is untrue. There will be a second London show on the 26th. I do not yet know the venue but have every  reason to believe that it will be mixed seating and standing. Details of the show - venue, costs of tickets, seating/GA arrangements - will be made available when the "boss-man" promoter returns from his Winter holiday on Wednesday. They will contact me then and I'll pass info on to you as soon as I receive it.

just in case anyone is interested.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 27th, 2009 at 8:35am

Billy wrote on Jan 27th, 2009 at 6:53am:
the latest................

I'm back from my winter holidays and back in touch with the Promoters. The rumour of a show at the London Forum (HMV Forum) is untrue. There will be a second London show on the 26th. I do not yet know the venue but have every  reason to believe that it will be mixed seating and standing. Details of the show - venue, costs of tickets, seating/GA arrangements - will be made available when the "boss-man" promoter returns from his Winter holiday on Wednesday. They will contact me then and I'll pass info on to you as soon as I receive it.

just in case anyone is interested.



Hey Billy!  So where's the Boss Man been?  I'm in need of a drink of water. ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 29th, 2009 at 2:20am
TTRH  - Season 3, Episode 14

"Cats"

...and the Stones, get another outing!   :willya

The Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini (1963)
Three Cool Cats - The Coasters (1959)
Tom Cat Blues - Jellyroll Morton (1923-24)
Tom Cat Blues - Cliff Carlisle (1936)
Leave My Kitten Alone - Little Willie John (1959)
I've Got a Tiger by the Tail - Buck Owens and his Buckaroos (1964)
Sell the Puss-y - The Mighty Sparrow (1970)
Put A Nickel In The Kitty - Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers (1941)
Dead Cats On The Line - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom (1934)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens (1961)
The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough - Walter "Kid" Smith and Norman Woodlief (1929)
A Fish House Function (For A Cross Eyed Cat Named Sam) - Emmy Oro (1950s ?)
My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone - Hop Wilson & His Buddies (1961)
Stray Cat Blues - The Rolling Stones (1968)
Theme from The Phil Silvers Show (Sergeant Bilko) (1955)
The Theme From Top Cat - Joseph Barbera (Hanna Barbera cartoons) (1961)

next week:- "madness"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 29th, 2009 at 10:49am
Bob loves the Stones.  He's mentioned them often on TTRH. :-)


xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 29th, 2009 at 12:03pm
More Bob news...

ARTS, BRIEFLY
Dylan’s ‘Wind’ Blows Into British Commercial

Compiled by Dave Itzkoff
Published: January 28, 2009

And how many years must Bob Dylan wait before he licenses one of his most beloved ballads for use in a British television commercial? The answer, my friend, is 47. Mr. Dylan, above, has once again baffled his fans by giving permission for his protest song “Blowin’ in the Wind” to be used in an advertisement for the Co-operative Group, Agence France-Presse reported. The song, which Mr. Dylan began performing in 1962 and appears on the 1963 Columbia Records album “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” is the first that he’s allowed for use in British commercials. The Co-operative Group, which operates supermarkets as well as travel, legal and funeral services, is a proponent of ethical and accountable trading practices. A spokesman for Sony, the parent company of Columbia, said that Mr. Dylan “has a career based on surprising people, on people not being able to second-guess him.”

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Jan 29th, 2009 at 6:06pm
The latest from our ticket man...............


Another UK Show?

 

The promoter is still not ready to release the details of the venue and there will definitely be no information this week. What I do know is -

1. There will definitely be one extra London show,

2. It will not be at the Forum as rumoured on some of the Dylan boards,

3. It will be on Sunday 26th,

4. It looks very much as if this show will have reserved seating and standing. I guess the standing would be on the floor at the front with seating in the balcony(ies),

5. There will be no support act for this or for any other UK show,

6. Tickets will be made available for fans – how many depends on the size of the venue.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 29th, 2009 at 7:37pm
..and from the same mailshot that Billy quoted, there appears to be very strong rumours of a new Dylan studio album in the next few months......

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jan 31st, 2009 at 1:05pm

Gazza wrote on Jan 29th, 2009 at 7:37pm:
..and from the same mailshot that Billy quoted, there appears to be very strong rumours of a new Dylan studio album in the next few months......

Very interesting indeed! 8-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 31st, 2009 at 1:15pm
it's in the can - apparently.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 31st, 2009 at 2:17pm
the UK promoter claims to have heard it, anyway - big thumbs-up, apparently.

Hopefully we'll have some new songs in the show for the spring tour.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 1st, 2009 at 4:18pm

Gazza wrote on Jan 29th, 2009 at 7:37pm:
..and from the same mailshot that Billy quoted, there appears to be very strong rumours of a new Dylan studio album in the next few months......



I had just been thinking that Bob might be working on an album a couple of days ago.  This IS great news!  Hope it's true.  Thanks Gary!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Feb 4th, 2009 at 11:34am
I hear that the advert break during Coronation Street on Feb 16th will contain the Dylan pepsi advert.For those,like me,who haven't seen it yet.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Feb 4th, 2009 at 11:35am
Sod's Law..........found it


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXdLhTNBHbA

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Feb 4th, 2009 at 6:18pm
Another UK Show?

 

No more news at the moment.

 

Another Studio Album?

 

Again, no more news at the moment.

 

Another Sell-Out – and More Besides?

 

Reuters January 30th –

 

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Bob Dylan and will.i.am: Together at last? The musicians both appear in a Pepsi commercial that is being considered for placement during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast, singing a song written specifically for the ad. Further details on the ad were unavailable, but Pepsi Co. North America executives said they also are considering selling the song on iTunes. The company has two or three minutes of total advertising time during the February 1 game.

 

It’s actually not a song written specifically for the ad – it’s a take of Forever Young, not the album version but one I recognise from somewhere or other. Watch it here:

http://video.mediapost.com/index.cfm?clientfile=PepsiRefreshAnthemSuperBowl.mov

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Feb 5th, 2009 at 2:30am
TTRH, Season 3, Episode 15 "Madness"

Crazy - Patsy Cline (1961)
I'm Nuts About Screwy Music - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra (1935-37)
Nervous Breakdown - Eddie Cochran (1959)
I'll Go Crazy - James Brown and The Famous Flames (1960)
Relaxin' at Camarillo - Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie (1947) (excerpt)
Madness - Prince Buster (1962)
Manic Depression - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (excerpt) (1967)
You're Driving Me Crazy - Peggy Lee (1967)
Crackin' Up - Bo Diddley (1959)
(Like Me) You'll Recover In Time - Johnny Paycheck (1967)
Twisted - Annie Ross (1952)
I'm Going Crazy - The Tibbs Brothers (1956)
The Mad Bomber - The Mighty Sparrow (excerpt) (1958)
Crazy Mixed Up World - Little Walter (1958)
Blow Top Blues - Dinah Washington (1952)
They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa ! - Napoleon XIV (excerpt) (1966)
The Rubber Room - Porter Wagoner (1972)
Hooray, Hooray, I'm Goin' Away - Beatrice Kay w/ Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra (1947)
It's Fun To Be Livin' In The Crazy House - Redd Foxx (1957)
Lost Mind - Mose Allison (1957)
Psycho - Jack Kittel (1974)
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle - Nirvana (1993)

next week:- "Happy"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 5th, 2009 at 9:37am
Madness!  What a great episode!  He let it ride for another half hour. ;-)

I can't get enough of this man.
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
Martha

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Post by glencar on Feb 5th, 2009 at 1:19pm

Billy wrote on Feb 4th, 2009 at 11:35am:
Sod's Law..........found it


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXdLhTNBHbA

Simply ghastly. Will i am must be stopped. "Every generation refreshes the world"? Not that asswipe!

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Post by Ade on Feb 6th, 2009 at 3:37am

Martha wrote on Feb 5th, 2009 at 9:37am:
Madness!  What a great episode!  He let it ride for another half hour. ;-)

I can't get enough of this man.
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
Martha


i shall look forward to sitting back, with a mug of tea, and listening to it, this weekend!  :)

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Post by Gazza on Feb 10th, 2009 at 2:54pm
Looks like the new studio album is definite - hopefully it'll be out for the Euro tour

From todays Desolation Row news update :

Contacts in the music industry have told me that they will be attending a listening session of the new album at Sony headquarters in London on the 10th. It is likely that there will be other sessions in other countries as well as listening sessions for the music press over the coming week or two.

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Post by Ade on Feb 12th, 2009 at 2:23am
thanks for the info, Gazza  :willya

here's this week's TTRH:-

Episode 16, "Happy"

Feelin' High and Happy - Hot Lips Page (1938)
Love and Happiness - Al Green (1972)
(I Wanna Go Where You Go) Then I'll Be Happy - Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters (1953)
Happy Home - Elmore James (1955)
Happy Days Are Here Again - Leo Reisman and His Orchestra (excerpt) (1929)
Happy - The Rolling Stones (1972)  :keithpunky
Get Happy - Wardell Gray Sextet (excerpt) (1952)
I Want To Be Happy - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & his Orchestra (1937)
Happy - Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins (2006)
You've Made Me So Very Happy - Brenda Holloway (1967)
Happy Rovin' Cowboy - The Sons Of The Pioneers (1935-36)
Everybody's Happy Nowadays - Buzzcocks (1979)
Smile - Judy Garland (1963)
Happy Trails - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans with Frank Worth & His Orchestra (1950)

next week:- "Cops & Robbers"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Feb 13th, 2009 at 12:56pm
Worth getting? I've never heard of this one...


http://www.amazon.com/Real-Live-Bob-Dylan/dp/B0012GN3A0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1234551402&sr=1-1

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Post by mojoman on Feb 13th, 2009 at 1:12pm
is basement tapes out of print? maybe to be re-released?

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Post by Gazza on Feb 15th, 2009 at 11:44am

wrote on Feb 13th, 2009 at 12:56pm:
Worth getting? I've never heard of this one...


http://www.amazon.com/Real-Live-Bob-Dylan/dp/B0012GN3A0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1234551402&sr=1-1



I'm in the audience on 4 of the 10 songs......

Its not bad but not as good a representation of that tour as it could have been.

Recorded at Newcastle, Wembley Stadium and Slane Castle.

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Post by Gazza on Feb 15th, 2009 at 11:44am

mojoman wrote on Feb 13th, 2009 at 1:12pm:
is basement tapes out of print? maybe to be re-released?



Aside from the 'Dylan' (1973) album of leftovers which he didnt want released to begin with, Dylan's entire CBS catalogue has always been in print.

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Post by Billy on Feb 15th, 2009 at 5:10pm

Gazza wrote on Feb 15th, 2009 at 11:44am:

mojoman wrote on Feb 13th, 2009 at 1:12pm:
is basement tapes out of print? maybe to be re-released?



Aside from the 'Dylan' (1973) album of leftovers which he didnt want released to begin with, Dylan's entire CBS catalogue has always been in print.



I've got it on CD and LP (Dylan) tempted to flog it on ebay it goes for silly prices.Don't need the dough but i can use it for my new hobby of buying Stones boots ! Not having great luck so far but got a few decent ones including the one you recommended Gary - thanks.

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Post by Gazza on Feb 15th, 2009 at 8:45pm
Youre welcome, Billy

Yeah, "Dylan" was available for a while in the 80s when Bob's back catalogue was first made available on CD (with the subtitle "A Fool Such As I") and then deleted, presumably because Bob doesnt consider it a 'legit' release (for those who didnt know, CBS released the album - a collection of 'New Morning' and 'Self portrait' era unreleased covers from 1970 - in 1973 when he briefly left the label to make two albums for Asylum/Island. Both of THOSE albums - Planet Waves and Before The Flood - were rereleased by CBS after having both been out of print in the 80's for a couple of years, so apart from that brief hiatus before CBS acquired the rights to them both, "Dylan" remains the only album in Bob's 47 year career to have ever been unavailable).

I only had it on cassette at the time but of course when it got deleted it got harder to track down and it was pretty frustrating because eventually I had re-bought the entire back catalogue on CD. Eventually got it on e-bay about 3 years ago for about £50. I've seen it being offered on there for amounts that were in three figures, so I suppose, whilst its a dreadful bloody album, I got it for below the going rate.

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Post by glencar on Feb 16th, 2009 at 6:53am

Gazza wrote on Feb 15th, 2009 at 11:44am:

wrote on Feb 13th, 2009 at 12:56pm:
Worth getting? I've never heard of this one...


http://www.amazon.com/Real-Live-Bob-Dylan/dp/B0012GN3A0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1234551402&sr=1-1



I'm in the audience on 4 of the 10 songs......

Its not bad but not as good a representation of that tour as it could have been.

Recorded at Newcastle, Wembley Stadium and Slane Castle.

For $4.99, I'm gonna take a chance!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 17th, 2009 at 10:34am
well at that price, its undoubtedly worth it!

Meanwhile, some news from Isis Magazine on the new album :



New Dylan Album

As trailed in ISIS Magazine (see The Wicked Messenger #6649 for January 4, 2009), a completely new Bob Dylan album is in the can. Our understanding is that the album was recorded last October in California (maybe with the recording sessions starting slightly earlier than that). The sequencing of the tracks was completed in January and the album is expected to contain ten tracks.

Jeff Rosen has brought the finished album to Europe for listening sessions in various cities including London, Munich and Oslo. These “listenings” were mainly for sales and marketing staff at Sony. We must assume that similar sessions have taken place in the United States. Several different titles have been put forward for the album but, for the most part, these seem to be little more than internet babble and at the time of the listenings (mid February) no title had been decided upon. At one time, it was suggested that the album would be released in the autumn, then a release date in May 2009 was mentioned but it seems that the release has now been brought forward to the last week of April, to coincide with later stages of Dylan’s forthcoming European tour. There are strong rumours about the circumstances in which the album came about (See entry for “My Own Love Song” below). There are also rumours that the musicians on the album are not all from the current touring band.


Meanwhile, we will leave you to speculate on the coincidence of any additional London concert date (April 26) and the release of a new album. We would suggest that you check the ISIS website regularly for further information.



My Own Love Song



Directed by Olivier Dahan, “My Own Love Song”, which finished shooting in Louisiana in early December 2008, is a road movie staring Renée Zellweger and Forest Whitaker. Co-written and directed by Kristin Gore, the film, a melodrama that flirts with comedy, traces the trip to Memphis made by a former singer confined to a wheelchair and one of her close friends, a fireman who has suffered an accident at work. Filming began in October in Kansas and Louisiana. It seems that Bob Dylan was approached to provide the soundtrack to this film and the story goes that when he went into the studio to record, he was so impressed with what he had he decided to record his own new album.


And a little review of a new Dylan book which I got a few days ago..




The Songs He Didn’t Write: Bob Dylan Under The Influence by Derek Barker



Monumental chronicle of the songs that made Dylan tick; the ultimate Theme Time Radio Hour companion.



This is so much more than just another tome to throw on the ever-growing pile of Dylan books; more a brilliantly-entertaining launch-pad into the sometimes weird and often wonderful canon of wildly-diverse music which has propelled the man into performing a vast number of sometimes unlikely cover versions at studios, shows, soundchecks and even late 50s front rooms.



This marvellous exercise is testament to Barker’s dedication and knowledge of his subject, born out of 23 years editing foremost Dylan fanzine, Isis, and years of research, revealing more about its illusive subject’s ways and workings than a shelf-load of variations and theories on the well-trodden story. Though not the intention, Barker has also provided the perfect companion to Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour, which has featured many of these songs, giving dates, chart placings and artist backgrounds along with where Dylan covered them and crucial human commentary element.



The earliest entry is Dylan’s first recorded appearance with a couple of mates in Minnesota: an eight-song rock’n’roll/doo wop medley cut onto three 78s on Christmas Eve 1956. The near-500-page book takes the encyclopaedic format to document hundreds of songs, ranging from expected inclusions such as Woody Guthrie and the basement tapes, to surprises the likes of Mungo Jerry’s In The Summertime, The Beatles’ Yesterday, 1992’s return tribute to Hendrix by performing Dolly Dagger in Australia, and the immortal shock encores of The Clash’s London Calling during the November 2005 Brixton Academy residency. Appendix One lists songs which Dylan played at anywhere from gigs and studios, to friends’ apartments during specific years from 1956 onwards, while the frustration of craving to hear inclusions such as the 1990 version of Little Feat’s Willin’ may require bootleg-hunting, so relevant CDs are listed in Appendix Two. Indispensable. (5 stars)«««««


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 17th, 2009 at 11:06am
I think April is the perfect month for Bob to release his latest LP!

I am giddy!!!!!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
Martha


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Feb 18th, 2009 at 5:53pm
again from Isis...............


8Additional Rumours About The New Album



There are several additional pieces of information about the new album. One is that Dylan recorded thirteen songs in all, of which ten are expected to be on this release. Speculatively, this would leave out-takes for use in “My Own Love Song”, but nothing more has been heard regarding Dylan’s involvement with this film.



Another strong rumour is that Mike Campbell (of the Heartbreakers) and David Hidalgo (of Los Lobos) are amongst the musicians on the new album. These two guitarists are said to have worked with what has been described as the nucleus of Dylan’s tour band. The Heartbreakers’ keyboard player Benmont Tench is also said to have played on the album.  



There is also speculation of a video to go with the album release, but there are no details as yet. Of course, that rumoured animation-video prepared for ‘Mississippi’ (from “Tell Tale Signs”) never saw the light of day, so perhaps that could be used – who knows?

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Post by Ade on Feb 19th, 2009 at 2:24am
this week's TTRH:- "Cops n' Robbers"

(No Ellen Barkin intro, a soundtrack snippet from the TV show Highway Patrol)

Nat King Cole Trio - Call the Police
Red Simpson - The Highway Patrol
'Blind' Willie Walker - Dupree Blues
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Against th' Law
The Crickets - I Fought the Law
Freddie Hall & His Band - This Crooked World

(Comment from Ricky Jay)

Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Poor Jesse James
The Byrds - Pretty Boy Floyd
The Coasters - Bad Detective

(Comment from Steve Earle)

Los Socio de San Antonio - La Muerte de Fred Comez Carrasco
The Equals - Police on My Back

(Further comment by Ricky Jay)

Smiley Lewis - Dirty People
Merle Haggard - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive

Next week's theme: Sugar & Candy

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Feb 19th, 2009 at 7:52am

Billy wrote on Feb 18th, 2009 at 5:53pm:
again from Isis...............


8Additional Rumours About The New Album


Another strong rumour is that Mike Campbell (of the Heartbreakers) and David Hidalgo (of Los Lobos) are amongst the musicians on the new album. These two guitarists are said to have worked with what has been described as the nucleus of Dylan’s tour band. The Heartbreakers’ keyboard player Benmont Tench is also said to have played on the album.  



I'm really excited about the (rumoured) work Campbell and Tench have put into this album! This, of course, gravy for a new Dylan album!

Lately, I've been consumed by the Mudcrutch album and live EP releases featuring Petty, Campbell and Tench from pre-Heartbreaker days. I highly recommend a few spins...

http://www.mudcrutchmusic.com/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 21st, 2009 at 11:45am
I am thrilled to hear this news!  Thanks LB!!!!!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
Martha


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Child of the Moon on Feb 21st, 2009 at 11:23pm
Tonight I picked up the EMU Ballroom '99 show in Eugene... WOW. I was especially enticed by the setlist (Boots of Spanish Leather? Down Along the Cove? Blind Willie Mctell? YES TO ALL!), and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the soundboard.

Great news about the new album, too! My girlfriend will be especially excited, as she's a huge Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers fan (in addition to being a huge Dylan fan).

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Feb 26th, 2009 at 2:26am
this week's TTRH:-  :willya

"Sugar & Candy"

The Honeydripper - Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers (1945)
Shake Sugaree - Elizabeth Cotten & Brenda Evans (1965)
Sugar Magnolia - The Grateful Dead (1970)
My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small (1964)
Sugar Coated Love - Lazy Lester (1958)
Stealin' Sugar - Ray Batts (1954)
Sugar Town - Lara & The Trailers (1966)
If Sugar Was as Sweet as You - Joe Tex (1966)
I Want Candy - The Strangeloves (1965)
Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry 'Haywire Mac' McClintock (1928)
Candy - The Astors (1965)
So Like Candy - Elvis Costello (1991)
Sugar Bee - Cleveland Crochet (1961)
Candy Man - Dave Van Ronk (1964)

next week:- "Questions"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 3rd, 2009 at 8:03pm
DYLAN RECORDS SURPRISE 'MODERN TIMES' FOLLOW-UP
Dark new disc with a bluesy border-town feel arrives in April
By David Fricke

I'm listening to Billy Joe Shaver/And I'm reading James Joyce/Some people tell me I got the blood of the land in my voice," Bob Dylan sings in a leathery growl, capturing the essence of his forthcoming studio album - raw-country love songs, sly wordplay and the wounded state of the nation - in "I Feel a Change Coming On," one of the record's 10 new originals.

Set for late April,the as-yet-untitled album arrives a few months after Dylan's outtakes collection Tell Tale Signs nad it "came as a surprise," says a source close to Dylan's camp. Last year, filmmaker Olivier Dahan, who directed the 2007 Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie en Rose, approached Dylan about writing songs for his next feature. Dylan responded with "Life Is Hard," a bleak ballad with mandolin, pedal steel and him singing in a dark, crystal clear voice, "The evening winds are still/I've lost the way and will." (The song appears in the film My Own Love Song, starring Renee Zellweger.)

Inspired, Dylan kept writing and recording songs with his road band and guests, with Los Lobos' David Hidalgo rumored on the accordion. Dylan produce the album under his usual pseudonym, Jack Frost.
The disc has the live-in-the-studio feel of Dylan's last two studio records, 2001's Love & Theft and 2006's Modern Times, but with the seductive border-cafe feel (courtesy of the accordion on every track) and an emphasis on struggling-love songs. The effect - in the opening shuffle, "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'," the Texas-dance-hall jump of "If You Ever Go To Houston" and the waltz "This Dream of You" - is a gnarly turn on early-1970's records like New Morning and Planet Waves.

Dylan makes references to the national chaos, as on the viciously funny slow blues "My Wife's Home Town" ("State gone broke, the county's dry/Don't be lookin' at me with that evil eye"), culminating in the deceptive rolling rock of "It's All Good." Against East L.A. accordion and a snake's nest of guitars, Dylan tells you how bad things are - "Brick by brick they tear you down/A teacup of water is enough to drown" - then ices each verse with the title line, a pithy shot of sneering irony and calming promise. "You would never expect the record after Modern Times to sound like this", the source says. "Bob takes all of those disparate elements you hear and puts them into a track. But you can't put your finger on it - 'It sounds exactly like that.' That's why he's so original."

- Rolling Stone

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Post by Nellcote on Mar 3rd, 2009 at 8:10pm
The never ending tour produces the continuing saga of the legend, the man, the myth, the savior,
the transcendent, Bob Dylan....




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Mar 4th, 2009 at 2:21am
than ks for the review, Gazza  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 4th, 2009 at 11:07am
OMG RocknRollers!!!!I am THRILLED beyond words!!!!  Thanks for the article G!  :willya

I'm on a HIGH!  Bob is the teacher I never had and always longed for.  I love him deeply and can't get enough of him.  Today's TTRH was wonderful.  I never thought I'd get to hear this man speak other than to introduce "His Band" before TTRH came on the scene.  Now it's like he lives with me.  It's wonderful.  And what a show, I pray XM radio never ever ends.

xxoo,
Martha
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 4th, 2009 at 6:41pm
Some rare recent backstage Dylan footage... :booze

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ4ZXsyqsWo&eurl=http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,1040242,page=2&feature=player_embedded



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 4th, 2009 at 7:02pm
Very funny!

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Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 4th, 2009 at 10:09pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 4th, 2009 at 6:41pm:
Some rare recent backstage Dylan footage... :booze

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ4ZXsyqsWo&eurl=http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,1040242,page=2&feature=player_embedded

Good one Gazza! ;D ;D

Bring on the new album....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Mar 5th, 2009 at 2:21am
this week's TTRH :-

S.3 Ep.19

"Questions"


Who Do You Love ? - Bo Diddley (1956)
Whadaya Want ? - The Robins (1955)
What Do You Want the Girl to Do ? - Allen Toussaint (1975)
When Will I Be Loved ? - The Everly Brothers (1961)
Where You At ? - Lloyd Price (1953)
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys (1966)
$64,000 Question (Do You Love Me ?) - Bobby Tuggle (1955)
Who's That Guy ? - The Kolettes (1964)
Who's That Lady ? - The Isley Brothers (1964)
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away ? - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks (1969)
What's Going On ? - Marvin Gaye (1971)
The Old Philosopher - Eddie Lawrence (1956)
What Is This Thing Called Love ? - Billie Holiday (1946)
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding ? - Brinsley Schwarz (1974)

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Post by moy on Mar 5th, 2009 at 3:00pm
BOB DYLAN - DYLAN'S FURY OVER FAITHFULL SNUB
Contact Music
05.03.2009 19:10

BOB DYLAN was so desperate to bed MARIANNE FAITHFULL he spent several days writing a poem for her - then destroyed it in a rage when she turned him down.

British singer Faithfull is well known for her string of romances with high-profile men in the 1960s, including Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
But she admits she once refused to sleep with Dylan despite his advances, sending the folk legend into a fury.

And she also regrets not giving in to Jimi Hendrix's charms - after he spent an entire evening whispering sweet nothings into her ear.

Faithfull says, "It's true what they say: You regret the things you don't do the most. Apparently Bob Dylan spent days and days writing a poem for me in 1964 and I think it was understood in his circle that I would go to bed with him. I mean, I presume that's the intention when you're a very pretty girl and you go to a big star's bedroom, isn't it? But I didn't realise this at the time because I was just a silly teenager and it was all a bit much.

"I very much wanted to go to bed with him, but I was pregnant and about to get married (to her first husband John Dunbar) at the time. I told him all this and he was furious and ripped the poem up in front of me. We are still very fond of each other and still talk about that night. I'll always say to him, 'But Bob, I was only 17' and he always says, 'Yeah, but I was only 22 myself!'

"I also once spent an evening with Jimi Hendrix whispering in my ear telling me all the things he was going to do to me - which I'm not going to share - but I was with Mick Jagger at the time and it would have been too unkind. I have to say that these are the things that I still regret a little."

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Post by Ten Thousand Motels on Mar 5th, 2009 at 3:04pm
Makes sense.

Bob was more or less a nobody in 1964.

Daddy Warbucks has his pick of the litter.

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Post by Gazza on Mar 5th, 2009 at 7:43pm

moy wrote on Mar 5th, 2009 at 3:00pm:
BOB DYLAN - DYLAN'S FURY OVER FAITHFULL SNUB
Contact Music
05.03.2009 19:10

BOB DYLAN was so desperate to bed MARIANNE FAITHFULL he spent several days writing a poem for her - then destroyed it in a rage when she turned him down.

British singer Faithfull is well known for her string of romances with high-profile men in the 1960s, including Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
But she admits she once refused to sleep with Dylan despite his advances, sending the folk legend into a fury.

And she also regrets not giving in to Jimi Hendrix's charms - after he spent an entire evening whispering sweet nothings into her ear.

Faithfull says, "It's true what they say: You regret the things you don't do the most. Apparently Bob Dylan spent days and days writing a poem for me in 1964 and I think it was understood in his circle that I would go to bed with him. I mean, I presume that's the intention when you're a very pretty girl and you go to a big star's bedroom, isn't it? But I didn't realise this at the time because I was just a silly teenager and it was all a bit much.

"I very much wanted to go to bed with him, but I was pregnant and about to get married (to her first husband John Dunbar) at the time. I told him all this and he was furious and ripped the poem up in front of me. We are still very fond of each other and still talk about that night. I'll always say to him, 'But Bob, I was only 17' and he always says, 'Yeah, but I was only 22 myself!'

"I also once spent an evening with Jimi Hendrix whispering in my ear telling me all the things he was going to do to me - which I'm not going to share - but I was with Mick Jagger at the time and it would have been too unkind. I have to say that these are the things that I still regret a little."


Good to see Contact Music are as up to date with their exclusives as they ever were. I remember reading these accounts by Marianne about how both Dylan and Hendrix tried to seduce her in Tony Scaduto's biography of Jagger....

...which was first published in 1973-74.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 5th, 2009 at 7:48pm

Ten Thousand Motels wrote on Mar 5th, 2009 at 3:04pm:
Makes sense.

Bob was more or less a nobody in 1964.

Daddy Warbucks has his pick of the litter.



I think the incident took place during his spring 1965 British tour (maybe he WROTE it earlier). he wasnt a nobody during his 1964 visit (Times They Are A Changin' had just come out) but by 1965, as can be seen in 'Dont Look Back', he was a really big deal and probably the coolest person on the planet.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 6th, 2009 at 10:51am
"he was a really big deal and probably the coolest person on the planet."

And he STILL is!   8-)

Marianne's the cat's meow ! I can imagine Bob going bonkers....oh my!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 6th, 2009 at 10:55am
Bob's put up another show that went on sale today.   ;D
-----------------------------------------------------------

Berns Salonger Welcomes Bob Dylan in an Intimate Performance this month!

Berns Salonger and Live Nation are happy to confirm that Bob Dylan will be featured in an exclusive concert at Berns on the 22nd of March, the day before he and his band enter the stage at Globen, Stockholm. The tickets to Bob Dylan at Berns were released Friday 6th of March at 9 am and can be purchased through Ticnet - follow the booking link to the right or dial +46 - (0)77 170 70 70.

On his previous visit to Stockholm in the Spring of 2007, Bob Dylan played Globen in Stockholm and Scandinavium in Gothenburg, but he also made a memorable visit before a smaller audience at Debaser in Stockholm.

This past autumn, Bob Dylan released the eighth part in his bootleg-series. The critically awarded double album "Bob Dylan Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series vol 8" received top ratings by the critics. The album features 27 previously non-released songs, live tracks and alternative recordings from the period between "Time out of mine" (1997) and "Modern Times" (2006).

Bob Dylan is a musician, singer, poet, composer and one of the most influential songwriters of all time in American pop music. Dylan has been awarded with everything from the Swedish Grammy to the Polar Music Prize.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by StreetsofLover on Mar 6th, 2009 at 1:13pm

Child of the Moon wrote on Feb 21st, 2009 at 11:23pm:
Tonight I picked up the EMU Ballroom '99 show in Eugene... WOW. I was especially enticed by the setlist (Boots of Spanish Leather? Down Along the Cove? Blind Willie Mctell? YES TO ALL!), and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the soundboard.

Great news about the new album, too! My girlfriend will be especially excited, as she's a huge Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers fan (in addition to being a huge Dylan fan).


my buddy is the one who circulated the dylan emu board....first-ever down along the cove.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 8th, 2009 at 4:36am
March 30th sees the release of remastered editions of "New Morning" and (at last) "The Basement Tapes". No extra tracks unfortunately.

http://www.amazon.com/Basement-Tapes-Bob-Dylan-Band/dp/B001NERPHS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1236508372&sr=1-4

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Post by Billy on Mar 8th, 2009 at 7:24am
MIXING UP THE MEDICINE
A new CD release from the Hollow Horn Encore Label that features the first ever release of the legendary Basement Tapes Safety Master. This was a tape reportedly made by Garth Hudson in early 1968, under full studio conditions, of the best available original master tapes made in the summer of 1967 and it features the bulk of the original songs that were recorded. This safety tape features truly breathtaking sound quality and also in the majority of cases, features the material in it’s original glorious stereo (virtually none of this material has ever been heard in it’s original true stereo… including on the ridiculous official release!) The first time I got to listen this material my jaw nearly hit the floor! It really is a whole new listening experience!!
Four bonus tracks from other sources have also been included as bonus tracks, which also means that this set also stands as a close to perfect one disc compilation of the Basement Tapes Dylan compositions. The packaging is the usual high quality fold out mini album design complete with an eight page booklet of notes, pictures and some lovely reproductions of the cartoons from the classic vinyl album Little White Wonder. An early contender for the best, and most important release of 2009!!
The track listing of this set is as follows:
The Basement Tapes Safety Master Tape
1. Million Dollar Bash
2. Yea Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
3. I’m Not There (1956)
4. Please Mrs Henry
5. Down in the Flood
6. Lo and Behold
7. This Wheel’s On Fire
8. You Ain’t Going Nowhere
9. I Shall Be Released
10. Too Much Of Nothing
11. Nothing Was Delivered
12. Odds and Ends
13. Get Your Rocks Off
14. Clothesline Saga
15. Apple Suckling Tree
16. Open the Door Homer
17. Nothing Was Delivered
18. Tears Of Rage
19. Quinn The Eskimo
BONUS TRACKS
20. Tiny Montgomery
21. Sign On The Cross
22. Going To Acapulco
23. All You Have To Do Is Dream

MIGHTY MOCKINBIRD
A new CD release from the Hollow Horn Encore Label that features the complete performance from the concert at the Isle Of Wight Festival on 31 August 1969. This show has featured on several releases over the years, though all have been pieced together from multiple sources that range from excellent to mediocre. This edition features the entire performance (other than the end of the final song) from one source recording, reportedly made from the VIP enclosure right in the front of the stage, for a consistent and to be honest, very nice sounding recording. This show was a unique one off performance and this release certainly comes closest to giving it full justice, and features the usual high quality fold out mini album design complete with an eight page booklet of notes and pictures. The track listing is as follows:
1. SHE BELONGS TO ME
2. I THREW IT ALL AWAY
3. MAGGIE’S FARM
4. WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
5. IT AIN’T ME BABE
6. TO RAMONA
7. MR TAMBOURINE MAN
8. I DREAMED I SAW ST AUGUSTINE
9. LAY, LADY, LAY
10. HIGHWAY 61 REVISTED
11. ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS
12. I PITY THE POOR IMMIGRANT
13. LIKE A ROLLING STONE
14. I’LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT
15. THE MIGHTY QUINN
16. MINSTREL BOY
17. RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 AND #35

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Post by Gazza on Mar 8th, 2009 at 7:42am
Wonderful stuff. Are these two releases available online anywhere yet?

A 'Bootleg Series' multi-disc release of The Basement Tapes in great stereo sound is top of my Dylan wish-list.

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Post by Martha on Mar 8th, 2009 at 11:01am
Holy cow!  

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Post by Billy on Mar 8th, 2009 at 11:37am

Gazza wrote on Mar 8th, 2009 at 7:42am:
Wonderful stuff. Are these two releases available online anywhere yet?

A 'Bootleg Series' multi-disc release of The Basement Tapes in great stereo sound is top of my Dylan wish-list.



The Basement stuff may well be included here,not sure.

http://www.hungercity.org///details.php?id=2397

IOW
http://www.hungercity.org///details.php?id=1420

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Post by Starbuck on Mar 8th, 2009 at 8:12pm
for all my pretties!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxkpFoMbamM&feature=related

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Post by Ade on Mar 12th, 2009 at 3:29am
this weeks TTRH:- "Truth & Lies"


Tell A Lie - The Chromatics (1955)
Dont Play That Song - Aretha Franklin with the Dixie Flyers (1970)
Don't Lie To Me - Fats Domino (1951)
How Much I've Lied - Gram Parsons (1973)
Twenty Five Lies - Guitar Slim (1954)
Your True Love - Carl Perkins (1957)
I'll Be True - Faye Adams (1954)
True Confessions- Duke Reid & The Silvertones (1966)
He Lied - Willie Mabon (1955)
It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty (1958)
It Was A Lie - Bobby Moore & The Fourmost (1965)
La-La-La Lies - The Who (1966)

next week:- "The Family"

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Post by Gazza on Mar 14th, 2009 at 8:42am
new album title confirmed on amazon : "Together Through Life"

Another preview on Mojo's online blog here :

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/




YESTERDAY, MOJO HEARD seven of what may turn out to be ten or eleven Bob Dylan originals to be released by Columbia Records in April, possibly the week of the 27th in the U.S. and Europe. The album is not yet titled and final track selection, sequence and artwork are still being finalized. Sources confirm what many have already heard: French filmmaker Olivier Dahan, who directed La Vie En Rose, the blood-on-the-tracks biopic of Edith Piaf, asked Dylan to contribute something to My Own Love Song, a road movie starring Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger about a wheelchaired singer and pal who travel cross-country to Memphis. Bob offered up Life Is Hard, a gorgeous ballad with a descending melody line that is reminiscent of the Bing Crosbyish, early 20th Century pop that Bob displayed on both "Love And Theft" and Modern Times.

Although the facts remain a mystery, evidently Dylan had more to say, more to write, or simply had accumulated enough songs for a new album. It took him four years to follow 1997's Time Out Of Mind with 2001's "Love And Theft", and five twixt Love... and '06's Modern Times, so no-one expected a new one so quickly. Details are sketchy about precise recording dates and personnel but sources say that Jack Frost (Dylan's nom de studio) produced and the line-up features Bob on guitar and keys as well as his road band and David Hidalgo from Los Lobos on accordion. Other possible contributors have been floated but have not been confirmed.

Your correspondent first heard of the possible existence of an album of new material on Dylan encyclopaedist Michael Gray's blog on January 22. The rumour quickly made the rounds of Bobsites, forcing sceptics to point to the alleged April release date as proof that this was an April Fool's joke. As recently as March 10, one naysayer posted on the New Yorker website that guesswork about the album's title was "the strongest evidence there won't be an album." After checking with a friend of Bob's who confirmed the rumour, arrangements were made with the appropriate gatekeepers. Drugged, blindfolded, and forced to switch transportation periodically, I awoke on a tropical island in a bamboo hut, sparsely outfitted with a lone stereo. Here's what I heard:

1) Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - A minor chord mid-tempo rocker. Like all the tracks and like Bob's last two albums, it's got a big, full, raucous, rocking sound, making the case that Jack Frost is indeed Bob Dylan's finest producer since the '60s and '70s. Likewise, his voice packs a punch; not the thin, reedy instrument that occasionally detracts during live sets. He's enunciating the lyrics with a fire and intensity we didn't hear on Modern Times. Hidalgo's soulful squeezebox is omnipresent here - and everywhere else.

2) Life Is Hard - The song that possibly buzzed his muse and encouraged him to write the others. "I need strength to fight that world outside," and "I'm on my guard / Admitting life is hard / Without you baby" are lines that leapt out in a paean to the notion that two are better equipped to weather tragedy than one. A forlorn twinkling mandolin and mournful pedal steel accentuate the deep blue lyrics.

3) My Wife's Hometown - Chicago blues has always been a huge influence on Dylan. From Bringing It All Back Home up through his most recent work, the ghosts of Chess Studios lurk inside the man from Minnesota. This one's reminiscent of Muddy Waters' I Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love. Job loss is referenced (a topical theme, you may have heard), but Bob's black humour is in cheeky abundance: "I just want to say that hell's my wife's hometown" and "I'm pretty sure she'll make me kill someone," Bob sings and then laughs demonically at the end. Man, he's enjoying himself.

4) Forgetful Heart - Lots of tunes in minor keys on this record, including this one. A neat banjo barely audible in the mix and one of The Master's best lines ever: "The door is closed for evermore / If indeed there ever was a door."

5) Shake Shake Mama - More Chi-town chugga-lugga. Some artists retreat to servile reasonableness and bourgeois banality as they get older. Not Bob. He got Las Vegas out of his system at Budokan. "I'm motherless / I'm fatherless / Almost friendless too," he growls and you believe him.

6) I Feel A Change Coming On - Like Spirit On the Water from Modern Times, this one possesses a blithe jaunt and gorgeous melody. As in all his recent work, there are intimations of mortality ("And the last part of the day is already gone") but there's a devil-may-care wistfulness and a frisky sexuality in both lyrics and phrasing. Best lines: "I'm listening to Billy Joe Shaver / I'm reading James Joyce / Some people they tell me / I've got the blood of the land in my voice."

7) It's All Good - Propelled by a John Lee Hooker boogie rhythm with a stinging slide guitar, here's Dylan taking on human woes: social, political, personal. He itemizes crimes ranging from "politicians tellin' lies" to environmental illness ("a teacup of water is enough to drown"), urban degradation, murder and adultery and sarcastically and scathingly responds to each in the chorus with that hideous New Age cliché referenced in the title. More proof that Bob never really stopped writing "protest songs".

Other song titles that I didn't hear but have been mentioned elsewhere include If You Ever Go To Houston and This Dream Of You. Yet what I heard offered ample proof of an artist steeped in the past but thoroughly living in the present, cognizant of everything, not afraid to point fingers or laugh at fools or fall in love.

It's a powerful personal work by a man who still thinks for himself in an era of fear, conformity, and dehumanization. That it rocks mightily makes the message even more compelling. Whatever the hell it gets called, it'll be in the running for Best Album Of 2009.

Michael Simmons

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 3:37 PM GMT 12/03/2009


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Post by mojoman on Mar 14th, 2009 at 9:41am
remastered basement tapes?


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001NERPHS/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

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Post by Gazza on Mar 14th, 2009 at 11:53am
Yep..and 'New Morning' too. Both later this month.

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Post by Gazza on Mar 16th, 2009 at 7:34am


Bob Dylan talks about his new record with Bill Flanagan


A lot of this album feels like a Chess record from the fifties. Did you have that sound in your head going in or did it come up as you played?

Well some of the things do have that feel. It’s mostly in the way the instruments were played.

You like that sound?

Oh yeah, very much so. . . the old Chess records, the Sun records. . . I think that’s my favorite sound for a record.


What do you like about that sound?

I like the mood of those records - the intensity. The sound is uncluttered. There’s power and suspense. The whole vibration feels like it could be coming from inside your mind. It’s alive. It’s right there. Kind of sticks in your head like a toothache

Do you think the Chess brothers knew what they were doing?

Oh sure, how could they not? I don’t think they thought they were making history though.

Did you ever meet Howlin’ Wolf? Muddy Waters?

I saw Wolf perform a few times but never met him. Muddy I knew a little bit.


I suspect that a lot of men will identify with MY WIFE’S HOME TOWN. Do you ever get in hot water with your in-laws over your songs?

No not really. The only person it could matter to gets a kick out of it. That song is meant as a compliment anyhow.

Do relatives come up to you at cookouts and ask when you’re going to write a song for THEM?

Oh yeah, one of my uncles’ wives used to pester me all the time, “Bobby, when are you gonna write a song about me … put me on the radio?” It would make me uncomfortable.

How would you get out of it?

I’d say, "I already did Auntie. You’re just not listening to the right stations."

Do you have a picture in your head of where these songs take place? Where is the guy in LIFE IS HARD standing when he sings that song?

Well the movie’s kind of a road trip from Kansas City to New Orleans. The guy’s probably standing along the way somewhere.

Movie?

Yeah.

Right, you mentioned something about that before. How did you get involved?

The French director, Olivier Dahan, approached me about composing some songs for a film he was writing and directing.

When was that?

I can’t remember exactly, it was sometime last year.


What did you find intriguing about that? You must get approached for movie songs all the time.

I had seen one of his other movies, the one about the singer Edith Piaf, and I liked it.

What’s this new one about?

It’s kind of a journey. . . a journey of self discovery. . . takes place in the American South

Who’s in it?

At the time we were talking I didn’t know who was going to be in it. I think Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger are in it now.

And he wanted you to do the soundtrack?

Yeah, pretty much. But he wasn’t too specific. The only thing he needed for sure was a ballad for the main character to sing towards the end of the movie. And that’s the song LIFE IS HARD.

Were all the songs on this record written for the movie then?

Well no, not really. We started off with LIFE IS HARD and then the record sort of took its own direction.

The new record’s very different from Modern Times which was a number one hit. It seems like every time you have a big hit, the next time out you change things around. Why don’t you try to milk it a little bit?

I think we milked it all we could on that last record and then some. We squeezed the cow dry. All the Modern Times songs were written and performed in the widest range possible so they had a little bit of everything. These new songs have more of a romantic edge.

How so?

These songs don’t need to cover the same ground. The songs on Modern Times songs brought my repertoire up to date, and the light was directed in a certain way. You have to have somebody in mind as an audience otherwise there’s no point.

What do you mean by that?

There didn’t seem to be any general consensus among my listeners. Some people preferred my first period songs. Some, the second. Some, the Christian period. Some, the post Colombian. Some, the Pre-Raphaelite. Some people prefer my songs from the nineties. I see that my audience now doesn’t particular care what period the songs are from. They feel style and substance in a more visceral way and let it go at that. Images don’t hang anybody up. Like if there’s an astrologer with a criminal record in one of my songs it’s not going to make anybody wonder if the human race is doomed. Images are taken at face value and it kind of freed me up.

In what way?

Well for instance, if there are shadows and flowers and swampy ledges in a composition, that’s what they are in their essence. There’s no mystification. That’s one way I can explain it.

Like a locomotive, a pair of boots, a kiss or the rain?

Right. All those things are what they are. Or pieces of what they are. It’s the way you move them around that makes it work.



To be continued ……..


www.bobdylan.com

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Post by Gazza on Mar 16th, 2009 at 7:44am
Bob Dylan in Trouble with Neighbors Over Stinky Portable Potty

A couple in Malibu is complaining that their neighbor, rock poet Bob Dylan, has permanently parked a stinky portable potty next to the property line they share with him.



Cindy and Dave Emminger wrote a letter to a local weekly newspaper publicly complaining that the City of Malibu has not helped them address the problem.



The Emmingers said Dylan rented a "toxic, hazardous, carcinogenic chemical toilet," and "plopped it down next to their home." The toilet spews horrible chemical odors into their home, the couple said.



"This toilet is apparently intended by my neighbor, Bob Dylan, to be a permanent fixture on his property," the Emmingers complained.



The city's code enforcement staff has apparently been unable to force Dylan to remove the potty.



A spokesman for Dylan could not be reached for comment Sunday, and the City of Malibu routinely refuses to comment on specific code enforcement issues.



Dylan has lived in Malibu for decades, where he has put together an equestrian compound by buying up several adjacent properties in an older section of the city, not far from Zuma beach


Video of the offending potty can be seen here : http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm

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Post by GotToRollMe on Mar 16th, 2009 at 9:34am

Gazza wrote on Mar 16th, 2009 at 7:44am:
Bob Dylan in Trouble with Neighbors Over Stinky Portable Potty

A couple in Malibu is complaining that their neighbor, rock poet Bob Dylan, has permanently parked a stinky portable potty next to the property line they share with him.

Cindy and Dave Emminger wrote a letter to a local weekly newspaper publicly complaining that the City of Malibu has not helped them address the problem.

The Emmingers said Dylan rented a "toxic, hazardous, carcinogenic chemical toilet," and "plopped it down next to their home." The toilet spews horrible chemical odors into their home, the couple said.

"This toilet is apparently intended by my neighbor, Bob Dylan, to be a permanent fixture on his property," the Emmingers complained.

The city's code enforcement staff has apparently been unable to force Dylan to remove the potty.

A spokesman for Dylan could not be reached for comment Sunday, and the City of Malibu routinely refuses to comment on specific code enforcement issues.

Dylan has lived in Malibu for decades, where he has put together an equestrian compound by buying up several adjacent properties in an older section of the city, not far from Zuma beach

Video of the offending potty can be seen here : http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm


Someone alert Joey!


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Post by glencar on Mar 16th, 2009 at 12:41pm
I bought the Dylan Live CD & will play it tomorrow. I see Mick Taylor played on it. That can only be a good thing.

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Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 16th, 2009 at 5:56pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 16th, 2009 at 7:44am:
Bob Dylan in Trouble with Neighbors Over Stinky Portable Potty

A couple in Malibu is complaining that their neighbor, rock poet Bob Dylan, has permanently parked a stinky portable potty next to the property line they share with him.



Cindy and Dave Emminger wrote a letter to a local weekly newspaper publicly complaining that the City of Malibu has not helped them address the problem.



The Emmingers said Dylan rented a "toxic, hazardous, carcinogenic chemical toilet," and "plopped it down next to their home." The toilet spews horrible chemical odors into their home, the couple said.



"This toilet is apparently intended by my neighbor, Bob Dylan, to be a permanent fixture on his property," the Emmingers complained.



The city's code enforcement staff has apparently been unable to force Dylan to remove the potty.



A spokesman for Dylan could not be reached for comment Sunday, and the City of Malibu routinely refuses to comment on specific code enforcement issues.



Dylan has lived in Malibu for decades, where he has put together an equestrian compound by buying up several adjacent properties in an older section of the city, not far from Zuma beach


Video of the offending potty can be seen here : http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm

Nah...


That can't be true?? ;D ;D :willya


Oh the one liners I can come up with.......

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Post by glencar on Mar 16th, 2009 at 5:58pm
One liners? Let's hear 'em!

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Post by Martha on Mar 17th, 2009 at 8:38am
The potty madness.......I wanna know who the guy is that won't talk to the press...I think he's the "weed guy".  Someone is gonna take the heat.  I bet Bob's embarrassed.

MM

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Post by Ade on Mar 17th, 2009 at 10:15am
lol- good stuff!  :)

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Post by Gazza on Mar 18th, 2009 at 7:51am
Two more reviews, both based on one listen at the press launches...





Bob Dylan has given an interview about his forthcoming album, Together Through Life, and, in a typically playful, oblique way, he addresses questions of periodization and musical meaning: "Some people preferred my first-period songs. Some, the second. Some, the Christian period. Some, the post-Columbian. Some, the Pre-Raphaelite. Some people prefer my songs from the nineties. I see that my audience now doesn’t particularly care what period the songs are from. They feel style and substance in a more visceral way and let it go at that. Images don’t hang anybody up. Like if there’s an astrologer with a criminal record in one of my songs it’s not going to make anybody wonder if the human race is doomed.... If there are shadows and flowers and swampy ledges in a composition, that’s what they are in their essence. There’s no mystification. That’s one way I can explain it."
A couple of weeks ago I got to hear the new record, which the Columbia label is scheduled to release on April 28. I'm reluctant to say much after a single audition, but to my ears it was no letdown after Dylan's recent trilogy of new material — Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft, and Modern Times. In the interview Dylan describes it as a "romantic" album, which seems about right, although this romance clearly has more shadows than flowers in the corners. The songwriting is more straight-ahead than on the previous two albums, which were stuffed — sometimes overstuffed — with verbal imagery. I kept thinking of Hank Williams's spare, chiseled writing, especially on "Life is Hard": "Sun is sinking low / I guess it's time to go / I feel a chilly breeze / In place of memories." (Note: what I heard may not match the finished work.) There's a fantastically chilling, end-of-one's-rope number called "Forgetful Heart," which has this Kafkaesque image: "The door has closed forevermore / If indeed there ever was a door." But the sadness of the scene is lightened by sweet-sounding arrangements (mandolin, accordion, and violin fill out the band) and by flashes of wit ("Down by the river Judge Simpson walking around / Nothing shocks me more than that old clown"). Some up-tempo, old-time rockers also keep the night terrors at bay.
The version I heard ended with the double whammy of "I Feel a Change Coming On" and "It's All Good" — a pair that may cause listeners to detect a political undertow in this seemingly intimate, out-of-time affair. The chorus of the gorgeously lilting, almost Motown-like "I Feel a Change" could be heard as Obamaesque, although with a certain ambiguous regretfulness Dylan adds, "And the fourth part of the day is already gone." (That's apparently a reference to the Book of Nehemiah.) A Dylan album can't end on such a half-hopeful note, of course. On the grimly boogeying "It's All Good," the singer dons a mask of lethal irony, surveying a ransacked social landscape and then adding, after each exhibition of desperation and decay, "It's all good." That smug little phrase has now been destroyed. Dylan's protestations in the latest interview notwithstanding, some people may indeed come away thinking that the human race is doomed, although at least we go out with a crooked smile.





Uncut Hears The New Bob Dylan Album
2009-03-17 17:15:33
We now know that the new Bob Dylan album, which unexpectedly will be with us on April 27, is called Together Through Life. We know also that it was written and recorded quickly.
Dylan had been asked by the French film director Olivier Dahan, who made the Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie En Rose, which Dylan had apparently liked, to write some songs for his new movie, My Own Love Song. Dylan duly came up with a ballad called “Life Is Hard”, and was so inspired the next thing anyone knew he’d written nine more new songs and not long after that – bingo! – here’s Together Through Life in all its rowdy glory.
What’s it sound like? Well, early reports have hinted at a mix of Dylan’s beloved Chicago blues and the loping border country feel of, say, “Girl From The Red River Shore”, the latter courtesy of Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo, whose accordion features on every track, alongside Dylan’s formidable current touring band and as yet unidentified guest musicians.
Both musical elements are indeed here, brazenly matched on nearly ever track, Hidalgo either providing lyrical lilting counterpoint to the band’s hard driving blues muscle or flinging himself headlong into the fray with pumping riffs, as on the jumping “If You Ever Go To Houston” (“keep your hands in your pockets and your gun-belts tied”).
The broad template for much of the album would appear to be, let’s say, “Thunder On the Mountain” and “Rollin’ And Tumblin’” from Modern Times, but in truth these tracks are, overall, much punchier, a raucous edge to everything in sight. Only the noble “Life Is Hard” is in the crooning style of something like “Beyond The Horizon” and even here there’s a ragged edge to things that wasn’t apparent on Modern Times, a rawness – emotional and musical – that separates it from that album and its immediate predecessors, “Love And Theft” and Time Out Of Mind.
Together In Life gets in your face immediately – with the wallop of the cheerfully-titled “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’”, which is driven by spectacular drumming and massed horns, a trumpet prominently featured – and over the course of its 10 tracks doesn’t back off, doesn’t appear to even think about doing so, Dylan’s voice throughout an unfettered roar, a splendid growl.
The album broadly is preoccupied with themes of mortality, lost love, grief, the passing of time, memory, waning days and lonely nights. The mood of these songs, however, couldn’t be more different to the mordant reflection of, for instance, “Not Dark Yet”. Together Through Life is a rowdy gut-bucket, by turns angry, funny, sassy, Dylan heading noisily in the direction of that last good night.
“My Wife’s Home Town”, “Shake Mama Shake” and the stingingly ironic “It’s All Good” – an hilariously-wrought litany of personal and national woe – are all eventfully robust, heartily defiant.
“Forgetful Heart”, meanwhile, is set to a measured stalking beat that recalls “Walkin’, Not Talkin’”, while the cantina drift of “This Dream Of You”, with accordion and fiddle taking lead instrumental spots, is fleetingly reminiscent of the first version of “Mississippi” on last year’s Tell-Tale Signs. Elsewhere, there may be things about “Feel A Change Coming On” that will remind you of “Workingman’s Blues”.
On first listen, then, a great album that when it comes out and goes on repeat will get better and better.
Allan Jones


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Post by Ade on Mar 19th, 2009 at 3:13am
this week's TTRH:- Episode 21

"Family"

I'm My Own Grandpa - Lonzo & Oscar (1947)
Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues - Memphis Jug Band (1930)
Two Sisters - Clannad (1976)
Shame and Scandal (In The Family) - Peter Tosh & The Wailers (1965)
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - The Olympics (1960)
Little Sister - Elvis Presley (1961)
Louisiana Women Love Uncle Bud - Boozoo Chavis (1987)
Second Cousin - The Flamin' Groovies (1970)
Brother John - The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976)
A Better Son / Daughter - Rilo Kiley (2002)
The Seventh Son - Willie Mabon (1955)
Bring it On Home to Grandma - Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers (1938)
Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone (1971)

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Post by Gazza on Mar 19th, 2009 at 11:11am
per amazon.com, the confirmed tracklisting for the deluxe edition of the new album :

Disc: 1  
1. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'  
2. Life Is Hard  
3. My Wife's Home Town  
4. If You Ever Go To Houston  
5. Forgetful Heart  
6. Jolene  
7. This Dream Of You  
8. Shake Shake Mama  
9. I Feel A Change Comin' On  
10. It's All Good  

Disc: 2  
1. Howdy Neighbor (J. Morris) - Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters(Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
2. Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend (M.Gabler/R. Tharpe) - Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
3. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend (L. Robin/J. Styne) - T Bone Burnett(Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
4. La Valse De Amitie (O. Guidry) - Doc Guidry(Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
5. Make Friends (E. Mcgraw) - Moon Mulligan (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
6. My Next Door Neighbor (J. McCain) - Jerry McCain (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
7. Let's Invite Them Over (O. Wheeler) - George Jones & Melba Montgomery (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
8. My Friends (C. Burnett/S. Ling) - Howlin' Wolf (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
9. Last Night (W. Jones) - Little Walter (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
10. You've Got a Friend (C. King) - Carole King (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
11. Bad Neighborhood (Caronna/M. Rebennack) - Ronnie & The Delinquents (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
12. Neighbours (M. Jagger/K. Richards) - The Rolling Stones(Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  13. Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals (B. Rose/M. Dixon/R. Henderson) - Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  
14. Why Can't We Be Friends (S. Allen/H. Brown/M. Dickerson/J. Goldstein/L. Jordan /C. Miller/H. Scott/L. Oskar) - War (Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan: Friends & Neighbors)  

Disc: 3  
1. Roy Silver (DVD content)  
2. The Lost Interview (DVD content)  


http://www.amazon.com/Together-Through-Life-Deluxe-Dylan/dp/tracks/B001VNB57C/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1


Further details from 'Isis' online magazine - http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm :

For those of you who haven’t already seen it, the first installment of an interview conducted by Bill Flanagan is currently posted on bobdylan.com. This is the first installment of a five or six part interview which looks like running weekly up to the release of the album. The interview is also likely to be aired extensively via other media.



‘Beyond Here Lies Nothing’, which is seen as the focal track from the album, will be aired on the radio. This track is also likely to be the promotional video for the album.

The album will come in 3 formats–



(1). Standard single CD version, in jewelcase with 4-panel booklet.



Track Listings

1. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

2. Life Is Hard

3. My Wife's Home Town

4. If You Ever Go To Houston

5. Forgetful Heart

6. Jolene (Don't worry this is not the Dolly Parton Song!)

7. This Dream Of You

8. Shake Shake Mama

9. I Feel A Change Comin' On

10. It's All Good



(2). Deluxe limited edition version presented in a slipcase containing the standard CD album in jewelcase plus a DVD (in a slip-sleeve) featuring an interview with Roy Silver. This interview with Dylan’s first manager is an outtake from the “No Direction Home” documentary. Included in the interview is the original demo version (audio only) of ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’. There will also be a CD (in a slip-sleeve) featuring the ‘Friends and Neighbours’ episode of Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour. Also included in the package will be a sticker and poster featuring the Bruce Davidson album cover image.



The deluxe version of the album, i.e. the DVD and Theme Time extras, will not be available as an iTunes download.



(3). 2x 180-gram virgin vinyl LPs. This vinyl set will also include a CD version of the album.



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Mar 20th, 2009 at 1:00am
In that deluxe set, are those the original songs or is Blob doing covers? I can't beleive the Stones are allowing Neighbors to be licensed away.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 20th, 2009 at 8:06am
Saw this quote on expectingrain.com from Gazza's favorite site- the Wiki  ;)

"In early July 2009, Mellencamp will embark on a two-month tour of minor league ballparks with Dylan and Willie Nelson."

Very interesting......

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 20th, 2009 at 10:19am

wrote on Mar 20th, 2009 at 1:00am:
In that deluxe set, are those the original songs or is Blob doing covers? I can't beleive the Stones are allowing Neighbors to be licensed away.


It's the original songs, of course. Its a compilation of songs featured on'Theme Time' (Bob covering 'Neighbours' ???  :pullanolte Christ almighty....)

I'm surprised at the Stones' allowing one of their songs to be included as well.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by StreetsofLover on Mar 20th, 2009 at 10:24am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Mar 20th, 2009 at 8:06am:
Saw this quote on expectingrain.com from Gazza's favorite site- the Wiki  ;)

"In early July 2009, Mellencamp will embark on a two-month tour of minor league ballparks with Dylan and Willie Nelson."

Very interesting......


bob and willie have been doing minor league ballpark tours in recent summers...never out west where it's been rumored for awhile that they'd take it this august...still no firm dates/venues as far as i know. the mellencamp addition is a new wrinkle...to go with those already present with bob and willie....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 21st, 2009 at 10:52am
Looks like the ballpark tour is a go, although the dates aren't set yet.  It's no longer unconfirmed at Bill Pagel's site.  

And I just read that Willie is canceling some shows right now (March 17th) due to illness.

peace out,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Mar 21st, 2009 at 11:33am
thumbing through the new(ish) book, "The Songs He Didn't Write", by Derek Barker.

An excellent Dylan book  - to be recommended!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 21st, 2009 at 2:09pm
Great book, although I've noticed one or two that he missed ("Thank God" by Hank Williams, for one)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 22nd, 2009 at 5:33pm
Holy Cow!!!!!  THe opening set is UP!!!  I'm in shock and tears imagining this one!!!!!  


Great opening set-list!!!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed





Stockholm, Sweden
Berns Salonger
March 22, 2009

1.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard)
2.      Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (Bob on keyboard and harp)
3.      I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on keyboard and harp)
4.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
5.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard and harp)
6.      Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar center stage)
7.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Blind Willie McTell (Bob on keyboard)
9.      I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob on keyboard and harp)
10.      I Believe In You (Bob on keyboard and harp)
11.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Billy (Bob on keyboard and harp)
13.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
14.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      Cry A While (Bob on keyboard and harp)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Forever Young (Bob on keyboard and harp) :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by platter on Mar 22nd, 2009 at 5:52pm

Martha wrote on Mar 22nd, 2009 at 5:33pm:
Holy Cow!!!!!  THe opening set is UP!!!  I'm in shock and tears imagining this one!!!!!  


Great opening set-list!!!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed





Stockholm, Sweden
Berns Salonger
March 22, 2009

1.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard)
2.      Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (Bob on keyboard and harp)
3.      I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on keyboard and harp)
4.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
5.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard and harp)
6.      Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar center stage)
7.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Blind Willie McTell (Bob on keyboard)
9.      I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob on keyboard and harp)
10.      I Believe In You (Bob on keyboard and harp)
11.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Billy (Bob on keyboard and harp)
13.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
14.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      Cry A While (Bob on keyboard and harp)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Forever Young (Bob on keyboard and harp) :willya


cool.  very cool.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Mar 22nd, 2009 at 7:18pm

First time ever for 'Billy'.

Sumbitch...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 22nd, 2009 at 7:20pm
Incredible...after 36 years too! Hope its as good as the Los Lobos version on "I'm Not There"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 22nd, 2009 at 8:45pm
Wonder which Billy it was- 1, 4 or 7?  Knowing Bob it was an entirely new version!! 8-) ;D

Pretty damn good setlist I must admit.  Would have made me happy!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Mar 23rd, 2009 at 3:24am
The Roundhouse, London, is confirmed for Sunday April 26th.

A 'special show for visitors of bobdylan.com'

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 23rd, 2009 at 11:20am
PART TWO OF THE INTERVIEW WITH BILL FLANAGAN ON www.bobdylan.com

A lot of violence in these tunes - you advise anyone going to Houston to keep their gun belts tight, someone's packing a Saturday Night Special in JOLENE, there's a cold blooded killer stalking the town in IT'S ALL GOOD and the woman in MY WIFE'S HOME TOWN is going to make the singer kill someone. Does putting violence in a song up the ante?

How do you mean that?

Does it make the song riskier?

Well no. The main point is to acknowledge things without going off the deep end. I think whatever's there is justified. You choose these things carefully.

You've been working in a lot of different areas lately. Your book was a best-seller, you acted in a movie, "Theme Time Radio Hour" is very popular and you had an exhibit of your art work. Does working in other media feed back into the music?

I think if it happens it might happen the other way around.

Did Chronicles work like that?

Well sure, Chronicles has its own rhythm. And I guess that would come out of playing songs.

How about your art work?

That's completely out of the blue. I've always drawn and painted, but up until recently, nobody's taken an interest. There's never been any support for it.

And now?

Well, I've had a museum exhibit, I have an association with a London gallery, and there'll probably be another exhibition of new works in another European museum in 2010. Now I'm scrambling to keep up. I've been commissioned to do paintings and they want me to work with iron and lead.

How do you find subject matter?

I just draw what's interesting to me, and then I paint it. Rows of houses, orchard acres, lines of tree trunks, could be anything. I can take a bowl of fruit and turn it into a life and death drama. Women are power figures, so I depict them that way. I can find people to paint in mobile home communities. I could paint bourgeois people too. I'm not trying to make social comment or fulfill somebody's vision and I can find subject matter anywhere. I guess in some way that comes out of the folk world that I came up in.
Say you wake up in a hotel room in Wichita and look out the window. A little girl is walking along the train tracks dragging a big statue of Buddha in a wooden wagon with a three-legged dog following behind. Do you reach for your guitar or your drawing pad?

Oh wow. It would depend on a lot of things. The environment mostly; like what kind of day is it. Is it a cloudless blue-gray sky or does it look like rain? A little girl dragging a wagon with a statue in it? I'd probably put that in last. The three-legged dog - what type? A spaniel, a bulldog, a retriever? That would make a difference. I'd have to think about that. Depends what angle I'm seeing it all from. Second floor, third floor, eighth floor. I don't know. Maybe I'd want to go down there. The train tracks too. I'd have to find a way to connect it all up. I guess I would be thinking about if this was an omen or a harbinger of something.

If a young man considering a career in the arts wanted to meet a lot of women, would he be better off learning to paint or to play guitar?

Probably neither. If he had women on his mind, he might think about becoming a lawyer or a doctor.

Seriously?

Yeah, seriously. Maybe a private detective, but that would be the wrong motivation for any career.

In IF YOU EVER GO TO HOUSTON the character sends messages to three sisters in Dallas; two get off with a friendly greeting but then the other is warned to "Pray the Sinner's Prayer." What's the Sinner's Prayer?

That's the one that begins with "Father forgive me for I have sinned."

The guy in IF YOU EVER GO TO HOUSTON mentions he was in Houston during the Mexican War. A lot of people think the Anglos treated the Spanish badly in Texas, but miss the fact that the Spanish had claimed Texas for Mexico without ever populating it. They just drew a big line on the map and said, "All this is ours." The people who actually lived there were either Anglo settlers or Indians, and none of them wanted anything to do with Spain or its Mexican colony. Do you think Sam Houston has gotten a bum rap?

I don't know. I never heard that he had gotten a bum rap. Are we talking about Sam Houston the statesman, soldier and politician? Sam Houston was the governor of two states, both Texas and Tennessee. Who else has ever done that! What was he supposed to have gotten a bum rap for?

Well, he chopped off Texas from Mexico.

No he didn't. He chopped it off from Spain. Just like somebody else chopped off Florida from Spain. Where does the bum rap come in?

Somebody insulted him in the movie GIANT, which got Rock Hudson all worked up. And I think Steve Earle might have taken a shot at him - or maybe it was Colonel Travis.

GIANT'S all about money. That's where Jimmy Dean says to Rock Hudson, "I'll have more money than you and all the rest of you stinkin' sons of Benedict." I thought it was that which got Rock so worked up. Steve Earle, he may know something I don't know. As for Travis, he was a lawyer and died at the Alamo. It could have been something personal.

The instrumental sections on your albums have a different quality than the usual rock instrumental sections. For instance, on an Aerosmith record, at least part of it is about Joe Perry's solo. While there's wonderful playing on BEYOND HERE LIES NOTHING, we don't hear the usual guitar soloing technique. Is there a special way you approach the instrumental sections on a record?

What can I say, if I had Joe Perry with me everything would obviously be different. As it is though, he wasn't there. Soloing is not a big part of my records anyway. Nobody buys them to hear solos. What I try to do is to make sure that the instrumental sections are dynamic and are extensions of the overall feeling of the song.

Who's that playing with you here?

Mike Campbell.

You have a history with Mike?

Yeah, I do. He played with me a lot when I played with Tom Petty.

I saw some of those shows. I particularly liked the segment during the show when it was just you and Mike and Benmont and no bass or drums.

Yeah. We worked out a few things. I would've always liked to have seen that develop more, but it didn't.

How is he to work with?

He's good with me. He's been playing with Tom for so long that he hears everything from a songwriter's point of view and he can play most any style.

A lot of accordion on this record - in places where we might expect to hear harmonica or organ or lead guitar.

Yeah, I guess so. The accordion can sound like all those instruments. Actually, I wished I had used it more on some of my past records.

Who's playing that?

David Hidalgo.

Have you guys ever played together before.

I think so. Los Lobos played some shows with me in Mexico a while back. I remember playing some things with David and Cesar then.

Is there a chance you'll add an accordion on stage?

Well sure, if I could fit it into my rhythm section.

Did you write any of these songs with the accordion in mind or did it come up during the sessions?

I use an accordion player when I play off-road shows. It's a perfect instrument in a lot of ways. It's orchestrative and percussive at the same time. Actually accordion players were the first musicians that I had seen a lot of growing up.

"Opened his eyes to the tune of the accordion."

Precisely.

Tell me about Joey Gallo.

Tell you what about him?

You wrote a song about him. Some say it takes liberty with the truth.

Really? I wouldn't know. Jacques Levy wrote the words. Jacques had a theatrical mind and he wrote a lot of plays. So the song might have been theater of the mind. I just sang it. Some say Davy Crockett takes a lot of liberties with the truth and Billy the Kid too - FDR in Trinidad. Have you ever heard that?

I certainly do remember it. "When Roosevelt came to the land of the hummingbird." I wonder if anybody in Georgia or Ukraine wrote a song about George Bush's visit? I know they named the airport road after him and his popularity in those places remained very high, even when no one liked him at home.

They name roads after a lot of people.

In MY WIFE'S HOME TOWN there's the line, "Dreams never did work for me anyway." Do you really believe that?

Well, yeah. Dreams can lead us up a blind alley. Everybody has dreams. We go to sleep and we dream. I've always thought of them as coming out of the subconscious. I guess you can interpret them. Dreams can tell us a lot about ourselves, if we can remember them. We can see what's coming around the corner sometimes without actually going to the corner.

Can't dreams also mean hopes about the future?

Oh sure. It's about how we use the word, I guess. Hopes for the future? I've always connected them up with fears about the future. Hopes and fears go together like a comedy team. But I know what you are talking about. Like in the Everly Brothers song, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM. If they said, "All I have to do is hope," it wouldn't be saying the same thing. It wouldn't be as strong.


What about political dreams?

Oh yeah. Politicians would have political dreams - dreams and ambitions. Maybe we are talking about two different things.

What's your take on politics?

Politics is entertainment. It's a sport. It's for the well groomed and well heeled. The impeccably dressed. Party animals. Politicians are interchangeable.

Don't you believe in the democratic process?

Yeah, but what's that got to do with politics? Politics creates more problems than it solves. It can be counter-productive. The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don't think they have titles.

To be continued in part 3 ……..




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Saint Sway on Mar 23rd, 2009 at 11:38am
dude doesnt like answering questions

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 23rd, 2009 at 5:06pm
Show #2 already up!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Stockholm, Sweden
Globen
March 23, 2009

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard)
5.      High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
7.      Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Make You Feel My Love (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) (Bob on guitar)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
     
(Thanks to Roberto, Ken Cowley and Jim Nolan for the phone calls and Håkan Jakobsson for the email.)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ten Thousand Motels on Mar 23rd, 2009 at 5:21pm

Saint Sway wrote on Mar 23rd, 2009 at 11:38am:
dude doesnt like answering questions

I don't blame him. Most questions have no rational answers...that peple will accept....that anyone csres about....bettter to leave it blowin in the wind....and when you do try to answer one...it blows up your face. I suppose Dylan learned that the hard way.
:areyoufuckingserious

In this world.... there really is only One solution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VDYaS6Lpvk

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Mar 23rd, 2009 at 6:33pm

Martha wrote on Mar 23rd, 2009 at 5:06pm:
Show #2 already up!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Stockholm, Sweden
Globen
March 23, 2009

12.      One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) (Bob on guitar)


...yum!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 23rd, 2009 at 6:49pm
...yep, and he only repeated 3 songs from the first night. 31 different songs over the two shows. A good omen for my Dublin double header. Great to see he's playing very random setlists again.

'One More Cup of Coffee' is very rare indeed.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 24th, 2009 at 2:05pm
'One More Cup of Coffee' is very rare indeed.

from yesterday.....................


http://www.sendspace.com/file/k6ijmr

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 24th, 2009 at 2:20pm
Billy 7
22/3/2009

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qrh3wa

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Mar 24th, 2009 at 2:37pm

Billy wrote on Mar 24th, 2009 at 2:20pm:
Billy 7
22/3/2009

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qrh3wa



...is it Billy 4 or 7?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 24th, 2009 at 3:16pm

Lazy Bones wrote on Mar 24th, 2009 at 2:37pm:

Billy wrote on Mar 24th, 2009 at 2:20pm:
Billy 7
22/3/2009

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qrh3wa



...is it Billy 4 or 7?

Ha Ha!!

How does one tell Lazy? I listened to the you tube posted  on expectingrain.com and I was unable to decide! ;) ;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 25th, 2009 at 8:54am
Think its more like Billy 4, actually.

Anyway, thanks for "Billy", Billy!

another review of the new album from a German source :

First Words
… on Bob Dylan’s new album ›Together Through Life‹
Text: Max Dax, Alex Paulick
Alongside the American publications Rolling Stone and the New Yorker, the British magazines Mojo and Uncut, Spex is one of three German magazines to have been granted a listening session of the new album by Bob Dylan, entitled »Together Through Life«. Max Dax was able to listen to it twice altogether – so it is still too early for a comprehensive, well founded critique. But his notes – a rough protocol in illegible stenography – were sufficient for a song-by-song review as the first part of the big Spex Online special on Bob Dylan - with the explicit possibility of wrongly heard and therefore incorrectly quoted song lyrics.

   The album – by a long way the most nervously anticipated by fans and press so far this year – turns out to be a surprising and entirely well-rounded record, with a marked Mexican/Cajun influence. It sounds like a summer album, full of longing for the American South and a time that is lost forever. While on his previous records »Love & Theft« (2001) and »Modern Times« (2006) Dylan was still singing in bitter protest against those modern times and evoking old epochs, it seems that the meanwhile 67 year old singer has at last made peace with the fact that no one can alter the march of time. And In the face of this irrefutable knowledge, the only thing that helps is - an accordion!

Translated from German by Alex Paulick (Coloma)
Siehe auch: Dieser Artikel auf deutsch / This article in German

1. »Beyond Here Lies Nothin’«

We hear a trumpet, an accordion, a low-tuned acoustic guitar, a Hammond organ and a pumping electric bass - but the band is driven by the rumba-blues rhythm of the drums. Bob Dylan opens his new album with the lines: »Oh well I love you pretty baby / You’re the only love I’ve ever known / Just as long as you stay with me / The whole world is my throne / Beyond here lies nothing / Nothing we can call our own.« It is a love song of the raw, disillusioned kind, which holds its appeal by virtue of the band's rough-hewn pleasure in playing.

   Surprising are the choice of rhythm and the disarming sound palette: a Latin feel is present, suggesting a "south-of-the-border" mood - an American expression referring to Mexican music and the way of life beyond the Rio Grande. The accordion as a rhythmic element and the trash-can blues trumpet are striking, and might otherwise suggest a similarity to Tom Waits – although Dylan sings much less theatrically and isn't angling for an effect.

   »Beyond Here Lies Nothin’« is the perfect opener, manifesting an easiness which marks out the territory of the whole album. With the accordion, it seems as if Dylan is intentionally expanding the sound of his long-standing live band, using the new instrument as a kind of wild card. The western swing references, which for all intents and purposes were exhausted after »Love & Theft« and »Modern Times«, have been discarded. A surprising looseness is established, and seems to announce that the deck has been reshuffled! On accordion: David Hidalgo of Los Lobos from East L.A.


2. »Life Is Hard«

The instrumentation of this slow, sentimental ballad suggests the sound of the thirties or forties: steel guitar, mandolin, accordion, brushed drums, upright bass. Dylan sings with tender, onomatopoeic phrasing: »The sun is sinking low / I guess it’s time to go / I feel a chilly breeze / In place of memories / My dreams are locked and barred / Admitting life is hard / Without you near me.« The intriguing rhythmic interplay between the straight vocal line and swinging jazz drums leaves the tune floating in a state of ambiguity. Apparently, this song was the genesis of »Together Through Life«. It was originally written by Dylan as a contribution to »My Own Love Song«, a new film by Olivier Dahan, and was recorded in October of last year. During the work on this song, Dylan saw the beginnings of something bigger, which led him to extend the recording sessions, resulting in the ten new songs on this album.


3. »My Wife’s Home Town«

An ironic, at first seemingly threatening blues tune. This song probably most clearly demonstrates what Dylan means in a recent interview with Bill Flanagan on Bobdylan.com (PDF) when he talks about the influence of the sound of the Chicago blues label Chess Records. This track, slightly too slow to be roadhouse blues, very much resembles Muddy Waters classics like »Mannish Boy« or »I Just Wanna Make Love to You«. Yet the accordion plays unexpectedly bright major chords and Dylan foils the mood, grumbling with twinkle in his eye: »She can make you steal / Make you rob / Give you the hives / Make you lose your tongue / Can make things bad / She can make things worse / She got stuff more potent than a gypsy curse«. The lasting impression is of something like Muddy Waters singing a Lyle Lovett song: »There ain’t no way to put me down / I just wanna say that Hell’s my wife’s home town«. After adding a long »hoooooometown« to the last chorus, Dylan even laughs diabolically before the song fades out.


4. »If You Ever Go to Houston«

The musical atmosphere of this outstanding song evokes cinematic images. The sea breeze that blows across the Gulf of Mexico into Texas also blows through this song. It has a vague echo of some old Cajun standard, the title of which the singer has since forgotten. But the piece is a little too slow to be a Cajun tune - like most songs on »Together Through Life« seem ›too slow‹ for their referential genre in a strangely pleasant way. The pedal steel, organ and accordion block out the optimistic riff throughout the track, and the relaxed shuffle is driven by acoustic guitar and brushes.

   Dylan sings in the spaces which open up in between: »If you are ever down there / (…) / You better watch out for the man with the shining star / Better know where you are going / Or stay where you are«, or: »I know these streets / I’ve been here before / I nearly got killed here / During the Mexican War«. With these lyrics he makes unequivocally clear that the Texan-Mexican border town feeling is not only meant musically, but word for word - and not only in this piece, but throughout the entire record. Also worth mentioning is that Dylan is really singing here: he holds the notes, singing emphatically with a joyful passion. This is something we haven't heard from him in years.


5. »Forgetful Heart«

The most unspectacular song on »Together Through Life«: organ pads, a sluggish beat, tambourine, a distorted steel guitar and the accordion meandering in the background. In its form, »Forgetful Heart« reminds of slower, late Dylan classics like »Nettie Moore« or »Ain’t Talkin’« or »Can’t Wait« – but lacks the observational clarity and literary precision of those songs. Perhaps it is due to the subject matter? Dylan sings: »Forgetful heart / Lost your power of recall / Every little detail / You don’t remember at all / The times we knew / Who would remember better than you?«

6. »Jolene«

Another song written in a roadhouse blues frame: in »Jolene« the shuffle driven by the electric guitar motif reminds of Little Richard's »Lucille«, but the song is maybe too slow for this musical comparison. The phrase »I am the king and you are the queen / Jolene« invites another comparison, to David Bowie's »Heroes«, and the lines: »I could be king and you could be queen«. Along with »Forgetful Heart« this is another song where format is more pronounced than originality. But all the songs on »Together Through Life«, including the less strong ones like »Jolene«, are driven by a simplicity which predestines them to be played live often and extensively.

   The overall sound of the album contributes to an assumption: This is a spontaneous recording. Again and again little flubs and bum notes are audible, which assumedly haven't been corrected or rerecorded for the sake of this impression. The songs are written more simply as well, as if Dylan didn't want to invest so much time as to burden the songs with excessive encryption, levels of interpretation and abstraction, but rather to capture a moment. In this respect, »Together Through Life« has something in common with the 19 year old album »Under the Red Sky«. But where that album suffers noticeably under the heavy handed Don Was production values of 1990, and the mixing desk was often more audible than the live room, Dylan's new record profits from a real-time naturalism which wasn't obviously or artificially manipulated through post-production.


7. »This Dream of You«

First impression: singer and band are back in Mexico. To be more precise, with this song Dylan conjures up the aesthetic and the romantic-melancholic mood of his own classic »Romance In Durango« from 1976. Accordion, upright bass and fiddle form the backbone of this slow rumba-ballad. One of the most beautiful lines, not only of this song, but of the entire album, says: »There is a moment where all things become new again / But that moment might have come and gone / All I have and all I know / Is this dream of you / That keeps me moving on«. Dylan doesn't cultivate the old notion of Mexico as an exotic place of longing only with this song - as early as 1963 he wrote the lines »I’ve heard tell of a town / Where I might as well be bound / It’s down around / The old Mexican plains« in the song »Farewell«. Although the outtake from the »The Times They Are A’Changing« sessions was never released, he returned to the subject in »Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues« from 1965 – »When you’re lost in the rain in Juarez / And it’s Eastertime too«. Not to mention that albums like »Desire« or »Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid« are choc full of such references.


8. »Shake Shake Mama«

An abrupt change of mood: in this rumbling barroom stomp Dylan shoots off a fireworks display of innuendos and sexual connotations: »Shake shake Mama / Shake like a ship going out to sea« (…) »I get the blues for you baby / When I look up at the sun / Come back here / We can have some real fun« (…) »Shake shake Mama / Shake until the break of day / I’m right here baby / I’m not that far away«. A song like this reemphasizes the previously mentioned comparison with »Under the Red Sky«, suggesting that »Shake Shake Mama« is the »Wiggle Wiggle« of this record, simply adding another song to a genre – and therefore absolutely legible as an artistic defensive reaction against the efforts to weigh each and every one of Dylan's syllables on a gold scale.


9. »I Feel a Change Comin’ On«

Alongside »If You Ever Go to Houston«, »My Wife’s Home Town« and »This Dream of You«, this is one of the outstanding songs on the new album. One of the two key verses says: »What’s the use in dreaming / You got better things to do / Dreams never did work for me anyway / Even when they are getting true«. The other: »Some people they tell me / I’ve got the blood of the land in my voice«. That might sound heavy and fatalistic, but it is countered by Dylan's crooning voice. It appears that an optimist is singing the sunny hook line: »I feel a change comin’ on« – an impression that is immediately tempered one line later with Dylan's cryptic statement: »And the fourth part of the day is already gone«.

   During an interview with the London newspaper The Times, given last year in Denmark, Dylan was atypically outspoken in his sympathy for the presidential candidate Barack Obama. This song sounds as if he would now like to say, after the election: »surely some things will change for the better, but it's too late anyway«. Although the song is sung happily, it speaks for the prophetic interpretation that throughout this album, Dylan is apparently quoting entire lines from Chaucer's »Canterbury Tales« – that quintessential tome of English literature from the 14th century, which among other topics includes the misuse of religion for political ends. But before we get caught up in over-interpretation, it should be mentioned that »I Feel a Change Comin’ On« is pretty darned similar to »Handy Dandy« in its lively and happy mood. That nursery-rhyme-like number is yet another song from the aforementioned »Under the Red Sky«. Of all songs –  and after nearly two decades –  Dylan played it live for the very first time last year, on the 28th of June in Vigo, Spain. Perhaps it occurred to him that it might be worth revisiting the simplicity of this song, or for that matter, the entire record.


10. »It’s All Good«

The last song of this remarkable album, »It’s All Good«, might still be a little to slow for a Zydeco tune, even despite the driving accordion and its Cajun shuffle rhythm. Here, Dylan displays his sarcastic side: similarly to in his song »Everything Is Broken« from 1989, he lists things that are going wrong, to finally comment with a dry »It’s all good«. Considering that this is the closing chapter of an album which is to be released in the dark days of a financial crisis, perhaps the biggest crisis in the history of capitalism, the song rattles on breathlessly like a freight train, and is beyond all seriousness.


   Dylan sings of »Wives leaving their husbands« and »Big politicians telling lies«, but: »It’s all good«. »Brick by brick they tear you down / A teacup of water is enough to drown / You oughta know if they could they would / Whatever goes down / It’s all good«. In the past it has been the case that ›easier‹ or ›more lively‹ Dylan records preceded an artistic fresh start for the singer. After »Street Legal« followed »Slow Train Coming«, after »Under the Red Sky« the album »Good As I Been to You«, after »Another Side …« came »Bringing It All Back Home«. So what does the future hold? Dylan alone at the piano? We are prepared for anything.


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Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 25th, 2009 at 7:46pm
And the tour rolls on..... :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Oslo, Norway
Spektrum
March 25, 2009

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2.      When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on harp center stage)
3.      You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob on keyboard and harp)
4.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
5.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp)
7.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
8.      I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob on guitar)
9.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard, Tony on standup bass)
10.      When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard, Tony on standup bass)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard, Tony on standup bass)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on violin)
     
Thanks to Roberto :weed for the phone call and Dag Braathen and Espen Aas for the emails

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Mar 26th, 2009 at 3:15am
this week's TTRH - "Noah's Ark"

King of Kings - Jimmy Cliff (1962)
Ground Hog - Cousin Emmy with Frank Moore and His Log Cabin Boys (1939)
Grizzly Bear - Rolf Cahn & Eric Von Schmidt (1961)
The Monkey Speaks His Mind - Dave Bartholomew (1957)
Rattlesnake Daddy - Joe D. Johnson (1963)
Too Many Fish in the Sea - The Marvelettes (1964)
Hold That Critter Down - The Sons of the Pioneers (1934)
Baby Mine - Bonnie Raitt and Was (Not Was) (1988)
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris (1963)
Froggy Went A-Courtin' - Tex Ritter (1945)
Barnyard Boogie - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1948)
Will The Wolf Survive ? - Waylon Jennings (1986)
Fattening Frogs for Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II (1957)
Jollity Farm - Lesley Sarony with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra (1929)
Animal Farm - The Kinks (1968)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Mar 26th, 2009 at 8:29pm
not to change the subject, but i would like to bring up blonde on blonde. i have been a dylan fan since high school, but i have never been into this album. or john wesley harding for that matter. however, i have been playing blonde on blonde lately, hoping for that "aha!" moment....but i got nothing. what am i doing wrong??

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Mar 26th, 2009 at 10:32pm
sucking too much...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 27th, 2009 at 9:01am

Starbuck wrote on Mar 26th, 2009 at 8:29pm:
not to change the subject, but i would like to bring up blonde on blonde. i have been a dylan fan since high school, but i have never been into this album. or john wesley harding for that matter. however, i have been playing blonde on blonde lately, hoping for that "aha!" moment....but i got nothing. what am i doing wrong??


You need this: :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 27th, 2009 at 10:45am

wrote on Mar 26th, 2009 at 10:32pm:
sucking too much...



Knock this shit off for good. Seriously. There's a limit to how much of this crap I'm prepared to read.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 27th, 2009 at 11:25am

Starbuck wrote on Mar 26th, 2009 at 8:29pm:
not to change the subject, but i would like to bring up blonde on blonde. i have been a dylan fan since high school, but i have never been into this album. or john wesley harding for that matter. however, i have been playing blonde on blonde lately, hoping for that "aha!" moment....but i got nothing. what am i doing wrong??

Oh OK..
Just for you .. :)

I will "force" myself to listen to this album again and try to analyze why I like it..
After all, it contains none of his best songs........

There always has to be one in the crowd...


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 27th, 2009 at 1:58pm

Quote:
I will "force" myself to listen to this album again and try to analyze why I like it..
After all, it contains none of his best songs........


:whydontcha

There was an online poll a few years ago in which "Visions of Johanna" was a comfortable winner. It would certainly be MY favourite as well.

Great, great album. Hard to simplify what makes it so brilliant, though. It just is. One of the top 5 albums by anyone.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:15pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 1:58pm:

Quote:
I will "force" myself to listen to this album again and try to analyze why I like it..
After all, it contains none of his best songs........


:whydontcha

There was an online poll a few years ago in which "Visions of Johanna" was a comfortable winner. It would certainly be MY favourite as well.

Great, great album. Hard to simplify what makes it so brilliant, though. It just is. One of the top 5 albums by anyone.

ah... my dear..

do you not recognize sarcasm when it hits you in the face?!!

I love this album!! ;)


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:21pm
Oh, I'm well aware you love the album - I just assumed what you were implying was you liked it because it was generally consistent even though it didnt contain any of your personal favourites. Its a bit like how I feel about "Let It Bleed" (with the notable exception of 'Gimme Shelter') or maybe "Aftermath".

Perhaps the nearest Dylan equivalent would be "John Wesley Harding"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:35pm
Well, my Dylan Virtuoso..

John Wesley Harding ain't that bad either..

Now if you mentioned Saved (minus Pressin On) or Down in the Groove, maybe I would agree with your Stones example

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:42pm
to me, and i may be wrong here (i know many will disagree), it is almost as if dylan went through a "novelty" phase when he first discovered electricity. i have always loved "bringing it all back home", but there are a few songs on there that sound like they belong on 'dr demento'. 115th dream & OTRA, for example....you can hear the novelty aspect on highway 61 revisited too...and it comes to its fruition on blonde on blonde. i have never really liked rainy day women....sounds like a carnival with dylan's harmonica ....leopard skin pill box hat....etc. and why is sad eyed lady of the lowlands 213 minutes long? i also feel the early electric stuff lacks the lyrical otherworldliness of the early folk stuff and later 70s era dylan.

just my two cents. i have been struggling with these issues for years!

that being said, visions of johanna, i want you and just like a woman have always rocked my world. dylan is still #3 on my list, after stones and beatles.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:44pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 10:45am:

wrote on Mar 26th, 2009 at 10:32pm:
sucking too much...



Knock this shit off for good. Seriously. There's a limit to how much of this crap I'm prepared to read.

Starbuck & I give each other static once in a while as a JOKE. That other guy is a different case.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:52pm

Starbuck wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:42pm:
to me, and i may be wrong here (i know many will disagree), it is almost as if dylan went through a "novelty" phase when he first discovered electricity. i have always loved "bringing it all back home", but there are a few songs on there that sound like they belong on 'dr demento'. 115th dream & OTRA, for example....you can hear the novelty aspect on highway 61 revisited too...and it comes to its fruition on blonde on blonde. i have never really liked rainy day women....sounds like a carnival with dylan's harmonica ....leopard skin pill box hat....etc. and why is sad eyed lady of the lowlands 213 minutes long? i also feel the early electric stuff lacks the lyrical otherworldliness of the early folk stuff and later 70s era dylan.

just my two cents. i have been struggling with these issues for years!

that being said, visions of johanna, i want you and just like a woman have always rocked my world. dylan is still #3 on my list, after stones and beatles.


Well, as I'm sure you know, Dylan actually started as a rock n roll singer, long before he discovered Woody Guthrie. His high school band (The Golden Chords) in which he sang and played piano was very influenced by Little Richard. Even when he signed to Columbia in 1962, his first release was a Sun Records sounding rock n roll single, "Mixed Up Confusion".

John Lennon rather cynically described that 1965-66 era as "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Roget's Thesaurus Blues Again". Then again, his own lyrics from 'Revolver' onwards were quite obviously influenced by it.

"Sad Eyed Lady" is about ten hours long because...well, just because it is. I dont think anyone had filled a side of an album with just one song before. I think he just did it because he could.  It's also possibly the first rock double album as well. It does go on a bit I admit (and some of the lines are amongst's Bob's most pretentious) but length-wise, its only actually 10 seconds or so longer than 'Desolation Row' (and a bit shorter than 'Goin' Home', which the Stones released around the same time)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:54pm

wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:44pm:

Gazza wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 10:45am:

wrote on Mar 26th, 2009 at 10:32pm:
sucking too much...



Knock this shit off for good. Seriously. There's a limit to how much of this crap I'm prepared to read.

Starbuck & I give each other static once in a while as a JOKE. That other guy is a different case.



Good. Well, as I mentioned in another thread to him and all of you, please knock THAT one off instead, then.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:59pm
I've tried to ignore him but he was following me on every thread criticizing the # of posts. I finally had enough. I'll try to ignore him in the future. I saw your post in that thread & hopefully he'll listen too. I'll be away for the next few days as I'm going to see M. Faithfull in a few & then I'm leaving for sweet Virginia/Outer Banks in the a.m.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 27th, 2009 at 3:00pm

wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:59pm:
I've tried to ignore him but he was following me on every thread criticizing the # of posts. I finally had enough. I'll try to ignore him in the future. I saw your post in that thread & hopefully he'll listen too. I'll be away for the next few days as I'm going to see M. Faithfull in a few & then I'm leaving for sweet Virginia/Outer Banks in the a.m.



Cheers. Its appreciated. Enjoy Marianne!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by DeFrocked Priest on Mar 27th, 2009 at 3:04pm
"I've tried to ignore him but he was following me on every thread criticizing the # of posts. I finally had enough. I'll try to ignore him in the future. "

You must give good blow jobs.  :D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Mar 27th, 2009 at 3:12pm
i've never much cared for going home. the song is about 3 hours too long.

however, i have always loved desolation row. one of my top five favorite dylan songs. i remember specifically where i was when i first heard it too - sitting on the edge of my bed as a young impressionable 14/15 year old, happy to have come home with "highway 61 revisited" from the record store instead of "slippery when wet" like the rest of the idiots in my high school. i believe i listened to it twice. i remember hoping the song would never end, it was that good.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Zack on Mar 27th, 2009 at 3:12pm

Starbuck wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:42pm:
to me, and i may be wrong here (i know many will disagree), it is almost as if dylan went through a "novelty" phase when he first discovered electricity. i have always loved "bringing it all back home", but there are a few songs on there that sound like they belong on 'dr demento'. 115th dream & OTRA, for example....you can hear the novelty aspect on highway 61 revisited too...and it comes to its fruition on blonde on blonde. i have never really liked rainy day women....sounds like a carnival with dylan's harmonica ....leopard skin pill box hat....etc. and why is sad eyed lady of the lowlands 213 minutes long? i also feel the early electric stuff lacks the lyrical otherworldliness of the early folk stuff and later 70s era dylan.

just my two cents. i have been struggling with these issues for years!

that being said, visions of johanna, i want you and just like a woman have always rocked my world. dylan is still #3 on my list, after stones and beatles.


Swing and a miss, I'm afraid I think.  Dylan was a very funny guy -- among other elements of talent -- in the middle of a period of blazing creativity.  I think the stuff you refer to just one aspect of that.  On other levels, Sad Eyed Lady being so long was risky, but he pulled it off spectacularly.   He even got away with tweaking the mighty Lennon's nose with 4th Time Around because of the song's casual brilliance in spite of the parody of the melody.  

(Kinks #4)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 27th, 2009 at 3:33pm

Starbuck wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 3:12pm:
however, i have always loved desolation row. one of my top five favorite dylan songs. i remember specifically where i was when i first heard it too - sitting on the edge of my bed as a young impressionable 14/15 year old, happy to have come home with "highway 61 revisited" from the record store instead of "slippery when wet" like the rest of the idiots in my high school. i believe i listened to it twice. i remember hoping the song would never end, it was that good.



http://www.dirtysouthwine.com/.a/6a00e551440084883401116858a9e6970c-pi

You have done well, young Grasshopper....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Mar 27th, 2009 at 3:56pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:35pm:
Now if you mentioned Saved (minus Pressin On) or Down in the Groove, maybe I would agree with your Stones example


I'd add 'In The Garden', 'Solid Rock' and 'Are You Ready?' to that list of 'Saved' tracks.

I like Bob's Jesus period.
'I Believe In You' from 'Slow Train Coming' is one of my favorite songs by anybody.

Don't much care for 'Knocked Out Loaded'...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Mar 27th, 2009 at 4:23pm
Jönköping, Sweden
Kinnarps Arena
March 27, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2. When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on harp center stage)
3. Don't Think Twice, It's All Righ (Bob on guitar)
4. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
5. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
6. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
7. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Bob on keyboard)
8. Million Miles (Bob on keyboard)
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
10. This Wheel's On Fire (Bob on harp center stage)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12. Make You Feel My Love (Bob on keyboard)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 27th, 2009 at 4:37pm
You know I would have no problem telling you my favorite Stones songs, even my favorite Beatle songs ;), Bucky.  But Bob's library is so multi dimensional, I would probably not mention the same songs at any given time.  It all depends on my mood.  That is what makes it so easy to love him.  Right now I am listening to "If You See Her, Say Hello" and I am thinking how gorgeous that song is...

It's hopeless...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 27th, 2009 at 4:38pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:35pm:
Well, my Dylan Virtuoso..

John Wesley Harding ain't that bad either..

Now if you mentioned Saved (minus Pressin On) or Down in the Groove, maybe I would agree with your Stones example


Not sure what you meant, as those are turds (as I'm sure you'd agree) whereas the Stones albums I mentioned were terrific.

JWH is a brilliant record. Although the harmonica playing on it isn't recommended if you have toothache.


"Saved" and "DITG" though are the worst studio albums Bob ever made (although "Pressin' On is marvellous, I agree)

No excuse for 'Saved' being subpar though, because the shows around that time were largely brilliant (especially the November 1980 west coast shows recently torrented en masse over on hungercity, which are amongst his greatest EVER series of shows) and he was writing some good songs that he didnt put on record. "Slow Train" and "Shot of Love" were pretty good, though.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Mar 27th, 2009 at 4:55pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 4:37pm:
You know I would have no problem telling you my favorite Stones songs, even my favorite Beatle songs ;), Bucky.  But Bob's library is so multi dimensional, I would probably not mention the same songs at any given time.  It all depends on my mood.  That is what makes it so easy to love him.  Right now I am listening to "If You See Her, Say Hello" and I am thinking how gorgeous that song is...

It's hopeless...


meg! i performed "if you see her say hello" at the 400 bar's "dylan sound-a-like contest" in 2001! great song.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Mar 27th, 2009 at 4:57pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 4:38pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:35pm:
Well, my Dylan Virtuoso..

John Wesley Harding ain't that bad either..

Now if you mentioned Saved (minus Pressin On) or Down in the Groove, maybe I would agree with your Stones example


Not sure what you meant, as those are turds (as I'm sure you'd agree) whereas the Stones albums I mentioned were terrific.

JWH is a brilliant record. Although the harmonica playing on it isn't recommended if you have toothache.


"Saved" and "DITG" though are the worst studio albums Bob ever made (although "Pressin' On is marvellous, I agree)

No excuse for 'Saved' being subpar though, because the shows around that time were largely brilliant (especially the November 1980 west coast shows recently torrented en masse over on hungercity, which are amongst his greatest EVER series of shows) and he was writing some good songs that he didnt put on record. "Slow Train" and "Shot of Love" were pretty good, though.


dude....musically speaking, you're the nerdiest nerd i know!

that, of course, is not a bad thing!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 27th, 2009 at 6:08pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 4:38pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Mar 27th, 2009 at 2:35pm:
Well, my Dylan Virtuoso..

John Wesley Harding ain't that bad either..

Now if you mentioned Saved (minus Pressin On) or Down in the Groove, maybe I would agree with your Stones example


Not sure what you meant, as those are turds (as I'm sure you'd agree) whereas the Stones albums I mentioned were terrific.

JWH is a brilliant record. Although the harmonica playing on it isn't recommended if you have toothache.

OK OK..You lost me in your comparison.  I personally have no love for "Aftermath" though, but  "Let it Bleed" is another matter.  So, that said, we basically agree..

Do you have personal experience with the toothache and the harmonica?!! ;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 28th, 2009 at 10:18am
there will be a free download of Beyond Here Lies Nothing on bobdylan.com on Monday; it will be available just for 24 hours.

At the moment, you can hear a short sample at http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Here-Lies-Nothin/dp/B0020JJDKW/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1238166479&sr=102-1

 

And here’s a new review from Ann Powers of the LA Times –

 

Bob Dylan can do whatever the bejeezus he wants. He's made more studio albums than America has had presidents, he's transformed rock in the process, and in his later years he's almost singlehandedly sustained the fashion relevance of the bolo tie. No one should object if the old man just wants to go out to the woodshed and play some blues.

Longtime fans and neophytes will all probably be grateful for the economical punch provided by "Together Through Life," the bard's 46th studio effort, to be released without further ado April 28. Overtaken by a gush of inspiration after penning "Life Is Hard," a Django Reinhardt-kissed meditation on loneliness, for the upcoming Olivier Dahan film "My Own Love Song," Dylan wrote this bunch of fairly direct and visceral tunes. He enlisted some buddies -- an interview with scribe Bill Flanagan on Dylan's website mentions Tom Petty's longtime guitarist Mike Campbell and Los Lobos cofounder David Hidalgo -- and hit on a sound that returns to -- and refreshes -- the roots of rock and roll.

I was lucky enough to attend a listening session Thursday night, where I sat on a comfy sofa in front of a good sound system and scribbled down some notes on the 10-song set. I got one listen. Here's a quick response.

"Beyond Here Lies Nothin' ": Hidalgo's accordion is Dylan's muse throughout this album. The instrument turns what would be Jimmy Reed-style blues into something more wide-ranging: a celebration of the Latin influence that also shaped early rock. There's something Leonard Cohen-esque about Dylan's lyric, which is deeply existential and exceedingly debonair.

"Life is Hard": Dylan apparently loved Dahan's Edith Piaf story "La Vie en Rose," and agreed to pen this song for the filmmaker's "My Own Love Song." It has a French feel, with a guitar line redolent of le jazz hot and sly references to a boulevard of broken dreams. Dylan's sad "Sea of Love," it represents him as a slightly cracked crooner.

"My Wife's Home Town": Enter the Devil Woman, a dangerous central character of the blues. The wifey is from down under, and I don't mean Australia. This one is pure Howlin' Wolf. Dylan's chuckle at the end might be the best part.

"If You Ever Go to Houston": It's not that this circular walking blues sounds like Dylan's "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry," but there's a similar feeling in that 1965 composition. Hidalgo's accordion shines sunlight on everything. The lyric has a Wild West feel, with oblique references to the history of the town in its name.

"Forgetful Heart": The album's most mystical cut could have fit on 1997's "Time Out of Mind," with a somewhat muted atmosphere and a last line that recalls Edgar Allan Poe -- "the door has closed forevermore / if there ever was a door." A banjo plaintively calls out from deep in the mix.

"Jolene": This bar-band romp imagines the "other woman" immortalized in Dolly Parton's 1973 hit as a street-strutting queen for whom any man would leave any wife. "You're something nice, I"m gonna grab my dice," chortles the satyr as a down-home double-guitar riff propels him forward.

"This Dream of You": Dylan does mariachi! The most obviously Latin-flavored track on an album that testifies to Mexican America's right to sing the blues. Is that a slack-key guitar in there, too?

"Shake, Shake Mama": This one does just what the title says. A loud, abrupt blues with a little bit of gospel in the lyric, it brings to mind one of Chicago's last men standing, Otis Rush.

"I Feel a Change Coming On": The title seems to nod at the Obama era, but this country-tinged song is at once more universal and more personal -- a meditation on sunsets, both real and imagined. Dylan sings in a honking baritone that celebrates the rips in his vocal cords. And there's harmonica.

"It's All Good": "Throw on the dust! Pile on the dust!" Dylan shouts in this apocalypse party of a song. Sharp guitar lines and one of the album's fastest tempos gives the band a chance to fade out on a high note. Dylan's final word: Enjoy this world, even as it descends into chaos. In fact, especially enjoy the chaos.

 

Re-Master Issues

 

Four of Bob’s old albums are being re-issued on CD in digipak in remastered format. They are described as “Carefully remastered & the original album art restored with additional & previously unseen photos” and are to be officially released on March 30th. The albums, number of CDs per album and Badlands price for guidance are:

 

Before The Flood – double CD: £7.99

Dylan & The Dead – single CD: £5.99

New Morning – single CD: £5.99

The Basement Tapes - double CD: £7.99


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Mar 28th, 2009 at 1:40pm
thanks, Gazza - it's available to listen to, now - and it's good  :)

it's foot-tapping stuff, from His Bobness  :willya


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0020JJDKW?tag=expectingrain-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0020JJDKW&adid=1XQ94V18RN9CRS5VSHZQ&;

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Mar 28th, 2009 at 3:14pm
I'm sorry if this has been posted before.  But I just pre-ordered Bob's new one in the deluxe edition format.  One of the bonus disks is a Theme-Time Radio Hour show called "Friends And Neighbors" with, naturally enough,  a selection by our favorite band on that very subject; yes, "Neighbors" will be on the album's bonus edition.  Cool--I love his DJ act.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 28th, 2009 at 3:44pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 28th, 2009 at 10:18am:
Ann Powers of the LA Times –

 

Bob Dylan can do whatever the bejeezus he wants. He's made more studio albums than America has had presidents, he's transformed rock in the process, and in his later years he's almost singlehandedly sustained the fashion relevance of the bolo tie. No one should object if the old man just wants to go out to the woodshed and play some blues.

Longtime fans and neophytes will all probably be grateful for the economical punch provided by "Together Through Life," the bard's 46th studio effort,


A wee bit of excessive hyperbole, there. It's 'only' 33 by my calculations, even counting the 'Dylan'' album which he didnt sanction. You might get 46 if you count live albums, the Bootleg series releases and 'Biograph' which is about one-third unreleased material.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Mar 29th, 2009 at 10:42am
Malmö, Sweden
Malmö Arena
March 28, 2009

1. Maggie's Farm (Bob on keyboard)  
2. The Man In Me (Bob on harp center stage)  
3. Watching The River Flow (Bob on guitar)  
4. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)  
5. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)  
7. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)  
10. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)  
12. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard)  
13. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  

(encore)
15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  
16. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)  
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)  

All four shows in Sweden were really good. Beyond my expectations.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 29th, 2009 at 6:15pm


Thank YOU Roberto! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Copenhagen, Denmark
Forum
March 29, 2009

1.      Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on keyboard)
2.      When I Paint My Masterpiece
3.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on guitar)
4.      Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
6.      I Believe In You (Bob on keyboard)
7.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
9.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
12.      When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Roberto for the phone call and Mathias Nielsen for the email

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 29th, 2009 at 7:34pm
For fecks's sake, Bob - bring back Billy.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 30th, 2009 at 10:36am
Beyond Here Lies Nothin' available today only as an mp3 download on www.bobdylan.com

It's a gem. Hope the rest of the album is as good.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 30th, 2009 at 10:42am
Indeed!!!! Download that madness!

That guitar riff sounds VERY Keefy!  :keithpunky

Delicious and delightful!   :weed :weed :weed

I am floating on air today!

xxxooo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 30th, 2009 at 10:59am
Love the drumming! Excellent stuff.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nellcote on Mar 30th, 2009 at 12:06pm
Wicked Pissah!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Mar 30th, 2009 at 5:05pm

Great stuff...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Mar 30th, 2009 at 7:31pm
gazza....two questions:

1. were you at this show?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AAj4pbiRWA

2. will you be sending out W2 forms soon? taxes are coming up, and i'd like to write off my posting time this year.

TIA.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 30th, 2009 at 7:47pm
Love the new song!!!


It's all good......

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 30th, 2009 at 8:08pm

Starbuck wrote on Mar 30th, 2009 at 7:31pm:
gazza....two questions:

1. were you at this show?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AAj4pbiRWA



You bet I was. And that was my first ever live "Desolation Row". Memories.  Great opening set by Van Morrison. An almost unheard of 6-song acoustic set by Bob, and a Moses-lookalike standing beside me with a spliff the size of Luxembourg, surrounded by a coterie of nubile waifs that made him look like some bearded Pied Piper.

One of the best 3 or 4 Dylan shows I've ever seen. Oddly, most of my top 5 seem to have taken place in Glasgow. He always plays his arse off there.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 31st, 2009 at 11:05am

Martha wrote on Mar 30th, 2009 at 10:42am:
Indeed!!!! Download that madness!

That guitar riff sounds VERY Keefy!  :keithpunky


According to the discussions on expectingrain.com, it seems to be Mike Campbell playing lead guitar.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Mar 31st, 2009 at 4:10pm
Hannover, Germany
AWD-hall
March 31, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. The Man In Me (Bob center stage with harp - no guitar)  
3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
4. Chimes Of Freedom
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Sugar Baby
7. John Brown
8. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
9. Masters Of War
10. Shooting Star
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Nettie Moore
13. Summer Days
14. Like A Rolling Stone
   
(encore)
15. All Along The Watchtower
16. Dignity
17. Thunder On The Mountain

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 31st, 2009 at 7:09pm
Dignity!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 1st, 2009 at 5:00am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=243153

Bob Dylan
2009-03-31
Hannover, Germany
AWD Hall



taped by: RC



lineage: Zoom H2>on-board mic>16bit/44.1kHz>Secure Digital SD-card>
>USB2.0Interface>soundforge/audioedit>Wav-Splitter>flac.frontend level8


setlist:

101. Intro (1:00)
102. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (4:20)
103. The Man In Me (4:12)
104. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (5:43)
105. Chimes Of Freedom (8:23)
106. The Levee's Gonna Break (7:22)
107. Sugar Baby (5:29)
108. John Brown (5:11)
109. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (6:30)
110. Masters Of War (5:00)
111. Shooting Star (5:30)
201. Highway 61 Revisited (6:00)
202. Nettie Moore (8:39)
203. Summer Days (4:53)
204. Like A Rolling Stone (6:33)
205. audience (2:50)

(encore)

206. All Along The Watchtower (5:05)
207. Dignity (5:00)
208. Band Intro (0:48)
209. Thunder On The Mountain (7:31)
210. audience (2:07)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 1st, 2009 at 7:55am
[quote author=erikjjf link=1210995293/700#709 date=1238533851]Hannover, Germany
AWD-hall
March 31, 2009


16. Dignity

...extra yum!

Dignity -- along with Up To Me -- hooked me on Dylan. Cassette filler from some chap in Ireland years ago.  :)

...just heard the mp3 as posted on the ER board...rare Dylan slop, imo. Be your own judge -- http://www.sendspace.com/file/wdtvyl

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 1st, 2009 at 12:18pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 31st, 2009 at 11:05am:

Martha wrote on Mar 30th, 2009 at 10:42am:
Indeed!!!! Download that madness!

That guitar riff sounds VERY Keefy!  :keithpunky


According to the discussions on expectingrain.com, it seems to be Mike Campbell playing lead guitar.


No wonder I  like it so much then!!!!  :weed
MC is one of my all-time fav guitarists! :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 1st, 2009 at 6:48pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=243247

Bob Dylan
2009-04-01
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany

-----

Lineage:
CA STC-9000 > Edirol R-09HR > Peak Pro 6 > xAct > flac

Location:
Tribune Block G, row 8, centre
Taper: hennwill (Hennessy Williams) - http://hennwill.blogspot.com

-----

TT: 109:48

01 (intro)
02 The Wicked Messenger
03 When I Paint My Masterpiece
04 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
05 The Levee's Gonna Break
06 My Back Pages
07 Things Have Changed
08 Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
09 Beyond the Horizon
10 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
11 Love Sick
12 Highway 61 Revisited
13 Workingman's Blues #2
14 Thunder on the Mountain
15 Like a Rolling Stone
16 (encore break)

17 All Along the Watchtower
18 Spirit on the Water
19 (band introduction)
20 Blowin' in the Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 1st, 2009 at 7:51pm
Thanks for the post MRD8!  I

We LOVE the first 2 shows!  Thanks a million.

Your own personal post office will soon be delivered! LOL

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Apr 2nd, 2009 at 3:35pm
Erfurt, Germany
Messehalle
April 2, 2009

1.    Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2.    Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob guitar then keyboard)
3.    I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on keyboard and harp)
4.    Can't Wait (Bob on keyboard)
5.    Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Bob on keyboard and harp)
6.    Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
7.    High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
8.    Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
9.    Girl Of The North Country (Bob on keyboard and harp)
10.    A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
11.    Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.    Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
13.    Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.    Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
(encore)
15.    All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.    Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
17.    Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 3rd, 2009 at 6:01pm
Just snatched this KILLER show off of DIME...check it out!:)

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=243367

Bob Dylan - Border Beneath The Sun : Definitive Edition
Thinman 012/013

Original Thinman CD -> WAV (EAC) -> FLAC (flacfrontend) -> You

(MOD NOTE: Original lineage -- Reel to Reel Master (Taper Unknown)>DAT>DVD Data Disc (FLAC)>Wave>Soundforge 8 (Clean Joins, New Track Marks)>, FLAC Level 6 Align on Sector Boundaries)

Pavilon De Paris, Paris, France
July 6th 1978

Quality:
Excellent Audience

Comments:
Absolutely essential listen - performance and quality is incredible
Think I've listened through this bootleg about 80 times....never get tired of it

I bought this Thinman bootleg, just before getting into torrents. After that, I realised that this "thinman-release" is a copy of LB-4717 (which JackTomThumb uploaded to Dime).
From what I understand; this is an upgrade of the bootleg title "Border Beneath The Sun" (without the "Definitive Edition" thing)....then again, I never heard that old bootleg

In other words....if you allready have LB-4717; you don't need this. If you don't...you better grab it fast

Thanks goes to JTT! (while shame goes to "Thinman" he he)

Artwork:
Selfmade scans included.....just bought a new scanner


Tracklist

DISC 1:

01. My Back Pages (Instrumental)
02. She's Love Crazy
03. Baby Stop Crying
04. Mr. Tambourine Man
05. Shelter From The Storm
06. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
07. Tangled Up In Blue
08. Ballad Of A Thin Man
09. Maggie's Farm
10. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
11. Like A Rolling Stone
12. I Shall Be Released
13. Going Going Gone
14. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (Instrumental)
15. True Love Tends To Forget
16. Gates Of Eden


DISC 2:

01. The Man In Me
02. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
03. Blowin' In The Wind
04. I Want You
05. Senôr (The Tales Of Yankee Power)
06. Masters Of War
07. Just Like A Woman
08. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
09. All Along The Watchtower
10. All I Really Want To Do
11. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
12. Forever Young
13. Changing Of The Guards
14. The Times They Are A-Changin'

Musicians:
Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, dancing, harmonica)
Billy Cross (guitar)
Steven Soles (guitar, vocals)
David Mansfield (steel-guitar, violin, mandolin, dobro)
Steve Douglas (saxophones, flute)
Alan Pasqua (keyboards)
Rob Stoner (bass, vocals)
Jerry Sheff (bass)
Ian Wallace (drums)
Bobbye Hall (percussion)
Helena Springs (vocals)
Jo Ann Harris (vocals)
Debbie Dye (vocals)
Carolyn Dennis (vocals)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 3rd, 2009 at 7:53pm

MRD8 wrote on Apr 3rd, 2009 at 6:01pm:
Just snatched this KILLER show off of DIME...check it out!:)

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=243367

Bob Dylan - Border Beneath The Sun : Definitive Edition
Thinman 012/013

Original Thinman CD -> WAV (EAC) -> FLAC (flacfrontend) -> You

(MOD NOTE: Original lineage -- Reel to Reel Master (Taper Unknown)>DAT>DVD Data Disc (FLAC)>Wave>Soundforge 8 (Clean Joins, New Track Marks)>, FLAC Level 6 Align on Sector Boundaries)

Pavilon De Paris, Paris, France
July 6th 1978

Quality:
Excellent Audience

Comments:
Absolutely essential listen - performance and quality is incredible
Think I've listened through this bootleg about 80 times....never get tired of it

I bought this Thinman bootleg, just before getting into torrents. After that, I realised that this "thinman-release" is a copy of LB-4717 (which JackTomThumb uploaded to Dime).
From what I understand; this is an upgrade of the bootleg title "Border Beneath The Sun" (without the "Definitive Edition" thing)....then again, I never heard that old bootleg

In other words....if you allready have LB-4717; you don't need this. If you don't...you better grab it fast

Thanks goes to JTT! (while shame goes to "Thinman" he he)

Artwork:
Selfmade scans included.....just bought a new scanner


Tracklist

DISC 1:

01. My Back Pages (Instrumental)
02. She's Love Crazy
03. Baby Stop Crying
04. Mr. Tambourine Man
05. Shelter From The Storm
06. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
07. Tangled Up In Blue
08. Ballad Of A Thin Man
09. Maggie's Farm
10. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
11. Like A Rolling Stone
12. I Shall Be Released
13. Going Going Gone
14. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (Instrumental)
15. True Love Tends To Forget
16. Gates Of Eden


DISC 2:

01. The Man In Me
02. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
03. Blowin' In The Wind
04. I Want You
05. Senôr (The Tales Of Yankee Power)
06. Masters Of War
07. Just Like A Woman
08. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
09. All Along The Watchtower
10. All I Really Want To Do
11. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
12. Forever Young
13. Changing Of The Guards
14. The Times They Are A-Changin'

Musicians:
Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, dancing, harmonica)
Billy Cross (guitar)
Steven Soles (guitar, vocals)
David Mansfield (steel-guitar, violin, mandolin, dobro)
Steve Douglas (saxophones, flute)
Alan Pasqua (keyboards)
Rob Stoner (bass, vocals)
Jerry Sheff (bass)
Ian Wallace (drums)
Bobbye Hall (percussion)
Helena Springs (vocals)
Jo Ann Harris (vocals)
Debbie Dye (vocals)
Carolyn Dennis (vocals)



The Europe '78 shows - and especially the 5 night run in Paris - rank up with any series of shows Bob's ever done in my book. The final Paris show (8th July) is the best of the bunch. Possibly my favourite Dylan show ever.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 4th, 2009 at 8:19pm
Sweet!!!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

München, Germany
Zenith
April 4, 2009

1.      Maggie's Farm (Bob on keyboard)
2.      One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) (Bob on keyboard and harp)
3.      You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob on guitar)
4.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard and harp)
6.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
7.      The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
(Bob center stage on harp - no keyboard or guitar)
9.      Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard and harp)
     
Thanks to Thomas Kalcher and Günther Lutz for the email messages

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 5th, 2009 at 5:23pm
I had a feeling he'd do Every Grain Of Sand tonight.  

What a nice set!

xxoo,
Martha

Saarbrücken, Germany
Saarlandhalle
April 5, 2009

1.      Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Every Grain Of Sand (Bob on keyboard) :)
5.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
10.      Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
12.      I Believe In You (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Roberto for the phone call

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 5th, 2009 at 5:54pm
Three songs from his Christian period in the same show. That can't happen too often. Maybe its because its Palm Sunday.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 6th, 2009 at 2:28am
TTRH - Episode 23 - "Noah's Ark, Part 2"

I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers - Irving Aaronson and his Commanders (1926) (Intro - excerpt)
They All Ask'd for You (The Audobon Zoo Song) - The Meters (1975)
There's a Moose on the Loose - Roddy Jackson (1958)
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane (1967)
Carried Water For The Elephant - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell (1930)
Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear - Randy Newman (1972)
Fox on the Run - The Country Gentlemen (1971)
See Line Woman (AKA Sea Lion Woman) - Nina Simone (1964)
Coyote - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Possum Song - Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston and his Orchestra (1947)
Monkey Man - The Maytals (1969)
Bert the Turtle (The Duck and Cover Song) - Dick 'Two Ton' Baker (1953)
Calling All Cows - Lazy Bill Lucas & the Blues Rockers (1955)
Black Rat Swing - Memphis Minnie and Little Son Joe (1941)
Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky (1960)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 6th, 2009 at 11:07am

Gazza wrote on Apr 5th, 2009 at 5:54pm:
Three songs from his Christian period in the same show. That can't happen too often. Maybe its because its Palm Sunday.


Definitely because of Palm Sunday.   ;)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 6th, 2009 at 11:18am

Martha wrote on Apr 6th, 2009 at 11:07am:

Gazza wrote on Apr 5th, 2009 at 5:54pm:
Three songs from his Christian period in the same show. That can't happen too often. Maybe its because its Palm Sunday.


Definitely because of Palm Sunday.   ;)

xxoo,
Martha


...especially opening with Gotta Serve Somebody (nice rendition from Copenhagen, btw).

The three Amsterdam shows over the Easter weekend will be interest in that regard, also...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 6th, 2009 at 11:25am
Also, the third I Believe In You...

Has any one heard Cat Power's rendition from JUKEBOX? It's quite good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxmvyBwev-s

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 6th, 2009 at 5:21pm
Another of the new songs, I Feel A Change Comin' On, plus another part of the Bill Flanagan interview.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6043331.ece

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 7th, 2009 at 4:03pm
Paris, France
Palais des Congrès de Paris
April 7, 2009

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2.      The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on keyboard)
3.      I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
5.      John Brown (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
18.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Susan & Al and Roberto for the phone calls

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Apr 7th, 2009 at 4:31pm
Things Have Changed should become a warhorse.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 8th, 2009 at 4:51pm
Paris, France
Palais des Congrès de Paris

April 8, 2009

1.      The Wicked Messenger (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
4.      When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard and harp)
5.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on keyboard and harp)
6.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp)
7.      Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
8.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
9.      The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard and harp)
11.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      The Times We've Known (Bob on keyboard) (song by Charles Aznavour)
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
       
       (encore)
16.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
18.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
       

Thanks to Susan & Al and Roberto for the phone calls

(http://www.boblinks.com/040809s.html)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 8th, 2009 at 5:34pm
>13.      The Times We've Known (Bob on keyboard) (song by Charles Aznavour)


Bloody hell. Nice one for the Frenchies. I think he did that one a few years ago in New York, but I doubt he played it more than a couple of times.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 8th, 2009 at 5:47pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 8th, 2009 at 5:34pm:
>13.      The Times We've Known (Bob on keyboard) (song by Charles Aznavour)


Bloody hell. Nice one for the Frenchies. I think he did that one a few years ago in New York, but I doubt he played it more than a couple of times.



I think Bob's gettin' you all psyched up to see him G! I'm so happy for our friends Al, Susan and Roberto to have been there.  

How I wish......
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 9th, 2009 at 2:21am

Gazza wrote on Apr 8th, 2009 at 5:34pm:
>13.      The Times We've Known (Bob on keyboard) (song by Charles Aznavour)


Bloody hell. Nice one for the Frenchies. I think he did that one a few years ago in New York, but I doubt he played it more than a couple of times.



you're right, Gazza-
according to 'The Songs He Didn't Write' (page 351) he performed it, at MSG on 1st Nov 1998

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 9th, 2009 at 2:28am
This weeks 2 hour, TTRH extravaganza  :willya

"Big Clearance Sale"

Little Sadie - Clarence Ashley (1930)
Bon Ton Roula - Clarence Garlow (1949)
You Got to Go to Work - Rex Griffin (1957)
When You're Smiling - Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (1937)
Ain't Got No Home - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry (1956)
Big Balls In Cowtown (We'll Dance Around) - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1973)
My Evolution Girl - Walter 'Kid' Smith (1931)
Copperhead Road - Steve Earle (1988)
End of the Road - Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano (1956)
Raglan Road - Van Morrison & The Chieftains (1988)
Bury Me Beneath The Willow - Clarence White & Roger Bush (rec. early 1960’s - released 2000)
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield (1968)
A Nickel And A Nail - O.V. Wright (1971)
Somebody's In My Orchard - Anita Harris (1966)
Boogie Uproar - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (1953)
Rock of Gibraltar - Big Joe Turner (1945-47)
Bing Crosby - The Lion (1934)
Jerry Lewis in France - Ben Vaughn Combo (1987)
Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton (1935)
You're Nothing But a Nothin' - Jimmy Heap & The Melody Masters (c 1954)
You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had - Ike & Tina Turner (1963)
Go Through Sunday - Jim Ford (c 1972)
Too Weak to Fight - Clarence Carter (1968)
Fujiyama Mama - Annisteen Allen (1955)
Fujiyama Mama - Wanda Jackson (1957)
15 - Rilo Kiley (2007)
Mean Eyed Cat - Johnny Cash (1960)
Fools Are Not Born - Clarence Reid (1969)
Candy Man - Mississippi John Hurt (1928)
Sugar Sugar - The Wailers (1970)
Bad Boy - Clarence Palmer & The Jive Bombers (1956)
'Round Midnight - Betty Carter (1963)
Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones (1969)  :weed

next week's theme:- "Goodbye"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 9th, 2009 at 2:35am

Gazza wrote on Apr 8th, 2009 at 5:34pm:
>13.      The Times We've Known (Bob on keyboard) (song by Charles Aznavour)


Bloody hell. Nice one for the Frenchies. I think he did that one a few years ago in New York, but I doubt he played it more than a couple of times.


maybe this explains its inclusion, last night:-

http://www.nycitycenter.org/tickets/productionNew.aspx?performanceNumber=4195

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 9th, 2009 at 3:59am
Charles Aznavour was apparently, in the audience, for last night show.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 9th, 2009 at 7:51am

Ade wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 3:59am:
Charles Aznavour was apparently, in the audience, for last night show.


Cynic's title for the bootleg of this show - "Aznovoice Sings Aznavour"...  :P

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 9th, 2009 at 7:54am

Ade wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 2:28am:
next week's theme:- "Goodbye"



Presumably the last in series #3 as its episode 25. Hopefully there'll be another season

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 9th, 2009 at 8:00am

Gazza wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 7:54am:

Ade wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 2:28am:
next week's theme:- "Goodbye"



Presumably the last in series #3 as its episode 25. Hopefully there'll be another season


Season 3 has been far superior to Season 2, in my opinion.
Bring on Season 4

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Apr 9th, 2009 at 8:09am
Bob's my favorite DJ

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 9th, 2009 at 8:22am
If you like DJ Bob, check out the Tom Petty "Buried Treasure" radio shows.

The first 2 seasons are available as Mp3 downloads, over at ER

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 9th, 2009 at 8:33am
is there still a torrent provider where TTRH is regularly uploaded?

it's been a while...but I remember two folks (in particular) who uploaded the episodes.

...drawing a blank with 'ER'...

TIA!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 9th, 2009 at 8:50am

Lazy Bones wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 8:33am:
is there still a torrent provider where TTRH is regularly uploaded?

it's been a while...but I remember two folks (in particular) who uploaded the episodes.

...drawing a blank with 'ER'...

TIA!



http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=31476

Hungercity for the TTRH torrents -Charlespoet or Tbuick, depending on your preference

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 9th, 2009 at 10:16am
TTRH has been spectacular this season.  Bob is so funny and insightful.  

And to end this 2 hour gig with our Stones!  :wtf1

I cried! Happy tears!  :) :'( :) :'(

xxoo,
MM
:weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 9th, 2009 at 10:17am

Ade wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 8:50am:

Lazy Bones wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 8:33am:
is there still a torrent provider where TTRH is regularly uploaded?

it's been a while...but I remember two folks (in particular) who uploaded the episodes.

...drawing a blank with 'ER'...

TIA!



http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=31476

Hungercity for the TTRH torrents -Charlespoet or Tbuick, depending on your preference


That's them! cheers, Ade!

...was thinking ER was a tracker I was unfamiliar with...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 9th, 2009 at 10:20am
you're welcome- enjoy  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 9th, 2009 at 10:20am

Gazza wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 7:51am:

Ade wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 3:59am:
Charles Aznavour was apparently, in the audience, for last night show.


Cynic's title for the bootleg of this show - "Aznovoice Sings Aznavour"...  :P


lol- very good  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Apr 9th, 2009 at 3:02pm
I have GOT to get my sat radio up & running again...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Apr 10th, 2009 at 7:02am
The Times We've Known......audio only

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAcxFEVd1Tk

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 10th, 2009 at 5:32pm
Number 1 gig of a 3-pack ending on Easter Sunday.... :weed :weed :weed

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Heineken Music Hall
April 10, 2009

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2.      When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on keyboard and harp)
3.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on guitar)
4.      Boots Of Spanish Leather (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard and harp)
8.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
9.      High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard and harp)
10.      Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard and harp)
     
Thanks to Susan & Al and Roberto for the phone calls

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 11th, 2009 at 7:38pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=244666

Bob Dylan & His Band
11 April 2009
Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Lineage:
CA STC11 > Edirol R-09HR (@24/96) > SoundForge 9.0e (=> 16/44.1) > Trader's Little Helper 2.4.1 > .flac16

i'll share the 24/96 (sic!) version of this show next.

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TT: 119:00.00

01. [00:43.19] (introduction)
02. [04:16.27] Maggie's Farm
03. [05:44.09] Mr Tambourine Man
04. [04:49.24] Man in the Long Black Coat
05. [07:15.58] The Levee's Gonna Break
06. [05:51.17] When the Deal Goes down
07. [06:36.72] Things Have Changed
08. [06:03.45] The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
09. [05:09.70] Tough Mama
10. [07:03.65] Workingman's Blues #2
11. [07:55.56] It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
12. [06:03.54] Just Like a Woman
13. [06:53.52] Highway 61 Revisited
14. [08:37.62] Nettie Moore
15. [06:29.00] Thunder on the Mountain
16. [10:12.64] Like A Rolling Stone

Encore
17. [04:41.46] All Along the Watchtower
18. [07:47.69] Spirit on the Water
19. [06:43.16] Blowin' in the Wind

Complete concert.

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The band is:

Bob Dylan - vocals, keyboard, guitar, harp

Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - guitars
Denny Freeman - guitars
Donnie Herron - violin, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by platter on Apr 11th, 2009 at 8:02pm
why so much keyboard playing from dylan?  i always thought he was known for his guitar playing.

:wtf3

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 11th, 2009 at 8:14pm

wrote on Apr 11th, 2009 at 8:02pm:
why so much keyboard playing from dylan?  i always thought he was known for his guitar playing.


Dylan's been playing keys almost exclusively since 2002.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 12th, 2009 at 3:38pm
Bob simply LOVES his keyboard.  He uses it as a dance partner!  :weed :weed

He loves his harp too.

And getting up front to see him doing his Jolson bit to TDTD is priceless.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 13th, 2009 at 3:34am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=244842

Bob Dylan & His Band
12 April 2009
Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

---

Lineage:
CA STC11 > Edirol R-09HR (@24/96) > SoundForge 9.0e (=> 16/44.1) > Trader's Little Helper 2.4.1 > .flac16

---

TT: 117:00.00

01. [00:51.69] (introduction)
02. [03:56.14] Gotta Serve Somebody
03. [05:14.36] Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
04. [06:58.18] Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
05. [07:21.26] Million Miles
06. [07:32.66] Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
07. [05:11.41] Sugar Baby
08. [04:45.42] Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
09. [05:52.73] Beyond the Horizon
10. [10:02.20] Desolation Row
11. [05:30.66] Tough Mama
12. [07:04.73] Highway 61 Revisited
13. [08:08.10] Ain't Talkin'
14. [07:17.52] Thunder on the Mountain
15. [10:17.56] Like a Rolling Stone

Encore
16. [05:04.52] All Along the Watchtower
17. [08:06.51] Spirit on the Water
18. [07:41.60] Blowin' in the Wind

Complete concert.

---

The band is:

Bob Dylan - vocals, keyboard, guitar, harp

Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - guitars
Denny Freeman - guitars
Donnie Herron - violin, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Dylan about the Stones. They are TWGRNRB!
Post by rogerriffin on Apr 13th, 2009 at 9:39am
Basically, he says they´re the World´s Greatest Rock´n Roll Band, the first and the last ones, but with Bill Wyman only, without him the stones are a funk band.

Sorry, it was for a spanish daily...


Cada lunes de abril, elmundo.es le ofrece una parte de la entrevista a Bob Dylan, que concede por el lanzamiento de su nuevo disco. La semana pasada, el músico hablaba del nuevo presidente de EEUU, Barack Obama, y de sus orígenes: "Es como un personaje de ficción, pero real".

P.- Volviendo a la política, ¿qué le pareció Jesse Ventura [gobernador de Minnesota], siendo usted de allí?

R.- Hizo algunas cosas buenas o al menos lo intentó. No he llegado a conocerlo. Todo lo que sé sobre el gobernador es que es fan de los Rolling Stones.

"Los Stones necesitan a Bill. Sin él serían una banda de funk. Serán los verdaderos Rolling Stones cuando consigan que Bill vuelva".P.- ¿Sus antiguos camaradas?

R.- Me comunico con Keith de vez en cuando, pero eso es todo.

P.- ¿Qué le parecen los Stones?

R.- ¿Qué me parecen? Están casi retirados, ¿no?



P.- Hicieron una gira extensísima el año pasado. ¿A eso lo llama usted retirarse?

R.- Ah, sí, se refiere a 'Steel Wheels'. No estoy diciendo que ya no trabajen, pero necesitan a Bill. Sin él serían una banda de funk. Serán los verdaderos Rolling Stones cuando consigan que Bill vuelva.

P.- Bob, está usted atrapado en los 80.

R.- Lo sé. Intento liberarme.

P.- ¿Realmente cree que los Stones están acabados?

R.- Por supuesto que no. Nada más lejos. Los Rolling Stones son realmente la banda de rock and roll más grande, siempre lo serán. Y serán la última también. Todo lo que ha venido después de ellos, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, lo que quieras... se podría rastrear hasta su origen en los Rolling Stones. Fueron los primeros y los últimos, y nadie ha hecho nada mejor.

P.- 'This dream of you' tiene el toque maravilloso del tema 'South of the Border' [canción editada en 1939 que se hizo famosa con la versión de Frank Sinatra] pero a la vez detecto ecos de Sam Cooke, los Coasters, Brill Building y Phil Spector. ¿Eran esos discos de los 50 y los 60 tan importantes para usted? ¿Intentó capturar parte de ese toque en 'This dream of you'?

R.- Esos discos de los 50 y los 60 eran definitivamente importantes. Puede que ésa sea la última gran era de música auténtica. Desde entonces, o quizá desde los 70, todo ha sido darle a los ordenadores. Sam Cooke, los Coasters, Phil Spector, toda esa música era genial pero no llegó exactamente a adentrarse en mi consciencia. Entonces yo escuchaba a Son House, Leadbelly, los Carter Family, Memphis Minnie y las baladas 'death romance'. En cuanto a escribir canciones, quería hacerlo como Woody Guthrie y Robert Johnson. Atemporales y eternas.

Solamente algunas de aquellas baladas siguen vigentes y la mayoría tiene la mano de Doc Pomus en ellas. 'Spanish Harlem', 'Save the Last Dance for Me', 'Little Sister'... y unas pocas más. Eran canciones fantásticas. Doc era un tipo con mucho soul. Si alguien dijera que hay un poco de él en 'This Dream of you', me lo tomaría como un cumplido.

P.- Aunque varios de los temas de este álbum tratan sobre el amor, está lleno de dolor, lo hay incluso en algunas de esas canciones. En 'Beyond here lies nothing' hay una intensa sensación de mal presagio. Camina por "bulevares de coches rotos", ama "mientras dure el amor". ¿El dolor es una parte necesaria del amor?

"En mis canciones el dolor es una parte del amor. Dolor, sexo, asesinato, familia. Amabilidad. Honor. Caridad"R.- Sí, en mis canciones lo es. Dolor, sexo, asesinato, familia, viene desde muy atrás. Amabilidad. Honor. Caridad. Uno tiene que atarlo e incluirlo todo. Se supone que son cosas que conoces.

P.- Volviendo a 'This dream of you', el personaje canta: "¿Cuánto tiempo puedo quedarme en este café de ninguna parte?". ¿Dónde está ese café?

R.- Parece que podría estar al sur de la frontera o cerca de la frontera.

P.- ¿No lo va a contar?

R.- Bueno, no es que no vaya a contarlo. Pero si uno tiene ese tipo de pensamientos y sentimientos, uno sabe dónde se encuentra el personaje. Está justo donde nos encontramos en ese momento. Si uno no tiene esos sentimientos y pensamientos, entonces el personaje no existe.

P.- El personaje en la canción me recuerda mucho al tipo de la canción 'Across the bordeline'.

R.- Sé a lo que se refiere, pero no es un personaje como el de un libro o una película. No es un conductor de autobús. No conduce una carretilla elevadora. No es un asesino en serie. Soy yo quien canta, así de claro. No deberíamos confundir cantantes y músicos con actores. Los actores dirían: "mi personaje esto, y mi personaje aquello". Me parece una pérdida de tiempo. ¿A quién le importa el personaje? Simplemente levántate y actúa. No hace falta que me lo expliques.

P.- Bueno, ¿no puede un cantante interpretar a un personaje en una canción?

R.- Sí, claro, muchos lo hacen. Pero cuanto más actúa uno, más se aleja de la verdad. Y muchos de esos cantantes pierden lo que son después de un tiempo. Uno canta "soy un guardavía del condado" las suficientes veces y no tardará en corretear entre los postes.

P.- ¿A qué actor ve usted cantando 'This dream of you'?

"Cuanto más actúa uno, más se aleja de la verdad. Y muchos de esos cantantes pierden lo que son después de un tiempo".R.- Uff, no sé... a James Cagney, Mickey Rooney.

P.- ¿Y a Humphrey Bogart?

R.- Sí, claro, a él también. Es algo curioso lo de los actores y este tema de la identidad. Cada vez que veo a Val Kilmer, no puedo evitarlo. Le digo: "Guau Johnny Ringo, parece que te hubieran echado un mal de ojo". Y Val siempre me dice: "Bob, no soy Johnny Ringo. Es solo un papel que hice en una película". Quizá tenga razón o quizá esté equivocado. Yo creo que se equivoca, pero lo dice de un modo tan sincero que uno acaba pensando que tiene razón.

P.- ¿Cree que los actores deben ser sinceros?

R.- En absoluto. Mae West no lo era. Ella simplemente era quien era en la pantalla. Como lo eran también Jimmy Stewart y Burt Lancaster.

P.- Y Johnny Weissmuller.

R.- Sí, y Lon Chaney también.

P.- ¿Podría eso significar que Alec Guinness es Hitler?

R.- Bueno, seguro que una parte de él lo es. Pero por supuesto él no es Hitler. Nadie más lo es. Hitler era Hitler.

P.- ¿Recuerda imágenes de Hitler de su infancia?

"Hitler sabía muy bien que la gente no piensa. Uno mira las caras de los millones de personas que lo adoraban y ve que inspiraba amor. Lo cual asusta y es triste a la vez".R.- No de mi infancia. Ya estaba muerto cuando yo tenía cuatro o cinco años. Nunca fui totalmente consciente de ello.

P.- Totalmente consciente, ¿de qué?

R.- De cómo se coge a un pintor paisajista frustrado y se le convierte en un fanático loco que acaba controlando a millones de personas. Es todo un truco. Los poderes que le crearon deben haber sido fenomenales.

P.- Bueno, las condiciones sociales y económicas de la República de Weimar eran muy diferentes de las de ahora.

R.- Seguramente, mirando ahora en retrospectiva, uno puede ver que alguien tendría que tomar el control. Pero aun así es desconcertante. ¿Por qué él? Estaba claro que el tipo era un completo chucho. No tenía ningún rasgo ario. No tenía un origen claro. Ojos marrones, pelo castaño, rechoncho, ni alto ni bajo, bigote tipo Hitler, gabardina, fusta, el conjunto funcionaba. Él sabía muy bien que la gente no piensa. Uno mira las caras de los millones de personas que lo adoraban y ve que inspiraba amor. Lo cual asusta y es triste a la vez. Es el poder de la palabra. Estaban dispuestos a seguirle a cualquier parte, leales hasta el final. Y finalmente, claro, él llenos los cementerios con sus cuerpos.

P.- Me hace pensar en Hitler dirigiéndose a la multitud en 'El triunfo de la voluntad', de Riefenstahl.

R.- Sí, claramente, como la luz del día.

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/04/13/cultura/1239619602.html

Title: Re: Dylan about the Stones. They are TWGRNRB!
Post by Gazza on Apr 13th, 2009 at 9:50am
It's a translation of the latest part of the Bill Flanagan interview, which is being serialised on a weekly basis in the lead up to the release of Bob's new album. It was in the Daily Telegraph over the weekend.

In English :


In a Telegraph online exclusive, Bob Dylan reveals what he thinks about The Rolling Stones, Nazis and the difference between actors and singers.

Bob Dylan rarely gives interviews and when he does they are rarely revealing. But in the run up to the release of his 33rd album, Together Through Life, he has been engaged in a long and fascinating conversation with leading US rock critic and MTV producer, Bill Flanagan. In three previously released extracts (available to read on www.bobdylan.com) Dylan spoke about his love for the accordion, distrust of politicians, his concerns about the fate of Barack Obama, his experiences with the ghosts of the American civil war and his own role as an itinerant truth seeker.

Here, on playful, teasing form, a simple question about former wrestler turned Governor of Minnesota leads to some tongue-in-cheek criticism of The Rolling Stones, a discussion of the difference between actors and singers and Dylan's bafflement at the appeal of Adolf Hitler. With his weary acknowledgement that Hitler "knew something, he knew that people didn't think" and distrust of charisma and "the torch of the spoken word" that filled the graves of Europe in the Second World War, it adds up to a revealing insight into the greatest singer-songwriter of our times

Bill Flanagan: Getting back to politics, what did you think of Jesse Ventura, being a Minnesotan and all?


Bob Dylan: He did some good things or tried to. I never met him. All I know about the governor is that he’s a Rolling Stones fan.


BF: Your old cohorts?


BD: I hear from Keith once in a while but that’s about it.


BF: What do you think of the Stones?


BD: What do I think of them? They’re pretty much finished, aren’t they?


BF: They had a gigantic tour last year. You call that finished?


BD: Oh yeah, you mean Steel Wheels. I’m not saying they don’t keep going, but they need Bill. Without him they’re a funk band. They’ll be the real Rolling Stones when they get Bill back.


BF: Bob, you’re stuck in the 80’s.


BD: I know. I’m trying to break free.


BF: Do you really think the Stones are finished?


BD: Of course not, They’re far from finished. The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be. The last too. Everything that came after them, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, you name it …. you can trace it all back to the Rolling Stones. They were the first and the last and no one’s ever done it better.


BF: This Dream of You has this wonderful South of the Border feel, but at the same time, I detect echoes of Sam Cooke, the Coasters, the Brill Building, and Phil Spector. Were those records from the 50's and 60's important to you? Did you try to capture some of that flavor in This Dream of You?


BD: Those fifties and sixties records were definitely important. That might have been the last great age of real music. Since then or maybe the seventies it's all been people playing computers. Sam Cooke, the Coasters, Phil Spector, all that music was great but it didn’t exactly break into my consciousness.

Back then I was listening to Son House, Leadbelly, the Carter family, Memphis Minnie and death romance ballads. As far as songwriting, I wanted to write songs like Woody Guthrie and Robert Johnson. Timeless and eternal. Only a few of those radio ballads still hold up and most of them have Doc Pomus’ hand in them. Spanish Harlem, Save the Last Dance for Me, Little Sister … a few others. Those were fantastic songs. Doc was a soulful cat. If you said there was a little bit of him in This Dream of You I would take it as a compliment.


BF: Even though many of the tracks on the album are about love, the album is full of pain – sometimes in the same song. In Beyond Here Lies Nothing, the song is underscored by a feeling of foreboding. You’re moving down "boulevards of broken cars.” You’re going to love "as long as love will last.” Is pain a necessary part of loving?


BD: Oh yeah, in my songs it is. Pain, sex, murder, family - it goes way back. Kindness. Honour. Charity. You have to tie all that in. You’re supposed to know that stuff.


BF: Getting back to This Dream of You , the character sings, “How long can I stay in this nowhere café?” Where is that café?


BD: It sounds like it’s south of the border or close to the border.


BF: You’re not saying?


BD: Well, no, it’s not like I’m not saying. But if you have those kind of thoughts and feelings you know where the guy is. He’s right where you are. If you don’t have those thoughts and feelings then he doesn’t exist.


BF: The character in the song reminds me a lot of the guy who is in the song Across The Borderline.


BD: I know what you’re saying, but it’s not a character like in a book or a movie. He’s not a bus driver. He doesn’t drive a forklift. He’s not a serial killer. It’s me who’s singing that, plain and simple. We shouldn’t confuse singers and performers with actors. Actors will say, “My character this, and my character that.” Like beating a dead horse. Who cares about the character? Just get up and act. You don’t have to explain it to me.


BF: Well can’t a singer act out a song?


BD: Yeah sure, a lot of them do. But the more you act the further you get away from the truth. And a lot of those singers lose who they are after a while. You sing, “I’m a lineman for the county,” enough times and you start to scamper up poles.


BF: What actor could you hear singing This Dream of You?


BD: Gosh I don’t know, James Cagney, Mickey Rooney


BF: How about Humphrey Bogart?


BD: Yeah, sure, him too. Funny thing about actors and that identity thing. Every time I run into Val Kilmer, I can’t help myself. I say, “Why, Johnny Ringo - you look like somebody just walked on your grave.” Val always says, “Bob, I’m not Johnny Ringo. That’s just a role I played in a movie." He could be right, he could be wrong. I think he’s wrong but he says it in such a sincere way. You have to think he thinks he’s right.


BF: Do you think actors have to be sincere?


BD: Not at all. Mae West wasn’t. She was just who she was on the screen. Just like Jimmy Stewart and Burt Lancaster.


BF: And Johnny Weissmuller.


BD: Yeah, Lon Chaney, too.


BF: Could that mean that Alec Guinness is Hitler?


BD: Well sure, a part of him is. But of course he’s not Hitler. And neither is anybody else. Hitler was Hitler.


BF: Do you remember images of Hitler from growing up?


BD: No, not growing up. He was dead by the time I was four or five. I never had a real understanding of that.


BF: Never had an understanding of what?


BD: How you take a failed landscape painter and turn him into a fanatical mad man who controls millions. That’s some trick. I mean the powers that created him must have been awesome.


BF: Well, the social and economic conditions of the Weimar Republic were so different than now.


BD: Yeah sure, looking back in hindsight, you can see that someone would have to take control. But still, it’s so perplexing. Like why him? You could see that the man’s a total mutt. No Aryan characteristics whatsoever. You couldn’t guess his ancestry. Brown hair, brown eyes, pasty complexion, no particular type of stature, Hitler mustache, raincoat, riding whip, the whole works. He knew something. He knew that people didn’t think. Look at the faces of the millions who worshipped him and you see that he inspired love. It’s scary and sad. The torch of the spoken word. They were glad to follow him anywhere, loyal to the bone. Then of course, he filled up the cemeteries with them.


BF: It brings to mind Hitler talking to the crowd in Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl.


BD: Yeah, it’s clear as day.


Together Through Life is released on April 27 on Columbia Records. To order the CD visit amazon.co.uk.


Bob Dylan tours the UK in April/May 2009. For more information, and to read the rest of Bob Dylan's conversation with Bill Flanagan, visit www.bobdylan.com.


source


telegraph.co.uk

Title: Re: Dylan about the Stones. They are TWGRNRB!
Post by Gazza on Apr 13th, 2009 at 9:51am
'Steel Wheels', Bob? LOL

I like this one, though - They’re far from finished. The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be. The last too. Everything that came after them, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, you name it …. you can trace it all back to the Rolling Stones. They were the first and the last and no one’s ever done it better.


Title: Re: Dylan about the Stones. They are TWGRNRB!
Post by Saint Sway on Apr 13th, 2009 at 12:59pm

rogerriffin wrote on Apr 13th, 2009 at 9:39am:
Cada lunes de abril, elmundo.es le ofrece una parte de la entrevista a Bob Dylan, que concede por el lanzamiento de su nuevo disco. La semana pasada, el músico hablaba del nuevo presidente de EEUU, Barack Obama, y de sus orígenes: "Es como un personaje de ficción, pero real".

P.- Volviendo a la política, ¿qué le pareció Jesse Ventura [gobernador de Minnesota], siendo usted de allí?

R.- Hizo algunas cosas buenas o al menos lo intentó. No he llegado a conocerlo. Todo lo que sé sobre el gobernador es que es fan de los Rolling Stones.

"Los Stones necesitan a Bill. Sin él serían una banda de funk. Serán los verdaderos Rolling Stones cuando consigan que Bill vuelva".P.- ¿Sus antiguos camaradas?

R.- Me comunico con Keith de vez en cuando, pero eso es todo.

P.- ¿Qué le parecen los Stones?

R.- ¿Qué me parecen? Están casi retirados, ¿no?




Some Guy wrote on Apr 13th, 2009 at 12:14pm:
never trust a fart after taco bell.



Title: Re: Dylan about the Stones. They are TWGRNRB!
Post by Holden on Apr 13th, 2009 at 1:15pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 13th, 2009 at 9:51am:
'Steel Wheels', Bob? LOL

I like this one, though - They’re far from finished. The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be. The last too. Everything that came after them, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, you name it …. you can trace it all back to the Rolling Stones. They were the first and the last and no one’s ever done it better.


Too true! They are the blueprints. You can even see Stones influence in new bands and they sometimes don't even know it themselves.  :smile

Title: Re: Dylan about the Stones. They are TWGRNRB!
Post by gimmekeef on Apr 13th, 2009 at 3:28pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 13th, 2009 at 9:51am:
'Steel Wheels', Bob? LOL

I like this one, though - They’re far from finished. The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be. The last too. Everything that came after them, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, you name it …. you can trace it all back to the Rolling Stones. They were the first and the last and no one’s ever done it better.


High praise indeed from someone who seldon speaks out.Hopefully the earlier qoutes were an attempt to get them off their arses

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 14th, 2009 at 2:45pm
Bob's played and mentions The Stones more than any other band since he began Them Time Radio Hour.  He truly loves them!

;)

xxoo,
Martha
:boring

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Apr 15th, 2009 at 2:41am
Well, he better show it more!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 15th, 2009 at 1:09pm

wrote on Apr 15th, 2009 at 2:41am:
Well, he better show it more!!!!!!!


Huh!?  He's showin' it more than You, or haven't you been listening to TTRH?

xxoo,
Maaaaaartha!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 15th, 2009 at 5:00pm

Dylan fan site Isis reports that Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter co-wrote 9 of the 10 tracks on 'Together Through Life'...


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 15th, 2009 at 5:28pm
From Isis :


Together Through Life - Full Personnel

Bob Dylan - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals. Mike Campbell - Guitar, Mandolin. David Hidalgo - Accordion, Guitar. Donny Herron - Steel Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Trumpet. Tony Garnier - Bass. George Recile - Drums.

Recorded and Mixed by David Bianco. Assisted by Bil Lane and Rich Tosi.

Pro Tools engineers: David Spreng, Rafael Serrano. Mastered by Eddy Schreyer

Package Design: Coco Shinomiya.

Photography: front cover: Bruce Davidson / Magnum photos back cover: Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos inside photos: Danny Clinch


All music by Bob Dylan except 'My Wife's Home Town' (music by Bob Dylan and Willie Dixon) All lyrics by Bob Dylan with Robert Hunter except 'This Dream Of You' which is lyrics by Bob Dylan only.



TOGETHER THROUGH WORDS – Part 2

A day or so ago, we reported a rumour that Dylan had co-written most of the songs on the new album. While we had faith in our original source and therefore posted the rumour here, we had no supporting confirmation. We have now received that confirmation from another source and both have given the same name for Dylan’s co-writer. That name is Robert Hunter.



This collaboration is believed to extend only to the lyrics. The music, with the exception of a nod to Willie Dixon for one song, has been provided by Dylan alone.

 

It is somewhat strange that, with the steady flow of pre-publicity over recent weeks, there has been no mention of this Dylan-Hunter collaboration. It may be that there was concern over the possible reaction of press and fans alike, after their previous collaborations (‘Silvio’ and ‘Ugliest Girl In The World’ on “Down In The Groove”). However, that collaboration seemed more one of chance (and to do with filling an album during a dry period), while this seems closer to Dylan writing with Jacques Levy for the “Desire” album.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 15th, 2009 at 7:10pm
Part Five of his interview with BF just got posted here:  Bob Dylan's conversation with Bill Flanagan continues today at HuffingtonPost.com.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Apr 15th, 2009 at 11:12pm

Martha wrote on Apr 15th, 2009 at 1:09pm:

wrote on Apr 15th, 2009 at 2:41am:
Well, he better show it more!!!!!!!


Huh!?  He's showin' it more than You, or haven't you been listening to TTRH?

xxoo,
Maaaaaartha!

Martha, I'm a Stones purist. No one could doubt my love for the band; my immense respect. I don't go chasing after lesser talents. I consider Bob their equal. I just wish he'd recognize the same thing. And no, I haven't renewed my satellite radio yet...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 16th, 2009 at 2:22am
Season 3, Episode 25

100th Episode in total, and last of Season 3

"Goodbye"

Goodbye (Baby) - Elmore James (1955)
Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane - Charlie Poole (1930)
Go Now - Bessie Banks (1964)
The Leaving of Liverpool (Fare Thee Well, My Own True Love) - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem (1964)
Adios Señorita - The Ovations (1964)
(If It Don't Work Out) Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - Slim Smith (1972)
Vaya Con Dios (Go with God) - Les Paul & Mary Ford (1953)
If This Is Goodbye - Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler (2006)
Goodbye Baby - Little Caesar (1952)
So Long, Good Luck and Goodbye - Weldon Rogers & The Teen Kings (1957)
Let's Say Goodnight - Los Lobos (1983)
Troubles Goodbye - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy (1947)
Go and Say Goodbye - Buffalo Springfield (1967)
Sploghm - Slim Gaillard (1940)
See You Later Alligator - Bobby Charles (1955)
Much Later - Jackie Brenston (1956)
So Long, I'm Gone - Warren Smith (1957)
Bye Bye Fare Thee Well - Peppermint Harris (1954)
Jamaica Farewell - Jamaican Duke & The Mento Swingers (1973)
I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'm Bye - Ivie Anderson & Duke Ellington (1939)
Goodnight Irene - Lead Belly (1934)
So Long - Lee Dorsey (1965)
So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust) - Woody Guthrie (1940)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 16th, 2009 at 6:08am
There will be a 4th series of Theme Time Radio Hour in the autumn.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 16th, 2009 at 7:04am
Fifth instalment of the Bill Flanagan interview :

Bill Flanagan: Going back to that song you wrote for the movie that you mentioned earlier, "Life is Hard," has the formality of an old Rudy Vallee or Nelson Eddy ballad right down to the middle eight ("Ever since the day..."). Do you figure that if you start a song in that style, you stick with the rules right down the line?

Bob Dylan: Sure, I try to stick to the rules. Sometimes I might shift paradigms within the same song, but then that structure also has its own rules. And I combine them both, see what works and what doesn't. My range is limited. Some formulas are too complex and I don't want anything to do with them.

BF: "Forgetful Heart" - how do you decide to put an Appalachian banjo on a minor key blues? Is it something you think of ahead of time or does it come up in the session?

BD: I think it probably came up at the studio. A banjo wouldn't be out of character though. There is a minor key modality to "Forgetful Heart." It's like Little Maggie or Darling Cory, so there is no reason a banjo shouldn't fit or sound right.


BF: You wrote a lot of these songs with Robert Hunter. How does that process work?

BD: There isn't any process to speak of. You just do it. You drive the car. Sometimes you get out from behind the wheel and let someone else step on the gas.

BF: You must have known Hunter a long time. Do you remember where you first met?

BD: It was either back in '62 or '63 when I played in the Bay area. I might have met him in Palo Alto or Berkley or Oakland. I played all those places then and I could have met Hunter around that time. I know he was around.

BF: Didn't Hunter play in a bluegrass band with Jerry Garcia?

BD: Yeah, it was either that or a jug band.

BF: Have you ever thought about composing anything with those Nashville songwriters?

BD: I've never thought about that.

BF: Neil Diamond did an album years ago where he co-wrote with different Nashville songwriters.

BD: Yeah, that might have worked for him. I don't think it would work for me.

BF: You don't think it would work for you?

BD: No. I'm okay without it. I'm not exactly obsessed with writing songs. I go back a ways with Hunter. We're from the same old school so it makes it's own kind of sense.

BF: Do you listen to a lot of songs?

BD: Yeah - sometimes.

BF: Who are some of your favorite songwriters?

BD: Buffett I guess. Lightfoot. Warren Zevon. Randy. John Prine. Guy Clark. Those kinds of writers.

BF: What songs do you like of Buffett's?

BD: "Death of an Unpopular Poet." There's another one called "He Went to Paris."

BF: You and Lightfoot go way back.

BD: Oh yeah. Gordo's been around as long as me.

BF: What are your favorite songs of his?

BD: "Shadows," "Sundown," "If You Could Read My Mind." I can't think of any I don't like.

BF: Did you know Zevon?

BD: Not very well.

BF: What did you like about him?

BD: "Lawyers, Guns and Money." "Boom Boom Mancini." Down hard stuff. "Join me in L.A." sort of straddles the line between heartfelt and primeval. His musical patterns are all over the place, probably because he's classically trained. There might be three separate songs within a Zevon song, but they're all effortlessly connected. Zevon was a musician's musician, a tortured one. "Desperado Under the Eaves." It's all in there.

BF: Randy Newman?

BD: Yeah, Randy. What can you say? I like his early songs, "Sail Away," "Burn Down the Cornfield," "Louisiana," where he kept it simple. Bordello songs. I think of him as the Crown Prince, the heir apparent to Jelly Roll Morton. His style is deceiving. He's so laid back that you kind of forget he's saying important things. Randy's sort of tied to a different era like I am.

BF: How about John Prine?

BD: Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. All that stuff about "Sam Stone" the soldier junky daddy and "Donald and Lydia," where people make love from ten miles away. Nobody but Prine could write like that. If I had to pick one song of his, it might be "Lake Marie." I don't remember what album that's on.

BF: A lot of the acts from your generation seem to be trading on nostalgia. They play the same songs the same way for the last 30 years. Why haven't you ever done that?

BD: I couldn't if I tried. Those guys you are talking about all had conspicuous hits. They started out anti-establishment and now they are in charge of the world. Celebratory songs. Music for the grand dinner party. Mainstream stuff that played into the culture on a pervasive level. My stuff is different from those guys. It's more desperate. Daltrey, Townshend, McCartney, the Beach Boys, Elton, Billy Joel. They made perfect records, so they have to play them perfectly ... exactly the way people remember them. My records were never perfect. So there is no point in trying to duplicate them. Anyway, I'm no mainstream artist.

BF: Then what kind of artist are you?

BD: I'm not sure, Byronesque maybe. Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it then and of course, there's no fitting into it now. Some of my songs have crossed over but they were all done by other singers.

BF: Have you ever tried to fit in?

BD: Well, no, not really. I'm coming out of the folk music tradition and that's the vernacular and archetypal aesthetic that I've experienced. Those are the dynamics of it. I couldn't have written songs for the Brill Building if I tried. Whatever passes for pop music, I couldn't do it then and I can't do it now.

BF: Does that mean you create outsider art? Do you think of yourself as a cult figure?

BD: A cult figure, that's got religious connotations. It sounds cliquish and clannish. People have different emotional levels. Especially when you're young. Back then I guess most of my influences could be thought of as eccentric. Mass media had no overwhelming reach so I was drawn to the traveling performers passing through. The side show performers - bluegrass singers, the black cowboy with chaps and a lariat doing rope tricks. Miss Europe, Quasimodo, the Bearded Lady, the half-man half-woman, the deformed and the bent, Atlas the Dwarf, the fire-eaters, the teachers and preachers, the blues singers. I remember it like it was yesterday. I got close to some of these people. I learned about dignity from them. Freedom too. Civil rights, human rights. How to stay within yourself. Most others were into the rides like the tilt-a-whirl and the rollercoaster. To me that was the nightmare. All the giddiness. The artificiality of it. The sledge hammer of life. It didn't make sense or seem real. The stuff off the main road was where force of reality was. At least it struck me that way. When I left home those feelings didn't change.

BF: But you've sold over a hundred million records.

BD: Yeah I know. It's a mystery to me too.





Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 16th, 2009 at 9:37am

Gazza wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 6:08am:
There will be a 4th series of Theme Time Radio Hour in the autumn.


Great news, Gary!


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 16th, 2009 at 9:38am
Reporter memorialized in Dylan's song on civil rights clash to be honoured

Agence France-Presse, National Post  Published: Thursday, April 16, 2009



A reporter gunned down in a U. S civil rights-era clash immortalized by Bob Dylan, pictured, will be honoured tomorrow at the southern U. S. university where he was killed. Paul Guihard, 30, who was working for Agence France-Presse, was shot in the back at point-blank range on Sept. 30, 1962, as he covered rioting at the University of Mississippi over James Meredith's efforts to become the first black student to enroll. The Society of Professional Journalists chapter at the school in Oxford, Miss., will unveil a memorial bench honouring him. Guihard was one of two people killed in rioting on the campus of Ole Miss, the subject of Mr. Dylan's 1963 song Oxford Town. In Guihard's last dispatch, he wrote the "carnival" mood made it "difficult to believe that you are in the centre of the most serious constitutional crisis ever experienced by the United States since the war of secession." The slaying remains unsolved.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 16th, 2009 at 9:57am

Lazy Bones wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 9:37am:

Gazza wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 6:08am:
There will be a 4th series of Theme Time Radio Hour in the autumn.


Great news, Gary!



I guess we can now call it the Never Ending Radio Show, huh?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Apr 16th, 2009 at 10:21am
I've loved these Flanagan interviews.  As entertaining as His Bobness' musical masterpieces!!!  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 16th, 2009 at 12:20pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 9:57am:

Lazy Bones wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 9:37am:

Gazza wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 6:08am:
There will be a 4th series of Theme Time Radio Hour in the autumn.


Great news, Gary!



I guess we can now call it the Never Ending Radio Show, huh?


Indeed!  It's his BABY!  I hope he never stops doing it.  The shows are brilliant!

Thanks for posting the 5th installment of his interview with BF Gary, I couldn't get it to work for me at all yesterday.  My computer would shut-down every time I attempted to copy and paste.  I hate computers.  :pukey Grrrr....

xxoo,
MM
xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 17th, 2009 at 11:00am
Bob Dylan

Together Through Life
(Columbia)

Like life - that other great imponderable - Bob Dylan is full of surprises. He surprised us in the mid-'60s by resigning his portfolio as ordained prophet of the nascent counterculture. He surprised us (an understatement, perhaps) with his mid-'70s conversion to born again Christianity and the hellfire records that followed. And he's surprising us now, with this purple patch of renewed vigour, consistency and a new record seemingly out of the blue.

More so than Modern Times - a good record, but (can it now be said?) one which lacked a 24-carat humdinger, a Mississippi or a Love Sick - Together Through Life is an album that gets its hooks in early and refuses to let go. It's dark yet comforting, with a big tough sound, booming slightly like a band grooving at a soundcheck in an empty theatre. And at its heart there is a haunting refrain. Because above everything this is a record about love, its absence and its remembrance.

It's there, amid the heavy rumble of opener Beyond Here Lies Nothin', as the humid bass of Tony Garnier and the stinging lead guitar of The Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell goad a Dylan cursed to navigate "boulevards of broken cars", haunted too by David Hidalgo's ever-present accordion, an uncanny echo of Al Kooper's organ underpinning of yore.

Dylan pursues his ancient love through this landscape, full of apocalyptic landmarks only half-glimpsed, until he smacks straight into Life Is Hard, the lachrymose country-jazz ballad which, once commissioned for Olivier Dahan's soon-come movie, My Own Love Song, set his writerly juices flowing a year ago. "Since we've been out of touch/I haven't felt that much," he growls, a gloomy bullfrog with emphysema. "From day to barren day/My heart stays locked away."

Life Is Hard is paradigmatic of all that's great about Together Through Life. On a record with a high melody count it has one of the best, requiring a high register leap in the chorus that Dylan really has to haul himself into. More typically still, it's excruciatingly crepuscular and sad, not the only farewell wave on a record full of narrators who are hanging on the best they can, their grip failing by the day: "The sun is sinking low/I guess it's time to go/I feel a chilly breeze/In place of memories." Memory was Modern Times' preoccupation too, but there's something crueller about the tricks it plays in Together Through Life. In Forgetful Heart the past harboured love; now our narrator lies awake and listens to "the sound of pain". But it's unclear if it's her faithlessness being castigated, or his. Life is meaningless, Dylan seems to say; only love makes it bearable, and even that hightails it in the end. It's almost Beckettian.

Is this Dylan? Is this how he feels? Hard to say. These songs have shifting perspectives - tragic, comic, satirical. Some of them sound like a scrapbook of pensées, grouped by theme - not stories as such. Surely that's Dylan, "listening to Billy Joe Shaver and reading James Joyce" in I Feel A Change Comin' On - how could it be anyone else? Maybe that's some other fellow, lost in the barrooms of Austin, Fort Worth and San Anton' in the hard-swinging, gun-toting If You Ever Go To Houston, although Dylan has spent so long imagining himself into the North American Southwest it's as if he's left a splinter of himself there.

This Dream Of You is the record's most Tex-Mex moment, driven on by a lyrical meld of violin and accordion, while Dylan's narrator is tormented by thoughts of a long-gone señorita that stalk the night and haunt the day. "There's a moment when all things become new again," he muses. "But that moment might have come and gone." The missed opportunity hangs there, agonisingly, and yet it's still "this dream of you that keeps me living on."

This is transfixing stuff, but it's not even the record's best track. That's the already-previewed I Feel A Change Comin' On, which pivots on another of this record's twilight reflections - "The last part of the day is already gone" - but it's a gorgeous little melodic sting in a song that's full of warmth. "Life is for love/And they say that
love is blind," sings Dylan, gaily. "If you wanna live easy/Baby, pack your clothes with mine." One of his best easygoing romances, file it with If Not For You and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight.

So Together Through Life is not without levity, and there's a twinkle in Dylan's bloodshot eye. Shake Shake Mama is a rockin' picaresque in a classic Dylan vein, full of salty-tongued women and ludicrous judges, soundtracked by great niggles of just-distorting valve amp guitar. And in the Chess blues lope of My Wife's Home Town there's even a variant on the mother-in-law joke. Dylan enjoys it so much he imparts two hearty, malicious cackles in the outro, but we're not meant to take it seriously. "There are reasons for that/There are reasons for this," its narrator shrugs. "I can't think of any right now/But I know they exist."

Chuckles aside, Together Through Life ends as it begins, with a glimpse of the end of days. The sarcasm-rich It's All Good is gleefully, relentlessly rendered - imagine Subterranean Homesick Blues delivered by the incensed moralist of Slow Train Coming's Gotta Serve Somebody (the latter is back in favour, by the way, having opened at least two recent Dylan shows, in Copenhagen on March 29 and Saarbrücken on April 5). Mendacious politicos, starving farmers, widows and orphans swirl in a fever-dream of the world financial crisis, although according errant wives equal billing in this menu of Gomorrah's ills lends an edge of farce. Where does Dylan stand, exactly, on the topic du jour? If he knows, he's not saying - at least not quite.

If we're used to anything, we're used to Dylan's riddle-me-rees, but the 67-year-old model appears more than ever to delight in the impression of knowing more than he's letting on. It's the prerogative of the elderly, perhaps. It's not that they like to see younger folk make their own mistakes (although sometimes you wonder); it's that they know we're going to make those mistakes whatever they say. Truly, wisdom is wasted on the young.

Today's Dylan sounds like a man who's already delivered his valediction, as if long past the point where he's taken full stock. There is no statement to make, just tunes to write and life to live. And each new record finds him slightly amazed, slightly amused that he's still here, granted another curtain call.

These days, it seems, the old surpriser is even surprising himself.

by Danny Eccleston

This review will appear in the next issue of MOJO (out April 28) alongside an exclusive illustration.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 17th, 2009 at 1:59pm
Two most recent setlists :

Basel, Switzerland
St. Jacobshalle
April 14, 2009

1. Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard and harp, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob center stage, then keyboard)
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5. John Brown (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo
6. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on keyboard, then center stage on harp)
7. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
8. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
9. Visions Of Johanna
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar)
10. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
11. Girl Of The North Country (Bob center stage, then on keyboard, Tony on standup bass)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard and harp, Tony on standup bass)
14. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
(encore)
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
17. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp, Tony on standup bass)
18. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard, then center stage on harp, Donnie on violin, Stu on acoustic guitar)


Milan, Italy
Assago DatchForum
April 15, 2009

1. The Wicked Messenger (Bob on keyboard)
2. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on keyboard)
3. Just Like A Woman (Bob on guitar)
4. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
5. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
6. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
7. Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
8. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)
9. Blind Willie McTell (Bob on keyboard)
10. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)
11. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
13. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
14. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
(encore)
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
17. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
18. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)


Bob has now played 75 different songs in the 18 shows so far on this European tour.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 17th, 2009 at 4:45pm
"Bob has now played 75 different songs in the 18 shows so far on this European tour."

Wow!  Steel Wheels that!  :willya

I hope he mentions this to Keef next time they chit-chat.  Give him ideas... :wtf1

Bob was reported to have been talkin' on his cell after his recent gig in Italy.  Maybe he was calling Keef then.  ;)

Thanks for the review G!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 17th, 2009 at 4:47pm
Make that 76 in 19!

Holy Moly!!!

Rome, Italy
PalaLottomatica
April 17, 2009

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar)
4.      Boots Of Spanish Leather (Bob on guitar)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on center stage - no harp or keyboard)
8.      Make You Feel My Love (Bob on keyboard)
9.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Return To Me (Bob on keyboard) :weed
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
18.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Roberto :weed for the phone call

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 17th, 2009 at 4:50pm
Return To Me?  Is this a Deano song?  

Help me out expert!

xxoo,
Martha


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 17th, 2009 at 6:04pm

Martha wrote on Apr 17th, 2009 at 4:50pm:
Return To Me?  Is this a Deano song?  

Help me out expert!

xxoo,
Martha


Bloody hell. That's one I didn't see comin'!

Yep. Thats the same one that Deano recorded. Bob's studio version is on the 2nd soundtrack "Peppers & Eggs" that was released from "The Sopranos" back in 2001.

I'm struggling to think if he's ever performed it before. Off the top of my head, I don't think he has.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 17th, 2009 at 6:28pm
Return to me

Oh, my dear, I'm so lonely
Hurry back, hurry back
Oh, my love, hurry back
I'm yours

Return to me
For my heart wants you only
Hurry home, hurry home
Won't you, please, hurry home
to my heart?

My darling
If I hurt you I'm sorry
Forgive me
And please say you are mine

Return to me
Please come back, bella mia
Hurry back, hurry home
To my arms, to my lips
And my heart

Ritorno a me
Cara mia, ti amo
Solo tu, solo tu, solo tu
Solo tu, mio cuore

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 17th, 2009 at 6:36pm

Dylan does the Rat Pack.

According to the "How Long Has It Been Since Dylan Played..." site, 'Return To Me' had never been played before.

Paisan!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 17th, 2009 at 7:22pm
I hope it goes up on U-tube.  I've got to hear this.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 18th, 2009 at 5:22pm
A second take!


Florence, Italy
Mandela Forum
April 18, 2009

1.      Maggie's Farm (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard)
4.      Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on guitar)
5.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6.      The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard)
7.      'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Return To Me (Bob on keyboard) :weed
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
16.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
18.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Roberto for the phone call

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 20th, 2009 at 10:29am

Martha wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 12:20pm:

Gazza wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 9:57am:

Lazy Bones wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 9:37am:

Gazza wrote on Apr 16th, 2009 at 6:08am:
There will be a 4th series of Theme Time Radio Hour in the autumn.


Great news, Gary!



I guess we can now call it the Never Ending Radio Show, huh?


Indeed!  It's his BABY!  I hope he never stops doing it.  The shows are brilliant!



This article seems to suggest that the Theme Time series may be done

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/04/20/2009-04-20_bob_dylans_theme_time_radio_hour_his_time_might_be_up.html

Hopefully not, although the fact that Sirius have pulled the quote from their website about a 5th series in the autumn isnt a good sign.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 20th, 2009 at 10:34am
here's the 6th and final part of the Bill Flanagan interview

Bill Flanagan: "Life is Hard" comes from a tradition that got pretty much wiped out by the popularity of swing and blues and rock 'n' roll. I remember Leon Redbone said once that the big break in 20th century music was not in the '50s when rock came in; it was when swing and jazz knocked off parlor piano ballads in the late '20s and early '30s. Do you ever wish that old style had stuck around a little longer?

Bob Dylan: Today, the mad rush of the world would trample over delicate music like that. Even if it had survived swing and jazz it would never make it past Dr. Dre. Things changed economically and socially. Two world wars, the stock market crash, the depression, the sexual revolution, huge sound systems, techno-pop. How could anything survive that? You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life. I love those old piano ballads. In my hometown walking down dark streets on quiet summer nights you would sometimes hear parlor tunes coming out of doorways and open windows. Somebody's mother or sister playing "A Bird in a Guilded Cage" off of sheet music. I actually tried to conjure up that feeling once in a song I did called "In the Summertime."

BF: No one was expecting a new album from you right now. I heard even the record company was surprised. How do you know it's time to go in and make a new one?

BD: You never do know. You just think sometimes if not now I'll never do it. This particular album was supposed to come out next fall sometime; September, October; when the movie's released. We made it last year and it was supposed to be put away for a year. But then the guys from the record company heard it, and decided that they would like to put it out in early spring and not wait for the movie.

BF: You don't use elevated language on these songs - it's mostly every-day speech and imagery. Did you decide to keep a lid on the poetry this time out - was it what the musical style demanded?

BD: I'm not sure I agree. It's not easy to define poetry. Hank Williams used simple language too.


BF: "It's All Good" is a terrific song. You use that common catch phrase as a hook and describe a world that gets darker and more miserable with every verse - it's kind of funny and kind of scary. How did that song get started?

BD: Probably from hearing the phrase one too many times.

BF: Every girl named Roxanne feels a connection to Sting. Every Alison thinks Elvis Costello was singing about her. You expecting to meet a lot of Jolenes?

BD: Oh gosh, I hope not.

BF: Any chance your Jolene is the same woman who got Dolly Parton so worked up?

BD: You mean that woman with the flaming locks of auburn hair?

BF: Yeah! Who's smile is like a breath of Spring.

BD: Oh yeah, I remember her.

BF: Is it the same one?

BD: It's a different lady.

BF: At the end of Jolene I noticed that those riffs start happening. I've seen you do that live, but I've never heard that on any of your records. I assume that's Donnie playing with you.

BD: Yeah, it is. The organ sound and steel guitar combined make those riffs.

BF: Tony, your bass player has been with you now for ... what?

BD: Gee, I don't know, probably for a while. Fifteen, twenty years.

BF:How about your drummer, George?

BD: Not as long as Tony but longer than my last drummer.

BF: Where does George come from to play like that?

BD: George is from Louisiana. He's from New Orleans.

BF: There's no characters on this record like the ones in "Desolation Row," except maybe Judge Simpson in "Shake, Shake Mama." Would he be one of these archetypal figures like Cinderella or Shakespeare in the alley?

BD: Oh, most definitely. He's a possum huntin' judge.

BF: Certain singers show up in "it's All Good." Neil Young and Alicia Keys have popped up on your recent albums. Do you think all your musician friends are going to be looking for shout-outs now? Once you start down that road how do you get out of it?

BD: Well these people are archetypes, too. They might not think of themselves like that, but they are. They represent an idea.

BF: Could you write a song about anybody?

BD: Well I bet you could, yeah.

BF: How would you get Stevie Wonder into a song?

BD: When Stevie Wonder recorded "Blowin' in the Wind"/ I was playin' cards/ I was drinkin' gin/

BF: Could you write a song like Stevie wonder?

BD: I could write one like "Superstition" but I couldn't write one like "Sir Duke."

BF: Could you write a song about George Bush?

BD: Well sure. George's name would be easy to rhyme.

BF: In the song "I Feel a Change Coming On" the character says....

BD: Wait a minute Bill. I'm not a playwright. The people in my songs are all me.

I thought we talked about that?

BF: What exactly makes it you?

BD: It's in the way you say things. It's not necessarily the things you say that make you who you are.

BF: Okay, I think the line is, "I see my baby coming, she's walking with the village priest/ I feel a change coming on."

BD: Yeah, but you're leaving a lot out.

BF: Okay, but that's the part I remember. I assume the guy, or you, are talking about being hooked up with somebody and feeling pretty good about it. Given what a hard time women have given the men, or you, in the other songs on the album, we can read this as a happy ending or a sign of trouble ahead. What are the chances that the guy in "Feel a Change" is likely to live happily ever after?

BD: You might be reading too much into it. It's not a fairy tale type song. There are degrees of happiness. You go from one to the other and then back again. It's hard to be completely happy when those around us are suffering and groaning from hunger. But I know what you mean. You are talking about riding off into the sunset hoping that whatever you've done will outlive you.

BF: Isn't that the Hindu point of view?

BD: Maybe it is.

BF: A lot of performers give God credit for their music. How do you suppose God feels about that?

BD: I'm not the one to ask. It sounds like people just giving credit where credit is due.

BF: How do you think this new record will be received?

BD: I know my fans will like it. Other than that, I have no idea.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 20th, 2009 at 10:37am
You can now listen to the new album here :

http://destrepenvanspits.kro.nl/strepenmeester/widget.aspx

(Dutch radio preview, so there are a couple of annoying voiceovers on each song from a DJ to put off the pirates, but it doesnt intrude too much)

On first listen, its a SUPERB album.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 20th, 2009 at 7:06pm
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva Arena
April 20, 2009

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on guitar)
4.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
5.      Million Miles (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Tough Mama (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
8.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
9.      When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
10.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Roberto for the phone call

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 21st, 2009 at 9:19am

Martha wrote on Apr 20th, 2009 at 7:06pm:
Geneva, Switzerland

5.      Million Miles (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Tough Mama (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)

     
Thanks to Roberto for the phone call


What a superb blitzkrieg trio!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 21st, 2009 at 9:54am
Hey LB!  I thought so too!  Has he played Million Miles yet?  I can't recall....the man makes me dizzy! LOL

TTRh MUST come back....Bob is superb as a DJ.  I can hear how much his radio show influenced his new LP.  Heaven!!!!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 21st, 2009 at 10:33am
None of you listened to the album yet? I'm surprised. Cant wait to get home from work to hear it again. It's the dog's bollocks. His most consistent work in three decades.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Apr 21st, 2009 at 3:00pm
Oh don't get your knickers in a twist, Gazza!

I have listened to the album one time thru and yes it is very good. 8-)  

I particularly love the accordian touches. Now give me a chance to listen to it again and maybe I'll have more to say....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 21st, 2009 at 3:15pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 21st, 2009 at 10:33am:
None of you listened to the album yet? I'm surprised. Cant wait to get home from work to hear it again. It's the dog's bollocks. His most consistent work in three decades.



Only the first couple songs. I know. No excuses. Tonight I have an evening to myself to indulge!

I'm considering buying the vinyl for this album...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 21st, 2009 at 3:21pm

Martha wrote on Apr 21st, 2009 at 9:54am:
Hey LB!  I thought so too!  Has he played Million Miles yet?  I can't recall....the man makes me dizzy! LOL

TTRh MUST come back....Bob is superb as a DJ.  I can hear how much his radio show influenced his new LP.  Heaven!!!!

xxoo,
Martha


He has. I'll have a look as to when...

yep... Amsterdam #3
http://www.boblinks.com/041209s.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 21st, 2009 at 6:55pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 21st, 2009 at 10:33am:
None of you listened to the album yet? I'm surprised. Cant wait to get home from work to hear it again. It's the dog's bollocks. His most consistent work in three decades.


 
Who said I'm not listening to it?  I am, but I don't sit in this room all day.  I'm not able to listen to it on my stereo until I get the CD.  Then.....it will spin 24/7.  It is fun!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 22nd, 2009 at 10:08am
Strasbourg, France
Zenith
April 21, 2009

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)
3.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Under The Red Sky (Bob on keyboard) :weed
6.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
8.      John Brown (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
10.      This Wheel's On Fire (Bob on guitar) :weed
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to B. Tenner

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 22nd, 2009 at 12:58pm
from the Dylan Daily...

21/04/2009
Dylan on BBC Radio 2 this weekend



Two programmes – one worth taping, one not.

* on Fri 24 Apr at 19:00, The Blagger's Guide to Bob Dylan: “Coinciding with Dylan's European dates, this one-off spectacular condenses the entire fifty year career of rock's most enigmatic singer - songwriter into 27 minutes. The usual mix of faked archive, improbable sketches, made up adverts, and a man with a west country accent shouting at you, The Blagger's Guide treats Dylan with an appropriate blend of irreverence, reverence, mischief and affectionate teasing."

Sounds friggin’ hilarious (irony intended). They pay people to make this stuff; and all Brits are forced to pay for it through the mandatory Culture Tax (aka Licence Fee). Waste of resources.

* Thanks to Gordon Macniven for the note that “Radio 2's "The Lyrics of Bob Dylan" has been re-scheduled to next Saturday (25 April). I wonder what the thought process was... "Let's see, we've got a programme that Dylan fans will not want to miss so when we can transmit it? Yes! We'll put it out when 23,000 of his fans are watching him in concert..."

BBC Radio’s coverage of Dylan continues to be less than magnificent.


Gerry Smith

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http://spacemonkeylab.com/dylandaily/blog/archives/00001050.php

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 22nd, 2009 at 1:42pm
BBC (and various other TV and radio companies) have a habit of doing this sort of stuff to 'commemorate' something, like a tour. They've done it with the Stones as well. Instead of getting the maximum impact by scheduling the broadcasts just BEFORE a series of concerts, they put them on when the people most likely to appreciate the programme are....er... watching them in concert.

And then they wonder why the ratings are shit.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 23rd, 2009 at 6:28am
new album is up on demonoid as of about ten hours ago.

Surprising in this day and age to have to wait this late for a 'leak'. (awaits response from Joey...)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Zack on Apr 23rd, 2009 at 8:50am
It's on the Zinhof blog too.  Listening now.

http://zinhof.blog.hr/


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 23rd, 2009 at 8:50am
demonoid?  lol

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 23rd, 2009 at 10:59am
Joey misread my post as 'Dylan album up on haemorrhoid' and is bending over in front of the mirror looking for it as I type.... :smile

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 24th, 2009 at 9:48am
When are you seeing Bob, G?

xxoo,
Maaaaaaartha! :funny

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 24th, 2009 at 11:40am
A week from Tuesday and Wednesday (5th and 6th May). The final two shows of the Euro tour in Dublin's Fair City.

Jostorm's join' us too. She's on her way now to tonight's show in Sheffield.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 24th, 2009 at 11:41am
just came via email...
-----
Dear Friends,

Bob Dylan has just announced an ambitious line-up for this year's summer concert tour. Along with fellow troubadour Willie Nelson, this summer The Bob Dylan Show will also feature John Mellencamp, marking just the second time in the past 24 years that these three performers have shared the concert stage.

bobdylan.com is happy to offer pre-sale tickets for all ballpark shows to its visitors, going on sale starting on Monday, April 27. At each venue, the gates will open 30 minutes early for holders of tickets purchased during the bobdylan.com pre-sale. For details, see the bobdylan.com Tour page.

Since first embarking on a tour of minor league baseball parks in 2004, over a half-million fans have come together to spend a night under the stars. With free admittance for children*, these tours draw a multi-generational fan base rarely seen on the concert circuit, causing one reporter to describe it as, "more like a backyard party than a rock concert." The Boston Globe ranked the tour amongst "the most relaxed, enjoyable shows of the year. "You Can't Beat Fun At The Old Ballpark," came a headline from the Chicago Sun Times.

All concert tickets are priced at $67.50 and most shows are general admission, allowing fans to grab a seat in the stands or find a place to watch from the field. Tickets will go on sale throughout the month of May and will be available at the local ballpark ticket office and affiliated ticket outlets. There is no baseball game on the day of the show. *Children 14 and under get in free with each adult ticket holder.

Showtime is 5:30pm and gates open at 5:00. Gates will open at 4:30 for holders of bobdylan.com pre-sale tickets.

For more information about Bob Dylan's summer tour dates and pre-sale opportunities, visit bobdylan.com

Date      City                                   On-Sale      Pre-Sale
7/2      Sauget, IL at GCS Ballpark      5/2      4/27
7/4      South Bend, IN at Coveleski Stadium      5/2      4/27
7/8      Louisville, KY at Louisville Slugger Field      5/9      5/4
7/10      Dayton, OH at Fifth Third Field      5/2      4/27
7/11      Eastlake, OH at Classic Park      5/2      4/27
7/13      Washington, PA at Consol Energy Park      5/2      4/27
7/14      Allentown, PA at Coca-Cola Park      5/2      4/27
7/15      New Britain, CT at New Britain Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/19      Syracuse, NY at Alliance Bank Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/21      Pawtucket, RI at McCoy Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/23      Lakewood, NJ at FirstEnergy Park      5/2      4/27
7/24      Aberdeen, MD at Ripken Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/25      Norfolk, VA at Harbor Park      5/9      5/4
7/28      Durham, NC at Durham Bulls Athletic Park      5/9      5/4
7/29      Sevierville, TN at Smokies Park      5/16      5/11
8/4      Round Rock, TX at The Dell Diamond      5/16      5/11
8/5      Corpus Christi, TX at Whataburger Field      5/16      5/11
8/7      Grand Prairie, TX at QuikTrip Park      5/30      5/25
8/11      Glendale, AZ at Camelback Ranch      5/16      5/11
8/12      Las Vegas, NV at Cashman Field      5/30      5/25
8/14      Fresno, CA at Chukchansi Park      5/30      5/25
8/15      Stockton, CA at Banner Island Ballpark      5/30      5/25



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nellcote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 12:16pm
Wicked Pissah!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:47pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 11:40am:
A week from Tuesday and Wednesday (5th and 6th May). The final two shows of the Euro tour in Dublin's Fair City.

Jostorm's join' us too. She's on her way now to tonight's show in Sheffield.



Oh my, I trust you will be served  :weedbrownies :weed before the show!  LOL  

Are you hoping for a particular song(s)?  

I wish I could join you!  Hug Jo for me please!!!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:49pm

Lazy Bones wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 11:41am:
just came via email...
-----
Dear Friends,

Bob Dylan has just announced an ambitious line-up for this year's summer concert tour. Along with fellow troubadour Willie Nelson, this summer The Bob Dylan Show will also feature John Mellencamp, marking just the second time in the past 24 years that these three performers have shared the concert stage.

bobdylan.com is happy to offer pre-sale tickets for all ballpark shows to its visitors, going on sale starting on Monday, April 27. At each venue, the gates will open 30 minutes early for holders of tickets purchased during the bobdylan.com pre-sale. For details, see the bobdylan.com Tour page.

Since first embarking on a tour of minor league baseball parks in 2004, over a half-million fans have come together to spend a night under the stars. With free admittance for children*, these tours draw a multi-generational fan base rarely seen on the concert circuit, causing one reporter to describe it as, "more like a backyard party than a rock concert." The Boston Globe ranked the tour amongst "the most relaxed, enjoyable shows of the year. "You Can't Beat Fun At The Old Ballpark," came a headline from the Chicago Sun Times.

All concert tickets are priced at $67.50 and most shows are general admission, allowing fans to grab a seat in the stands or find a place to watch from the field. Tickets will go on sale throughout the month of May and will be available at the local ballpark ticket office and affiliated ticket outlets. There is no baseball game on the day of the show. *Children 14 and under get in free with each adult ticket holder.

Showtime is 5:30pm and gates open at 5:00. Gates will open at 4:30 for holders of bobdylan.com pre-sale tickets.

For more information about Bob Dylan's summer tour dates and pre-sale opportunities, visit bobdylan.com

Date      City                                   On-Sale      Pre-Sale
7/2      Sauget, IL at GCS Ballpark      5/2      4/27
7/4      South Bend, IN at Coveleski Stadium      5/2      4/27
7/8      Louisville, KY at Louisville Slugger Field      5/9      5/4
7/10      Dayton, OH at Fifth Third Field      5/2      4/27
7/11      Eastlake, OH at Classic Park      5/2      4/27
7/13      Washington, PA at Consol Energy Park      5/2      4/27
7/14      Allentown, PA at Coca-Cola Park      5/2      4/27
7/15      New Britain, CT at New Britain Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/19      Syracuse, NY at Alliance Bank Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/21      Pawtucket, RI at McCoy Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/23      Lakewood, NJ at FirstEnergy Park      5/2      4/27
7/24      Aberdeen, MD at Ripken Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/25      Norfolk, VA at Harbor Park      5/9      5/4
7/28      Durham, NC at Durham Bulls Athletic Park      5/9      5/4
7/29      Sevierville, TN at Smokies Park      5/16      5/11
8/4      Round Rock, TX at The Dell Diamond      5/16      5/11
8/5      Corpus Christi, TX at Whataburger Field      5/16      5/11
8/7      Grand Prairie, TX at QuikTrip Park      5/30      5/25
8/11      Glendale, AZ at Camelback Ranch      5/16      5/11
8/12      Las Vegas, NV at Cashman Field      5/30      5/25
8/14      Fresno, CA at Chukchansi Park      5/30      5/25
8/15      Stockton, CA at Banner Island Ballpark      5/30      5/25


Hey LB!!  What shows will you try for?  I'm gonna hope to make the last four...but I think they'll put up another 6-8 shows yet.   :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:53pm
Where in the world is Lakewood, NJ? I can make that show & no others!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:04pm

Martha wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:47pm:

Gazza wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 11:40am:
A week from Tuesday and Wednesday (5th and 6th May). The final two shows of the Euro tour in Dublin's Fair City.

Jostorm's join' us too. She's on her way now to tonight's show in Sheffield.



Oh my, I trust you will be served  :weedbrownies :weed before the show!  LOL  

Are you hoping for a particular song(s)?  

I wish I could join you!  Hug Jo for me please!!!

xxoo,
Martha



I'll be pretty disappointed if he doesnt play some of the new songs. I can sort of understand him not playing them before the album comes out, but by the time Dublin comes around there should be no excuse - especially as the album (if the last one is anything to go by) could be #1 by then. New songs in the show are long overdue. It's an odd trait in that his shows have a lot of recent material (unusual for an act of his longevity) but that he wont play new songs prior to them being released.

I would imagine that Johanna's wish list for one song in particular would be the obvious one!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:29pm

wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:53pm:
Where in the world is Lakewood, NJ? I can make that show & no others!


Not too far from Point Pleasant.

Caught Bob & Willie there in 05 - great show.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:40pm
New LP??!!!  Oh My! What a wisher you are!!  ;) I really hope you get some new songs. I will be surprised if he pulls out something from the new LP, but with Bob you never know  I had a premonition that he would finally play "Someday Baby" on this leg of the tour...but, not so far.  I hope you get a debut of something.  Has he ever covered any of Van the Man?  He really loves him.....

What number of shows are you at with Bob now, G?  

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Apr 24th, 2009 at 8:46pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:29pm:

wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:53pm:
Where in the world is Lakewood, NJ? I can make that show & no others!


Not too far from Point Pleasant.

Caught Bob & Willie there in 05 - great show.  

Um, Pt. Pleasant? I've heard the name but I can see this is going to require a map - and an Easypass!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 24th, 2009 at 8:55pm

Martha wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:49pm:

Lazy Bones wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 11:41am:


Hey LB!!  What shows will you try for?  I'm gonna hope to make the last four...but I think they'll put up another 6-8 shows yet.   :willya


Closest venue is Eastlake, OH - 'bout a 5-6 hour drive. It is a Saturday, which makes better odds. Thing is, I'd be making the trip myself. Not really a big deal as I've seen him by myself twice before.

Just got in for the evening with a message from my local record store saying my vinyl copy of TTL is in and I can pick it up in the morning!

:smoking

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 25th, 2009 at 9:18am
We caught him the last time they played Eastlake at a ballpark show.  It was a grand time.  I hope you can make it LB.  You can tour the RNRHOF again if you can spare the time!

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Apr 25th, 2009 at 10:00am

Lazy Bones wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 11:41am:
just came via email...
-----
Dear Friends,

Bob Dylan has just announced an ambitious line-up for this year's summer concert tour. Along with fellow troubadour Willie Nelson, this summer The Bob Dylan Show will also feature John Mellencamp, marking just the second time in the past 24 years that these three performers have shared the concert stage.

bobdylan.com is happy to offer pre-sale tickets for all ballpark shows to its visitors, going on sale starting on Monday, April 27. At each venue, the gates will open 30 minutes early for holders of tickets purchased during the bobdylan.com pre-sale. For details, see the bobdylan.com Tour page.

Since first embarking on a tour of minor league baseball parks in 2004, over a half-million fans have come together to spend a night under the stars. With free admittance for children*, these tours draw a multi-generational fan base rarely seen on the concert circuit, causing one reporter to describe it as, "more like a backyard party than a rock concert." The Boston Globe ranked the tour amongst "the most relaxed, enjoyable shows of the year. "You Can't Beat Fun At The Old Ballpark," came a headline from the Chicago Sun Times.

All concert tickets are priced at $67.50 and most shows are general admission, allowing fans to grab a seat in the stands or find a place to watch from the field. Tickets will go on sale throughout the month of May and will be available at the local ballpark ticket office and affiliated ticket outlets. There is no baseball game on the day of the show. *Children 14 and under get in free with each adult ticket holder.

Showtime is 5:30pm and gates open at 5:00. Gates will open at 4:30 for holders of bobdylan.com pre-sale tickets.

For more information about Bob Dylan's summer tour dates and pre-sale opportunities, visit bobdylan.com

Date      City                                   On-Sale      Pre-Sale
7/2      Sauget, IL at GCS Ballpark      5/2      4/27
7/4      South Bend, IN at Coveleski Stadium      5/2      4/27
7/8      Louisville, KY at Louisville Slugger Field      5/9      5/4
7/10      Dayton, OH at Fifth Third Field      5/2      4/27
7/11      Eastlake, OH at Classic Park      5/2      4/27
7/13      Washington, PA at Consol Energy Park      5/2      4/27
7/14      Allentown, PA at Coca-Cola Park      5/2      4/27
7/15      New Britain, CT at New Britain Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/19      Syracuse, NY at Alliance Bank Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/21      Pawtucket, RI at McCoy Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/23      Lakewood, NJ at FirstEnergy Park      5/2      4/27
7/24      Aberdeen, MD at Ripken Stadium      5/9      5/4
7/25      Norfolk, VA at Harbor Park      5/9      5/4
7/28      Durham, NC at Durham Bulls Athletic Park      5/9      5/4
7/29      Sevierville, TN at Smokies Park      5/16      5/11
8/4      Round Rock, TX at The Dell Diamond      5/16      5/11
8/5      Corpus Christi, TX at Whataburger Field      5/16      5/11
8/7      Grand Prairie, TX at QuikTrip Park      5/30      5/25
8/11      Glendale, AZ at Camelback Ranch      5/16      5/11
8/12      Las Vegas, NV at Cashman Field      5/30      5/25
8/14      Fresno, CA at Chukchansi Park      5/30      5/25
8/15      Stockton, CA at Banner Island Ballpark      5/30      5/25




no philly area shows? not feelin the love here!!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 25th, 2009 at 11:58am

Martha wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:40pm:
New LP??!!!  Oh My! What a wisher you are!!  ;) I really hope you get some new songs. I will be surprised if he pulls out something from the new LP, but with Bob you never know  I had a premonition that he would finally play "Someday Baby" on this leg of the tour...but, not so far.  I hope you get a debut of something.  Has he ever covered any of Van the Man?  He really loves him.....

What number of shows are you at with Bob now, G?  

xxoo,
Martha



This will make it 34, but it'll be my first shows since April 2007.

Dont think its remotely unreasonable for Bob to play songs of a critically acclaimed new album that will probably be a chart topper. Especially as his shows normally focus on recent stuff and his audiences are always receptive to it.

Bob's played with Morrison several times down the years, Martha - both on the same stage and sharing the bill on a tour together. Seen them together a few times. Bob's covered a few Van songs down the years onstage - Tupelo Honey, Why Must I Always Explain (done as duets - the latter's live debut was a duet in Belfast in 1991), Carrying a Torch, Real Real Gone, And it Stoned Me (I think). They also were filmed doing a few songs together overlooking Athens in 1989 for a BBC Van Morrison documentary shown in 1991.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 25th, 2009 at 11:59am

wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 8:46pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:29pm:

wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:53pm:
Where in the world is Lakewood, NJ? I can make that show & no others!


Not too far from Point Pleasant.

Caught Bob & Willie there in 05 - great show.  

Um, Pt. Pleasant? I've heard the name but I can see this is going to require a map - and an Easypass!



Ocean County, if thats any help.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Apr 25th, 2009 at 12:19pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 25th, 2009 at 11:58am:

Martha wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:40pm:
New LP??!!!  Oh My! What a wisher you are!!  ;) I really hope you get some new songs. I will be surprised if he pulls out something from the new LP, but with Bob you never know  I had a premonition that he would finally play "Someday Baby" on this leg of the tour...but, not so far.  I hope you get a debut of something.  Has he ever covered any of Van the Man?  He really loves him.....

What number of shows are you at with Bob now, G?  

xxoo,
Martha



This will make it 34, but it'll be my first shows since April 2007.

Dont think its remotely unreasonable for Bob to play songs of a critically acclaimed new album that will probably be a chart topper. Especially as his shows normally focus on recent stuff and his audiences are always receptive to it.

Bob's played with Morrison several times down the years, Martha - both on the same stage and sharing the bill on a tour together. Seen them together a few times. Bob's covered a few Van songs down the years onstage - Tupelo Honey, Why Must I Always Explain (done as duets - the latter's live debut was a duet in Belfast in 1991), Carrying a Torch, Real Real Gone, And it Stoned Me (I think). They also were filmed doing a few songs together overlooking Athens in 1989 for a BBC Van Morrison documentary shown in 1991.



BD, VM and Joni Mitchell did some california dates in 98. it was a really tough ticket to get and i couldnt make it. wonder if anything came out of those shows?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 25th, 2009 at 1:17pm

In January 98 Dylan and Van were playing downstairs in The Theater @ MSG while the Stones played the big room upstairs.

Story was that Bob's guitar made it upstairs on the Stones' last night (1/17), but sadly it's owner did not...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Apr 25th, 2009 at 1:23pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 25th, 2009 at 11:59am:

wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 8:46pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:29pm:

wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:53pm:
Where in the world is Lakewood, NJ? I can make that show & no others!


Not too far from Point Pleasant.

Caught Bob & Willie there in 05 - great show.  

Um, Pt. Pleasant? I've heard the name but I can see this is going to require a map - and an Easypass!



Ocean County, if thats any help.

Thanks. I might mnake this show. Of course, I have to order the new CD & see if it's worth my effort.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 25th, 2009 at 3:11pm

wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 8:46pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:29pm:

wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:53pm:
Where in the world is Lakewood, NJ? I can make that show & no others!


Not too far from Point Pleasant.

Caught Bob & Willie there in 05 - great show.  

Um, Pt. Pleasant? I've heard the name but I can see this is going to require a map - and an Easypass!


Directions to FirstEnergy Park.

Bit of a hike from LI...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Apr 25th, 2009 at 3:18pm
Man, no kidding! That's at least 2 hours from me. However, I do enjoy the minor league parks & will think about this one. BTW I just ordered the deluxe version of whatever the new CD is called. That whole "Neighbours" thing inspired me.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 25th, 2009 at 3:59pm

There's a few open dates in the tour sched, so I'd guess more shows will be added.

Played 3 NJ ballparks in 05 - Lakewood, Montclair and Camden.

Montclair would make the northern NJ/NYC fans happy, and Camden's across the river from Philly.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Apr 25th, 2009 at 4:22pm
The ballpark gigs are making me happy ~ Lakewood is a 20 minute drive for me! It's a nice newer venue too. I'm going to buy the presales Monday 10 am ~ added bonus Willie Nelson and John 'Cougar' which is cool! Opens at 4:30 for the presale which is 30 minutes earlier, so we can get better seats too! Yeah Dylan treats his fans good!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 26th, 2009 at 9:45am
Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England

April 24, 2009

1. Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on keyboard)
3. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
4. Boots Of Spanish Leather (Bob on guitar)
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6. Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on harp center stage - no keyboard)
8. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
10. Make You Feel My Love (Bob on keyboard)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
(encore):
15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

------------------------------------------------------------

O2 Arena, London, England

April 25, 2009

1. Maggie's Farm (Bob on keyboard)
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on keyboard)
3. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
4. Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard)
7. 'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob center stage)
8. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)
11. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
12. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
13. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
14. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
(encore) :
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
17. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
18. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)


Tonight Bob will be playing a club/theatre-sized show at the London Roundhouse. Its something of a Sony launch gig with about 1,000 tickets being kept over for fans, mostly through bobdylan.com.

So, with the new album released tomorrow and an audience full of hardcore fans and record company executives, no doubt the perverse old goat won't play any new songs. :)  We'll see.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 26th, 2009 at 10:23am
"perverse old goat" lol  I hope he's reading our message board.  ;D

I noticed tonight's show is in a small venue and I'm pretty sure Bill Pagel is there too, since he didn't post the name of anyone calling the set in yesterday.  How I would love to be a fly on that wall.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Apr 26th, 2009 at 10:41am
Lets hope Bob is feeling frisky and ready to try his new stuff tonight!! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 26th, 2009 at 10:57am
Johnny has the low-down.  This must mean that Willie will be the opening act.  :-)

From John's website:

April 24th, 2009 - It's official: John is heading out on the road this summer with Bob Dylan and fellow Farm Aid founder Willie Nelson.

Today, Dylan announced John and Willie as the all-star roster for the tour, which is being called The Bob Dylan Show Ballpark Tour since the dates announced so far are scheduled at minor league baseball stadium venues. Additional dates featuring the threesome at more standard concert venues will be announced later, and will be called simply The Bob Dylan Show. :willya

The 22-date ballpark tour is set to begin July 2 at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Il. and conclude Aug. 15 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, Ca. :weed :weed :weed It marks just the second time in the past 24 years that these three performers have shared the concert stage.

In addition to the Bob Dylan Show Ballpark Tour stops announced today, it is anticipated that several more July and August Bob Dylan Show dates, also featuring John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson, will be added to the tour in the very near future.

Prior to the tour announcement, John took a moment to answer questions about the tour and his other current activities.

Q: What are your feelings about the tour?
JM: I grew up listening to Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson! Their songs and records were in my house from when I was pre-teen. So I'm really proud and happy to be on tour with these two artists. Very few people get to grow up and go out and tour with guys they've admired for so long.

Q: What can you say about your part of the show?
JM: We're going out there with the full band and we'll be playing material from over the past 30 years--a combination of new and old material including songs from "Life Death Love and Freedom" and songs that haven't been recorded yet. We'll be playing for about 75 minutes each night.

Q: Any chance you'll perform with the other guys?
JM: If it happens, it will happen organically.

Q: You perform regularly with Willie at Farm Aid. When was the last time you performed with Dylan?
JM: Bob was going to play a flood relief benefit in St. Louis with me in the early 1990s but we got flooded out, so this is really the first time since the original Farm Aid that we'll be on the same bill.

Q: You're still planning to record a new album during the tour?
JM: Yes. We'll be recording the new album on days off over the course of the tour. It just seemed like a good idea to do it this way: It gives the making of the album a new perspective and context--and it's something I've never done before. I've gone into Belmont Studio for the last 30 years to make records, and this is another way to do it.

Q: What about the box set?
JM: It will be a broad overview of my songwriting, and it will be much more about the writing than about the hit records or the versions of songs you may be familiar with.

Q: And what about your participation in the Pete Seeger birthday celebration concert in New York?
JM: You have to admire Pete for persevering for 90 years! He's the last of the great original American folk singers and has written or performed so many great songs. For just about all of his life, Pete Seeger has stood up for humanity, freedom and the environment.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 26th, 2009 at 5:52pm
Setlist just in from tonight's intimate show in London, where Bob treated the fans and record executives to 5 songs from his new album. The only problem was that Bob seems t be under the impression that his new album is 2001's "Love & Theft"......


Roundhouse, London
26th April

1. Leopard skin pill box hat
2. Don’t think twice it’s alright
3. Tangled up in blue
4. Million miles
5. Rollin n tumblin’
6. Tryin to get to heaven
7. Tweedle dee and tweedle dum
8. Sugar baby
9. High water (for charley patton)
10. I don’t believe you (she acts like we never have met)
11. Po' boy
12. Highway 61 revisited
13. Ain’t talkin
14. Summer days
15. Like a rolling stone

(Encore)
16. All along the watchtower
17. Spirit on the water
18. Blowin’ in the wind



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Apr 26th, 2009 at 6:07pm
ah well..
Stubborn old man!! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 27th, 2009 at 3:26am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=246807&page=0#startcomments

Bob Dylan
The Roundhouse
London
UK
26 April 2009

Disc 1
1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Tangled Up In Blue
4. Million Miles
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Sugar Baby
9. High Water (for Charlie Patton)

Disc 2
1. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
2. Po' Boy
3. Highway 61 Revisited
4. Ain't Talkin'
5. Summer Days
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. All Along The Watchtower
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 27th, 2009 at 9:36am

MRD8 wrote on Apr 27th, 2009 at 3:26am:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=246807&page=0#startcomments

Bob Dylan
The Roundhouse
London
UK
26 April 2009



...sure, the one morning I don't check before work. Guess I'm going home for lunch, today.  8-)

thanks, bob.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 27th, 2009 at 11:37am
...and romeo's (via appleberry)

London, England
Roundhouse
April 26, 2009

Audience recording
Neumann km140 > M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96 (44100 16bit) > CD Wave > Cool Edit
taper: romeo

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=246875

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 27th, 2009 at 12:23pm
i'm making the trip to Cardiff, tomorrow - i've got a standing ticket - can't wait!  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Apr 27th, 2009 at 4:47pm

Ade wrote on Apr 27th, 2009 at 12:23pm:
i'm making the trip to Cardiff, tomorrow - i've got a standing ticket - can't wait!  :)

Enjoy your Bob fix, Ade!! :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 27th, 2009 at 8:01pm

New Dylan/Willie date - 7/1 at Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee.

No JCM at this show.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 28th, 2009 at 10:01am
Have a GREAT time with Bob tonight Ade!  I'll be there with you in my mind.... :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 28th, 2009 at 4:33pm
Sets not up yet so here's something to chew on from the LA Times...


In “Together Through Life,” the latest missive issued from his woodshed out in Malibu, the bard of America calls up some obvious influences. Bob Dylan has said this album was inspired by midcentury Chess and Sun label recordings, and indeed, the hearty ghosts of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf stomp through most tracks, with Doug Sahm and Edith Piaf stopping in for a dance or two. But John Bunyan? Leave it to Dylan to pull up some really old roots.

Bunyan's 1679 "A Treatise of the Fear of God" may or may not be the inspiration for "Forgetful Heart," the most ominous song on this mostly romping collection. Dylanologists, such as the historian Sean Wilentz, have noted that "the fourth part of the day" that Dylan gently intones about in "I Feel a Change Coming On" refers to an Old Testament passage (Nehemiah 9:3, for the curious) about penitence and paying heaven its due.

Chasing allusions is half the fun of listening to Dylan's music. On "Together Through Life," the other half involves plainer pursuits, shaking a tail feather and shouting along.

Both tossed off and carefully designed to feel that way, "Together Through Life" was recorded with cronies including Tom Petty's longtime guitarist Mike Campbell and Los Lobos co-founder David Hidalgo, whose Creole-Latino accordion playing sets the mood throughout. Dylan's lyrics employ the old blues technique of finding the soul in the jellyroll -- using tales of love and sex to get to deeper matters of mortal bondage and spiritual transcendence.

It's a trick he's used throughout his career, but here his touch is particularly light.

With such titles as "Shake Shake Mama" and "It's All Good," some feel a little hackneyed at first. Repeated listening peels off the layers, but Dylan's singing, especially frog-ified to pay tribute to the "raw" in early rock, reminds us to not get too serious. "It's all good," Dylan says while documenting the apocalypse in the roadhouse stomp that closes the album.

Take this old bluesman any way you want to, baby, and be glad he's still here. :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Apr 28th, 2009 at 4:55pm
text from Ade -nothing new but a "solid show"!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 28th, 2009 at 6:38pm
very nice...

-------
Cardiff, Wales
Cardiff International Arena

April 28, 2009

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob on keyboard)
3.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Under The Red Sky (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6.      John Brown (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob center stage)
8.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
       
       (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 29th, 2009 at 9:34am


Rolling Stone has over the years published some of the best interviews with Bob Dylan, and in its new issue features an extensive discussion with historian and author Douglas Brinkley.

Here are some of the highlights available on-line. For the rest, pick up your copy at your local newsstand.

A lengthy Q&A excerpted from its new interview with Prof. Brinkley

A gallery of all of his Rolling Stone cover appearances.

A gallery of his paintings.

Still to come this week, a look back at Rolling Stone's best Bob Dylan interview moments, a playlist inspired by Together Through Life, and Bob Dylan's thoughts on his upcoming ballpark tour.

(bobdylan.com)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:14am
Looks great, although personally the 'Dirtiest Girl In Porn' article is even more intriguing....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:32am

Lazy Bones wrote on Apr 29th, 2009 at 9:34am:


Rolling Stone has over the years published some of the best interviews with Bob Dylan, and in its new issue features an extensive discussion with historian and author Douglas Brinkley.

Here are some of the highlights available on-line. For the rest, pick up your copy at your local newsstand.

A lengthy Q&A excerpted from its new interview with Prof. Brinkley

A gallery of all of his Rolling Stone cover appearances.

A gallery of his paintings.

Still to come this week, a look back at Rolling Stone's best Bob Dylan interview moments, a playlist inspired by Together Through Life, and Bob Dylan's thoughts on his upcoming ballpark tour.

(bobdylan.com)


OMG!!!  I've been impatiently waiting for Bob to appear on the cover of the Rolling Stone!  LB you just made my DAY!!!  What a great shot of Bob!  He's so sweet and kind.  I LOVE this man.

xxoo,
Martha Melodylan

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:40am
Midweek sales suggest Bob is well on course for his first UK #1 album since 'New Morning' in 1970 (he's had six here overall from 1965-70 - Freewheelin' (2 yrs late), bringing It All Back Home, john Wesley Harding, nashville Skyline, Self Portrait (!) and New Morning) and all four US number 1's were later on (Planet Waves, Blood on The Tracks, Desire and Modern Times).

Considering he's touring here this week and isnt playing any songs from it yet, if he doesnt top the charts on Sunday, he only has himself to blame! Come on Bob, throw us a bone....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:57am
"Considering he's touring here this week and isnt playing any songs from it yet, if he doesnt top the charts on Sunday, he only has himself to blame! Come on Bob, throw us a bone...."

G, now that I have TTL I fully understand how badly you want to hear it live.  However, who's gonna play the accordian?  Is Hidalgo anywhere to be found. ;-)  You may have to dust yours off and be ready to rock!

My fingers are crossed for you.....and If you get lucky I hope I'm the first to know!!!!!  :willya

xxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxoo.....maaaaartha!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 29th, 2009 at 11:23am

Gazza wrote on Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:40am:
Midweek sales suggest Bob is well on course for his first UK #1 album since 'New Morning' in 1970 (he's had six here overall from 1965-70 - Freewheelin' (2 yrs late), bringing It All Back Home, john Wesley Harding, nashville Skyline, Self Portrait (!) and New Morning) and all four US number 1's were later on (Planet Waves, Blood on The Tracks, Desire and Modern Times).

Considering he's touring here this week and isnt playing any songs from it yet, if he doesnt top the charts on Sunday, he only has himself to blame! Come on Bob, throw us a bone....


I'm still waiting for Someday Baby...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 29th, 2009 at 12:41pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:14am:
Looks great, although personally the 'Dirtiest Girl In Porn' article is even more intriguing....


From the look on the old sod's face, it would appear he's just had a one on one audience, with said laydee.  :areyoufuckingserious

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 29th, 2009 at 3:03pm

Martha wrote on Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:57am:
"Considering he's touring here this week and isnt playing any songs from it yet, if he doesnt top the charts on Sunday, he only has himself to blame! Come on Bob, throw us a bone...."

G, now that I have TTL I fully understand how badly you want to hear it live.  However, who's gonna play the accordian?  Is Hidalgo anywhere to be found. ;-)  You may have to dust yours off and be ready to rock!

My fingers are crossed for you.....and If you get lucky I hope I'm the first to know!!!!!  :willya

xxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxooxxoo.....maaaaartha!



LOL..he hardly needs an accordion to play a song live...when did Bob's live performances ever sound like the studio versions? Besides, he has a keyboard player - himself - which is in the same ballpark.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Apr 30th, 2009 at 3:05am
Birmingham, England
National Indoor Arena (NIA)
April 29, 2009

1. The Wicked Messenger (Bob on keyboard)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)
3. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
5. Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on keyboard)
6. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)
7. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
11. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Bob on keyboard)
12. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Apr 30th, 2009 at 6:36am
hmmm.


Still no new stuff...

Come on Bob.. :willya

We don't want to see the other side (ya know those Gemini twins ;)) of Gazza if he doesn't get some new music next week!!!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 30th, 2009 at 11:27am
Oh my....you ARE jonsin'!  I can't say that I can't relate though.  My fingers are crossed for you G!  

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Apr 30th, 2009 at 12:19pm
I ordered the deluxe set of the new disc. I really don't need the poster but I wanted that radio theme thing, especially since it features Neighbors. I liked his choices but Bob needs to work on the speaking voice! LOL

The new CD doesn't grab me like the last 3 did but I'm sure it will with time. Nothing strikes me as a by-the-numbers song unlike other recent efforts by some wanna-bes.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Apr 30th, 2009 at 2:23pm
It just arrived in the mail!  I got the deluxe edition and I'm on Track 1.....sweet.....(what year is this?)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Apr 30th, 2009 at 3:59pm

lotsajizz wrote on Apr 30th, 2009 at 2:23pm:
It just arrived in the mail!  I got the deluxe edition and I'm on Track 1.....sweet.....(what year is this?)




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Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Apr 30th, 2009 at 4:56pm
strikes me as quite solid, but only 3-4 superb cuts, on first listen.....must...investigate.......further........

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 1st, 2009 at 11:00am
SENOR? SENOR?

Bob Dylan’s New Album All About Mexican Pig-Flu Pandemic Plague


When word of a surprise new Bob Dylan studio album reached your Wonkette on March 20, we wondered what sort of Actual Hell this record would release, as it is established fact in this first awful decade of the 21st Century that Bob Dylan only releases new studio albums to mark the arrival of another Horseman of the Apocalypse. We’ve been listening to the new record for two days now, and have reached various conclusions, most of which can be summed up like this: JESUS CHRIST THE WHOLE ENTIRE ALBUM IS MEXICAN MUSIC.

Love & Theft, while recorded in New York City months earlier and written over the course of several years, was released on 9/11 and was, in fact, all about what would happen on the day of the album’s release and the terrible fallout from the attacks — whatever wasn’t specifically about 9/11 was about Katrina. It was so harrowing, listening to Dylan’s weird black-humored American Songbook-style sermon/knock-knock joke about 9/11, that the Village Voice printed a hysterical investigation headlined “WHAT DID BOB DYLAN KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT.”

Modern Times, named after a Depression-era Charlie Chaplin movie and released late in 2006 near the stock market’s peak, was largely about economic collapse and job loss and ended with a long story about a hobo walking across the country. The cover photograph was Ted Croner’s famous “Taxi, New York Night, 1947–48,” the big blurred car looking like it’s fleeing Manhattan’s skyscrapers at top speed.

And now, Together Through Life: This is a sleazy fucking record that sounds like it was recorded in the back of some El Paso barroom, after the owner skipped town and the dealer’s head was found in an ice chest with three others just outside of Juarez, by the rape factories. It opens with some grim drunken staggering thing called Beyond Here Lies Nothin’, with not only lurching Mexican accordion but a full trashy Tijuana horn section (a single horn). Are you suggesting something here, Bob?

Life Is Hard is a plaintive good-bye ballad with Hawaiian steel guitar: “I pass the old schoolyard, admitting life is hard, without you near me.” What?

Let’s see, here’s another song: If You Ever Go To Houston. “Better know where you’re going, or stay where you are. If you’re ever down there, go back to your ma. I know these streets, I’ve been here before. I nearly got killed here, during the Mexican War.” Seems somebody sure could’ve used that advice this week.

After that happy shuffle and a sinister funeral song, Dylan’s keeping “my hands in my pockets,” so as not to catch the PigDeath, “If it ain’t a dead man’s rise, I die.” What? Then a sad norteño-tejano, which winds down with a tired, “I’ll defend this place with my dying breath.” Then a nasty Chicago blues, vaguely pornographic, ending in flu-murder: “If you’re goin’ on home, better go the shortest way.”

Then, finally, christ, the “happy” song, I Feel a Change Comin’ On. That “village priest” is surely just making neighborly rounds, and “change” doesn’t carry any extra baggage in 2009. Maybe it won’t be that bad, the Death Flu Pandemic Plague. Oh look one more song:

Treacherous midtempo rockabilly, like somebody walking through fires, crashed cars on the side of the road, vultures and day bats, “cold-hearted killer, stalkin’ the town,” here it comes now, the end:

People in the country, people on the land
Some of ‘em so sick, they can hardly stand
Everybody would move away, if they could
It’s hard to believe, but it’s all good

The widows cry, the orphans bleed
Everywhere you look there’s more misery
Come away with me babe, I wish you would
You know what I’m saying
It’s all good, all good, it’s all good.

And through it all, David Hidalgo from Los Lobos on that Mexican accordion.

www.wonkette.com

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 1st, 2009 at 12:34pm
There's nothing wrong with Bob's speaking voice, gc.  It's the most soothing voice I've ever heard.  My cats love to hear him talking....he babysits them for me. ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on May 1st, 2009 at 1:20pm

Gazza wrote on May 1st, 2009 at 11:00am:
SENOR? SENOR?

Bob Dylan’s New Album All About Mexican Pig-Flu Pandemic Plague


When word of a surprise new Bob Dylan studio album reached your Wonkette on March 20, we wondered what sort of Actual Hell this record would release, as it is established fact in this first awful decade of the 21st Century that Bob Dylan only releases new studio albums to mark the arrival of another Horseman of the Apocalypse. We’ve been listening to the new record for two days now, and have reached various conclusions, most of which can be summed up like this: JESUS CHRIST THE WHOLE ENTIRE ALBUM IS MEXICAN MUSIC.

Love & Theft, while recorded in New York City months earlier and written over the course of several years, was released on 9/11 and was, in fact, all about what would happen on the day of the album’s release and the terrible fallout from the attacks — whatever wasn’t specifically about 9/11 was about Katrina. It was so harrowing, listening to Dylan’s weird black-humored American Songbook-style sermon/knock-knock joke about 9/11, that the Village Voice printed a hysterical investigation headlined “WHAT DID BOB DYLAN KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT.”

Modern Times, named after a Depression-era Charlie Chaplin movie and released late in 2006 near the stock market’s peak, was largely about economic collapse and job loss and ended with a long story about a hobo walking across the country. The cover photograph was Ted Croner’s famous “Taxi, New York Night, 1947–48,” the big blurred car looking like it’s fleeing Manhattan’s skyscrapers at top speed.

And now, Together Through Life: This is a sleazy fucking record that sounds like it was recorded in the back of some El Paso barroom, after the owner skipped town and the dealer’s head was found in an ice chest with three others just outside of Juarez, by the rape factories. It opens with some grim drunken staggering thing called Beyond Here Lies Nothin’, with not only lurching Mexican accordion but a full trashy Tijuana horn section (a single horn). Are you suggesting something here, Bob?

Life Is Hard is a plaintive good-bye ballad with Hawaiian steel guitar: “I pass the old schoolyard, admitting life is hard, without you near me.” What?

Let’s see, here’s another song: If You Ever Go To Houston. “Better know where you’re going, or stay where you are. If you’re ever down there, go back to your ma. I know these streets, I’ve been here before. I nearly got killed here, during the Mexican War.” Seems somebody sure could’ve used that advice this week.

After that happy shuffle and a sinister funeral song, Dylan’s keeping “my hands in my pockets,” so as not to catch the PigDeath, “If it ain’t a dead man’s rise, I die.” What? Then a sad norteño-tejano, which winds down with a tired, “I’ll defend this place with my dying breath.” Then a nasty Chicago blues, vaguely pornographic, ending in flu-murder: “If you’re goin’ on home, better go the shortest way.”

Then, finally, christ, the “happy” song, I Feel a Change Comin’ On. That “village priest” is surely just making neighborly rounds, and “change” doesn’t carry any extra baggage in 2009. Maybe it won’t be that bad, the Death Flu Pandemic Plague. Oh look one more song:

Treacherous midtempo rockabilly, like somebody walking through fires, crashed cars on the side of the road, vultures and day bats, “cold-hearted killer, stalkin’ the town,” here it comes now, the end:

People in the country, people on the land
Some of ‘em so sick, they can hardly stand
Everybody would move away, if they could
It’s hard to believe, but it’s all good

The widows cry, the orphans bleed
Everywhere you look there’s more misery
Come away with me babe, I wish you would
You know what I’m saying
It’s all good, all good, it’s all good.

And through it all, David Hidalgo from Los Lobos on that Mexican accordion.


www.wonkette.com



gazza a reader of wonkette?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 1st, 2009 at 1:47pm
Nope...I've never even heard of it. The link was on Expecting Rain.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on May 1st, 2009 at 3:45pm
I went to 4 shows,Birmingham was best.Roundhouse was a disaster - the whole thing.I left during I Don't Believe You,first time i've left early in 31 years and 126 shows.More Bob Dylan fans locked out than were inside.......................

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 1st, 2009 at 4:14pm
Everytime I try to copy and paste today's set my computer shuts off.  I had to hand write it and hope I didn't make a mistake.

Bob nods to George........;-)

Liverpool England
May 1st  2009

1. Watching The River FLow
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Things Have Changed
4. Boots of Spanish Leather
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Sugar Baby
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Po' Boy
9. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Just Like A Woman
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Something :weed :weed :weed
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. LARS
( I am guessing the encore is here)
15. All Along The Watchtower
16. Spirit On The Water
17. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 1st, 2009 at 4:15pm
I'm sorry to hear that Billy.  I can only imagine how disappointing that must have been.  What went wrong?

peace to you,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 1st, 2009 at 4:39pm

Martha wrote on May 1st, 2009 at 4:14pm:
Everytime I try to copy and paste today's set my computer shuts off.  I had to hand write it and hope I didn't make a mistake.

Bob nods to George........;-)

Liverpool England
May 1st  2009

1. Watching The River FLow
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Things Have Changed
4. Boots of Spanish Leather
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Sugar Baby
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Po' Boy
9. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Just Like A Woman
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Something :weed :weed :weed
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. LARS
( I am guessing the encore is here)
15. All Along The Watchtower
16. Spirit On The Water
17. Blowin' In The Wind



Yep..you copied and pasted right. He was on guitar for 'Boots of Spanish Leather', otherwise it was keyboards.

Got a text about 3 or 4 songs in from a normally hard to please mate of mine who hasnt seen Bob for a few years....'Bob is blowing the fucking roof off!".

Just got another a few minutes ago - "hope the gig you see was as good as ours. As our American cousins would say, 'BOB ROCKED'. Crowd went mad when he played 'Something'. Great gig - maybe the best I've seen him since 1995"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on May 1st, 2009 at 4:45pm
he was on fire in '95...he opened for the Dead their final tour and blew them off the stage night after night

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 1st, 2009 at 5:53pm
Yeah, he'd just turned the corner after the 1991-93 nadir. They opened the '95 Euro tour in Prague and, riddled with flu, he decided to put down the guitar for most of the show and just sing into the mic. The 'Tom Jones' tour, I called it - it was a brilliant series of shows.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on May 2nd, 2009 at 12:57pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:04pm:

Martha wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:47pm:

Gazza wrote on Apr 24th, 2009 at 11:40am:
A week from Tuesday and Wednesday (5th and 6th May). The final two shows of the Euro tour in Dublin's Fair City.

Jostorm's join' us too. She's on her way now to tonight's show in Sheffield.



Oh my, I trust you will be served  :weedbrownies :weed before the show!  LOL  

Are you hoping for a particular song(s)?  

I wish I could join you!  Hug Jo for me please!!!

xxoo,
Martha



I'll be pretty disappointed if he doesnt play some of the new songs. I can sort of understand him not playing them before the album comes out, but by the time Dublin comes around there should be no excuse - especially as the album (if the last one is anything to go by) could be #1 by then. New songs in the show are long overdue. It's an odd trait in that his shows have a lot of recent material (unusual for an act of his longevity) but that he wont play new songs prior to them being released.

I would imagine that Johanna's wish list for one song in particular would be the obvious one!


Martha : a big hug back in your direction, Sweetie!!!! :-*

I suppose it's a bit obvious for me to want to hear "Visions of Johanna", but it would have been my favourite song even if it he'd called it "Visions of Martha", and after seing Bob live since 1983 I have yet to hear it, so could everyone please keep their fingers crossed for me for the two gigs in Dublin??? Thanks!

Gazza: I'm being escorted to the airport by Andrew, so my chances of not making the early plane are practically nil. Can't wait!

:willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 2nd, 2009 at 5:35pm
Just make sure you drive to the right airport this time.....anyway, he played your song tonight... hope ya havent missed it again.


SE & CC Arena, Glasgow
2nd May

1. Maggie's Farm
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob on guitar)
4. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Workingman's Blues #2
7. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
8. Visions Of Johanna
9. Honest With Me
10. Every Grain Of Sand
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Ain't Talkin'
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Like A Rolling Stone
___________

15. All Along The Watchtower
16. Spirit On The Water
17. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Factory Girl on May 3rd, 2009 at 12:10pm
The new cd is magnificent.   Is there a link for the lyrics?  TIA!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on May 3rd, 2009 at 12:40pm

Factory Girl wrote on May 3rd, 2009 at 12:10pm:
The new cd is magnificent.   Is there a link for the lyrics?  TIA!


It is a pdf file.
http://expectingrain.com/dok/div/ttl_lyrics.pdf

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on May 3rd, 2009 at 12:45pm
Jo and Gazza

Have a great Bob Party!! :willya

I hope you finally get Visions, Johanna.  
And Gazza, I pray that if Bob doesn't hand you a new song, that he at least plays you a rarity! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Factory Girl on May 3rd, 2009 at 2:13pm
Thank you, PDMeggy. :booze

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 3rd, 2009 at 2:13pm
Now he has NO excuse for playing new songs - Bob's new album has entered the UK charts at #1. His first chart topper since 'New Morning' in 1970.

Top 40 Albums : 03.05.2009

1 NEW
 (-) Bob Dylan
Together Through Life
(Columbia)

2 NEW
 (-) The Enemy
Music For The People
(Warner Bros)

3 1  (16) Lady Gaga
The Fame
(Interscope)

4 3  (24) Beyonce
I Am Sasha Fierce
(Columbia)

5 5  (12) Lily Allen
It's Not Me It's You
(Regal Recordings)

6 10  (25) Pink
Funhouse
(Laface)

7 6  (10) Prodigy
Invaders Must Die
(Takemetothehospital)

8 4  (32) Kings Of Leon
Only By The Night
(Hand Me Down)

9 NEW
 (-) Pussycat Dolls
Doll Domination - The Mini Collection
(Interscope)

10 8  (21) Akon
Freedom
(Universal)


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 3rd, 2009 at 3:24pm
"Something" from Liverpool via camera-phone. Sound quality a bit distorted, but not bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju2eJsArVfQ

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 3rd, 2009 at 5:02pm
Final show of the UK leg - just the two Dublin shows left now to close the European tour.


Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Playhouse
May 3, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
4. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
8. Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
9. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on guitar)
10. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob on guitar)
11. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
14. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
17. Just Like A Woman (Bob on guitar)
18. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on May 3rd, 2009 at 5:08pm
I've opted not to attend the Lakewood, NJ show as the drive is too far for me to make it on time. I'm hoping the other area shows get announced soon. BTW What is a standing ticket? Is that on the field? No seats?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on May 3rd, 2009 at 5:31pm

Most of the ballpark shows are GA.
Stand or sit where you want in Lakewood.

BTW, new show added - 7/18 @ Bethel Woods Center For The Arts, Bethel NY.
Presale tomorrow.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on May 4th, 2009 at 9:10am
I just my tickets for July 21st at Pawtucket's McCoy Stadium.  I'm looking forward to seeing Willie open up again!  Not so about Mellencamp.  I might skip him.  Does anyone know if Willie comes on first or second?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 4th, 2009 at 9:17am
May 4, 2009

Bob Dylan sets record to become oldest musician to have No 1 album

Patrick Foster, Media Correspondent

Bob Dylan rewrote the record books yesterday to become the oldest musician to have a No 1 album, nearly 40 years after he last topped the charts.

The veteran singer-songwriter claimed his seventh British No 1 with Together Through Life, narrowly edging out the claim of his fellow sexagenarian Neil Diamond to be the oldest artist to scale to the summit of the chart.

Dylan, 67, last reached the top of the charts in 1970, when he had two No 1 albums, Self Portrait and New Morning. His last two attempts, Love and Theft and Modern Times, reached No 3 in 2001 and 2006 respectively.

A year ago Diamond, at 67 years and four months, became the oldest person to top the album charts with a new release, when Home After Dark, became his second British No 1. Dylan, who will turn 68 on May 24, now holds the distinction.

Together Through Life beat last week’s No 1, Lady Gaga’s The Fame, into third position, and also outsold second-placed Music for the People, the Enemy’s second album.

It is 45 years since Dylan first topped the charts, with the album that made his name, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Pete Paphides, the Times critic, described Dylan’s new record, which is virtually guaranteed to top the US charts, as “his warmest, most unforced, set of songs in recent memory”.

Dylan has performed about a hundred shows each year since 1988, in what has come to be known as the Never Ending Tour. His ability to draw the crowds was reflected in the release of his 33rd studio album being accompanied by a series of sell-out British dates.

Mike Smith, managing director of Columbia, Dylan’s record label, said: “What’s really delightful is going round and seeing him perform live around the country and seeing so many teenagers at the shows.

“A lot of people talk about the Arctic Monkeys effect, where you see fathers and their kids at the gigs, but with Bob you get grandfathers, fathers and their sons.

“He is the greatest artist of the 20th century. His words and his artistry speak to people in a timeless way. The stuff he made in the 1960s still seems absolutely current. There are very few artists who can extend their appeal over such a long period. Unlike his contemporaries, Dylan is still out making music that is still very strong.”

Although apparently less politicised these days than he appeared to many in his early releases, the singer held forth recently on the prospects of Barack Obama.

Despite saying last year that Mr Obama was “redefining the nature of politics”, Dylan said last month that he had no idea whether Mr Obama would make a good president.

“Most of those guys come into office with the best of intentions and leave as beaten men,” he added. “You know, it’s like they all fly too close to the Sun and get burnt.”

Dylan has sold more than 100 million records but has never had a No 1 single in Britain. His highest-charting song is Like a Rolling Stone, which made it to No 4 in 1965.

In the singles chart yesterday, Tinchy Stryder kept his place at the top with the aptly named No 1.

Ironik featuring Chipmunk, came in at No 3, with a cover of Elton John’s Tiny Dancer, which includes a sample of the original 1971 performance. The trio could not unseat La Roux from the chart’s second slot.


- The Times

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on May 4th, 2009 at 3:14pm
Those are the Brit charts. Any word on the US charts? It's hard to believe he hasn't hit #1 here since 1970.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 4th, 2009 at 5:26pm

wrote on May 4th, 2009 at 3:14pm:
Those are the Brit charts. Any word on the US charts? It's hard to believe he hasn't hit #1 here since 1970.


It appears he's a cert to be #1 when the Billboard charts come out in a couple of days.

All of Bob's US #1 albums have come after 1970. Planet Waves (1974), Blood On The Tracks (1975), Desire (1976) and Modern Times (2006).

So, if he tops the US charts, it'll be the first Dylan album to be #1 in BOTH the UK and US, and he'll also be the oldest living artist (he's 68 this month)  to top either chart.



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on May 4th, 2009 at 8:22pm
Well, I did my part...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on May 4th, 2009 at 8:40pm

Billy wrote on May 1st, 2009 at 3:45pm:
I went to 4 shows,Birmingham was best.Roundhouse was a disaster - the whole thing.I left during I Don't Believe You,first time i've left early in 31 years and 126 shows.More Bob Dylan fans locked out than were inside.......................




I'm sorry to hear this, but why did you leave! too packed? mob scene? bad acoustics?



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on May 4th, 2009 at 9:36pm

wrote on May 4th, 2009 at 3:14pm:
Those are the Brit charts. Any word on the US charts? It's hard to believe he hasn't hit #1 here since 1970.




get a clue

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 4th, 2009 at 11:33pm
You're just hours away from your shows G!  I'm soooo excited for you!!!



I think Willie will be the ballpark opener, then Johnny, then Bob.  You can go to Johnny's website to see more details. ;-)

Standing ticket means the field perhaps.  I remember I had to sit in the stands and couldn't get a field ticket on the day of show, but most of the ballpark shows the ticket was for any location inside.  Make sure you know what you got gc!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 5th, 2009 at 11:16am
G and Jo!.....it's now less than 3 hours before BOB!!!  Kiss and hug the old man for me will ya"! :willya

I can't wait to see your set list!

xxoo,
Martha
:weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on May 5th, 2009 at 6:09pm
Damn is Gazza lucky!  He got "If you ever go to Houston".  It sounded pretty good even from 4000 miles away!  He said that they nailed it and that it was a great show.

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Lonesome Day Blues
Just Like A Woman
Rollin' And Tumblin'
John Brown
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Under The Red Sky
Honest With Me
Masters Of War
Highway 61 Revisited
Ain't Talkin'
Thunder On The Mountain
Like A Rolling Stone
All Along The Watchtower
If You Ever Go To Houston
Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on May 5th, 2009 at 6:55pm
"HOUSTON" hasn't been getting good reviews in ones that I've read. For me, it's been one of the catchy ones.

Just a tease for tomorrow night, I'm sure...

Anxiously awaiting Gazza's reviews.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on May 5th, 2009 at 7:04pm

lotsajizz wrote on May 4th, 2009 at 9:36pm:

wrote on May 4th, 2009 at 3:14pm:
Those are the Brit charts. Any word on the US charts? It's hard to believe he hasn't hit #1 here since 1970.




get a clue

Fuck off.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on May 5th, 2009 at 7:49pm

Lazy Bones wrote on May 5th, 2009 at 6:55pm:
"HOUSTON" hasn't been getting good reviews in ones that I've read. For me, it's been one of the catchy ones.

Just a tease for tomorrow night, I'm sure...

Anxiously awaiting Gazza's reviews.


It was one of Gazza's favorites when he first heard the album.  ;)   The riff is very catchy, but I find the melody a little too repetitive.  Maybe that is why it was the first one they played-LOL  But hey..

It's all Good!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on May 5th, 2009 at 8:38pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on May 5th, 2009 at 7:49pm:

Lazy Bones wrote on May 5th, 2009 at 6:55pm:
"HOUSTON" hasn't been getting good reviews in ones that I've read. For me, it's been one of the catchy ones.

Just a tease for tomorrow night, I'm sure...

Anxiously awaiting Gazza's reviews.


It was one of Gazza's favorites when he first heard the album.  ;)   The riff is very catchy, but I find the melody a little too repetitive.  Maybe that is why it was the first one they played-LOL  But hey..

It's all Good!!


I bought the LP version of the album and even with the pre-release, on-line availability I waited for the virgin spin to be on vinyl. HOUSTON, although musically repetitious, I found to be very enchanting.  I felt as though Bob was telling a story or giving a warning about this place I've never been to. I felt myself awaiting each new line as though I should be taking note. I think it's brilliant!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on May 5th, 2009 at 8:54pm

Lazy Bones wrote on May 5th, 2009 at 8:38pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on May 5th, 2009 at 7:49pm:

Lazy Bones wrote on May 5th, 2009 at 6:55pm:
"HOUSTON" hasn't been getting good reviews in ones that I've read. For me, it's been one of the catchy ones.

Just a tease for tomorrow night, I'm sure...

Anxiously awaiting Gazza's reviews.


It was one of Gazza's favorites when he first heard the album.  ;)   The riff is very catchy, but I find the melody a little too repetitive.  Maybe that is why it was the first one they played-LOL  But hey..

It's all Good!!


I bought the LP version of the album and even with the pre-release, on-line availability I waited for the virgin spin to be on vinyl. HOUSTON, although musically repetitious, I found to be very enchanting.  I felt as though Bob was telling a story or giving a warning about this place I've never been to. I felt myself awaiting each new line as though I should be taking note. I think it's brilliant!


Understatement there, Mr. Bones.  Repetitive melody and all- it is still a great song!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on May 5th, 2009 at 9:42pm

wrote on May 5th, 2009 at 7:04pm:
Fuck off.



...as witty a deflection from your ignorance as we've come to expect....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on May 6th, 2009 at 2:17am
good stuff- pleased Gazza got a newie..... though i did tell him, he would, last week  8-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on May 6th, 2009 at 5:58am

lotsajizz wrote on May 5th, 2009 at 9:42pm:

wrote on May 5th, 2009 at 7:04pm:
Fuck off.



...as witty a deflection from your ignorance as we've come to expect....

Stop it now. You're a bore/boar no matter what thread you're killing.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 6th, 2009 at 9:05am
Please do not argue and fight in this thread. Thank you.

peace,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on May 6th, 2009 at 5:32pm

On The Charts: Bob Dylan Earns Fifth Career Number One

As expected, Bob Dylan’s 'Together Through Life' cracked the 100,000-sold mark easily, scanning nearly 125,000 copies during its first week in stores, and earning the 67-year-old songwriter his fifth chart-topping debut.
While our current cover star failed to replicate the sales showing of 2006’s Modern Times (which sold 192,000 copies), he did manage to fend off stiff competition from Rick Ross and Miley Cyrus, who posed the biggest threat, as the 'Hannah Montana: The Movie' soundtrack held at Number Two (with sales reported at 86,000). Meanwhile, Lady Gaga’s 'The Fame' climbs two spots to Number Five, selling another 40,000 units on the strength of the songstress’ latest hit single, “Poker Face.”

www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily


And Dublin got another taste of 'If You Ever Go To Houston' tonight...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 6th, 2009 at 9:04pm
Thanks for letting me hear Bob again today G!

You are a dear to do that for me.

Here's what he got!

May 6, 2009

1.      The Wicked Messenger (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Girl Of The North Country (Bob on guitar)
3.      Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on guitar)
4.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
5.      Blind Willie McTell (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard and harp) :weed
7.      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard and harp)
11.      I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob on keyboard and harp)
12.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
13.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16.      If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard and harp)
17.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
18.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob center stage on harp, then on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
     
Thanks to Susan & Al, Ken Cowley and Jim Nolan for the phone calls and Dalibor Markic and Paul McConnon for the emails

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on May 7th, 2009 at 2:13am
another great setlist for Dublin - thanks for the phonecall Gazza  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 7th, 2009 at 8:27am
Gary takes care of us doesn't he Ade!  ;)

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on May 7th, 2009 at 10:55am

Martha wrote on May 7th, 2009 at 8:27am:
Gary takes care of us doesn't he Ade!  ;)

xxoo,
MM

so many phone calls- he just must keep his phone in his hand during the concert-LOL!

But yes..
Thanks for the rings, Gazza. You is a peachy kinda guy!!
The only song I could make out though was "Houston" 8-)
Kind of hard to play name that tune from so far away on a phone connection.  I have trouble enough at the concerts themselves....

Blind Willie must have been a treat for you too?!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 7th, 2009 at 3:02pm
First time I've seen Bob in two years - had pretty much avoided listening to the recent shows, so I could be surprised for once. Seemed to work a treat as it was a really strong pair of concerts - the second one being especially great.

He was on pretty good voice throughout both shows, but on night 2 he absolutely spat the vocals out. Surprisingly good. The band is as good as I've heard them in a long time - as tight as a gnat's arse at times.

Highlights - night 1 - Bob hit the ground running with 'Leopard skin pill box hat', which is usually a bit of a plodder when played live. "Dont Think Twice", which was especially beautiful and featured some really nice flourishes by him on guitar. A couple of the songs sounded a bit like run throughs - 'Thunder on the Mountain' came off as a bit rushed - and I dont care much for the 'waltz' style arrangement of 'Blowin' In the Wind' but when someone rearranges the songs year in year out, some are going to work better than others. 'Just Like A Woman' was glorious - he teased the hell out of the crowd with the way he phrased the chorus as they tried to sing along with him, much to everyone's (including his own) amusement. 'Ain't Talkin'. 'Like A Rolling Stone' and 'Watchtower' were all very strong too, but just when I'd given up on hearing something new, he pulled 'If You Ever Go To Houston' out of the bag as a surprise encore - and absolutely nailed it. Perfect. Never thought I'd see the day where I'd go to a Bob Dylan show and get a world premiere from an album that was the current #1 in the UK and the US. Imagine that.

He was a bit more animated on night 2 even though he didnt say a single word either night. A bit more 'mugging' on the final show, and at the end of 'Aint Talkin', he even turned to the crowd, clenched his fist as if to say "Did I fuckin' nail that, or what?". He did a lovely 'Man In The Long Black Coat' early on, playing some nifty guitar and then, having played a so-so version of 'Stuck Inside of Mobile' on night 1, he decided to have another go and blew the roof off with it. Obviously a sign of things to come because he followed that with incredible back to back versions of Blind Willie McTell/Desolation Row/Its Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding which had a few of us open mouthed at how great they were. Performance wise, the second show was a bit more consistently excellent - even 'Summer Days' was enjoyable for a change. 'Houston' got another airing and it was terrific again.

Whilst I was obviously looking forward to the shows, I was a bit surprised at what great form he was in. The sell out crowd over the 2 nights in the new look 02 (formerly The Point) seemed to really appreciate it too. And not for the first time, it never ceases to amaze me what a young audience the old codger seems so attract. There were people all around us in their twenties and maybe even younger. Incredible.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 7th, 2009 at 3:21pm
Final tour stats for Europe (from Desolation Row/Expecting Rain) :

Bob performed 33 concerts and sung/played 573 songs of which 82 have been different. The figures in parentheses show how many times Bob has performed a particular song on this tour; if no figures are given then the song has only been played once.

 

All Along The Watchtower (33)
Like A Rolling Stone (33)

Blowin' In The Wind  (31)

Spirit On The Water (29)
Highway 61 Revisited (29)
Thunder On The Mountain  (26)

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (20)

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum  (15)

Honest With Me (13)

Sugar Baby  (12)

Rollin' And Tumblin'  (12)

Beyond The Horizon  (11)

The Levee's Gonna Break  (11)

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (10)

Just Like A Woman (10)

Po' Boy  (10)

Things Have Changed  (9)

Summer Days (9)

Ain't Talkin' (9)

When The Deal Goes Down  (8)

Workingman's Blues #2  (8)

High Water (For Charley Patton)  (8)

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (8)

Watching The River Flow  (7)

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll  (7)

Desolation Row  (7)

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (7)

Cat's In The Well (6)

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)  (6)

Maggie's Farm (6)

John Brown (6)
Masters Of War  (6)

The Wicked Messenger  (6)

Man In The Long Black Coat  (6)

Ballad Of A Thin Man  (6)

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat  (6)

When I Paint My Masterpiece (5)

Love Sick (5)

Ballad Of Hollis Brown  (5)
Til I Fell In Love With You  (5)

Tryin' To Get To Heaven (5)

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight  (4)

Make You Feel My Love  (4)

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue  (4)

Chimes Of Freedom (4)

Nettie Moore  (4)

Million Miles (4)

Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)  (4)

Boots Of Spanish Leather  (4)

Tangled Up In Blue  (4)

Blind Willie McTell  (4)

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (3)

I Believe In You  (3)
Gotta Serve Somebody  (3)

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall  (3)
Tough Mama  (3)

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues  (3)

Mr. Tambourine Man  (3)

Girl Of The North Country  (3)

Lonesome Day Blues  (3)
Under The Red Sky  (3)

The Man In Me (2)

One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)  (2)

Return To Me  (2)

This Wheel's On Fire  (2)

The Times They Are A-Changin'  (2)

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35  (2)
Every Grain Of Sand  (2)

Visions Of Johanna (2)

If You Ever Go To Houston  (2)

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
Billy
Cry A While
Forever Young

Simple Twist Of Fate

Shooting Star
Dignity

My Back Pages

Can't Wait

The Times We've Known  

It Ain't Me, Babe

Something


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on May 8th, 2009 at 3:20am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=248414

BOB DYLAN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Date: 2009-05-05
Country: Ireland
Town: Dublin
Venue: O2 (formerly The Point Depot)

Technical Information:

Taper: TOM MOORE
Microphones: OKM II R + A3 Adapter
Recorder: M-Audio Microtrack @ 44,1 kHz/16 bit + APC Powerpack
Software: edit and split with Steinberg WaveLabStudio 6.0


unfortunately a lot of background talking

No band-introduction this evening! First live performance of "If You Ever Go To Houston".

CD 1 [78:34.70]

(01) [Intro]
(02) Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
(03) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
(04) Lonesome Day Blues
(05) Just Like a Woman
(06) Rollin' and Tumblin'
(07) John Brown
(08) Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
(09) Under the Red Sky
(10) Honest With Me
(11) Masters of War
(12) Highway 61 Revisited
(13) Ain't Talkin'

CD 2 [35:04.61]

(01) Thunder On The Mountain
(02) Like A Rolling Stone
(03) All Along The Watchtower
(04) If You Ever Go To Houston
(05) Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on May 8th, 2009 at 4:01pm
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=248424

BOB DYLAN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Date: 2009-05-06
Country: Ireland
Town: Dublin
Venue: The O2 (formerly The Point Depot)

Technical Information:

Taper: TOM MOORE
Microphones: OKM II R + A3 Adapter
Recorder: M-Audio Microtrack @ 44,1 kHz/16 bit + APC Powerpack
Software: edit and split with Steinberg WaveLabStudio 6.0


No band-introduction this evening!

CD 1 [78:09.09]

(01) [Intro]
(02) The Wicked Messenger
(03) Girl of the North Country
(04) Man in the Long Black Coat
(05) Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
(06) Blind Willie McTell
(07) Desolation Row
(08) It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
(09) Po' Boy
(10) Highway 61 Revisited
(11) Ballad of a Thin Man
(12) I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(13) Ain't Talkin'

CD 2 [41:05.58]

(01) Summer Days
(02) Like A Rolling Stone
(03) All Along The Watchtower
(04) If You Ever Go To Houston
(05) Spirit On The Water
(06) Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 8th, 2009 at 5:34pm
Thanks for the review and the calls Gary.  I am truly thrilled beyond words that you got the premiere of Houston.  Luck of the Irish indeed!  Isn't Bob the absolute greatest?! ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

PS Another show just went up for Albuquerque's Journal Pavilion on the 9th of August.  Chris and I were speculating and thought he might make a stop there.  :-)


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on May 8th, 2009 at 8:31pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=248517

Bob Dylan

Glasgow, Scotland
SECC Hall 4
May 2, 2009

Audience recording
Neumann km140 > M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96 (44100 16bit) > CD Wave > Cool Edit
taper: romeo

Disc One
1. Intro
2. Maggie's Farm
3. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
4. Til I Fell In Love With You
5. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
6. The Levee's Gonna Break
7. Workingman's Blues #2
8. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
9. Visions Of Johanna
10. Honest With Me
11. Every Grain Of Sand
12. Highway 61 Revisited

Disc Two
1. Ain't Talkin'
2. Thunder On The Mountain
3. Like A Rolling Stone
4. (encore)
5. All Along The Watchtower
6. Spirit On The Water
7. Band intros
8. Blowin' In The Wind

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on May 8th, 2009 at 9:49pm
A nice review Gazza! Glad you enjoyed both shows! Its good to know Bobs still spittng out songs!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 9th, 2009 at 1:31pm
Some extra US summer shows just announced :

July 1st, Summerfest, Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (with Willie Nelson)

July 18th, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel Woods, New York (with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp)

July 31st, The Amphitheater at the Wharf, Orange Beach, Alabama (with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp)

August 2nd, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, Texas (with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp)

August 9th, Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque, New Mexico (with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp)


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 9th, 2009 at 1:47pm
I'm shooting for the last 5 shows now that Albuquerque has been added.  Yes!!!

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on May 9th, 2009 at 2:30pm
"Houston" Dublin: 6-may-09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeCO14a43cw

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on May 9th, 2009 at 2:32pm

Lazy Bones wrote on May 9th, 2009 at 2:30pm:
"Houston" Dublin: 6-may-09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeCO14a43cw


Bless you Mr. Bones!! 8-) 8-) :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 9th, 2009 at 5:46pm
Fantastic!  Bob is in great form. Looks pleased as punch.  :willya

Thanks for the link Lazy Bones.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on May 10th, 2009 at 10:20am

Gazza wrote on May 7th, 2009 at 3:02pm:
First time I've seen Bob in two years - had pretty much avoided listening to the recent shows, so I could be surprised for once. Seemed to work a treat as it was a really strong pair of concerts - the second one being especially great.

He was on pretty good voice throughout both shows, but on night 2 he absolutely spat the vocals out. Surprisingly good. The band is as good as I've heard them in a long time - as tight as a gnat's arse at times.

Highlights - night 1 - Bob hit the ground running with 'Leopard skin pill box hat', which is usually a bit of a plodder when played live. "Dont Think Twice", which was especially beautiful and featured some really nice flourishes by him on guitar. A couple of the songs sounded a bit like run throughs - 'Thunder on the Mountain' came off as a bit rushed - and I dont care much for the 'waltz' style arrangement of 'Blowin' In the Wind' but when someone rearranges the songs year in year out, some are going to work better than others. 'Just Like A Woman' was glorious - he teased the hell out of the crowd with the way he phrased the chorus as they tried to sing along with him, much to everyone's (including his own) amusement. 'Ain't Talkin'. 'Like A Rolling Stone' and 'Watchtower' were all very strong too, but just when I'd given up on hearing something new, he pulled 'If You Ever Go To Houston' out of the bag as a surprise encore - and absolutely nailed it. Perfect. Never thought I'd see the day where I'd go to a Bob Dylan show and get a world premiere from an album that was the current #1 in the UK and the US. Imagine that.

He was a bit more animated on night 2 even though he didnt say a single word either night. A bit more 'mugging' on the final show, and at the end of 'Aint Talkin', he even turned to the crowd, clenched his fist as if to say "Did I fuckin' nail that, or what?". He did a lovely 'Man In The Long Black Coat' early on, playing some nifty guitar and then, having played a so-so version of 'Stuck Inside of Mobile' on night 1, he decided to have another go and blew the roof off with it. Obviously a sign of things to come because he followed that with incredible back to back versions of Blind Willie McTell/Desolation Row/Its Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding which had a few of us open mouthed at how great they were. Performance wise, the second show was a bit more consistently excellent - even 'Summer Days' was enjoyable for a change. 'Houston' got another airing and it was terrific again.

Whilst I was obviously looking forward to the shows, I was a bit surprised at what great form he was in. The sell out crowd over the 2 nights in the new look 02 (formerly The Point) seemed to really appreciate it too. And not for the first time, it never ceases to amaze me what a young audience the old codger seems so attract. There were people all around us in their twenties and maybe even younger. Incredible.


I'm so pleased you got a couple of great Bob shows, G.  I too thank you kindly for the phone calls.  I actually get more of a kick from hearing you whooping and singing along than hearing Bob himself!  You're a doll for keeping us all posted.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 10th, 2009 at 1:33pm
You're all welcome.....I'm not so sure it was actually me who was whoopin' and singin' along, though!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on May 10th, 2009 at 2:49pm
christ...to see Bob on the same bill as Willie, would be amazing
quite envious of you Martha!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on May 10th, 2009 at 3:54pm

Ade wrote on May 10th, 2009 at 2:49pm:
christ...to see Bob on the same bill as Willie, would be amazing
quite envious of you Martha!


Yes it should be a good show, Ade.  I will be catching it in Dayton on July 10th.   8-)

By the way, Jackie is Bob Weir and Ratdogs "special guest" here in Columbus July 5th(also on the bill is the Black Crowes).   I'd much rather see Jackie solo though... Oh what to do.....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on May 10th, 2009 at 3:59pm
Ratdog rocks!  Enjoy..

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on May 10th, 2009 at 4:21pm

Bitch wrote on May 4th, 2009 at 8:40pm:

Billy wrote on May 1st, 2009 at 3:45pm:
I went to 4 shows,Birmingham was best.Roundhouse was a disaster - the whole thing.I left during I Don't Believe You,first time i've left early in 31 years and 126 shows.More Bob Dylan fans locked out than were inside.......................




I'm sorry to hear this, but why did you leave! too packed? mob scene? bad acoustics?


I should say first of all that i need to sit down or at least have a chair to lean on when everyone stands up,won't bore you with the reasons why.I had to stand for this one.
The Roundhouse was an unmitigated disaster for me and many others.It has been spoken of since as a "special" show for the real fans - what a joke.
The place was over 50 per cent full of idiots who knew nothing about Dylan and had no real interest in what was happening on the stage.Lots of my mates who had done shows in Stockholm,Paris and Amsterdam earlier in the tour couldn't get in.
We had to get over there hours too early and queue for a wristband and ticket after showing photo ID.We were then faced with joining the longest queue in history to get in.
As for Bob,the shows are OK but that's about it.That ludicrous singing "style" on many songs is pathetic.
I will go and see him again but only if it's in London (except The Roundhouse)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on May 10th, 2009 at 4:30pm

Billy wrote on May 10th, 2009 at 4:21pm:
That ludicrous singing "style" on many songs is pathetic.
I will go and see him again but only if it's in London (except The Roundhouse)



Why'd you go?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 11th, 2009 at 12:55pm
Hey Billy,

Sounds like a nightmare.  I wouldn't be able to handle it.  I have to be in the handicap section at venues that are standing room only.  I have constant pain and cannot stand, let alone see, in a STO crowd.  I also can't stand in a line that long.  I'm sorry you were put through all of that.  It can sour the show.

Hugs,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 11th, 2009 at 12:56pm
Presale is on for the AZ gig and I am IN!  Anyone else planning to be there?  I'd love to meet you!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on May 12th, 2009 at 2:20am
that's great news Martha!  :booze

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Keefj200 on May 12th, 2009 at 7:18am
:)Gazza, thanks for the updates on the latest Dylan shows.  The Wharf in Orange Beach, AL is an easy 40 minute drive for me.  It is also a great venue to see a show.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 12th, 2009 at 1:22pm

Ade wrote on May 12th, 2009 at 2:20am:
that's great news Martha!  :booze


Thanks so much Ade!  Cheers to you as well.

xxoo,
Martha
:weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 12th, 2009 at 1:30pm
Dylan unnoticed on Beatles tour  

Folk legend Bob Dylan mingled unnoticed with Beatles tourists during a minibus tour to John Lennon's childhood home.

The 67-year-old troubadour paid £16 for the public trip to the 1940s semi in Woolton, Liverpool, last week as his European tour called at the city.

He was one of 14 tourists to examine photos and documents in the National Trust-owned home, where Lennon grew up with his aunt Mimi and uncle George.

A National Trust spokeswoman said Dylan "appeared to enjoy himself".

The trust said its tours of the Beatle's childhood home form "an insight into his humble beginnings".

Visitors are free to wander around the property while asking questions of the curator.

But as tourists prepared to drive out to the house to get an insight into one musical icon, they did not recognise another one sitting next to them.

"He took one of our general minibus tours. People on the minibus did not recognise him apparently," the spokeswoman said.

"He could have booked a private tour but he was happy to go on the bus with everyone else," she added.

The house, called Mendips, has been restored to its original 1940s style by the trust and contains early Lennon memorabilia.

Lennon is said to have developed his passion for music in the suburban house and wrote some of the earliest Beatles songs in his bedroom.

The spokeswoman said a number of singing stars had been on the tour in the past, including James Taylor and Corinne Bailey Rae.

But she refused to be drawn on whether Dylan was the biggest star they had shown around.

The singer's European tour stopped in Liverpool for a concert at the Echo Arena on 2 May.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8046278.stm

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nellcote on May 12th, 2009 at 2:07pm
Now that is Primo Wicked Pissah!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 13th, 2009 at 7:43pm
Bob makes me smile!  He's so cool.

I'd sure love to take that tour.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 21st, 2009 at 11:49am

The Denver Post

NY auction house offers poem by a young Bob Dylan
By ULA ILNYTZKY Associated Press Writer
POSTED: 05/19/2009 12:22:00 PM MDT
UPDATED: 05/19/2009 12:30:00 PM MDT

NEW YORK—Long before he became famous for such tunes as "Blowin' in the Wind," Bob Dylan's social consciousness and artistry were evident in a poem he penned about a little dog who met a tragic end.
Dylan was just 16—and still going by his given name Bob Zimmerman—when he wrote "Little Buddy" in the summer of 1957 for the newspaper at Herzl Camp in Webster, Wis.

Now the poem is being offered for sale at a Christie's auction, where it is expected to sell for $10,000 to $15,000 on June 23.

Fellow camper and editor of the Herzl Herald, Lisa Heilicher, has decided to sell the poem to help support the camp's $8 million capital campaign.

"I kept it with all of my stuff that I collected from camp," Heilicher said in a telephone interview from her home in Minneapolis. "When I realized how famous he had become, I put it in a piece of plastic and stuck it in an encyclopedia"—under the letter 'Z' for Zimmerman.

Written on both sides of a single page, the poem tells the poignant story of Little Buddy, who is killed at the hands of a drunkard, and the boy who mourns him.

"He was such a lovely doggy/ And to me he was such fun/ But today as we played by the way/ A drunken man got mad at him/ Because he barked in joy/ He beat him and he's dying here today," the poem reads.

"It's a very early example of his brilliance," Simeon Lipman, Christie's pop culture specialist, said. "It comes from the mind of a teenager (with) some very interesting thoughts kind of percolating in his brain."

Besides the summer they spent at the 120-acre camp, Heilicher and Dylan both attended the University of Minnesota as freshmen. But after that, they lost touch. So when Heilicher decided to sell the poem, Herzl Camp asked Dylan's nieces and nephews who work for the camp to tell him about her decision.

Dylan, who turns 68 on Sunday, told camp officials, "Do what you want with it," said Holly Guncheon, Herzl's development director.

Several other pieces of Dylan writing are being offered at the pop culture sale, including his working lyrics for "With God on Our Side," an early song estimated to bring $20,000 to 25,000.

Dylan's 1958 yearbook from Hibbing (Minn.) high school is expected to bring $6,000 to $8,000, and contains a typical high school inscription to a classmate. It says in part: "Dear Brenda, Well, I didn't see you too much this year but you know what went on in study hall was just kidding ..."

Lipman said there is very little Bob Dylan ephemera available from the years before the singer-song writer came to New York in the 1960s. In 2005, a collection of poems written by Dylan as a college student sold for $78,000 at Christie's.

Of that summer in 1957, Heilicher recalled Dylan "banging on the piano instead of going to the (camp) sessions." He pays tribute to those days on his 2008 CD, "Tell Tale Signs," which features a photograph of the 16-year-old Dylan holding a guitar surrounded by other campers.

"He was different," she said. "He was way before his time."

———

On The Net:

http://www.herzlcamp.org/site3.aspx

http://www.christies.com/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on May 21st, 2009 at 5:11pm
I guess she needs the money?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 24th, 2009 at 10:25am
Happy Birthday to my FAVORITE Bob!!!!!  Many Happy Returns to you darlin'!

What's he doin today, Gary do you know?  ;-)

Ok then....I got extra lucky :weed.....Bob's added one more reserved show in Lake Tahoe (Harvey's Stateline, NV) on the 16th....which is right on the way back home....so we will get a reserved show in Albuquerque to start us off, 4 ballpark madness shows and a reserved show to end the fun....6 shows in 8 days!!!!!  Please let me live through this!!!  LOL

I'm over the MOON! It's a new moon tonight.  :weed :weed :weed

Peace to all who want it!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on May 24th, 2009 at 10:46am
hope you're having a great weekend Martha - spin some Bob and enjoy!  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on May 24th, 2009 at 11:09am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR D!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on May 24th, 2009 at 11:26am
Long may you (continue) to rock, Bobby!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 27th, 2009 at 6:50am
here's the new Rolling Stone interview, as reproduced in last weekend's Sunday Times magazine in the UK:

He's lived his life on the road and, at 68, has no desire to get off it - Bob Dylan, intense as ever, talks music, morality and the men who've shaped his vision of America
 
Douglas Brinkley
The Sunday Times of London
Sun, 24 May 2009 23:52 UTC

On April 7, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, stroll into the Palais des Congres in Paris. Nobody in the sold-out auditorium, however, pays the first couple much attention. Bob Dylan, who in 1990 was named a Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest cultural award France can bestow, is about to take the stage for an evening of nostalgie (as the tickets read). After an old-style vaudevillian introduction, out walks Dylan with his five-member band, sharply dressed in Pretty Boy Floyd suits and fedoras. As Dylan launches into a hard-rock version of Cat's in the Well, from his Under the Red Sky album, the cheering crowd holds up mobile phones, trying to film the enigmatic legend, who immediately ensconces himself behind an electric piano. Dylan plays guitar on only a single song - as is usually the case - but throughout the night his harmonica riffs soar through the cavernous hall.

After about 2 hours, he ends the performance with a defiant version of the crowd-pleasing Blowin' in the Wind. After the show, the Sarkozys wander backstage, anxious to meet Dylan. In a single swooping motion, Sarkozy seizes Dylan's hand, welcoming him to France. "It was like looking at my mirror image," Dylan tells me later about the encounter. "I can see why he's the head of France. He's genuine and warm and extremely likable. I asked Sarkozy, 'Do you think the whole global thing is over?' I knew they had a big G20 meeting and they maybe were discussing that. I didn't think he'd tell me, but I asked anyway."

The audiences at the Palais des Congres were cross-generational: the grey-hairs and the bodypierced youths sat side by side. At this juncture Dylan's audience is... well, everybody. The Armenian-French troubadour Charles Aznavour attended that second Paris show with one of his sons. Dylan, in homage to Aznavour, played the chanteur's melancholic composition The Times We've Known with sublime grace. After the show, the 85-year-old Aznavour joined Dylan backstage for a bit of banter. Wearing a suede coat with a sky-blue scarf around his neck, the deeply tanned Aznavour epitomised to Dylan how a popular musician can comport himself with dignity in the fourth quarter of life. "I finally caught up with you," Dylan tells him. "I saw you in 1963 at Carnegie Hall. It was filled with French people and me. I was the only American there."

After a round of Obama-style fist bumps, Dylan heads down a flight of stairs and onto his touring bus for the five-hour drive to Amsterdam, where he will be playing three more shows. "You're always aware of what town you're in," Dylan says of the millions of miles logged. "But in another sense, touring is like being on a freighter out on the open sea. You're really out there for days and months."

Critics have claimed that since 1988 Dylan has been on a Never Ending Tour, playing more than 100 concerts a year. The aggrieved Dylan bristles at the term.

"Critics should know that there's no such thing as forever," he says. "So that speaks more about them who would use that phrase as if there's some important meaning in it. You never heard about Oral Roberts and Billy Graham being on some Never Ending Preacher Tour. Does anybody ever call Henry Ford a Never Ending Car Builder? Is Rupert Murdoch a Never Ending Media Tycoon? What about Donald Trump? Does anybody say he has a Never Ending Quest to build buildings? Picasso painted well into his nineties. And Paul Newman raced cars in his seventies. Anybody ever say that Duke Ellington was on a Never Ending Bandstand Tour? Critics apply a different standard to me for some reason. But we're living in an age of breaking everything down into simplistic terms, aren't we? These days, people are lucky to have a job. Any job. So critics might be uncomfortable with me [working so much]. Maybe they can't figure it out. But nobody in my particular audience feels that way about what I do. Anybody with a trade can work as long as they want. A welder, a carpenter, an electrician. They don't necessarily need to retire. People who have jobs on an assembly line, or are doing some kind of drudgery work, they might be thinking of retiring every day. Every man should learn a trade. It's different than a job. My music wasn't made to take me from one place to another so I can retire early."

Dylan has spent a lifetime dodging people's attempts to define him. He scorns "newsy people" who constantly try to pin him down about his personal life. Random strangers sometimes come up to him asking for a critique of Martin Scorsese's No Direction Home, a documentary about his life. "I've never seen it," he tells me. "Well, a lot of that footage was gathered up from the ' 60s. So I'd seen that, and I thought that was like looking at a different character. But it certainly was powerful. And I don't, or can't, do that any more."

Dylan's principal frustration, however, is that he feels misunderstood as an artist: "Popular music has no, whatever you call them, critics, that understand popular music in all of its dynamic fundamentalism. The consensus on me is that I'm a songwriter. And that I was influenced by Woody Guthrie and sang protest songs. Then rock'n'roll songs. Then religious songs for a period of time. But it's a stereotype. A media creation. Which is impossible to avoid if you're any type of public figure at all." Where critics think he's deconstructing old songs, he instead sees himself as an old-time musical arranger. "My band plays a different type of music than anybody else plays," Dylan says. "We play distinctive rhythms that no other band can play. There are so many of my songs that have been rearranged at this point that I've lost track of them myself. We do keep the structures intact to some degree. But the dynamics of the song itself might change from one given night to another because the mathematical process we use allows that. As far as I know, no one else out there plays like this. Today, yesterday and probably tomorrow. I don't think you'll hear what I do ever again. It took a while to find this thing. The guy that I always miss, and I think he'd still be around if he stayed with me, actually, was Mike Broomfield," Dylan says of his collaborator on Highway 61 Revisited. "He could just flat-out play. He had so much soul. And he knew all the styles, and could play them so incredibly well.

"But then again, I believe that things are handed to you when you're ready to make use of them. You wouldn't recognise them unless you'd come through certain experiences. I'm a strong believer that each man has a destiny."

Dylan's youthful rebelliousness has matured, now that he's 68, into an old-style American individualism. Casually dressed in jeans and a sleeveless jumper, Dylan offers me coffee for our interview in a second-floor suite at Amsterdam's InterContinental Hotel along the Amstel River. His curly hair is still tousled, his deeply creased face full of mischief. He has a razor-sharp memory. For two evenings, he proves to be a lucid, if circumspect, conversationalist.

Like the dour-faced farmer in Grant Wood's painting American Gothic, Dylan seems to have the American songbook in one hand and a raised pitchfork in the other, aimed at rock critics, politicians, Wall Street financiers, back-alley thieves, the world wide web - anything that cheapens the spirit of the individual. His nostalgia is more for the Chess Records 1950s than the psychedelic 1960s. He believes that Europe should lose the euro and go back to its old currencies - "I miss the pictures on the old money," he says. If Dylan had his way, there'd be Sousa bands on Main Street and vinyl albums instead of CDs. Teenagers would go on nature hikes instead of watching YouTube. "It's peculiar and unnerving in a way to see so many young people walking around with mobile phones and iPods in their ears and so wrapped up in media and video games," he says. "It robs them of their self-identity. It's a shame to see them so tuned out to real life. Of course they are free to do that, as if that's got anything to do with freedom. The cost of liberty is high, and young people should understand that before they start spending their life with all those gadgets."

Ever since 2001' s Love and Theft, Dylan has been producing his own albums under the pseudonym Jack Frost. "It's better that I produce," he says. "It saves a lot of time. A lot of rigmarole. A lot of communication, y'know? It's just easier for me to make records. Translating my own ideas directly rather than having them go through somebody else. I know my form of music better than anyone else would."

Right now, Dylan is focused on Together Through Life, the new studio album he recorded last autumn. The album's genesis was the song Life Is Hard. With a pocket full of lyrics and melodies, Dylan booked a studio to lay down nine other new tracks. To help capture the TexasMexico-escapism aura, Dylan hired the Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter to work with him. The 67-year-old Hunter had previously written two songs with Dylan, for the 1988 album Down in the Groove: Silvio and Ugliest Girl in the World. It's rare, but not unprecedented, for Dylan to collaborate on songs. Over the years, he's shared songwriting credits with the likes of Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, the late Rick Danko of the Band - even Michael Bolton. (When he was in the Traveling Wilburys, Dylan wrote numerous songs with George Harrison. He hopes one day to sit down and work with Paul McCartney: "That'd be exciting, to do something with Paul! But, y'know, your paths have to cross for something like that to make sense.")

On Together Through Life, Dylan's mysticdrifter persona of his recent records has moved from the Mississippi Delta to Houston and the US-Mexico borderland. "You feel things, and you're not quite sure what you feel," Dylan says about the region. "But it follows your every move, and you don't know why. You can't get out of it. It's the pressure that's imposed on us." The album bottles the feeling of King Ranch country along Highway 77. "Spirited guys from down there," Dylan believes. "Independentthinking guys. Texas might have more independent-thinking people than any other state in the country. And it shows in the music. Realistically speaking, that is the same type of music that I heard growing up most nights in Minnesota. The languages were just different. It was sung in Spanish there. But where I came from, it was sung in Polish."

The first track of Together Through Life - Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - is pure Tex-Mex torque. Already getting a lot of radio play in the US, the song conjures up shiny automobiles rumbling across "boulevards of broken cars" through the vast Rio Grande Valley night. By the second track, Life Is Hard, Dylan is wandering past the old schoolyard, looking for strength to fight back the grim tide of old age. A red-brick afterglow lingers in the ballad like in an Edward Hopper painting.

The third track, My Wife's Home Town, a gloss on the old blues standard I Just Want to Make Love to You, echoes the haunting Tom Waits vibe of Mule Variations. The fiendish spectre of suicide is omnipresent: "State gone broke/The county's dry/Don't be lookin' at me with that evil eye." Dylan menacingly cackles "a-hah-heh-heh" on the track. "The song is a tribute, not a death chant," he says. "Deep down, I think that everybody thinks like me sooner or later. They just might not be able to express it."

For guitar, Dylan brought in Mike Campbell (on loan from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers). "Mike and I played before lots of times when I was on tour with Tom," Dylan says. "There was always some part of the show where Mike and myself and [organist] Benmont Tench would play two or three ballads. On my new record I didn't think he'd have any problem."

The sense of dislocation continues in the more upbeat If You Ever Go to Houston. The DylanHunter lyric noticeably references the MexicanAmerican War of 1846 to 1848 as a remembrance of survival against adversity. Something about the Old West mythologies of the gunslinger John Wesley Hardin, the political maverick Sam Houston and the short-story writer O Henry appeals to Dylan's imagination. Like a Western hero, he has given up the sedentary life and chosen the difficult path of his own ideals, made real by noble isolation. "I think you really have to be a Texan to appreciate the vastness of it and the emptiness of it," Dylan says. "But I'm an honorary Texan."

What do you mean? "Well, George Bush, when he was governor, gave me a proclamation that says I'm an honorary Texan [holds hand up in pledge, laughs]. As if anybody needed proof. It's no small thing. I take it as a high honour."

While Dylan has praised Obama and rhapsodised about Obama's memoir, Dreams from My Father, he's been uncritical of the Bush administration. Almost every American artist has taken a piñata swipe at Bush's legacy, but Dylan refuses. He instead looks at the Bush years as just another unsurprising incident of dawn-ofman folly. "I read history books just like you do," Dylan says. "None of those guys are immune to the laws of history. They're going to go up or down, and they're going to take their people with them. None of us really knew what was happening in the economy. It changed so quickly into a true nightmare of horror. In another day and age, heads would roll. That's what would happen. The rot would be cut out. As far as blaming everything on the last president, think of it this way: the same folks who had held him in such high regard came to despise him. Isn't it funny that they're the very same people who once loved him? People are fickle. Their loyalty can turn at the drop of a hat."

A cowboy-film aficionado, Dylan considers the director John Ford a great American artist. "I like his old films," Dylan says. "He was a man's man, and he thought that way. He never had his guard down. Put courage and bravery, redemption and a peculiar mix of agony and ecstasy on the screen in a brilliant dramatic manner. His movies were easy to understand. I like that period of time in American films.

I think America has produced the greatest films ever. No other country has ever come close. The great movies that came out of America in the studio system, which a lot of people say is the slavery system, were heroic and visionary, and inspired people in a way that no other country has ever done. If film is the ultimate art form, then you'll need to look no further than those films. Art has the ability to transform people's lives, and they did just that."

The word "caustic" takes on a whole new meaning in Together Through Life's final cut, the sure-to-be-canonical It's All Good. Dylan belittles all those arrogant narcissists who constantly say it's all good, even when the world crumbles around them. I ask Dylan if he has ever uttered the slang expression "It's all good" even once, himself. "I might have, who knows?" he says with a sideways, savvy smile. "Maybe if I was joking or something, just like in the song."

In the pecking order of rock'n'roll survivors, Dylan sees himself as No 2, behind only Chuck Berry. Two songs from the new album - Jolene and Shake Shake Mama - sound like cuts from Berry's After School Session. (Another new Dylan song is Forgetful Heart, which lyrically touches upon Berry's Drifting Heart of that 1957 album.) A friendship has developed between Dylan and Berry over the years. "Chuck said to me, 'By God, I hope you live to be 100, and I hope I live forever,' " Dylan says with a laugh. "He said that to me a couple of years ago. In my universe, Chuck is irreplaceable... All that brilliance is still there, and he's still a force of nature. As long as Chuck Berry's around, everything's as it should be. This is a man who has been through it all. The world treated him so nasty. But in the end, it was the world that got beat."

When I ask Dylan if he'd ever thought of collaborating on a project with Berry, he laughs. "Chuck Berry?" he says. "The thought is preposterous. Chuck doesn't need anybody to do anything with or for him. You got to say that at this point in history he's probably the man. His presence is everywhere, but you never know it. I love Little Richard, but I don't think he performs as much as Chuck. And he's certainly not as spontaneous as Chuck. Chuck can perform at the drop of a hat. Well, Little Richard, he can too, actually, but he doesn't."

After a little more talk on Berry, I shift to Elvis Presley, who inspired Dylan as a young man. Dylan has quipped that when he first heard Elvis's voice as a teenager it was like "busting out of jail". For Dylan, the very fact that Elvis had recorded versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, Tomorrow Is a Long Time, and Blowin' in the Wind remains mind-boggling. Dutifully, as if returning a favour, Dylan recorded Elvis's hit (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I during the Basement Tapes and Self Portrait sessions. But that was about as close as they ever got.

"I never met Elvis," Dylan says. "I never met Elvis, because I didn't want to meet Elvis. Elvis was in his ' 60s movie period, and he was just crankin' ' em out and knockin' ' em off, one after another. And Elvis had kind of fallen out of favour in the ' 60s. He didn't really come back until, whatever was it, ' 68? I know the Beatles went to see him, and he just played with their heads. ' Cause George [Harrison] told me about the scene. And Derek [Taylor], one of the guys who used to work for [Harrison]. Elvis was truly some sort of American king. And, well, like I said, I wouldn't quite say he was ridiculed, but close. You see, the music scene had gone past him, and nobody bought his records. Nobody young wanted to listen to him or be like him. Nobody went to see his movies, as far as I know. He just wasn't in anybody's mind. Two or three times we were up in Hollywood, and he had sent some of the Memphis Mafia down to where we were to bring us up to see Elvis. But none of us went. Because it seemed like a sorry thing to do. I don't know if I would have wanted to see Elvis like that. I wanted to see the powerful, mystical Elvis that had crash-landed from a burning star onto American soil. The Elvis that was bursting with life. That's the Elvis that inspired us to all the possibilities of life. And that Elvis was gone, had left the building."

I tell Dylan about a bootleg CD the producer Bob Johnston once sent me of him sounding drunk crooning Yesterday with Johnny Cash. His eyes open wide. "Me and Johnny would sit around hotel rooms in London and sing all kinds of stuff into a tape recorder," he says. "As far as I know those tapes have never surfaced anywhere. But they've been in a few films here and there. I don't really remember Yesterday." When I ask him if he thinks much about Cash, who died in September 2003, he turns sombre.

"Yeah, I do. I do miss him. But I started missing him about 10 years before he actually kicked the bucket."

What does that mean?

"You know, it's hard to talk about. I tell people if they are interested that they should listen to Johnny on his Sun Records and reject all that notorious low-grade stuff he did in his later years. It can't hold a candlelight to the frightening depth of the man that you hear on his early records. That's the only way he should be remembered."

Dylan has become the great American poet of drifting, inheriting a baton that was passed from Walt Whitman to Vachel Lindsay to Carl Sandburg to Allen Ginsberg. It was Sandburg, in fact, who captured Dylan's imagination. The Illinois populist represented the poetic flip side of his endless fascination with Woody Guthrie. Just as Dylan famously sat at Guthrie's sick bed in Greystone Park Hospital in New Jersey, he also spontaneously drove with friends from New York to Hendersonville, North Carolina, simply to bang on the door of his hero. It was in early February, 1964. Mrs Sandburg greeted the stoned-out New Yorkers with Appalachian warmth. "I am a poet," is how Dylan introduced himself. "My name is Robert Dylan, and I would like to see Mr Sandburg." The 86-year-old Sandburg had collected more than 280 ballads in The American Songbag, and Dylan wanted to discuss them. "I had three records out at the time," Dylan says, laughing at his youthful temerity. "The Times They Are A-Changin' was the one I gave him a copy of. Of course he had never heard of me." After just 20 minutes, Sandburg excused himself. Was it worth the drive to North Carolina? "Oh, yeah," Dylan says. "It was worth meeting him. He was the Grand Ol' Man. I always liked his poetry because it was so simple and poignant. You didn't need reference books to read him."

More famously, around this time Dylan forged a bond with Ginsberg, whose poem Howl Dylan had practically memorised line by line. "I like Ginsberg when he invented his own language," Dylan says. "When he put his - nobody I don't think did that before - language down on paper. There's definitely a Ginsbergian language. And I don't think anybody uses it, because nobody has ever caught on to it. But it's powerful, confident language. All that neon jukebox and lonesome farms and grandfather night stuff. The way he puts words together. The ways that, you know, he used the English vocabulary, sharp words that seem to sweat as you read them."

When tabulating literary influences, Dylan summons the name Walt Whitman, for Leaves of Grass continues to inspire him. We talk about Whitman serving as a nurse in a Washington, DC hospital during the civil war, draining gangrene from a wounded soldier's limbs. "I think you can see the change in Whitman," Dylan says. "Before that and after that. He had the most grand view of America. Almost like he's America himself. He's just so big, and he's all that there is.

The Greek Empire. The Roman Empire. The British Empire. All of European history gone. Whitman is the New World. That's what Whitman is all about. But it isn't the New World any more. Poor man. He was hounded and mistreated, too, in his lifetime. And ridiculed. Emerson, Thoreau, all those guys, you don't know what they really thought of him."

If any American personifies life on what Whitman called the "open road", it's Bob Dylan. Woody Guthrie, Blind Willie McTell and Jack Kerouac treasured this rootless way too. "On the Road speeds by like a freight train," Dylan tells me. "It's all movement and words and lusty instincts that come alive like you're riding on a train. Kerouac moves so fast with his words. No ambiguity. It was very emblematic of the time.

You grabbed a hold of the train, hopped on and went along with him, hanging on for dear life. I think that's what affected me more than whatever he was writing about. It was his style of writing that affected us in such a virile way. I tried reading some of his books later, but I never felt that movement again."

Sometimes on the road Dylan stops by the homes or graves of musicians he admires. He once went to Tupelo, Mississippi, to soak in the essence of Elvis. He's made pilgrimages in Texas to search out Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison. I ask him if he minds people visiting Hibbing or Duluth or Minneapolis searching for the root of his talent. "Not at all," he says surprisingly. "That town where I grew up hasn't really changed that much, so whatever was in the air before is probably still there. I go through once in a while coming down from Canada. I'll stop there and wander around."

As for Duluth, where his grandparents lived, he thinks it's one of the country's forgotten gems. "You'll never see another town like Duluth," he says. "It's not a tourist destination, but it probably should be. Depends what season you're in there, though. There are only two seasons: damp and cold. I like the way the hills tumble to the waterfront and the way the wind blows around the grain elevators. The train yards go on forever too. It's old-age industrial, that's what it is. You'll see it from the top of the hill for miles and miles before you get there. You won't believe your eyes. I'll give you a medal if you get out alive."

Dylan then recounts a recent side excursion he made from Minnesota to Manitoba. "I went to see Neil Young's house in Winnipeg," he says. "I just felt compelled. I wanted to see his bedroom. Where he looked out of the windows. Where he dreamt. Where he walked out of the door every day. Wanted to see what's around his neighbourhood in Winnipeg. And I did just that."

How did you do that?

"I don't know. Somebody found out for me where he used to live. I mean, there's no marker or anything. And some people were living in his house. He lived in an upstairs duplex with his mother. I wanted to walk the steps that Neil walked every day."

"Does he know you did that?" I ask.

"I don't think so," Dylan says with a grin.

"I was meaning to send him a card afterward and tell him that. That I'd been there. Where he used to hang out and where he started out. Neil, I respect him so much."

Playing the role of a passing angel, Dylan has sung the songs of Jerry Garcia, Warren Zevron, Frank Sinatra, George Harrison and Waylon Jennings, to name just a few, soon after they died, as a spontaneous tribute to their artistry. Months before Mike Bloomfield died of a drug overdose, Dylan, learning he was struggling, reunited with him in San Francisco to play Like a Rolling Stone one last triumphant time.

Dylan spends most of the afternoon of April 9 at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. I'm not allowed to come along. But later he recaps what crossed his mind, like who his favourite artists are. "Well, of course, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko are good as far as Americans go, and I guess George Bellows and Thomas Hart Benton are okay. But this guy here, from this town, Rembrandt, is one of my two favourite painters. I like his work because it's rough, crude and beautiful. Caravaggio's the other one. I'd probably go 100 miles for a chance to see a Caravaggio painting or a Bernini sculpture. You know who I like a lot is J M W Turner, the English painter. Art is artillery. And those guys, especially Caravaggio and Rembrandt, used it in its most effective manner. After seeing their work, I'm not even so sure how I feel about Picasso, to tell the truth."

Why's that?

"Lots of reasons. He was a renegade painter. He just painted what he wanted. He didn't have anybody over him. I don't think he was ever pushed to the degree that those other guys were. I don't feel Picasso's paintings like I feel the other work I just mentioned. I like Jacques-Louis David a lot, too, although he was a propagandist painter. David's the artist who did the emblematic painting of Napoleon Crossing the St Bernard Pass and The Death of Marat." As for Andy Warhol, Dylan glares at me for bringing his name into the heavyweight mix. "Only as a cultural figure," he says. "Not as an artist."

After that evening's show at the Heineken Music Hall, around 11.30pm, I interview Dylan again. As it's Easter weekend, I push him on the importance of Christian scripture in his life .

"Well, sure," he says, "that and those other first books I read were really biblical stuff. Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur. Those were the books I remembered reading and finding religion in.

Later on, I started reading over and over again Plutarch and his Roman Lives. And the writers Cicero, Tacitus and Marcus Aurelius; I like the morality thing. People talk about it all the time. Some say you can't legislate morality. Well, maybe not. But morality has gotten kind of a bad rap. In Roman thought, morality is broken down into basically four things: wisdom, justice, moderation and courage. These are the elements that would make up the depth of a person's morality. And that would dictate the types of behaviour patterns you'd use to respond in any given situation. I don't look at morality as a religious thing."

But to Dylan, morality is often about holding firm to personal principles. We talk about his refusal to capitulate to CBS censors back in 1963 when he was to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. The network had wanted Dylan to play a Clancy Brothers song, even though he had rehearsed Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues. The censors refused to allow a so-called "commie" protest song into America's cold war living rooms. Dylan wouldn't give in. He now views the walk-off as a seminal event in his early career. "Ed Sullivan was behind me, but the censors came down, and they didn't want me to play that particular song," he says. "I just had it in my mind to do that particular song. I'd rehearsed it, and it went down well. And I knew everybody back home would be watching me on The Ed Sullivan Show. But then I walked off and they couldn't have a chance to see me. I don't know what that says about me as a person. That was the biggest TV show ever at that time, and it was broadcast on Sunday night. Millions of people watched from coast to coast. It was a dream come true just to be on that stage. Everybody knew that."

How did Dylan's mother and father back in Minnesota feel about little Bobby stiffing Mr Sullivan? "Well, we grew up without TV, really," Dylan explains. "TV came in when I was maybe 16. We didn't get the network shows up north. We only got TV from about 3 till 7 when it began to come in. We had no consciousness of TV. None. It was all live entertainment that would come through town. Those days are long gone. Even the memories have been obliterated. I think I was in the last generation that grew up like that. We didn't see Dick Clark. I think Ed Sullivan came in the last year I was at home. Didn't see Elvis on Ed Sullivan because we didn't get that. It was a more innocent way of life. Imagination is what you had and maybe all you had."

When President Sarkozy, looking to make small talk, asked Dylan "Where do you live?" the quick response was a few simple words: "Right here... No. I'm just joking. I'm from the Lone Star State." (Dylan ended by giving Sarkozy a Texasstyle belt buckle as a gift.)

Technically, Dylan's answer wasn't true. Dylan belongs to no city or state. There is Dylan the family man who spends time in California with his children and grandchildren in Malibu, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Sometimes Dylan lingers in the Bay Area for weeks at a time, sketching fishmongers and longshoremen. As a New York Yankees fan, he can be found sitting behind first base in the Bronx on random autumnal nights. But it's Minnesota's north country, which seems to always lie just over the frozen brow of a long-remembered field, where the road still reaches into the void on below-zero blue winter days, that remains Dylan's touchstone place. That's the American landscape that has influenced him most.

"The air is so pure there," he says. "And the brooks and rivers are still running. The forests are thick, and the landscape is brutal. And the sky is still blue up there. It is still pretty untarnished. It's still off the beaten path. But I hardly ever go back.".

© 2009, Rolling Stone. First published in Rolling Stone Magazine.




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Heart Of Stone on May 27th, 2009 at 7:22am
Thanks Gazza for posting this, great interview.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 27th, 2009 at 1:13pm

Ade wrote on May 24th, 2009 at 10:46am:
hope you're having a great weekend Martha - spin some Bob and enjoy!  :willya



Thank you darlin'! I have nothing but Bob on both cd changers so 11 discs have been spinning continuously since my Mother left on the 15th.  Together Through Life has really gone deep now that I've heard it at least 50 times and counting....LOL  What an LP.  I wish you the same.......lots of enJoyment and lots of great music.  

peace n love,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Saint Sway on Jun 1st, 2009 at 4:11pm
Saw Chip Robinson (of The Backsliders) on sat night. He had Roscoe Amble's band backing him up. They rocked the hell out of Dylan's "I And I". Great take on it.

cant say I recall ever seeing anyone do anything off of Infidels before.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 2nd, 2009 at 1:26pm
Extra US Shows Announced

 

August 8th, Jones AT & T Stadium, Lubbock. Texas

August 16th, Harveys, Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Possibly just with Willie Nelson.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 2nd, 2009 at 2:24pm

Gazza wrote on Jun 2nd, 2009 at 1:26pm:
Extra US Shows Announced

 

August 8th, Jones AT & T Stadium, Lubbock. Texas

August 16th, Harveys, Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Possibly just with Willie Nelson.


We are ticketed for the 16th in the 7th row!  I am over the moon that we will get one more reserved show to hit on the way home!  

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jun 3rd, 2009 at 3:04am

Gazza wrote on Jun 2nd, 2009 at 1:26pm:
Extra US Shows Announced
August 8th, Jones AT & T Stadium, Lubbock. Texas


what's the betting our Bob, throws in a Buddy Holly tune, at this show?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 3rd, 2009 at 5:15pm
Good,I would hope.

he used to end a lot of 1999 shows with 'Not Fade Away', didnt he?

Plus, of course - Dylan saw Holly in concert just 3 days before the plane crash, a story wonderfully recounted in that Grammys speech in 1998 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8I2QIoczc (1 minute in)

(love the way he also quotes a line from 'Stop Breakin' Down' at the end....)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 3rd, 2009 at 7:06pm

Gazza wrote on Jun 3rd, 2009 at 5:15pm:
Good,I would hope.

he used to end a lot of 1999 shows with 'Not Fade Away', didnt he?

Yes! :weed :weed :weed

Plus, of course - Dylan saw Holly in concert just 3 days before the plane crash, a story wonderfully recounted in that Grammys speech in 1998 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8I2QIoczc (1 minute in)

(love the way he also quotes a line from 'Stop Breakin' Down' at the end....)


Bob is just starting his roll then.  He's so sweet.  Thanks G!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Saint Sway on Jun 5th, 2009 at 11:10am
not sure if this was posted here yet or not.... its the video for Beyond Here Lies Nothing. Made by Tarantino. Which is evident in the violent nature of it.

not sure how long they'll allow it at youtube so enjoy here while it lasts.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpX5sxjgIMU

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 13th, 2009 at 12:06pm
Surprise Bob Appearance  
"LOS ANGELES, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Martin Sheen, Oliver Stone, Benicio Del Toro, and Kathleen Turner were among those honoring Michael Douglas at the 37th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute held at Sony Pictures Studios this evening. The star-studded black tie gala will air on July 19th at 9pm ET/PT on TV Land PRIME, TV Land's prime time programming block."

"Show highlights included a moving appearances by the honoree's father, film legend and 1991 AFI honoree Kirk Douglas, and Steve Swankay, an ex-child soldier from Sierra Leone whose education Douglas had sponsored, as well as a show-stopping performance of "One" from the musical A CHORUS LINE (the film version of which starred Douglas), featuring Douglas's wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones and a surprise musical performance by Bob Dylan. Several of Douglas's notable co-stars and friends also paid tribute."
 
Other sources say Bob sang “Things Have Changed”.
 
US Dates  

July 29th, Smokies Park, Sevierville, Tennessee is cancelled and replaced with
July 29th, Heritage Park Amphitheatre, Simpsonville, South Carolina

August 12th, Cashman Field, Las Vegas, Nevada is cancelled and replaced with
August 12th, The Diamond, Lake Elsinore California

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jun 13th, 2009 at 12:30pm
thanks Gazza  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 19th, 2009 at 7:41am
Looks like the ban on western music in Iran doesn't seem to have deterred that country's Dylan fans..

Imam Khomeini square, Tehran - yesterday


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/jun/18/iran-elections-protest?picture=349057245

Link here in case the pic doesn't open - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/jun/18/iran-elections-protest?picture=349057245

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jun 19th, 2009 at 6:16pm
Viva La Revolution!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 24th, 2009 at 11:10am
"My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf"

xoxoxo,
MM
:weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 1st, 2009 at 3:04am
Bob to appear on new Beatie Boys album

http://www.nme.com/news/beastie-boys/45774

Bob Dylan has made a guest appearance on the new Beastie Boys album.

According to the trio, the legend was sampled on 'Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2' after talking about the band on his radio show.

"He played one of our songs and was talking about us," Ad-Rock told Drowned In Sound.
"He's a big fan."

The Beastie Boys new album will be released on September 15.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 1st, 2009 at 11:41am
Thanks Ade!  

Tour starts TODAY!  Woo HOO!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jul 1st, 2009 at 11:52am
Did he add any dates?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 3:17am
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Summerfest
Marcus Amphitheater
July 1, 2009

1. Cat's In The Well (Bob on guitar)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
5. Blind Willie McTell (Bob on keyboard)
6. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard & harp)
7. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. Forgetful Heart (Bob on harp center stage - no keyboard)
11. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob on keyboard)
12. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
13. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)
14. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

15. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 9:52am
Forgetful Heart AND Joelene!

Now I'm awake!

39 days and I'm in front of the man!

Can't wait!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 9:52am

wrote on Jul 1st, 2009 at 11:52am:
Did he add any dates?


Since when?  Not since G posted the two changes in dates.  Are you gonna see Bob gc?

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 3:45pm
I have to see. I'm very busy this summer so unless it jibes with my vacation schedule, I don't see it happening, sadly. I'd rather see him at a baseball stadium than a big barn like Nassau Col.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 3rd, 2009 at 2:45am
Sauget, Illinois
GCS Ballpark

July 2, 2009




1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on guitar)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
3. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
4. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
5. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
6. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
7. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8. Forgetful Heart (Bob on harp center stage - no keyboard)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. This Dream Of You (Bob on guitar)
11. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 3rd, 2009 at 9:26am
This Dream Of You!!!!!   :weed :weed :weed

Hey Ade, can you find Johnny's set-list?  It isn't up at his official website....yet that is.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 3rd, 2009 at 2:49pm
sorry Martha - i had a look for you, but i couldn;t find it  :-[

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Jul 5th, 2009 at 6:08am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=256337

Bob Dylan
July 4th, 2009
Coveleski Stadium
South Bend, IN

Lineage: AT829's (mounted on brim of hat) > SP-SPSB-11 > Edirol R-09 (16Bit/44.1kHz) (line-in)

Transfer: Edirol R-09 > USB > Sound Studio > xACT > FLAC

Taped & Transferred By: Lukas Olsen ([email protected])

Location: about 30 ft. from the stage, dead center.

1. The Yankee Doodle Boy (Yankee Doodle Dandy) > Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
3. If You See Her, Say Hello
4. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
5. This Wheel's On Fire
6. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
7. Beyond The Horizon
8. Highway 61 Revisited
9. Just Like A Woman
10. Thunder On The Mountain
11. Like A Rolling Stone
(encore)
12. All Along The Watchtower

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Jul 5th, 2009 at 6:10am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=256349

John Mellencamp
July 4th, 2009
Coveleski Stadium
South Bend, IN

Lineage: AT829's (mounted on brim of hat) > SP-SPSB-11 > Edirol R-09 (16Bit/44.1kHz) (line-in)

Transfer: Edirol R-09 > USB > Sound Studio > xACT > FLAC

Taped & Transferred By: Lukas Olsen ([email protected])

Location: about 30 ft. from the stage, dead center.

1. Little Pink Houses
2. Paper & Fire
3. Check It Out
4. Don't Need This Body
5. Small Town
6. Blood On The Scarecrow
7. If I Die Sudden
8. What If I Came Knockin'
9. Crumblin' Down
10. Authority Song*

*w/Speck Mellencamp (John's son) on guitar

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 5th, 2009 at 9:25am

MRD8 wrote on Jul 5th, 2009 at 6:08am:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=256337

Bob Dylan
July 4th, 2009
Coveleski Stadium
South Bend, IN

Lineage: AT829's (mounted on brim of hat) > SP-SPSB-11 > Edirol R-09 (16Bit/44.1kHz) (line-in)

Transfer: Edirol R-09 > USB > Sound Studio > xACT > FLAC

Taped & Transferred By: Lukas Olsen ([email protected])

Location: about 30 ft. from the stage, dead center.

1. The Yankee Doodle Boy (Yankee Doodle Dandy) > Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
3. If You See Her, Say Hello
4. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
5. This Wheel's On Fire
6. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
7. Beyond The Horizon
8. Highway 61 Revisited
9. Just Like A Woman
10. Thunder On The Mountain
11. Like A Rolling Stone
(encore)
12. All Along The Watchtower

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel


thankyou!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 5th, 2009 at 11:42am
What If I Came Knockin'...knock knock knock knock KNOCKIN'

THANKS!!!!!

xxoo,
Martha


MRD8 wrote on Jul 5th, 2009 at 6:10am:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=256349

John Mellencamp
July 4th, 2009
Coveleski Stadium
South Bend, IN

Lineage: AT829's (mounted on brim of hat) > SP-SPSB-11 > Edirol R-09 (16Bit/44.1kHz) (line-in)

Transfer: Edirol R-09 > USB > Sound Studio > xACT > FLAC

Taped & Transferred By: Lukas Olsen ([email protected])

Location: about 30 ft. from the stage, dead center.

1. Little Pink Houses
2. Paper & Fire
3. Check It Out
4. Don't Need This Body
5. Small Town
6. Blood On The Scarecrow
7. If I Die Sudden
8. What If I Came Knockin'
9. Crumblin' Down
10. Authority Song*

*w/Speck Mellencamp (John's son) on guitar


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 6th, 2009 at 2:24am
Rothbury, Michigan
Rothbury
Double JJ Ranch
The Odeum stage

July 5, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on guitar)
2. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on guitar)
3. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard)
4. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
5. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
6. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
7. 'Til I Fell In Love With You (Bob center stage on harp)
8. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
11. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
12. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
15. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on violin)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jul 6th, 2009 at 6:47pm
He named his son "Speck"? Oh brother!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:21pm

JCM's got another son named Hud who's a Gold Gloves boxer.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by glencar on Jul 6th, 2009 at 7:22pm
That one I knew about & at least Hud wasn't a rampage killer. He should be named Starkweather!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Jul 8th, 2009 at 8:58am


http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/06/rothbury-2009-in-photos-bob-dylan-the-dead-nas-more

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 8th, 2009 at 10:44am
Great photo!  Bob is havin' a ball!  I am counting the days 'til I see him!!!!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 9th, 2009 at 10:03am
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville Slugger Field
July 8, 2009

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on guitar)
2.      Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on guitar)
3.      Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on guitar)
4.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
7.      If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)
8.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
13.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by texile on Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:03pm
has anything topped a live Isis from 75?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jul 10th, 2009 at 8:50am
Tonight is my one and only Bob show in Dayton!  8-):willya

Should be a HOT one-literally!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Jul 10th, 2009 at 9:18am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 8:50am:
Tonight is my one and only Bob show in Dayton!  8-):willya

Should be a HOT one-literally!!


enjoy the show, Meg!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nellcote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 9:27am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 8:50am:
Tonight is my one and only Bob show in Dayton!  8-):willya

Should be a HOT one-literally!!

Have a Wicked Pissah time!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jul 10th, 2009 at 9:55am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 8:50am:
Tonight is my one and only Bob show in Dayton!  8-):willya

Should be a HOT one-literally!!



Have a Bobular evening!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jul 10th, 2009 at 9:56am

texile wrote on Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:03pm:
has anything topped a live Isis from 75?



I'll raise you an Idiot Wind from '76!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jul 10th, 2009 at 9:57am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 8:50am:
Tonight is my one and only Bob show in Dayton!


If you see him, say hello.  ;)

Enjoy!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 10th, 2009 at 10:59am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 8:50am:
Tonight is my one and only Bob show in Dayton!  8-):willya

Should be a HOT one-literally!!


I heard it is hotter than hell in OH today Meggie, pour water down your shirt, smoke 'em  :weed :weed :weedif ya' got 'em and ROCK it OUT!  I wish I could be there with ya' Sway Sister!!!!  Which song(s) off TTL are you hoping to get?  

Kiss Bob and Johnny for me!!!!!


peace to you,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jul 10th, 2009 at 11:21am

Martha wrote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 10:59am:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 8:50am:
Tonight is my one and only Bob show in Dayton!  8-):willya

Should be a HOT one-literally!!


I heard it is hotter than hell in OH today Meggie, pour water down your shirt, smoke 'em  :weed :weed :weedif ya' got 'em and ROCK it OUT!  I wish I could be there with ya' Sway Sister!!!!  Which song(s) off TTL are you hoping to get?  

Kiss Bob and Johnny for me!!!!!


peace to you,
Martha

Hey I'll take ANY songs off of TTL!! Just play them, Bob, will ya!!!

Thanks everyone.  Wish ya could all be there and enjoying it with me!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 10th, 2009 at 12:16pm
Meg,

Will you be on the field or in the stands?  

Are you ticketed for getting in a half hour early?  

Will you keep a running time on each act?  

Are you keeping a set-list during the show for Johnny or Bob?  

Do you have tea? :weed :weed :weed

LOL  Inquiring minds want to know!  

xxoo,
Martha Mellencamp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jul 10th, 2009 at 12:44pm
Sway Sister!!

I will be looking to be on the grass or dirt or whatever it is.  I have a hard enough time playing "name that tune"with his Bobness, so no setlist keeping for me. Just an enjoy the evening kinda time.  We can get in early if we so desire, just depends on what time we get started on the road and the traffic encountered...

I'll try to give you a ring if the sound is good and a photo if we get close.. ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 10th, 2009 at 1:04pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 12:44pm:
Sway Sister!!

I will be looking to be on the grass or dirt or whatever it is.  I have a hard enough time playing "name that tune"with his Bobness, so no setlist keeping for me. Just an enjoy the evening kinda time.  We can get in early if we so desire, just depends on what time we get started on the road and the traffic encountered...

I'll try to give you a ring if the sound is good and a photo if we get close.. ;)


You mean you don't have 500 plus songs memorized?  LOL  Me NEITHER!!!  

I would LIVE for a call from you and Bob  ;)....I'll have my cell glued to me tonight!  I hope you get real close since you are going to be on the field.  I wonder what attendance the tour is getting per show now that Johnny's fan base is involved.  Are they selling out each night or are there plenty of tickets still available?  Have a great show Meg!  

peace n love,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bingo on Jul 10th, 2009 at 1:05pm

Gazza wrote on Jul 10th, 2009 at 9:56am:

texile wrote on Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:03pm:
has anything topped a live Isis from 75?



I'll raise you an Idiot Wind from '76!


That's exactly what I was going to say....or the ever elusive, yet to be played Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.

Here's a 76 Idiot Wind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDZvP7T3B30

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jul 10th, 2009 at 7:27pm

Looks like Meg has staked out a choice spot for His Bobness.  :)


Willie



JCM


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 10th, 2009 at 9:00pm
Great photos!!!!  Johnny's jeans are stickin' to him!  It's hotter than hell there.  

Thanks for the calls Meg!!!!!

xxoo,
Martha Mellencamp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 10th, 2009 at 10:19pm
LOOK at that OPENER!!!!

Meggie got a great set!!!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed


Dayton, Ohio
Fifth Third Field
July 10, 2009

1.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on guitar) :willya
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard and harp)
7.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Make You Feel My Love (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10.      If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
13.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard) :weed
14.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jul 10th, 2009 at 10:41pm
Wow,tak about instant information. Glad Meg is enjoying her Bob night out. 8-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jul 11th, 2009 at 7:31am
Great show last night. Even the unadvertised opener "Two Man Gentlemen Band" was great.  Camera police prevented getting many photos of Bob-besides he always looks the same in them.   Why they would notice a short stuff like me with a camera is beyond me??!!.  Don't do reviews, but His Bobness was having a great time, laughing, dancing, and making faces and the band was in great form.







Blurry Bob..Wish I could say it was because he moves around like Jagger-LOL



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 11th, 2009 at 11:52am
Great photos Meg!  

It's always a special night when Bob is in that sort of mood.  ;D

That daggone Bob is a wiggler...he never stops boppin' about.  

Love the green shirt! :weed :weed :weed

And again, thanks for the calls, I felt like I was almost there.  You got me right ready for the ballpark.

Was the show a sell-out or could you tell.  You must of been practically on stage!

xxoo,
Martha


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jul 11th, 2009 at 11:58am
It wasn't sold out.  Good crowd from what I could tell.  When you are that close and a wee one like me it is really difficult to estimate as I tend to get a little lost in the masses...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 11th, 2009 at 12:01pm
Thanks for that info!  We plan to meet my childhood friend at the AZ show and I am waiting to buy her ticket at the venue to forgo the ass-rape fees.  

Did Bob's opener stun you?!  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jul 11th, 2009 at 12:15pm

Martha wrote on Jul 11th, 2009 at 12:01pm:
Thanks for that info!  We plan to meet my childhood friend at the AZ show and I am waiting to buy her ticket at the venue to forgo the ass-rape fees.  

Did Bob's opener stun you?!  

Twas a great treat indeed!! :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jul 11th, 2009 at 4:24pm
Martha.  My concert buddy, Ellis got a couple that were pretty good- he has a height advantage or maybe a steadier hand-LOL






Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 11th, 2009 at 11:17pm
Love that shot of Bob with the Oscar!  

Sweet!

Did you see this?!  Look who got to guest!

Eastlake, Ohio
Classic Park
July 11, 2009

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on guitar)
2.      Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (Bob on guitar)
3.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Blind Willie McTell (Bob on keyboard and harp)
5.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob center stage on harp, then keyboard)
6.      If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Lucas Nelson :weed on guitar)
10.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Lucas Nelson  :weed on guitar)
11.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard, Lucas Nelson  :weedon guitar)
     
     (encore)
12.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Lucas Nelson  :weedon guitar)
13.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Lucas Nelson  :weedon guitar)
14.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Lucas Nelson  :weedon guitar)
     

Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Jul 12th, 2009 at 9:02am
Glad you enjoyed the show Meggie! Nice to see Bob is back to guitar playing these days, and he switched his tophat from Black to White!

The pics are enticing!

OK Maybe I'll go see him next week in NJ since the MICK Taylor gig is cancelled, those were both on the same day July 23. I'll check TM for ticket availability, its most likely not sold out since its a huge baseball field!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 16th, 2009 at 10:37am
Another debut!

New Britain, Connecticut
New Britain Stadium
July 15, 2009

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on guitar)
2.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on guitar)
3.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard and harp)
5.      High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
6.      I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard) :weed
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
8.      When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard and harp)
11.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
12.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Ed & Michelle for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Jul 18th, 2009 at 11:43am
So Meggy, how was Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp? Good? Still thinking of going to next week's gig....the tickets are $79 plus fees.....is it worth it?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 20th, 2009 at 2:30am
thanks for the photos Meg -great stuff!  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 20th, 2009 at 2:33am
Syracuse, New York
Alliance Bank Stadium

July 19, 2009

1. Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin)
2. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (Bob on guitar)
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4. Million Miles (Bob on keyboard and harp)
5. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
6. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
7. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
8. If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on viola)
11. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)

(encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jul 20th, 2009 at 12:58pm

Bitch wrote on Jul 18th, 2009 at 11:43am:
So Meggy, how was Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp? Good? Still thinking of going to next week's gig....the tickets are $79 plus fees.....is it worth it?

It was a good time, Bitch!  Even the first band "The Two Man Gentlemen Band from NYC" was entertaining!  Lots of value for your dollar!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Jul 20th, 2009 at 2:52pm
Michael Douglas Bash.............apologies if already posted.


http://www.tvland.com/prime/shows/afi/michael_douglas/videos.jhtml?v=music

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jul 20th, 2009 at 5:06pm
Cheers, Billy - hadnt seen that one before. What an odd version - and camera angle.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Jul 21st, 2009 at 10:38pm
Tonight (7/21/09) Pawtucket's McCoy Stadium, fun show--Willie Nelson was excellent, Bob was in a good mood, the less said about Mellencamp the better, and the rain largely held off......


1. Cat's In The Well (Bob on guitar)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
(Bob on guitar)  
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)  
4. This Wheel's On Fire (Bob on guitar)  
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)  
7. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
10. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: seeing Bob Dylan in 2 days
Post by BrendanD on Jul 21st, 2009 at 8:09pm
Hey again, mentioned this in my other thread about a week ago.  I'm told this is as good a place to discuss Dylan's music as it is the Stones - so who's seen Bob this year?  Been a fan a long time but this is my first time seeing him.  Have little to no idea what to expect from the show but am very excited, so decided to start a discussion, hopefully many of you feel like joining in.

Title: Re: seeing Bob Dylan in 2 days
Post by Gimme Shelter on Jul 21st, 2009 at 8:15pm
I saw him twice a few years ago and he was great. He even played Brown Sugar.

Title: Re: seeing Bob Dylan in 2 days
Post by Edith Grove on Jul 21st, 2009 at 8:21pm
Hope you enjoy the show.

Have you seen this thread? http://rocksoff.org/messageboard/YaBB.pl?num=1210995293

Title: Re: seeing Bob Dylan in 2 days
Post by BrendanD on Jul 21st, 2009 at 8:26pm
no truthfully I hadn't seen that thread - there's probably a search function for things like that which I didn't bother to think about, sorry

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Jul 22nd, 2009 at 6:35am
local newspaper review of the Pawtucket show....

By Andy Smith

Journal Staff Writer

PAWTUCKET –– What better place than a minor-league ballpark for a summer triple-header of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. For those of you keeping score, that’s two genuine American icons and one solid Heartland rocker in Mellencamp.
The show attracted about 8,300 fans to McCoy Stadium, home of the Pawtucket Red Sox, on Tuesday night. Long lines circled the stadium just before the gates opened at 5 p.m. Even the weather cooperated, as the heavy rains that fell throughout much of the day let up.
This was Dylan’s second visit to McCoy –– he played here during his minor-league stadium tour in 2006. For many in the crowd, Dylan was the draw.
“I always wanted to see Bob Dylan,” said Lou Nasif, 60, of East Providence, before the show. “I never had a chance to see him in the ’60s. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see someone like this ... I know he won’t sound the way he used to. That’s OK. He was a guy I grew up with.”
Dylan also attracted his share of younger fans who weren’t even alive in the ’60s. “Dylan. I love Dylan. I’ve always been a huge fan,” said 19-year-old Taylor Butts of Fairhaven, Mass. “I’ve read books on him. Watched movies on him.” Butts said this is the first time he’s had the opportunity to hear Dylan live.
Jenny Rudacha, 53, of Cambridge, Mass., likes both Dylan and Nelson –– Willie’s version of “All of Me” is a special favorite for her and her husband. What’s more, her husband plays guitar and likes old Dylan songs.
“I’m looking forward to hearing those guys. They might not be around much longer,” Rudacha said. She said she got her ticket from her 17-year-old daughter as a birthday present. The daughter was at McCoy, too, but like most teenagers she didn’t hang out with her parents.
The stage at Tuesday night’s show was set up in McCoy’s center field, with most of the crowd sitting in the grandstand. Although the infield was off limits, there was a big platform in front of the stage for fans who wanted to be closer to the action.
After a brief opening set by The Wiyos, Willie Nelson was the first of the big three to hit the stage. Nelson seemed a bit off-stride at first. A medley that included “Crazy” and “Funny How Time Slips Away” sounded rushed, and his distinctive nasal vocals didn’t have the authority Willie’s fans are used to.
He found his stride at the end of the set, though, with the classic “Always on My Mind,” a growly “Move It On Over” and a fun workout on Hank Williams’ “Jambalaya.” The interplay between Nelson’s sister Bobbie on piano, harmonica player Mickey Raphael and Nelson’s own guitar made those songs all the better.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 22nd, 2009 at 9:49am
Welcome B.  Bob is loved here by many of us.  I've seen him 47 times and hope to see him on this tour.  I am ticketed for the last 6 shows at the moment.  My husband was laid-off on Friday though so we are regrouping about our vacation plans.  Fingers are crossed that we can still go....although it's a long-shot at the moment.  

I encourage you to see Bob while you can.  The concert industry is suffering.  The Mile High Festival that took place in Denver last weekend did NOT sell well this year.  Bob is giving away tickets to some of the ballpark shows (you can win them) out West.....many signs of a poor economy.  So Go while there's a show darlin'!

Bob was a bit nervous at the AFI Awards.  Great new outfit!

xxoo,
Martha Mellencamp


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Jul 22nd, 2009 at 2:22pm
speaking of the new outfits, last night was the first time I've seen his new red striped trousers with the red kerchief look....it was cool

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 23rd, 2009 at 9:39am

lotsajizz wrote on Jul 22nd, 2009 at 2:22pm:
speaking of the new outfits, last night was the first time I've seen his new red striped trousers with the red kerchief look....it was cool



Indeed!  Bob is (IMHO) the COOLEST cat on earth!  Dig that!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Jul 23rd, 2009 at 12:24pm
I was going to head over the ballpark for the Lakewood, NJ show today but it's pouring rain outside, and the weather forecast is predicting flooding and thunderstorms! If it clears up later I'll go buy a ticket at the venue ~ it's not sold out. What a shame the weather really sucks today ~ thats the problem with stadium shows, it can get really WET and muddy!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jul 23rd, 2009 at 2:40pm

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 24th, 2009 at 2:46am
Lakewood, New Jersey
FirstEnergy Park

July 23, 2009




1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on guitar)
2. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on guitar)  
3. Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)  
4. Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard)  
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)  
6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)  
7. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
10. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by BrendanD on Jul 24th, 2009 at 1:02pm
Show last night was awesome, will try to go over it in more depth when I can.  But as a first timer seeing Dylan live I am very impressed.

Bitch, are you in the Lakewood area too?  The show was practically in my backyard and the venue was a better place for a concert than I would've thought.  The rain was unpleasant but was mostly over in time for Bob.  And the ground was covered where we were standing so it wasn't too muddy.  Not the best night for a show but very glad I got past that I can't tell you the last time I enjoyed a show that much

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 25th, 2009 at 10:16am
July 24th, Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen ,Maryland

 

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on guitar)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)  
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Spirit On The Water
5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
6. I Feel A Change Comin' On
7. Honest With Me
8. Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage on harp)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Nettie Moore
11. Thunder On The Mountain
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone
13. Jolene
14. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 25th, 2009 at 10:22am

BrendanD wrote on Jul 24th, 2009 at 1:02pm:
Show last night was awesome, will try to go over it in more depth when I can.  But as a first timer seeing Dylan live I am very impressed.

Bitch, are you in the Lakewood area too?  The show was practically in my backyard and the venue was a better place for a concert than I would've thought.  The rain was unpleasant but was mostly over in time for Bob.  And the ground was covered where we were standing so it wasn't too muddy.  Not the best night for a show but very glad I got past that I can't tell you the last time I enjoyed a show that much


Yes!!!!!!  You speak my language darlin'!  Ain't Bob the cat's meow?  I am so happy for you!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Jul 26th, 2009 at 9:47am

BrendanD wrote on Jul 24th, 2009 at 1:02pm:
Show last night was awesome, will try to go over it in more depth when I can.  But as a first timer seeing Dylan live I am very impressed.

Bitch, are you in the Lakewood area too?  The show was practically in my backyard and the venue was a better place for a concert than I would've thought.  The rain was unpleasant but was mostly over in time for Bob.  And the ground was covered where we were standing so it wasn't too muddy.  Not the best night for a show but very glad I got past that I can't tell you the last time I enjoyed a show that much



Yeah Brendon I live in Ocean County, its a great location ~ less than an hour to Philly, 30 minutes to AC, and 90 minutes to NYC. Thats why I go to see so many concerts, entertainment is all around me! This week it's AC/DC at Giants Stadium ~ I hope it doesnt rain for that either, its a gamble with the stadium shows, but I missed AC/DC last year and my friends said it was the best show of the year so I'm going.  Do you go to many shows? Maybe we can carpool, I usually drive and pay to park. PM me if you are going to anything, I GO TO EVERYTHING, except this Dylan show but he comes to this area often, so I'll catch him next time!

Oh crap, in hindsight I should of went to see Dylan anyway, but I'm getting too old to stand out in the pouring rain these days! Give me an air-conditioned arena, or better yet, a club show! I've seen Dylan in some nice small venues so I hope he returns to a more comfortable and relaxing atmosphere.  The Borgata was perfect last year, and Town Hall in NYC the year before was really good too.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by BrendanD on Jul 26th, 2009 at 10:46am
I thought it was great seeing how a lot  of the arrangements of his older songs sounded like they could fit easily on Love & Theft (I love that record) - and the new songs fit along very well with the old.  I definitely have a very different opinion now from just seeing the setlists on paper.  Sure, who would've thought Bob would go this heavy on his new stuff at this stage in his career, and as much as there's a hundred classic Dylan songs I love to see him play, when the band smokes that much the last thing you're thinking of is the songs they didn't play.  I will say though that Hard Rain, Chimes of Freedom (love the update on this one especially), Highway 61 & Girl From North Country (one of my all time very favorite Dylan songs) were all set highlights, each played brilliantly



Bitch wrote on Jul 26th, 2009 at 9:47am:

BrendanD wrote on Jul 24th, 2009 at 1:02pm:
Show last night was awesome, will try to go over it in more depth when I can.  But as a first timer seeing Dylan live I am very impressed.

Bitch, are you in the Lakewood area too?  The show was practically in my backyard and the venue was a better place for a concert than I would've thought.  The rain was unpleasant but was mostly over in time for Bob.  And the ground was covered where we were standing so it wasn't too muddy.  Not the best night for a show but very glad I got past that I can't tell you the last time I enjoyed a show that much



Yeah Brendon I live in Ocean County, its a great location ~ less than an hour to Philly, 30 minutes to AC, and 90 minutes to NYC. Thats why I go to see so many concerts, entertainment is all around me! This week it's AC/DC at Giants Stadium ~ I hope it doesnt rain for that either, its a gamble with the stadium shows, but I missed AC/DC last year and my friends said it was the best show of the year so I'm going.  Do you go to many shows? Maybe we can carpool, I usually drive and pay to park. PM me if you are going to anything, I GO TO EVERYTHING, except this Dylan show but he comes to this area often, so I'll catch him next time!

Oh crap, in hindsight I should of went to see Dylan anyway, but I'm getting too old to stand out in the pouring rain these days! Give me an air-conditioned arena, or better yet, a club show! I've seen Dylan in some nice small venues so I hope he returns to a more comfortable and relaxing atmosphere.  The Borgata was perfect last year, and Town Hall in NYC the year before was really good too.



Sure. I don't really have too many shows planned out right now but there are a few I'd like to see in August & September.  I try to go to as many shows as I can, especially in the summer, but its been tough lately either with work, cash, or finding other people who don't have the same problem.  Last summer I wound up cutting back on concerts and really wished I hadn't (though there wasn't really all that much I was dying to see last year), so I want to see as much live music as possible right now.
Anyway I used to live in Barnegat, now I'm over by Trenton but still spend a lot of time in Ocean County because of family/friends there- so yeah that's probably your back yard.  Keep me in mind for shows - what other concerts are you into going to that are coming around soon?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Jul 26th, 2009 at 6:16pm
MY 2009 CONCERTS & GIGS: January 9, TIM REIS RS PROJECT, The Jazz Standard NYC; January 15, SATISFACTION, BB Kings NYC; February 28, 3 DOORS DOWN House of Blues Atlantic City; March 3, IAN 'MAC' McLAGIN, BB Kings NYC; March 22, BERNARD FOWLER & TACKHEAD, Highline Ballroom NYC; March 27 MARIANNE FAITHFULL City Winery, NYC; April 24, GLIMMER TWINS, Curran's Irish Inn, Philadelphia; April 28, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Spectrum, Philadelphia; May 9 MIKE HUNT BAND, Lakeside Lounge, NYC; May 19, BERNARD FOWLER (KEEF made a special appearance!), The Knitting Factory, NYC; May 24, JEFFERSON STARSHIP Bally's Atlantic City, NJ; June 20 THE ROLLING TONES, Brooklyn, NY; June 26, TIM REIS STONES WORLD, Highline Ballroom, NYC; July 4, BAD COMPANY, Resorts Intl Casino, Atlantic City, NJ; July 4, MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE, House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ; July 18, THE STONERS FROM ROMA ITALIA, Bobby Dee's, Avalon, NJ; July 21, PAUL McCARTNEY, Citi Field, Flushing NY; July 23, MICK TAYLOR BAND:CANCELLED, BB Kings NYC; July 31 AC/DC Giant's Stadium, NJ; August 20, THE MOODY BLUES, Radio City, NYC; September 4 SHATTERED, Wildwood, NJ; September 5 THE GLIMMER TWINS, Wildwood, NJ; September 6, MIKE HUNT BAND, Wildwood, NJ; September 24, U2 Giant's Stadium, NJ; October 2, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Giant's Stadium; November 12, IAN "Mac" McLAGAN, Joe's Pub NYC.


That's what I've got lined up so far....something will pop up for December.

Yeah I go to alot of concerts and RS tribute bands. At least one show a month, sometimes 2

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by platter on Jul 26th, 2009 at 6:39pm

Bitch wrote on Jul 26th, 2009 at 6:16pm:
MY 2009 CONCERTS & GIGS: January 9, TIM REIS RS PROJECT, The Jazz Standard NYC; January 15, SATISFACTION, BB Kings NYC; February 28, 3 DOORS DOWN House of Blues Atlantic City; March 3, IAN 'MAC' McLAGIN, BB Kings NYC; March 22, BERNARD FOWLER & TACKHEAD, Highline Ballroom NYC; March 27 MARIANNE FAITHFULL City Winery, NYC; April 24, GLIMMER TWINS, Curran's Irish Inn, Philadelphia; April 28, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Spectrum, Philadelphia; May 9 MIKE HUNT BAND, Lakeside Lounge, NYC; May 19, BERNARD FOWLER (KEEF made a special appearance!), The Knitting Factory, NYC; May 24, JEFFERSON STARSHIP Bally's Atlantic City, NJ; June 20 THE ROLLING TONES, Brooklyn, NY; June 26, TIM REIS STONES WORLD, Highline Ballroom, NYC; July 4, BAD COMPANY, Resorts Intl Casino, Atlantic City, NJ; July 4, MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE, House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ; July 18, THE STONERS FROM ROMA ITALIA, Bobby Dee's, Avalon, NJ; July 21, PAUL McCARTNEY, Citi Field, Flushing NY; July 23, MICK TAYLOR BAND:CANCELLED, BB Kings NYC; July 31 AC/DC Giant's Stadium, NJ; August 20, THE MOODY BLUES, Radio City, NYC; September 4 SHATTERED, Wildwood, NJ; September 5 THE GLIMMER TWINS, Wildwood, NJ; September 6, MIKE HUNT BAND, Wildwood, NJ; September 24, U2 Giant's Stadium, NJ; October 2, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Giant's Stadium; November 12, IAN "Mac" McLAGAN, Joe's Pub NYC.


That's what I've got lined up so far....something will pop up for December.

Yeah I go to alot of concerts and RS tribute bands. At least one show a month, sometimes 2


damn...i'm exhausted just reading that list.  i guess the economy is not effecting you none.

:wtf3

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Jul 26th, 2009 at 7:24pm

I dont drink (much), dont smoke, dont do drugs, dont gamble, dont go to many restaurants, so the money I dont waste on that shit I spend on music ~ it doesnt harm my health, well possibly my eardrums. Anyway half of these shows are under $30, some are free, and the most I pay for a big act is $100.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by platter on Jul 26th, 2009 at 8:40pm
good for you bitch.  sweetcharmed life does enough of that for all of us

:whydontcha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jul 26th, 2009 at 9:27pm

wrote on Jul 26th, 2009 at 8:40pm:
good for you bitch.  sweetcharmed life does enough of that for all of us

:whydontcha


I do?...That's news to me.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Jul 27th, 2009 at 9:57pm
OK I will make a point to get to the next Dylan show that comes round! His tickets are always reasonably priced! I feel sorry I wimped out on the rainy day gig, I want another chance!!  :'( :'( :'(

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 30th, 2009 at 3:09am
Simpsonville, South Carolina
Heritage Park Amphitheatre

July 29, 2009




1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on guitar)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)  
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)  
4. Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on keyboard)  
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)  
7. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
10. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jul 31st, 2009 at 10:28am
Set 3 of a 4 pack!

Alpharetta, Georgia
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
July 30, 2009

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on guitar)
2.      Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
3.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
5.      High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
6.      Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard and harp)
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
11.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
     
     (encore)
12.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Ed & Michelle for the phone call

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Aug 1st, 2009 at 5:23pm
10/5  Seattle, Washington - WaMu Theatre  
10/7  Portland, Oregon - Memorial Coliseum  
10/10  Berkeley, California - Greek Theatre  
10/11  Berkeley, California - Greek Theatre  
10/13  Los Angeles, California - Hollywood Palladium  
10/14  Los Angeles, California - Hollywood Palladium  
10/15  Los Angeles, California - Hollywood Palladium  
10/31  Possible shows in upper Midwest - end of October  

http://www.boblinks.com/dates.html#1005

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 3rd, 2009 at 3:47am
The Woodlands, Texas
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 2, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on guitar)
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
4. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard and harp)
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
6. If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)
7. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo)
8. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on viola)
11. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)
(encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 5th, 2009 at 2:12am
Dylan Christmas album rumour

http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm

Did Dylan record an album in May (and was it a Christmas album)?

A month or so ago, there was a rumour that, following his European tour earlier this year, Dylan had gone into a studio to record another album. This was surprising in itself, given that "Together Through Life" had only just been released, but what was even more surprising was the suggestion that this would be a Christmas album. At the time, we could get no substantiation of the story and, not wishing to spread a rumour for which there was no additional information, chose not to include it in ISIS magazine or on the ISIS website. In the hope of receiving feedback/confirmation, we did, however, print this rumour in our ISIS newsletter (June 2009). Since then, we have received more snippets about this initial rumour. While we cannot reveal the nature of, nor the source of, these snippets, we now feel there are sufficient grounds to go public.

We have also linked these various bits and pieces of information to another, earlier, rumour. Around the time that "Together Through Life" was about to come out, it was said that its release had in fact been brought forward from the originally slated date, namely this coming autumn. We wondered why and now think we have the answer.



We cannot guarantee that these reports will prove to be accurate but this is the way it seems to us:-



Dylan and Sony are planning to release a Christmas album later this year. There is no indication whether this album will consist of Christmas standards, Dylan originals or a mixture of the two.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 5th, 2009 at 2:15am
Round Rock, Texas
The Dell Diamond

August 4, 2009




1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on guitar)
2. This Wheel's On Fire (Bob on guitar and harp)  
3. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)  
4. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
5. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
6. Forgetful Heart
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on violin, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
(Bob on keyboard, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
8. I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
10. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
11. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Charlie Sexton on lead guitar)  
   

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 5th, 2009 at 8:48am

Ade wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 2:12am:
Dylan Christmas album rumour

http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm

Did Dylan record an album in May (and was it a Christmas album)?

A month or so ago, there was a rumour that, following his European tour earlier this year, Dylan had gone into a studio to record another album. This was surprising in itself, given that "Together Through Life" had only just been released, but what was even more surprising was the suggestion that this would be a Christmas album. At the time, we could get no substantiation of the story and, not wishing to spread a rumour for which there was no additional information, chose not to include it in ISIS magazine or on the ISIS website. In the hope of receiving feedback/confirmation, we did, however, print this rumour in our ISIS newsletter (June 2009). Since then, we have received more snippets about this initial rumour. While we cannot reveal the nature of, nor the source of, these snippets, we now feel there are sufficient grounds to go public.

We have also linked these various bits and pieces of information to another, earlier, rumour. Around the time that "Together Through Life" was about to come out, it was said that its release had in fact been brought forward from the originally slated date, namely this coming autumn. We wondered why and now think we have the answer.



We cannot guarantee that these reports will prove to be accurate but this is the way it seems to us:-



Dylan and Sony are planning to release a Christmas album later this year. There is no indication whether this album will consist of Christmas standards, Dylan originals or a mixture of the two.



Good grief.

'Desolation Row' are mentioning this as well in today's mailshot, in addition to another rumoured project which sounds a bit better :

ISIS has now announced that they believe what they’ve been hearing to be true and that Dylan and Sony are planning to release a Christmas album later this year. There is no indication whether this album will consist of Christmas standards, Dylan originals or a mixture of the two. For more information go to http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm
 
From the same source, we are told that “There have also been indications that a project about the Dylan's Rolling Thunder period is in the works as a follow-up to No Direction Home - that is, as a TV film, a DVD and perhaps a CD release, too”.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 5th, 2009 at 9:10am
looking forward to hearing a Bob'd-up  "Jingle Bells"   :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 5th, 2009 at 9:47am
Charlie Sexton!!!!!  What in the world! :weed :weed :weed

Bob mentioned something about a Christmas LP on on his TTRH shows.  It wouldn't surprise me.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 5th, 2009 at 12:11pm

Ade wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 9:10am:
looking forward to hearing a Bob'd-up  "Jingle Bells"   :willya



The plethora of joke song titles has started in earnest over on Expecting Rain :

(Tangled Up in) Blue Christmas
Lonesome Death of Frosty the Snowman
Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Frost
if you ever go to Lapland
Forgetful Santa

Beyond Here Lies Stuffin'
I dreamed I Saw Santa Augustine
Stuck With This Lousy Mobile (When I Wanted An iPhone Blues Again)
Aint Turkeyin'
All I Really Want To Do (is punch Auntie Glenda)
Gravy Let Me Swallow You Down
Blowin In The Wind (sprout remix)
Sprouts of Brownish Leather
Can I Please Crawl Out The Window?
Gonna Change My Way of Drinking
It's Alright Ma (I'm going home after Boxing Day)
Christmas Eve is a Long Time
Ballad of a Fat Elf
One More Cup of Eggnog
Neighbourhood Santa
Stuck inside the chimney with the fat beardy bastard blues again
If you see Santa say hello
Man in the big red coat
I Feel Exchange Comin' On
The Exchanging Of The Cards!!!!!
Decoration Row
I Shall Be Free-zing #10
Can you please crawl out of your chimney
Neighborhood Jolly
Shelter From The Snow Storm
Gotta Serve Somebody Pudding
Tangled up in blue tinsel.
Christmas Pie
All i want for christmas is a leopard skin pill box hat
It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train Set To Cry
Crash in the Sleigh (Buried in a Drift)
Dear Landlord (Don't Evict Me Before the Holidays)
Don't Ya Tell Santa
When I Light My Menorrah



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Saint Sway on Aug 5th, 2009 at 12:14pm
this belongs in the jb thread, no?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 6th, 2009 at 2:16am
Corpus Christi, Texas
Whataburger Field

August 5, 2009

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
3. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
(Bob on keyboard then harp center stage, Donnie on lap steel)  
4. Spirit On The Water
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)  
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Denny on slide guitar, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
6. Workingman's Blues #2
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
8. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on lap steel)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
10. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
11. Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
 

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 6th, 2009 at 3:37am

Gazza wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 12:11pm:

Ade wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 9:10am:
looking forward to hearing a Bob'd-up  "Jingle Bells"   :willya



The plethora of joke song titles has started in earnest over on Expecting Rain :

(Tangled Up in) Blue Christmas
Lonesome Death of Frosty the Snowman
Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Frost
if you ever go to Lapland
Forgetful Santa

Beyond Here Lies Stuffin'
I dreamed I Saw Santa Augustine
Stuck With This Lousy Mobile (When I Wanted An iPhone Blues Again)
Aint Turkeyin'
All I Really Want To Do (is punch Auntie Glenda)
Gravy Let Me Swallow You Down
Blowin In The Wind (sprout remix)
Sprouts of Brownish Leather
Can I Please Crawl Out The Window?
Gonna Change My Way of Drinking
It's Alright Ma (I'm going home after Boxing Day)
Christmas Eve is a Long Time
Ballad of a Fat Elf
One More Cup of Eggnog
Neighbourhood Santa
Stuck inside the chimney with the fat beardy bastard blues again
If you see Santa say hello
Man in the big red coat
I Feel Exchange Comin' On
The Exchanging Of The Cards!!!!!
Decoration Row
I Shall Be Free-zing #10
Can you please crawl out of your chimney
Neighborhood Jolly
Shelter From The Snow Storm
Gotta Serve Somebody Pudding
Tangled up in blue tinsel.
Christmas Pie
All i want for christmas is a leopard skin pill box hat
It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train Set To Cry
Crash in the Sleigh (Buried in a Drift)
Dear Landlord (Don't Evict Me Before the Holidays)
Don't Ya Tell Santa
When I Light My Menorrah


"Stuck inside the chimney with the fat beardy bastard blues again"
is the one that got me laughing  :smilestu

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 6th, 2009 at 8:43am

Saint Sway wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 12:14pm:
this belongs in the jb thread, no?


for my baby gazza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zFi9qtiiw&feature=related

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 6th, 2009 at 9:05am

Starbuck wrote on Aug 6th, 2009 at 8:43am:

Saint Sway wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 12:14pm:
this belongs in the jb thread, no?


for my baby gazza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zFi9qtiiw&feature=related

Hehehe...

Kinda mixing up threads, Bucky.  

not that I mind......

But that is one less post on YOUR thread ;D 8-)

Note to self:  gotta go see them live...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 8th, 2009 at 9:06am
Grand Prairie, Texas
QuikTrip Park
August 7, 2009

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on guitar, Donnie on lap steel)
2.      Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
3.      Things Have Changed
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
4.      Spirit On The Water
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin,Tony on standup bass)
6.      If You Ever Go To Houston
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
8.      I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel)
9.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
10.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)
11.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
     
     (encore)
12.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
13.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
14.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Kathleen for the phone calll


Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel, trumpet

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Aug 9th, 2009 at 8:54am

Gazza wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 12:11pm:

Ade wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 9:10am:
looking forward to hearing a Bob'd-up  "Jingle Bells"   :willya



The plethora of joke song titles has started in earnest over on Expecting Rain :

(Tangled Up in) Blue Christmas
Lonesome Death of Frosty the Snowman
Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Frost
if you ever go to Lapland
Forgetful Santa

Beyond Here Lies Stuffin'
I dreamed I Saw Santa Augustine
Stuck With This Lousy Mobile (When I Wanted An iPhone Blues Again)
Aint Turkeyin'
All I Really Want To Do (is punch Auntie Glenda)
Gravy Let Me Swallow You Down
Blowin In The Wind (sprout remix)
Sprouts of Brownish Leather
Can I Please Crawl Out The Window?
Gonna Change My Way of Drinking
It's Alright Ma (I'm going home after Boxing Day)
Christmas Eve is a Long Time
Ballad of a Fat Elf
One More Cup of Eggnog
Neighbourhood Santa
Stuck inside the chimney with the fat beardy bastard blues again
If you see Santa say hello
Man in the big red coat
I Feel Exchange Comin' On
The Exchanging Of The Cards!!!!!
Decoration Row
I Shall Be Free-zing #10
Can you please crawl out of your chimney
Neighborhood Jolly
Shelter From The Snow Storm
Gotta Serve Somebody Pudding
Tangled up in blue tinsel.
Christmas Pie
All i want for christmas is a leopard skin pill box hat
It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train Set To Cry
Crash in the Sleigh (Buried in a Drift)
Dear Landlord (Don't Evict Me Before the Holidays)
Don't Ya Tell Santa
When I Light My Menorrah



Funny!
My favourite is "All I want to do is punch Auntie Glenda"'
although personally I'd love a version of "Visions of Johanna laying stoned under the christmas tree"... (hm...spelling? lying? laying? getting laid? English grammar is SO illogical....)
[smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 9th, 2009 at 5:31pm
Shelter From The Jo Storm?  :P

I'm in three minds as to this Christmas album thing.

Either it's

a) a load of crap and a cover for something else that he's doing

or

b) he's lost his marbles

or

c) It's Bob's way of exploding the myth after years of glowing reviews about his creative genius. Just like he did four decades ago with 'Self Portrait'.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 9th, 2009 at 6:36pm
As predicted, a nice choice of cover for the show in Buddy Holly's hometown



Lubbock, Texas
Texas Tech University
Jones AT&T Stadium

August 8, 2009




1. Maggie's Farm (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
(Bob center stage on harp - no keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
4. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
5. Honest With Me (Bob center stage on harp then keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
6. Blind Willie McTell (Bob on guitar, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
8. Workingman's Blues #2
(Bob center stage on harp then keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on lap steel)  
10. Love Sick (Bob center stage on harp then keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)  
11. Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
   
 (encore)
12. Not Fade Away (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
13. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  



Tuesday's show in Glendale, AZ has been cancelled due to the extreme heat predicted in that area

http://www.bobdylan.com/#/news/glendale-arizona-show-cancelled-due-extreme-heat

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 10th, 2009 at 2:45am
Lubbock, Texas
Texas Tech University
Jones AT&T Stadium

August 8, 2009




1. Maggie's Farm (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
(Bob center stage on harp - no keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
4. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
5. Honest With Me (Bob center stage on harp then keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
6. Blind Willie McTell (Bob on guitar, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
8. Workingman's Blues #2
(Bob center stage on harp then keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on lap steel)  
10. Love Sick (Bob center stage on harp then keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)  
11. Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
   
 (encore)
12. Not Fade Away (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)   :keithpunky
13. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
   

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 10th, 2009 at 2:45am
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Journal Pavilion

August 9, 2009




1. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on lap steel)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
(Bob center stage on harp - no keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
(Bob center stage on harp then on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)  
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
5. Beyond The Horizon
(Bob center stage on harp then on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)  
6. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)  
7. When The Deal Goes Down
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
8. If You Ever Go To Houston
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
10. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
11. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)  
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 10th, 2009 at 6:17am
I presume our Martha was at this show, because I woke up this morning to find a blast of what sounded like 'If You Ever Go to Houston' on my voicemail!  :booze

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 10th, 2009 at 11:22am

Gazza wrote on Aug 9th, 2009 at 5:31pm:
Shelter From The Jo Storm?  :P

I'm in three minds as to this Christmas album thing.

Either it's

a) a load of crap and a cover for something else that he's doing

or

b) he's lost his marbles

or

c) It's Bob's way of exploding the myth after years of glowing reviews about his creative genius. Just like he did four decades ago with 'Self Portrait'.


self portrait is fabulous. are you high?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 10th, 2009 at 11:25am

Starbuck wrote on Aug 10th, 2009 at 11:22am:

Gazza wrote on Aug 9th, 2009 at 5:31pm:
Shelter From The Jo Storm?  :P

I'm in three minds as to this Christmas album thing.

Either it's

a) a load of crap and a cover for something else that he's doing

or

b) he's lost his marbles

or

c) It's Bob's way of exploding the myth after years of glowing reviews about his creative genius. Just like he did four decades ago with 'Self Portrait'.


self portrait is fabulous. are you high?



I didnt suggest that it wasn't - I've always liked it and I think 'Copper Kettle' is BRILLIANT -  but Dylan's 'excuse' for it was that he wanted to get everyone off his back.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, though. Had we both been following Dylan for years up to that point, I would have confidently predicted a reaction similar to the words Greil Marcus used to open his 'Rolling Stone' review of it, ie "What is this shit?"


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 10th, 2009 at 11:26am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Aug 6th, 2009 at 9:05am:

Starbuck wrote on Aug 6th, 2009 at 8:43am:

Saint Sway wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 12:14pm:
this belongs in the jb thread, no?


for my baby gazza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zFi9qtiiw&feature=related

Hehehe...

Kinda mixing up threads, Bucky.  

not that I mind......

But that is one less post on YOUR thread ;D 8-)

Note to self:  gotta go see them live...


meg?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le8srNiXI04&feature=PlayList&p=729193F450672359&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 10th, 2009 at 12:07pm

Starbuck wrote on Aug 10th, 2009 at 11:26am:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Aug 6th, 2009 at 9:05am:

Starbuck wrote on Aug 6th, 2009 at 8:43am:

Saint Sway wrote on Aug 5th, 2009 at 12:14pm:
this belongs in the jb thread, no?


for my baby gazza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zFi9qtiiw&feature=related

Hehehe...

Kinda mixing up threads, Bucky.  

not that I mind......

But that is one less post on YOUR thread ;D 8-)

Note to self:  gotta go see them live...


meg?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le8srNiXI04&feature=PlayList&p=729193F450672359&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4


might as well post "Wagon Wheel" too- as it is a Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid outtake.....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 10th, 2009 at 5:57pm
This just in: It’s hot in Arizona in the summer. Too hot for Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson anyway.

The trio was scheduled to perform tomorrow at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, a suburb located just a few miles northwest of downtown Phoenix.

According to local radio station KTAR, the concert’s promoter pulled the plug on the show citing excessive heat which would pose a “serious health risk to the public as well as the working personnel at the outdoor venue.”

Tuesday’s forecast calls for temperatures in the neighborhood of 110 degrees.

Ticketholders should check with point of purchase for a refund.

Just a heads up guys: It’s hot in California in the summer too. According to the National Weather Service, the forecast for Lake Elsinore, where you’re scheduled to play Wednesday, is 96 degrees and the forecast for Fresno, where you’re set to perform on Friday, is 92 degrees. Bring a cooler.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:30pm
gazza!

@#!$ing love today's header! where did you dig it up?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:45pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


shit...even dylan's craps are artistic.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:00pm

Starbuck wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:45pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


shit...even dylan's craps are artistic.


"knocked out LOADed"....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:16pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:00pm:

Starbuck wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:45pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


shit...even dylan's craps are artistic.


"knocked out LOADed"....


all i really want to poo?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:22pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


Leave it to you to think he was on the shitter.
Ya know it might not be a bathroom. though..
Do you usually hang your jacket so close to the target area?


Guess Dylan did(does) live life dangerously..

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:52pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:22pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


Leave it to you to think he was on the shitter.
Ya know it might not be a bathroom. though..
Do you usually hang your jacket so close to the target area?


Guess Dylan did(does) live life dangerously..



Might have been a public bog and it had to be put somewhere to keep it out of the way. After all he's hardly going to keep it on while he's having a 'Brownsville Girl' or else he may end up with a "Turd In A Long Black Coat".....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Saint Sway on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:58pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


I recently saw this photo at a gallery exhibit. The cool thing was that they had it displayed directly next to a photo framed of a young Jagger holding in his hands and staring at a copy of Dylan's album "Bringing It All Back Home"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 11th, 2009 at 2:00pm

Starbuck wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:16pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:00pm:

Starbuck wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:45pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


shit...even dylan's craps are artistic.


"knocked out LOADed"....


all i really want to poo?


Can't Wait
Shitting On A Barbed Wire Fence
(Number) 2 x 2
Blood In My Stools
Dirt Hole Blues
It Shall Be Released
You're a Big Turd Now
Lay Down Your Weary Ass

..and of course...

Floater

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Saint Sway on Aug 11th, 2009 at 2:05pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 2:00pm:

Starbuck wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:16pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:00pm:

Starbuck wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:45pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


shit...even dylan's craps are artistic.


"knocked out LOADed"....


all i really want to poo?


Can't Wait
Shitting On A Barbed Wire Fence
(Number) 2 x 2
Blood In My Stools
Dirt Hole Blues
It Shall Be Released
You're a Big Turd Now
Lay Down Your Weary Ass

..and of course...

Floater


Gazza, you're slipping.....

of all the Dylan song titles you could make about poop, and you leave of "Joey" ?!!!?!?!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 11th, 2009 at 2:11pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:52pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:22pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


Leave it to you to think he was on the shitter.
Ya know it might not be a bathroom. though..
Do you usually hang your jacket so close to the target area?


Guess Dylan did(does) live life dangerously..



Might have been a public bog and it had to be put somewhere to keep it out of the way. After all he's hardly going to keep it on while he's having a 'Brownsville Girl' or else he may end up with a "Turd In A Long Black Coat".....


Well I wasn't talkin about Your Back Pages..

I was talking about Pissin in the Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 11th, 2009 at 2:22pm
gotta serve somepotty?
i shitty the poor immigrant?
shitting on a barbed wire fence? damn...gazza beat me to that one.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tom on Aug 11th, 2009 at 6:45pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 2:00pm:

Starbuck wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:16pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:00pm:

Starbuck wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:45pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Voodoo's the man for the headers, mate - not me

Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.

I had to look twice. My first reaction was 'how the hell did he find a pic of Dylan having a crap?'


shit...even dylan's craps are artistic.


"knocked out LOADed"....


all i really want to poo?


Can't Wait
Shitting On A Barbed Wire Fence
(Number) 2 x 2
Blood In My Stools
Dirt Hole Blues
It Shall Be Released
You're a Big Turd Now
Lay Down Your Weary Ass

..and of course...

Floater



LOL  ;D ;D ;D :smilestu

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Aug 12th, 2009 at 7:43am
Good ones!!

LOLOLOL


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Aug 12th, 2009 at 7:47am

Gazza wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:41pm:
Agree, its a gem - never seen that one before.


So it will be up for another day..  :forfucksake

I think some of our very creative friends have not seen that one... at this point we would have an edited version!  :aimama

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 13th, 2009 at 2:45am
Lake Elsinore, California
The Diamond

August 12, 2009

1. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on guitar)  
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob center stage on harp)  
4. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Bob on keyboard)  
5. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)  
7. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
10. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Lukas Nelson on electric guitar)  
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Lukas Nelson on electric guitar)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Lukas Nelson on electric guitar)  
   

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 13th, 2009 at 3:44pm
And what a great show it was!  Bob is in such a mood right now....coming center stage a lot!  Laughing it up and facing off with Lukas.  He's mesmerizing.  Po Boy was gorgeous.  Will be at the last three shows!  Oh, T-Bone Burnett came out during Johnny's (great) set and guested on one song.  What a night!

peace,
Martha Mellencamp


Ade wrote on Aug 13th, 2009 at 2:45am:
Lake Elsinore, California
The Diamond

August 12, 2009

1. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on guitar)  
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob center stage on harp)  
4. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Bob on keyboard)  
5. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)  
7. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
10. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Lukas Nelson on electric guitar)  
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Lukas Nelson on electric guitar)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Lukas Nelson on electric guitar)  
   


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 13th, 2009 at 3:53pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 10th, 2009 at 6:17am:
I presume our Martha was at this show, because I woke up this morning to find a blast of what sounded like 'If You Ever Go to Houston' on my voicemail!  :booze


Could you make it out then?!  If we get a debut I will call you again.  Last night there was nothing happening along that line.  Great  show nontheless.

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 13th, 2009 at 4:33pm

Martha wrote on Aug 13th, 2009 at 3:44pm:
And what a great show it was!  Bob is in such a mood right now....coming center stage a lot!  Laughing it up and facing off with Lukas.  He's mesmerizing.  Po Boy was gorgeous.  Will be at the last three shows!  Oh, T-Bone Burnett came out during Johnny's (great) set and guested on one song.  What a night!

peace,
Martha Mellencamp

Enjoy your Bob, Martha.  Happy for you!!!! :booze :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 14th, 2009 at 2:38am
pleased you got a good show, Martha!   :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 14th, 2009 at 7:49am
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/if-you-met-bob-dylan-what-would-you-say

I liked this one -

"Hello Bob" .... But I'd mumble it. See how he bloody likes it.


There's a good ongoing blog where this guy writes about every Bob Dylan song. Not sure if any of you are reading it, so here's the link. He's working his way through Bucky's fave album, "Self Portrait" at the minute.


http://everybobdylansong.blogspot.com/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 14th, 2009 at 8:11am
that bloke needs to get out more, Gazza!  :wtf3

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tom on Aug 14th, 2009 at 9:33am
Please post the picture of Bob having a crap reading a mag with Mick on the cover  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 15th, 2009 at 4:25am
Policewoman escorts Bob Dylan to hotel after failing to recognise him

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/bob-dylan/6031615/Policewoman-escorts-Bob-Dylan-to-hotel-after-failing-to-recognise-him.html

Policewoman escorts Bob Dylan to hotel after failing to recognise him
A rookie policewoman in America failed to recognise Bob Dylan after stopping him following a report of an “eccentric looking man” acting suspiciously.

By Paul Thompson
Published: 8:00AM BST 15 Aug 2009

Bob Dylan
The 68-year-old singer was placed in the back of a patrol car and driven to a hotel where staff confirmed his identity.

Dylan had told the 22-year-old officer his name - but she and her partner had no idea who he was.

Dylan was staying in town with country music star Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp for a concert at the nearby town of Lakewood.

He was strolling along a residential street in the Latin Quarter of the seaside town when police received a call reporting an “eccentric looking old man".

Two patrol officers were dispatched to investigate and stopped Dylan.

The singer, famed for such songs as Like a Rolling Stone” and Blowin’ in the wind” immediately identified himself to the officers.

But without any photo identification to confirm his name he was put the back of their patrol car and driven to his hotel. Reception staff quickly confirmed his identity.

Sergeant Craig Spencer from Long Branch police station said: "Residents called to complain there was an old scruffy man acting suspiciously.

"It was an odd request because it was mid-afternoon, but it’s an ethnic Latin area and the residents felt the man didn’t fit in. Lets just say he looked eccentric.

"We dispatched a young woman officer. She is 22 and unfortunately she had no idea who Bob Dylan was.

"He was on a walkabout but she wasn’t entirely convinced of his innocence.

"She took him back to the hotel to check his papers, then she called us to check who Bob Dylan was.

"I’m afraid we all fell about laughing. If it was me, I’d have been demanding his autograph not his photo ID.

"The poor woman has taken rather a lot of abuse from us.”

He added: ”I offered to bring in some of my Dylan albums, but unfortunately she doesn’t know what vinyl is either.”

Another officer said: "It has been the talk of the station. Both of the officers involved had no idea who Bob Dylan was.”

The incident was first reported in gossip column of the local Long Branch newspaper LinkNews.

Dylan,whose real name is Robert Zimmerman, is notoriously reclusive. After a 1966 motorcycle accident he withdrew from public life and did not tour for eight years.

He continued to perform over the last four decades and this week it was announced that he will produce a 2009 Christmas album, featuring songs such as Here Comes Santa Claus.

A 2007 film “I’m Not There” inspired by the Dylan featured six actors playing the singer at various stages in his life, including Heath Ledger and Cate Blanchett.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 15th, 2009 at 4:28am
Fresno, California
Chukchansi Park
August 14, 2009

1. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on guitar)
3. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob on guitar)
4. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
8. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
11. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 15th, 2009 at 10:01am

Ade wrote on Aug 15th, 2009 at 4:25am:
Policewoman escorts Bob Dylan to hotel after failing to recognise him

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/bob-dylan/6031615/Policewoman-escorts-Bob-Dylan-to-hotel-after-failing-to-recognise-him.html

Policewoman escorts Bob Dylan to hotel after failing to recognise him
A rookie policewoman in America failed to recognise Bob Dylan after stopping him following a report of an “eccentric looking man” acting suspiciously.

By Paul Thompson
Published: 8:00AM BST 15 Aug 2009

Bob Dylan
The 68-year-old singer was placed in the back of a patrol car and driven to a hotel where staff confirmed his identity.

Dylan had told the 22-year-old officer his name - but she and her partner had no idea who he was.

Dylan was staying in town with country music star Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp for a concert at the nearby town of Lakewood.

He was strolling along a residential street in the Latin Quarter of the seaside town when police received a call reporting an “eccentric looking old man".

Two patrol officers were dispatched to investigate and stopped Dylan.

The singer, famed for such songs as Like a Rolling Stone” and Blowin’ in the wind” immediately identified himself to the officers.

But without any photo identification to confirm his name he was put the back of their patrol car and driven to his hotel. Reception staff quickly confirmed his identity.

Sergeant Craig Spencer from Long Branch police station said: "Residents called to complain there was an old scruffy man acting suspiciously.

"It was an odd request because it was mid-afternoon, but it’s an ethnic Latin area and the residents felt the man didn’t fit in. Lets just say he looked eccentric.

"We dispatched a young woman officer. She is 22 and unfortunately she had no idea who Bob Dylan was.

"He was on a walkabout but she wasn’t entirely convinced of his innocence.

"She took him back to the hotel to check his papers, then she called us to check who Bob Dylan was.

"I’m afraid we all fell about laughing. If it was me, I’d have been demanding his autograph not his photo ID.

"The poor woman has taken rather a lot of abuse from us.”

He added: ”I offered to bring in some of my Dylan albums, but unfortunately she doesn’t know what vinyl is either.”

Another officer said: "It has been the talk of the station. Both of the officers involved had no idea who Bob Dylan was.”

The incident was first reported in gossip column of the local Long Branch newspaper LinkNews.

Dylan,whose real name is Robert Zimmerman, is notoriously reclusive. After a 1966 motorcycle accident he withdrew from public life and did not tour for eight years.

He continued to perform over the last four decades and this week it was announced that he will produce a 2009 Christmas album, featuring songs such as Here Comes Santa Claus.

A 2007 film “I’m Not There” inspired by the Dylan featured six actors playing the singer at various stages in his life, including Heath Ledger and Cate Blanchett.




Like a complete unknown..........

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 15th, 2009 at 10:08am

New Jersey Homeowner Calls Cops on Bob Dylan



Long Branch, N.J., police officer Kristie Buble, left, says she encountered Bob Dylan wandering around the streets of Long Branch.
(Courtesy Kristie Buble/Getty Images)


Talk about "a complete unknown."

Bob Dylan was detained by police in Long Branch, N.J. last month, when a young officer failed to recognize him, police said. The officer proceeded to go to earnest lengths to ensure the hooded, disheveled, rain-soaked music legend was, in fact, who he said he was.

Dylan, 68, one of the most celebrated, eccentric artists in American history, was in the area on July 23 as part of a national concert tour -- a fact lost on 24-year-old Long Branch police officer Kristie Buble.

To hear the young New Jersey police officer describe it, the scene was like something out of one of Dylan's epic song-poems: It was pouring rain, Dylan was soaked and wandering alone, far from the traveling home of his entourage of tour buses.

When Dylan wandered into the yard of a home that had a "For Sale" sign on it, the home's occupants became spooked by his appearance and called police with a report of an "eccentric-looking old man" in their yard, Long Branch Police said. One of the occupants even went so far as to follow Dylan as he continued on down the street.

A publicist for Dylan who was on his way to a Dylan concert in Fresno, Calif., told ABCNews.com he had not heard the story, but would look into the incident.

But Buble said the man told her he was Bob Dylan.

"We got a call for a suspicious person,'' Buble said. "It was pouring rain outside, and I was right around the corner so I responded. By that time he was walking down the street. I asked him what he was doing in the neighborhood and he said he was looking at a house for sale."

"I asked him what his name was and he said, 'Bob Dylan,' Buble said. "Now, I've seen pictures of Bob Dylan from a long time ago and he didn't look like Bob Dylan to me at all. He was wearing black sweatpants tucked into black rain boots, and two raincoats with the hood pulled down over his head.

"So I said, 'OK Bob, what are you doing in Long Branch?' He said he was touring the country with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. So now I'm really a little fishy about his story. I did not know what to believe or where he was coming from, or even who he was.

"We see a lot of people on our beat, and I wasn't sure if he came from one of our hospitals or something," Buble said.

She asked for identification, but Dylan said he had none. She asked where he was staying and he said his tour buses were parked at some big hotel on the ocean. Buble said she assumed that to be the nearby Ocean Place Conference Resort.

"He was acting very suspicious,'' Buble said. "Not delusional, just suspicious. You know, it was pouring rain and everything."

Following her police training, Buble said she indulged him.

"OK Bob, why don't you get in the car and we'll drive to the hotel and go verify this?' " she said she told him. "I put him in the back of the car. To be honest with you, I didn't really believe this was Bob Dylan. It never crossed my mind that this could really be him."

Buble made small talk on the ride to the hotel, asking her detainee where he was playing, she said, but never really believing a word he said.

"He was really nice, though, and he said he understood why I had to verify his identity and why I couldn't let him go," Buble said. "He asked me if I could drive him back to the neighborhood when I verified who he was, which made me even more suspicious.

"I pulled into the parking lot," she said, "and sure enough there were these enormous tour buses, and I thought, 'Whoa.'"

Her sergeant met her at the hotel parking lot.

"I got out of my car and said, "Sarg, this guy says he's Bob Dylan,'" Buble said. "He opened the car door, looked in, and said, 'That's not Bob Dylan.'"

"So we go over to the tour bus and knock on the door and some guy answers and I say, 'Are you missing someone?'"

"Who's asking?'' came the reply, according to Buble.

"I was in full uniform, so I say, 'I'm asking! I'm the police.'"

Eventually, the police were shown Dylan's passport, which Buble said she looked at, saw the legend's name, and rather sheepishly handed it back to Dylan's manager.

"OK,'' she recalled saying as she smiled. "Um, have a nice day."

A police department source said Buble had taken her share of good-natured ribbing from some of the older officers.

"To really appreciate the story from our end, you have to see Kristie," one cop said. "She looks like a 16-year-old kid, next to this living legend. It was unbelievable."

In fairness to Buble, Dylan has a long history of intentionally seeking anonymity, often with hooded sweatshirts and other limited disguises.

In October, 2001, he was held up at a checkpoint at Jackson County Exposition Center in Oregon as he attempted to get into the backstage area of his own concert, according to the Associated Press.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8331830&page=1


Sounds like Da Zim was Drifting Too Far From Shore...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 15th, 2009 at 10:17am
could this really be the end?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 15th, 2009 at 10:19am

Stuck Inside Of Long Branch With The Lakewood Blues Again...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 15th, 2009 at 10:24am
the times have changed

Title: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Starbuck on Aug 14th, 2009 at 5:54pm
funny! there are indeed some idiots in new jersey, so it seems. riffy, look into this please.
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Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood.

Dylan was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp that was to play at a baseball stadium.

A 24-year-old police officer apparently was unaware of who Dylan is and asked him for identification, Long Branch business administrator Howard Woolley said Friday.

"I don't think she was familiar with his entire body of work," Woolley said.

The incident began at 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) when a resident said a man was wandering around a low-income, predominantly minority neighborhood several blocks from the oceanfront looking at houses.

The police officer drove up to Dylan, who was wearing a blue jacket, and asked him his name. According to Woolley, the following exchange ensued:

"What is your name, sir?" the officer asked.

"Bob Dylan," Dylan said.

"OK, what are you doing here?" the officer asked.

"I'm on tour," the singer replied.

A second officer, also in his 20s, responded to assist the first officer. He, too, apparently was unfamiliar with Dylan, Woolley said.

The officers asked Dylan for identification. The singer of such classics as "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Blowin' in the Wind" said that he didn't have any ID with him, that he was just walking around looking at houses to pass some time before that night's show.

The officers asked Dylan, 68, to accompany them back to the Ocean Place Resort and Spa, where the performers were staying. Once there, tour staff vouched for Dylan.

The officers thanked him for his cooperation.

"He couldn't have been any nicer to them," Woolley added.

How did it feel? A Dylan publicist did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment Friday.


Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Gazza on Aug 14th, 2009 at 7:17pm
Bob's slagged off the NJ cops twice in song over the years as being corrupt.

("Hurricane" - 'in Paterson, thats just the way things go/if you're black, you may as well not show up on the street/less ya wanna draw the heat')

("Tweeter & The Monkey Man" - 'in Jersey anything's legal as long as ya don't get caught')

I sense its payback time!

Fuckin' idiots.

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Bitch on Aug 14th, 2009 at 7:50pm
'in Jersey anything's legal as long as ya don't get caught'  

Hell yeah this is SO TRUE! The cops here are so stupid (not all but most) the real crooks dont get caught and the regular people like Dylan get hassled!

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Gazza on Aug 14th, 2009 at 7:56pm
Not often ya hear Dylan being described as 'regular', in fairness!!!

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Bitch on Aug 14th, 2009 at 8:00pm
True but if you dont know what Dylan looks like, he doesnt come off looking like a rock star, he looks like an average guy!

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Brainbell Jangler on Aug 14th, 2009 at 8:04pm

Bitch wrote on Aug 14th, 2009 at 7:50pm:
'in Jersey anything's legal as long as ya don't get caught'  

Hell yeah this is SO TRUE! The cops here are so stupid (not all but most) the real crooks dont get caught and the regular people like Dylan get hassled!

Careful, now.  You call stupid cops stupid and you may end up having to buy them a drink like Barack did.

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Bitch on Aug 14th, 2009 at 8:11pm
uhh I dont think there are any cops posting on Rocks Off ~
and
the 'beer summit' was damage control IMO.

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Pdog on Aug 14th, 2009 at 8:12pm
I've been enjoying Jersey this pat week. I love giving cops dirty looks back... some are cool and some of them here are really pathetically stupid... I grew up with people in AC that think Philly is a state!!! Weather has been great... Bob Dyaln rules!!! fuck the cops!!!

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Kilroy on Aug 14th, 2009 at 8:17pm
THis is great, Bob  is a regular guy that's kind of what makes him great.
h9-bobreadingmickarticle.jpg (39 KB | )

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by open-g on Aug 14th, 2009 at 10:08pm
What? that's when they call the cops?  :forfucksake and the resident really said that?

"The incident began at 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) when a resident said a man was wandering around a low-income, predominantly minority neighborhood several blocks from the oceanfront looking at houses."

I'd have to be on the phone 24/7 (sans the oceanfront)
maybe the cops should start drugtests on the neighbours  :weed :booze :pukey
there is no sane resident who says: I live in a  low-income, predominantly minority neighborhood...and there's a man wandering about!^^ unless it's the mafia...but would the call the cops? well maybe Luigi was the cop.... :-X

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 15th, 2009 at 12:07pm
Good thing Bob didn't get tasered. :retarded

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 15th, 2009 at 12:12pm
And you say, who is that man?

Title: Re: Idiot cops arrest Dylan!
Post by Gazza on Aug 15th, 2009 at 12:16pm

Bitch wrote on Aug 14th, 2009 at 8:00pm:
True but if you dont know what Dylan looks like, he doesnt come off looking like a rock star, he looks like an average guy!



Bob might be a picture of sartorial elegance when he's onstage these days, but when he's walking around in public and trying to stay low-key, he's more likely to be mistaken for a vagrant than a 'regular guy'. Thats been the case for decades.

To be honest reading the policewoman's account of the incident, on reflection I can't say I blame her that much for finding the whole thing fishy.

When Dylan wandered into the yard of a home that had a "For Sale" sign on it, the home's occupants became spooked by his appearance and called police with a report of an "eccentric-looking old man" in their yard, Long Branch Police said. One of the occupants even went so far as to follow Dylan as he continued on down the street.

A publicist for Dylan who was on his way to a Dylan concert in Fresno, Calif., told ABCNews.com he had not heard the story, but would look into the incident.

But Buble said the man told her he was Bob Dylan.

"We got a call for a suspicious person,'' Buble said. "It was pouring rain outside, and I was right around the corner so I responded. By that time he was walking down the street. I asked him what he was doing in the neighborhood and he said he was looking at a house for sale."

"I asked him what his name was and he said, 'Bob Dylan,' Buble said. "Now, I've seen pictures of Bob Dylan from a long time ago and he didn't look like Bob Dylan to me at all. He was wearing black sweatpants tucked into black rain boots, and two raincoats with the hood pulled down over his head.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 15th, 2009 at 12:44pm
the height of eccentricity..or a made up tale.

lots of tall tales where Bob is concerned....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 15th, 2009 at 12:55pm

Doubtful that it's made up.

Bob's been in the news a couple of times in recent months for visiting the childhood homes of Neil Young and John Lennon.

Similar scenario at Neil's house, except the owners actually recognized him and invited him in.  

BTW, Springsteen was born in Long Branch...


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 15th, 2009 at 1:11pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Aug 15th, 2009 at 12:55pm:
Doubtful that it's made up.

Bob's been in the news a couple of times in recent months for visiting the childhood homes of Neil Young and John Lennon.

Similar scenario at Neil's house, except the owners actually recognized him and invited him in.  

BTW, Springsteen was born in Long Branch...


That was my first thought too, although I didnt make the connection with Young & Lennon that you just did.

I think on the Lennon trip, he just went on a public bus tour and refused the invite for a private showing.

Next time Bob plays Belfast, I'll make sure I spend the entire afternoon hanging outside Van Morrison's childhood home just in case (its about 200 yards from my own)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 15th, 2009 at 1:17pm

Bruce had a house in Long Branch back in the 70's.
Maybe Bob was looking for it.

Staking out Van The Man's house next time Bob visits the Auld Sod might be a good idea...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by platter on Aug 15th, 2009 at 2:38pm
i don't get it....what's dylan doing walking around without a bodyguard?

:wtf3

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 15th, 2009 at 2:45pm

Why would he need a bodyguard if he's virtually unrecognizable in his off stage garb?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by platter on Aug 15th, 2009 at 2:59pm
i dunno......because he is a SUPERSTAR?

:whydontcha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 15th, 2009 at 3:06pm

A superstar who dresses like a homeless man and is more likely to avert glances than attract them.

A 7 foot tall 500 pound block of granite companion would do just the opposite...




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 15th, 2009 at 4:51pm

wrote on Aug 15th, 2009 at 2:38pm:
i don't get it....what's dylan doing walking around without a bodyguard?

:wtf3



Trying to get away from being "Bob Dylan" for a few minutes.

Anyway, Lefty, your comment on the Springsteen-Neil Young-John Lennon connection seems to match that of this theory :

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=8335824&page=1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 15th, 2009 at 5:44pm

Hmm.
Maybe Chris Francescani reads RO...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 15th, 2009 at 5:47pm
who's house is next? better clean out my basement!!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 15th, 2009 at 5:51pm

Bob's in Stockton CA tonight.

Chris Isaak should expect a visit shortly...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 15th, 2009 at 7:16pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 15th, 2009 at 4:51pm:

wrote on Aug 15th, 2009 at 2:38pm:
i don't get it....what's dylan doing walking around without a bodyguard?

:wtf3



Trying to get away from being "Bob Dylan" for a few minutes.

Anyway, Lefty, your comment on the Springsteen-Neil Young-John Lennon connection seems to match that of this theory :

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=8335824&page=1


Searching for "My Father's House" evidently :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by corgi37 on Aug 16th, 2009 at 3:43am
Did Dylan have blonde hair like in a pic i saw recently?

Imagine the stupididity of all cops involved. Not only did the arresting chick no know of him, she did not even know about vinyl records!!

What sort of education system do you Yanks have?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 16th, 2009 at 8:18am
a cracking setlist from last night:-

Stockton, California
Banner Island Park
August 15, 2009

1. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
2. Forever Young (Bob on keyboard)
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob center stage on harp)
4. To Ramona (Bob on keyboard)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
7. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob on keyboard)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard)
11. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
(encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 17th, 2009 at 2:13am
Stateline, Nevada
Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena

August 16, 2009




1. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on guitar, Donnie on trumpet)  
4. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob on guitar then keyboard)  
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
6. Visions Of Johanna
(Bob on keyboard, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)  
8. When The Deal Goes Down
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
10. Not Dark Yet (Bob on keyboard and harp, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
11. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Tony on standup bass)  
   
 (encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
13. Heartbreak Hotel (song by Mae B. Axton, Tommy Durden & Elvis Presley)
(Bob on keyboard, Tony on standup bass)  
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 17th, 2009 at 7:51am

Ade wrote on Aug 17th, 2009 at 2:13am:



August 16, 2009
 
 
13. Heartbreak Hotel (song by Mae B. Axton, Tommy Durden & Elvis Presley)
(Bob on keyboard, Tony on standup bass)  


Oh yes!
Wonderful choice!

I got a bit of this show on the cellphone last night from Martha. I think it was this one!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 17th, 2009 at 9:34am
Too bad this show was on a Sunday night. I would of liked to have gone. Tahoe is a great place to see a show. Even if it is really a parking lot where they decide to put up a stage and seats. But still a fun place to see a show.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 17th, 2009 at 11:55am

'Heartbreak Hotel' on the 32nd anniversary of The King's passing - nice...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Aug 17th, 2009 at 12:09pm
Elvis did what Dylan considered was one of the best covers of Dylan's music in 1966's "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" (1967?).

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 17th, 2009 at 12:16pm

lotsajizz wrote on Aug 17th, 2009 at 12:09pm:
Elvis did what Dylan considered was one of the best covers of Dylan's music in 1966's "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" (1967?).



..yep, and then instead of restoring his credibility somewhat by building an entire album around the fact that Elvis had recorded what was at the time an unreleased Bob Dylan song,  RCA in their infinite wisdom released it as a filler track on the 'classic' soundtrack of "Spinout"  :forfucksake

Dylan later commented that having Elvis cover a song of his was one of the proudest moments of his career.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Aug 17th, 2009 at 12:20pm
I blame the Colonel---Elvis' manager seemed only ignorantly selfish after about 1960.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 17th, 2009 at 2:34pm

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Aug 15th, 2009 at 7:16pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 15th, 2009 at 4:51pm:

wrote on Aug 15th, 2009 at 2:38pm:
i don't get it....what's dylan doing walking around without a bodyguard?

:wtf3



Trying to get away from being "Bob Dylan" for a few minutes.

Anyway, Lefty, your comment on the Springsteen-Neil Young-John Lennon connection seems to match that of this theory :

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=8335824&page=1


Searching for "My Father's House" evidently :)



I loved this bit.

"In May, Dylan joined a public tour of John Lennon's childhood home, according to the BBC. A spokeswoman for the National Trust, which runs the home as London landmark, said Dylan "took one of our general minibus tours. "

Quality journalism from ABC. Probably the only people in the western world who think John Lennon was from London.



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 17th, 2009 at 2:37pm

Dude from ABC definitely co-opted my theory.

Should've helped him out by adding that Lennon was from Liverpool... ::)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 18th, 2009 at 12:00am
gazza, howe much do tickets cost for a tour of your childhood home?

and my poll....my precious poll....it didn't get moved to this thread!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 18th, 2009 at 6:51am

Starbuck wrote on Aug 18th, 2009 at 12:00am:
gazza, howe much do tickets cost for a tour of your childhood home?

and my poll....my precious poll....it didn't get moved to this thread!



oh stop whining...

Here lets listen to Heartbreak Hotel from Tahoe...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBAhHBkhcvI

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 18th, 2009 at 7:01am

Starbuck wrote on Aug 18th, 2009 at 12:00am:
gazza, howe much do tickets cost for a tour of your childhood home?

and my poll....my precious poll....it didn't get moved to this thread!



Just offer to help with some overdue redecorating in the current one. That should do it.

Dont know why the poll didnt 'migrate', Bucky - sorry. Feel free to add it to this one if you want.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 19th, 2009 at 1:54pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Aug 18th, 2009 at 6:51am:

Starbuck wrote on Aug 18th, 2009 at 12:00am:
gazza, howe much do tickets cost for a tour of your childhood home?

and my poll....my precious poll....it didn't get moved to this thread!



oh stop whining...

Here lets listen to Heartbreak Hotel from Tahoe...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBAhHBkhcvI


THANKS Meg!!!! I could hardly wait to hear it again! Had to get through 1100 miles and a night of sleep first.  What a way to kick off today!!!!  I am still stunned that we got Heartbreak.  We had 7th row seats for that GEM!  G, I HAD to call and leave a bit of history on your cell.  I didn't call you Meg cause of the time zone and not knowing if I would wake you.  I thought of you though.

Great tour!  And Johnny is better than EVER!  Willie is TOO.  

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 19th, 2009 at 3:16pm
martha!

you're a deadhead...only for dylan. how many shows have you seen?

sorry to hear you like mellencamp. for the most part, he gives me pink eye.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 20th, 2009 at 12:36pm
Hey Starbuck, I've seen Bob 52 times and am ticketed for the 3 LA shows for my b-day which is the last day of the LA 3 pack.  

Sorry about Johnny?!  No need for that.  Johnny is incredible and his shows were awesome.  I was married to him, so I am very loyal....but since he's blues'd it up I've fallen more in love with him.  Have you heard any cuts from his tour with Bob and Willie?  Have a listen....If I Die Sudden is a great tune!

Willie was absolutely wicked, pulling all the guitar work except for the night Lukas was there.  At 76 he's in great form.  Bob let Lukas join the band just for his encore...and they faced off, Lukas on his strat center stage and Bob on keys bending up and down and dancin' like he does.... which was a gas to watch.  Also, Lukas donned a SUIT for that part of the show.....which I thought was priceless.  :-)

peace to you,
Martha Say Mellencamp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Aug 20th, 2009 at 1:13pm
Bob Dylan
Aberdeen,Md.
7-24-09

9) Forgetful Heart


http://www.sendspace.com/file/1r3fny


No reason,just had it handy.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Aug 20th, 2009 at 1:17pm
6) It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)


http://www.sendspace.com/file/4fo2o8

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 20th, 2009 at 4:15pm
Cheers, Billy

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 20th, 2009 at 5:00pm
Two new dates added in October :

Sat 17 Phoenix AZ
Sun 18 Las Vegas NV

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 21st, 2009 at 4:37am
http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm

CHRISTMAS ALBUM UPDATE

A report has drifted across here suggesting that the working title for the new album is "Christmas in the Heart" and that the currently planned U.S. release date is 13 October. This date coincides with Dylan's Fall tour - to be precise with the first of three shows at the Hollywood Palladium - but whether we will get to hear Dylan singing any of these Christmas songs in concert is another matter entirely.


We assume that the album is scheduled for 12 October release in the U.K. and much of Europe but 9 October in Germany and Italy.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 21st, 2009 at 6:20am
12th October? Thats closer to friggin' Yom Kippur than it is to Christmas. Is Bob getting confused about what religion he is again?

Good ol' Bob - releases a Christmas album the day after I get home from a summer holiday.

I'm still waiting on someone either waking me up from a bad dream or this whole thing being exposed as one mega piss-take.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 21st, 2009 at 6:38am
that release date is wrong, surely?  :wtf3

Who in their right mind, wants to listen to Xmas songs in bloody October?

I'll buy it but i'm not going to listen to it, until, at the earliest, 1st December.  :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:02am
Never mind October, who the hell - other than those with some kind of morbid curiousity or twisted minds - wants to listen to Bob Dylan croaking his way through someone else's Christmas songs at any time of year?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:15am

Gazza wrote on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:02am:
Never mind October, who the hell - other than those with some kind of morbid curiousity or twisted minds - wants to listen to Bob Dylan croaking his way through someone else's Christmas songs at any time of year?


AMEN to that!

Be it my "Bah Humbug" attitude or my childhood overdoses..I simply can't listen to Christmas music of any kind anymore and as much as I love Dylan...

why oh why would he waste his time singing sappy I'll be home for Christmas shite!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:19am
cos he knows it will sell.
He could recite the telephone directory and people would still buy it.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:41am

Ade wrote on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:19am:
cos he knows it will sell.
He could recite the telephone directory and people would still buy it.



That hasnt always been the case. Dylan's sales plummeted from around 1980 and didnt recover until the late 90s, around the time his critical reputation took an upturn.

Even Bob's fanbase have a breaking point, I'd imagine - plus, can you envision Bob's dulcet tones appealing to the wider public?

Its not like I have a blanket aversion to Christmas music. I like Elvis' seasonal albums and Phil Spector's one is superb. This, however, has 'trainwreck' written all over it.


Will I buy it? Of course I will. I'm a fucking idiot.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 21st, 2009 at 10:49am
I think it will be great, whatever songs he chooses to cover.  I listen to Xmas music every year for at least a month if not 6 weeks.  BB King's Xmas album is AWESOME.  Good music is just that no matter what the sentiment.  I am looking FORWARD to Bob's take on the season.  And YES I for one will listen to it on October 13th...on my way to the Palladium!  Ho Ho Ho! :weed :weed :weed

Don't be so humbug people! :willya

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 21st, 2009 at 11:56am
will he cover macca's "wonderful christmastime"?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:51pm
anyone have any idea why emmett till didn't make it on to an album? that and seven curses....my two favorite dylan tunes.

i have never understood this. were i ever to meet dylan, i might ask him about those two songs.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 5:22am
Charlie Sexton To Rejoin Dylan?

According to Diane Scott of the Continental Club, Charlie Sexton has rejoined Dylan’s band, replacing Denny Freeman for Dylan's October tour. The Continental Club is a renowned live music venue in Austin, Texas and Diane Scott works as PR for the club. The club’s newsletter, August 21, 2009, appears to confirm a story that was picked up by ISIS a week ago. It seems that the news has been confirmed by Denny Freeman who apparently told Scott: “Well, at least it’s Charlie”. If the report is true, then it seems that this change in the tour band came about after Sexton joined Dylan for ten songs during the concert at The Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas. The current line-up is the longest running since the so called Never Ending Tour began in 1988. ISIS has been unable to confirm this story.

News of Sexton rejoining Dylan at this juncture seems strange. In March 2009, Charlie Sexton’s band the Arc Angels announced that they were reforming and that they were excited about making a new album, a DVD and a tour. Arc Angels’ band member Doyle Bramhall even left Eric Clapton to reform the band. The Arc Angels have extensive plans to tour in late 2009 and have already opened shows for Eric Clapton in Great Britain & Ireland.

http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 10:13am
What??????  Denny's out?  We just talked to his old high school sweetheart/classmate who happened to sit next to Chris at the Fresno show and she never mentioned this.  She did say it is hard to see Denny cause Bob won't let the band go and do when they want to.  LOL  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 11:08am
Ok here it is:

22 August 8Update
ISIS has now had an email confirmation that Denny Freeman has indeed departed Bob Dylan's tour band.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 12:02pm

Starbuck wrote on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:51pm:
anyone have any idea why emmett till didn't make it on to an album? that and seven curses....my two favorite dylan tunes.

i have never understood this. were i ever to meet dylan, i might ask him about those two songs.


Well Seven Curses did finally show up on the Bootleg Series-#2 I think..  I'm sure Emmett will be on an "official" release one of these days...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 23rd, 2009 at 6:50am

Martha wrote on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 10:13am:
What??????  Denny's out?  We just talked to his old high school sweetheart/classmate who happened to sit next to Chris at the Fresno show and she never mentioned this.  She did say it is hard to see Denny cause Bob won't let the band go and do when they want to.  LOL  



There was talk towards the end of the Euro tour of a bit of a bust up. At the shows I saw in Dublin, Bob didnt even introduce the band which I thought was a bit unusual.

Freeman's good, but for me the best line-up Dylan's had on the ENTIRE Never Ending tour (if not his best since the Rolling Thunder Revue) was the one in the late 90s/early 00's which featured Charlie Sexton and Larry Campbell. He also sang some back up vocals, which has been notably missed ever since.

http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2009/08/21/sexton_back_in_dylans_band.html


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 23rd, 2009 at 7:02am

Starbuck wrote on Aug 21st, 2009 at 7:51pm:
anyone have any idea why emmett till didn't make it on to an album? that and seven curses....my two favorite dylan tunes.

i have never understood this. were i ever to meet dylan, i might ask him about those two songs.


'The Death of Emmett Till' did eventually get an official release on vinyl. On the various artists 'Broadside Ballads Vol.6 - Broadside Reunion' LP which came out in 1972. Dylan is credited as Blind Boy Grunt', the pseudonym he used for a lot of songs that he recorded for Broadside magazine in the early 60's. My guess is that he didnt use it because those kind of songs tend to have a more limited shelf life on 'regular' albums as they become less topical with time, and Broadside's format suited them better. Also, its almost the same tune as 'House of the Risin' Sun' which he had already released on his debut album.

'Seven Curses' is on Bootleg Series Volume 2, and is a 'Times They Are A Changin' outtake.

The latter was certainly good enough to be released on the album it was recorded for. I guess the simple answer is that Dylan was pretty much pulling great songs out of every orifice at that time and he had a massive surplus of quality material.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 24th, 2009 at 12:19pm
Anyone going to the Vegas gig?  It just went on presale and I'm IN!  

WooHoo!

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by BrendanD on Aug 24th, 2009 at 7:55pm
Anybody know of a good spot for Dylan torrents?  I wouldn't mind getting a bootleg of the Lakewood show if its circulating somewhere

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 25th, 2009 at 6:39am

BrendanD wrote on Aug 24th, 2009 at 7:55pm:
Anybody know of a good spot for Dylan torrents?  I wouldn't mind getting a bootleg of the Lakewood show if its circulating somewhere



www.hungercity.org

I cant access the site from work, but I would imagine its up there as well as on dimeadozen. Both sites tend to get pretty much every new Dylan torrent and hungercity is the easier of the two to get registered on.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nellcote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 7:12am

Gazza wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 6:39am:

BrendanD wrote on Aug 24th, 2009 at 7:55pm:
Anybody know of a good spot for Dylan torrents?  I wouldn't mind getting a bootleg of the Lakewood show if its circulating somewhere



www.hungercity.org

I cant access the site from work, but I would imagine its up there as well as on dimeadozen. Both sites tend to get pretty much every new Dylan torrent and hungercity is the easier of the two to get registered on.


"Red mutant eyes gazed down on Hunger City".....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by tumbledsomebody on Aug 25th, 2009 at 9:16am
Bob Dylan makes the news:  to be the voice of direction on GPS in UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/aug/25/bob-dylan-sat-nav

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 25th, 2009 at 9:32am
bollocks.

i lost my copy of "planet waves".

BRB...going to go look under the couch.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:03am

Starbuck wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 9:32am:
bollocks.

i lost my copy of "planet waves".

BRB...going to go look under the couch.



Listen here.  I'm just the Wicked messenger.  Have one more cup of coffee, open the door Homer , look for the sign in the window and check your Leopard-skin pill-box hat.  If it isn't in there, is probably in your copper kettle.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:07am
Ho Ho HO!  

Here's four of the tunes Bob is covering from page 19 of the latest RS mag!

1. Must Be Santa (my Chris predicted this one!)

2. Here Comes Santa Claus

3. I'll Be Home For Christmas

4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem

He recorded these tracks at Jackson Browne's Groove Master studio in Santa Monica.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:30am

Tumbled wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 9:16am:
Bob Dylan makes the news:  to be the voice of direction on GPS in UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/aug/25/bob-dylan-sat-nav



well, he said he's 'been asked' to do sat-navs. Not quite the same.

This is all over the papers here today (including a front page photo in the Daily Telegraph). Which is a bit odd as it came from a remark he made on his radio show which was broadcast on the BBC a couple of days ago - yet when the show was aired months ago in the US, no one seemed to bat an eyelid.

People actually take everything he says on Theme Time at face value? Next thing they'll be telling us those e-mails are all genuine as well !

I love the idea, though.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:37am

Martha wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:07am:
Ho Ho HO!  

Here's four of the tunes Bob is covering from page 19 of the latest RS mag!

1. Must Be Santa (my Chris predicted this one!)

2. Here Comes Santa Claus

3. I'll Be Home For Christmas

4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem

He recorded these tracks at Jackson Browne's Groove Master studio in Santa Monica.  




'Tell Me That It Isn't True'

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 25th, 2009 at 12:54pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:37am:

Martha wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:07am:
Ho Ho HO!  

Here's four of the tunes Bob is covering from page 19 of the latest RS mag!

1. Must Be Santa (my Chris predicted this one!)

2. Here Comes Santa Claus

3. I'll Be Home For Christmas

4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem

He recorded these tracks at Jackson Browne's Groove Master studio in Santa Monica.  




'Tell Me That It Isn't True'



with that kind of party hat he should be recording some hasidic hymnals

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 25th, 2009 at 2:40pm

Some great vintage pics of Bob (and Johnny Cash and Miles Davis) from Columbia Records photographer
Don Hunstein are posted at rollingstone.com  

Here's one from 1965:


Photograph by Don Hunstein. © Sony Music Entertainment via the RockArchive.com

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 26th, 2009 at 6:49am
Christmas Album Official Announcement



On August 25, 2009 Columbia Records officially announced the release of Bob Dylan’s Christmas album. The working title for the album, the news of which was first made known on the ISIS website on August 20, has been confirmed as “Christmas In The Heart”. Columbia has also confirmed that our predicted U.S. release date of October 13, 2009 is correct. Columbia also confirm two of the songs already mentioned by ISIS, ‘Here Comes Santa Claus’ and ‘Must Be Santa’, but also mentions ‘Winter Wonderland’ and ‘Little Drummer Boy’ as being on the album. Columbia has stated that all of the artist’s U.S. royalties from sales of the album will be donated to the charity “Feeding America”. The press release states: “Bob Dylan is also donating all of his future U.S. royalties from this album to Feeding America in perpetuity”.



The statement goes on to say: “Additionally, the artist is partnering with two international charities to provide meals during the holidays for millions in need in the United Kingdom and the developing world, and will be donating all of his future international royalties from “Christmas In The Heart” to those organizations in perpetuity. Details regarding the international partnerships will be announced next week”.



Feeding America is the United States leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Their network members supply food to more than 25 million Americans each year, including 9 million children and 3 million senior citizens. Their network of more than 200 food banks serves all 50 states plus the Districts of Columbia and Puerto Rico.



Bob Dylan commented: “It’s a tragedy that more than 35 million people in this country alone – 12 million of those children – often go to bed hungry and wake up each morning unsure of where their next meal is coming from. I join the good people of Feeding America in the hope that our efforts can bring some food security to people in need during this holiday season”.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 26th, 2009 at 6:57am
Now the whole project makes a bit more sense.

Cant say I'm awaiting the release of this record with baited breath, but a wonderful gesture on Bob's part to make it a charity release.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 26th, 2009 at 7:09am

mojoman wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 12:54pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:37am:

Martha wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:07am:
Ho Ho HO!  

Here's four of the tunes Bob is covering from page 19 of the latest RS mag!

1. Must Be Santa (my Chris predicted this one!)

2. Here Comes Santa Claus

3. I'll Be Home For Christmas

4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem

He recorded these tracks at Jackson Browne's Groove Master studio in Santa Monica.  




'Tell Me That It Isn't True'



with that kind of party hat he should be recording some hasidic hymnals



that's from a Chabad telethon in 1989 that he did with his son in law Peter Himmelman and Harry Dean Stanton. They called themselves 'Chopped Liver' and  played three songs  - 'Einsleipt Mein Kind Dein Eigalach' , 'Adelita' and 'Have Negilah' - with Bob playing flute and recorder. At the end Bob was 'blessed' by a dancing rabbi.

As you can imagine, it has to be seen to be believed.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 26th, 2009 at 9:20am

Gazza wrote on Aug 26th, 2009 at 7:09am:

mojoman wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 12:54pm:

Gazza wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:37am:

Martha wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:07am:
Ho Ho HO!  

Here's four of the tunes Bob is covering from page 19 of the latest RS mag!

1. Must Be Santa (my Chris predicted this one!)

2. Here Comes Santa Claus

3. I'll Be Home For Christmas

4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem

He recorded these tracks at Jackson Browne's Groove Master studio in Santa Monica.  




'Tell Me That It Isn't True'



with that kind of party hat he should be recording some hasidic hymnals



that's from a Chabad telethon in 1989 that he did with his son in law Peter Himmelman and Harry Dean Stanton. They called themselves 'Chopped Liver' and  played three songs  - 'Einsleipt Mein Kind Dein Eigalach' , 'Adelita' and 'Have Negilah' - with Bob playing flute and recorder. At the end Bob was 'blessed' by a dancing rabbi.

As you can imagine, it has to be seen to be believed.




diese cids sind einige verrückten leute........

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 26th, 2009 at 10:15am

Gazza wrote on Aug 26th, 2009 at 6:57am:
Now the whole project makes a bit more sense.

Cant say I'm awaiting the release of this record with baited breath, but a wonderful gesture on Bob's part to make it a charity release.


Bob always ends up making perfect sense....no need to ever doubt that!  I am so excited and happy and I respect and love Bob even more....it just keeps getting better!  I'll make the Chex Mix!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 26th, 2009 at 10:44am

Gazza wrote on Aug 26th, 2009 at 6:57am:
Now the whole project makes a bit more sense.

Cant say I'm awaiting the release of this record with baited breath, but a wonderful gesture on Bob's part to make it a charity release.


My sentiments exactly.  Good one, Bob!

I'll get it for charity, give it one listen I am sure..

but I can't imagine I'll be spinning "Here Comes Santa Claus" on a regular basis...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 26th, 2009 at 10:55am
Sister Meg,  I've been spinning on a regular basis ever since Bob moved into my head...and house....and car. LOL

Bring on the Holiday! :weed :weed :weed

peace on earth,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 26th, 2009 at 2:30pm
good old Bob - a very generous and gracious idea... but i still ain't buying it till December! :areyoufuckingserious

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 26th, 2009 at 6:10pm
Dylan Xmas Album 'Last Straw' For Folk Festival Protestors

NEWPORT, R.I. (CAP) - Some of the same concertgoers who booed Bob Dylan's first "electric" performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 say the announcement that he'll release a Christmas album this year is just "rubbing salt in the wound."

"He's really starting to get my goat now," said Fred Markinson, 68, of Pawtucket, R.I., who was one of the many crowd members who protested Dylan's electric set at the folk festival back in '65. "I'm done with him, and this time I probably mean it."

However, despite his belief that Dylan had "turned Judas" by forgoing traditional folk for rock 'n' roll 44 years ago, Markinson admitted he did continue to buy his albums and see his concerts, right up through his country phase, his "born-again" period and the era when "his voice started to sound like he'd swallowed a bar of Lava soap."

"But the Christmas thing is definitely the last straw," he said, then yelling "Judas!" to no one in particular.

Bob Carlisle, 64, of Newton, Mass. also booed Dylan at Newport, and wrote several lengthy screeds on the rock Bard's sellout status in the underground Boston newspaper Avatar. In one of those, he called Dylan's electric set "a pedantic, pandering betrayal of all he ever claimed to stand for, and one of the most grievous crimes hereforto committed upon the world of folk music, nay, the world in general."

"I still feel pretty much the same way today, even though I now know hereforto is not a word," said Carlisle, who currently does a music blog called "StereoBob" in which he keeps track of the latest artists to sell out their principles. This week he features U2's $100 million concert set, pooh-poohing it as "ostentation personified" in a post that actually uses the words "pooh-pooh" five separate times.

As for Dylan, "I also booed Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review in 1975, and almost a dozen of his religious shows in the late '70s and early '80s, and a couple of concerts in 1988 when he just sucked," Carlisle noted. "Plus that tour with the Dead - I practically strained my booer on that one.

"I hope to keep on booing his concerts and bad-mouthing his albums until he returns to his folk roots, or is dead, whichever comes first," explained Carlisle. As for the Christmas album, "I'm sure I'll hate it as soon as I buy it," he said, adding, "Judas!"

Dylan has been fairly mum about the Christmas album, although in a recent interview for Rolling Stone he said, "Well my daddy, he didn't leave me much, you know he was a very simple man, but what he did tell me was this, he did say, son, he said, you know it's not possible to be Santa Claus unless you come down Santa Claus lane." Then he sat back slowly in his chair, rubbing his pencil-thin moustache.

Meanwhile, a press release from Sony announced that the Christmas album would be a combination of traditional and original holiday favorites, done in the style of a 1920s blues singer who just swallowed Lava.

www.crystalair.com

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by fuman on Aug 26th, 2009 at 6:33pm
I have had trouble with some of Dylan's releases in the past, and even more with some of his new renditions of his older material.

Gotta say that I'm totally digging the 1975 Rolling Thunder Bootleg Series release now. And I'm starting to like the 1979-81 studio releases as well.

Bob is right to do what he wants to do. If we can find it, good for us. If we can't, put something else on.


An artist follows their vision, not our vision of what they should be doing.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 27th, 2009 at 12:06pm
I am amazed at that article you posted Gazza.  That guy seems so angry...and self-absorbed to the hilt.  He's certainly no Santa Claus!

Ho Ho HO!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 27th, 2009 at 3:23pm

The article's a goof.

And a pretty good one at that...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 27th, 2009 at 5:30pm

Martha wrote on Aug 27th, 2009 at 12:06pm:
I am amazed at that article you posted Gazza.  That guy seems so angry...and self-absorbed to the hilt.  He's certainly no Santa Claus!

Ho Ho HO!

xxoo,
Martha



er..it was a bit of satire, Martha!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 28th, 2009 at 2:38am
"StereoBob" - lol!!!   :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 28th, 2009 at 10:25am

Gazza wrote on Aug 27th, 2009 at 5:30pm:

Martha wrote on Aug 27th, 2009 at 12:06pm:
I am amazed at that article you posted Gazza.  That guy seems so angry...and self-absorbed to the hilt.  He's certainly no Santa Claus!

Ho Ho HO!

xxoo,
Martha



er..it was a bit of satire, Martha!!


Oh.  Doh! I didn't get that. I got a tummy ache from reading it.  lol!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 28th, 2009 at 11:58am
There's a Denver date up!

October 21st
Magness Arena
University of Denver
:-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Aug 28th, 2009 at 12:53pm

Martha wrote on Aug 28th, 2009 at 11:58am:
There's a Denver date up!

October 21st
Magness Arena
University of Denver
:-)


... Bob's birthday gift to you!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 29th, 2009 at 10:22am
LOL  That's right LB!  Bob makes sure my b-day is ALL GOOD!   :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
Martha Mellencamp


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Aug 30th, 2009 at 1:21pm
i just procured a copy of "dusty old fairgrounds"....(meg for president 2012)....where did this song come from? anyone know why it didn't make it to an album?

i have been listening to the studio releases for years...never dawned on me that there could be tons of unreleased gems like this song out there.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 30th, 2009 at 4:48pm

Starbuck wrote on Aug 30th, 2009 at 1:21pm:
i just procured a copy of "dusty old fairgrounds"....(meg for president 2012)....where did this song come from? anyone know why it didn't make it to an album?

i have been listening to the studio releases for years...never dawned on me that there could be tons of unreleased gems like this song out there.



New York Town Hall 12 April 1963 - http://www.bjorner.com/DSN00340%201963.htm

One of two shows (the other was Carnegie Hall in October 1963) which were taped for a live album 'Bob Dylan in Concert' (which would have featured 100% new material) but which was eventually scrapped in favour of 'The Times They Are A Changin'). An acetate of the live album was later bootlegged and various songs from it have popped up officially over the last couple of decades.

I dont think he even bothered recording a studio version of that song. By the time he was cutting his next album just 4 months later, he'd already moved on from it.

If you check out that link, you'll get an idea of how prolific he was back then. When you even look at 'Bootleg Series Volume 1", the first disc alone and the first three on disc 2 (25 songs in all) cover a period of about 22 months - and there are shitloads of publishing demos, home tapes and early concerts in that 1962-64 period in circulation as well. Most of 'em in great quality too.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Aug 31st, 2009 at 2:04pm

Starbuck wrote on Aug 30th, 2009 at 1:21pm:
i just procured a copy of "dusty old fairgrounds"....(meg for president 2012)....where did this song come from? anyone know why it didn't make it to an album?

i have been listening to the studio releases for years...never dawned on me that there could be tons of unreleased gems like this song out there.


There was a reason why I sent you that show, Bucky!
He debuted "You've Been Hiding Too Long", Ramblin Down thru the World", "Who Kllled Davey Moore ", and this song-"Dusty Old Fairgrounds"...never to be played or recorded in the studio again.  Supposedly "dusty fairgrounds" was a last minute whim and and outlandish account of his youth or maybe just another tall tale...

Must be nice to be able to write so many songs and forget about them

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Sep 1st, 2009 at 3:31pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=264715

     BOB DYLAN
Rothbury Music Festival
Rothbury, MI. USA
July 5, 2009

Ripped from Silver.
"CHASING A SHADOW" Social Graces 003/004

Disc 1
1. Intro
2. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
3. Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)
4. Tangled Up In Blue
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Spirit On The Water
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
8. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
9. Po' Boy
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Ballad Of A Thin Man
12. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

Disc 2
1. Nettie Moore
2. Thunder On The Mountain
3. Like A Rolling Stone
4. Jolene
5. All Along The Watchtower
6. Band Introductions
7. Blowin' In The Wind

Bob Dylan - Vocal, Keyboard, Guitar, Harp
Denny Freeman - Lead Guitar
Stu Kimball - Rhythm Guitar
Donnie Herron - Violin, Viola, Banjo, Electric Mandolin, Pedal Steel, Lap Steel
Tony Garnier - Bass
George Recile - Drums

Notes: This is complete soundboard recording from Rothbury 2009. We can'tlisten most of audience noise. So maybe this is ALD recording. But I don'tknow. If you have further information on this source, please let us know.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Sep 2nd, 2009 at 1:15pm
New shows added:
October 29-30-31, 2009 - Chicago, Illinois  - Aragon

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 4th, 2009 at 2:00am
From ISIS:-

03 September

Christmas In The Heart - Track Listing

Below is the rumoured final track listing for Dylan's Christmas album "Christmas In The Heart".

All the tracks previously mentioned in ISIS seem to be here with the exception of 'Frosty The Snowman', which was originally rumoured by the Internet site Bully!Pulpit.com.



1 Here Comes Santa Claus  (2:35)   (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman)
2 Do You Hear What I Hear? (3:02)   (Noel Regney, Gloria Shayne)
3 Winter Wonderland  (1:52)   (Richard B. Smith, Felix Bernard )
4 Hark The Herald Angels Sing (2:30)   (Traditional )
5 I'll Be Home For Christmas (2:54)   (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram)
6 Little Drummer Boy (2:52)   (Katherine Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone)
7 The Christmas Blues (2:54)   (David Jack Holt, Sammy Cahn)  
8 O' Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) (2:48)   (Traditional )
9 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (4:06)   (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin )
10 Must Be Santa 2:48)   (Hal Moore, Bill Fredricks )
11 Silver Bells (2:35)   (Raymond B. Evans, Jay Livingston)  
12 The First Noel (2:30)  (Traditional)
13 Christmas Island (2:27)   (Lyle Moraine)
14 The Christmas Song (3:56)   (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
15 O' Little Town Of Bethlehem (2:17)   (Traditional)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 4th, 2009 at 9:37am
15 songs!?!?!

That's my magic number!  

Oh my! :weed :weed :weed

Thanks Ade!

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 4th, 2009 at 10:10am
Damn - no 'Frosty the Snowman' after all. Might not be as great as I imagined, then.

Ah well, I suppose we'll have to keep our fingers crossed for a Bootleg Series edition with all the outtakes.... :P

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 4th, 2009 at 2:03pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 4th, 2009 at 10:10am:
Damn - no 'Frosty the Snowman' after all. Might not be as great as I imagined, then.

Ah well, I suppose we'll have to keep our fingers crossed for a Bootleg Series edition with all the outtakes.... :P


Sick

Totally sick..

You are in desperate need of some help!! ;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 4th, 2009 at 2:16pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 4th, 2009 at 10:10am:
Damn - no 'Frosty the Snowman' after all. Might not be as great as I imagined, then.

Ah well, I suppose we'll have to keep our fingers crossed for a Bootleg Series edition with all the outtakes.... :P


Yes - it's going to be in the shops at Easter

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 4th, 2009 at 2:44pm

Ade wrote on Sep 4th, 2009 at 2:16pm:

Gazza wrote on Sep 4th, 2009 at 10:10am:
Damn - no 'Frosty the Snowman' after all. Might not be as great as I imagined, then.

Ah well, I suppose we'll have to keep our fingers crossed for a Bootleg Series edition with all the outtakes.... :P


Yes - it's going to be in the shops at Easter



 And You Too!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 5th, 2009 at 10:46am
Ok, I need to know WHO he recorded with.  His Band?  

Bob will make this LP SWING, that I know.  It will be great.  Truly.  If you don't like Christmas/holiday music though it won't work for ya.  

Me, I'm all jingle-belled UP!   :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xxoo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 5th, 2009 at 3:48pm
I heard that it was done acoustically, but I'm not sure if that's correct.

I have no problem with Christmas music. I just am a bit underwhelmed - despite the fact that it's for a nice cause - at the prospect of the greatest songwriter and recording artist in history wasting his time singing Christmas carols, probably because in terms of singing technique, he ain't exactly Elvis.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Sep 5th, 2009 at 10:57pm
above the rim

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 6th, 2009 at 12:27pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 5th, 2009 at 3:48pm:
I heard that it was done acoustically, but I'm not sure if that's correct.

I have no problem with Christmas music. I just am a bit underwhelmed - despite the fact that it's for a nice cause - at the prospect of the greatest songwriter and recording artist in history wasting his time singing Christmas carols, probably because in terms of singing technique, he ain't exactly Elvis.



LOL  Ok then.  

I got my RS mag in yesterday's mail and there's a review of sorts on pg. 18, which I cannot find on their frickin' webpage AT ALL. Grrrr...  So I'll type in this much about what they have to say about Bob's new LP:

"Dylan recorded the set earlier this year with his touring band, session players and a group of backup singers. (The artist produced himself under his usual pseudonym, Jack Frost.)"

It WILL swing!!!!

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 6th, 2009 at 12:28pm
That actually sounds a bit more palatable, Martha!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 6th, 2009 at 12:57pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 6th, 2009 at 12:28pm:
That actually sounds a bit more palatable, Martha!


Well then, you'll be able to eat your Xmas dinner!  LOL

Did you make out the call I made from the Allman gig at Red Rocks last night?  They did Van the Man's Into the Mystic, and I thought of YOU!  GREAT show!

Oh, back to Bob.....what if anything is being said about Theme Time Radio Hour returning for a 4th season?  Season 3 started in early Roctober last year......which is right around the corner.  If the money idiots at XM/Sirius DO NOT have him back, I give up entirely on the music industry.  Bob's show is a priceless gem.  What's the latest?

xxoo,
Martha Melodylancamp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 6th, 2009 at 1:07pm
I figured it was YOU, as not too many people in the US would have my number and it was at 5 am my time! I was bewildered as to who it was though, as I know Bruce and Dylan aren't on the road at the minute - couldnt really make it out, unfortunately, but thanks for the gesture.

Have heard nothing about another TTRH. I'm getting the impression it's finished, but I'm not sure. If it is, it'll have been because Dylan doesn't want to keep doing it I would imagine. I'm sure Sirius and XM would be keen to have it back.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 6th, 2009 at 1:19pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 6th, 2009 at 1:07pm:
I figured it was YOU, as not too many people in the US would have my number and it was at 5 am my time! I was bewildered as to who it was though, as I know Bruce and Dylan aren't on the road at the minute - couldnt really make it out, unfortunately, but thanks for the gesture.

Have heard nothing about another TTRH. I'm getting the impression it's finished, but I'm not sure. If it is, it'll have been because Dylan doesn't want to keep doing it I would imagine. I'm sure Sirius and XM would be keen to have it back.


Do you think they are keen?  I'm not so sure about that.  I get their update thingys in my email and Bob's show is not mentioned or included.  That seems odd to me.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 6th, 2009 at 1:33pm
Well, its not going to be mentioned if he hasnt committed (yet) to doing it again - simple as that.

I would imagine its a huge coup for them - this show is syndicated worldwide dont forget. If they didnt pick it up, other stations would be queueing up to take it.

Its been a massive success story.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 6th, 2009 at 1:42pm
talking of TTRH, ACE's authorisedcompilation for Season 2, is available.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Theme-Time-Radio-Season-Dylan/dp/B002GHBVPI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1252262385&sr=8-1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 7th, 2009 at 8:13am

Gazza wrote on Sep 6th, 2009 at 1:33pm:
Well, its not going to be mentioned if he hasnt committed (yet) to doing it again - simple as that.

I would imagine its a huge coup for them - this show is syndicated worldwide dont forget. If they didnt pick it up, other stations would be queueing up to take it.

Its been a massive success story.



I realize that, I mean it isn't included along with the other shows they highlight and advertise when they send those email announcements out every two weeks or month.  

I hope it never goes away until Bob is done with it.  He SAID he'd never run outta themes....!

Maybe we'll get some news on this soon then. ;-)

xxoo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:42am

2/14/74 Dylan/Band afternoon show from the LA Forum is up at Wolfgang's:

1st Set

2nd Set  




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:20am

left shoe shuffle wrote on Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:42am:
2/14/74 Dylan/Band afternoon show from the LA Forum is up at Wolfgang's:

1st Set

2nd Set  




Thanks, Lefty!

Gives me something to listen to at work today! :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Sep 9th, 2009 at 4:24pm
dylan at the bridge benefit this year?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 16th, 2009 at 1:12pm

Audio samples of 'Christmas In The Heart'.

Full track list:
01. Here Comes Santa Claus            
02. Do You Hear What I Hear?            
03. Winter Wonderland            
04. Hark The Herald Angels Sing            
05. I'll Be Home For Christmas            
06. Little Drummer Boy            
07. The Christmas Blues            
08. O' Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)            
09. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas            
10. Must Be Santa            
11. Silver Bells            
12. The First Noel            
13. Christmas Island      
14. The Christmas Song
15. O' Little Town Of Bethlehem      




On a more positive note, the proceeds go to Feeding America.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 16th, 2009 at 1:17pm
:whydontcha

Fuckin' hell. It's like the bastard offspring of Tom Waits and Perry Como.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 16th, 2009 at 2:54pm
I can't do it..

I just can't bring myself to listen to those samples, Lefty! ;) ;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 16th, 2009 at 2:59pm
Oh   ___________!! (please add appropriate Gazza cursing here)

Even I can sing Santa Claus, Hark, and Drummer better than that (and I can't carry a tune)

That is all I could stomach right now.  Maybe I'll try later after a few glasses of wine


It is for charity


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 16th, 2009 at 3:13pm
it may well be listenable on Christmas Eve after 5-6 pints of Guinness with some egg-nog chasers,
but it sounds pretty fucking grim from those samples....still it's for a good cause, so maybe i should be more charitable.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 16th, 2009 at 9:56pm
I've fallen in love :weed with it already... with just 2 sample listens....LOVE IT!  Tracks 1 3 7 10 11 ....I gotta go back...

Merry Christmas in September!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xoxoxoxox,
Martha


PS Bastard of Waits-Como is correct!  LOL

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 16th, 2009 at 10:24pm
Listened 4 more times....it's getting better!!!!!  

Ho Ho HO! :weed :weed :weed

MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Sep 17th, 2009 at 2:21am

Martha wrote on Sep 16th, 2009 at 9:56pm:
I've fallen in love :weed with it already... with just 2 sample listens....LOVE IT!  Tracks 1 3 7 10 11 ....I gotta go back...

Merry Christmas in September!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xoxoxoxox,
Martha


PS Bastard of Waits-Como is correct!  LOL



lol - Merry Xmas, Martha!......i will stay Scrooge-like until i buy the cd, and then i suspect i'll love it.  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 17th, 2009 at 9:47am
"Who's got a big red cherry nose?"  It's WONDERFUL Ade!  I never have tp go through my Xmas music period ( approx. 6 wks.) without Bob ever again.....and it already feels like this LP has always been in my life.  

HO Ho HO!  Cherry Nose!

Must be Santa!

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 17th, 2009 at 8:06pm
I'm laughing my arse off at the clip of 'Must be Santa'. Absolutely demented.

Check out the comments on the Expecting Rain forum. Some of them are side-splittingly hilarious.

http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=42671

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 17th, 2009 at 8:14pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 17th, 2009 at 8:06pm:
I'm laughing my arse off at the clip of 'Must be Santa'. Absolutely demented.

Check out the comments on the Expecting Rain forum. Some of them are side-splittingly hilarious.

http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=42671


Pretty much my feeling there-LOL

And I still can't bring myself to listen to anymore of those sound samples...

Martha, my sister, that is true love you have for Bob- or maybe you are under the influence!!!!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 17th, 2009 at 10:06pm

Looks like amazon.co.uk has euthanized those clips...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Sep 17th, 2009 at 10:31pm
Denmark Gallery Plans Dylan Exhibit

Posted on Thursday September 17, 2009 at 12:01 PM Add |

The National Gallery of Denmark will hold a major showing of Bob Dylan’s paintings next year, scheduling the exhibit for autumn 2010.

The exhibit will feature nearly 100 works, including the world premiere of 30 large-format acrylic paintings from the Bard of Minnesota’s upcoming Brazil Series.
The exhibit will also feature many paintings from Dylan’s “The Drawn Blank Series.”

“Bob Dylan’s artworks are informed by the same constant compulsion to renew that characterizes his music,” said National Gallery of Denmark director Karsten Ohrt. “He doesn’t seem satisfied with settling on one form of expression once he has perfected it, but is constantly experimenting and trying out new artistic techniques and styles.”

National Gallery chief curator Kasper Monrad is organizing the exhibit and compares some of Dylan’s work to French artist Henri Matisse.

“Several of Dylan’s images reveal an infinity for some of the modernist masters, not least Henri Matisse’s works from the 1920s,” Monrad said. “The choice of motifs, the unusual expressivity and the existential tenor in Bob Dylan’s works are testament to an imagery that is unmistakably his own.”

For more information on next year’s Dylan exhibit, please click here for the National Gallery of Denmark’s Web site.

For more information on Dylan’s paintings, please click here for BobDylanArt.com.

--Jay Smith

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 18th, 2009 at 12:01pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Sep 17th, 2009 at 8:14pm:

Gazza wrote on Sep 17th, 2009 at 8:06pm:
I'm laughing my arse off at the clip of 'Must be Santa'. Absolutely demented.

Check out the comments on the Expecting Rain forum. Some of them are side-splittingly hilarious.

http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=42671


Pretty much my feeling there-LOL

And I still can't bring myself to listen to anymore of those sound samples...

Martha, my sister, that is true love you have for Bob- or maybe you are under the influence!!!!!!


It's TRUE love my sister....all the way.  My Chris LOVES track 10! We jump up and dance each time it spins!  What a Joy of a tune.....one that kids learn to sing to!  It is demented G...I may vomit if I take in too much of it! LOL  When I listen to OCAWF I can imagine standing next to Bob in church singing with him.  That's a cool feeling....and it was unexpected.  I think he'll cut another Holiday LP if this one does well....and it will!!!!!

Must be Santa, Santa Claus!

Track 1 brings tears to my eyes!

xxoo,
Martha  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 18th, 2009 at 1:22pm

Martha wrote on Sep 18th, 2009 at 12:01pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Sep 17th, 2009 at 8:14pm:

Gazza wrote on Sep 17th, 2009 at 8:06pm:
I'm laughing my arse off at the clip of 'Must be Santa'. Absolutely demented.

Check out the comments on the Expecting Rain forum. Some of them are side-splittingly hilarious.

http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=42671


Pretty much my feeling there-LOL

And I still can't bring myself to listen to anymore of those sound samples...

Martha, my sister, that is true love you have for Bob- or maybe you are under the influence!!!!!!


It's TRUE love my sister....all the way.  My Chris LOVES track 10! We jump up and dance each time it spins!  What a Joy of a tune.....one that kids learn to sing to!  It is demented G...I may vomit if I take in too much of it! LOL  When I listen to OCAWF I can imagine standing next to Bob in church singing with him.  That's a cool feeling....and it was unexpected.  I think he'll cut another Holiday LP if this one does well....and it will!!!!!



If he cuts another one, I'll be doing some 'cutting' myself!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 18th, 2009 at 1:35pm

'Chanukah In The Heart'

Hide the knives...


Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 18th, 2009 at 2:46pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Sep 18th, 2009 at 1:35pm:
'Chanukah In The Heart'

Hide the knives...



Some wag on 'Expecting Rain' referred to this one, based on the sound samples, as 'Christmas In The Intensive Care Unit'....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 18th, 2009 at 2:48pm

It sure sounds as if Jack Frost was nipping at something...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 18th, 2009 at 3:55pm
It's like stepping back into a time that no longer exists....but Bob recreated and he did a superb job.  Listen to the arrangements.....they are truly gorgeous.  I can't wait to see the liner notes!

xoxox,
Martha Claus

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 18th, 2009 at 4:03pm
2 more dates have been added to Bob's fall tour. Salt Lake and Detroit: bobdylan.com

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 18th, 2009 at 4:24pm

'Christmas In The Heart' samples can now be found here...

Thanks to 'Expecting Rain' for the new link.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Sep 19th, 2009 at 7:51am
Song links removed, maybe they changed thier minds after reading the negative reviews!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 19th, 2009 at 8:45am
Soon it will be Christmas Day!  :weed :weed :weed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gundu1yLjWY

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Sep 21st, 2009 at 10:26pm
Oh boy, Christmas songs for charity, so hopefully some good will come from it. I'm a fan but I will not buy this one! No thanks, Bob!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 22nd, 2009 at 9:37am

Martha wrote on Sep 19th, 2009 at 8:45am:
Soon it will be Christmas Day!  :weed :weed :weed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gundu1yLjWY



Pity Boxing Day didnt come even sooner so this nightmare can be all over!

"No, No, No!!"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 22nd, 2009 at 11:34am
"That makes everything right!"   :weed :weed :weed

It most certainly does!!!!

I want to buy 50 copies so I can give it to anyone I meet.  :-)

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 25th, 2009 at 11:18am


Lazy Bones hey Bob's comin to see you!!! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Updated 9/25: Salina, Tulsa, Springfield, Rockford, Kitchener & Fairfax: Pre-sales next week

Bob Dylan and his Band will tour the U.S. this fall. See our Tour page for details.

Dates have been announced for Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Denver, Salina, Tulsa, Springfield, Rockford, Chicago, Detroit, Kitchener and Fairfax, with more to come.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by steel driving hammer on Sep 25th, 2009 at 11:23am


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 26th, 2009 at 7:09am
New tour dates are :

October 4th, Moore Theatre, Seattle, Washington;  
October 19th, Saltair, Salt Lake City, Utah
October 23rd, Bicentennial Center, Salina, Kansas
October 24th, Brady Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma
October 25th, Shrine Mosque Auditorium, Springfield, Montana
October 27th, Rockford Metrocentre, Rockford, Illinois
November 6th, Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan
November 7th, Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener, Ontario
November 11th, GMU Patriot Center, Fairfax, Virginia

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 28th, 2009 at 6:47am
A story about the video shoot for 'Must be Santa'. Sounds a right hoot...

http://www.dreamtimepodcast.com/2009/09/50s-polka-in-decrepit-mansion-russians.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 28th, 2009 at 12:11pm
Oh what a hoot!  Thanks for that one!  

Ho Ho HO! :weed :weed :weed

I hope Bob is playing Santa.  :blankfriggingstare1

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Sep 28th, 2009 at 1:03pm

Martha wrote on Sep 25th, 2009 at 11:18am:
Lazy Bones hey Bob's comin to see you!!! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Updated 9/25: Salina, Tulsa, Springfield, Rockford, Kitchener & Fairfax: Pre-sales next week

Bob Dylan and his Band will tour the U.S. this fall. See our Tour page for details.

Dates have been announced for Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Denver, Salina, Tulsa, Springfield, Rockford, Chicago, Detroit, Kitchener and Fairfax, with more to come.


I know, Martha! Big deal here (at least for me). I may not be able to go with a pending tournament in Oshawa for my kids.

:forfucksake

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 29th, 2009 at 10:38am

Lazy Bones wrote on Sep 28th, 2009 at 1:03pm:

Martha wrote on Sep 25th, 2009 at 11:18am:
Lazy Bones hey Bob's comin to see you!!! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Updated 9/25: Salina, Tulsa, Springfield, Rockford, Kitchener & Fairfax: Pre-sales next week

Bob Dylan and his Band will tour the U.S. this fall. See our Tour page for details.

Dates have been announced for Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Denver, Salina, Tulsa, Springfield, Rockford, Chicago, Detroit, Kitchener and Fairfax, with more to come.


I know, Martha! Big deal here (at least for me). I may not be able to go with a pending tournament in Oshawa for my kids.

:forfucksake


Pending tournament??????  On the SAME DAY?????  Boooooooooo!

What will you do LB?  Sexton is back in the band.......Bob is Santa Claus.....it's a brand new time!

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Sep 29th, 2009 at 11:52am

Martha wrote on Sep 29th, 2009 at 10:38am:

Lazy Bones wrote on Sep 28th, 2009 at 1:03pm:

Martha wrote on Sep 25th, 2009 at 11:18am:
Lazy Bones hey Bob's comin to see you!!! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Updated 9/25: Salina, Tulsa, Springfield, Rockford, Kitchener & Fairfax: Pre-sales next week

Bob Dylan and his Band will tour the U.S. this fall. See our Tour page for details.

Dates have been announced for Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Denver, Salina, Tulsa, Springfield, Rockford, Chicago, Detroit, Kitchener and Fairfax, with more to come.


I know, Martha! Big deal here (at least for me). I may not be able to go with a pending tournament in Oshawa for my kids.

:forfucksake


Pending tournament??????  On the SAME DAY?????  Boooooooooo!

What will you do LB?  Sexton is back in the band.......Bob is Santa Claus.....it's a brand new time!

xoxox,
Martha


Same weekend.

I've dug in and will try for tix. I can go to a tournament any time...

... just got a pair via pre-sale!

:keithpunky

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:54am
SCORE! :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Sep 30th, 2009 at 11:08am

Bob Dylan album goes for early sales to Citi customers
Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:51am EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The times they are a-changin', and Bob Dylan's surprise decision to release his first Christmas album next month now comes with a banking tie-in that would have been unimaginable during the singer's 1960s protest years.

Citibank said on Tuesday that "Christmas In The Heart" will be available for Internet download to 13 million customers enrolled in the company's rewards program, during the week before it hits stores on October 13.

Nancy Gordon, executive vice president of Citibank's rewards program, said she expects the album will have "high appeal" to customers, who mainly get points by using their credit or debit cards. The CD will not be sold in branches of the Citigroup Inc unit.

Dylan, 68, will donate his proceeds from the Columbia Records release to charities that feed the needy. Columbia is a unit of Sony Corp.

www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE58T0WT20090930

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ten Thousand Motels on Oct 1st, 2009 at 2:01am

The Usual - Bob Dylan / John Hiatt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm2zJJJ9wpU&feature=related

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 2nd, 2009 at 12:08pm
Boston and New York dates up - http://www.bobdylan.com/#/tour

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 3rd, 2009 at 12:28pm
The tour starts in less than 33 hours!!!   :weed :weed :weed

Anyone going the the opening show?

xoxoxoxo,
Martha Claus

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 3rd, 2009 at 12:38pm

Martha wrote on Oct 3rd, 2009 at 12:28pm:
The tour starts in less than 33 hours!!!   :weed :weed :weed

Anyone going the the opening show?

xoxoxoxo,
Martha Claus

I'm just hoping he announces a show near me, Martha!! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 3rd, 2009 at 2:26pm
Hey Meg!  ME TOO!  What show is closest to you at this point?  Bloomington?  I have no map nearby at the moment.

I've JUST decided to wear a SANTA cap to the Palladium gig on the 13th since he releases that madness then.

Ho Ho HO! :weed :weed :weed

It's ON! :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by fuman on Oct 3rd, 2009 at 2:54pm
I'll probably go to the Oct 11th show at The Greek Theater.
Great venue for concerts.
The_Greek_Theatre.JPG (22 KB | )

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 3rd, 2009 at 3:46pm

Martha wrote on Oct 3rd, 2009 at 2:26pm:
Hey Meg!  ME TOO!  What show is closest to you at this point?  Bloomington?  I have no map nearby at the moment.

I've JUST decided to wear a SANTA cap to the Palladium gig on the 13th since he releases that madness then.

Ho Ho HO! :weed :weed :weed

It's ON! :willya

Detroit is probably the closest show..
but unfortunately it comes at a bad time.
I'll be on my road trips to see Bruce and I just can't swing up there one more time :(

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 5th, 2009 at 2:38am
October 4th, Moore Theatre, Seattle, Washington; Capacity 1,384
 
1. Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
2. Shooting Star (Bob centre stage with harp)
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothing (Bob centre stage with harp)
4. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob guitar)
5. Lonesome Day Blues
6. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob centre stage)
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard, then centre)
8. Not Dark Yet (Bob centre stage, with harp)
9. High Water (For Charley Patton)(Bob on guitar)
10. When the Deal Goes Down
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Nettie Moore
13. Thunder on the Mountain
14. Ballad of a Thin Man (Bob centre stage on harp)
     encore
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
 
Bob on keyboards unless indicated to the contrary.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Oct 5th, 2009 at 5:11pm

Mon 11/09/09 Philadelphia, Pa Liacouris Center, Temple U
Fri 11/13/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Sat 11/14/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Sun 11/15/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Tue 11/17/09    New York, NY  United Palace    
Wed 11/18/09    New York, NY  United Palace    
Thu 11/19/09    New York, NY  United Palace    

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 5th, 2009 at 7:23pm

mojoman wrote on Oct 5th, 2009 at 5:11pm:
Mon 11/09/09 Philadelphia, Pa Liacouris Center, Temple U
Fri 11/13/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Sat 11/14/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Sun 11/15/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Tue 11/17/09    New York, NY  United Palace    
Wed 11/18/09    New York, NY  United Palace    
Thu 11/19/09    New York, NY  United Palace    

the empty spaces are filling up..... :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 6th, 2009 at 12:29am
Oh MY!!!!

Seattle, Washington
WaMu Theatre
October 5, 2009

1.      Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on trumpet)
4.      Spirit On The Water (Bob center stage on harp)
5.      Honest With Me (Bob center stage on harp)
6.      I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on guitar)
7.      My Wife's Hometown (Bob on guitar) :weed :weed :weed
8      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage on harp)
10.      If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Brad Tenner and Eric for the phone calls


Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel, trumpet

page by Bill Pagel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 8th, 2009 at 2:11am
October 7th, Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon; Capacity: 12,000
 
1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3. Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar)
4. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
5. Sugar Baby (Bob centre stage on harp)
6. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
7. My Wife's Hometown (Bob on guitar)
8 Spirit On The Water
9. Cold Irons Bound (Bob on guitar)
10. Workingman's Blues #2
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Ain't Talkin'
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob centre stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower
 
Bob on keyboards unless indicated to the contrary.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Oct 8th, 2009 at 4:47am
'Cold Irons Bound' simply BURNS live!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Zack on Oct 11th, 2009 at 12:38am
Random question:  besides I Shall Be Released back the 70s, does Dylan ever do any Basement Tapes material live?

Thank you, Dylanologists.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Oct 11th, 2009 at 1:48am

Zack wrote on Oct 11th, 2009 at 12:38am:
does Dylan ever do any Basement Tapes material live?


Tears Of Rage, You Ain't Going Nowhere and This Wheel's On Fire have been played in recent years.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Zack on Oct 11th, 2009 at 2:09am

erikjjf wrote on Oct 11th, 2009 at 1:48am:

Zack wrote on Oct 11th, 2009 at 12:38am:
does Dylan ever do any Basement Tapes material live?


Tears Of Rage, You Ain't Going Nowhere and This Wheel's On Fire have been played in recent years.


:booze

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 11th, 2009 at 10:51am

Zack wrote on Oct 11th, 2009 at 12:38am:
Random question:  besides I Shall Be Released back the 70s, does Dylan ever do any Basement Tapes material live?

Thank you, Dylanologists.



I saw him play the only ever live version of Million Dollar Bash at Brixton Academy in November 2005.

Gorgeous, calypso-style arrangement which he absolutely nailed (one of three world premieres that night) - and then the contrary bastard never played it again.

Yea Heavy and a Bottle of Bread was done at one of the three London theatre shows in Nove,ber 2003. Down In The Flood was a regular tour opener in '95.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 11th, 2009 at 1:17pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Oct 5th, 2009 at 7:23pm:

mojoman wrote on Oct 5th, 2009 at 5:11pm:
Mon 11/09/09 Philadelphia, Pa Liacouris Center, Temple U
Fri 11/13/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Sat 11/14/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Sun 11/15/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Tue 11/17/09    New York, NY  United Palace    
Wed 11/18/09    New York, NY  United Palace    
Thu 11/19/09    New York, NY  United Palace    

the empty spaces are filling up..... :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey



Here's a new one - maybe this will suit ya or does it coincide with your Bruce trip?

November 5th, Canton Memorial Civic Center, Canton, Ohio

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 11th, 2009 at 1:37pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 11th, 2009 at 1:17pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Oct 5th, 2009 at 7:23pm:

mojoman wrote on Oct 5th, 2009 at 5:11pm:
Mon 11/09/09 Philadelphia, Pa Liacouris Center, Temple U
Fri 11/13/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Sat 11/14/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Sun 11/15/09    Boston, MA  Citi Performing Arts Center    
Tue 11/17/09    New York, NY  United Palace    
Wed 11/18/09    New York, NY  United Palace    
Thu 11/19/09    New York, NY  United Palace    

the empty spaces are filling up..... :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey



Here's a new one - maybe this will suit ya or does it coincide with your Bruce trip?

November 5th, Canton Memorial Civic Center, Canton, Ohio


The week before and another damn road trip....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 11th, 2009 at 6:45pm
Speaking of the Basement Tapes here's a good one.............

Fotheringay - Too Much Of Nothing {Live 1970}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn38zHhhcFA



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 11th, 2009 at 6:46pm
Bob played The Mighty Quinn a few times as well,i heard it myself at Shepherds Bush,London in 2003.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 11th, 2009 at 6:49pm
Come to think of it he played Please Mrs Henry with the Band on New Year's Eve...........1970 i think

Long Distance Operator was played circa 1965

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 11th, 2009 at 7:01pm

Billy wrote on Oct 11th, 2009 at 6:49pm:
Come to think of it he played Please Mrs Henry with the Band on New Year's Eve...........1970 i think

Long Distance Operator was played circa 1965



He did Dont Ya Tell Henry at that guest appearance at the 1971 NY Eve show with the Band at Carnegie Hall. Its included, with 3 other songs featuring Bob, on the expanded CD version of 'Rock of Ages'.

This site fills in the gaps - http://boblast.blogspot.com/2008/10/basement-tapes-songs.html - if its marked 'X' its currently in and out of the set.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 11th, 2009 at 7:14pm
thanks gazza my memory is going !

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:15am
Berkeley, California
Greek Theatre
October 10, 2009

1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
2. The Man In Me
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. Mama, You Been On My Mind (Bob on guitar)
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
7. My Wife's Hometown (Bob on guitar)
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Cold Irons Bound
10. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. I Feel A Change Comin' On
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:33am
Berkeley, California
Greek Theatre
October 11, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. This Dream of You
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
5. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
6. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on guitar)
7. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
8. My Wife's Hometown (Bob on guitar)
9. Honest With Me
10. Forgetful Heart
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Workingman's Blues #2
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:42am
Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA USA 10/10/2009

Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking


http://www.sendspace.com/file/zuaqq2

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:49am
Bob Dylan-My Wife's Hometown-Live In Portland


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tEKLwFaVTw&feature=player_profilepage

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:23am

Billy wrote on Oct 11th, 2009 at 6:45pm:
Speaking of the Basement Tapes here's a good one.............

Fotheringay - Too Much Of Nothing {Live 1970}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn38zHhhcFA



Fairport Convention covered Million Dollar Bash on Unhalfbricking which also has covers of Percys Song and Si Tu Dois Partir(If You Gotta Go, Go Now). outakes included Dear Landlord

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:30am

Billy wrote on Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:42am:
Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA USA 10/10/2009

Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking


http://www.sendspace.com/file/zuaqq2


Cheers.

First time played since 1980, apparently!

I'm sure some people will read something into that!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:47am

mojoman wrote on Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:23am:

Billy wrote on Oct 11th, 2009 at 6:45pm:
Speaking of the Basement Tapes here's a good one.............

Fotheringay - Too Much Of Nothing {Live 1970}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn38zHhhcFA
















I saw Fairport at The Barbican recently.

Cast in order of appearance:
Simon Nicol
Richard Thompson
Ashley Hutchings
Judy Dyble
Dave Mattacks
Linde Nijland
Kellie While
Ian Matthews
Teddy Thompson
Kami Thompson
Chris Leslie
Chris While
Dave Pegg
Linda Thompson




Fairport Convention covered Million Dollar Bash on Unhalfbricking which also has covers of Percys Song and Si Tu Dois Partir(If You Gotta Go, Go Now). outakes included Dear Landlord


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:48am

Billy wrote on Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:47am:

mojoman wrote on Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:23am:

Billy wrote on Oct 11th, 2009 at 6:45pm:
Speaking of the Basement Tapes here's a good one.............

Fotheringay - Too Much Of Nothing {Live 1970}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn38zHhhcFA
















I saw Fairport at The Barbican recently.

Cast in order of appearance:
Simon Nicol
Richard Thompson
Ashley Hutchings
Judy Dyble
Dave Mattacks
Linde Nijland
Kellie While
Ian Matthews
Teddy Thompson
Kami Thompson
Chris Leslie
Chris While
Dave Pegg
Linda Thompson




Fairport Convention covered Million Dollar Bash on Unhalfbricking which also has covers of Percys Song and Si Tu Dois Partir(If You Gotta Go, Go Now). outakes included Dear Landlord




holy canoli!!! you lucky bastard!!! one of these years i'm gonna go to Cropredy!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:48am
Fairport Convention covered Million Dollar Bash on Unhalfbricking which also has covers of Percys Song and Si Tu Dois Partir(If You Gotta Go, Go Now). outakes included Dear Landlord


The Dear Landlord out take with Sandy Denny singing is sublime.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:51am

CD 1
01. talk
02. A Satisfied Mind
03. talk
04. Time Will Show The Wiser
05. talk
06. One Sure Thing
07. talk
08. Jack O'Diamonds
09. talk
10. Fotheringay
11. talk
12. Some Sweet Day
13. talk
14. I’ll Keep It With Mine
15. talk
16. Genesis Hall
17. talk
18. Autopsy
19. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
20. talk
21. A Sailor's Life

CD 2
01. talk
02. Come All Ye
03. talk
04. Tam Lin
05. talk
06. The Deserter
07. talk
08. Medley
09. talk
10. Crazy Man Michael
11. Matty Groves
12. talk
13. Walk Awhile
14. talk
15. Doctor Of Physic
16. talk
17. Sir Patrick Spens
18. talk
19. Dirty Linen

20. talk
21. Si Tu Dois Partir
22. talk
23. Meet On The Ledge

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 12th, 2009 at 3:22pm
Christmas album is out here today. Didnt know this until I got a text as I was leavin' work today. Managed to pick it up on the way home - and made sure I texted the wife to remove all sharp objects that were lying around the house before I got a chance to listen to it later tonight.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by steel driving hammer on Oct 12th, 2009 at 3:24pm
Was Dylans "Song To Woody" to Woody?

Stones.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 12th, 2009 at 4:25pm

steel driving hammer wrote on Oct 12th, 2009 at 3:24pm:
Was Dylans "Song To Woody" to Woody?

Stones.



No. It was an ode to his own erect penis.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Oct 12th, 2009 at 4:30pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 12th, 2009 at 4:25pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on Oct 12th, 2009 at 3:24pm:
Was Dylans "Song To Woody" to Woody?

Stones.



No. It was an ode to his own erect penis.



RIM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Oct 12th, 2009 at 4:55pm
The 'ode to Bob's erect penis' comment post got me excited enough to buy a ticket for the Nov. 17th NYC gig!

Oh BOB, will you play Song to Woody for me please?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 12th, 2009 at 5:09pm
Just got into LA for the Palladium 3-pack. And just got to hear..... My Wife's Hometown is STUNNING!  I hope he doesn't drop it off the set.  We will be wearing our Santa Caps in honor of Christmas In The Heart, which is released tomorrow.  Bob has more energy than he did for the ballpark shows....and he was smokin' on the ones we caught.  

xoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 13th, 2009 at 2:22am
have a great time, Martha  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 13th, 2009 at 2:26am

Gazza wrote on Oct 12th, 2009 at 3:22pm:
Christmas album is out here today. Didnt know this until I got a text as I was leavin' work today. Managed to pick it up on the way home - and made sure I texted the wife to remove all sharp objects that were lying around the house before I got a chance to listen to it later tonight.


hope you survived, intact, Gazza, and you haven't been admitted to The Priory.  :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 13th, 2009 at 6:22am
Managed to listen to some of it. Its not as bad as the samples suggested, and some of it is pleasant enough if you happen to like Christmas music. He does sound like he's having a blast.

It is hard, even for someone like me who can be something of an 'apologist' for Bob's singing style, to get past him, Bob Dylan, singing Christmas songs with THAT voice, though.

There are a few truly horrific moments though, and whilst its not the worst album he's ever chosen to put out, I can't imagine giving it too many spins - not unless I have a few guests dropping by Gazza Towers who have outstayed their welcome and who need a subtle hint to go home.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 13th, 2009 at 6:48am
Monday, October 12
Bob Dylan to Debut Song on "NCIS"

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Up until now, mustaches were just about the only thing Bob Dylan has had in common with TV cop shows. But on the November 3 episode of the CBS procedural drama "NCIS", we'll hear our very first taste of a long-unreleased Dylan song called "California".

The song comes from the same sessions that produced Dylan's 1965 acoustic/electric transitional classic Bringing It All Back Home, but it's been unheard since then, sitting in the vault for the better part of a half-century. Maybe if they'd had "NCIS" back in 1965, we would've heard it a long time ago.


"California" will also appear on "NCIS": The Official Soundtrack Album - Volume 2, due November 3 from CBS Records. The compilation will also feature exclusives from folks like Norah Jones and Joss Stone.

In other WTF Dylan news, Christmas in the Heart, Dylan's Yuletide album, comes out tomorrow on Sony.


http://pitchfork.com/news/36783-bob-dylan-to-debut-song-on-ncis/#

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Oct 13th, 2009 at 6:57am
Christmas albums and cop shows!


:smoking

Bob has taken on some strange roles lately!

;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 13th, 2009 at 1:54pm
http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-s69.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by steel driving hammer on Oct 13th, 2009 at 2:06pm
IF YOU EVER GO TO HOUSTON IS CATCHY.  


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 13th, 2009 at 3:04pm

Billy wrote on Oct 13th, 2009 at 1:54pm:
http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-s69.html



Also on "As Good As it Gets"

http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-a37.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 13th, 2009 at 3:06pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 13th, 2009 at 6:48am:
Monday, October 12
Bob Dylan to Debut Song on "NCIS"

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Up until now, mustaches were just about the only thing Bob Dylan has had in common with TV cop shows. But on the November 3 episode of the CBS procedural drama "NCIS", we'll hear our very first taste of a long-unreleased Dylan song called "California".

The song comes from the same sessions that produced Dylan's 1965 acoustic/electric transitional classic Bringing It All Back Home, but it's been unheard since then, sitting in the vault for the better part of a half-century. Maybe if they'd had "NCIS" back in 1965, we would've heard it a long time ago.


"California" will also appear on "NCIS": The Official Soundtrack Album - Volume 2, due November 3 from CBS Records. The compilation will also feature exclusives from folks like Norah Jones and Joss Stone.

In other WTF Dylan news, Christmas in the Heart, Dylan's Yuletide album, comes out tomorrow on Sony.


http://pitchfork.com/news/36783-bob-dylan-to-debut-song-on-ncis/#


... tracklisting, here - http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=b18bdc5f1d9f41eab71f6ff30&id=1a7d75aeae

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Mel Belli on Oct 13th, 2009 at 4:18pm
Here was my take:

WASHINGTON TIMES

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
LISTENING STATION: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas' gift

By Scott Galupo

Bob Dylan
Christmas in the Heart
Columbia Records

Strictly speaking, Bob Dylan is singing about Jesus again.

But "Christmas in the Heart," the enigmatic one's first-ever holiday-themed release, is less a reprise of Mr. Dylan's Christian era than it is an extension of his work as host of the satellite-radio program "Theme Time Radio Hour."

Like the great music historian Elijah Wald ("Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues"), Mr. Dylan chafes at excessive canon veneration; he sees instead one long continuum of American popular music, where Gene Autry, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters exist comfortably alongside deified black bluesmen and jazz legends.

With its selection of well-known hymns and holiday traditionals, "Christmas in the Heart" (domestic and international proceeds will benefit three charities that feed the hungry) allows Mr. Dylan a breather from the weighty meta-themes of his recent work (mortality: "Time Out of Mind"; the debt owed by white performers to black innovators: "Love and Theft").

This album — Mr. Dylan's 34th — is nothing more nor less than its bucolic, Currier-and-Ives-inspired cover art would indicate: a fun, nostalgia-inducing romp through the past.

That's not to say everything works equally well here. A general rule: the more American, the better. (Luckily, at 15 tracks, compared to Mr. Dylan's customary 10, there is room for misfires.)

After introductory sleigh bells, Mr. Dylan's "Here Comes Santa Claus" drops into the galloping hillbilly groove of the 1947 Autry original. A chorale of soothing male singers answers Mr. Dylan's croaking in the verses. "All is merry and bright" indeed.

"Winter Wonderland" follows much the same formula, only this time with angelic female backup vocal support.

By this time, it's clear we've taken a long detour from Highway 61; Mr. Dylan's able band mates have softly transported us to a floating, chiming Americana cloud where Dinah Shore and Patti Page are waiting to serenade us after a long, eggnog-indulgent night. (On that score, Mr. Dylan nails the boozy vibe of the Rat Pack's "Christmas Blues.")

It's when things turn quasi-sacred, however, that the spell is broken; the easy sledding and the hot cocoa give way to an Iditarod-like slog. On "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "The First Noel" and "O' Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)," for example, Mr. Dylan's shaky vocal pitch betrays him. On the latter — with its first verse sung in Latin, Nat King Cole-style! — Mr. Dylan sounds positively like the stereotypical drunk Santa who has taken to sloppy caroling.

Soon he recovers with the album's knockout track, "Must Be Santa," a warp-speed polka kitted out with the accordion of Los Lobos vet David Hidalgo, who figured prominently on Mr. Dylan's last album, "Together Through Life."

"Christmas Island," with its silky pedal-steel guitar accompaniment, is another warm pull from the brandy snifter.

Mr. Dylan manages with "Christmas in the Heart" both to strike a blow against the commercialization of Christmas and to continue his catholic-minded, deep-roots exploration of the sounds of 20th-century America.

Neat trick.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 13th, 2009 at 5:42pm
Nice article, Mel!

I am forcing myself to sit still and listen to it tonight and I will try to listen without my terrible bias against Christmas music getting in the way... ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 13th, 2009 at 5:46pm

steel driving hammer wrote on Oct 13th, 2009 at 2:06pm:
IF YOU EVER GO TO HOUSTON IS CATCHY.  



Steelie - I went to see our pal James McMurtry (and The Heartless Bastards) tonight. He sends his love!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Oct 13th, 2009 at 7:19pm

Mel Belli wrote on Oct 13th, 2009 at 4:18pm:
Here was my take:

WASHINGTON TIMES

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
LISTENING STATION: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas' gift

By Scott Galupo

Bob Dylan
Christmas in the Heart
Columbia Records

Strictly speaking, Bob Dylan is singing about Jesus again.

But "Christmas in the Heart," the enigmatic one's first-ever holiday-themed release, is less a reprise of Mr. Dylan's Christian era than it is an extension of his work as host of the satellite-radio program "Theme Time Radio Hour."

Like the great music historian Elijah Wald ("Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues"), Mr. Dylan chafes at excessive canon veneration; he sees instead one long continuum of American popular music, where Gene Autry, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters exist comfortably alongside deified black bluesmen and jazz legends.

With its selection of well-known hymns and holiday traditionals, "Christmas in the Heart" (domestic and international proceeds will benefit three charities that feed the hungry) allows Mr. Dylan a breather from the weighty meta-themes of his recent work (mortality: "Time Out of Mind"; the debt owed by white performers to black innovators: "Love and Theft").

This album — Mr. Dylan's 34th — is nothing more nor less than its bucolic, Currier-and-Ives-inspired cover art would indicate: a fun, nostalgia-inducing romp through the past.

That's not to say everything works equally well here. A general rule: the more American, the better. (Luckily, at 15 tracks, compared to Mr. Dylan's customary 10, there is room for misfires.)

After introductory sleigh bells, Mr. Dylan's "Here Comes Santa Claus" drops into the galloping hillbilly groove of the 1947 Autry original. A chorale of soothing male singers answers Mr. Dylan's croaking in the verses. "All is merry and bright" indeed.

"Winter Wonderland" follows much the same formula, only this time with angelic female backup vocal support.

By this time, it's clear we've taken a long detour from Highway 61; Mr. Dylan's able band mates have softly transported us to a floating, chiming Americana cloud where Dinah Shore and Patti Page are waiting to serenade us after a long, eggnog-indulgent night. (On that score, Mr. Dylan nails the boozy vibe of the Rat Pack's "Christmas Blues.")

It's when things turn quasi-sacred, however, that the spell is broken; the easy sledding and the hot cocoa give way to an Iditarod-like slog. On "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "The First Noel" and "O' Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)," for example, Mr. Dylan's shaky vocal pitch betrays him. On the latter — with its first verse sung in Latin, Nat King Cole-style! — Mr. Dylan sounds positively like the stereotypical drunk Santa who has taken to sloppy caroling.

Soon he recovers with the album's knockout track, "Must Be Santa," a warp-speed polka kitted out with the accordion of Los Lobos vet David Hidalgo, who figured prominently on Mr. Dylan's last album, "Together Through Life."

"Christmas Island," with its silky pedal-steel guitar accompaniment, is another warm pull from the brandy snifter.

Mr. Dylan manages with "Christmas in the Heart" both to strike a blow against the commercialization of Christmas and to continue his catholic-minded, deep-roots exploration of the sounds of 20th-century America.

Neat trick.




jews for jesus

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 13th, 2009 at 7:51pm
One listen..

What do you say....

This album will not make it in the "Christmas background music" rotation for holiday parties, department stores, restaurants, or doctor's offices....

Hark, I hear the Dylan Croak and sing along with Ye Old (Craggy Voiced) Faithful are god awful.  My father who used to sing these songs at the top of his lungs at Christmas service ( to my embarrassment) could do a better job.....Pa Rum Pa Pa Rum

But for the most part,  the rest of the album has some fun times  and interesting interpretations in it..  Made me smile and laugh out loud.  Actually really liked "Must Be Santa"..  Ho Ho Ho Ho

Sorry Martha..
Christmas in the Heart still will not be added to my iPod, where all my favorite music resides ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Oct 13th, 2009 at 7:55pm
I'm a Dylan sucker...the new album is in the mail to me and I just plunked down for all 3 Bosotn Wang Theater shows.....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 14th, 2009 at 2:24am
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Palladium

October 13, 2009

1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob on keyboard)
2. Shooting Star (Bob center stage on harp)
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on trumpet)
4. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
5. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
6. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard)
7. My Wife's Hometown (Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin)
8. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
9. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on guitar, Donnie on banjo)
10. I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard and harp)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12. Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Mel Belli on Oct 14th, 2009 at 10:26am
An essay by Hold Steady keyboardist Franz Nicolay:

http://spectrumculture.com/2009/07/love-death-knock-knock-jokes-adorno-said-late-style-in-dylan.html

LOVE, DEATH & KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES:
Adorno, Said, & Late Style in Dylan

July 22, 2009 2:30 PM
"Where once a dreadful abyss yawned a railroad bridge now stretches, from which the passengers can look comfortably down into the depths."
- Kierkegaard (as quoted by Adorno)

"It's mighty funny; the end of time has just begun/ Oh, honey, after all these years you're still the one." - Dylan

To reference the seminal cultural critic Theodor Adorno in a discussion of a major figure of the 20th-century avant-garde is so common as to be a cliché, like quoting de Tocqueville when discussing the "inherently American." And so, for what I am about to do, I sincerely apologize. But--and this almost certainly coincides with the aging of the most recent revolutionary generation--there has been a recent trend toward discussions of the effects of aging on still-productive members of the major art movements of the past century. Witness the recent Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) retrospective of late-period filmmakers (an event only recently possible, with the centenary of the still-young form). And if there is one art form in addition to film that most defines the cultural landscape of the past century it is amplified and recorded rock music, whose history more or less starts with a generation born in the 1940s, unburdened by wartime and Depression, who now begin to slip into history and thus provide a nearly-closed portfolio of work for judgment.

The trouble, arguably, with the major figures of the first societal mainstream rock 'n' roll generation (here defined as more or less bounded by the Beatles on one end and the Stooges on the other) is that the large majority of them have not remained productive or culturally influential past their middle age, either because they died young and their reputation is based by necessity solely on the work of their first bloom; or because they were unable to sustain a relevant level of novelty or depth, and faded into a comfortable reputational hammock. With the Beatles retired early, that pretty much leaves Bob Dylan, as so often in his life, standing apart and above. (The Neil Young enthusiasts out there can pipe down: this is for the purpose of the argument at hand, though I would posit that Young's real lasting influence is his guitar playing, not his talented but conventional songwriting.)

Enough throat-clearing. The main thrust here is that I'd like to examine "late-period" Dylan--the period introduced by Time Out Of Mind in 1997 after a long silence but defined by the trilogy (so far) of pseudonymously self-produced records Love & Theft (2001), Modern Times (2006) and Together Through Life (2009)--through the lens of "late style" as defined by Adorno in his 1937 essay "Late Style In Beethoven," and expanded upon in On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain, a posthumous collection of Edward Said's lectures and notes (with a useful introduction by MIchael Wood) broadening the scope of the idea of late style. What in Adorno's work applied specifically to Beethoven (his subjective and uniquely isolated experience and its effect on the future of music), and was explored in its implications by Said, seems broadly applicable to a top tier of long-lived and culturally influential artists.

Adorno's idea is that the nearness of mortality is the defining influence on the creative work of an older artist, consciously or not. This sense of radical perspective manifests as what he calls "uninhibited subjectivity, or, better yet, 'personality'." Adorno believes that the artist who began his career by breaking with existing forms, even creating radical new ones, embraces "classical" form as he ages and then, where one might expect him to reconcile the two approaches, conversely leaves the wreckage of form to stand as form; the way a skyline, fractured by a catastrophic earthquake, becomes equally iconic in its brokenness. As he puts it, "The maturity of late works of significant artists does not resemble the kind one finds in fruit. They are, for the most part, not round, but furrowed, even ravaged. Devoid of sweetness, bitter and spiny, they do not surrender themselves to mere delectation...they show more traces of history than of growth." And yet, he says, wait - it's not personality unleashed that we're seeing, not unbridled expression "disdaining sensual charms with the sovereign self-assurance of the spirit liberated," that in itself would be confining, "relegating [late works] to the outer reaches of art, in the vicinity of document...It is as if, confronted with the dignity of human death, the theory of art were to divest itself of its rights and abdicate in favor of reality."

Instead, he sees in late Beethoven an unearthly serenity, an "incorporeal spirit," expressionless and distanced, already drawn back from the world's irreconcilables and willing to let them stand as such. Said notes that "[w]hat has evidently gripped Adorno in Beethoven's late work is its episodic character, its apparent disregard for its own continuity...they often communicate an impression of being unfinished." Where a younger Beethoven synthesized and transformed the forms he learned from Haydn--the fugues, rondos, and sonatas of classical tradition--according to his own invention; the elder Beethoven lets even the decorative elements hang free of any tethering theme:

"Everywhere in his formal language, even where it avails itself of [singular syntax], one finds formulas and phrases of convention [Said calls them"unmotivated rhetorical devices"] scattered about. The works are full of decorative trill sequences, cadences, and fiorituras. Often convention appears in a form that is bald, undisguised, untransformed: the first theme of the Sonata Op. 110 has an unabashedly primitive accompaniment...that would scarcely have been tolerated in the middle style...and all of this mixed in among...the most restrained stirrings of solitary lyricism. The relationship of the conventions to the subjectivity itself must be seen as constituting the formal law from which the content of the late works emerges [italics mine]."
Adorno's thesis is that death, the cessation of consciousness, is fundamentally untreatable in the guise of art; that, as art is a gesture of a creature grappling with its experience, that which by its nature cannot be experienced can only be addressed obliquely as art: "Death is imposed only on created beings, not on works of art, and thus it has appeared in art only in a refracted mode, as allegory." Thus while mortal subjectivity is not and cannot be the perceptible object of artistic inquiry, it nonetheless darkens and contorts the diorama of the work. In a tangible way, the animating force separates from the clay. "Touched by death, the hand of the master sets free the masses of material that he used to form; its tears and fissures, witnesses to the finite powerlessness of the I confronted with Being, are its final work. Hence the overabundance of material...hence the conventions that are no longer penetrated and mastered by subjectivity, but simply left to stand."
This is the first idea of late work, the grappling with the idea of closure. "Objective is the fractured landscape, subjective is the light in which--alone--it glows into life. [Beethoven] does not bring about their harmonious synthesis...In the history of art, late works are the catastrophes." It is a sense of lost totality, the impossibility of unity between opposing ideas, the futility of a harmonious or moralistic summation of life as coherent narrative.

The second animating philosophy of late work is an idea of Said's that there is a chronological sense of lateness, prior to death, that manifests in the shadings of meaning as the word is heard. A person described as "late" can be understood in the sense of "deceased," already departed; also as having missed or passed his time, in the sense of an appointment or convergence with the spirit of his times. In this sense, an artist who has made a significant impact on the culture in his relative youth can come to seem posthumous in his own lifetime. Lateness in this sense, says Said, is then "a form of exile...late style is in, but oddly apart from, the present...For Adorno, lateness is the idea of surviving beyond what is acceptable and normal."

*      *      *
Between 1983's Infidels and 1990's Under The Red Sky, Dylan's songwriting seemed increasingly adrift, the songs written for the sake of putting out albums rather than through any emotional urgency; with expensive-sounding productions that, while they adhered to the grandiose standards of the day, hung on the hollow songs like a pope's robes on a drifter. Dylan himself admits to a crisis of confidence, a feeling that perhaps he had gone as far as he could and that the portfolio was complete. He retreated from the gospel choirs and digital gloss of his 1980s records and made two intimate, acoustic records (Good As I Been To You and World Gone Wrong) of old blues and folk songs. Recorded live in the fashion of his first, eponymous album, he returned to the archaic material he made his name performing 40 years earlier, but this time as the aging, ironic storyteller and entertainer he'd impersonated as a baby-faced 20-year-old.

When he re-emerged as a songwriter in 1997 with Time Out Of Mind, critic Robert Christgau claimed to be mystified by the common reaction that the record was "in [an] intrinsic way 'about death'...[What] the mortality admirers hear in it is their own." This seems like contrarianism. The title itself implies a post-consciousness in which time, which only exists to a consciousness able to both retain memory and envision potentialities, need not exist; or is freed to exist in as a sort of ethereally free-standing concept, time without memory. The songs' monochordal vamps obsess over loss of love, loss of life, numbness, vacancy, betrayal ("I thought some of 'em were friends of mine; I was wrong about 'em all"). There is blood in the clouds, echoes of the "Blood In My Eyes" of World Gone Wrong, a tale of a would-be john--aged? deformed?--rejected by an amused and scornful prostitute. In fact, there is a meteorological aspect to the impending winding down of the world of Time Out Of Mind: The songs take place in gathering darkness, under cloudy skies, approaching or just past midnight. The ticking quarter-notes of the graveyard organs of "Love Sick" are like a cosmic clock winding down: "I see lovers in the meadow/ I see silhouettes in the window/ I watch them 'til they're gone and they leave me hanging on to a shadow/ I'm sick of love; I hear the clock tick." The narrator is fading away from the world, ever less of a participant, ever more a dispassionate observer who sees the shrouds beneath the skin of even young lovers.

Even the narrator's own obsessive, self-destructive love seems to address a decayed, failing, unfaithful object; and he himself seems to question the emotion: "Every day your memory grows dimmer/ It doesn't haunt me like it did before/ I've been walking through the middle of nowhere/ Trying to get to heaven before they close the door." The flesh is falling off of his face, the old ways of communication frustrating and pointless: "Well I'm tired of talking; I'm tired of trying to explain/ My attempts to please you were all in vain/ Tomorrow night before the sun goes down/ If I'm still among the living." Church bells are ringing as the sun sets; he wonders (knowing, of course, and answering in Love & Theft's "Moonlight") for whom they toll.

"I'm drifting in and out of dreamless sleep
Throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep
...Well I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink
Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think"
Said describes the Greek poet Cavafy's work as "fulfilled but also denuded of promise...witness [to] an animated, disciplined spectacle in which he once participated but that, like all temporal things, now seems to be moving away from him." The Dylan of Time Out Of Mind is in the world but not of it, feet still planted in the dirt, but his perspective already distanced, even celestial. The narrator is an old nomad taking one last look at a messy world he has loved. In "Dirt Road Blues", as the bass swaggers and pulses like a jug band (the epitome of visceral music-making: the essential transaction of continued life, the lips and breath on the carrier of water) as the celestial abuts the earthbound like the sun pouring over the horizon in the sunsets and midnight moons that permeate the record. The published lyrics are as conflicted about the possibility of synthesis, the impossibility of death in the mind of someone living (if you'll pardon the rotten shark). "Gon' walk on down that dirt road 'til I'm right beside the sun/ I'm gonna have to put up a barrier to keep myself away from everyone;" but as recorded, they embrace an opposing form of oblivion: "Gon' walk on down that dirt road/ 'Til everything becomes the same." "Standing In The Doorway" is a list of irreconcilable dualities, which the narrator hopelessly leaves to stand, unable to choose, too late for it to matter.

"Yesterday everything was going too fast
Today, it's moving too slow
I got no place left to turn
I got nothing left to burn
Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you
It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow...
I know the mercy of God must be near."
There are two dominant strains, increasingly exclusive of all else, of songwriting presets in late-style Dylan, the juke-joint blues and the Tin Pan Alley weeper; and "Standing In The Doorway" is the first example of the latter style, which is first apparent in Good As I Been To You's "Tomorrow Night". Dylan handles the AABA-Bridge forms in the simplest possible way, and even seems to revel in refrigerator-magnet Tin Pan Alley lyrical imagery (storms raging on rolling seas, evening shadows, stars, winds of change, making your dreams come true). As much as has been made of Dylan's debt to the Harry Smith/Carter Family strain of hallucinogenic nightmare folk, his late work often seems like a determined genre exercise, that genre being pre-rock 'n' roll American music of any kind: acoustic blues, mountain laments, the early Chicago style of Howlin' Wolf and, no less, the moon-June balladry of Hoagy Carmichael and Bing Crosby. In "Moonlight", "Beyond The Horizon" and especially on Together Through Life ("This Dream Of You," "Life Is Hard" whose shuffling, chromatic melody like Willie Nelson singing standards, is almost more than Dylan's rickety voice can handle), Dylan highlights a little-commented connection: that the Carter Family's hillbilly-formal dialect shares a vocabulary with Tin Pan Alley through the genealogy of 19th-century romantic poetry and parlor songs. "We learn to live and then we forgive/ O'er the road we're bound to go/ More frailer [sic!] than the flowers, these precious hours," goes "When The Deal Goes Down," an archaic language of roses and moonglow that bows equally to Stephen Foster, Wordsworth, and explicitly, in Time Out Of Mind's epic closer "Highlands," to the Scottish poet Robert Burns (about which more shortly). Ethnomusicologist Tyler Bickford points out that "Dylan seems almost to be curating his vision of American music," an extremely subjective but rigorously integrated one that prioritizes the creaky, the quirky, and the downright frightening details and asides that colonize the familiar.

Adorno would find this--first, the embrace of timeworn cliché; and second, the resolute anachronism--unsurprising. "[T]he middle Beethoven...always drew the traditional accompanying figures into his subjective dynamics and transformed them according to his intention--if he did not indeed develop them himself...and thus free himself from convention on the strength of their uniqueness." Just so, the young Dylan drew upon the talking blues of Woody Guthrie, the old English forms and Appalachian murder ballads, but repurposed them for his own highly contemporary needs. "Not so the late Beethoven...[I]n the very late Beethoven the conventions find expression as the naked representation of themselves...[The] abbreviation of his style...seeks not so much to free the musical language from mere phrases, as, rather, to free the mere phrase from the appearance of its subjective mastery [i.m.]." In Dylan, the verbal vine-tangles of the early work are lashed to the rack of blues couplets like ivy to a fresh-built wall, decorative and with a strong implication of timelessness. It's not, then, that he couldn't recreate the magisterial formlessness of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" or "Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands", but that, now, it's more important for him that formal experiments not distract from the play of language on the cement shoreline of familiar strictures. For Adorno, again, this impulse is inextricable from the thought of death: "If, in the face of death's reality, art's rights lose their force, then the former will certainly not be able to be absorbed directly into the work in the guise of its 'subject.' ...The power of subjectivity in the late works of art is the irascible gesture with which it takes leave of the works themselves [i.m.]. It breaks their bonds, not in order to express itself, but in order, expressionless, to cast off the appearance of art." It enables what Christgau insists is the primary summation of Time Out Of Mind, "simple songs inhabited with an assurance that makes them seem classic rather than received."

But it is Adorno's expressionless regard of the approach of a time beyond consciousness that is the dominant mode. The narrator is "all used up and the fields have turned brown." He feels "like I'm coming to the end of my way...When I'm gone you will remember my name?" It's "too hot to sleep, time is running away." In "Not Dark Yet" (as in, "but it's getting there"), a rattling snare drum sounds like a conga, like rain on a stretched tarpaulin, and massages an enveloping, warm track for a deeply cold song. "I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still/ Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb/I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from/ Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer." As the album winds down through "Can't Wait" to "Highlands," you can almost see the narrator fade and grow transparent as the visceral world draws away. "It's way past midnight and there are people all around/ Some on their way up, some on their way down," each according to their earthly deeds. Human feeling, the love of a good & caring woman, becomes a part of a foreign past ("She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind/ She put down in writing what was in her mind/ I just don't see why I should even care"). He becomes a purgatorial phantom, taking his leave: "Night or day, it doesn't matter where I go anymore; I just go/ I'd like to think I could control myself, but it isn't true/ That's how it is when things disintegrate."

Said's concept of late sensibility as a sort of premature posthumousness carries a similar scent of the supernatural: an artist left for dead, or to the autopsy of a dead past, rises, walks and continues inconveniently to exist, even to produce. Ives has this quality; the man who, after harnessing the rough comedy of earth and the ascent to heaven in his Fourth Symphony, was becalmed for the remaining 20 years of his life on the shoals of the impossible "Universe" Symphony. Similarly, Said devotes particular attention to Glenn Gould, who (in the words of Michael Wood, in the introduction to On Late Style) "created his own form of lateness by removing himself from the world of live performance, intransigently becoming posthumous, so to speak, while still intensely active."

Dylan, especially, runs the risk of seeming posthumous in the sense of having had a catastrophic, even cataclysmic, cultural effect, but remaining productive. Unlike many of his peers, who embraced their one cultural moment and never quite let go, Dylan has always impatiently shrugged off canonization. Wood attributes to late style "a nonharmonious, nonserene tension, and above all, a sort of deliberately unproductive productiveness," and this "unaccommodated stubbornness," which Adorno admired in Beethoven, has been an element of anachronistic and premature lateness characteristic of Dylan throughout his career. Though Dylan fell victim to the baroque indulgences of other Boomer-era icons in the 1980s, he managed to step back and re-ground himself in his own foundational influences, and, to a certain extent, in the fantastical context he'd created for the public persona that he came to inhabit. Said notes as a touchstone for the establishment of late style the "moment when the artist who is fully in command of his medium nevertheless abandons communication with the established social order of which he is a part and achieves a contradictory, alienated relationship with it. His late works constitute a form of exile [i.m.]."

And so it's into a kind of Valhallic exile the narrator of "Highlands" journeys. His "heart's in the Highlands wherever I roam/ That's where I'll be when I get called home/ I can only get there one step at a time." Some sort of happy hunting grounds are at the end of his journey; the refrains outline a fairy-tale world of horses, hounds, bow and arrows, and other anachronistic dream-things. Meanwhile, the verses describe an increasingly distant-feeling world ("I'm in Boston town, in some restaurant/ I got no idea what I want/ Well, maybe I do but I'm just really not sure"). He has a confused interaction with a waitress--they can converse but in some crucial way they don't inhabit the same world--she asks him to draw her, and he says, more or less, that he can only sketch from life. I'm right here, she protests, and he evades the obvious explanation. Miscommunications, misunderstandings and misheard questions seem about to ignite into an argument, when he slips, ghostlike, onto a "busy street" where "nobody's going anywhere." He's conflicted about his passing: "I see people in the park forgetting their troubles and woes/ They're drinking and dancing, wearing bright colored clothes/ All the young men with their young women looking so good/ Well, I'd trade places with any of them in a minute, if I could." But the vivid, mundane details of human society--dancing, voter registration, leather coats--barely register on a narrator increasingly estranged from day-to-day life. "The sun is beginning to shine on me/ But it's not like the sun that used to be/ The party's over, and there's less and less to say/ I got new eyes/ Everything looks far away."

His dislocation is as much temporal as psychological ("Feel like a prisoner in a world of mystery/ I wish someone would come/ And push back the clock for me"); the lateness in Said's sense of the word is explicit ("Feel further away then ever before/ Some things in life, it gets too late to learn"). The traveler, unmoored, is no longer the agent of his own journey ("Feel like I'm drifting/ Drifting from scene to scene"); like the captain of a ship nearing harbor and accepting the tugboat's guidance, he's taken his hand off the wheel and is being pulled in to dock.

Dylan: "By the beautiful lake of the black swan
Big white clouds, like chariots that swing down low
Well my heart's in the highlands
Only place left to go...
There's a way to get there, and I'll figure it out somehow
But I'm already there in my mind
And that's good enough for now."
Adorno: "No longer does he gather the landscape, deserted now, and alienated, into an image...
The caesuras, the sudden discontinuities that more than anything characterize
the very late Beethoven,
are those moments of breaking away;
the work is silent at the instant when it is left behind,
and turns its emptiness outward.
Not until then does the next fragment attach itself...
for the mystery is between them,
and it cannot be invoked otherwise than in the figure they create together."
[line breaks, obviously, mine]
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The idea of landscape, physical landscape, is an important one. Per Adorno's description of objectivity as a fractured landscape, Said expands this into an idea of time as three-dimensionally tangible, a terrain that can be experienced and explored. If we think of post-Time Dylan as synonymous in several meaningful ways with with Ulyssean narrator of "Highlands," the travelogue of a man taking leave, then the 21st-century trilogy of records are chapters of formative context, of places where the soul of the world gathers and pulses most vitally. They stagger forward chronologically as well: In Love & Theft, the Confederate South of blackface minstrelsy on "those Rebel rivers;" Modern Times, the "modernity" of mid-century juke-joint Chicago; Together Through Life the bloody, passionate Cormac McCarthy world of the contemporary Rio Grande borderland. In Dylan's own memoir Chronicles, Vol. 1, he presents not a continuous narrative of becoming but snapshots of himself at unexpected and highly personal junctures. Wood says of Proust, "He sees a person as a crossroads, time as a body, 'characters as duration'." The three Jack Frost records (Jack Frost is Dylan's pseudonym for purposes of unmediated production) are, similarly, his timeline of the brief and productive resting-places of the narrative of American music.

The other defining characteristic of the "Jack Frost trilogy" is a distinctive blend of ironic, bawdy humor with mature and deeply romantic love; the former prevailing in Love & Theft and gradually deepening into the latter by Together Through Life. Wood remarks that "lateness has its playful as well as its tragic aspects," and Said adds that "[t]ruly this world is pre-historical in its freedom from daily pressures and cares, and in its seemingly limitless capacity for self-indulgence, amusement, and luxury: and this too is a characteristic of twentieth-century late style." In Wood's assessment of Mozart, "'[A] sudden lateness [Mozart, of course, died young, so his "lateness" is highly relative], as distinct from maturity, produces...'a special ironic expressiveness'." Dylan, while always ironic, seems to have returned from his self-imposed, post-Under The Red Sky exile equivocal, satirical and with a sarcastic sense of the anarchy inherent in wordplay. "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum" is a raucous buddy movie about "Siamese twins...coming to town" (as they reappear in "Honest With Me"). "A childish dream is a deathless need," says Dylan, and proves it with childrens'-story references to the Land of Nod & dead man's bones; one straight-up knock-knock joke, a prank call ("Calls down to room service, says, "Send up a room") and a tip of the cap to the patron saint of clever chaos, Lewis Carroll. The bar-band shuffle and blues couplet gives him room to indulge in lowbrow, crowd-pleasing jokes ("I'm sittin' on my watch so I can be on time"), sometimes at his own expense ("Well I'm drivin' in the flats in a Cadillac car/ The girls all say, "You're a worn out star"). The spectre of death is never far, but the joker's getting in some last-minute jabs ("I'm leaving in the morning just as soon as the dark clouds lift/ Gonna break the roof in - set fire to the place as a parting gift"). "[Said] sees," says Wood, "'[a]musement' as a form of resistance...amusement, like pleasure or privacy, does not require reconciliation with a status quo or a dominant regime...The tone of the individual cases may be tragic, comic, ironic, parodic, and much else, but...will be unreconciled."

Even the devil-may-care twins, though, are voyaging to the ever-setting sun, and "his Master's voice" still calls. The apocalyptic banjo of "High Water," pounded by waves of accordion and tambourine, adding and dropping out, bodhran-like and tympanic, is a Biblical revelation flood of old-testament punishment ("I'm preachin' the Word of God/ I'm puttin' out your eyes"); and each-for-himself betrayal ("Don't reach out for me," she said/" Can't you see I'm drownin' too?"); and Dylan reaches even farther back, to pantheistic pagan horror. Like Persephone trapped in Hades, "[T]he emptiness is endless, cold as the clay/ You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way." Like the disintegrating narrator of "Highlands," he's "feeling like a stranger nobody sees...Last night I knew you, tonight I don't." "[O]ne cannot transcend or lift oneself out of lateness," says Said, "but can only deepen the lateness."

For Dylan, a rapprochement with the idea of death is crucially contingent on a firm commitment to fleshly, earthly pleasures in the time remaining to enjoy them. Nick Pinkerton, in a Village Voice review of "The Late Film" at BAM, points out that "Age tends to lower inhibitions" (viz. Hitchcock going "as deep into criminal-sexual neurosis as contemporary mores would allow" in Marnie and Frenzy and Kubrick's "sex odyssey [Eyes Wide Shut]"); and Dylan has no problem getting "on bad terms with the younger men" by competing lustily on their turf. His come-ons are forward ("You gonna need my help, sweetheart/ You can't make love all by yourself"), virile ("I got a cravin' love for blazing speed/ Jump into the wagon, love, throw your panties overboard"), reckless ("Some young lazy slut has charmed away my brains") and grinningly disingenuous ("Samantha Brown lived in my house for about four or five months/ Don't know how it looked to other people/ I never slept with her even once").

But the primary romantic mode is a patriarchal calm (first introduced on "Sugar Baby"), a mature love, passionate without being grasping or desperate; an autumnal blossoming, unbothered, knowing but sincere, charming and insistent. "Nettie More" seems to mourn a lost, but not forlorn, love--the death of an elderly spouse, perhaps. The iconography is domestic: home cooking, details of the weather. "Spirit on the Water" may be a unique example of a love song between two older people, long friends perhaps, who bloom into something more in the sunset of their lives:
"I'd forgotten about you
Then you turned up again
I always knew
That we were meant to be more than friends...
You think I'm over the hill
You think I'm past my prime
Let me see what you got
We can have a whoppin' good time."
These late-life love songs are Dylan in his early-Tin Pan Alley idiom, exploring slightly more complicated harmonic territory in a Gene Autry/Ukulele Ike world of lazy summer days, bees buzzin', fishing, storms (this time harmless). Weightless and carefree violin and banjo shadow a tapping kick drum, like a gently pounding Salvation Army bandsman with one strapped across his chest. The urgency of younger love is gone and unmourned. The "privileged forms," qua Said, are "anachronism and anomaly," as befits the tender and indescribable shadings of the shared memory and history of an elderly couple. In fact, there's no sense that the impending dusk indicates any kind of permanent parting ("Beyond the horizon across the divide/' Round about midnight, we'll be on the same side"; "We live and we die, we know not why /But I'll be with you when the deal goes down"). In "Moonlight", Dylan sketches a picture of natural tranquility that evokes the loveliness of a sunset over a country church graveyard:
"The clouds are turnin' crimson
The leaves fall from the limbs an'
The branches cast their shadows over stone...
The boulevards of cypress trees
The masquerades of birds and bees
The petals, pink and white, the wind has blown."
The bell tolls for the aging couple, and the narrator, with a wistful, resigned shrug ("Funny, how the things you have the hardest time parting with/ Are the things you need the least"), offers his arm ("[W]hen the time is right to strike/ I'll take you 'cross the river, dear/ You've no need to linger here"). "Lateness," says Said, "is being at the end, fully conscious, full of memory, and also very (even preternaturally) aware of the present." Worldly humor and settled love are the only healthy responses to the consideration of a full life. "My heart is not weary, it's light and it's free/ I've got nothin' but affection for all those who've sailed with me."

*      *      *
Together Through Life is in many ways the culmination and flowering of the romantic strain of the later records; it's the breeziest Dylan record since Desire. (That may be no coincidence. Desire is also the only record as dominated by one instrument, a trenchant fiddle, as Together is by David Hidalgo's norteño accordion; and the only one on which Dylan collaborated on the majority of the lyrics, in this case with the Grateful Dead's Robert Hunter.) It may be Hunter's influence that softens the more scabrous edges of Dylan's sarcasm, but where Time Of Out Mind lived around midnight, Together Through Life can see the dawn. Its ranchero blues and 12-bar rhumbas celebrate, rather than mourn, the unreedemable divide between the unsentimental dead and the virile living. Dylan adopts the lecherous groan of Howlin' Wolf rather than Bing Crosby's croon; and Modern Times' grab-bag of the late-period idioms--apocalyptic ("If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break/ Everybody saying this is a day only the Lord could make"), romantic ("When I'm with you, I forget I was ever blue/ Without you there's no meaning in anything I do"), religiously redemptive ("Few more years of hard work, then there'll be a 1,000 years of happiness"), and colloquially jokey ("I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed /I ain't got enough room to even raise my head")--is mollified and stripped down to "this dream of you which keeps me living on." The Dylan who can turn from plain-spoken idiom to King James curse in one quatrain ("I got the porkchops, she got the pie/ She ain't no angel and neither am I/ Shame on your greed, shame on your wicked schemes/ I'll say this, I don't give a damn about your dreams") sounds relaxed and colloquial, the world be damned ("Just as long as you stay with me/ whole world is my throne/ Beyond here lies nothin'").

What Dylan has not done is ascend into the sort of ethereal world of Messaien or the Ives of the Universe Symphony. His relaxed, mature pleasures are resolutely earthbound, even as he looks forward, with puzzlement, resignation and curious interest to a personal sort of Elysian Fields. Said quotes Mozart in a letter to his father as declaring, "Death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness;" in other words, that the perceptible presence of an end-point focuses the mind on the pleasures that remain, and provides the fodder for an irony which can be satisfyingly aimed at the younger or less enlightened. For example, I'm not sure the Touch of Evil cynicism of "It's All Good" need be taken as sarcasm: It can easily be taken at face value, as in, yes, the world is evil, corrupt, and venal, but "I wouldn't change it even if I could." Said describes Adorno in words that can easily be applied to Dylan, as "an aging but mentally agile...man of culture who is absolutely not given to ascetic serenity or mellow maturity," and if a calm acceptance, even savouring, of the existence of evil is the price of admission, well: "[L]ate style abjures more bourgeois aging and...insists on the increasing sense of apartness and exile and anachronism, and more important, uses [that] to formally sustain itself." The songs' apparent placidity is deceptive; per Adorno: "The work's ravaged character does not always bespeak deathly resolve and demonic humor, but is often ultimately mysterious in a way that can be sensed in pieces that have a serene, almost idyllic tone." Said defines this as the crucial duality of late style, that "it has the power to render disenchantment and pleasure without resolving the contradictions between them [i.m.]". What holds them in tension, as equal forces straining in opposite directions, is the artist's mature subjectivity, stripped of hubris and pomposity, unashamed either of its fallibility or of the modest assurance it has gained as a result of age and exile."

The danger in writing a piece like this is the danger of presuming to pen a premature obituary. This is especially true about Dylan, an artist who, like Stravinsky and Ellington, resists easy identification with either familiar career arcs of inspiration and decline or the retrospective narrative of his discipline and historical context. Remember that one of Said's definitions of "lateness" is a sense that the artist is out of step with his culture, that he cultivates a kind of determined anachronism by way of formal stance and pre-emptive defense against obsolescence. He recalls that Proust, in "self-consciously set[ing himself] the task of re-creating lost time, thus completely identif[ies] the artistic vocation with memory." But to deepen the sense of lateness that already shrouds Dylan is to miss both the mature insight of his Indian summer, and the circular quality that is ever-present in his work. The urge to anachronism can be seen a trait of a man (as Said describes the elderly Richard Strauss) as "a figure of superannuation...living well past his real period, exacerbating his already-unsynchronized idiom by moving stubbornly even further back in time." But like Stravinsky's late embrace of the earliest Classical forms, Dylan's use of blues, 1920s standards and English ballad forms; as well as ripe lyrical cliches (the book of love, walking down the road feeling bad, walking the lonesome valley), is a way of infusing his music with a timelessness and sense of renewal and reiteration. Said sees a similar circularity in 20th-century writing, saying "Literary modernism itself can be seen as a late-style phenomenon insofar as artists such as Joyce and Eliot seem in a way to have been out of their time altogether, returning to ancient myth or antique forms such as the epic or ancient religious ritual for their inspiration [i.m.] (see Dylan's "I practice a faith that's been long abandoned" in "Ain't Talkin'"). Modernism has come to seem paradoxically not so much a movement of the new as a movement of aging and ending, a sort of 'Age masquerading as Juvenility,' to quote Hardy in Jude the Obscure...with its sense of accelerated decline and its compensating gestures of recapitulation and inclusiveness." The precocity, even agelessness, that sometimes seemed to possess the young Dylan (Hardy again: "A ground swell from ancient years of night seemed now and then to lift the child in this his morning-life") is mirrored in the prosaic quality that suffuses his old age. "There's a moment when/ All old things become new again/ But that moment might have come and gone," sings Dylan. As physical time advances, the landscape of his creative life retreats past his actual memories into the symbolic landscape of vaudevillians and balladeers in which he has always imagined himself.

Said's book itself, as Wood points out, was the one of the incomplete projects at the end of Said's own life, "closing a long chapter about the making of the self that opened with Said's book Beginnings...and the whole point about beginnings, as distinct from origins, is that they are chosen...[T]he self's unmaking is another affair, and late style comes close to that." Dylan's origins in small-town Minnesota were so rapidly subsumed into his "chosen" origin story--as a hobo, a carnie, a castaway--as to be irrelevant to what has come to be the truth, that the elderly Dylan is, literally, the world-hardened singing drifter he imagined himself as at 20; and indeed it makes little sense to think of today's strange, worldly poet of the vulgar as sharing anything like a life with the ambitious youth of 1962. The "ground swell from ancient years" that impregnated him then has ripened into its proper fulfillment: There are certain people who seem "right" at a particular age, at which they belong in some hard-to-articulate way; and Dylan's late style, the unresolved coexistence of unearthly, end-times withdrawal; sweetly complacent mature romance; and earthy, anarchic humor; seems like an arrival and a culmination. Said quotes the Austrian modernist writer Hermann Broch on the the style of old age: "[I]t is a gift implanted along with other gifts in the artist, ripening, it may be, with time, often blossoming before its season under the foreshadow of death...it is the reaching of a new level of expression, such as the old Titian's discovery of the all-penetrating light which dissolves the human flesh and the human soul to a higher unity; or such as the finding by Rembrandt and Goya, both at the height of their manhood, of the metaphysical surface which underlies the visible in man and thing, and which nevertheless can be painted [i.m.]" The mature artist trades the gift of foresight for the gift of insight: The former is increasingly useless, the latter eternal.

by Franz Nicolay

This essay leans very heavily on these two books:

Adorno, Theodor W. Essays On Music; "Late Style in Beethoven." Selected, with Introduction, Commentary, and Notes by Richard Leppert; New Translations by Susan H. Gillespie; University of California Press, 2002.

Said, Edward. On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain. Introduction by Michael Wood. Pantheon, 2006.

Thanks to Maria Sonevytsky & Tyler Bickford for their reading & helpful comments.


Title: (NSC) Bob Dylan @ Hollywood Palladium 10/13/09
Post by ijwthstd on Oct 14th, 2009 at 11:45am
My first ever Dylan show. It was great! This wasn't even on the radar but I went to Hollywood for an instore at Amoeba (Devil Makes Three) then thought to myself, I am already here, it will never be this easy again. To drive that point home I ran into a friend riding solo who on plus one.

Some misconceptions that I heard over the years were proven wrong.

"He doesn't play anything I know"

He has about a million songs but I knew plenty of what he played even though all I own is a greatest hits record I inherited from my uncle when I was 8.

"He doesn't sing his songs right"

I can't sing his songs right either

"He's not into it"

His body language and the interaction between him and his band suggested he was having a great time.

And it was a great band with Charlie Sexton on guitar and a steel pedal player who sometimes played violin. I loved every minute of it. Actually liked the songs I didn't know even better just because the different arrangements didn't mess with my familiarity. If I weren't already holding tickets for shows tonight and tomorrow I would go again.

Ballad Of A Thin Man was awesome.

His oscar was standing on his amp. Made me think of South Park.

01. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob keys, Donnie lap steel)
02. Shooting Star (Bob center, harp)
03. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob center, harp)
04. Dont Think Twice, Its All Right (Bob guitar)
05. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center, harp)
06. Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Bob keys)
07. My Wife's Hometown (Bob guitar)
08. Stuck Inside Of Mobile W/ The Memphis Blues Again
09. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob guitar)
10. I Feel A Change Comin On (Bob Keys)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Donnie lap steel)
12. Nettie Moore
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center, harp)
---encore---
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Devil Makes Three was pretty good. Johnny Rivers opened the Dylan show but unfortunately I missed that because of a timing overlap.

Title: Re: (NSC) Bob Dylan @ Hollywood Palladium 10/13/09
Post by mojoman on Oct 14th, 2009 at 12:08pm
where ya been dan?

Title: Re: (NSC) Bob Dylan @ Hollywood Palladium 10/13/09
Post by ijwthstd on Oct 14th, 2009 at 12:19pm

mojoman wrote on Oct 14th, 2009 at 12:08pm:
where ya been dan?



I go to so many shows I no longer have time for any internet activity other than checking schedules etc (last night was #109-110 for the year). I also endured a traumatic move after yet another rent increase seriously threatened my lifestyle. Traumatic because I haven't moved in so long I almost had to be surgically removed from the place. But I found a great place in a great neighborhood close by and my way of life has been preserved for now. Actually I can drop a $100 on a ticket here and there again if really necessary though I can still usually avoid that.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by steel driving hammer on Oct 14th, 2009 at 4:24pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 13th, 2009 at 5:46pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on Oct 13th, 2009 at 2:06pm:
IF YOU EVER GO TO HOUSTON IS CATCHY.  



Steelie - I went to see our pal James McMurtry (and The Heartless Bastards) tonight. He sends his love!


What???????????????????????????????????? OMG!!

Man!  

I'm so happy you saw him (probably up close too)

He meant alot back when/then before the cocaine you know...

He sends his love? Good I feel it and need it.

I saw him too here in Farmer City 25 miles east but never spoke to him.

Not all but some of his stuff is really good n' heart-felt.

Like Dylan but not even close you know...lol.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 14th, 2009 at 4:37pm

steel driving hammer wrote on Oct 14th, 2009 at 4:24pm:

Gazza wrote on Oct 13th, 2009 at 5:46pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on Oct 13th, 2009 at 2:06pm:
IF YOU EVER GO TO HOUSTON IS CATCHY.  



Steelie - I went to see our pal James McMurtry (and The Heartless Bastards) tonight. He sends his love!


What???????????????????????????????????? OMG!!

Man!  

I'm so happy you saw him (probably up close too)

He meant alot back when/then before the cocaine you know...

He sends his love? Good I feel it and need it.

I saw him too here in Farmer City 25 miles east but never spoke to him.

Not all but some of his stuff is really good n' heart-felt.

Like Dylan but not even close you know...lol.



Second time I've seen him here this year - both times in a bar. He was here in February (first ever Euro tour) with Ian McLagan in his band. Chatted with him both times and got pics. Pleasant enough guy but quite shy. There's a new live CD/DVD out now called 'Live in Europe'.

I asked him if he was inspired by Chuck's "You Cant Catch Me" when he wrote 'Choctaw Bingo' as it has a similar driving rhythm and rapid fire lyrics. He looked at me like I was nuts, said "Never thought of it that way before - it was just based on some shit I saw when driving through Oklahoma one time"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by steel driving hammer on Oct 14th, 2009 at 5:14pm
Well I'll be dammed.

Small world.

But no one is shyer than Charlie though right?

We know good music when we hear it.

Cheers.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 14th, 2009 at 7:42pm

lotsajizz wrote on Oct 13th, 2009 at 7:55pm:
I'm a Dylan sucker...the new album is in the mail to me and I just plunked down for all 3 Bosotn Wang Theater shows.....



Based on a first listen to the shows from Berkeley (10/10) and Hollywood (last night), you're all in for a treat. Charlie Sexton's return seems to given Bob a rocket up his behind. These shows sound really good. 'Gonna Change My Way of Thinking' has barely a few lines that havent been rewritten! 'The Man In Me' is pretty different too.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 15th, 2009 at 2:15am
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Palladium

October 14, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)  
2. The Man In Me (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp, Donnie on trumpet)  
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on trumpet)  
4. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob center stage on harp)  
6. Sugar Baby (Bob center stage on harp)  
7. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)  
8. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)  
9. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)  
10. Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on violin)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
12. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)  
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)  
   
 (encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
16. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)  
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2009 at 6:26am

steel driving hammer wrote on Oct 14th, 2009 at 5:14pm:
Well I'll be dammed.

Small world.

But no one is shyer than Charlie though right?

We know good music when we hear it.

Cheers.



Re: Charlie. It depends. If you're going to get him to talk about himself, yes, he's pretty shy. When its something else, it can be a different matter. When I met him, HE initiated the conversation, which took me by surprise somewhat!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 15th, 2009 at 7:34am
Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
Bob Dylan with Mavis Staples


http://www.sendspace.com/file/nu6uq9

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by LadyJane on Oct 15th, 2009 at 11:55am
Got a voicemail from Martha.

Posting for her as she can't get to a computer.

She got to meet and speak to half of Bob's band last night and is thrilled.
To her great surprise George Thorogood is opening for Bob tonight on her birthday!!!


Wants you to know "the shows have been spectacular. It's a WHOLE NEW BOB!!!!"


Yay. I'm so happy for our Birthday girl!!
LJ.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Oct 15th, 2009 at 12:02pm

Nice!!
Too bad Bob wasn't there, but he was probably walking around checking out houses.

Johnny Rivers opened the first LA show.
Bet he was great...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on Oct 15th, 2009 at 12:27pm
I just noticed the start time on my Jesus Lizard ticket is 9 with 2 opening bands, both venues are close to each other, I will check schedules when I get to Hollywood, maybe I can squeeze both in.

I saw George Thorogood at Guitar Center Hollywood a few months ago doing a Q&A and a 5 song full band set in a room that held about 50 people.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2009 at 1:26pm

LadyJane wrote on Oct 15th, 2009 at 11:55am:
Got a voicemail from Martha.

Posting for her as she can't get to a computer.

She got to meet and speak to half of Bob's band last night and is thrilled.
To her great surprise George Thorogood is opening for Bob tonight on her birthday!!!


Wants you to know "the shows have been spectacular. It's a WHOLE NEW BOB!!!!"


Yay. I'm so happy for our Birthday girl!!
LJ.


You beat me to it. She called me a couple of hours ago to tell me much the same thing. Since Charlie Sexton's return, Bob seems to be much more animated and in great form. What a birthday treat - 3 shows at the Hollywood Palladium (tonight being the final one) then stopping off to see two more shows in Phoenix on Saturday (the Arizona State Fair are charging just $20 a ticket!), The Joint in Vegas on Sunday and then skipping Monday's show in Salt Lake City to go home in time to see him in Denver next Wednesday. Six shows in nine days.

Oh, and she was wearing her Santa hat when talking to the band. LOL.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 15th, 2009 at 1:34pm

LadyJane wrote on Oct 15th, 2009 at 11:55am:
Got a voicemail from Martha.

Posting for her as she can't get to a computer.

She got to meet and speak to half of Bob's band last night and is thrilled.
To her great surprise George Thorogood is opening for Bob tonight on her birthday!!!


Wants you to know "the shows have been spectacular. It's a WHOLE NEW BOB!!!!"


Yay. I'm so happy for our Birthday girl!!
LJ.


Thanks LJ for posting her experiences for those of us too impatient for her return home!

From the reviews I've been reading over at Pagel's page, Charlie's return is sparking a new animal in Bob (as Gazza has indicated).

Restlessly awaiting Kitchener in 24 days...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on Oct 15th, 2009 at 2:09pm
How can I find Martha? Will she be wearing a Santa hat tonight? I have no idea what the plan is but I think I am going right to Hollywood from work at 4:30. I just remembered I have a ticket waiting for me at will call for yet another event in the immediate area that might contribute a few bucks towards a more festive evening.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 15th, 2009 at 3:12pm

ijwthstd wrote on Oct 15th, 2009 at 2:09pm:
How can I find Martha? Will she be wearing a Santa hat tonight? I have no idea what the plan is but I think I am going right to Hollywood from work at 4:30. I just remembered I have a ticket waiting for me at will call for yet another event in the immediate area that might contribute a few bucks towards a more festive evening.


Just got done talking to Sway Sister, who is thoroughly enjoying celebrating her birthday with her Bob.

She says she will be in the handicap section right of the stage, Dan.  She said she'll look for someone yelling her name!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on Oct 15th, 2009 at 3:54pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Oct 15th, 2009 at 3:12pm:

ijwthstd wrote on Oct 15th, 2009 at 2:09pm:
How can I find Martha? Will she be wearing a Santa hat tonight? I have no idea what the plan is but I think I am going right to Hollywood from work at 4:30. I just remembered I have a ticket waiting for me at will call for yet another event in the immediate area that might contribute a few bucks towards a more festive evening.


Just got done talking to Sway Sister, who is thoroughly enjoying celebrating her birthday with her Bob.

She says she will be in the handicap section right of the stage, Dan.  She said she'll look for someone yelling her name!


I am still not a 100% sure what's going on, just I will be in that three block area of Hollywood but the Henry Fonda Theatre should have a schedule posted early enough and I will plan around that.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 16th, 2009 at 2:21am
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Palladium

October 15, 2009




1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob on keyboard)  
2. This Dream Of You (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on electric mandolin)  
3. Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar)  
4. If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)  
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)  
6. Chimes Of Freedom (Bob on keyboard, Tony on standup bass)  
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob center stage on harp)  
8. Not Dark Yet (Bob center stage on harp)  
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
+- (Bob on keyboard)  
10. My Wife's Hometown (Bob on guitar)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
12. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)  
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)  
   
 (encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
16. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)  
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:49am
Jesus Lizard went on at 11:00 so I could have made it but there wasn't much of a ticket scene other than what the scalpers had for way over face. I hung out with some friends in line then caught all the bands at the Henry Fonda Theatre. Also had some success with the third option. There is just too much to do in this town!

If you saw someone in a slightly obscene Throw Rag T Shirt working the line, that was me!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 16th, 2009 at 1:40pm
Columbus, OH just added - 3 November.

Pre sale 10/20, on sale 10/23.

http://www.bobdylan.com/#/tour

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2009 at 2:31pm
Told ya Uncle Bob wouldnt let ya down, Meggie.... :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2009 at 4:27pm
Just dug out this Lou Reed clip and realised that the show it comes from took place on this very night, Friday 16th october, 17 years ago. The Columbia Records 30th Anniversary Tribute Concert at Madison Square Garden.

Dont know whose idea it was to get Lou to cover 'Foot of Pride' but it was an inspired one.  A song I'd never given much thought to before, but which I really appreciated from this moment on. One of my favourite EVER Dylan covers. Lou was never more magnificent - cracking house band too, Booker T & The MG's, with GE Smith as guitarist and musical director.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuoL1oKyjk0



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Factory Girl on Oct 16th, 2009 at 4:51pm
Damn, I won't be able to see Bob this turn as I've spent all concert funds on Bruce this time around.   I also posted in HB Martha thread that Bob has a new Xmas cd coming out.  Groovy....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 16th, 2009 at 5:16pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 16th, 2009 at 2:31pm:
Told ya Uncle Bob wouldnt let ya down, Meggie.... :)

YIPPEE!!  And at my favorite venue... :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 18th, 2009 at 9:29am
Full remaining tour itinerary is :

 
October 18th, The Joint, Las Vegas, Nevada
October 19th, Saltair, Salt Lake City, Utah
October 21st, Magness Arena, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
October 23rd, Bicentennial Center, Salina, Kansas
October 24th, Brady Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma
October 25th, Shrine Mosque Auditorium, Springfield, Montana
October 27th, Rockford Metrocentre, Rockford, Illinois
October 29th, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois; Capacity: 4500
October 30th, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois; Capacity: 4500
October 31st, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois; Capacity: 4500
November 2nd, Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana
November 3rd, The LC - Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, Columbus, Ohio: Capacity 2200
November 5th, Canton Memorial Civic Center, Canton, Ohio
November 6th, Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan
November 7th, Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener, Ontario
November 9th, Liacouras Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Capacity 10,200
November 11th, GMU Patriot Center, Fairfax, Virginia
November 13th, Wang Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
November 14th, Wang Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
November 15th, Wang Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
November 17th, United Palace Theatre, New York, New York
November 18th, United Palace Theatre, New York, New York
November 19th, United Palace Theatre, New York, New York
November 20th, United Palace Theatre, New York, New York

The opening act for the New York shows will be the great DION. (Every music fan should check out his last couple of albums!) There may be up to 6 shows in New York, depending on the ticket demand.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 18th, 2009 at 9:31am
Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona State Fair
October 17, 2009

1. Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)
5. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
6. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
7. If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)
8. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
9. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob center stage on harp)
10. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
11. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)

(encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
13. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 19th, 2009 at 2:22am
October 18th,
The Joint, Las Vegas, Nevada
 
1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. The Man In Me (Bob centre stage on harp)
3. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
5. Spirit On The Water
6. Forgetful Heart (Bob centre stage on harp)
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob centre stage on harp)
8. Beyond The Horizon
9. Cold Irons Bound (Bob centre stage on harp)
10. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Po' Boy
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob centre stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 20th, 2009 at 4:32am
Magna, Utah
The Great Saltair
October 19, 2009

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
2. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
5. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
6. The Levee's Gonna Break
7. Beyond The Horizon
8. High Water (For Charley Patton)
9. I Feel A Change Comin' On
10. Desolation Row
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. When The Deal Goes Down
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 20th, 2009 at 9:23pm
Seattle, 4 October (SPOT) on Hunger City -

http://www.hungercity.org/details.php?id=7416&viewcomm=43560#comm43560

This is a SPOT recording (thanks again as ever) and the equipment used was: Core Sound High End Binaural (HEB) DPA 4061's with Edirol by Roland R-09.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 2:23am
Denver, Colorado
University of Denver
Magness Arena
October 21, 2009

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
5. Cold Irons Bound
6. Workingman's Blues #2
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Honest With Me
10. Man In The Long Black Coat
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. When The Deal Goes Down
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 11:01am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Oct 16th, 2009 at 5:16pm:

Gazza wrote on Oct 16th, 2009 at 2:31pm:
Told ya Uncle Bob wouldnt let ya down, Meggie.... :)

YIPPEE!!  And at my favorite venue... :willya


I am THRILLED for you sister!!!!!  I've NEVER heard of this venue...where/what is it???

We have friends on the tour staying with us who will be there too. Che and Shiobhain.....she's from Wales, he's got grey/white dreds and have seen Bob a bahzillion times.  G-do you know them? Meg do you wanna meet them?  They leave us in the morning just as soon as the dark clouds lift, (and they get their tickets for CO!!!!).  

And I was ATTACKED by a young crazy woman who took my Santa hat (but I chased her down and got it back!!!) at the AZ State Fair....and had to be escorted out of the fairgrounds by security because she was waiting to beat the shit out of me!  I will tell the tale after my company departs. It was INSANE!!!!

peace!
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 1:25pm
...and, just what was in the hat?   :weed :weed :weed

anxious to hear your stories...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 9:19pm

Lazy Bones wrote on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 1:25pm:
...and, just what was in the hat?   :weed :weed :weed

anxious to hear your stories...



Lazy!!!!  Do you remember....we met 4 years ago today!  :weed :weed :weed  Happy Anniversary friend.  Time is flyin'.  Are you seeing Bob?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 9:55pm

Martha wrote on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 9:19pm:

Lazy Bones wrote on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 1:25pm:
...and, just what was in the hat?   :weed :weed :weed

anxious to hear your stories...



Lazy!!!!  Do you remember....we met 4 years ago today!  :weed :weed :weed  Happy Anniversary friend.  Time is flyin'.  Are you seeing Bob?


How the hell did you remember that? You're right... pulled the Browns' ticket stub out, dated 23 Oct - so, ya 22nd. Happy anniversary, sister!  :weed

YES! I see Bob in 16 days -  7 November, Kitchener. Comin' home to 'ol Jeffer! Only Canadian date. Love to pull Detroit the night before, but it simply won't happen.

What are you up to, now - 60 shows, yet?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 23rd, 2009 at 10:32am
YAY!  I was hoping it worked out for you to get to the gig.  I am so happy for you!!!! :willya

I have seen Bob 56 times as of the 23rd.  Che and Siobhain just got on the road to Sabina, KS for tonight's gig.  They have a 450 mile trek to make.  

I will work on getting my Fair story written so I can post it today.  Madness!!!

xoxox,
Martha Claus
:weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on Oct 24th, 2009 at 10:13am
This source of the Palladium is getting great reviews -

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=272754&hit=1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 24th, 2009 at 12:54pm
Salina, Kansas
Bicentennial Center
October 23, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard)
4. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on guitar)
5. Cry A While (Bob center stage on harp)
6. Sugar Baby (Bob center stage on harp)
7. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
8. Just Like A Woman (Bob on guitar)
9. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
10. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 24th, 2009 at 11:41pm
Very nice set tonight!  

Tulsa, Oklahoma
Brady Theater
October 24, 2009

1.      Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob on keyboard)
2.      The Man In Me (Bob center stage on harp)
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard)
4.      The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
6.      This Dream Of You (Bob center stage on harp)
7.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
8.      Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
10.      I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob center stage on harp)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Siobhain & Che for the phone call and Bill Lakin for the email


Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar, dobro
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel, trumpet

page by Bill Pagel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Oct 25th, 2009 at 3:53pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=273075

Bob Dylan
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Brady Theater
October 24, 2009
“The Brady Bunch”
Taper: V4TX
DPA 4061>Sony D100 DAT>Sony CDRW66>CDR>EAC>FLAC
Disc 1
1. intro
2. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob on keyboard)
3. The Man In Me (Bob center stage on harp)
4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard)
5. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard)
6. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
7. This Dream Of You (Bob center stage on harp)
8. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
9. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
10. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
11. I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard)

Disc 2
1. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
2. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob center stage on harp)
3. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
4. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
5. encore
6. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
7. band intro
8. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
9. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Pretty good recording from the first section under the balcony. Bit of a rumble in the bass and Charlie’s guitar is low in the mix at times, but everything else sounds good. I had the fortune of seeing Charlie join Bob in Round Rock, and then see a show without Charlie later in the week. There was no question that Charlie lit a fire under Bob. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Denny. The Stubbs Austin 2006 show was on of the finest performances by a guitarist I’ve ever seen. However, for whatever reasons the shows had gotten a little too low key in my opinion. Well there were only a couple of months, a handful of shows, and a few hundred miles separating Tulsa from my last show in Grand Prairie, but these shows were worlds apart. I have never seen Bob and the band smile and laugh so much. This rivals the three show House of Blues Dallas run. It was pure greatness in a great historic venue. I urge anyone to attend a show in the Brady by any artist you have an interest in. Tulsa needs to be embarrassed they did not sell it out. What else was going on in Tulsa on this night? The college football team played earlier in the week. Glad I was there. Tracks done on the fly so they may not be perfect. Enjoy.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 25th, 2009 at 7:55pm

ijwthstd wrote on Oct 24th, 2009 at 10:13am:
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Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 26th, 2009 at 11:15am

Martha wrote on Oct 24th, 2009 at 11:41pm:
Very nice set tonight!  

Tulsa, Oklahoma
Brady Theater
October 24, 2009

Thanks to Siobhain & Che for the phone call and Bill Lakin for the email


These were your guests last week, no?

...Siobhain and Che, that is...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 27th, 2009 at 9:52am
Yes LB!  Che and Siobhain stayed with us 3 nights and are seeing Bob's entire tour!  They are wonderful people.  Che knows Bob's sound guys and that's how I learned Bob will NEVER play the AZ State Fair ever again.  YAY!    :weed :weed :weed :weed The fair people (not so fair afterall..lol) made him take the stage at 7 sharp and end by 8:30 sharp...so he had to cut his set short. He didn't have it ready and on the stage until 5 minutes before 7.  Bob no like being told when or what!  LOL  I still have my crazy story to tell you.  Maybe I can sit down on this darn thing and bang it out later today.  It's hard to use the puter with Chris needing it for his job search.  He needs it more than I do right now. ;-)

I have cell phone photos of Che and Siobhain that I could send you ....if you want to try and meet them.  I need your cell #...email me if you want the pics!

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 27th, 2009 at 10:05pm
Springfield, Missouri
Shrine Mosque Auditorium
October 25, 2009

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
3.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard and harp)
4.      My Wife's Home Town (Bob on guitar)
5.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6.      Beyond The Horizon (Bob center stage on harp)
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
10.      Not Dark Yet (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Jayne Watson and Siobhain & Che for the phone calls and Bill Lakin for the email


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Just up!

Rockford, Illinois
Rockford Metrocentre
October 27, 2009

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
3.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on guitar)
4.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob center stage on harp)
5.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
6.      Under The Red Sky (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)
8.      If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
10.      Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Jayne Watson and Oscar Montes for the phone calls

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Oct 28th, 2009 at 7:36am
[quote author=Martha link=1210995293/1325#1337 date=1256655142]Yes LB!  Che and Siobhain stayed with us 3 nights and are seeing Bob's entire tour!  They are wonderful people.  Che knows Bob's sound guys and that's how I learned Bob will NEVER play the AZ State Fair ever again.  YAY!    :weed :weed :weed :weed The fair people (not so fair afterall..lol) made him take the stage at 7 sharp and end by 8:30 sharp...so he had to cut his set short. He didn't have it ready and on the stage until 5 minutes before 7.  Bob no like being told when or what!  LOL  I still have my crazy story to tell you.  Maybe I can sit down on this darn thing and bang it out later today.  It's hard to use the puter with Chris needing it for his job search.  He needs it more than I do right now. ;-)

I have cell phone photos of Che and Siobhain that I could send you ....if you want to try and meet them.  I need your cell #...email me if you want the pics!

xoxox,


Say hello to Siobhain for me ! My wife and i went out for a drink with her just before the tour started and she left our house with a suitcase full of Bob Dylan tapes !

She also stayed at our house for one of Bob's best run of shows ever,London 2003.



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 28th, 2009 at 12:21pm
Say hello to Siobhain for me ! My wife and i went out for a drink with her just before the tour started and she left our house with a suitcase full of Bob Dylan tapes !

She also stayed at our house for one of Bob's best run of shows ever,London 2003.


[/quote]

Hi Billy!  Ok!  I will do that for sure.   :weed :weed :weed

We are hoping Che and Siobhain stay with us when they drive back across the country after Bob's tour to drop their rental car off in Reno.  

xoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 30th, 2009 at 2:21pm
Absolutely no Dylan news coverage here in Cowtown and his show is this coming Tuesday.

Here is what Canton gets: ;D  ( Oh and they have at least 4 or 5 more articles listed on the page too)
http://www.cantonrep.com/entertainment/x23530937/20-quotes-from-Bob-Dylan

CantonRep.com staff report
Posted Oct 29, 2009 @ 03:55 PM

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1. “A lot of people can’t stand touring, but to me it’s like breathing. I do it because I’m driven to do it.”

2. “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

3. “It was like a flying saucer landed. That’s what the sixties were like. Everybody heard about it, but only a few really saw it.”

4. “No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.”

5. “I accept chaos, I’m not sure whether it accepts me.”

6. “I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet.”

7. “I think a poet is anybody who wouldn’t call himself a poet.”

8. “I don’t call myself a poet, because I don’t like the word. I’m a trapeze artist.”

9. “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”

10. “I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.”

11. “At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.”

12. “In writing songs I’ve learned as much from Cézanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.”

13. “I’ve only written four songs in my whole life, but I’ve written those four songs a million times.”

14. “I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings. And I’ve never been too impressed.”

15. “People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.”

16. “You can’t be wise and in love at the same time.”

17. “If I wasn’t Bob Dylan, I’d probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.”

18. “Being on tour is like being in limbo. It’s like going from nowhere to nowhere.”

19. “Everything passes. Everything changes. Just do what you think you should do.”

20. “Just because you like my stuff doesn’t mean I owe you anything.”

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 30th, 2009 at 10:11pm
Love the quotes Meg!  

Here's the first Chicago gig.....

Chicago, Illinois
Aragon Entertainment Center
October 29, 2009

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Girl Of The North Country (Bob on guitar)
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard)
4.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on guitar and harp)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6.      I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard)
7.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
8.      My Wife's Home Town (Bob on guitar)
9.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob center stage)
10.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Susan & Al and Oscar Montes for the phone calls

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 30th, 2009 at 10:12pm
And tonight's......

Chicago, Illinois
Aragon Entertainment Center
October 30, 2009

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2.      The Man In Me (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on trumpet)
3.      High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo)
4.      Sugar Baby (Bob center stage on harp)
5.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
6.      Every Grain Of Sand (Bob on keyboard) :weed
7.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
8.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob center stage)
10.      Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Ed & Michelle, Susan & Al and Oscar Montes for the phone calls


Band Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel, trumpet

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 1st, 2009 at 8:06am
Chicago, Illinois
Aragon Entertainment Center

October 31, 2009

1.      Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)
4.      To Ramona (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on electric mandolin)
5.      It's All Good (first live performance) (Bob on keyboard)
6.      The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
(Bob on keyboard. Donnie on electric mandolin)
7.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
8.      This Dream Of You (Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin)
9.      Jesus Gonna Be Here
(1 verse) (song by Tom Waits) (Bob on keyboard, Stu on vocals)
10.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
11.      Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on violin)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
       
       (encore)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
18.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 1st, 2009 at 9:20am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Oct 30th, 2009 at 2:21pm:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. “A lot of people can’t stand touring, but to me it’s like breathing. I do it because I’m driven to do it.”

2. “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

3. “It was like a flying saucer landed. That’s what the sixties were like. Everybody heard about it, but only a few really saw it.”

4. “No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.”

5. “I accept chaos, I’m not sure whether it accepts me.”

6. “I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet.”

7. “I think a poet is anybody who wouldn’t call himself a poet.”

8. “I don’t call myself a poet, because I don’t like the word. I’m a trapeze artist.”

9. “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”

10. “I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.”

11. “At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.”

12. “In writing songs I’ve learned as much from Cézanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.”

13. “I’ve only written four songs in my whole life, but I’ve written those four songs a million times.”

14. “I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings. And I’ve never been too impressed.”

15. “People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.”

16. “You can’t be wise and in love at the same time.”

17. “If I wasn’t Bob Dylan, I’d probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.”

18. “Being on tour is like being in limbo. It’s like going from nowhere to nowhere.”

19. “Everything passes. Everything changes. Just do what you think you should do.”

20. “Just because you like my stuff doesn’t mean I owe you anything.”


These are prceless! BOB is very clever, always has been!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 1st, 2009 at 12:54pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Nov 1st, 2009 at 8:06am:
Chicago, Illinois
Aragon Entertainment Center

October 31, 2009

1.      Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob on keyboard)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)
4.      To Ramona (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on electric mandolin)
5.      It's All Good (first live performance) (Bob on keyboard)
6.      The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
(Bob on keyboard. Donnie on electric mandolin)
7.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
8.      This Dream Of You (Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin)
9.      Jesus Gonna Be Here
(1 verse) (song by Tom Waits) (Bob on keyboard, Stu on vocals)
10.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
11.      Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on violin)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
       
       (encore)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
18.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)


Weird Hallowee'en goings on in Chicago.
That was the first live performance for “It’s All Good”.
 
Bob announced Tom Waits as a special guest star to the audience’s great applause, but what they got was Stu doing a rather good impersonation of Waits on his song “Jesus Gonna Be Here”.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 1st, 2009 at 1:07pm
IT's ALL Good!?! :weed :weed :weed  Holy Cow! I would have given my right arm to have been there for that dizzying song....every time I listen to TTL and get to that song it makes me want to immediately repeat listening to the entire album....never ending!  Bob's the Man!  

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 1st, 2009 at 1:27pm
Hey..


It's All Good, Gazza!


Tuesday

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 1st, 2009 at 5:11pm
Meg are you ready?!!!!   Charlie is so cute you might faint when you see him to the dipsy doo!  Of course, I can never take my eyes off Bob, but I have caught a glimpse of that cutie pie!  Bob does a full-on mind meld with Charlie throughout the show.  Have a GREAT show!!!

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Nov 1st, 2009 at 7:08pm
good news folks!

after all this time, i'm finally warming up to the basement tapes. could john wesley harding be next?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by BrendanD on Nov 1st, 2009 at 7:18pm
Been spending some time with Tell Tale Signs this week.  There's some pretty great stuff on there.  Anyone have the 3 disc version?  Anything particularly noteworthy/worth acquiring somehow?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 1st, 2009 at 7:39pm

BrendanD wrote on Nov 1st, 2009 at 7:18pm:
Been spending some time with Tell Tale Signs this week.  There's some pretty great stuff on there.  Anyone have the 3 disc version?  Anything particularly noteworthy/worth acquiring somehow?


I've enjoyed those three discs immensely and

if you ask Gazza- it is ALL worth aquiring.. ;) 8-)


So Bucky- are you ever gonna make it to the Rolling Thunder years, do you think?


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by BrendanD on Nov 1st, 2009 at 9:22pm
As much as I don't like to steal good music, the price tag on the deluxe version is ridiculous since I'm only interested in the music and not the book/packaging.  so buying it is out of the question for me, though I'm open to alternatives in this case.  But since most of the songs are repeated from the first 2 discs or live versions, I haven't really been curious enough to look very hard.  I doubt I'd listen to the 'bonus' disc more than a couple times, though the standard version is mostly fantastic

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 2nd, 2009 at 6:58am
There is a great cover of "Girl From the North Country"  here by my favorite new super group Monsters of Folk..

http://www.chromewaves.net/2009/11/monsters-of-folk-cover-bob-dylan/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Nov 2nd, 2009 at 8:16am
mojoman hopes to be in attendence at the liacouris center next monday if he is able to get a floor seat

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 2nd, 2009 at 9:28am

BrendanD wrote on Nov 1st, 2009 at 7:18pm:
Been spending some time with Tell Tale Signs this week.  There's some pretty great stuff on there.  Anyone have the 3 disc version?  Anything particularly noteworthy/worth acquiring somehow?



I own it. Theres some fine stuff on it, and its on a par with discs 1 & 2, but not to the extent where its worth the ridiculous price tag for the 3-CD version.

As far as i know, the price HAS come down quite a bit if you look around enough, but overall, you're best to try and get disc 3 from a  file sharing site.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:16am
Meg Bob is coming to see you TONIGHT!   :willya

I am so excited for YOU!!!!!

Rock n Swing time!
:weed :weed :weed

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:18am
And last' night's set.....

Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University
IU Auditorium
November 2, 2009

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
2.      The Man In Me (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on trumpet)
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on trumpet)
4.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5.      It's All Good (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
6.      If You Ever Go To Houston
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
7.      The Levee's Gonna Break
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
8.      San Diego Serenade (1 verse) (song by Tom Waits)
(Stu on vocals and acoustic guitar, Charlie on acoustic guitar, Bob did not perform on this song)
9.      This Dream Of You (Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin,
Stu and Charlie on acoustic guitars, Tony on standup bass)
10.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
11.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
13.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
15.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
17.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
18.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Jayne Watson for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar, vocals
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel, trumpet

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:21am

Martha wrote on Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:16am:
Meg Bob is coming to see you TONIGHT!   :willya

I am so excited for YOU!!!!!

Rock n Swing time!
:weed :weed :weed

xoxox,
Martha


Yep! TONIGHT!!

I sure hope "Its all Good" makes it tonight too!!  and maybe a little Tom Waits too!


But really I'm not too fussy! ;) 8-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:04pm
Set will be going up anytime now!  

Got 2 calls from Meg.   :weed :weed :weed

Bob's harp pierced right through the cell phone garble and sent me to heaven!  

She got Desolation Row!!!! :weed :weed :weed

xoxoxoxo

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:39pm
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Gonna Change My Way of Thinking

Shooting Star

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

Rollin' and Tumblin'

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

My Wife's Home Town

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

Beyond the Horizon

Cold Irons Bound

Desolation Row

Highway 61 Revisited

Ain't Talkin'

Thunder on the Mountain

Ballad of a Thin Man

Like A Rolling Stone

Jolene

All Along The Watchtower

-----
http://www.fotofabini.com/Dylan/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:42pm
Hi Lazy!  Your show is coming up fast!

Great set!  Yay Meg!!!!


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 4th, 2009 at 2:19am
hope you had a great time with Bob, last night, Meg  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 4th, 2009 at 5:21am
Good show last night!  Sexton {or something) has awakened Bob!  Must admit Sexton did it for me!!  There was much more movement on stage.  Bob was actually gesturingwhile singing  and even coming front without a guitar strapped on. Musically, I thought the last performance in Dayton was probably tighter than this one,  but there is much more interplay between musicians, which makes it much more interesting.  Desolation Row and Ballad of a Thin Man were much enjoyed by me, but Gonna Change My Way of Thinking and Jolene were the best performances of the night though!

I just have one complaint.  Why did every damn  over 6 foot giant come out to see Bob last night?!!  I've never seen so many giants in a room and every last one of them decided they had to get right in front of me!!! >:(

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 4th, 2009 at 6:27am
No more Tom Waits impersonations by Stu Kimball?

Nice setlist, Meg and thanks for the phone call, although 'Gonna Change My Way of Thinkin' was the only one I could decipher!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 4th, 2009 at 6:34am

Gazza wrote on Nov 4th, 2009 at 6:27am:
No more Tom Waits impersonations by Stu Kimball?

Nice setlist, Meg and thanks for the phone call, although 'Gonna Change My Way of Thinkin' was the only one I could decipher!


no Tom Waits unfortunately. that would have been fun!  

yes..playing name that tune over a phone line 4000 miles away is a little tricky! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 4th, 2009 at 7:31am
Meg, happy you got a good show! Glad to hear Bob is moving around a bit more and having some fun with the band. Sometimes Bob just goes through the shows with very little emotion, but if you get him in the right mood, Bob lights up the stage with his brilliance! The man is a series of contradictions, which is what makes him so interesting!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Nov 4th, 2009 at 7:43am

Martha wrote on Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:42pm:
Hi Lazy!  Your show is coming up fast!

Great set!  Yay Meg!!!!


... 3 days, Martha!

I'm always excited for a Dylan show, but this one is extra special -- my hometown; great setlists AND renditions; Charlie's back plus this is my first TTL show.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 4th, 2009 at 11:41am
I tell you it's a brand new Bob!!!!  

Frankly, I am ready to walk to those last three NY shows....LOL  

Meg I really understand about the 6-7-8 foot tall monsters that always stand in front of me....it sux to be short!  With the pain I am in I've started sitting in the handicap section instead of being down in that madness.  I do NOT miss that.  Not being able to see is no fun for anyone.

Isn't Jolene swingin' n awesome!  I LOVE it.  Glad you got GCMWT for the opener.  It's such a cool tune.  I am taking Bob's suggestion from that one!  I'm very tired of the influence fools have had on my life.  I'm done with that. Thanks Bob!

3 days.......how will you SLEEP LB?  LOL  

Bob's the MAN!

Let's swing!

xoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 5th, 2009 at 10:32pm
Canton, Ohio
Memorial Civic Center
November 5, 2009

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
2.      Girl Of The North Country
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
3.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
4.      Love Minus Zero/No Limit
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5.      High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
6.      If You Ever Go To Houston
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
7.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
8.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
10.      Workingman's Blues #2
(Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
12.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Jayne Watson for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 7th, 2009 at 6:38am
Copied from Bill P's post at NEP:
Detroit, Michigan
Fox Theatrer
November 6, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. The Man In Me
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on guitar)
5. Summer Days
6. Desolation Row
7. Cold Irons Bound
8. Sugar Baby
9. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
10. Po' Boy
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Workingman's Blues #2
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene (Bob on keyboard
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Nov 7th, 2009 at 6:45am
he's doing "the man in me" these days???

cool!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 7th, 2009 at 10:08am

Starbuck wrote on Nov 7th, 2009 at 6:45am:
he's doing "the man in me" these days???

cool!

 
Yes he is, and it's VERY cool.  I really dig the tune.  :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Nov 7th, 2009 at 10:40pm
My personal notes of the set from the show...

I was beat by a phone call to Pagel...clearly, I was out performed  ::)

My absolute favourite was my first ever Hattie Carroll! Great renditions of Million Miles and Hollis Brown (tour debuts for both, I think). Disappointed w/ Cats (think my 3rd opener with that); a poor Thunder on the Mountain -- sung way too fast, imo; only Jolene from TTL. Nice to see him with guitar on Lay Lady Lay which, along with Hwy 61, were the crowd favs.

-----
Bob Dylan
7 November, 2009
Kitchener, ON, CANADA

Cats in the well (organ)
Lay lady lay (guitar)
Most likely (org)
Million miles (org)
Hattie carroll (org) tony upright bass
Cold irons bound (front w harp)
Every grain of sand (org)
Spirit on the water (org) tony upright
Ballad of hollis brown (front harp)tony uprt
Deal (org) tony upright
Hwy 61 (org)
Aint talkin (org)
Thunder on the mountain (org)
Ballad of a thin man (front harp)
---
LARS (org)
Jolene
Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:22pm
my GOD people...

OCMS covered "Corrina Corrina" tonight. i almost wet my pants.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 8th, 2009 at 10:59am
Wow ~ cool setlist ~ was DEAL the Grateful Dead song or is there another one? Dont you let that deal go down

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 8th, 2009 at 11:14am
It's an abbreviation for Bob's 'When The Deal Goes Down', from 'Modern Times'.

Dylan HAS performed the Dead song you're referring to a few times on the Never Ending Tour though, back around 1992 or so.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 8th, 2009 at 6:46pm
Oh yeah, When the Deal goes Down, thanks GAZZA! You rock!

:kissmyass

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 8th, 2009 at 7:30pm
Kitchener, Ontario
Memorial Auditorium
November 7, 2009

1. Cat's In The Well
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
4. Million Miles
5. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
6. Cold Irons Bound
7. Every Grain Of Sand
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
10. When The Deal Goes Down
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Ain't Talkin'
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 8th, 2009 at 7:33pm

Gazza wrote on Nov 8th, 2009 at 11:14am:
It's an abbreviation for Bob's 'When The Deal Goes Down', from 'Modern Times'.

Dylan HAS performed the Dead song you're referring to a few times on the Never Ending Tour though, back around 1992 or so.


Here's   one................



       

Trädgårdsföreningen


     

Gothenburg, Sweden


     

28 June 1992





1.    Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (trad.)

2.    Lay Lady Lay

3.    Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

4.    Just Like A Woman

5.    Everything Is Broken

6.    I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

7.    Shelter From The Storm



8.    Love Minus Zero/No Limit

9.    The Girl On The Green Briar Shore (trad.)

10.    Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

11.    It Ain't Me, Babe



12.    Cat's In The Well

13.    Idiot Wind

14.    The Times They Are A-Changin'

15.    Highway 61 Revisited







16.    All Along The Watchtower

17.    Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

18.    Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Nov 9th, 2009 at 10:50pm
great great show tonight at the liacouris center in philly. havent seen bobby since 06 with the raconteurs sadly the last show he did at the spectrum. tonight totally rocked, for me it was the best show in almost ten years, mr sexton shredding through so many tunes. got right in for memphis blues one of my many favorites along with baby tonight , loved ballad of thin man,  highway sixty one was the shit but the band was just on fire the whole show i was able to get through the gates of heaven before they closed the door........

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Nov 9th, 2009 at 11:21pm

Billy wrote on Nov 8th, 2009 at 7:33pm:

Gazza wrote on Nov 8th, 2009 at 11:14am:
It's an abbreviation for Bob's 'When The Deal Goes Down', from 'Modern Times'.

Dylan HAS performed the Dead song you're referring to a few times on the Never Ending Tour though, back around 1992 or so.

Here's   one................        

Trädgårdsföreningen
Gothenburg, Sweden
28 June 1992

1.  Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (trad.)


'Deal' is a Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia original, and isn't the same as the traditional song listed above.

Dylan's covered some Dead songs, but not 'Deal'.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 10th, 2009 at 6:58am
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temple University
Liacouras Center
November 9, 2009

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
2. Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on guitar)
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
5. Spirit On The Water
6. High Water (For Charley Patton)
7. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
8. Cold Irons Bound
9. Desolation Row
10. Po' Boy
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Workingman's Blues #2
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 10th, 2009 at 6:59am
Report by Peter Stone Brown



Bob Dylan
Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pa
November 9, 2009

Ten years ago, on this exact date, Bob Dylan played this venue, really a basketball gym at Temple University, though back then it was called the Temple Apollo. That was on one of the best legs ever of what his fans are always going to refer to as the “Never Ending Tour,” whether Bob Dylan likes or not, even though he was the one who coined the term. One of the reasons that fall tour remains somewhat legendary, is there were surprises every night, often in cover songs, but also that feeling of anything can happen, and because anything can happen, that means catch as many shows as you possibly can – and on that tour I did, mainly because Dylan played a bunch of shows in a two week period all within two hours driving distance. Among the surprises that night were what remains the only live performance of Dylan singing “A Satisfied Mind,” not in the arrangement that appears on Saved, but in the original country arrangement, a hit for Porter Wagoner. Among the other surprises that night were Bob talking about Bill Cosby, perhaps Temple’s most famous graduate, and an extra, in other words a real encore after the encore’s.

Tonight, the Liacouras Center was not as crowded as it was back then. Let’s just say it would’ve been pretty easy to get a ticket, and in one sense that was a shame, because it was probably in a lot of ways quite possibly the best concert Bob Dylan’s played in Philly since that night ten years ago and for entirely different reasons. But of course different is what Bob Dylan’s all about. It’s one of the primary reasons to go see him because it’s not gonna be the same as the last time you saw him, even if the last time you saw him was the night before, and on those rare nights where this would happen occasionally, even if you just saw him at the show before. And so I left this show wishing I was seeing a lot more shows, because from this show, it was quite evident that that indefinable thing, that magic thing that can’t be forced, that has to happen by itself is happening on this tour.

Now the buzz started early on this tour, in fact even before the tour was announced, when the news leaked that Charlie Sexton was back in the band replacing Denny Freeman on lead guitar. Now, I was never among the Denny Freeman bashers. I thought Denny Freeman was on often brilliant guitarist, whose style was more influenced by West Coast and Texas blues and also West Coast and Texas Jazz and swing. He was definitely creative, he never played the same solo twice. But in a lot of ways his playing was also cerebral, and while at times he was outstanding, playing as tough and hard as anyone, he wasn’t necessarily always the right guitarist for Bob Dylan.

Charlie Sexton on the other hand is the right guitarist for Bob Dylan. He has an inherent understanding not only of what Bob Dylan’s music is about, but what the songs are about. It was obvious his first time around with Dylan that those songs were ingrained deep inside and that hasn’t changed, and perhaps now it’s even more so. Like the two greatest guitarists ever to work with Dylan, Michael Bloomfield and Robbie Robertson, he plays off not only what the lyrics are saying, but how Dylan is singing them at that particular moment, punctuating phrases with quick jabs like a boxer. Like Mike Bloomfield, he can fast, often dazzling runs, and like Robbie Robertson he knows when not to play, and when to come in with energized bursts of sound that are more about emotion and intensity than showing off, and crackle like a live wire on the ground and snap like a bullwhip.

Bob Dylan’s first surprise tonight was opening the show with “Memphis Blues Again.” If he’s opened with this before, I don’t remember it. But from the first note the all important energy was there and it totally works as an opener. In fact I felt it worked better as an opener than anywhere else in the show. Actually, I’ve never been a big fan of this song done live, and I waited years to hear it live. The original studio version on Blonde On Blonde is so incredible and also so funny, that it’s been hard to match it live. The humor on the original just never translated to the stage. Tonight however, it was special, and while maybe the humor wasn’t quite all the way there, it did have that light moving feel of the original.

Dylan then moved from keyboard to guitar and went right into the more upbeat arrangement of “Man In the Long Black Coat,” that he debuted in Europe early this year. Powerful stuff, and Dylan even took a really not bad guitar solo, that had none of the search and destroy aspects of other guitar playing I’ve heard from the tour this year. In other words he nailed it. Unfortunately during the song the plot of the eternal bring down appeared in the form of a row of latecomers who of course had to sit right in front of me and decided to continue whatever conversation they apparently were already having. Then all too soon, Charlie Sexton signaled the end of the song. Unlike a lot of passed tours, one thing quite noticeable tonight was there are no more long, drawn out endings. All the endings are clear, defined, and fast, and all are signaled by Sexton.

The conversation continued right through a not bad “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight,” where Bob’s solo was, well it wasn’t anywhere near what he played on “Man In The Long Black Coat.” At this point my friend Max, whose been going to Bob concerts with me for 21 years said, “I want to kill these people.” So I said, as politely and nicely as I could, “Could you guys please not talk during the songs?” One guy was cool with it but the other one turned around and said, “Man, people come to concerts to talk.” At this point I had to restrain every James Gandolfini walking out of a clothing store and seeing a photographer instinct I had in me. In the book, The Godfather, there’s this story about when Al Neri was a cop and how he didn’t need a gun, ’cause he’d just use his flashlight instead, and I had this incredible urge to bring my binoculars crashing down on this guy’s skull, but I then I remember I wasn’t in a movie, even if I’d been through this movie before.

My hit man fantasies were quickly interrupted by Bob returning to the keyboard and the band blasting into a fierce “Beyond Here Lies Nothing,” followed by a fairly upbeat “Spirit On The Water.” From that point on the energy level never lagged, and was taken higher by “High Water (For Charlie Patton) with Donnie on banjo, during which Bob left the keyboard and moved to center stage for a harp solo.

An almost 66-ish style harp solo started off what turned out to be a truly gorgeous and moving version of “Tryin’ To Get To Heaven.” It was quite possibly the best version I’ve ever seen of this song. Dylan was singing from way down deep. Of course in the middle of it, almost the entire row of talkers left to get beer. This was followed by an equally amazing “Cold Irons Bound” with Dylan singing at center stage and playing harp, with searing guitar work from both Sexton, who got down on his knees, a position he would return to often and Donnie Herron on steel. This arrangement may not have the dramatic show stopping effects of the previous arrangements, but it’s no less, in fact probably more powerful.

Next came an also upbeat “Desolation Row,” that was interesting for a couple of reasons, the first was Dylan borrowed the organ riff from “If You Ever Go To Houston,” and then Dylan went into what some refer to as his sing-song voice. It’s really not sing-song, it’s almost as if you were reading poetry to little kids or something. In the case of “Desolation Row,” it was basically hysterical and took it to new heights of absurdity. At the beginning of the song the chief talker, who had returned from the beer run by himself, to my utter astonishment, turned around and had the audacity to ask me if he could borrow my binoculars. After a moment of Obama-like contemplation, in the spirit of Obama diplomacy, I handed them to him, and he handed them back after a verse or two. However, unlike Obama with the Republicans, it worked, and he pretty much shut up for the rest of the night. A lot of Dylan fans wonder why Donnie Herron watches Bob like a hawk during the shows. This version of “Desolation Row” had the perfect example. During the song, Dylan found some organ riff he liked, and Herron immediately picked it up and echoed it on the mandolin and it took over as the dominant riff for the rest of the song.

Returning to the pedal steel, Herron then kicked off a rearranged “Po Boy” with a country flavored riff. Like every song at this show, this too was done in upbeat fashion. Not speedy to get it over with, but just with energy and cool harp from Dylan.

Next came the high point, the most moving part of an already quite moving show, a stunningly beautiful, “Workingman’s Blues,” with Dylan starting at keyboard then moving to center stage and playing harp. In a city that just went through a short but bitter transit strike, a city where jobs are few and far between, a city where it was announced that very day that the city itself had less money than thought, and hundreds if not thousands of city workers would be laid off, in a city where a murder a day, if not more than that has become the norm, this song resonated, and Dylan was powerful especially on the line, “I find it hard to believe, someone would kick me when I’m down.” These solo turns out front by the microphone are something special, just in the way Dylan stands, his hand gestures, the way he moves. It’s been said many times during his career, but what comes to mind is Charlie Chaplin, particularly at the end of Modern Times. Dylan didn’t have a cane, he wasn’t walking down the road, his hat was tilted more like W.C. Fields in It’s A Gift, the lone, sad, poet clown singing about what was going on.

After that, the rest of the show really didn’t matter, but it was all good. Dylan again returned to center stage for “Ballad Of A Thin Man,” “Like A Rolling Stone” resonated reborn, and “All Along The Watchtower,” which ends Bob Dylan concerts for a reason, sounded a warning, with the band pulling off a very cool stop during the repeat of the first verse on the line, “I can’t get no relief.”

The thing about Bob Dylan is that every time you’re maybe thinking he can’t, he shows, always in a new way, that he still can. Like the best magicians, he always has a few more tricks up his sleeve. And that is why this tour, now in its last two weeks is the tour to see.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 10th, 2009 at 7:38am

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 9th, 2009 at 11:21pm:

Billy wrote on Nov 8th, 2009 at 7:33pm:

Gazza wrote on Nov 8th, 2009 at 11:14am:
It's an abbreviation for Bob's 'When The Deal Goes Down', from 'Modern Times'.

Dylan HAS performed the Dead song you're referring to a few times on the Never Ending Tour though, back around 1992 or so.

Here's   one................        

Trädgårdsföreningen
Gothenburg, Sweden
28 June 1992

1.  Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (trad.)


'Deal' is a Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia original, and isn't the same as the traditional song listed above.

Dylan's covered some Dead songs, but not 'Deal'.



Thanks for that info ! I'm afraid i know almost nothing of The Grateful Dead as they are/were a complete non entity in England.Here is the song in question...............


http://www.sendspace.com/file/z9o3fs

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by West 8 on Nov 10th, 2009 at 7:41pm
Is anyone seeing bob in NYC next week,  I going down on Tuesday.  Lets meet for a drink

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Nov 10th, 2009 at 8:31pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 9th, 2009 at 11:21pm:

Billy wrote on Nov 8th, 2009 at 7:33pm:

Gazza wrote on Nov 8th, 2009 at 11:14am:
It's an abbreviation for Bob's 'When The Deal Goes Down', from 'Modern Times'.

Dylan HAS performed the Dead song you're referring to a few times on the Never Ending Tour though, back around 1992 or so.

Here's   one................        

Trädgårdsföreningen
Gothenburg, Sweden
28 June 1992

1.  Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (trad.)


'Deal' is a Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia original, and isn't the same as the traditional song listed above.

Dylan's covered some Dead songs, but not 'Deal'.


Shoulda known you'd beat me to it, Lefty!
"Deal" can be found on the album "Garcia," along with some other really interesting, experimental music:

http://www.amazon.com/Garcia-Jerry/dp/B0007OQ6RK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257906200&sr=1-1



Also, totally off topic, but - Robert Hunter is a tremendously gifted songwriter and vocalist. His song "Rose Of Sharon" from the album "Tiger Rose" is a timeless beauty.





Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 11th, 2009 at 6:12am

GotToRollMe wrote on Nov 10th, 2009 at 8:31pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 9th, 2009 at 11:21pm:

Billy wrote on Nov 8th, 2009 at 7:33pm:

Gazza wrote on Nov 8th, 2009 at 11:14am:
It's an abbreviation for Bob's 'When The Deal Goes Down', from 'Modern Times'.

Dylan HAS performed the Dead song you're referring to a few times on the Never Ending Tour though, back around 1992 or so.

Here's   one................        

Trädgårdsföreningen
Gothenburg, Sweden
28 June 1992

1.  Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (trad.)


'Deal' is a Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia original, and isn't the same as the traditional song listed above.

Dylan's covered some Dead songs, but not 'Deal'.


Shoulda known you'd beat me to it, Lefty!
"Deal" can be found on the album "Garcia," along with some other really interesting, experimental music:

http://www.amazon.com/Garcia-Jerry/dp/B0007OQ6RK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257906200&sr=1-1



Also, totally off topic, but - Robert Hunter is a tremendously gifted songwriter and vocalist. His song "Rose Of Sharon" from the album "Tiger Rose" is a timeless beauty.

Yeah I used to have that album maybe I should get it again now. Loved the Grateful Dead, just saw RATDOG at the Beacon last month and I felt like I was high on cocaine ~ they are really that good! The other spin off band is called FURTHER, and I have a ticket to see them next month. Nostalgia for me but it felt really good hearing all these old songs again.



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Nov 11th, 2009 at 12:12pm

Bitch wrote on Nov 11th, 2009 at 6:12am:
Yeah I used to have that album maybe I should get it again now. Loved the Grateful Dead, just saw RATDOG at the Beacon last month and I felt like I was high on cocaine ~ they are really that good! The other spin off band is called FURTHER, and I have a ticket to see them next month. Nostalgia for me but it felt really good hearing all these old songs again.


And "Further" of course was the name of the bus used by the Merry Pranksters (including Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Wavy Gravy, Paul Krassner, et al.) to travel across the country back in the '60s,  when Kesey wasn't throwing "acid test" parties with entertainment provided by "The Warlocks" (an early incarnation of The Grateful Dead)!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Nov 11th, 2009 at 12:53pm

The bus was called "Furthur", as is the latest Dead spinoff...


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Nov 11th, 2009 at 1:28pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 11th, 2009 at 12:53pm:
The bus was called "Furthur", as is the latest Dead spinoff...


I'd completely forgotten that, Lefty! Furthur!


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Nov 11th, 2009 at 2:04pm

GotToRollMe wrote on Nov 11th, 2009 at 1:28pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 11th, 2009 at 12:53pm:
The bus was called "Furthur", as is the latest Dead spinoff...


I'd completely forgotten that, Lefty! Furthur!




Escapin' through the lily fields
I came across an empty space
It trembled and exploded
Left a bus stop in its place
The bus came by and I got on
That's when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 11th, 2009 at 6:30pm
Thanks GTRM & Lefty!

WHAT A TRIP! Yeah I totally forgot about that acid tripping bus! What a long strange trip it's been! They were way out there, the beginning of acid rock. Dylan was singing 'The Times They Are A Changin' oh yeah that was the era of changing society, the generation gap, burn the bra!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 12th, 2009 at 4:37am
Fairfax, Virginia
GMU Patriot Center
November 11, 2009

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
3. Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on guitar)
4. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
5. If You Ever Go To Houston
6. High Water (For Charley Patton)
7. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
8. Forgetful Heart
9. Cold Irons Bound
10. Workingman's Blues #2
11. Highway 61
12. Ain't Talkin'
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtowerr

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 13th, 2009 at 12:36pm


I just noticed the bumper sticker says MILK THE TWANGER :) and that's funny!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Jesus Christ on Nov 13th, 2009 at 2:45pm

GotToRollMe wrote on Nov 11th, 2009 at 12:12pm:
...the Merry Pranksters (including Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Wavy Gravy, Paul Krassner, et al.)


Although messrs. Kesey, Cassady and Krassner were members of the Merry Pranksters, Mr. Gravy was a member of the Hog Farm.  He is merry, and a prankster, but not a Merry Prankster.

I believe Mr. Ginsberg was unaffiliated with any groups other than the Beats and NAMBLA.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 14th, 2009 at 5:40am
Boston, Massachusetts
Wang Theatre
November 13, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on guitar)
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. Just Like A Woman
5. High Water (For Charley Patton)
6. I Feel A Change Comin' On
7. Cold Irons Bound
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Honest With Me
10. Workingman's Blues #2
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Ain't Talkin'
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtowerr

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 14th, 2009 at 9:27am
All Along The Watchtower has been a regular encore song for a while now, yeah, it's a great tune! Hendrix outdid Dylan on the execution of this song IMO. Both studio versions are totally different from one another, its amazing Hendrix was able to take a simple folk tune and turn it into a rock masterpiece. and the wind began to howl, yeah!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 14th, 2009 at 9:41am
If there is any lingering doubt that Bob Dylan has completely lost his marbles listen to this.............

Tangled Up In Blue
Rothbury 5th july 2009


http://www.sendspace.com/file/h0lfjc



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 14th, 2009 at 9:48am
.......and this from the same show
Stuck Inside Of Mobile


http://www.sendspace.com/file/lxlsjc

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 14th, 2009 at 9:50am
If you are going to listen to them both it may well be advisable to have the phone number handy for The Samaritans........................

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 14th, 2009 at 4:17pm
Who went?  Anyone know what Bob was wearing on stage last night ?  

xoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 14th, 2009 at 8:26pm

Martha wrote on Nov 14th, 2009 at 4:17pm:
Who went?  Anyone know what Bob was wearing on stage last night ?  

xoxo,
Martha

Oh thats easy! Black suit, white button down shirt, and black hat. Unless he switched to the white hat. Bob's wardrobe is predictable, he needs L'Wren Scott to design him some new outfits!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 15th, 2009 at 6:00am
Boston, Massachusetts
Wang Theatre
November 14, 2009

1. Cat's In The Well
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
4. My Wife's Home Town (Bob on guitar)
5. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
6. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
7. Every Grain Of Sand
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob center stage on harp)
10. When The Deal Goes Down
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Ain't Talkin'
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Nov 15th, 2009 at 8:38am
I've been the last two nights...as good as ever, indeed last night's "High Water (for Charley Patton)" was the best version I've yet seen.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by West 8 on Nov 15th, 2009 at 9:24am
Is anyone going to see Dylan in NYC this week ?  I going to the Tuesday show.  United Palace theater is a great venue to see a show.  Saw Neil Young there a while back.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 15th, 2009 at 2:05pm

Bitch wrote on Nov 14th, 2009 at 8:26pm:

Martha wrote on Nov 14th, 2009 at 4:17pm:
Who went?  Anyone know what Bob was wearing on stage last night ?  

xoxo,
Martha

Oh thats easy! Black suit, white button down shirt, and black hat. Unless he switched to the white hat. Bob's wardrobe is predictable, he needs L'Wren Scott to design him some new outfits!



LOL  I can guess too, but I want to know what he actually wore at the show on the 13th of November.  Was anyone there?

Thanks.

Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 15th, 2009 at 4:54pm

West 8 wrote on Nov 15th, 2009 at 9:24am:
Is anyone going to see Dylan in NYC this week ?  I going to the Tuesday show.  United Palace theater is a great venue to see a show.  Saw Neil Young there a while back.

Yes I'm going to the Tuesday show in NYC too~ do you want to meet up before the show for a toast?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 16th, 2009 at 6:09am
Boston, Massachusetts
Wang Theatre
November 15, 2009

1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
2. The Man In Me (Bob center stage on harp)
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on guitar)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
7. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
8. Not Dark Yet (Bob center stage on harp)
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
10. Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage on harp)
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Nettie Moore
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Nov 16th, 2009 at 12:48pm

'Must Be Santa' video - www.rollingstone.com/videos/player/30942364

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 16th, 2009 at 2:18pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 16th, 2009 at 12:48pm:
'Must Be Santa' video - www.rollingstone.com/videos/player/30942364

Ummm...

Don't rightly know what to make of that video..

One hell of a Xmas party I'd say! ;D ;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 16th, 2009 at 8:13pm
HoHoHO that Must Be Santa video had me laughing ~ it's such a cliche ~ swinging from the chandelier!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 17th, 2009 at 11:21am
HOLY MADNESS!!!!!!   Bob went for it!  The weed must've been extra good.  LOL  

And are we seeing a glimpse of what it was like to be Bob's kids?  I know he let them play basketball in the kitchen and I can imagine them running about the house at Christmas, maybe not being thrown or jumping through a window though.

Ho Ho HO! :weed :weed :weed

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 17th, 2009 at 11:21am

lotsajizz wrote on Nov 15th, 2009 at 8:38am:
I've been the last two nights...as good as ever, indeed last night's "High Water (for Charley Patton)" was the best version I've yet seen.



Please tell me what Bob wore on the 13th if you can recall.  Thanks!!!

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Nov 17th, 2009 at 12:19pm

www.boblinks.com/111309r.html#1

Black hat, black suit, lime green shirt.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 17th, 2009 at 11:04pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 17th, 2009 at 12:19pm:
www.boblinks.com/111309r.html#1

Black hat, black suit, lime green shirt.


:weed :weed :weedThank you!

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 17th, 2009 at 11:06pm
New York, New York
United Palace Theatre
November 17, 2009

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)
4.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
5.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on pedal steel)
6.      John Brown
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
7.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
8.      Po' Boy
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
9.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
10.      If You Ever Go To Houston
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
12.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 18th, 2009 at 9:42am
OK Martha, BOB was wearing his black suit jacket and a RED shirt, white hat, black pants with a red stripe on both sides to match his shirt! Very festive! Now for my review and comments. The United Palace Theatre is located in Spainish Harlem so it was really crazy trying to get to the theatre.  Lucky for me West 8 met me and I didnt have to walk the neighborhood alone. 'Stones people are the best people' and West 8 was really cool! Yeah there were shady looking people everywhere, and plenty of cops around, but NO TICKETS for sale outside, people were begging for tickets but it was completely sold out. As I walked in it was low tech, no scanners and they ripped the ticket stubs off. I asked if they were going to check my bags the bouncer said no! I was able to smuggle in my bottle of wine no problem, but I would of felt much more secure if they were checking bags because of guns, drugs, knives, violence they need to step up security! Seriously, you get a crazed fan and another Lennon incident can easily happen in NYC. It's an old, ornate building and very beautiful once inside. You could not use a camera or the bouncers would shine a flashlight in your face instantly, so I had an impossible time trying to take pictures and videos. I think the band and Bob's voice sounded better now than in the past few years. There was some new found energy and joy that the band displayed which is contageous, so mostly everyone there was cheering and clapping and BOB was flirting with the crowd more than usual, moving and waving and almost dancing! He was having fun!   All the songs were good and strong, but my favorite song os the night was MR JONES (Thin Man) BOB really blew me away on the harp, it was loud and clear as a bell, really great! Also loved Its All Over Now Baby Blue, and A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall and Aint Talkin was another cool song played a little different live. Actually ALL of the songs are rearranged and even if you know them, sometimes it takes a while to figure out what the hell he is playing! But you gotta love that, BOB always keeps it fresh, even though the songs are old, yeah LIKE A ROLLING STONE Loved it and WATCHTOWER was rightfully played as the final encore and it was a beautiful thing!





Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 18th, 2009 at 11:57am
What a GORGEOUS venue!  Thanks a million for those awesome shots darlin'!!!

2 more shows and it's Christmas! :weed :weed :weed

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Nov 18th, 2009 at 12:02pm

Bitch wrote on Nov 18th, 2009 at 9:42am:
OK Martha, BOB was wearing his black suit jacket and a RED shirt, white hat, black pants with a red stripe on both sides to match his shirt! Very festive! Now for my review and comments. The United Palace Theatre is located in Spainish Harlem so it was really crazy trying to get to the theatre.  Lucky for me West 8 met me and I didnt have to walk the neighborhood alone. 'Stones people are the best people' and West 8 was really cool! Yeah there were shady looking people everywhere, and plenty of cops around, but NO TICKETS for sale outside, people were begging for tickets but it was completely sold out. As I walked in it was low tech, no scanners and they ripped the ticket stubs off. I asked if they were going to check my bags the bouncer said no! I was able to smuggle in my bottle of wine no problem, but I would of felt much more secure if they were checking bags because of guns, drugs, knives, violence they need to step up security! Seriously, you get a crazed fan and another Lennon incident can easily happen in NYC. It's an old, ornate building and very beautiful once inside. You could not use a camera or the bouncers would shine a flashlight in your face instantly, so I had an impossible time trying to take pictures and videos. I think the band and Bob's voice sounded better now than in the past few years. There was some new found energy and joy that the band displayed which is contageous, so mostly everyone there was cheering and clapping and BOB was flirting with the crowd more than usual, moving and waving and almost dancing! He was having fun!   All the songs were good and strong, but my favorite song os the night was MR JONES (Thin Man) BOB really blew me away on the harp, it was loud and clear as a bell, really great! Also loved Its All Over Now Baby Blue, and A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall and Aint Talkin was another cool song played a little different live. Actually ALL of the songs are rearranged and even if you know them, sometimes it takes a while to figure out what the hell he is playing! But you gotta love that, BOB always keeps it fresh, even though the songs are old, yeah LIKE A ROLLING STONE Loved it and WATCHTOWER was rightfully played as the final encore and it was a beautiful thing!





:smoking??????????????

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Nov 18th, 2009 at 2:28pm
Thanks a lot for the review and especially the photos, Bitch! I saw Iggy there in 2007 and was amazed at how low the stage was and how beautiful the interior was. The place is an old vaudeville house and "movie palace" and more recently was owned by Reverend Ike, who died this past summer. He used it for his congregation as well as renting it out for concerts:
http://www.theunitedpalace.com/history.htm


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 18th, 2009 at 3:23pm
Some friends of mine made the trip.Thank goodness i am in Sutton.There must have been a worse setlist sometime over the last 20 years but i can't remember it offhand.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 18th, 2009 at 9:43pm
New York, New York
United Palace Theatre
November 18, 2009

1.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)
2.      It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)
3.      Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on guitar)
4.      It's All Good (Bob on keyboard) :weed :weed :weed
5.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
6.      High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo)
7.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard)
8.      Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on violin)
9.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
10.      I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob center stage on harp)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 20th, 2009 at 5:50am
With thanks to John Baldwin............


Songs Sung So Far on This Tour



Bob has performed 33 concerts and sung/played 554 songs of which 67 have been different. 0 songs that are new to the tour have been performed by Bob since the last update. The figures in parentheses show how many times Bob has performed a particular song on this tour; if no figures are given then the song has only been played once. There are no more concerts to come on this tour.



Highway 61 Revisited (33)
Thunder on the Mountain (33)
Ballad of a Thin Man (33)
Like A Rolling Stone (33)
Jolene (33)

All Along The Watchtower (32)

Cold Irons Bound (26)

Beyond Here Lies Nothing (22)

Workingman's Blues #2 (15)

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (14)

Ain't Talkin' (13)

High Water (For Charley Patton) (13)

Spirit On The Water (12)

My Wife's Hometown (12)

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (12)

Honest With Me (10)

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (10)

Gonna Change My Way of Thinking (10)

The Man In Me (10)

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (9)

I Feel A Change Comin' On (9)

Po' Boy (8)

If You Ever Go To Houston (8)

Forgetful Heart (8)

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (7)
Lay, Lady, Lay (7)

When the Deal Goes Down (7)

Tryin' To Get To Heaven (6)

Desolation Row (6)

This Dream of You (5)

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (5)

Sugar Baby (5)

Nettie Moore (5)

Rollin' And Tumblin' (5)

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (5)

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (5)

Cat's In The Well (5)

Beyond The Horizon (4)

Watching The River Flow (4)

Not Dark Yet (4)

Girl Of The North Country (4)
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (4)

Man In The Long Black Coat (4)

The Levee's Gonna Break (3)

Shooting Star (3)

Lonesome Day Blues (3)

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (3)

Just Like A Woman (3)

Summer Days (3)

It's All Good (3)

Things Have Changed (2)

Ballad Of Hollis Brown (2)

It Ain't Me, Babe (2)

'Til I Fell In Love With You
Mama, You Been On My Mind

Chimes Of Freedom
Love Sick

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

Cry A While

Under The Red Sky
Masters Of War

To Ramona

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

Million Miles

Every Grain Of Sand

John Brown

Plus, not counted in totals in heading:



Jesus Gonna Be Here (but really sung by Tom Waits rather than Bob)

San Diego Serenade (ditto)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 20th, 2009 at 10:22am
United Palace, New York 19.11.09

1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
2. The Man In Me (Bob centre stage on harp)
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
5. My Wife's Home Town (Bob on guitar)
6. Desolation Row
7. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob centre stage on harp)
8. When The Deal Goes Down
9. Cold Irons Bound (Bob centre stage on harp)
10. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard then centre stage on harp)
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Ain't Talkin'
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob centre stage on harp)
     
 (encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

This was the final show of 2009. No future dates have been confirmed as yet, but there are strong rumours that the next leg of the Never Ending Tour will see Bob in Japan and Australia in March/April 2010.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 20th, 2009 at 11:55am
This tour was fantastic and a huge success!  :willya

Bob is so energized....he's getting younger I swear!  LOL  

Che and Siobhain are coming back to stay with us on their way to the west coast so we will hear all about each show.  I cannot imagine being able to do that much driving.   :weed :weed :weed

And I still have a few stories to tell about the shows we did get to see.   :blankfriggingstare1

I just ordered 6 copies of "Christmas In The Heart" from Best Buy.  They are running a sale on the CD for 9.99 today along with free shipping.  You can order up to 3.  I also got 3 of the deluxe version so I can have some of Bob's Christmas cards.  Ho Ho HO!

love and merry christmas to all,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Nov 21st, 2009 at 10:56am
I am hearing tales of a mad,dancing woman causing a nuisance in New York (and other places) not one of you lot i hope.............................

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 21st, 2009 at 2:20pm
It ain't me babe!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 24th, 2009 at 12:02pm
Bob Dylan’s only interview in conjunction with the release of his Christmas In The Heart album will be syndicated worldwide through the International Network Of Street Papers (INSP) beginning today.  Completed earlier this month with noted journalist Bill Flanagan, the wide-ranging interview includes Dylan’s thoughts on all things Christmas, including his favorite holiday songs, special presents, the making of his new album, Pretty Boy Floyd and Babe Ruth.
 
According to the INSP, Street papers offer a unique route out of poverty. In recent years, they have become increasingly recognized for their relevance to the developing world. By combining a sustainable social enterprise model with an independent media voice, street papers provide an enterprising means to address poverty and freedom of expression.
 
As announced earlier, all of Bob Dylan’s royalties from sales of Christmas In The Heart will be donated to Feeding America in the United States , Crisis in the United Kingdom , and the World Food Programme in 80 developing nations around the world.  Dylan’s initial contributions will provide more than four million meals to more than 1.4 million people in the United States , 15,000 meals to homeless people in the United Kingdom during the eight days of Christmas (December 23 - January 1) and 500,000 meals to school children in the developing world during the holiday season.
 
Christmas In The Heart is the 47th album from Bob Dylan, and follows his worldwide chart-topping Together Through Life, released earlier this year.  The first video from Christmas In The Heart, for “Must Be Santa,” has just been released and is available for viewing on http://bobdylan.com.  
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In the UK, the chosen medium is “Big Issue” and it will vary from country to country. Here’s the interview in full but please do what Bon wanted and go out and buy Big Issue (or equivalent) or make an appropriate donation to a street seller. Mike Sutton tells me that this issue has Bob on the cover.
 
 
Is recording a Christmas album something you’ve had on your mind for a while?
 
Yeah, every so often it has crossed my mind. The idea was first brought to me by Walter Yetnikoff, back when he was President of Columbia Records.

Did you take him seriously?
 
Well, sure I took him seriously.
 
But it didn’t happen. How come?
 
He wasn’t specific. Besides, there was always a glut of records out around that time of year and I didn’t see how one by me could make any difference.
 
What was Christmas like around your town when you were growing up?
 
Well, you know, plenty of snow, jingle bells, Christmas carolers going from house to house, sleighs in the streets, town bells ringing, nativity plays. That sort of thing.
 
Your family was Jewish – as a kid did you ever feel left out of the Christmas excitement?  
 
No, not at all.
 
What’s your idea of a good Christmas Dinner?
 
Mashed potatoes and gravy, roast turkey and collard greens, turnip greens, biscuit dressing, corn bread and cranberry sauce.
 
Have you spent any Christmases overseas and been struck by how the holiday is celebrated in other countries?
 
I was in Mexico City once and they do a lot of re-enactment scenes of Joseph and Mary looking for a place to stay.
 
How do you like to spend the week between Christmas and New Years?
 
Doing nothing - maybe reflecting on things.
 
Why do you think Christmas has better songs than other holidays?
 
I don’t know. That’s a good question. Maybe because it’s so worldwide and everybody can relate to it in their own kind of way.
 
Very often when contemporary artists do Christmas records, they look for a new angle. John Fahey did instrumental folk variations on holiday songs, Billy Idol did a rock and roll Christmas album, Phil Specter put the Wall of Sound around the Christmas tree and the Roches did kind of a kooky left-field collection. You played this right down the middle, doing classic holiday songs in traditional arrangements. Did you know going in you wanted to play it straight?
 
Oh sure, there wasn’t any other way to play it. These songs are part of my life, just like folk songs. You have to play them straight too.  
 
There’s something new that happens when your voice goes up against the very smooth background singers and old-fashioned arrangements. It adds a new flavor to the mix. When you do I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, it sounds really forlorn, like you’re singing the song in jail and this is your one phone call. Do you ever approach singing a song like an actor?  
 
Not any more then Willie or Nat King Cole would. The songs don’t require much acting. They kind of play themselves.
 
Do you try to go for different emotions on different takes?
 
Not really. The emotions would pretty much be the same on any singular take. The inflections would maybe differ if we changed the key and sometimes that might affect the emotional resonance.
 
When I hear your version of HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING, it makes me think of a lonely fellow outside the church, looking through the window at the congregation, wishing he were in there. Did any of these songs surprise you when you heard them played back?
 
No, they were pretty much the same going in as going out. You can already hear them in your head before you begin.
 
Any Christmas songs you like but you did not think you could do?
 
Not really. There were ones I didn’t want to do, but not any that I didn’t think I could do. The idea was to record the best known ones.
 
CHRISTMAS BLUES is an old Dean Martin song. What attracted you to that?
 
It’s just a beautiful song.  
 
Stan Lynch once told me about you and him slipping out of a rehearsal with the Heartbreakers to go see Dean, Sinatra and Sammy Davis. What appealed to you about those guys?
 
I don’t know, maybe the camaraderie. On the other hand I wasn’t much into that whole scene actually - it left a lot of people out.
 
MUST BE SANTA is a real jumping polka. Did you hear a lot of polka bands growing up?
 
Yeah, I heard a few.
 
I never heard that song before. Where did you hear it?
 
I first heard that song years ago on one of those “Sing Along with Mitch” records. But this version comes from a band called Brave Combo.  Somebody sent their record to us for our radio show. They’re a regional band out of Texas that takes regular songs and changes the way you think about them. You oughta hear their version of Hey Jude.  
 
The way you do WINTER WONDERLAND makes me think of Gene Autry and Roy Rodgers, the singing cowboys in the old movies. Even in John Wayne films, there’d always be a scene back at the fort where an Irish band was playing, or the Sons of the Pioneers were singing. Did you have a favorite cowboy singer as a kid?
 
Yeah, Tex Ritter.
 
What about Gene and Roy?
 
Yeah, they were okay, but Tex Ritter was my favorite. He was way more heavy. There was more gravity to him.
 
Have you heard “Christmas on Death Row,” the rap Christmas record?
 
No I don’t think so.
 
Do you listen to rap music?
 
I don’t listen to rap radio stations and I don’t play rap songs on the jukebox, and I don’t go to rap shows - So no I guess I don’t listen to rap music all that much.
 
What do you think of rap music?
 
I love rhyming for rhyming sake. I think that’s an incredible art form.
 
There’s a lonely quality in the way you do SILVER BELLS. You were a young man when you moved from Minnesota to New York City. Was Christmas very different in New York?  
 
Christmas was pretty much the same in New York, only more so.
 
Did it make you homesick?
 
Not really, I didn’t think about it that much. I didn’t bring the past with me when I came to New York. Nothing back there would play any part in where I was going.
 
Hearing you sing ADESTE FIDELES reminds me of being an altar boy at
Midnight Mass. The priests all had to lead the singing, and it didn’t
matter if they were singers or not, they belted it out. Have you ever sung in a foreign language before?
 
I’ve sung in French, Italian and Spanish. Over the years, Columbia has asked me to do records in those languages and I recorded stuff here and there.  None of the tracks have been released though. It’s hard deciding whether to do a translation of one of my own songs, or an original song in one of those languages - which I’m actually more partial to. I’ve always wanted to do some Edith Piaf songs.
 
LA VIE EN ROSE?
 
Yeah. That one and a couple of others. SOUS LE CIEL DE PARIS, POUR MOI TOUT SEULE and maybe one or two more
 
What stopped you?
 
Well, I can hear myself doing them in my head, but I’d need written arrangements to pull it off and I’m not sure who could do that.
 
Which singers do you associate with Christmas?
 
Johnny Mathis and Nat King Cole. Doris Day.
 
What about Bing Crosby?
 
Sure, White Christmas was always a big song.
 
I always get choked up at the end of GOING MY WAY when the old priest’s mother comes walking toward him on Christmas Eve and Bing watches from the door of the church then picks up his suitcase and walks off into the snow – TURA, LURA, LURA playing in the background. You can’t get any more Christmasy than that. Did movies have a big effect on how you saw the world growing up?
 
I think so. I lived in a small town and movies were a window into the outside world.
 
CHRISTMAS ISLAND is a wacky song! Santa’s going to sail in with your
presents in a canoe. Where did that come from? You ever been to Christmas Island?
 
No I’ve never been there. I have no idea where the song comes from, who wrote or even if there is such a place.
 
Your song THREE ANGELS always reminds me of the holidays. Did you ever sit down to write a Christmas song?
 
I have never done that. It’s something to think about though.
 
You have grandchildren. What do you think they’ll make of this record? Did it occur to you making this record that years from now your grandchildren will play this album for their own kids?
 
I don’t know what my grandchildren think of any of my records. I don’t know if they’ve even heard them. Maybe the older ones.
 
You’re a lot more loyal to these melodies than you are to the melodies of the songs you’ve written. Do you figure these tunes can’t be messed with?
 
If you want to get to the heart of them they can’t be, no.
 
Your version of THE CHRISTMAS SONG is right in the pocket. You slide into that song like you’ve been singing it all your life. You also sing the intro (“All through the year we waited…”) which most people leave out. I don’t think Nat King Cole used that intro – why did you bring it back?
 
Well, I figured the guy who wrote it put it in there deliberately. It definitely creates tension, predicts what you are about to hear.
 
I think you did drop the “goodies” on the sleigh. Did something about that bother you?
 
No not really. I don’t think I thought of it until you mentioned it. I try my best to be exact, but sometimes things just fall away. We probably recorded the song, got the feel right and moved on. Most likely we didn’t even listen back. Just moved on to something else. I don’t think that’s something I would have noticed anyway.
 
You really give a heroic performance of O’ LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM The way you do it reminds me a little of an Irish rebel song. There’s something almost defiant in the way you sing, “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.”  I don’t want to put you on the spot, but you sure deliver that song like a true believer.
 
Well, I am a true believer.
 
You know, some people will think that Bob Dylan doing a Christmas album is meant to be ironic or a put-on. This sounds to me like one of the most sincere records you’ve ever made. Did anybody at your record company or management resist the idea?
 
No it was my record company who compelled me to do it.
 
Why now?
 
Well, it just came my way now, at this time. Actually, I don’t think I would have been experienced enough earlier anyway.
 
Some critics don’t seem to know what to make of this record. Bloomberg news said, “Some of the songs sound ironic. Does he really mean have yourself a Merry Little Christmas?” Is there any ironic content in these songs?
 
No not at all. Critics like that are on the outside looking in. They are definitely not fans or the audience that I play to. They would have no gut level understanding of me and my work, what I can and can’t do - the scope of it all. Even at this point in time they still don’t know what to make of me.
 
Derek Barker in the Independent, compared this record with the shock of you going electric. So many artists have released Christmas records, from Bing Crosby to Huey Piano Smith. Why is it a shock if you do it?
 
You’ll have to ask them.
 
The Chicago Tribune felt this record needed more irreverence. Doesn’t that miss the point?
 
Well sure it does, that’s an irresponsible statement anyway. Isn’t there enough irreverence in the world? Who would need more? Especially at Christmas time.
 
The profits from this album are going to buy Christmas dinners for folks who are having a hard time financially. When I heard that I thought of the Woody Guthrie song PRETTY BOY FLOYD – “Here’s a Christmas dinner for the families on relief.”
 
Exactly.  PRETTY BOY FLOYD. “Pretty Boy grabbed the log chain and the deputy grabbed his gun.” Did you ever notice how Pretty Boy Floyd looks exactly like babe Ruth?
 
Yeah, I have.
 
Did you ever think it could be the same guy?
 
Maybe they’re interchangeable?
 
Yeah, in the real world Pretty Boy would be batting clean up for the Yankees and Babe Ruth would be robbing banks.
 
Yeah, and they’re both legends.
 
Right.
 
Why did you pick Feeding America, Crisis UK and The World Food Programme to give the proceeds of this record to?
 
Because they get food straight to the people. No military organization, no bureaucracy, no governments to deal with.
 
Do you still send out Christmas cards?
 
I haven’t for a while.
 
Do you have a favorite Christmas album?
 
Maybe the Louvin Brothers. I like all the religious Christmas albums. The ones in Latin. The songs I sang as a kid.
 
A lot of people like the secular ones.
 
Religion isn’t meant for everybody.
 
What sort of gifts do you like to give?
 
I try to match the person with the gift.
 
Are you a last minute shopper?
 
Always.
 
Do you drop any hints about what you hope to get from your family?
 
Nope. Their well-being - that’s enough of a gift for me.
 
I know we’re out of time but I have to ask, what’s the best Christmas gift you ever got?
 
Let me think… oh yeah, I think it was a sled

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Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 26th, 2009 at 6:54am
That interview is a hoot!

I don't think Dylan even recognizes when he tells a "tall tale" anymore! ;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 27th, 2009 at 12:00pm
Thanks for posting the interview, G.  I couldn't find it at bd.com.  

Very funny and touching.  Bob is something else.  ;-)

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 30th, 2009 at 9:00am
Interesting. Bob doesnt know if his grandchildren listen to his records? They must not be too close, I guess. Bob needs to spend more time with his family. IMO.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 30th, 2009 at 10:26am
I can't imagine Bob has too many (or any) grandchildren who would be older than about ten. I'd guess the chances of them getting his music would be pretty slim.

Bob's a gypsy and has been on tour solidly for over two decades. He's not ready for his pipe and slippers just yet.

A lot of that interview is quite obviously a wind-up.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 30th, 2009 at 10:44pm
Talking about himself?

Went to see the gypsy,
Stayin' in a big hotel.
He smiled when he saw me coming,
And he said, "Well, well, well."
His room was dark and crowded,
Lights were low and dim.
"How are you?" he said to me,
I said it back to him.

I went down to the lobby
To make a small call out.
A pretty dancing girl was there,
And she began to shout,
"Go on back to see the gypsy.
He can move you from the rear,
Drive you from your fear,
Bring you through the mirror.
He did it in Las Vegas,
And he can do it here."

Outside the lights were shining
On the river of tears,
I watched them from the distance
With music in my ears.

I went back to see the gypsy,
It was nearly early dawn.
The gypsy's door was open wide
But the gypsy was gone,
And that pretty dancing girl,
She could not be found.
So I watched that sun come rising
From that little Minnesota town.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Dec 1st, 2009 at 10:04am
"Nope. Their well-being - that’s enough of a gift for me."

Bob's telling the truth here. :-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Dec 5th, 2009 at 1:25am
you guys seen this? weird al doing bob?

hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 5th, 2009 at 9:02am

Bitch wrote on Nov 30th, 2009 at 10:44pm:
Talking about himself?

Went to see the gypsy,
Stayin' in a big hotel.
He smiled when he saw me coming,
And he said, "Well, well, well."
His room was dark and crowded,
Lights were low and dim.
"How are you?" he said to me,
I said it back to him.

I went down to the lobby
To make a small call out.
A pretty dancing girl was there,
And she began to shout,
"Go on back to see the gypsy.
He can move you from the rear,
Drive you from your fear,
Bring you through the mirror.
He did it in Las Vegas,
And he can do it here."

Outside the lights were shining
On the river of tears,
I watched them from the distance
With music in my ears.

I went back to see the gypsy,
It was nearly early dawn.
The gypsy's door was open wide
But the gypsy was gone,
And that pretty dancing girl,
She could not be found.
So I watched that sun come rising
From that little Minnesota town.


Was long-rumoured to be about going to see Elvis in Vegas, but the truth is that they never actually met.

Then again, if the 'Gypsy' is himself, maybe it's Bob's Gemini obsession coming out again!


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 5th, 2009 at 5:14pm


Featuring
BOB DYLAN & BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

"THE PEOPLE SPEAK"
The soundtrack album to this new film features Bob Dylan's previously unreleased version of Woody Guthrie's "Do Re Mi" as well as Bruce's new previously unreleased studio version of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad.


RELEASE DATE DECEMBER 8TH

Tracklist:
1. BOB DYLAN - Do Re Mi
2. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - The Ghost Of Tom Joad (new studio version)
3. EDDIE VEDDER - Masters Of War
4. PINK - Dear Mr President
5. RANDY NEWMAN - Sail Away
6. LUPE FIASCO - American Terrorist
7. JACKSON BROWNE - Drums Of War
8. JOHN LEGEND - What's Going ON
9. EXENE CERVENKA - See How We Are
10. TAJ MAHAL - Blues With A Feeling
11. ALISON MOORER - Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
12. RICH ROBINSON - Only A Pawn In Their Game


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on Dec 7th, 2009 at 11:54am
James Saft Trio with Mike Patton on vocals covering "Ballad Of A Thin Man"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4f1hOm8cUg

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 7th, 2009 at 12:36pm
DYLAN AND "THE PEOPLE SPEAK" PROJECT



In the summer, there was news of Dylan's involvement in a television programme entitled The People Speak, which was inspired by A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, and Voices of A People's History of the United States, edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. The former book (a history of the country from the perspective of those who feature less commonly in conventional histories) was originally published in 1980, with an updated edition coming out in 2003, and the latter (an anthology of writings, speeches, poems and songs by a wide variety of people, including Allen Ginsberg, Martin Luther King Jnr and John Steinbeck, amongst many others) followed in 2004.



The report this summer stated that Dylan had performed two Woody Guthrie songs for the project, namely "Vigilante Man" and "Do Re Mi". Moore added, "The idea was to have primarily people doing other people's words and sort of celebrating them and doing it, which is why Bob didn't do his own song. They wanted to celebrate what's happened in the past." Chris Moore, the producer and co-director of the television programme, said at the time that not all the performances would be included.



In the event, Dylan will perform "Do Re Mi" in The People Speak, which will be broadcast by the History Channel in the United States on 13 December 2009. The film will also include Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Danny Glover and Bruce Springsteen amongst many others.



To supplement the project, a number of videos will be available on demand or on-line but it is not yet known if this will include Dylan's "Vigilante Man"


http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm

Sound sample of 'Do Re Mi' here : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ZFRVEG/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Dec 8th, 2009 at 8:21pm

Animated video for 'Little Drummer Boy' - www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXW0Se4HMs

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Dec 10th, 2009 at 5:35am
I just wanted to mention that his "Santa-song" just played on the radio and my first reaction after about a minute was to look for a window to jump out of. Sadly, work's on a ground floor....

:Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Dec 10th, 2009 at 7:31am

jostorm wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 5:35am:
I just wanted to mention that his "Santa-song" just played on the radio and my first reaction after about a minute was to look for a window to jump out of. Sadly, work's on a ground floor....

:Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

I had the same reaction, Jo.

I was hoping that it would sorta "grow" on ya...

well sorta..

P.S.  I have listened to this "charity project" album only once.. ;)
      Bah Humbug!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Dec 10th, 2009 at 9:33am
Never been a fan of celebrity Christmas songs, no matter who the perpetrator is. The only exception is "Run Rudolph Run," and even that's barely listenable. I feel the same about Bob's new stuff, but paradoxically, I like the video.

"There's even some things
That I just would not pay"


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 10th, 2009 at 9:43am

GotToRollMe wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 9:33am:
paradoxically



:D


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Dec 10th, 2009 at 10:04am

GotToRollMe wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 9:33am:
Never been a fan of celebrity Christmas songs, no matter who the perpetrator is. The only exception is "Run Rudolph Run," and even that's barely listenable.


Not even this one?

"Perpetrator", of course, eventually took on a much more ominous meaning...



www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0j9DlfTJ9o

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Dec 10th, 2009 at 2:32pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 10:04am:

GotToRollMe wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 9:33am:
Never been a fan of celebrity Christmas songs, no matter who the perpetrator is. The only exception is "Run Rudolph Run," and even that's barely listenable.


Not even this one?

"Perpetrator", of course, eventually took on a much more ominous meaning...



www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0j9DlfTJ9o

Too bad Darlene's show is in SF, Leftie , or you coud have gone to get yourself some Christmas Cheer??!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Teiz on Dec 10th, 2009 at 2:42pm
Haven't bought it...yet...I feel more or less the same as GTRM about this: I just don't like christmas tunes. Not a big fan of the season anyway. This one gets pretty poor reviews, but still: it's a Dylan record, so...but I think I'll stick to not buying it.  

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Post by left shoe shuffle on Dec 10th, 2009 at 2:47pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 2:32pm:
Too bad Darlene's show is in SF, Leftie , or you coud have gone to get yourself some Christmas Cheer??!!!


Darlene and Ronnie Spector are playing much closer to home next Thursday.

Possibility...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Dec 10th, 2009 at 3:40pm

Gazza wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 9:43am:

GotToRollMe wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 9:33am:
paradoxically


:D


Knew that'd get a rise outta ya.  8-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Dec 10th, 2009 at 3:48pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 10:04am:

GotToRollMe wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 9:33am:
Never been a fan of celebrity Christmas songs, no matter who the perpetrator is. The only exception is "Run Rudolph Run," and even that's barely listenable.


Not even this one?

"Perpetrator", of course, eventually took on a much more ominous meaning...



www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0j9DlfTJ9o


Just not my cuppa. I always remember Phil holding the Ramones at gunpoint in his home studio until their record was finished. I can only imagine what went on with other artists he produced. *shiver*


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Dec 15th, 2009 at 10:28am
Bob was superb!  Did anybody watch????  I LOVED it.  Gorgeous.

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by open-g on Dec 15th, 2009 at 11:42am

jostorm wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 5:35am:
I just wanted to mention that his "Santa-song" just played on the radio and my first reaction after about a minute was to look for a window to jump out of. Sadly, work's on a ground floor....

:Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey


Hey Jo, maybe radio isn't the proper media for that one - try the video.  :willya :willya
I usually despise all the x-mas stuff, but this one is fun.
Bob with that wig,  a party that looks like fun and that Pogues sound  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

...sure works for me

Must be Dylan

.....
Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, Vixen,
Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson, Nixon.


Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, VIxen,
Carter, Reagan,
Bush and Clinton.

Reindeer sleigh, come our way
HO HO HO, cherry nose
Cap on head, suit that's red
Special night, beard that's white

Must be Santa
Must be Santa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plVjC15jhtw

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Dec 15th, 2009 at 11:56am
Bob and Ry from "The People Speak" 8-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c1lptqmEac

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Dec 15th, 2009 at 2:54pm

YouTube yanked that clip.

Here's another one - www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAreYG-QNMo

Very nice...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 22nd, 2009 at 9:57am


Japanese Tour March 2010

March 12, 13, 15, 16 Zepp Osaka

March 18, 19 Zepp Nagoya

March 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29 Zepp Tokyo

('Zepp' are a group of concert halls in 6 cities in Japan. All the venues hold around 2,000 - 2,700 people).

There is the possibility of an additional show at Zepp Tokyo on March 28, and a show in Taipei, Taiwan on April 2nd is very likely.

http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm


Meanwhile, BBC Radio 6 (satellite radio) is broadcasting 3 special Dylan programmes over the holidays from Sunday 27th - Tuesday 29th called 'Bob Dylan : Changing Times"

Details here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pfqm3/episodes/upcoming

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Dec 22nd, 2009 at 2:50pm
Thanks for the info G!

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Dec 26th, 2009 at 11:47am
I've listened to "Christmas In The Heart" at least 50 times since I put it on my stereos and it just get's better and better.  The arrangements are stunning.  

Thank you Bob and MERRY CHRISTMAS! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 2nd, 2010 at 2:32pm
Nice little blog which is maybe worthy of debate :



The Best Dylan Songs of the 00's

What a great decade this has been for new Dylan songs! Here is my list of the best 10 of them.

1. Cross the Green Mountain

The movie 'Gods and Generals,' a civil war epic, was mostly panned by the critics, but Dylan lavished on it one of his greatest songs. It opens with a dream-vision -- or is it a nightmare?


I cross the green mountain, I sit by the stream
Heaven blazing in my head, I dreamt a monstrous dream
Something came up out of the sea
And swept through the land of the rich and the free


That third line is terrific -- one thinks of the monsters of classical mythology that come out of the sea to devour their prey, such as the Zeus-sent creature who destroyed Hippolytus or the serpents that emerge from the sea to strangle Laocoon and his sons after the priest of Poseidon strikes the Trojan horse.

But also, as the Canadian poet and writer on Dylan Stephen Scobie suggested to me in an email, post-9/11 "something came up out of the sea" is bound to suggest the death that dropped out of the air on that dark day. It would be typical of Dylan to transfer the threat from the sky to the sea.

The song, appropriately for a civil war epic, incorporates memories of Whitman as well as the "poet laureate of the Confederacy," Henry Timrod, to whom Dylan later nods more than once on Modern Times.

On and on the song rolls, stately, magnificent, and epic (that word again), and you don't want it ever to end.

2. Highwater (for Charley Patton)

The most striking track of an album released on 9/11, it seems horrible prophetic of the events of that day, and the science-hating, religious primitivism that dominated in both America and the Muslim world in the first decade of the 21st century. Even the fate of New Orleans seems, in retrospect, to have been foreshadowed in this dark masterpiece (which nevertheless finds time for a flash of humour: "I got a cravin' love for blazing speed/Got a hopped up Mustang Ford/Jump into the wagon, love, throw your panties overboard."

Apart from anything else, it's a great blues-based rocker, one of the highlights of stage performances of this decade, especially with the first Charlie Sexton band.

3. Summer Days

A lot of Dylan fans moaned when this exciting jump blues began the inevitable closer of every Dylan show for the best part of the decade. Well, I for one can't get enough of this joyful song that rages against the dying of the light. "Summer days and summer nights are gone/I know somewhere where something's still going on," Bob sings, determined to still have a ball even though he acknowledges his best days might be behind him.


Everybody get ready - lift up your glasses and sing
Everybody get ready to lift up your glasses and sing
Well, I'm standin' on the table, I'm proposing a toast to the King

Well I'm drivin' in the flats in a Cadillac car
The girls all say, "You're a worn out star"
My pockets are loaded and I'm spending every dime
How can you say you love someone else when you know it's me all the time?


4. Forgetful Heart

This, by contrast, is one of the most haunting and bleak songs Bob has ever written. It's live debut in Milwaukee on the first of July 2009 was Bob's best performance of the year. Like several of the songs on Together Through Life, it seems slight at first, but leaves a deep impression:


All night long
I lay awake and listen to the sound of pain
The door has closed forever more
If, indeed, there ever was a door


A delicate, haunting gem of a song that Bob performed several times over the summer and fall, alone, center stage, with just mouth harp.

5. Floater (Too Much To Ask)

An extraordinary portrait of a stuck-in-his-ways misanthrope, a rum old boy living in isolation somewhere in a beautifully evoked deep south. The element of alienation and disenchantment with the present is offset by memories of a deeply cherished childhood:


My grandfather was a duck trapper
He could do it with just dragnets and ropes
My grandmother could sew new dresses out of old cloth
I don't know if they had any dreams or hopes

I had 'em once though, I suppose, to go along
With all the ring dancin' Christmas carols on all of the Christmas Eves
I left all my dreams and hopes
Buried under tobacco leaves


As well as its element of old-geezerish misanthropy, however, the song has its element of reconcilation between the generations:


The old men 'round here, sometimes they get
On bad terms with the younger men
But old, young, age don't carry weight
It doesn't matter in the end


And there is the marvellous touch of humour in evoking the awkwardness of modern adolescent lovers and contrasting them with Shakespeare's classic doomed lovers:


Romeo, he said to Juliet, "You got a poor complexion.
It doesn't give your appearance a very youthful touch!"
Juliet said back to Romeo, "Why don't you just shove off
If it bothers you so much."


This is one of the most extraordinary and original Dylan songs, an extraordinary mixture of highly evocative lyricism and colloquial language, mixed with a smidgen of schoolboy humour. It offers something new on each listen.

6. Po' Boy

An extraordinary song, like so many of those on 'Love and Theft', evocative of the deep south. Here Dylan seems to be singing in the person of a black man ("Boy" is of course racially derogative rather than an indication of age) in the pre-war south, "dodgin' them Georgia laws" evoking the whole world of Jim Crow and its petty obstructions. This song more than any other makes us think of the book by Eric Lott from which Bob took the title of his album: Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class, an examination of the whole of blackface minstrelsy in American cultural life. The blackface minstrel, in Lott's interpretation, represents not just cultural appropriation ("theft"), but also homage to "what is stolen ("love"). Rock 'n' roll is itself a manifestation of both these aspects of blackface minstrelsy.

But Dylan's song is even more suffused with schoolboy humour than Floater, with nonsequiturs (I say, "How much you want for that?" I go into the store/Man says, "Three dollars." "All right," I say, "Will you take four?"), an outrageous pun ("Call down to room service, says "Send up a room"), and a knock-knock joke. (Knockin' on the door, I said, "Who's it, where you from?"/Man said, "Freddie." I said, "Freddie who?"/He said, "Freddie or not, here I come!"). And there is another humorous reference to Shakespearean characters.

This "po' boy" has the police on his back, he's washing dishes and feeding swine, he's branded by the claws of time and love, he's "ridin' first class trains" (not legally, one assumes), "tryin' hard not to fall between the cars." The amount of detail in this song, as it is in "Floater," is extraordinary. The cultural vitality, but also the social inequality and racism of the south is evoked. The song is scored for banjo and acoustic guitar, with lounge-style jazz chords, and sung with a soft-shoe charm.

7. Workingman Blues #2

Another extraordinary hotchpotch, this song more than any other on Modern Times evokes the world of Charlie Chaplin's last silent picture.

8. Nettie Mooore

An extraordinary song, with a beautiful, wistful melody and very unusual, off-kilter drumbeat.

9. This Dream of You

For some years now, Bob has been trying to write a classic Tin Pan Alley-type song, and here he finally succeeds. Like several of the songs on Together Through Life, this has an agreeable Tex-Mex flavour.

10. Things Have Changed

The song Bob contributed to the movie "Wonder Boys" and which won him an Academy Award for best movie song. In retrospect, it is the bridge between Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft. It shares the formers disillusion and cynicism, but looks forward to the latter's lighter tone. "I used to care, but things have changed," the refrain goes. But thankfully Bob has shown many times this decade, not least on "Love and Theft," which ranks with his great masterpieces, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Blood on the Tracks, and and Desire.

Honorary mentions; any one of the following could have made the list: Mississippi (but I decided it was really a Time Out of Mind, i.e. nineties song), Lonesome Day Blues, Cry A While, Ain't Talkin', Moonlight, Life Is Hard (just pipped by This Dream of You), Tell Ol' Bill.
Posted by raggedclown at 16:48  

http://ramblingsofaraggedclown.blogspot.com/2010/01/best-bob-dylan-songs-of-noughties.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 2nd, 2010 at 2:41pm
My own top 12 from the '00's
(only counting songs actually recorded in this decade..)

Highwater
'Cross The Green Mountain
Ain't Talkin'
Floater
Nettie Moore
Workingman's Blues
I Feel A Change Comin' On
Sugar Baby
Thunder On The Mountain
Forgetful Heart
Mississippi
Things Have Changed

Best studio song Dylan RELEASED in the '00's though was the version of 'Red River Shore' on Disc 1 of 'Tell Tale Signs' recorded in 1997 for 'Time Out of Mind'. A fucking masterpiece and one of the greatest things he's ever recorded.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Jan 6th, 2010 at 5:20pm
I'm struggling to find ten....................

Mississippi
Huck's Tune
Workingman's Blues
Things Have Changed
Cross the Green Mountain
Someday Baby.............from Tell Tale Signs if allowed !
Tell Ol' Bill
Thunder On the Mountain


Need to play Together Through Life a bit more..................................

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Jan 6th, 2010 at 5:24pm
Perhaps a couple from Masked and Anonymous to finish off............

Diamond Joe
Down In the Flood

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:16pm
What a great read, Gazza, thanks for that.

Don't know about you lot, but I don't think I have ever seen this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nnamA-qgY

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:19pm

open-g wrote on Dec 15th, 2009 at 11:42am:

jostorm wrote on Dec 10th, 2009 at 5:35am:
I just wanted to mention that his "Santa-song" just played on the radio and my first reaction after about a minute was to look for a window to jump out of. Sadly, work's on a ground floor....

:Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey


Hey Jo, maybe radio isn't the proper media for that one - try the video.  :willya :willya
I usually despise all the x-mas stuff, but this one is fun.
Bob with that wig,  a party that looks like fun and that Pogues sound  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

...sure works for me

Must be Dylan

.....
Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, Vixen,
Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson, Nixon.


Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, VIxen,
Carter, Reagan,
Bush and Clinton.

Reindeer sleigh, come our way
HO HO HO, cherry nose
Cap on head, suit that's red
Special night, beard that's white

Must be Santa
Must be Santa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plVjC15jhtw


By the way, open-g, I gave the video a try and it is indeed superb. Still don't love the music, though...
:Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:33pm

Damn, wish I could stretch this to 1997 - "Time Out Of Mind" remains my favorite Dylan album in a long time.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 9th, 2010 at 4:01pm

jostorm wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:16pm:
What a great read, Gazza, thanks for that.

Don't know about you lot, but I don't think I have ever seen this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nnamA-qgY



Holy Christ. He poured his soul out with that version, eh?

The original had only been out a year and apart from the title phrase, every single line has been re-written!

And he says these songs aren't autobiographical?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 9th, 2010 at 4:06pm
Not sure how many of you are aware of this online radio station, but I just got alerted to it this afternoon :

http://www.dylanradio.com/

100% Bob. Most of the stuff they play is from bootlegs, they take requests and and they also have podcasts of full concerts.

And all free.

It's fecking brilliant.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jan 9th, 2010 at 4:58pm

jostorm wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:16pm:
What a great read, Gazza, thanks for that.

Don't know about you lot, but I don't think I have ever seen this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nnamA-qgY

Thanks Jo..

never heard this version before!!

Love this song

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jan 9th, 2010 at 5:00pm

Gazza wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 4:06pm:
Not sure how many of you are aware of this online radio station, but I just got alerted to it this afternoon :

http://www.dylanradio.com/

100% Bob. Most of the stuff they play is from bootlegs, they take requests and and they also have podcasts of full concerts.

And all free.

It's fecking brilliant.


Yes it is fecking brilliant!! 8-) :willya

Here's hoping it streams OK from my computer at work

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 9th, 2010 at 5:30pm
been listening to DylanRadio for a couple of years now...essential.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 9th, 2010 at 7:12pm
and a library of about 8,000 recordings too!

There's a Springsteen one as well - http://www.springsteenradio.com/playing.php

If someone puts together a Stones one, I'll probably never leave the house again.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 11th, 2010 at 12:14pm
What do you have to do to make the radio show play?  I've gone to and seen the page but I don't know what to do once I'm there.

I hang onto TTRH and still haven't given up hope that he will return for season 4.

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 11th, 2010 at 12:36pm
Miracle of miracles, I am listening to the Bob radio thing via Internet!  I don't know how I got it to work, but it does, for now anyway.  ;-)

My computer speakers are quite a bit inferior to my stereo speakers, so it isn't as good a listen as I'm used to.  I have no expensive devices to plug whatever you plug from what to where that would allow me to hear this Internet broadcast on either of my stereos.  But I can listen when I'm on-line and maybe it will help me not get so frustrated.  At this time I am on-line just an hour or less and then get off as soon as I am done with my email and checking RO and Bob's sites.  I have anxiety the entire time I'm using this damn machine these days, so I don't stay on it that long.  I've even gotten sick from the anxiety when it isn't working properly.  I do not like technology.  I like it less each day, in fact.  So being able to hear Bob's music helps!  Thanks for providing the link. :weed :weed :weed

peace,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Jan 11th, 2010 at 5:09pm

Gazza wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 4:01pm:

jostorm wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:16pm:
What a great read, Gazza, thanks for that.

Don't know about you lot, but I don't think I have ever seen this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nnamA-qgY



Holy Christ. He poured his soul out with that version, eh?

The original had only been out a year and apart from the title phrase, every single line has been re-written!

And he says these songs aren't autobiographical?


Quite, Gazza
When I first saw Dylan in 83 in Zurich or Basel, I can't recall, but in the same summer I saw him play with Joan Baez: no doubt, the archivists like yourself or Billy will tell me the exact date, precise setlist, the weather and what you each had for lunch. One of the many concerts I blacked out at, due to a mixture of driving the chiba chariots far too long in the full Summer heat, standing all day in the sun front of stage, drinking beer, etc, all those things I don't do anymore, or at least not at the same time, cause now I know better. Aaaaaanyway, I remember thinking how immobile and inexpressive he was as a performer, not relaxed, as if he couldn't afford giving so much of his true inner self and his soul away in his lyrics AND then also express his feelings physically. For a few years he seemed distant and withdrawn in his performances. A low was Madrid 1986. Which is why it seemed so bloody nice when we saw him together in Manchester last year, you, John, Andrew and me. Our seats were out of this world , thanks to you, and Dylan so relaxed , happy, jiving, obviously in a good place in his mind and in his soul, clearly having a blast. It was an excellent concert. So  yes, I do love him, but not as unconditionally as Martha  [smiley=kiss.gif] does. But when I grow up I want to love him like that. To be able to actually enjoy listening to his Christmas CD 50 times in a row!

:perverted

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Jan 11th, 2010 at 5:16pm

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 5:00pm:

Gazza wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 4:06pm:
Not sure how many of you are aware of this online radio station, but I just got alerted to it this afternoon :

http://www.dylanradio.com/

100% Bob. Most of the stuff they play is from bootlegs, they take requests and and they also have podcasts of full concerts.

And all free.

It's fecking brilliant.


Yes it is fecking brilliant!! 8-) :willya

Here's hoping it streams OK from my computer at work


Fecking brilliant, indeed!!!!!!!!!!!! I just tuned in to a live version of "Simple Twist of Fate" that makes me smile broadly while at the same time making me want to cry.


Thank you to whomever posted the link.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 11th, 2010 at 6:56pm

jostorm wrote on Jan 11th, 2010 at 5:09pm:

Gazza wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 4:01pm:

jostorm wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:16pm:
What a great read, Gazza, thanks for that.

Don't know about you lot, but I don't think I have ever seen this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nnamA-qgY



Holy Christ. He poured his soul out with that version, eh?

The original had only been out a year and apart from the title phrase, every single line has been re-written!

And he says these songs aren't autobiographical?


Quite, Gazza
When I first saw Dylan in 83 in Zurich or Basel, I can't recall, but in the same summer I saw him play with Joan Baez: no doubt, the archivists like yourself or Billy will tell me the exact date, precise setlist, the weather and what you each had for lunch. One of the many concerts I blacked out at, due to a mixture of driving the chiba chariots far too long in the full Summer heat, standing all day in the sun front of stage, drinking beer, etc, all those things I don't do anymore, or at least not at the same time, cause now I know better. Aaaaaanyway, I remember thinking how immobile and inexpressive he was as a performer, not relaxed, as if he couldn't afford giving so much of his true inner self and his soul away in his lyrics AND then also express his feelings physically. For a few years he seemed distant and withdrawn in his performances. A low was Madrid 1986. Which is why it seemed so bloody nice when we saw him together in Manchester last year, you, John, Andrew and me. Our seats were out of this world , thanks to you, and Dylan so relaxed , happy, jiving, obviously in a good place in his mind and in his soul, clearly having a blast. It was an excellent concert. So  yes, I do love him, but not as unconditionally as Martha  [smiley=kiss.gif] does. But when I grow up I want to love him like that. To be able to actually enjoy listening to his Christmas CD 50 times in a row!

:perverted



Basle was 2nd June 1984. Madrid was '89, I think. So there ya go.

You didnt see him with me, John and Andrew in Manchester - that was Lucinda Williams. You DID see him in Dublin last year with me and John, though. Standing. The seated tickets I got for you and Andrew were for Sheffield. In 2007 as well as last year.  And we all got great seats at Wembley in 2007 (me, you, Ade, John and Erik Snow). Happy to help...LoL

:weed


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jan 11th, 2010 at 7:00pm

jostorm wrote on Jan 11th, 2010 at 5:09pm:

Gazza wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 4:01pm:

jostorm wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:16pm:
What a great read, Gazza, thanks for that.

Don't know about you lot, but I don't think I have ever seen this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nnamA-qgY



Holy Christ. He poured his soul out with that version, eh?

The original had only been out a year and apart from the title phrase, every single line has been re-written!

And he says these songs aren't autobiographical?


Quite, Gazza
When I first saw Dylan in 83 in Zurich or Basel, I can't recall, but in the same summer I saw him play with Joan Baez: no doubt, the archivists like yourself or Billy will tell me the exact date, precise setlist, the weather and what you each had for lunch. One of the many concerts I blacked out at, due to a mixture of driving the chiba chariots far too long in the full Summer heat, standing all day in the sun front of stage, drinking beer, etc, all those things I don't do anymore, or at least not at the same time, cause now I know better. Aaaaaanyway, I remember thinking how immobile and inexpressive he was as a performer, not relaxed, as if he couldn't afford giving so much of his true inner self and his soul away in his lyrics AND then also express his feelings physically. For a few years he seemed distant and withdrawn in his performances. A low was Madrid 1986. Which is why it seemed so bloody nice when we saw him together in Manchester last year, you, John, Andrew and me. Our seats were out of this world , thanks to you, and Dylan so relaxed , happy, jiving, obviously in a good place in his mind and in his soul, clearly having a blast. It was an excellent concert. So  yes, I do love him, but not as unconditionally as Martha  [smiley=kiss.gif] does. But when I grow up I want to love him like that. To be able to actually enjoy listening to his Christmas CD 50 times in a row!

:perverted

I'm sorry Johanna..

I couldn't get thru one listen  of "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" so I guess in my old age I will never love Bob enough to do the 50 times thing with his Xmas CD unless my hearing goes! ;)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Jan 12th, 2010 at 2:43am

Gazza wrote on Jan 11th, 2010 at 6:56pm:

jostorm wrote on Jan 11th, 2010 at 5:09pm:

Gazza wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 4:01pm:

jostorm wrote on Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:16pm:
What a great read, Gazza, thanks for that.

Don't know about you lot, but I don't think I have ever seen this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nnamA-qgY



Holy Christ. He poured his soul out with that version, eh?

The original had only been out a year and apart from the title phrase, every single line has been re-written!

And he says these songs aren't autobiographical?


Quite, Gazza
When I first saw Dylan in 83 in Zurich or Basel, I can't recall, but in the same summer I saw him play with Joan Baez: no doubt, the archivists like yourself or Billy will tell me the exact date, precise setlist, the weather and what you each had for lunch. One of the many concerts I blacked out at, due to a mixture of driving the chiba chariots far too long in the full Summer heat, standing all day in the sun front of stage, drinking beer, etc, all those things I don't do anymore, or at least not at the same time, cause now I know better. Aaaaaanyway, I remember thinking how immobile and inexpressive he was as a performer, not relaxed, as if he couldn't afford giving so much of his true inner self and his soul away in his lyrics AND then also express his feelings physically. For a few years he seemed distant and withdrawn in his performances. A low was Madrid 1986. Which is why it seemed so bloody nice when we saw him together in Manchester last year, you, John, Andrew and me. Our seats were out of this world , thanks to you, and Dylan so relaxed , happy, jiving, obviously in a good place in his mind and in his soul, clearly having a blast. It was an excellent concert. So  yes, I do love him, but not as unconditionally as Martha  [smiley=kiss.gif] does. But when I grow up I want to love him like that. To be able to actually enjoy listening to his Christmas CD 50 times in a row!

:perverted



Basle was 2nd June 1984. Madrid was '89, I think. So there ya go.

You didnt see him with me, John and Andrew in Manchester - that was Lucinda Williams. You DID see him in Dublin last year with me and John, though. Standing. The seated tickets I got for you and Andrew were for Sheffield. In 2007 as well as last year.  And we all got great seats at Wembley in 2007 (me, you, Ade, John and Erik Snow). Happy to help...LoL

:weed



Gazza: it always blows my mind how you remember all these facts. Anyway, thank you so much for putting some chronology and factual dates into my very muddled recollections, LOL, although I did recall Erik having at least a dozen neat whiskeys. I'm sure Alzheimer's is just a euphemism for having overloaded your joints when you were younger.... But the feeling of enjoyment of the Sheffield and Wembley shows remains. For now, haha! :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Meggypoo, don't apologise to me, it's Martha we both have to apologise to...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Jan 12th, 2010 at 3:13pm
i put up a bob dylan poster in my classroom and none of my students save two or three knew who he was. even the speech bubble reading "Tempora mu-mutant" didn't help.

and the sad thing is that i have about 170 students.

seriously...these are the ones who will be wiping my butt when i get older.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jan 12th, 2010 at 5:45pm

Starbuck wrote on Jan 12th, 2010 at 3:13pm:
i put up a bob dylan poster in my classroom and none of my students save two or three knew who he was. even the speech bubble reading "Tempora mu-mutant" didn't help.

and the sad thing is that i have about 170 students.

seriously...these are the ones who will be wiping my butt when i get older.


what age are these children?
When I go to see Bob- I must admit the crowd is 50- 50 over the spectrum of the aging cycle- unlike the Stones

surely you need to do some educator brainwashing here?!!!

sadly- you will probably be wiping my ass......

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 13th, 2010 at 10:40am
I am going to guess that I listened to "Christmas In The Heart" at least 100 times, if not more and tho' I am a tad "old" that record just kept getting better with each spin.....Bob's voice is so crackly and I can truly imagine him standing next to me in our tiny church back in New Paris OH during the Christmas Eve service singing his heart out.  It brings tears to my eyes.  I hope he makes another one!  

xoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 13th, 2010 at 1:02pm
Bob is expected to be on tour in Europe late May into July.

Unconfirmed dates so far include a show in Gothenburg, Sweden on May 28th and (and this is a nice one), St Mark's Square in Venice, Italy on July 10th.

There will be no shows in the UK this year, apparently.   >:(
The Far East tour in March/April now looks like this :

March 12,13,15,16 Osaka, Japan
March 18,19 Nagoya, Japan
March 21,23,24,25,26,29 Tokyo,Japan (& unconfirmed show on March 28th)
April 2 Taipei, Taiwan
April 4 Beijing, China
April 6 Shanghai, China
April 8 Hong Kong

This may be followed by a show in Seoul, South Korea.

Bob has also been nominated for two Grammys. Both nominations are associated with Together Through Life. The nominations plus the competition Bob is up against are:
 
ROCK FIELD
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" — Bob Dylan
"Change In The Weather" — John Fogerty
"Dreamer" — Prince
"Working On A Dream" — Bruce Springsteen

AMERICAN ROOTS FIELD (**NEW FIELD**)
Best Americana Album:
Together Through Life — Bob Dylan
Electric Dirt — Levon Helm
Willie And The Wheel — Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel
Wilco (The Album) — Wilco
Little Honey — Lucinda Williams
"Fork In The Road" — Neil Young

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 13th, 2010 at 1:09pm

jostorm wrote on Jan 12th, 2010 at 2:43am:
 Gazza: it always blows my mind how you remember all these facts. Anyway, thank you so much for putting some chronology and factual dates into my very muddled recollections, LOL, although I did recall Erik having at least a dozen neat whiskeys. I'm sure Alzheimer's is just a euphemism for having overloaded your joints when you were younger.... But the feeling of enjoyment of the Sheffield and Wembley shows remains. For now, haha! :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey



You & I have met on six occasions, Jo :

Berlin July '06 - Stones
Manchester Nov'06 - Lucinda Williams (The 'M2' summit)
Wembley April'07 - Dylan
Madrid June '07 - Stones
Manchester March '08 - Neil Young
Dublin May '09 - Dylan

Would have been seven, only you weren't able to make it to London in August '07 for the Stones 02 show you had a ticket for.

You're right about Erik. I've never in my life seen anyone with a capacity to guzzle whisky like that. All of them undiluted!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ronnie Richards on Jan 14th, 2010 at 4:56am

Martha wrote on Jan 13th, 2010 at 10:40am:
I am going to guess that I listened to "Christmas In The Heart" at least 100 times, if not more and tho' I am a tad "old" that record just kept getting better with each spin.....Bob's voice is so crackly and I can truly imagine him standing next to me in our tiny church back in New Paris OH during the Christmas Eve service singing his heart out.  It brings tears to my eyes.  I hope he makes another one!  

xoxoxoxo,
Martha


"Christmas In The Heart" is indeed a great album, and certainly much more enjoyable than "Together Through Life"..

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Jan 14th, 2010 at 9:27am
:aimama

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 14th, 2010 at 10:41am

Ronnie Richards wrote on Jan 14th, 2010 at 4:56am:

Martha wrote on Jan 13th, 2010 at 10:40am:
I am going to guess that I listened to "Christmas In The Heart" at least 100 times, if not more and tho' I am a tad "old" that record just kept getting better with each spin.....Bob's voice is so crackly and I can truly imagine him standing next to me in our tiny church back in New Paris OH during the Christmas Eve service singing his heart out.  It brings tears to my eyes.  I hope he makes another one!  

xoxoxoxo,
Martha


"Christmas In The Heart" is indeed a great album, and certainly much more enjoyable than "Together Through Life"..


I have heard TTL at least 500 times by  now, it never leaves either cd changer.  Never. :wtf1

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Jan 15th, 2010 at 3:48am

Gazza wrote on Jan 13th, 2010 at 1:09pm:

jostorm wrote on Jan 12th, 2010 at 2:43am:
 Gazza: it always blows my mind how you remember all these facts. Anyway, thank you so much for putting some chronology and factual dates into my very muddled recollections, LOL, although I did recall Erik having at least a dozen neat whiskeys. I'm sure Alzheimer's is just a euphemism for having overloaded your joints when you were younger.... But the feeling of enjoyment of the Sheffield and Wembley shows remains. For now, haha! :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey



You & I have met on six occasions, Jo :

Berlin July '06 - Stones
Manchester Nov'06 - Lucinda Williams (The 'M2' summit)
Wembley April'07 - Dylan
Madrid June '07 - Stones
Manchester March '08 - Neil Young
Dublin May '09 - Dylan

Would have been seven, only you weren't able to make it to London in August '07 for the Stones 02 show you had a ticket for.

You're right about Erik. I've never in my life seen anyone with a capacity to guzzle whisky like that. All of them undiluted!



Thankyou, your Trinity Holiness, now everyone will think I'm totally ga-ga... [smiley=wink.gif]
I'm free on July 10th and Venice sounds like the ideal seventh date, how about it?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Jan 15th, 2010 at 3:55am

Starbuck wrote on Jan 12th, 2010 at 3:13pm:
i put up a bob dylan poster in my classroom and none of my students save two or three knew who he was. even the speech bubble reading "Tempora mu-mutant" didn't help.

and the sad thing is that i have about 170 students.

seriously...these are the ones who will be wiping my butt when i get older.


God, how depressing! How old are these students? And do you teach them Latin?
I hope I have the presence of mind to top myself long before anyone has to wipe MY butt.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 15th, 2010 at 4:06am
if you're not aware of Mr Bob Dylan and his legacy, you are not permitted to whipe my butt....word.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Jan 15th, 2010 at 4:33am

Ade wrote on Jan 15th, 2010 at 4:06am:
if you're not aware of Mr Bob Dylan and his legacy, you are not permitted to whipe my butt....word.


Hope you weren't talking to me....

:blankfriggingstare1

Shouldn't someone be starting a thread called "Minimum requirements expected from whomever wants to wipe my butt" ?...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jan 15th, 2010 at 5:11am

jostorm wrote on Jan 15th, 2010 at 4:33am:

Ade wrote on Jan 15th, 2010 at 4:06am:
if you're not aware of Mr Bob Dylan and his legacy, you are not permitted to whipe my butt....word.


Hope you weren't talking to me....

:blankfriggingstare1

Shouldn't someone be starting a thread called "Minimum requirements expected from whomever wants to wipe my butt" ?...


no- fully qualified and experienced butt wipers, only need apply. :areyoufuckingserious

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 23rd, 2010 at 9:03am
Charlie Sexton was on one of the band members last night during the Haiti benefit, but no Bob.

Did anyone else see him on stage?  

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jan 23rd, 2010 at 9:46am
My favorite Dylan video...both versions side by side... 8-) :willya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgDnU_tywYQ

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 23rd, 2010 at 2:25pm
One of the greatest music videos ever made IMO. Absolutely spell-binding. And one of the greatest songs he ever released as well.

Some very clever bits of editing - such as the bit from the song 'Lenny Bruce' where they quote the line 'I rode with him in a taxi once' and then supplant Lenny Bruce's head onto John Lennon's body in that scene in the back of a cab from 'Eat The Document'.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 27th, 2010 at 7:45am
Bob Dylan to Perform at the White House

"In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" to be Aired February 11

Event marks the continuation of White House Music Series by celebrating Black History Month


The 2010 White House Music Series begins on Wednesday, February 10th, when the President and First Lady will host "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" - a concert celebrating Black History month. Participants include Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Seal, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Howard University Choir and others. Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah will serve as emcees for this concert which will feature songs from the Civil Rights Movement as well as readings from famous Civil Rights speeches and writings. The President will make opening remarks at this concert held in the East Room which will streamed live on http://www.whitehouse.gov starting at 5:15 p.m. ET.

The concert will be televised on February 11th at 8:00 p.m. ET on public broadcasting stations nationwide as part of WETA Washington, D.C.'s "In Performance at the White House" series. NPR will also produce a one-hour concert special from this event for broadcast nationwide on NPR Member stations throughout the month of February, beginning February 12th. The special will be available on http://www.npr.org/music.

As part of this special event, Mrs. Obama will host "Music that Inspired the Movement," a workshop that several of the event's performers will lead for 120 high school students from across the country on Wednesday, February 10th from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET. The students will come to learn about the continuing relevance of music from the Civil Rights Movement to today's generation and its original impact in the 1960s. This event will be streamed live on www.whitehouse.gov and students all over the country will be invited to watch and engage in the workshop.

First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off the White House Music Series last year with a Jazz Studio, and since then has hosted a celebration of Country Music, a Fiesta Latina and a celebration of Classical Music. Many of these events included evening performances as well as daytime educational workshops designed to educate and inspire talented young people to use their gifts to develop a future for themselves in the arts community whether as a hobby or as a profession.

http://www.bobdylan.com/#/news/bob-dylan-perform-white-house

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Jan 27th, 2010 at 9:52am
Great that Dylan is included in this event. Maybe Bob should sing Hurricane Carterfor the sake of black history and social commentary.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 27th, 2010 at 10:22am
He hasnt sung that since 1976 when it was topical..plus its a bit long.

Being a civil rights commemoration, there's quite a few more appropriate songs from around 1963-64 that he could sing instead.

e.g. - The Times They Are A Changin, Only A Pawn In Their Game., The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, Oxford Town, even Blowin' In The Wind.

He even sang Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" on a TV special a couple of years ago, so even an appropriate cover version like that would be possible.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Jan 27th, 2010 at 11:22pm
We talking heroin with Obama  :aimama :smoking :forfucksake :blankfriggingstare1 :pukey

This fits on both threads, the Boss and Dylan


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Post by left shoe shuffle on Feb 3rd, 2010 at 12:32pm

Bob Dylan Song Turned Into Children's Book



Bob Dylan’s Christianity-inspired album Slow Train Coming contains a slew of quotes from and allusions to the Bible, of course, but the most blatant declaration of Dylan’s then-newfound faith was perhaps in his riffing on Genesis 2:20’s line about Adam “naming livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field” in the song “Man Gave Names To All The Animals.” Sounds like a kids book title to me, and Dylan, as well as Sterling Children’s Books, apparently agrees…

In a press release emailed to us, Sterling and artist Jim Arnosky announced the upcoming release of Man Gave Names to All the Animals, a children’s picture book inspired by Dylan’s lyrics and accompanied by a recording of the original song on CD.

“From the first time I heard it, the lyrics created pictures in my mind of a land of primeval beauty,” Arnosky said. “I thought this vision would make a dream of a book, and I asked for Bob Dylan’s permission to make this dream come true. Happily, he said yes.”

Yeah, it almost seems like Dylan always intended the song to be turned into a kids book with these lyrics (e.g. “He saw an animal leavin’ a muddy trail / Real dirty face and a curly tail. / He wasn’t too small and he wasn’t too big. / Ah, think I’ll call it a pig).

TwentyFourBit

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 4th, 2010 at 7:34pm
I've never seen that photo before.  Great shot!

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 4th, 2010 at 7:47pm
You haven't?

Its in the booklet for 'Live 1966 - Bootleg Series Vol.4"

Think it was taken in some slum in Glasgow. Great pic indeed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Feb 5th, 2010 at 11:34am
It was Liverpool ! They got them all together again a couple of years ago and took an updated photo.I think it's on youtube accompanied by a song from that tour.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Feb 5th, 2010 at 11:35am
Here it is...........



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBGNDdN-jAA

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 5th, 2010 at 11:39am

Gazza wrote on Feb 4th, 2010 at 7:47pm:
You haven't?

Its in the booklet for 'Live 1966 - Bootleg Series Vol.4"

Think it was taken in some slum in Glasgow. Great pic indeed


Hi G!  No I hadn't. I hope to live long enough to get everything read and seen that has to do with Bob!  I may need a few centuries added on to my life span.....;-)

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Feb 7th, 2010 at 10:08pm
holy shit! i get to be bob!

we're doing a dylan/beatles tribute show coming up in march...i get to be bob and john all in one night! any suggestions for costumes? gazza? martha? i'm thinking blue denim shirt, jeans and a towel wrapped around my head.

potential set list:

Rainy Day Women:  (Key of E)

Subterranean Homesick Blues:   (Key of A)

From a Buick 6:  (Key of C)

Odds & Ends: (Key of A)

Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat:   (Key of A)

Positively 4th Street:  (Key of G)

Visions of Johanna:  (Key of A)

Girl from the North Country  (Key of G)

Byrds Interlude:

               Mr Tambourine Man : (Key of D)

               My Back Pages (Key of E)

               You Ain’t Going Nowhere: (Key of G)    

               Chimes of Freedom:  (Key of G)

Queen Jane:  (Key of C)

On a Night Like This:  (Key of E)

To Be Alone with You:  (Key of E)

It Takes a Lot to Laugh….:  (Key of A…could be G too)

Meet Me in the Morning:  (Key of E)

Stuck Inside of Mobile:

Lay Lady Lay:(Key of Aish)

Tombstone Blues:  (Key of G)

Like a Rolling Stone: (Key of C)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Feb 7th, 2010 at 10:16pm

Starbuck wrote on Feb 7th, 2010 at 10:08pm:
any suggestions for costumes?




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Feb 8th, 2010 at 6:18am
Like Lefty says, Bucky.. Forget the turban-do the white face!  Don't forget the feather in the hat though!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Feb 8th, 2010 at 6:27am
i'd go for the current, Vincent Price, look

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 8th, 2010 at 1:00pm
I just found this!   However, they took the announcement about the performance OFF of bd.com????  I hope it's still a go, the snow is still gonna blow in DC.

Bob Dylan & Joan Baez reunite for White House performance
By Alex Young on February 7th, 2010


Former lovers/musical collaborators Bob Dylan and Joan Baez will reunite next Wednesday, February 10th for a performance at the White House. As TwentyFourBit reports, some 47 years after she joined Dylan in Washington, DC for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (the same even where “I Have a Dream” went down), Baez is now set to join him, along with Smokey Robinson, John Mellencamp, the Blind Boys of Alabama, and others at another Civil Rights Event in the Nation’s Capital, this being the White House-hosted Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement.

In addition to their joint participation in the legendary 1963 March, Dylan and Baez collaborated together numerous occasions, including at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival (hear below) and the famed Rolling Thunder Revue tour in the mid-1970s. Baez is also widely credited for bringing Dylan into national prominence — she recorded several songs and took him on tour — during a time which the two were also romantically involved. Must-See TV  to say the least!!!

The concert will be streamed live on whitehouse.gov and televised on February 11th at 8:00 p.m. ET on public broadcasting stations nationwide.

Oh, I would dress like the current Bob.  He's has the coolest man on earth timeless look.  Girls dig that shit! :-)

xoxoxo,
Martha Mellendylancamp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Jesus Christ on Feb 8th, 2010 at 2:05pm

Starbuck wrote on Feb 7th, 2010 at 10:08pm:
holy shit! i get to be bob!

we're doing a dylan/beatles tribute show coming up in march...i get to be bob and john all in one night! any suggestions for costumes? gazza? martha? i'm thinking blue denim shirt, jeans and a towel wrapped around my head.



here's a good look...



One of these guys may or may not be Bob Dylan...


...jb's favorite...


A towel around your head? How about a belt?


"Me with my belt wrapped around my head and you just sittin' there
in your brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 9th, 2010 at 8:32pm
SHIT!   Checked Johnny's website and the date got changed to tonight!  They are performing now, except I can't see the streaming on this damn thing.  I get nothing but a blank screen. Is anyone watching and do you know what Bob performed?  I am in angst!!!!

Help!

xoxoxox,
Martha

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Post by Martha on Feb 9th, 2010 at 8:43pm
Obama says music fueled civil rights movement
(AP) – 15 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience.

The nation's first black president transformed the grand ballroom into a concert hall packed with members of his Cabinet, Congress, civil rights leaders and students for a program that will air on public television later this week for Black History Month. Queen Latifah's rendition of the Marvin Gaye classic "What's Going On" and Yolanda Adams' spirited rendition of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" were early highlights of a night that continued the Obamas' effort to open the White House to America's soundtrack.

"The civil rights movement was a movement sustained by music," Obama said as he welcomed his audience.

He said activists from coast to coast were inspired by spirituals, felt their will sharpened by protest songs and base broadened by artists of hope. He said their work paved the way toward a more just America that allowed him to make history in 2008 with his election.
"Tonight, we celebrate the music of the movement," Obama said.

That celebration was supposed to come on Wednesday, but faced with another major winter storm the White House decided to move the concert ahead by a day to beat what could be a second crippling snowfall in a week. As guests packed the first floor of the executive mansion, heavy snow landed on the South Lawn and blanketed the rest of Washington.

Smokey Robinson, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez were on the schedule of performers, along with Natalie Cole, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Seal and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
The Howard University Choir and The Freedom Singers performed at a mansion that in its history was maintained by slaves.

Morgan Freeman, who read excerpts from historical works throughout the night, harkened back to the song lyrics Obama invoked during his election-night victory speech in Chicago's Grant Park.

"A long time coming," Freeman said.
He later deadpanned: "I wish I could sing."
Obama said the music helped the movement's faith as their leaders were jailed and their churches bombed.

"It's hard to sing when times are rough," Obama said. "The hymns helped ... advance the cause of the nation."

Tuesday night's concert is just the latest imprint first lady Michelle Obama has left on Washington's social scene. There was a conga line to Earth, Wind and Fire's performance when the Obamas hosted the nation's governors a year ago. Stevie Wonder played a concert in the East Room last year. Marc Anthony took to the South Lawn for an evening of Latin music, and Foo Fighters played the Fourth of July party there.

Mrs. Obama also brought top classical music performers such as Joshua Bell to the White House to work with high school students. That model repeated itself in a pre-concert workshop Tuesday when they heard from Robinson and Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, one of the original Freedom Singers in the 1960s who traveled around the country sharing stories from the civil rights movement. Adams and Toshi Reagon also took up microphones and performed songs from that era.

Obama election should be a point of pride for the students in the regal dining room, Robinson told students.

"We've come a long, long way," said Robinson, who also performed.

The concert was to be televised at 8 p.m. Thursday on public broadcasting stations nationwide as part of the "In Performance at the White House" series. National Public Radio also planned a one-hour concert special from the event to be broadcast nationwide on NPR stations beginning Friday.

Washington has been buried in snow since winter weather began piling onto the region Friday. Some places were already under nearly 3 feet, and another round could dump as much of 20 inches in the Washington region by Wednesday night.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 9th, 2010 at 9:40pm
Well I didn't get to see a thing, but have now learned Bob performed with Tony on upright and I don't know who on the piano, The Times They Are A-Changing.  Bob wore a yellow shirt and no hat playing a tattered acoustic guitar. I don't know how to post the shots that are up at expectingrain.  Did anyone catch this performance?  

I can't wait to see it. :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xoxoxoxo,

Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 10th, 2010 at 6:17am

Starbuck wrote on Feb 7th, 2010 at 10:08pm:
holy shit! i get to be bob!

we're doing a dylan/beatles tribute show coming up in march...i get to be bob and john all in one night! any suggestions for costumes? gazza? martha? i'm thinking blue denim shirt, jeans and a towel wrapped around my head.



Another vote for the 'Desire'/ Rolling Thunder look

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/StUaGWBekZI/AAAAAAAACpc/KkecA8cMFLY/s320/BobDylanRollingThunder1975.jpg" name="post_img_resize_78" alt="" border="0" id="imagecount78" style="display:none" />




You could however re-enact the Dylan/Lennon cab ride scene from 'Eat The Document'



Just make sure your Bob is sufficiently smacked out to throw up at the end to add a bit of verité to the proceedings.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 10th, 2010 at 6:22am

Martha wrote on Feb 9th, 2010 at 9:40pm:
Well I didn't get to see a thing, but have now learned Bob performed with Tony on upright and I don't know who on the piano, The Times They Are A-Changing.  Bob wore a yellow shirt and no hat playing a tattered acoustic guitar. I don't know how to post the shots that are up at expectingrain.  Did anyone catch this performance?  

I can't wait to see it. :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xoxoxoxo,

Martha



I'm sure its on You Tube, Martha. Cant access it from work, but I'm sure a quick search using words like Dylan + Obama should get it.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Feb 10th, 2010 at 7:17am
Here is the song Martha! Just still photo of Bob.  I'm sure it will show up later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC4Ovz3733o

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 10th, 2010 at 7:53am
Yeah, its not being broadcast until Friday, I think.

Anyway, here's a NY Times Review - Baez was also on the bill, but didnt perform with Bob.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/music/10concert.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Feb 10th, 2010 at 9:52am
Bucky..can you be "Bob" like this guy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihvh-f464gU

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 10th, 2010 at 7:44pm
Absolutely gorgeous.  I'm teary-eyed trying to imagine it in my mind.  I cannot wait to see it on PBS and they better not cut Bob out.  Thanks Meg!!!! :weed :weed :weed

Oh and then there's this news:

Bob Dylan's first canvas paintings exhibited at London art gallery
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP) – 3 hours ago
LONDON — A London gallery has opened an art show billed as an exclusive exhibition of Bob Dylan's first paintings on canvas.
The show at the Halcyon Gallery, in London's elegant Mayfair district, features a collection of the musician's paintings based on sketches he made while on the road from 1989 to 1992. The exhibits at "Bob Dylan on Canvas" are available for sale - with price tags ranging from 95,000 pounds to 450,000 pounds.
Dylan said in promotional material released Wednesday: "I just draw what's interesting to me, and then I paint it."
He said: "I'm not trying to make social comment or fulfil somebody's vision and I can find subject matter anywhere. I guess in some way that comes out of the folk world that I came up in."

peace n love to all,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Feb 10th, 2010 at 9:24pm

Jesus Christ wrote on Feb 8th, 2010 at 2:05pm:






Is he wearing a Tefillin on his head?  That's a new one on me.

Edit: I stand corrected. Apparently they're worn on the head as well as the arm. Gotta hand it to Uncle Bob - when he jumps into something, he doesn't half-ass it!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by stonedinaustralia on Feb 10th, 2010 at 10:08pm

Gazza wrote on Feb 10th, 2010 at 6:17am:

Starbuck wrote on Feb 7th, 2010 at 10:08pm:
holy shit! i get to be bob!

we're doing a dylan/beatles tribute show coming up in march...i get to be bob and john all in one night! any suggestions for costumes? gazza? martha? i'm thinking blue denim shirt, jeans and a towel wrapped around my head.



Another vote for the 'Desire'/ Rolling Thunder look

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V0EfVT2pMlQ/StUaGWBekZI/AAAAAAAACpc/KkecA8cMFLY/s320/BobDylanRollingThunder1975.jpg" name="post_img_resize_83" alt="" border="0" id="imagecount83" style="display:none" />




You could however re-enact the Dylan/Lennon cab ride scene from 'Eat The Document'



Just make sure your Bob is sufficiently smacked out to throw up at the end to add a bit of verité to the proceedings.



G.  I have question for you on the topic of the white face look of 75/76 (and yes Bucky i would go for it too)

I am some-what embarrased to admit that I was reading a short interview with (you'll pardon the  expression) Gene Simmons the other day. In it he claims that Bob said to him that he (Bob) lifted the white face idea directly from Kiss - do you know anything about this??

thanx

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Feb 11th, 2010 at 5:13am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrpXInu0d8w

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 11th, 2010 at 6:36am

stonedinaustralia wrote on Feb 10th, 2010 at 10:08pm:
G.  I have question for you on the topic of the white face look of 75/76 (and yes Bucky i would go for it too)

I am some-what embarrased to admit that I was reading a short interview with (you'll pardon the  expression) Gene Simmons the other day. In it he claims that Bob said to him that he (Bob) lifted the white face idea directly from Kiss - do you know anything about this??

thanx


Have to say it's the first time I've heard that version, mate!

I dont think he used the white-face thing for that whole '75 tour - from reading Sam Shepard's 'Rolling Thunder Logbook' I got the impression it was some idea that came into his head halfway through. Maybe I'll have to check it out again, along with Ratso Sloman's book of the tour.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Feb 11th, 2010 at 8:03am

Billy wrote on Feb 11th, 2010 at 5:13am:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrpXInu0d8w



Thanks for posting it , Billy!! :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Feb 11th, 2010 at 9:04am
thanks Billy  :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 11th, 2010 at 10:31am
Bob did a reverse on Al Jolson's black face.  That's my thought.  

Chicks don't dig that.

;-)

xoxoxox,
Martha


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 11th, 2010 at 10:41am
HERE IT IS!!!!!

Bob!!!

http://www.pbs.org/inperformanceatthewhitehouse/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jostorm on Feb 11th, 2010 at 11:52am
Sweet!

Thanks for the link, Martha.

...and he's even put extra effort in and is singing properly! [smiley=grin.gif]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by stonedinaustralia on Feb 11th, 2010 at 3:14pm

Gazza wrote on Feb 11th, 2010 at 6:36am:

stonedinaustralia wrote on Feb 10th, 2010 at 10:08pm:
G.  I have question for you on the topic of the white face look of 75/76 (and yes Bucky i would go for it too)

I am some-what embarrased to admit that I was reading a short interview with (you'll pardon the  expression) Gene Simmons the other day. In it he claims that Bob said to him that he (Bob) lifted the white face idea directly from Kiss - do you know anything about this??

thanx


Have to say it's the first time I've heard that version, mate!

I dont think he used the white-face thing for that whole '75 tour - from reading Sam Shepard's 'Rolling Thunder Logbook' I got the impression it was some idea that came into his head halfway through. Maybe I'll have to check it out again, along with Ratso Sloman's book of the tour.


thanks. my first reaction was to disbelieve it and put it down to Simmons' huge ego and his almost pathological drive for self-promotion -

i always thought it tied into this "what is identity" trope that he he was into at the time  - exemplified in Renaldo and Clara - where Bob played one character and another player (Bob Neuwirth??) played Bob - a bit confusing I know but I think that was  the point..

anyway  - that White House of "Times" was great

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 11th, 2010 at 4:22pm
I'm getting a 'This video is private' message on the You Tube link Billy posted and after checking the PBS link Martha posted, it says 'the video you requested is not currently available'

Anyone else unable to view it?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Feb 11th, 2010 at 4:34pm

Try this one - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0e9pqFZQU

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 11th, 2010 at 5:40pm
Very nice - thanks.

Whats with the dark lighting, though? Its like he's re-creating Brando's appearance in 'Apocalypse Now'.

Bobby Kurtz!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Feb 11th, 2010 at 5:49pm

It's not dark yet.

But it's getting there...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by platter on Feb 11th, 2010 at 5:57pm
it's not getting there....it is there.  how dare i diss his bobness, but i don't exactly jump out of my seat every tome i hear him sing at a new event.  he sounds like a croaking frog.  uncle ted sounds ten times better and he is about the same age

:wtf1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Feb 11th, 2010 at 6:09pm

Maybe. But it's doubtful that "Anything Nugent" would reach 62 pages...

:forfucksake

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by platter on Feb 11th, 2010 at 6:29pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Feb 11th, 2010 at 6:09pm:
Maybe. But it's doubtful that "Anything Nugent" would reach 62 pages...

:forfucksake



it's not a competition...everyone knows something


:forfucksake

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on Feb 11th, 2010 at 10:24pm
Lets hope Dime comes back while I can actually torrent (it fucks up the connection which I share with a roommate who is out of town...), apparently this Lake Elsinore Aug 12 2009 show my friend sent me that I am working on right now is uncirculated. At the 35 min mark now, so far so good, hope to finish by Saturday.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Feb 12th, 2010 at 10:47am
Desolation Row Information Service

February 12th, 2010





Dylan at the Whitehouse



You can now watch the performance at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrpXInu0d8w

Thanks for letting me know Tom.



Ian Woodward sent a different video feed offering a tantalizingly alternative perspective. Ian says:



“This is an oddity. I'm not sure what to think. At first you think it might be from a mobile phone, as you get an angle not seen on the PBS version or the live White House version, but, later, as it cuts back and forth, you realise that it can't be, because it involves multiple angles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc50j76XDTU

It is the end of the song and what you also get what's not in the PBS version but was in the White House streamed-live on-the-night version, that is a clear indication (to me, anyway) that Dylan expected to sing a second song (Blowin' In The Wind, I suspect).  Someone came up to him and said something. I guess something like, "Sorry, Bob, but we have to go straight to the finale". Just my view - no proof or confirmation.”



However, The Examiner states, “According to various spokespersons at WETA (a Washington entertainment channel), Bob Dylan was only scheduled to perform one song.  There was speculation that Dylan expected to sing another song, but, as one person said, "the show was scripted to a 'T' ".



Looking at Ian’s video, I’m tempted to go along with him.



And for some additional videos and further perspective on the event, have a look at

Bob Dylan's White House Performance: The Inside Story (Plus Video) - Speakeasy - WSJ



Here we are told, “Luckily for Bob Dylan fans, he was already in the capitol and was able to record “The Times They Are a-Changin’” — not that Ehrlich (the organizer) knew in advance what song the musician was going to play. “You can’t second guess Bob,” said Ehrlich, who added that Dylan had told him he wasn’t going to decide on his song choice until he got to DC. “We had heard it was between ‘Blowing in the Wind,’ ‘The Times They are a-Changin’ and possibly ‘Chimes of Freedom,’” he said. “But he literally didn’t tell me what he was going to sing until about 20 minutes before he went on stage. And even then he was reluctant.”



And, from the Press, regarding Bob’s performance:



From the Washington Post:



“Onstage, no one seemed rushed -- especially not Dylan. Giving his first performance at the White House, America's most iconic pop songwriter ambled onstage and dragged his wonderful, weather-beaten voice over a handsome piano and bass arrangement of "The Times They Are A-Changin'." After the song, there was an awkward pause, a handshake with the president and a hasty exit.”



From the Wall Street Journal:



“The highlight of the evening may have been the brief appearance by Dylan, who sang an arrangement of his song “The Times They Are A-Changin’” that featured piano, stand up bass, and acoustic guitar.”



There have been quite a few negative comments on the Expecting Rain bulletin board about this performance. I don’t know why, because I really enjoyed it. The feedback I’ve had directly has all been positive too. Take for example the following email from John Owens:



“Sounds a very good performance - quite affecting in a sad reflective sort of way. Surely this is how Bob needs to be performing in concert these days – guitar, bass, piano - so many of his songs will suit this treatment and given what's left of his voice - this could be the future. Would need smaller venues though - so don't know how the economics would work out. I hope Bob sees it this way but knowing Bob......”



But perhaps you feel different. Let us know.

 

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 12th, 2010 at 10:49am

ijwthstd wrote on Feb 11th, 2010 at 10:24pm:
Lets hope Dime comes back while I can actually torrent (it fucks up the connection which I share with a roommate who is out of town...), apparently this Lake Elsinore Aug 12 2009 show my friend sent me that I am working on right now is uncirculated. At the 35 min mark now, so far so good, hope to finish by Saturday.


I got to be at that fabulous show!  Is there a way to get a copy from you?  Thanks!

xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 12th, 2010 at 11:08am
The rumoured Dylan show at St Mark's Square in Venice, Italy for 10th July has been confirmed.

...and it's a FREE show.  :booze  (Not many things cheap in Venice, let alone free!)

Think I read that The Who are playing the magnificent Areni di Verona on 12th July. That would be a nice little trip to take in both shows as they're not that far apart distance wise. Doubt its practical, personally though!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Feb 12th, 2010 at 12:24pm

wrote on Feb 11th, 2010 at 5:57pm:
it's not getting there....it is there.  how dare i diss his bobness, but i don't exactly jump out of my seat every tome i hear him sing at a new event.  he sounds like a croaking frog.  uncle ted sounds ten times better and he is about the same age

:wtf1

were you an abused child? put down the solo glen frey and clean the wax out yo' ears!

the cash american recordings reveal the voice of an old man who has experienced a hard life on the road that none of the rest of us can even begin to comprehend. dylan's voice now is reflecting the same. can't you hear it, man??

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on Feb 12th, 2010 at 12:44pm

Martha wrote on Feb 12th, 2010 at 10:49am:

ijwthstd wrote on Feb 11th, 2010 at 10:24pm:
Lets hope Dime comes back while I can actually torrent (it fucks up the connection which I share with a roommate who is out of town...), apparently this Lake Elsinore Aug 12 2009 show my friend sent me that I am working on right now is uncirculated. At the 35 min mark now, so far so good, hope to finish by Saturday.


I got to be at that fabulous show!  Is there a way to get a copy from you?  Thanks!

xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha



If you're not on Dime I can send it, just might take awhile as I am hardly ever home. I am up to the encores right now.

The Mellencamp and Willie Nelson sets are already up.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 16th, 2010 at 10:08am

ijwthstd wrote on Feb 12th, 2010 at 12:44pm:

Martha wrote on Feb 12th, 2010 at 10:49am:

ijwthstd wrote on Feb 11th, 2010 at 10:24pm:
Lets hope Dime comes back while I can actually torrent (it fucks up the connection which I share with a roommate who is out of town...), apparently this Lake Elsinore Aug 12 2009 show my friend sent me that I am working on right now is uncirculated. At the 35 min mark now, so far so good, hope to finish by Saturday.


I got to be at that fabulous show!  Is there a way to get a copy from you?  Thanks!

xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha



If you're not on Dime I can send it, just might take awhile as I am hardly ever home. I am up to the encores right now.

The Mellencamp and Willie Nelson sets are already up.


I don't know if my husband has access to dime or not. Is it still there?  Can you send me a link to it? How does it sound?

Thanks!

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on Feb 16th, 2010 at 3:40pm

Martha wrote on Feb 16th, 2010 at 10:08am:
I don't know if my husband has access to dime or not. Is it still there?  Can you send me a link to it? How does it sound?

Thanks!

xoxox,
Martha


It's here

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=290101&hit=1

It's just okay, my friend uses mini disc with a real standard mic that he wears kinda low (chest height).




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 16th, 2010 at 8:12pm
Thank you!


xoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Feb 23rd, 2010 at 11:24am
http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/blog/article/407452/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 23rd, 2010 at 12:20pm
Did you see Bob shaking hands with Mr. President?!  :willya

Link! :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse

xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 24th, 2010 at 10:43am
Thanks, Martha







Photos by Pete Souza

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 24th, 2010 at 3:08pm
Thank YOU for posting the photos.  :willya

I don't know how to do that and I wasn't sure if it would be ok if I was able to figure it out, so I let it be.  

The shot Of Bob with Barack is just stunning to me.  I'd give anything to have Bob want to shake my hand like that.  What a moment!  Thrilling and historic.

peace to all,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 27th, 2010 at 8:19pm
A Medal for Dylan From the White House :willya
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: February 26, 2010

The White House continues to pay tribute to Bob Dylan, right, in every way it knows how — whether or not Mr. Dylan is there to receive the honor. On Thursday, two weeks after he appeared in the East Room as part of a concert to commemorate Black History Month, Mr. Dylan was named one of 12 recipients of the National Medal of Arts, only this time he was not in attendance. Other winners who were announced in an afternoon ceremony and awarded their medals by President Obama and his wife, Michelle, included the designer Milton Glaser, the artist and architect Maya Lin, the singer and actor Rita Moreno, the soprano Jessye Norman, the artist Frank Stella, the conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, the composer and conductor John Williams, and Joseph P. Riley Jr., the mayor of Charleston, S.C. The actor and director Clint Eastwood was also named a medalist but not present at the ceremony (though we’re sure the distinction made his day). The Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the School of American Ballet were awarded medals as well. The annual award is managed by the National Endowment for the Arts.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

CONGRATS TO BOB and all!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Feb 27th, 2010 at 8:34pm

And so they should. I've always maintained that Bob is a national treasure. He's actually an international treasure. The world will never see the likes of him again.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Feb 28th, 2010 at 10:35am
And.....it takes a treasure to know a treasure!  :-)  

xoxoxo,
Martha Melodylan

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 1st, 2010 at 3:31pm
First batch of Euro dates for this summer now confirmed. All in Central/South Eastern Europe and quite a few in places Bob has never performed in before.

--- June 2010 ---
Wed 2 Bucharest, Romania
Thu 3 Sofia, Bulgaria
Fri 4 Skopje, Macedonia
Sun 6 Belgrade, Serbia
Mon 7 Zagreb, Croatia
Wed 9 Bratislava, Slovakia
Fri 11 Prague , Czech Republic
Sat 12 Linz, Austria
Sun 13 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 9:36am

Gazza wrote on Mar 1st, 2010 at 3:31pm:
First batch of Euro dates for this summer now confirmed. All in Central/South Eastern Europe and quite a few in places Bob has never performed in before.

--- June 2010 ---
Wed 2 Bucharest, Romania
Thu 3 Sofia, Bulgaria
Fri 4 Skopje, Macedonia
Sun 6 Belgrade, Serbia
Mon 7 Zagreb, Croatia
Wed 9 Bratislava, Slovakia
Fri 11 Prague , Czech Republic
Sat 12 Linz, Austria
Sun 13 Ljubljana, Slovenia


I'd love to see the reaction of those audiences. ;-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 10:29am
I expect lots of +++BLANK FRIGGIN STARES +++ in Macedonia.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 11:21am
I wonder what the set-lists will be like.  I'm starting to count down the days!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 11:23am

Martha wrote on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 11:21am:
I wonder what the set-lists will be like.  I'm starting to count down the days!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed


"Starting"? Doubt it.

You've been counting since 19 November...

;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 1:01pm
Hey don't OUT me!!!!  LOL  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 5th, 2010 at 12:38pm
From Desolation Row :

No Dylan shows in the UK this summer, but Bob will be appearing at one UK festival. It’s the Hop Farm Festival in Kent, which takes place on July 3rd to 5th. Bob will be appearing on the 3rd. Tickets are not yet on sale. They will cost £125 for the weekend to include parking and camping; last year, day tickets were available at £65 and the event is restricted to 20,000 people.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Mar 10th, 2010 at 12:31pm
Thomond Park Stadium
Limerick City
Sun 4 Jul 2010, 14:00

Onsale to General Public
Start: Mon 15/03/10, 09:00

PRESALE
Start: Thu 11/03/10, 10:00
End: Mon 15/03/10, 08:00


http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/1800446A8D3118E2?artistid=734972&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Mar 10th, 2010 at 3:19pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 1st, 2010 at 3:31pm:
First batch of Euro dates for this summer now confirmed. All in Central/South Eastern Europe and quite a few in places Bob has never performed in before.

--- June 2010 ---
Wed 2 Bucharest, Romania
Thu 3 Sofia, Bulgaria
Fri 4 Skopje, Macedonia
Sun 6 Belgrade, Serbia
Mon 7 Zagreb, Croatia
Wed 9 Bratislava, Slovakia
Fri 11 Prague , Czech Republic
Sat 12 Linz, Austria
Sun 13 Ljubljana, Slovenia


WOW I've never even heard of some of those places! Bob's Bringing it!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Mar 11th, 2010 at 2:26am
from Desolation Row:-

Bob will appear at the festival in Limerick on July 4th, the day after the Hop Farm Festival in Kent. I’ve known about this for a while but have been unable to say anything about this openly. Some of you from Ireland who registered interest in the Kent festival have received cryptic messages from me telling them not to make any firm plans as something was afoot – that’s the most I dared do. It’s now out in the open. See the following press article>

THE LIMERICK Leader can exclusively reveal that the legendary Bob Dylan is to play in Thomond Park this July 4. It will be the only date that Dylan will play in Ireland this summer and tickets are to go on sale this coming Monday. Speaking exclusively to the Limerick Leader this Wednesday afternoon, promoter Peter Aiken said securing Dylan's services for a large outdoor summer show was "massive", but said the concert was going to be "all about the music". "It is going to be big, but it is going to be about the music - people will come from all over to see him," said Peter. The promoter also confirmed that up to four other acts are going to share the bill with Dylan, with doors opening on the day at 2pm. "We are going to have another four acts on the same day, it will be a really good day of good music - three of the acts will be very well-known, household names and people should be very impressed with what we are going to do," said Mr Aiken.

So,

July 4th, Thomond Park Stadium, Limerick City, Eire.
Tickets on sale to general public from Monday 15/03/10, 09:00 at €60,00 - €81,25.
There will be a presale, whatever that means or however it is achieved, starting Thursday 11/03/10 at 10:00  and ending Monday 15/03/10 at 08:00.

There has been a lot of interest in the Hop Farm festival, mainly for day tickets (understandably). Now you know what’s happening the day after, that might help firm up your decision; I am now trying to find out what’s happening the day or two before as well, plus what time Bob is expected to be on stage at Hop Farm. Once I have full details, I’ll let you all know.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 11th, 2010 at 6:42am

Ade wrote on Mar 11th, 2010 at 2:26am:
from Desolation Row:-

"It is going to be big, but it is going to be about the music - people will come from all over to see him," said Peter.



We certainly would, if there was still a fucking plane connection between Belfast and Shannon (thank you, Mr Bin Laden).

Its an absolute cluster-fuck to get to the south-west of Ireland from here. I could get to Bulgaria easier. :(

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 11th, 2010 at 7:16am
 
Osaka, Japan
Zepp Osaka
March 11, 2010

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on guitar)
3. Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar)
4. To Ramona (Bob on keyboard)
5. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on banjo)
6. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
7. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
8. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on keyboard)
9. Cold Irons Bound (Bob on keyboard and harp)
10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12. Can't Wait (Bob center stage on harp then keyboard at the end)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16. Jolene (Bob on keyboard and harp)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 11th, 2010 at 7:16am
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ::)

Is Bob taking Theme Time radio on the road or what ?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 11th, 2010 at 7:27am
Seems to have forgotten that 'Together Through Life' came out less than a year ago!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 11th, 2010 at 9:25am

Billy wrote on Mar 11th, 2010 at 7:16am:
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ::)

Is Bob taking Theme Time radio on the road or what ?



If he did you'd never fall asleep!  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Mar 11th, 2010 at 6:10pm
.. and it's reported that tickets are $131 and $218 (US)...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Mar 11th, 2010 at 6:42pm
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=293897

Bob Dylan

Zepp Osaka
Osaka, Japan
March 11, 2010

Taper: Hide
Source: DPA4061's > MMA6000 > Edirol R-09HR (24bit/96kHz)
Lineage: SD card > PC > WAV (24bit/96kHz) > Soundforge (Edit,sampling convert to 16bit/44.1kHz) > TLH > FLAC

01. intro
02. Watching The River Flow
03. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on guitar)
04. Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar)
05. To Ramona
06. High Water (For Charley Patton)
07. Spirit On The Water
08. The Levee's Gonna Break
09. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. Cold Irons Bound
11. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
12. Highway 61 Revisited
13. Can't Wait
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man
(encore)
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. Jolene
18. band intro
19. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 12th, 2010 at 7:58am
Osaka, Japan
Zepp Osaka
March 12, 2010

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob center stage on harp)
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard)
4. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard and harp)
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
8. Make You Feel My Love (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
10.Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard and harp)
11.Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard)
13.Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on center stage on harp)

(encore)
15.Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17.All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Honky Tonk Man on Mar 12th, 2010 at 3:08pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 5th, 2010 at 12:38pm:
From Desolation Row :

No Dylan shows in the UK this summer, but Bob will be appearing at one UK festival. It’s the Hop Farm Festival in Kent, which takes place on July 3rd to 5th. Bob will be appearing on the 3rd. Tickets are not yet on sale. They will cost £125 for the weekend to include parking and camping; last year, day tickets were available at £65 and the event is restricted to 20,000 people.


The Hop Farm????  :forfucksake

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Mar 12th, 2010 at 8:39pm
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=294093

Bob Dylan
Zepp Osaka
Osaka, Japan
March 12, 2010

Tracklist
0. Introduction
1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Make You Feel My Love
9. Honest With Me
10.Po' Boy
11.Highway 61 Revisited
12.I Feel A Change Comin' On
13.Thunder On The Mountain
14.Ballad Of A Thin Man
15.Like A Rolling Stone
16.Jolene
17.All Along The Watchtower

Lineage
Edirol R-09 with built-in microphone > PC > Goldwave > FLAC frontend (Level 8)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 13th, 2010 at 8:19am
Osaka, Japan
Zepp Osaka
March 13, 2010

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)
2. The Man In Me (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on trumpet)
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4. Love Sick (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
6. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on electric mandolin)
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
8. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo)
10.Shelter From The Storm (Bob on keyboard)
11.Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.Not Dark Yet (Bob on center stage on harp)
13.Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on center stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 13th, 2010 at 9:01am
The Man In Me!  :weed :weed :weed Cool!  

I dreamed I was at a Bob show and got to go up front where he was signing CD's!  LOL  I said it was a dream. :-)

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 13th, 2010 at 9:13am

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Mar 12th, 2010 at 3:08pm:

Gazza wrote on Mar 5th, 2010 at 12:38pm:
From Desolation Row :

No Dylan shows in the UK this summer, but Bob will be appearing at one UK festival. It’s the Hop Farm Festival in Kent, which takes place on July 3rd to 5th. Bob will be appearing on the 3rd. Tickets are not yet on sale. They will cost £125 for the weekend to include parking and camping; last year, day tickets were available at £65 and the event is restricted to 20,000 people.


The Hop Farm????  :forfucksake



I believe its even harder to get to than Limerick.

I've been told that there will be no other British Isles shows apart from these two. The Limerick date will be the last show of the tour, which therefore rules out the rumours of a Venice show on July 10th.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Honky Tonk Man on Mar 13th, 2010 at 9:55am

Gazza wrote on Mar 13th, 2010 at 9:13am:
I believe its even harder to get to than Limerick.



That’s probably true! The farm is situated in a small village and used to be owned by the Whitbread Brewery. It’s probably a half-hour drive from where I live, but would be an absolute bugger to get there by public transport. I used to go there occasionally as a child.

I may be wrong, but I think parts of the Darling Buds of May was filmed there.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Honky Tonk Man on Mar 13th, 2010 at 10:00am

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Mar 13th, 2010 at 9:55am:

Gazza wrote on Mar 13th, 2010 at 9:13am:
I believe its even harder to get to than Limerick.




I may be wrong, but I think parts of the Darling Buds of May was filmed there.


I was wrong. The Darling Buds of May was filmed in Pluckly, the most haunted village in Kent.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 15th, 2010 at 2:16pm
March 15th, Zepp Osaka, Osaka, Japan: Capacity: 2200, the fourth of five shows at the venue.

1. Watching The River Flow
2. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4. High Water (For Charley Patton)
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
7. Cold Irons Bound
8. Desolation Row
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
10. Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on guitar)
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Spirit On The Water
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 16th, 2010 at 9:52am


The Latest Set List

March 16th, Zepp Osaka, Osaka, Japan: Capacity: 2200, the last of five shows at the venue.

1. Cats In The Well
2. This Wheel's On Fire (Bob centre stage on harp)
3. Summer Days
4. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on keyboard then centre stage on harp)
5. Forgetful Heart (Bob centre stage on harp)
6. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
7. John Brown (Bob centre stage on harp)
8. Under The Red Sky
9. Honest With Me
10. Masters Of War
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Po' Boy
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob centre stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 16th, 2010 at 6:04pm
Up to date European tour schedule :

May 29th, Terra Vibe Park, Athens
May 31st, Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Amphitheatre, Istanbul:
June 2nd, Iolanda Balas Stadium, Bucharest, Romania.
June 3rd, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria  
June 6th, Belgrade, Serbia
June 7th, T-Mobile festival, Shalata open-air skating ground, Zagreb, Croatia –
June 9th, Inchebo Expo Arena, Bratislava, Slovak Republic  
June 12th, Linz, Austria (perhaps at Burg Clam)
June 13th, Ljubljana, Slovenia
June 16th, Stadio dei Pini, Viareggio, Italy – Unconfirmed
June 18th, Messehalle, Dornbirn, Austria
June 20th, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyons, France
June 22nd, Zenith, Nice, France
June 23rd, Le Dome de Marseille, Marseille, France
June 24th, Poble Espanyol, Barcelona, Spain
June 26th, Azkena Rock Festival, Vitoria, Spain
June 28th, Antique Theatre, Carcassonne, France
June 29th, Patinoire, Bordeaux, France
July 1st, Nantes, France
July 3rd, Hop Farm Festival, Kent, UK
July 4th, Thomond Park Stadium, Limerick City, Eire.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 18th, 2010 at 1:33pm
March 18th, Zepp Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan: Capacity: 1800, the first of two shows at the venue.

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. The Man In Me
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Girl Of The North Country
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Can't Wait
9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. Love Sick
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Shelter From The Storm
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower


Bob on keyboards except where otherwise indicated.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 19th, 2010 at 9:32am
Nagoya, Japan
Zepp Nagoya
March 19, 2010

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
3.      Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
4.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard, Donny on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
6.      Every Grain Of Sand :weed (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on pedal steel)
7.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob on center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
8.      Sugar Baby  :weed(Bob on keyboard, Donny on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
10.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
12.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Kathleen for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 19th, 2010 at 10:35am
Long time since there's been any surprises. Bob needs to freshen things up a bit.

Title: Another Dylan has a new cd coming out.
Post by NeoConRonnie on Mar 19th, 2010 at 9:40pm









Q N A Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSeAfKWSYmc

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 20th, 2010 at 10:36am

Gazza wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 10:35am:
Long time since there's been any surprises. Bob needs to freshen things up a bit.



Bob let the kids pass the guitar they made for him up to Stu on the 15th.  That would be worth the price of admission for me.  ;)

Title: Re: Another Dylan has a new cd coming out.
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 20th, 2010 at 1:52pm

NeoConRonnie wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 9:40pm:








Q N A Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSeAfKWSYmc


The first three songs, which I got from iTunes are excellento!

Here is another preview video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doTpnDQcrhM

Can't wait to hear the whole thing!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 20th, 2010 at 7:09pm
Bob Dylan's sayonara tour?
Frank Spignese / Special to The Daily Yomiuri

As a spry 69-year-old Bob Dylan took the stage at Zepp Osaka, anybody with any sense of musical history (and an understanding of mortality) couldn't help but think that this was the beginning of the end. Might this be the opening night of the last Dylan tour to touch Japanese soil? Since first performing in Japan in February 1978, Mr. Zimmerman has only come to the Far East a handful of times (1986, 1994, 1997 and 2001, for those who care). And while his past Japan shows have only blessed the big Budokans and International Forums, this current tour is made up of two weeklong stays at intimate venues Zepp Osaka and Zepp Tokyo.

Dylan could have played the bigger halls, made the same money and been on his way in four days. But these smaller-venue gigs seem to say "thank you" to Japan, with his Osaka opening night feeling almost like an Irish wake. Since '78, Dylan has time and again made an effort to connect with his Japanese fans. While the geisha-loving liner notes of his 1979 Budokan live album now seem embarrassingly hokey, there have been other times when he has lovingly reached out to Japan in his subtly delicate Dylan way.

On his 1986 Japan tour, backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, he covered Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki," soon after the famed singer perished in the tragic crash of JAL Flight 123. In 1994 he debuted an impassioned arrangement of his most visceral protest song, "Masters of War." It was the first time Dylan had played it acoustic since 1963, and the city that he played it in was Hiroshima. Maybe playing these smaller venues is Dylan's way of letting his Japan fans get up and close and personal before saying sayonara.

With a capacity of 2,200, Zepp Osaka felt slightly bigger than a Tokyo live-house and the crowd was packed tight when Dylan took the stage. Dressed in a black suit and black hat, with a bright pink cravat, he looked like Zorro's older, more effeminate brother. Launching into a roadhouse version of "Watching the River Flow," Dylan and band burned through it like they were jamming at a Tennessee chicken shack. Playing keyboard most of the night, Dylan picked up the guitar only once for the second tune, a tenderly reworked "Girl from the North Country." Forty- eight years after he wrote it, this remembrance of a Minnesota girlfriend seemed to resonate with him as much as it did in 1962.

One of the earmarks of any Dylan show is his new arrangements of his songs, often to the point where they aren't immediately recognizable. While this is off-putting to more casual fans, for Dylan nerds this is what makes a Dylan show. The Osaka gig didn't disappoint. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" was more rocker than ballad, with Dylan playfully hammering the organ like a mischievous schoolboy. "Can't Wait" featured a stop-start motif, exaggerating the reggae strut that the version on Time Out of Mind only hinted at. "Cold Irons Bound" was slowed down to a graveyard dirge that actually managed to make the song's protagonist seem even creepier.

As at most shows at the start of a new Dylan tour, there were few surprises in the set list. Standbys "Highway 61 Revisited" and "All Along the Watchtower" were performed as usual. The former was another barnburner, showcasing the talents of guitarist Charlie Sexton, a veteran of Dylan's stellar 1999-2002 band. But the latter was a rather uninspired outing with none of the guitar pyrotechnics that it usually inspires. The perfunctory "Like a Rolling Stone" was true to the original. Yet Dylan's delivery was less acerbic, almost pitying, a possible sign of a once angry young man now at peace.

Is this Dylan's last Japan tour? Not to sound the death knell, but as the man himself once said "it's not dark yet, but it's getting there."

(Mar. 19, 2010)

- Daily Yomiuri Online/AP

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 21st, 2010 at 8:58am

Tokyo, Japan
Zepp Tokyo
March 21, 2010

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
2.      Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
3.      I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
4.      Sugar Baby
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
5.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
6.      Shelter From The Storm
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
7.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
8.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel)
9.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
10.      Mr. Tambourine Man
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
12.      Not Dark Yet (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Kathleen, Roberto :weed and Judd Nudelman for the phone calls

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 23rd, 2010 at 11:40am
I dreamed I was at a Bob show last night and he opened with Cat's!  Woke up and checked the set...

Tokyo, Japan
Zepp Tokyo
March 23, 2010

1.      Cat's In The Well :weed (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
3.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
4.      I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
5.      Forgetful Heart
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
6.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donny on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
7.      John Brown
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
8.      Under The Red Sky (Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
10.      Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on lap steel)
12.      Shelter From The Storm
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Kathleen and Roberto :weed for the phone calls


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, viola, violin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 23rd, 2010 at 5:12pm
Give up Bob , for fuck's sake.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 24th, 2010 at 10:57am
:aimama
Billy wrote on Mar 23rd, 2010 at 5:12pm:
Give up Bob , for fuck's sake.



?????

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 25th, 2010 at 1:13pm
A few more gaps in the Euro schedule filled in Italy

Latest dates from Bob’s Agents:
 
June 15th, Padova, Italy
June 16th, Rome but this is likely to change to Siena. Should know within the next few days. The rumoured Viareggio show will not happen.
June 17th, Day off
June 18th, Parma

Siena would be an incredible place to see a gig.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Honky Tonk Man on Mar 25th, 2010 at 2:28pm
Gazza, will the Hop Farm show be Bob's first-ever performance in Kent?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 25th, 2010 at 2:50pm
Just had a quick look through all the towns and cities in Kent, Alex - and I can't see that he's played there before.

He's played the following towns and cities in the UK that I can tell :

London (including Wembley), Sheffield, Liverpool, Leicester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff, Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ryde (Isle of Wight), Camberley (Blackbushe), Brighton, Stratford-Upon-Avon (Phoenix Festival), Bournemouth, Pilton (Glastonbury Festival), Aberdeen, Portsmouth, Stirling, Nottingham

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 25th, 2010 at 2:56pm

     

Tokyo, Japan
Zepp Tokyo
March 24, 2010

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)
3. Rollin' And Tumblin'
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Cold Irons Bound
6. Sugar Baby
7. Desolation Row
8. Blind Willie McTell
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
10. Can't Wait
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. If You Ever Go To Houston
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 25th, 2010 at 2:57pm
Tokyo, Japan
Zepp Tokyo
March 25, 2010

1. Watching The River Flow
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3. The Levee's Gonna Break
4. Just Like A Woman
5. Things Have Changed
6. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on guitar)
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
8. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. Love Sick
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. When The Deal Goes Down
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. `All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 25th, 2010 at 2:58pm
Give up Bob , for fuck's sake....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Honky Tonk Man on Mar 25th, 2010 at 3:01pm
Thank you, Gazza. I’m a little surprised he’s played a relatively small number of UK town and cities, though then again, he’s an American act and wouldn’t have learnt his trade by gigging up and down the British Isles like The Stones et al would have done. The Stones must’ve performed a dozen-or-so dates in Kent circa 1962-65: Sidcup, Folkestone, Margate, Maidstone, Chatham and Rochester, if I recall correctly.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 26th, 2010 at 11:52am
Tokyo, Japan
Zepp Tokyo
March 26, 2010

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
4. Every Grain Of Sand
5. Summer Days............................ ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
6. Sugar Baby
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum..................... ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
8. Make You Feel My Love (Bob on guitar)
9. Honest With Me......................................... ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
10. Po' Boy
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. I Feel A Change Comin' On
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 27th, 2010 at 12:51pm
Don't make Bob come and get ya' Billy.  He can hear you!  

xoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Mar 28th, 2010 at 8:21am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=296434

Bob Dylan
Zepp Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
March 28, 2010

Tracklist
0. Introduction
1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4. Simple Twist Of Fate
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6. Shelter From The Storm
7. Summer Days
8. Workingman's Blues #2
9. High Water (For Charley Patton)
10.Tryin' To Get To Heaven
11.Highway 61 Revisited
12.Nettie Moore
13.Thunder On The Mountain
14.Ballad Of A Thin Man
15.Like A Rolling Stone
16.Jolene
17.Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Mar 29th, 2010 at 7:30am
Tokyo, Japan
Zepp Tokyo
March 29, 2010

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on guitar)
3. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
4. My Wife's Home Town
5. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
6. Spirit On The Water
7. Cold Irons Bound
8. Desolation Row
9. The Levee's Gonna Break
10. When The Deal Goes Down
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Can't Wait
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Forever Young

(1st encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. Blowin' In The Wind

(2nd encore)
18. All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Mar 29th, 2010 at 4:48pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=296630

Bob Dylan
Zepp Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
March 29, 2010

0. Introduction
1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3. Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
4. My Wife's Home Town
5. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
6. Spirit On The Water
7. Cold Irons Bound
8. Desolation Row
9. The Levee's Gonna Break
10.When The Deal Goes Down
11.Highway 61 Revisited
12.Can't Wait
13.Thunder On The Mountain
14.Forever Young
15.Like A Rolling Stone
16.Jolene
17.All Along The Watchtower
18.Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Mar 30th, 2010 at 12:34pm

Is Bob Dylan Hip-Hop’s Godfather?

Check out Bob's flow on these clips:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHrf-pYpIvA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBfhSEWXFYQ

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Mar 30th, 2010 at 4:30pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Mar 30th, 2010 at 12:34pm:
Is Bob Dylan Hip-Hop’s Godfather?

Check out Bob's flow on these clips:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHrf-pYpIvA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBfhSEWXFYQ


oh dear god.....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Mar 30th, 2010 at 6:53pm

MRD8 wrote on Mar 29th, 2010 at 4:48pm:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=296630

Bob Dylan
Zepp Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
March 29, 2010

0. Introduction
1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3. Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
4. My Wife's Home Town
5. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
6. Spirit On The Water
7. Cold Irons Bound
8. Desolation Row
9. The Levee's Gonna Break
10.When The Deal Goes Down
11.Highway 61 Revisited
12.Can't Wait
13.Thunder On The Mountain
14.Forever Young :weed
15.Like A Rolling Stone
16.Jolene
17.All Along The Watchtower
18.Blowin' In The Wind



Thanks for the link MRD8!  Forever Young :weed is one of my all-time favs. :-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 31st, 2010 at 6:52pm
Seoul, South Korea
Olympic Gymnastics Arena
March 31, 2010

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Honest With Me
8. Sugar Baby
9. High Water (For Charley Patton)
10. Desolation Row
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Shelter From The Storm
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(1st encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

(2nd encore)
18. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Billy on Mar 31st, 2010 at 6:53pm
I like the way he stuck Highway 61 Revisited in to the set and also slipping in Like A Rolling Stone
and All Along The Watchtower was a cunning stroke............................


And of course another outing for Honest With Me was long overdue.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 1st, 2010 at 3:21am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=297010

Bob Dylan
Olympic Gymnastics Arena
Seoul, South Korea
March 31, 2010

taper: guitard (AKA Silver Stallion)
CA-11 cards --> CA-9100 preamp --> Edirol R-09HR (lower arena - left side)

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (missed)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Honest With Me
8. Sugar Baby
9. High Water (For Charley Patton)
10. Desolation Row
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Shelter From The Storm
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man
(1st encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower
(2nd encore)
18. Blowin' In The Wind

I missed the first song (damn Seoul traffic...). The last show of the Asian leg of Bob's current tour. His first ever appearance in Korea.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 4th, 2010 at 11:35am
What is Bob doing for almost 2 months in between touring this spring?  He won't return my calls.

xoxo,
Martha


Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 4th, 2010 at 11:38am

Hopefully not recording 'Christmas In The Heart, Volume 2'...  ;)

A planned tour of East Asia has been cancelled after the Chinese government said no to shows in Beijing and Shanghai.

On a more positive note, the forthcoming soundtrack for 'My Own Love Song' includes 16 previously unreleased Dylan songs.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 4th, 2010 at 1:32pm
Unreleased?

Wasnt this the film he was doing songs for and it then snowballed into 'Together Through Life' ?

Now I get it. When you click the link for 'bande originale' it lists the songs on the soundtrack.

In addition to a few songs from 'TTL' and a few covers of Dylan songs, it appears Bob has written a score for the film, with the following titles listed :

'Sweeping the Floor'
'Bumble Bee'
'Jane's Lament'
'Joey's Theme'  (bet THAT one's shite!)
'Driving South'
'Back Alley'
'Snow Falling'
'Billie No. 30' (is this an in-joke after all the 'Billy', 'Billy 4', 'Billy 7' titles on the only other film he did a score for..'Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid' ?)
'Road Weary'
'Click Clack'
'Robbie Robert's Lament'
'Life Is Hard' (instrumental)  (presumably this is by Bob..its not listed as 'music score', though.
'New Orleans Drums'
'Jane's Step'
'Swingin''
'Blues Club (Playback)'
'East Texas'


I assume from these titles theyre mostly or exclusively instrumentals.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 4th, 2010 at 1:37pm
from expectingrain.com forum :

"In an interview written in French on the film’s site, director Olivier Dahan said:

[Dylan] composed the songs while I was shooting, I could not show him the footage, so I made him short clips. But I knew he understood what I wanted to tell from the beginning of the collaboration. We talked by phone about the film’s themes and aesthetics… His only requirement was to write one song with very specific content, that the character of Jane sings to her son she found after seven years of absence, entitled “Life is hard.” He wrote many more songs than necessary. He also composed instrumentals. The first time we met, he was very concerned about whether the music stuck with what I imagined. I was very lucky to work with this great artist."

It also says the movie is released in France on April 7.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Apr 4th, 2010 at 2:13pm

The film will have a couple of showings in NYC (April 22 and 24) as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Haven't seen any info on a release date for the soundtrack.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Apr 6th, 2010 at 8:49am
Bob Dylan Banned From Touring In China
By country's government...

April 06, 2010 by Jason Gregory | Photo by WENN.com
 


The Chinese government has banned Bob Dylan from touring in the country, according to reports.

The veteran singer was due to play two dates – in Shanghai and Beijing – later this month.

But Dylan's local promoter, Brokers Brothers Herald, said the Chinese culture ministry had refused to grant him permission to perform.

Jeffrey Wu, Brokers’ chief of operations, claimed Bjork's pro-Tibet protest at a 2008 gig in Shangai had caused the government to clampdown on international performers.

“The chance to play in China was the main attraction for him,” Mr Wu told the New York Times of Dylan's scheduled dates.

“When that fell through, everything else was called off.”

Following Bjork's outburst, the Chinese government took steps to prevent artists who threaten the country's sovereignty or violate its “religious policy or cultural norms" from performing.

The Icelandic singer shocked officials when she shouted 'Tibet, Tibet' during a show in March 2008.

The Peoples Republic of China has ruled Tibet since 1951 and conversation about Tibet’s independence is considered a taboo in China


http://www.gigwise.com/news/55633/Bob-Dylan-Banned-From-Touring-In-China

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 6th, 2010 at 5:23pm
Funny that Bob is considered more of a threat than the Stones!


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 9th, 2010 at 9:19am
Maybe it's cause Bob is lean so they think he's mean!  lol

Bring on the soundtrack!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 24th, 2010 at 8:53am
HAPPY 69th Birthday to my FAVORITE Bob!  

Wonder what he's doing today?
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

May you stay FOREVER YOUNG!

love,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 25th, 2010 at 2:47pm
Some nice rumours you may like, Martha

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21829-Bob-Dylan-Examiner~y2010m5d24-Report--Dylan-and-Mellencamp-to-tour-minor-league-ballparks-again-this-summer

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 25th, 2010 at 2:49pm
69 Things You Didn’t Know About Bob Dylan
12:31 pm Monday May 24, 2010 by Margaret Eby

On this day in 1941 at 9:05 p.m., little Bobby Zimmerman — a.k.a. His Dylanness — was born. Earn your degree in Dylanology with our primer on unexpected Bobster trivia, featuring one fact for each of his 69 years, after the jump. Don’t think twice!


1. Before he renamed himself Bob Dylan, Robert Allen Zimmerman briefly went by Elston Gunn.

2. Dylan’s father, Abe, was a semi-professional baseball player before he contracted polio in his early twenties.

3. According to Bob Spitz, author of The Beatles: The Biography, it was Dylan who first introduced the Fab Four to marijuana.

4. The phrase next to Robert Zimmerman’s picture in the 1959 Hibbing High School Yearbook was “To join Little Richard.”

5. Dylan’s first professional recording was as a harmonica player at a Harry Belafonte session.

6. His great-grandfather and uncles owned the biggest movie theaters in Hibbing, Minnesota, allowing a young Dylan to watch films for free.

7. After seeing Rebel Without a Cause, Dylan became obsessed with James Dean.

8. In 10th grade, Dylan and his back-up band were rejected from a high school talent show because the student council judged his performance at the audition too shocking.

9. Before he flunked out of the University of Minnesota, Dylan pledged to the fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu.

10. In college, Dylan was known for scamming his friends out of cigarettes and articles of clothing.

11. In 1960, Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers tried to get the manager of a Denver club to kick Dylan off the bill, complaining that his voice was awful.

12. During his days in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, Dylan became a chess fiend.

13. When Dylan met girlfriend Suze Rotolo’s mother, Mary, he lied and told her that he had a degenerative eye disease that would eventually lead him to go blind, earning him Mary’s eternal distrust.



14. Bob Dylan appeared with Joni Mitchell on the first episode of The Johnny Cash Show.

15. When he was first signed to Columbia Records, Dylan conned his way out of a stipulation that required his parents to sign (at 20, Dylan was considered a minor at the time) by convincing John Hammond that he was an orphan.

16. Suze Rotolo’s pet names for Dylan were “the Pig” and “RAZ.”

17. When a CBS censor informed him that he couldn’t play “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” on The Ed Sullivan Show, Dylan refused to go on.

18. Dylan’s first major appearance on American television was on The Steve Allen Show in 1964. When Dylan announced that he was playing the song “Hattie Caroll,” only one audience member clapped in recognition.

19. In 2004, Dylan earned an honorary doctorate in music from the University of St. Andrews.

20. The only other honorary degree Dylan has accepted was in 1970 from Princeton.

21. Last year, Dylan was detained by the police in New Jersey after a homeowner spotted him wandering around a residential block in the rain.

22. During Dylan’s 1965 tour of England, reporters swarmed the singer at Heathrow. They were so entranced by Dylan that Lena Horne, then an enormous British celebrity, passed by the gaggle of photographers unnoticed.

23. The first time Donovan and Bob Dylan met, Dylan and his entourage all wore Halloween masks.

24. Dylan’s first draft of “Like a Rolling Stone” was six pages long.

25. His first wife, Sara Lownds, worked as a Playboy bunny.

26. One night at Max’s Kansas City, Dylan and his road manager, Bob Neuwirth, insulted The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones until Jones broke down in tears.



27. Dylan struck up a short-lived friendship with Tiny Tim, who Dylan recorded singing “Like a Rolling Stone” while strumming the ukulele.

28. He appeared in the 1973 Sam Peckinpah film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as a drifter named Alias.

29. Kris Kristofferson was the custodian at the studio where Dylan recorded Nashville Skyline.

30. Aside from song-writing, Dylan is also a prolific painter. The cover of his 1970 Self Portrait is his own painting.

31. After his friend Phil Ochs died, Dylan took to polishing off a fifth of bourbon a day.

32. Pauline Kael called Dylan’s film Renaldo & Clara “what Louis and Marie Antoinette might have done at Versailles if only they’d had the cameras.”

33. According to Nico, Edie Sedgwick was the subject of “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat.”

34. From around 1960 to 1964, Dylan’s preferred intoxicants were pot and Beaujolais.

35. After Dylan’s 1966 motorcycle accident, Allen Ginsberg brought him a box full of books to aid his recovery.

36. In the summer of 1970, Dylan was briefly involved in the production of a musical version of The Devil and Daniel Webster with poet Archibald MacLeish but backed out when he and MacLeish didn’t see eye to eye.

37. At John Prine’s second gig outside of Chicago ever, Dylan showed up to play backup harmonica.

38. The original title of Planet Waves was Ceremonies of the Horsemen.

39. The first words Dylan spoke to playwright Sam Shepard, who Dylan had hired to write scenes for the movie Eat the Document, were “We don’t have to make any connections. None of this has to connect.”



40. Shepard and Dylan cowrote a 12-minute song called “Brownsville Girl” based on the Gregory Peck film The Gunfighter. Dylan has only played it in concert once.

41. After Elvis died, Dylan didn’t speak to anyone for a week.

42. In 1978, Dylan took a three-month course at the Vineyard School of Discipleship as part of his conversion to born-again Christianity.

43. An offhand comment Dylan made at Live Aid inspired Willie Nelson to organize Farm Aid.

44. During his satellite radio hour, Bob Dylan covered a verse of LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out.”

45. Dylan toured with the Grateful Dead for six shows in 1987.

46. Bruce Springsteen inducted Bob Dylan into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

47. The Traveling Wilburys started when Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne recorded a Harrison B-side called “Handle with Care” at Dylan’s house in Malibu.

48. The Pulitzer Prize committee gave Dylan a special citation in 2008 for “lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.”

49. In 2001, Dylan received an Academy Award for his song “Things Have Changed,” featured in the film Wonder Boys. According to rumor, Dylan often props his Oscar up on the speakers when he’s playing.

50. Since 1988, as part of his “Never-Ending Tour,” Bob Dylan has played at least 100 concerts per year.

51. Dylan starred in a 1987 box-office flop Hearts on Fire as a rock star turned farmer.

52. When Dylan performed for Pope John Paul II in 1997, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (the current Pope Benedict), tried to stop Dylan from playing.



53. “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35″ was recorded in one take.

54. Joni Mitchell recently revealed a giant grudge against Dylan.

55. In 1999, Dylan appeared on an episode of Dharma & Greg.

56. Seinfeld veteran Larry Charles directed Dylan’s 2003 film Masked & Anonymous.

57. Dylan has played shows in supported of the ultra-Orthodox Lubavitcher sect of Judaism.

58. During a cross-country trip in 1964, Dylan showed up at Carl Sandburg’s doorstep and handed the poet a copy of The Times They Are A-Changin’.

59. At the release party for Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan’s table included guests Bette Midler and David Bowie.

60. Dylan’s experimental novel, Tarantula, was published in 1971.

61. When he was in high school, his standard order at the local luncheonette was cherry pie á la mode.

62. Patti Smith and Dylan toured together briefly in 1995.

63. He also appeared in a 2004 Victoria’s Secret commercial.

64. Weird Al Yankovic did a song entirely of palindromes called “Bob” that was styled on “Subterranean Homesick Blues.”

65. Dylan’s younger brother, David Zimmerman, is a record producer.

66. Dylan has nine grandchildren and sports a bumper sticker on his car that reads “World’s Greatest Grandpa.”

67. Dylan got the idea for some of the lyrics for his album Love and Theft from the book Confessions of a Yakuza.

68. Last year, Dylan released an album of Christmas songs entitled Christmas In the Heart, which includes a sped-up, Dylanized version of “Must Be Santa.”

69. In February, Dylan braved a blizzard to perform at a civil rights concert at the White House.


http://flavorwire.com/93342/bob-dylan-69-birthday-facts

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 25th, 2010 at 3:43pm

Gazza wrote on May 25th, 2010 at 2:47pm:
Some nice rumours you may like, Martha

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-21829-Bob-Dylan-Examiner~y2010m5d24-Report--Dylan-and-Mellencamp-to-tour-minor-league-ballparks-again-this-summer


My prayers have been heard!  This is a rumor that I LOVE darlin'!  Made my day!

xoxoxoxo,
Martha Mellencamp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on May 25th, 2010 at 9:48pm
OK....i have been trying to get into infidels lately. trying.

it isn't working.

is it me, or do the sappy 80s keyboards suck the life out of "jokerman" faster than sepia toned pics of josh at his desk with a pint of JD suck the life out of a good thread?

meg...howe many more spins should i give it before i give up completely and head for the tub? does this mean i'm not a "true fan"????

and for GOD's sake, can SOMEONE tell me how the #@!$ you get a four year old to sleep?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on May 25th, 2010 at 9:54pm

Might be you.

I love 'Infidels'.

Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, Sly and Robbie on riddim...

What keyboards?




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on May 26th, 2010 at 3:20am
'Infidels' most unfortunate aspect are it's insipid lyrics.....some of Dylan's worst

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by fuman on May 26th, 2010 at 10:19am

lotsajizz wrote on May 26th, 2010 at 3:20am:
'Infidels' most unfortunate aspect are it's insipid lyrics.....some of Dylan's worst



Some perhaps, but I love:

Man thinks 'cause he rules the world
he can do with it as he please
And if things don't change soon he will . . .

Well he worships at the alter of a stagnant pool
And when he sees his reflection he's fulfilled

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 26th, 2010 at 10:43am

left shoe shuffle wrote on May 25th, 2010 at 9:54pm:
Might be you.

I love 'Infidels'.

Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, Sly and Robbie on riddim...

What keyboards?



Have to admit, I never really cared for the drum sound on 'Infidels'. Even if it IS Sly Dunbar. (Edit - its the drumming on 'Jokerman' I didnt like. Its great on stuff like 'Neighbourhood Bully')

Should have been a GREAT record, only for Bob to tinker with it late in the day to its detriment after Knopfler had gone on the road with Dire Straits.

Leaving off 'Blind Willie McTell' (either electric or acoustic version) and 'Foot of Pride' was borderline criminal negligence. I actually got a 45 minute tape of outtakes which included these songs about 3 days after the album came out and couldnt believe they'd been omitted.

Still, the '84 tour that followed it (with Taylor and Ian McLagan in the band) saw my first couple of Dylan shows (Newcastle & Slane, parts of both of which  ended up on 'Real Live' although that album was pretty underwhelming) so I've pretty fond memories of that era.

And on an even brighter note, I'm goin' to see his Bobness in Prague in two weeks time.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 28th, 2010 at 10:33am
Tour starting TOMORROW!  My friends Che and Siobhain let me know just yesterday that they will be doing the WHOLE tour again!  Oh I am pea green with envy and so happy for them!  What will Bob OPEN the tour with?  Any guesses?

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on May 28th, 2010 at 8:50pm
I finally finished and posted this last weekend.

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=305107

ROLLING THUNDER REVUE
LAKELAND,FL:CIVIC CENTER
4/18/76

Cassette Master -> Untracked Aiff File -> Soundforge -> FLAC


SET 1

GUAM

01. Sleazy - Neuwirth
02. Flinthill Special - Mansfield
03. Hulahoop - T-Bone Burnett
04. Too Good to be Wasted - Rob Stoner
05. Tears on my pillow (Sweet Amarillo) -Donna Weiss
06. Is There Life On Mars? - Mick Ronson
07. Alabama Dark - Neuwirth
08. Cowboys and Indians (B Charles) - Neuwirth
09. Cindy (When I Get Home) - Neuwirth
10. Mercedes Benz - Neuwirth
11. Mad Man - Soles
12. Battle of New Orleans - Neuwirth
13. Rock and Roll Across the USA - Kinky Friedman
14. Dear Abbie - Kinky Friedman
15. They Ain't making Jews like Jesus Anymore - Kinky Friedman
16. Asshole from El Paso - Kinky Friedman

BOB DYLAN

17. Visions Of Johanna
18. If You See Her, Say Hello
19. Vincent Van Gogh
20. Weary Blues From Waiting
21. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
22. Maggie's Farm
23. One Too Many Mornings
24. Seven Days

SET 2

ROGER MCGUINN

01. -intro-
02. Eight Miles High
03. Jolly Roger
04. Take Me Away
05. Chestnut Mare

JOAN BAEZ

06. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
07. (Ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around
08. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
09. Sweeter For Me
10. Dancing In The Streets
11. Joe Hill
12. Diamonds And Rust

BOB DYLAN & JOAN BAEZ

13. Railroad Boy
14. Wild Mountain Thyme
15. Blowin' In The Wind
16. I Pity The Poor Immigrant

BOB DYLAN

17. Shelter From The Storm
18. I Threw It All Away
19. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
20. Mozambique
21. Going, Going, Gone
22. Lay Lady Lay
23. Silver Mantis (T-Bone Burnett/Joan Baez)
24. Idiot Wind
25. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (with Roger McGuinn)
26. Gotta Travel On


Sorry, I don't have much of a full setlist for this.

Below average quality.

I get the impression from the online Rolling Thunder Review Guide at

http://www.bjorner.com/RTR%20Tour%20Guide%20Letter.pdf

That there are circulating copies of the whole show but have been unable to find any other info. This is most likely a totally different source.

If I go out tonight this may have to be interrupted until morning.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 29th, 2010 at 11:27am

Martha wrote on May 28th, 2010 at 10:33am:
Tour starting TOMORROW!  My friends Che and Siobhain let me know just yesterday that they will be doing the WHOLE tour again!  Oh I am pea green with envy and so happy for them!  What will Bob OPEN the tour with?  Any guesses?

xoxoxo,
Martha


I dont expect too many changes from last time.

If they're doing the whole tour, tell them to try and hook up with me in Prague.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 29th, 2010 at 5:44pm
Athens 29/5/10

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

Lay, Lady, Lay

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

Just Like A Woman

Honest With Me

Desolation Row

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

Rollin' And Tumblin'

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

Highway 61 Revisited

Workingman's Blues #2

Thunder On The Mountain

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Like A Rolling Stone

All Along The Watchtower


Disappointing setlist both in content (no 'Together Through Life' songs) and length (16 songs...quite short for a non-festival show)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 30th, 2010 at 7:40am
He played lots of harp, came center stage and got on that guitar.  I'm happy!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on May 30th, 2010 at 9:06pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=306368

Bob Dylan
2010/05/29
Terra Vibe, Malakasa (Athens), GREECE

Source: Audience
Lineage: Edirol R-09 (internal mics) > 16-bit 44.1kHz WAV > Cool Edit 96 (fades, cuts & amplification to 80% of the first 85 seconds of Highway 61 Revisited) > CD Wave 1.98 (splits) > TLH > FLAC
Recorded by pantelis79 from 6 meters from the barrier, between the two right speakers.


Disc 1 (69:23)
01 Intro
02 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
03 Lay, Lady, Lay
04 I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
05 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
06 Just Like A Woman
07 Honest With Me
08 Desolation Row
09 Ballad Of Hollis Brown
10 Rollin’ And Tumblin’
11 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
12 (fade-out)

Disc 2 (46:28)
01 (fade-in)
02 Highway 61 Revisited
03 Workingman’s Blues #2
04 Thunder On The Mountain
05 Ballad Of A Thin Man
06 (encore break)
07 Like A Rolling Stone
08 All Along The Watchtower


Line-up:
Bob Dylan - Vocals, keyboards, harmonica, guitar
Charlie Sexton - Lead guitar
Stu Kimball - Rhythm guitar
Donnie Herron - Pedal steel, lap steel
Tony Garnier - Bass, double bass
George Recile - Drums


NOTES:
The first CD was recorded while the INPUT volume of the recorder was set to 20. Because
the volume that came from the speakers continued to rise as the concert went on, I had
to lower the setting from 20 to 16 during "Highway 61 Revisited". Unfortunately, the
first 85 seconds of this song contain some clipping. I reduced the volume of this song
carefully so that it matches the volume of the rest of the second CD - it's not much
different thatn that of the first CD. Other than that, this was my first recording that
took place outdoors and I think it came out nice. There are some occassional talkers
around, but most of the time it's my friends that are talking (and more rarely me) so
don't say anything about it, haha!!. I have to specify though that the donkey screaming
during the encore break was a total stranger sitting behind us, haha! Enjoy!

If you remove tracks 112 & 201, the recording flows seamlessly.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 31st, 2010 at 9:07am
Thank you for posting the link MRD8!  How does it sound?

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on May 31st, 2010 at 9:32am
Average...we'll wait for Soomlos and some of the other Dylan concert recorders, they'll be putting it up soon I bet!:)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on May 31st, 2010 at 11:45am
Thanks second favorite MRD8!  You made my memorial day even more memorable.  :-)

xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 31st, 2010 at 6:09pm
Istanbul, Turkey
Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre

May 31, 2010




1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard then guitar)  
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob center stage on harp)  
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)  
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp)  
5. Just Like A Woman (Bob center stage on harp)  
6. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)  
7. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)  
8. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)  
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob center stage on harp)  
10. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
12. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)  
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)  
   
 (encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  



I hope these warhorse-friendly setlists are because he's playing places he's either never played before (Istanbul) or places he hasnt visited in about 15 years (Athens).

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 1st, 2010 at 2:13pm
[quote author=Gazza   



I hope these warhorse-friendly setlists are because he's playing places he's either never played before (Istanbul) or places he hasnt visited in about 15 years (Athens).[/quote]

That's why.  I've also noticed he does that. ;-)  
xoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 2nd, 2010 at 6:02pm
Finally got one off TTL tonight!

Bucharest, Romania
Zone Arena

June 2, 2010


1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard then guitar)  
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)  
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)  
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp)  
5. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Just Like A Woman (Bob center stage on harp)  
7. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)  
8. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboards and harp)  
9. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
10. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on keyboard and harp)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
12. Can't Wait (Bob center stage on harp)  
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)  
   
 (encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 3rd, 2010 at 9:08am
Jolene SWINGS like madness!  Keep 'em comin' Bob!

xoxox,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 3rd, 2010 at 4:40pm
There ya go Gazza.  He played What Good Am I? today!!!!  :willya Holy Cow!  

The set is up at bobdylan.com not at Bill Pagel's yet.  Can't wait to see when he went center stage. ;-)
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xoxoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 3rd, 2010 at 4:50pm

Dylan's playing September 4th at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle.



http://bumbershoot.org

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 3rd, 2010 at 5:09pm

Martha wrote on Jun 3rd, 2010 at 4:40pm:
There ya go Gazza.  He played What Good Am I? today!!!!  :willya Holy Cow!  

The set is up at bobdylan.com not at Bill Pagel's yet.  Can't wait to see when he went center stage. ;-)
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

xoxoxoxoxoxo,
Martha



..and back up to 17 songs...

#  Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
# Girl From The North Country
# 'Til I Fell In Love With You
# Just Like A Woman
# Things Have Changed
# A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
# High Water (for Charlie Patton)
# What Good Am I?   (First since 1999)
# Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
# When The Deal Goes Down
# Highway 61 Revisited
# Love Sick
# Thunder On The Mountain
# Ballad Of A Thin Man
# Like A Rolling Stone
# Jolene
# Blowin' In The Wind  -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJa7n0Fvxw4

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Jun 4th, 2010 at 3:58pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=307003

BOB DYLAN
Istanbul, Turkey
Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre
May 31, 2010

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard then guitar)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob center stage on harp)
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp)
5. Just Like A Woman (Bob center stage on harp)
6. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
7. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
8. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob center stage on harp)
10. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard and harp)
12. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

This is another SPOT recording my intrepid pal is still on the road so
hopefully more to follow, this one arrived in the post today only had time
to check it out briefly.
BE AWARE
This show may also be posted on HC, it will be the same recording but the flacs may vary as spot sent it to us both seperately and I cannot check out my pals copy without a few days delay

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by casiocamera on Jun 4th, 2010 at 4:19pm
Some great Dylan images on here, reasonable too for Ltd edition prints - $99 framed...

http://soniceditions.com/gallery/bob-dylan

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 4th, 2010 at 5:39pm
Skopje, Macedonia 4th June

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

Just Like A Woman

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

Make You Feel My Love

Honest With Me

Spirit On The Water

Cold Irons Bound

Shelter From The Storm

Highway 61 Revisited

Sugar Baby

Thunder On The Mountain

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Like A Rolling Stone

Jolene

All Along The Watchtower


5 tour debuts, so at least he's starting to mix it up a bit more.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 6th, 2010 at 6:16pm
Belgrade 6th June -

'Together Through Life' appears to be back in vogue, with 3 songs played from it.

# Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
# It Ain't Me, Babe
# I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
# Masters Of War
# Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
# Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
# Honest With Me
# Workingman's Blues #2
# Cold Irons Bound
# Forgetful Heart
# Highway 61 Revisited
# Not Dark Yet
# Thunder On The Mountain
# Ballad Of A Thin Man
# Like A Rolling Stone
# Jolene
# Blowin' In The Wind


Bob played guitar on the first 3 songs plus 'Beyond Here Lies Nothing'. Keyboards & guitar on rainy Day Women, and harp (centre stage) on Workingman's Blues.

Eight of the 17 songs from 1997 onwards. Not bad.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Jun 10th, 2010 at 3:44am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=307873

Bob Dylan
9 June 2010
Incheba Expo Arena
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Source: SP-CMC-4u >SP-SPSB-10 >iRiver_H120 (rockbox)...no Beer
Transfer: H120 >USB >PC >CDwave >FLAC
Taped&Transfer: Die/Wal

Any artwork is very welcomed ;-)


CD-01/02
01, Intro
02, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
03, It Ain't Me, Babe
04, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
05, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
06, Just Like A Woman
07, Absolutely Sweet Marie
08, High Water (For Charley Patton)
09, Shelter From The Storm
10, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
11, Man In The Long Black Coat

CD-02/02
01, Highway 61 Revisited
02, Forgetful Heart
03, Thunder On The Mountain
04, Ballad Of A Thin Man
05, Encore Interval
06, Like A Rolling Stone
07, Jolene
08, All Along The Watchtower

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Jun 12th, 2010 at 10:59am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=308263


Date: 2010-06-11
Country: Czech Republic
Town: Prague
Venue: O2 Arena

Technical Information:

Taper: TOM MOORE
Microphones: CHURCH-AUDIO CA-11
Recorder: M-Audio Microtrack @ 44,1 kHz/16 bit + APC Powerpack
Software: edit and split with Steinberg WaveLabStudio 6.0



CD 1 [76:45.73]

(01) [Intro]
(02) Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
(03) Lay, Lady, Lay
(04) Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
(05) Just Like A Woman
(06) Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
(07) Shelter From The Storm
(08) Honest With Me
(09) Mr. Tambourine Man
(10) Cold Irons Bound
(11) Workingman's Blues #2
(12) Highway 61 Revisited
(13) I Feel A Change Comin' On

CD 2 [34:14.25]

(01) Thunder On The Mountain
(02) Ballad Of A Thin Man
(03) Like A Rolling Stone
(04) Jolene
(05) [Band Intro]
(06) All Along The Watchtower



Band

Bob Dylan - voc, keyboard, harp, guitar
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - trumpet, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel


enjoy

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Jun 12th, 2010 at 6:59pm
Forever Young? WTF
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=308334

Bob Dylan - 12/Jun/2010
Tips Arena - Linz, Austria

Source: SP-CMC-4u >SP-SPSB-10 >iRiver_H120 (rockbox)...Beer ;-)
Transfer: H120 >USB >PC >CDwave >FLAC
Taped&Transfer: Die/Wal

Any artwork is very welcomed ;-)


CD-01/02
01, Intro
02, Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat
03, The Man In Me
04, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
05, Tangled Up In Blue
06, The Levee's Gonna Break
07, The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
08, I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
09, Ballad Of Hollis Brown
10, Honest With Me
11, What Good Am I?

CD-02/02
01, Highway 61 Revisited
02, Not Dark Yet
03, Thunder On The Mountain
04, Ballad Of A Thin Man
05, Encore Interval
06, Like A Rolling Stone
07, Jolene
08, Band Introduction >Forever Young

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 13th, 2010 at 1:24pm
Just a few notes from the show I saw in Prague on Friday night.

Apart from the Barrowlands club show in Glasgow in 2004 (and maybe the two Brixton shows in Nov 2005), it was possibly the best of the 15-16 Dylan shows I've been at since September 2000 - a European leg which I consider to be the absolute high water mark of the entire Never Ending Tour.

Was very pleasantly surprised it was so good as for the last year or so, a lot of the shows have got a bit too predictable for my liking. However, this was the first time I've seen Dylan since Charlie Sexton returned on guitar in October last year after a 7 year absence.

The difference is like night and day. Sexton is the most perfect lead guitarist Dylan's ever had in his band (and considering some of his predecessors have been the likes of Robbie Robertson, Jerry Garcia and Mick Taylor) thats saying quite a lot. The kick in the arse that his presence has given Dylan is noticeable from the first few notes. Sexton is all over the place, roaming the stage, crouching down beside Bob and doing a great job in working the crowd up.

Bob spent a lot more time away from his keyboard than at any show I've seen him do in many years. Much more than he's been doing for a long time, I would say. On a couple of songs (Cold Irons Bound and Ballad of a Thin Man) he spent the entire song standing at the mic with just harmonica in hand. The setlist was a bit less 12-bar blues based than many shows in recent years - a good sign, I think. I dont know if there's a connection but Dylan's bassist and bandleader Tony Garnier spent the entire show sitting on a chair - I can only assume he's done his back in. He still seemed to having a great time, with quite a bit of banter going on between himself and George Recile on the drums right behind him.

To the songs - Rainy Day Women as an opener. Usually the opening song is a bit of a plodder, but this was much better than it has been in ages. Bob came out front halfway through and played guitar for the rest of the song. The icing on the cake though was Stu Kimball playing the riff of Link Wray's "Rumble" over the arangement for the last couple of minutes.

Lay Lady Lay - Nice vocal performance by Bob, Charlie's guitar licks on the chorus were quite similar to the Nashville Skyline version.

Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues - One of my favourite Dylan songs ever, and a version for the ages. Bob still on guitar and the latter part of the song saw him doing a magnificent little duel with Sexton which I just didnt want to end. (I was shouting "keep it going keep it going" like a madman)

Just Like A Woman - Bob back on keyboards. The audience even sang along on the chorus, and Bob, unusually for him, sort of allowed them to.

Beyond Here Lies Nothing - First time I've seen him play this one. Back on guitar and growling the words out, with some nice trumpet by Donnie.

Shelter From The Storm - Pretty nice arrangement. Never ceases to amaze me how many ways he can rearrange the same song from one year to the next.

Honest With Me - This one has just passed its sell by date for me when it comes to being played live, although nowhere near as much as is the case for it's 'Love & Theft' stablemates 'Tweedle Dum' and 'Summer Days' - both of which were mercifully omitted tonight. This wasnt bad actually - at least they reworked the arrangement to keep it a bit fresh.

Mr Tambourine Man - Lovely slowed down version, with Bob out front second half on guitar.

Cold Irons Bound - usually a hellacious, noisy rocker, Bob was out front doing some bizarre harp wailing, but a good vocal and a nice arrangement.

Workingman's Blues No.2 - First time I've seen him play this one too, and it was absolutely beautiful. He wrung every emotion out of the lyrics, and then came out front to nail a great harp solo.

Highway 61 Revisited - Nothing much changes with this one. Thunderous as usual.

I Feel A Change Comin' On - Quite a pleasant surprise to get this one. I dont think he plays it too often and it was really good.

Thunder On The Mountain - Never had the same impact live as it is on record. Always sounds a bit rushed. This was no exception.

Ballad of a Thin Man - Six years ago I saw Dylan play a version of 'Like A Rolling Stone' at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow which even Bob said immediately afterwards got the greatest reaction between himself and a crowd ever. This may well have been the nearest thing to that moment for this song from the same album. It was fucking incredible. He stood at the mike, harp in one hand (it was almost 'Renaldo and Clara'-like for those of you familiar with the versions of 'Isis' from that era) , arms outstretched,  crouching and pointing at the crowd as he did so, gesturing backwards with his other arm at George Recile as he crashed down on the cymbal - and absolutely roaring and snarling the lyrics. When he got to the line about "F Scott Fitzgerald's books" he spat the 'f' out as 'f, f, f, f' as if he was reciting Hannibal Lechter's classic line in 'Silence of the Lambs'. Absolutely no question - this was the best version of the song since 1966 - and it brought the house down.
Encores -


Like A Rolling Stone - always goes down a treat. Terrific vocal performance by Bob (if a bit too much arseing around on the keyboard) and the crowd enjoyed it very much

Jolene - another new one for me. Not one of my favourites off 'Together Through Life', but it was pretty solid.

All Along The Watchtower - still manages to get the crowd worked up, and understandably so. Terrific version to close.


At 69, I was starting to wonder how much more he can wring out of this endless touring cycle, but just when you think he's starting to lose his edge a bit, he draws you back in with a performance as glorious as this.

May his song always be sung.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 13th, 2010 at 1:58pm

Excellent review, Gazza.

'Tom Thumb's Blues' And 'Thin Man' are two of my absolute favorites.
I envy your catching such epochal versions of them...


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Erik_Snow on Jun 13th, 2010 at 2:39pm
Great review - thanks Gazza, strangely enough I'm listening to the Prague recording right now - while logging on to RO, and seeing your review. Can't wait for "Ballad Of A Thin Man" to arrive at my speakers...! Cheers

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Jun 13th, 2010 at 5:56pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=308498

Bob Dylan
13 June 2010
Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia

---

TT: 112:00.00

01. [0:55.42] (introduction)
02. [4:50.10] Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
03. [6:31.08] Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
04. [5:22.74] I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
05. [7:35.09] Just Like a Woman
06. [5:52.31] High Water (for Charley Patton)
07. [6:00.19] Simple Twist of Fate
08. [7:01.33] Rollin' And Tumblin'
09. [7:04.68] Tryin' to Get to Heaven
10. [6:03.16] Cold Irons Bound
11. [6:06.71] Blind Willie McTell
12. [7:31.64] Highway 61 Revisited
13. [8:20.15] Nettie Moore
14. [8:18.27] Thunder on the Mountain
15. [9:31.03] Ballad of a Thin Man

Encore:
16. [7:35.44] Like a Rolling Stone
17. [7:18.66] All along the Watchtower

Complete show.

---

Bob Dylan - vocals, guitar, keyboard, harp

Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by erikjjf on Jun 13th, 2010 at 10:59pm
Great seeing you in Prague, Gazza!
Excellent review, I agree with every word.
The Linz show was on the same level. If not a notch higher...  :o

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Jun 14th, 2010 at 5:06am
as always- great and thorough review, Gazza!!  Glad you enjoyed yourself!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 14th, 2010 at 8:05am
Computer is back on after a 9 day pause.  Thanks for the listen Gary!  I could hear the intensity that Bob was performing with all the way through that cell phone...not kidding.  I told myself after the call ended, shit he's ON tonight!  So happy for you!

Great review.  Thank you.

I'm happy that Tony was having a good time with George, maybe his back pain is not too bad.  

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 15th, 2010 at 6:21pm
Padova, Italy
Palafabris
June 15, 2010

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on guitar)
3.      I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on guitar)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break
6.      Masters Of War
7.      I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
8.      Workingman's Blues #2
9.      Cold Irons Bound
10.      Under The Red Sky :weed
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      Can't Wait
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone
16.      Jolene
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard then guitar)
     

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Jun 15th, 2010 at 7:43pm
Gazza,

Great stuff...I could tell you had as much fun writing your review as I had reading it!!!

Safe travels!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 16th, 2010 at 12:18am
Glad you got a good show, Gazz. It must have been a treat to see him come downstage and play some guitar. I was just listening to "Time Out Of Mind" today. Amazing the body of work this man has and the changes he's gone through over the years.

I still have fond memories of seeing him at The Theater at MSG back in '98 and yelling "Hey Bobby!" (New Yawk style) and getting a grin outta the old boy.

Unfortunately, the few Dylan shows I've seen since then saw him hiding behind the electric piano. I'd love to see him play some gee-tar and harmonica and venture downstage a bit.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Jun 16th, 2010 at 4:22am
Martha,
Have you seen this?
http://www.amazon.com/Rural-Route-7609-Special-CDs/dp/B002GYHIWG/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1276679978&sr=1-8

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 16th, 2010 at 8:16am
"I'd love to see him play some gee-tar and harmonica and venture downstage a bit."

Jo, he ventures out a LOT now that Charlie is back in the band.  He's a whole new Bob!  I say he's doin the ole razzle dazzle!  Never a dull moment with him.  8-)

xoxox,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 16th, 2010 at 8:18am

MRD8 wrote on Jun 16th, 2010 at 4:22am:
Martha,
Have you seen this?
http://www.amazon.com/Rural-Route-7609-Special-CDs/dp/B002GYHIWG/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1276679978&sr=1-8



Yes I DID catch this just yesterday but did not see the sale price until now.  THANK YOU!  I also noticed that Bob and Johnny are playing a gig in Seattle on Sept 3rd, unconfirmed at the moment, but that means the ballpark tour rumor is true! :weed :weed :weed

xoxo,
Mrs. Mellencamp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by GotToRollMe on Jun 16th, 2010 at 11:20pm

Martha wrote on Jun 16th, 2010 at 8:16am:
"I'd love to see him play some gee-tar and harmonica and venture downstage a bit."

Jo, he ventures out a LOT now that Charlie is back in the band.  He's a whole new Bob!  I say he's doin the ole razzle dazzle!  Never a dull moment with him.  8-)

xoxox,
MM


You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy
You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray
You may call me GTRM, but Jo is okay

;D


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 17th, 2010 at 6:52am

GotToRollMe wrote on Jun 16th, 2010 at 11:20pm:

Martha wrote on Jun 16th, 2010 at 8:16am:
"I'd love to see him play some gee-tar and harmonica and venture downstage a bit."

Jo, he ventures out a LOT now that Charlie is back in the band.  He's a whole new Bob!  I say he's doin the ole razzle dazzle!  Never a dull moment with him.  8-)

xoxox,
MM


You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy
You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray
You may call me GTRM, but Jo is okay

;D



[smiley=laugh.gif]


Absolutely, Sweet Mar(y)

Sounds like Martha's 'Visions of Johanna' got a bit blurred.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 17th, 2010 at 7:56am
Viareggio, Italy
Cittadella del Carnevale
June 16, 2010

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard then guitar)
2.      Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (Bob on guitar)
3.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on guitar)
4.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard and harp)
5.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
6.      Shelter From The Storm (Bob on keyboard and harp)
7.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on guitar)
9.      High Water (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo)
10.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Not Dark Yet (Bob center stage on harp)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on violin)
     

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 17th, 2010 at 10:20am
Another TTL-free show.

Something tells me that the selection of songs 6 & 9 (and maybe 1 & 12) may have been related to the fact that a few days before this show took place, it was moved to an indoor venue due to adverse weather warnings....


Anyway, here's a story to whet your appetites and wet your knickers :



http://www.examiner.com/x-21829-Bob-Dylan-Examiner~y2010m6d14-Report--Sony-Legacy-working-on-a-Superfan-forty-CD-Bob-Dylan-box-set

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 18th, 2010 at 9:51am
Tour dates are posting for the Ballpark Tour at bobdylan.com  NOTHING (so far) is booked in the East!  We JUST built a NEW minor league park here in Fort Wayne....come ON!  WTF??!

WORD!

xoxoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Jun 20th, 2010 at 6:28am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=309428&page=0#startcomments

Bob Dylan
Messehalle
Dornbirn, Austria
June 19, 2010


Band Members:
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel


Lineage: Soundman OKMIIR > Adapter A3 > Edirol R-09HR@24-48 > PC > flac(8)
taped by elliot
edited and seeded by helm



01. Intro
02. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
03. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
04. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on guitar)
05. Just Like A Woman
06. High Water (For Charley Patton)
07. Desolation Row
08. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
09. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll*
10. Honest With Me
11. If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on guitar)
12. Highway 61 Revisited
13. Workingman's Blues #2
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man
encore
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. Forever Young

*Problems on left channel, fixed with copy of the right channel.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jun 21st, 2010 at 11:37am
He really is on a never ending tour. Coming back to the States,including Lake Tahoe. Maybe I'll finally go see his Bobness.
Fri 08/06/10    Oklahoma City, OK  Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre      
Sat 08/07/10    Kansas City, MO  Starlight Theatre      
Sun 08/08/10    Lincoln, NE  Haymarket Park      
Appearing at "Sturgis Rally"  
Tue 08/10/10   Sturgis, SD  The Legendary Buffalo Chip      
Wed 08/11/10    Billings, MT  Dehler Park      
Thu 08/12/10    Casper, WY  Mike Lansing Field      
Sat 08/14/10    Jackson, WY  Snow King Resort      
Tue 08/17/10    Park City, UT  Deer Valley Resort Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater      
Wed 08/18/10    Las Vegas, NV  Colosseum At Caesars Palace      
Thu 08/19/10    Ontario, CA  Citizens Business Bank Arena      
Sat 08/21/10    Monterey, CA  Monterey Co. Fairgrounds      
Sun 08/22/10    Stateline, NV  Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena      
Appearing at "Bumbershoot Festival"  
Sat 09/04/10   Seattle, WA  Seattle Center  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 22nd, 2010 at 10:37am
I just got my Kansas City tickets!  4th row Ronnie!!!!!   :willya

Who's gonna be there?

And who's going to Lincoln?  

Joey????

Please Please Me!!!

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 22nd, 2010 at 10:42am
>Tue 08/10/10   Sturgis, SD  The Legendary Buffalo Chip

is he booking some of these places for a laugh on account of their names?

Last night he FINALLY played the 'Espace Tony Garnier' hall in Lyon, France - which shares the same name as his bassist. He even made a wisecrack about the venue being named after him in the band intros.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 22nd, 2010 at 10:59am

Gazza wrote on Jun 22nd, 2010 at 10:42am:
>Tue 08/10/10   Sturgis, SD  The Legendary Buffalo Chip

is he booking some of these places for a laugh on account of their names?

Last night he FINALLY played the 'Espace Tony Garnier' hall in Lyon, France - which shares the same name as his bassist. He even made a wisecrack about the venue being named after him in the band intros.

 
Wisecrack ehhh?  LOL  What did Bob have to say?  Did Tony blush?  And is Tony still sitting through the shows?  Obviously I haven't been reading the reviews.....

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 22nd, 2010 at 12:02pm

Gazza wrote on Jun 22nd, 2010 at 10:42am:
>Tue 08/10/10   Sturgis, SD  The Legendary Buffalo Chip

is he booking some of these places for a laugh on account of their names?


Sturgis is the site of the largest US motorcycle rally.

The Buffalo Chip campground hosts several concerts.
It's where Steven Tyler fell off the stage last year.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 22nd, 2010 at 1:12pm

Martha wrote on Jun 22nd, 2010 at 10:59am:

Gazza wrote on Jun 22nd, 2010 at 10:42am:
>Tue 08/10/10   Sturgis, SD  The Legendary Buffalo Chip

is he booking some of these places for a laugh on account of their names?

Last night he FINALLY played the 'Espace Tony Garnier' hall in Lyon, France - which shares the same name as his bassist. He even made a wisecrack about the venue being named after him in the band intros.

 
Wisecrack ehhh?  LOL  What did Bob have to say?  Did Tony blush?  And is Tony still sitting through the shows?  Obviously I haven't been reading the reviews.....

xoxox,
Martha



Something like "And the guy we have all heard about...the place is named after him...with great honor and pleasure I introduce to you mr. Tony Garnier....[break]...he did the other buildings too!"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 23rd, 2010 at 8:45am
Thank you Gary!  

xoxoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jun 23rd, 2010 at 4:31pm
Marseille, France
Le Dome de Marseille
June 23, 2010

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2.      It Ain't Me, Babe
3.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
4.      Just Like A Woman
5.      I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
6.      High Water (For Charley Patton)
7.      Desolation Row
8.      Blind Willie McTell
9.      Honest With Me
10.      Shelter From The Storm
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      Forgetful Heart
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone
16.      Forever Young :weed :weed :weed
     
Thanks to Roberto for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 29th, 2010 at 7:24am


From Isis magazine :  http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm


28 June 2010



Rumoured 40Cd Box Set


A longer version of this report has been published in our ISIS newsletter which was mailed to subscribers last week. We seek more information on this matter for ISIS #151, the deadline for which is in approximately three weeks.



On Wednesday, 9 June 2010, on a Tampa Bay, Florida, arts page blog, John Fleming of the St. Petersburg Times said he’d recently conducted an interview with Didier Deutsch, whose name can be found on a number of Dylan album releases. The post mainly concerned various Broadway show original cast album releases. In the preamble to the interview, he mentioned that Deutsch had said that he was currently working on a 40-CD Bob Dylan box-set. On being contacted, Mr Fleming replied that Mr Deutsch had said he was working on a Bob Dylan project, right now, for Legacy Recordings - a 40-CD box-set, to comprise Dylan’s complete output, minus one album, with 2 CDs of bonus material. No other details were given, so we don’t know how Legacy counted Dylan’s Columbia albums nor what bonus material might be included. As for that “minus one album”, we assume that the phrase refers to 1973’s “Dylan” release. However, enquiries elsewhere indicate that, while this work may well be on-going, Sony has no plans to release the set. It seems the project was cancelled, in terms of an actual release, some time ago but, if Didier Deutsch is still working it, this suggests that the mastering stage, having been started, is being completed.

Presumably, this will allow Sony to stockpile the mastered albums for future use. So, if Sony’s planned a 40-CD box-set Bob Dylan has now put that on ice, what plans does it have? There are two other Dylan projects on-going at present. One is an 8-CD set of Dylan’s earliest albums in mono. The other is the next Bootleg Series release, as mentioned in ISIS # 150 (on page 9 and page 18). No release date has yet been set for either but both projects are being prepared for release around the same time, later this year. In respect of the next Bootleg Series release, rumours some time back suggested a set of non-live recordings, well-known to collectors but in better quality, but nothing has been confirmed at the time of writing (mid-June 2010) and Sony’s plans could change meanwhile. Anyone able to refute or add further details to any of the above should contact: [email protected]






Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jul 27th, 2010 at 1:35pm
A co-ordinated message from Desolation Row and ISIS:


A month ago, ISIS ended their report on the 40-CD box-set rumour as follows:

There are two other Dylan projects on-going at present. One is an 8-CD set of Dylan’s earliest albums in mono. The other is the next Bootleg Series release, as mentioned in ISIS # 150 (on page 9 and page 18). No release date has yet been set for either but both projects are being prepared for release around the same time, later this year. In respect of the next Bootleg Series release, rumours some time back suggested a set of non-live recordings, well-known to collectors but in better quality, but nothing has been confirmed at the time of writing (mid-June 2010) and Sony’s plans could change meanwhile.

It seems that this report was correct and that Sony’s plans have not changed.  

The next Bootleg Series release, Volume 9, will indeed be “a set of non-live recordings, well-known to collectors”, as stated. Although based on “The Witmark Demos”, sources say it will include some Leeds demo recordings as well.  There are said to be 47 tracks. There is no information as to the packaging for this release.

Each album in “The 8-CD set of Dylan’s earliest albums in mono” will have a paper sleeve and the set will be in a slipcase, with a booklet, including liner notes by Greil Marcus. The albums will be from “Bob Dylan” to “John Wesley Harding” and it is believed that all are being freshly mastered for this release, using first issue copies of the mono LPs for reference, in order to ensure that they get the sound to match that on the albums when they were first released. Back at that time, albums were principally mixed for mono release, with less care and attention being paid to the stereo mixes, and many collectors prefer the mono versions. None have been issued officially on CD in mono before, although mono bootleg CDs are not unknown.


The official announcement of these two box-sets is expected in mid to late August, two months ahead of their actual release - itself about two months before Christmas. This suggests when Sony hopes to gain its greatest sales but why are the two being released at the same time? Most likely Sony is trying to tempt the buyers of one set to buy the other, too, on the assumption that the two sets will be reviewed together in the press and that reviewers may well compare “early” and “final” versions of some songs across the two releases.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jul 27th, 2010 at 1:51pm
For anyone unfamiliar with the Witmark Demos & Leeds Music Demos, the track listings of the circulating recordings are as follows (These are different versions than those released on Bob's early albums and the sound quality on the circulating Witmark demos varies from near excellent to decent. Certainly an official release would be a significant upgrade in quality)

Witmark Demos (New York, NY);
[June 62]
Blowin in the Wind
[November 62]
Long Ago Far Away
[December 62]
A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall
Baby I'm in the Mood
Ballad of Hollis Brown
The Death of Emmett Till
Let Me Die in My Footsteps
Quit Your Lowdown Ways
Tomorrow is a Long Time
[late winter 63]
All Over You
Bound to Lose, Bound to Win
I'd Hate to Be You On That Dreadful Day
Talkin John Birch Society Blues
[March 63]
Don't Think Twice
Long Time Gone
Masters of War
Oxford Town
Walking Down the Line
[April 63]
Bob Dylan's Blues
Bob Dylan's Dream
Boots of Spanish Leather
I Shall be Free
[May 63]
Girl from the North Country
Hero Blues
Seven Curses
[August 63]
Ain't Gonna Grieve
Gypsy Lou
John Brown
Only a Hobo
Watcha Gonna Do
[September 63]
Times They Are a Changin
When the Ship Comes In
[December 63]
Farewell
Paths of Victory
[January 64]
Baby Let Me Follow You Down
Guess I'm Doing Fine
[June 64]
I'll Keep it With Mine
Mama You Been on My Mind (guitar)
Mama You Been on My Mind (piano)
Mr Tambourine Man

This is a large and impressive body of studio work that took place over the course of a couple of years. The purpose of these sessions was to record demos for Witmark Publishing of songs that other artists might be interested in performing. Some of these songs were later released by Dylan, but not the versions here though. The most famous of these include Blowing In the Wind, Mr. Tambourine Man, Hard Rain, etc. Others were recorded at later CBS album sessions but not released, such as Tomorrow Is a Long Time, Farewell, Seven Curses, etc. Then there are the more obscure songs: Long Ago, Far Away, Guess I'm Doing Fine, Bound To Lose, Ain't Gonna Grieve. It's easy to see why these more obscure songs remain obscure. They just weren't that good. Of the more familiar songs that appear here, I'm convinced that these sound every bit as good, if not better, than the officially released versions. Plus there are some real unusual things here, such as piano demos of Mr. Tambourine Man, When the Ship Comes In, Mama You Been On My Mind, and The Times They Are A-Changin', among others. - http://www.punkhart.com/dylan/tapes/62-witmark.html

Leeds Music Demos, New York, Nov 1961* & February 1962

01: Hard Times In New York Town
02: Poor Boy Blues
03: Ballad For A Friend
04: Rambling Gambling Willie
05: Man On The Street
06: Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
07: Standing On The Highway
08: He Was A Friend of Mine *
09: Man On The Street *





Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Jul 27th, 2010 at 2:24pm
good news - but not for my wallet

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 5th, 2010 at 8:25am
The Summer Tour begins!

I will be seeing Bob Saturday and Sunday!  Johnny too!  Anyone gonna be in Kansas City or Lincoln?

xoxoxoxox,
Martha

Austin, Texas
The Backyard
August 4, 2010

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay
3.      Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on guitar)
4.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on guitar)
5.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on guitar, Ivan Neville on keyboard)
6.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on guitar)
7.      Rollin' And Tumblin'
8.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven
9.      Cold Irons Bound
10.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Ivan Neville on keyboard)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      Can't Wait
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone
16.      All Along The Watchtower
     
Thanks to Jim Thompson and Tom Palaima for the emails


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Honky Tonk Man on Aug 13th, 2010 at 3:30pm
The setlist for this recent festival appearance has seemingly not yet been posted


Sat 3rd July: The Hop Farm Festival, Kent, England, UK

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Just Like A Woman
Honest With Me
Simple Twist Of Fate
High Water (For Charlie Patton)
Blind Willie McTell
Highway 61 Revisited
Workingman's Blues #2
Thunder On The Mountain
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
Forever Young

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Aug 15th, 2010 at 6:58am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=317576

BOB DYLAN 2010-08-07 Starlight Theatre Kansas City MO sullylove
Info hash      16c28fee110c1db18d23abced16dc2bd7adaabfd
Description      HEADING OUT TO WEST COAST
HERE IS ONE FROM THE START OF TOUR
I NEED SOME GOOD KARMA SO HERE IT IS...
I HOPE BY GIVING BACK ...
PEOPLE WILL BE QUIET AROUND ME!


Bob Dylan

Starlight Theatre
Kansas City, Missouri
August 7th, 2010

1. Watching The River Flow
2. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
3. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
4. My Wife's Home Town
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Just Like A Woman (B
7. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
8. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carrol
9. Cry A While
10. Workingman's Blues #2
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. I Feel A Change Comin' On
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

Encores
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower


I think about 18th Row 1 Seat off Dead Center

GREAT SOUNDING RECORDING!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 16th, 2010 at 11:39am
I'm going to see my first ever Dylan show sunday in Lake Tahoe. Not the biggest Bob fan in the world.... But at least the weather should be nice. :areyoufuckingserious

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 16th, 2010 at 12:31pm
I hope you have great seats!  Bob was GREAT at the same venue last year on this very day.  He played Heartbreak Hotel for us.  EnJOY your show!

And....


Dylan to unveil new paintings in Denmark
2 hrs 4 mins ago

COPENHAGEN (AFP) – American music legend Bob Dylan, who has turned to painting in his later years, will unveil a new set of works in Copenhagen next month, the National Gallery of Denmark announced Monday.

Some 40 acrylic paintings and eight drawings from Dylan's "Brazil Series" created especially for Denmark's largest museum, also known as the Statens Museum for Kunst, will go on display from September 4 to January 30.

"It was an honor to be asked and a thrilling challenge," said the 68-year-old folk music icon better known for his songs such as "Mr Tambourine Man" and "Blowin' in the Wind".
"I chose Brazil as a subject because I have been there many times and I like the atmosphere," Dylan said in a statement published by the museum.

His new paintings "show the scenes from daily life in the cities, the slums and the countryside in Brazil where Bob Dylan has been several times," the museum's curator and director, Kaspar Monrad told AFP.
The collection includes depictions of wine growers, gypsies, politicians, gamblers and gangsters, "underlying the artist's fascination for the diversity of this country," Monrad added.
Dylan's style was "inspired by American realism from the start of the 20th century and deep affinity with painters... such as Matisse in the 1920s," the curator said.

It was the Danish museum that contacted Dylan's agent at the end of 2008 to invite him to paint a new set of works for the gallery, which Dylan worked on between 2009 and the first half of this year.
"I've been to the National Gallery of Denmark and it definitely is an impressive art museum. It was more than a little surprising when I was asked to create works specifically for this museum," Dylan said.
Dylan displayed his last canvas collection "Drawn Blank Series" in Germany in 2007 and in Britain in 2008.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 16th, 2010 at 1:54pm
Thanks Martha. Yes,that's a great place to see a show and I've waited to long to go see him. So it's time. :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 16th, 2010 at 4:43pm
Bob is in his prime.  The song and dance man.  I've never seen him do what he's been doing.  All coming together since Charlie rejoined.  He's gonna croon for ya'!   :weed :weed :weed

Thanks for the Kansas City link MRD8!  That show was stunning.  

xoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 17th, 2010 at 8:05am
A new 'special' show is likely to happen at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco - on August 25th.

http://www.bobdylan.com/#/news

Details still a bit sketchy, but apparently it has a $60 ticket price (general admission), tickets supposedly go on sale on the day of the gig and there are rumoured to be 'special guests'.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 18th, 2010 at 12:41pm
"special guests"?  

Like who???  

I hope it's........ ME!  LOL

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 19th, 2010 at 2:35am
sounds very interesting!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 19th, 2010 at 6:39am
http://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com/eventdetail.php?id=28923

Goldenvoice presents

Bob Dylan with His Band

Date: Wed, Aug 25, 2010
Showtime: 8:00 PM
Days until show: 6
Doors open: 5:30 PM
Ages: All Ages
On sale: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 05PM
Ticket Prices*: $60-Cash Only

Event Details:
All tickets are general admission and will be available at The Warfield box office on the day of the show only.   No advance tickets will be available anywhere for this performance.  Admission to the show is $60 cash.  No credit cards or checks will be accepted.  


The box office and the doors will open at 5:30 pm on August 25th with show time at 8 pm.  Ticketholders will enter the venue immediately at the time of purchase, one ticket per customer.  Line-ups will begin no earlier than noon on day of performance.



Goldenvoice Vice President of Booking, David Lefkowitz said, "Given the state of touring and how fees have escalated, it was a real breath of fresh air to do something very consumer oriented by eliminating all ticketing charges, it's almost a throwback to another time. It's been almost twenty years since Bob Dylan played The Warfield and in my opinion, he is an Artist that needs no big promotions or hoopla.  He comes, he plays, and it's an incredible experience."

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 19th, 2010 at 4:27pm
"He comes, he plays, and it's an incredible experience."   :weed :weed :weed

The Warfield - maximum capacity 2400
Banquet capacity: 400.
Reception capacity: 1500.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 19th, 2010 at 4:37pm

Martha wrote on Aug 19th, 2010 at 4:27pm:
"He comes, he plays, and it's an incredible experience."   :weed :weed :weed

The Warfield - maximum capacity 2400
Banquet capacity: 400.
Reception capacity: 1500.



wish i could go, the warfield is one of the coolest places to see a show. i predict neil young, bob weird........

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 19th, 2010 at 4:41pm
Darn mojoman!  I was hoping you had posted to say that you could go!  :-)  

Those are some good guesses.  

So far I am drawing a blank.

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 19th, 2010 at 4:44pm

Martha wrote on Aug 19th, 2010 at 4:41pm:
Darn mojoman!  I was hoping you had posted to say that you could go!  :-)  

Those are some good guesses.  

So far I am drawing a blank.

xoxoxo,
Martha



i wish i wish, love that city by the bay and miss the comradery of my fellow junkies and wino's on market street. maybe the olde belfast cowboy could show(or not)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 19th, 2010 at 6:15pm
I hope someone I know is going, for a full report!   :willya

I am getting giddy, just like Joey! :weed :weed :weed

What will the set-list be?

Are any of the Stones in town?

Ooolala!

xoxoxoxo,
MM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 20th, 2010 at 7:23am

Martha wrote on Aug 19th, 2010 at 6:15pm:
I hope someone I know is going, for a full report!   :willya

I am getting giddy, just like Joey! :weed :weed :weed

What will the set-list be?

Are any of the Stones in town?

Ooolala!

xoxoxoxo,
MM



Well, the only one who'd normally be likely to make an appearance :aimama is playing in England at present.

Martha - I thought YOUR need to see Bob was off the deep end, but a friend of mine, John Hume (who has published several books of photos taken at Dylan shows and has an endless supply of hilarious tales of his experiences) takes the biscuit, I think.

Was out for a couple of drinks with him yesterday - I'd asked him a couple of weeks ago how many Dylan shows he'd seen. He gave me a list yesterday - 340 since his first one at Earls Court in 1978, followed by the 8 UK dates in 1981 and then several per tour since '84. He's seen something like 305 on the Never Ending Tour alone,  and even though he's always lived in Belfast, England or Italy, hes managed to catch Bob in concert in North America 81 times (not since 2005, though). I think he's seen him in something like 45 countries, including shows as far away as Japan.

I think one of his 'proudest' claims is that he's actually been bootlegged by Bob Dylan.

One of his photos was selected by Bob - without his permission - for a US tour poster around 2003.  So he phoned Jeff Rosen, Dylan's manager, to see if he could get a payment for the use of his photo. Rosen thought for a minute and then told him 'well, you never had permission to TAKE the photos to begin with!"   :solongsucker

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 20th, 2010 at 8:24am
Off the deep end?!!!  Me!?  LOL  Ok, I may very well be when it comes to Bob.  But I just hit a meager 58 shows with the Lincoln gig.  I may go nuts when the fall tour is announced depending on what he does.  

Please play the east coast Bob!

I love your friend's story.  No dice ehhh?!  lol, Doesn't surprise me.   :blankfriggingstare1

Isn't any member of this board going to see Bob at the Warfield?  

Can't we MAKE someone go, Gazza?  :areyoufuckingserious

xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 20th, 2010 at 10:34pm

Martha wrote on Aug 20th, 2010 at 8:24am:
Off the deep end?!!!  Me!?  LOL  Ok, I may very well be when it comes to Bob.  But I just hit a meager 58 shows with the Lincoln gig.  I may go nuts when the fall tour is announced depending on what he does.  

Please play the east coast Bob!

I love your friend's story.  No dice ehhh?!  lol, Doesn't surprise me.   :blankfriggingstare1

Isn't any member of this board going to see Bob at the Warfield?  

Can't we MAKE someone go, Gazza?  :areyoufuckingserious

xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Well I might be the closet Martha. But as I said earlier I'm already going to the Lake Tahoe show. I'm cedrtainly nowhere near the Dylan fan you are. But I can't quite understand the hoopla ove this Warfield show. Yes the Warfield is an absolutely beautiful theatre and a great place to see a show. But Bob has done about 5-6 northern california shows in the last 2 years. Other than the novelty of the ticket selling process and the rumoured special guests(which almost never turns out to happen). I don't get the big deaL.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Aug 21st, 2010 at 6:50am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=318487

Bob Dylan
2010-08-19
Citizens Business Bank Arena
Ontario, California
USA


Recorded By: Robert Mullen (lvrwm)

Equipment/Lineage: Audience/SP-CMC-25 mics (Croakies)>SP-SPSB-2(Battery
Boost Box)>Sony PCM-M10>CD Wave Editor>Traders Little Helper flac level 8.

Recorder Settings: PCM-M10 at 44.1 kHz/16 bit, low mic sensitivity, manual
record, limiter on, mic power off, low cut filter off, speed control off.

Comments:

The last time I was at a BD concert was in 1988, so I was excited about this
show. We were located in section 116 row D (stage right about 60-80' from the
stage, four rows off the floor). Mics aimed at the stage right speaker stacks,
resulted in a solid recording. Well I really enjoyed the show, and the crowd
around us was really well behaved. Enjoy!


Please: Convert to lossy format only for personal use.
Please: Do Not Buy or Sell This Recording.
Please: Trade Freely, Keeping The Recorder And Lineage Information Intact
Please: Relax and Enjoy!


Tracklist:

01 Introduction
02 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
03 Love Minus Zero-No Limit
04 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
05 Just Like A Woman
06 Rollin' And Tumblin'
07 Tangled Up In Blue
08 High Water
09 Love Sick
10 Highway 61 Revisited
11 Workingman's Blues #2
12 Thunder On The Mountain
13 Ballad Of A Thin Man

14 crowd during encore break

Encores:

15 Like A Rolling Stone
16 band Introductions by Bob
17 All Along The Watchtower


Band Members:

Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Aug 21st, 2010 at 7:40am
Have any of you heard of the movie, My Own Love Song, which stars Rene Zellwiger, Forrest Whitaker and Nick Nolte?
My Own Love Song is a 2010 American/French road movie directed and written by Olivier Dahan and starring Renée Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima and Nick Nolte. It premiered in Dahan's native France on April 7, 2010[1] and will premiere in the United States at the Tribeca Film Festival between April 21 to May 2, 2010.[2]

The soundtrack contains music written by Bob Dylan[1], including "Life is Hard" from his 2009 album Together Through Life. I think there might be a couple of songs Bob wrote for the movie...I downloaded it off of Demonoid a couple of days ago...will watch it over the weekend.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gimme Shelter on Aug 21st, 2010 at 10:59am
I'll be seeing BD next Friday here in Bend, Oregon. :areyoufuckingserious

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 23rd, 2010 at 9:46am

MRD8 wrote on Aug 21st, 2010 at 7:40am:
Have any of you heard of the movie, My Own Love Song, which stars Rene Zellwiger, Forrest Whitaker and Nick Nolte?
My Own Love Song is a 2010 American/French road movie directed and written by Olivier Dahan and starring Renée Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima and Nick Nolte. It premiered in Dahan's native France on April 7, 2010[1] and will premiere in the United States at the Tribeca Film Festival between April 21 to May 2, 2010.[2]

The soundtrack contains music written by Bob Dylan[1], including "Life is Hard" from his 2009 album Together Through Life. I think there might be a couple of songs Bob wrote for the movie...I downloaded it off of Demonoid a couple of days ago...will watch it over the weekend.



Did you get to watch?  ;-)

I am looking forward to listening to this movie!  lol

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 23rd, 2010 at 9:53am
It's a big deal due to several factors (IMHO) the Warfield's history is particularly interesting to Bob (his people have been there...ie Vaudeville, Jolson, etc.), he is breaking the rules by not going through a ticket broker and also having us pay the old-fashioned way, cash only, and to have to be there to get in only hours before the show, well, no one does that anymore so it is very exciting.  He may be his own "special" guest, and I wouldn't care one wit if that happened.  Bob is the coolest guy on earth, and he's at another endless peak in his career.  I'd go if I could!

Does Robert Hunter live there?  Maybe he is coming to the show.

BTW, Has anyone read the Johnny interview in the latest RS mag?  He talks about Bob-aloo, as he likes to call him.  It is a HOOT!  Those two are peas in a pod.  No wonder they appeal to me so deeply.  Johnny says Bob a Hillbilly!  ROTFLMAO!  Great little read.

Now WHO is going to stand in line for the Warfield gig!  Wednesday is almost here!!!!!

peace n love,
Martha Mellencamp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 23rd, 2010 at 10:05am

MRD8 wrote on Aug 21st, 2010 at 7:40am:
Have any of you heard of the movie, My Own Love Song, which stars Rene Zellwiger, Forrest Whitaker and Nick Nolte?
My Own Love Song is a 2010 American/French road movie directed and written by Olivier Dahan and starring Renée Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima and Nick Nolte. It premiered in Dahan's native France on April 7, 2010[1] and will premiere in the United States at the Tribeca Film Festival between April 21 to May 2, 2010.[2]

The soundtrack contains music written by Bob Dylan[1], including "Life is Hard" from his 2009 album Together Through Life. I think there might be a couple of songs Bob wrote for the movie...I downloaded it off of Demonoid a couple of days ago...will watch it over the weekend.



I mentioned it a few pages back -

http://rocksoff.org/messageboard/YaBB.pl?num=1210995293/1600

thanks for the reminder had forgotten about it.

Was a soundtrack ever released? I presume its not out yet, which is a bit odd. Havent seen any further mention of it.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 24th, 2010 at 2:34am
http://www.nme.com/news/bob-dylan/52633

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Aug 24th, 2010 at 3:50am
My Own Love Song is one of THE best movies I've watched this year, and I watch a LOT!:) Forrest Whitaker will win a best supporting actor Oscar for his work here---WORD! And the use of Dylan's music is beautiful too..just a fine production that I doubt many people will ever see.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 24th, 2010 at 9:41am

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Bob Dylan's The Witmark Demos Set for October 19 Release Along With First Re-Release of the Original Mono Recordings

Forty-Seven Original Demos Recorded For Dylan's Early Music Publishers Highlight First New Volume In Famed Bootleg Series Since 2008

Artist's First Eight Groundbreaking Albums Available In Limited Edition Box Set of Newly Mastered Mono Versions

Available For First Time On Compact Disc and 180-Gram Vinyl


NEW YORK, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records will release Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos on Tuesday, October 19th, in conjunction with Columbia/Legacy's release of the artist's first eight long-playing albums in a box set titled Bob Dylan – The Original Mono Recordings.  Both sets have been long sought-after by collectors and fans worldwide, with The Witmark Demos seeing their first commercial release nearly five decades after they were first recorded, and The Original Mono Recordings returning to the marketplace for the first time ever on Compact Disc, as well as on fully analogue 180-gram vinyl.  Both The Bootleg Series Volume 9 - The Witmark Demos and Bob Dylan - The Original Mono Recordings are available for pre-order now at www.SonyMusicDigital.com/bobdylan and www.amazon.com.

The Witmark Demos features 47 Bob Dylan songs recorded by the artist – accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, harmonica and occasionally piano – for his first music publisher, Leeds Music, in January 1962, and for his second publisher, M. Witmark & Sons, between 1962 and 1964.  Listening to these recordings, one can trace Dylan's dramatic growth as a songwriter from early traditionally-styled songs like "Man On The Street" and "Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie" through the social commentary of "Blowin' In The Wind, "The Times They Are A Changin'" and "Masters Of War", and the groundbreaking lyrical genius of "Mr. Tambourine Man."  All of these songs, and all the others on The Witmark Demos, were written – and their subsequent demos recorded – before Bob Dylan turned 24 years old.

Among the many gems found on The Witmark Demos are 15 Bob Dylan songs that were recorded by the artist only for these sessions, and which have never been officially released to the public until now.  These include the plaintive "Ballad For A Friend," the civil rights era-inspired "Long Ago, Far Away" and "The Death Of Emmett Till," and the poignant "Guess I'm Doing Fine."

While many of these early songs on The Witmark Demos found their way onto Bob Dylan's own albums, much of the world's first exposure to them was through their recordings by others, including Peter, Paul and Mary and Stevie Wonder ("Blowin' In The Wind"), Judy Collins ("Tomorrow Is A Long Time") and The Byrds ("Mr Tambourine Man").  It's a testament to the lasting cultural impact of these songs that they have been covered by more than a thousand artists in the nearly fifty years since these demos were created.  

The Witmark Demos also features a deluxe booklet featuring in-depth liner notes by noted music historian Colin Escott, as well as rare photographs of Bob Dylan captured during the same period as these early recordings.

The Original Mono Recordings is comprised of Bob Dylan's first eight long-playing albums, painstakingly reproduced from their first generation monaural mixes as the artist intended them to be heard:  One channel of powerful sound, both direct and immediate.  While stereo recordings had been available as early as the mid-1950s, mono was still the predominant – and often preferred – mode of recording and mixing by the top artists of the 1960s.  As a result, artists like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan devoted their attention to the mono mixes, leaving the stereo mixing process to studio engineers.

The Original Mono Recordings are accompanied by a deluxe booklet, featuring vintage photographs of Bob Dylan and an expansive essay from renowned author and critic – and longtime Dylan aficionado – Greil Marcus.  Each disc in the set comes in its own individual jacket which faithfully replicates the original album artwork, complete with labels and stickers that were found on the original 1960s releases.

These eight albums – spanning the artist's self-titled debut in March 1962, through John Wesley Harding released on December 27, 1967 – are universally regarded as some of the most important works in the history of recorded music.  Together with The Witmark Demos, they provide the public with a wide-ranging view of Bob Dylan's work during the 1960s, and chronicle his amazing evolution from fledgling songwriter to one of the world's most inventive and singular recording artists.

The complete track listing of The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos is as follows:

Disc 1:

  1. Man On The Street (Fragment)
  2. Hard Times In New York Town
  3. Poor Boy Blues
  4. Ballad For A Friend
  5. Rambling, Gambling Willie
  6. Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
  7. Standing On The Highway
  8. Man On The Street
  9. Blowin' In The Wind
 10. Long Ago, Far Away
 11. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
 12. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
 13. The Death of Emmett Till
 14. Let Me Die In My Footsteps
 15. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
 16. Quit Your Low Down Ways
 17. Baby, I'm In The Mood For You
 18. Bound To Lose, Bound To Win
 19. All Over You
 20. I'd Hate To Be You On That Dreadful Day
 21. Long Time Gone
 22. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
 23. Masters Of War
 24. Oxford Town
 25. Farewell


Disc 2

  1. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  2. Walkin' Down The Line
  3. I Shall Be Free
  4. Bob Dylan's Blues
  5. Bob Dylan's Dream
  6. Boots Of Spanish Leather
  7. Walls of Red Wing
  8. Girl From The North Country
  9. Seven Curses
 10. Hero Blues
 11. Whatcha Gonna Do?
 12. Gypsy Lou
 13. Ain't Gonna Grieve
 14. John Brown
 15. Only A Hobo
 16. When The Ship Comes In
 17. The Times They Are A-Changin'
 18. Paths Of Victory
 19. Guess I'm Doing Fine
 20. Baby Let Me Follow You Down
 21. Mama, You Been On My Mind
 22. Mr. Tambourine Man
 23. I'll Keep It With Mine


The eight albums in The Complete Mono Recordings are as follows:

   * Bob Dylan – 1962
   * The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan – 1963
   * The Times They Are A-Changin' – 1964
   * Another Side Of Bob Dylan – 1964
   * Bringing It All Back Home – 1965
   * Highway 61 Revisited – 1965
   * Blonde on Blonde – 1966
   * John Wesley Harding – 1967


SOURCE Columbia/Legacy Recordings

PR Newswire

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 24th, 2010 at 10:27am
Maybe I'm missin' somethin' here, but on two occasions in that article, it mentions that the 2-CD set contains 47 songs - but the track listing mentions 48.

The list I gave on the previous page of whats in circulation has 49  :   40 Witmark demos and 9 Leeds Music demos.

Anyway, no matter, Bring it on!  :booze

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 24th, 2010 at 2:14pm
"Bring it on" indeed!  I like the way you think G! ;-)

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo,
Maaaaaartha!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 24th, 2010 at 2:30pm
how much is this treasure trove going to set me back?  :wtf3

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 24th, 2010 at 2:35pm

MRD8 wrote on Aug 24th, 2010 at 3:50am:
My Own Love Song is one of THE best movies I've watched this year, and I watch a LOT!:) Forrest Whitaker will win a best supporting actor Oscar for his work here---WORD! And the use of Dylan's music is beautiful too..just a fine production that I doubt many people will ever see.



I will see it somehow someway!!!!  Thanks for the review darlin'!  

xoxoxoxoxoxox,
Martha

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Post by Martha on Aug 24th, 2010 at 2:37pm

Ade wrote on Aug 24th, 2010 at 2:30pm:
how much is this treasure trove going to set me back?  :wtf3


A few bucks depending...they have 6 choices at .com  

I want!!!!

xoxoxo

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Post by Ade on Aug 24th, 2010 at 3:33pm
thanks Martha  :willya

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Post by Martha on Aug 24th, 2010 at 3:37pm
Peace to you Ade! xoxo

I want extra t-shirts so I am gonna hafta buy more than one pkg!  

I am a Bob t-shirt junkie and there is no help for this. ;-)

Any rumors on the show tomorrow?  I am still trying to find someone who plans to go.

xoxox,
Martha

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Post by Martha on Aug 24th, 2010 at 3:46pm
Ok, here's a guess.  Maybe my Johnny will be one of Bob-aloo's special guests.  Johnny has a great band, they could bring Miriam in for a song or two.  And Johnny has an accordion player in his band.....hum.  

T-Bone guested with Johnny last summer in CA, and he's friends with Bob.  Maybe he'll show up.

Bob could also play his own "special guest" as one of his many selves.....;-)  

I can't wait to see what he does.

BTW, There's 2 great shots of Bob in the latest RS.  He's wearing the famous buckle jacket, G.  Check it out!

xoxox,
Martha

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Post by left shoe shuffle on Aug 24th, 2010 at 3:53pm

'My Own Love Song' Can be viewed online here.


As for possible guests at The Warfield,  Messrs. Lesh, Weir and Young live in the Bay Area, and have been know to cover a Dylan song or ten.

In truth, besides Jack Frost, I doubt there'll be any...

Apparently The Warfield's initial web announcement about the date said simply "A Very Special Guest", and it was subsequently confirmed to be Dylan.

 

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Post by Gazza on Aug 24th, 2010 at 4:35pm

Ade wrote on Aug 24th, 2010 at 2:30pm:
how much is this treasure trove going to set me back?  :wtf3



The Mono box is £75 on amazon.co.uk - which aint too bad for an 8-CD box.

The variations on Dylan's official store are, as per usual, US only.  >:(

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Post by Gazza on Aug 24th, 2010 at 4:37pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Aug 24th, 2010 at 3:53pm:
'My Own Love Song' Can be viewed online here.


As for possible guests at The Warfield,  Messrs. Lesh, Weir and Young live in the Bay Area, and have been know to cover a Dylan song or ten.

In truth, besides Jack Frost, I doubt there'll be any...

 


I agree. These things tend to be built up to be something they're not. A bit like the London roundhouse gig last year on the eve of the release of 'Together Through Life' - which was no doubt a nice experience for the Sony hangers-on who got tickets but a bit less so for the hardcore fans who were expecting live premieres of a few of the new songs. They didnt get a single one.

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Post by Gazza on Aug 24th, 2010 at 6:24pm
This little gem - which has been around on bootleg for years - got an official (and cheap) release in the UK last week on Left Field Media. (it gets a legit release because it features a live radio broadcast originating in the US pre-1992).

Worth picking up for anyone who hasnt heard it. An at times hilarious interview with Cynthia Gooding (with an absolutely full-of-shit Dylan coming out with ridiculous tall tales about his background, such as him working for years with a carnival) and some cracking performances.




Bob Dylan - Folk Singer's Choice


Cynthia Gooding, a traditional folk singer, is best known for her time as a presenter on WBAI radio, hosting two shows, “Cynthia and Sensible” and “Folksinger’s Choice”, on which she interviewed Bob Dylan in 1962.
Gooding was the ideal person to put the often reticent Bob Dylan at ease. She was a willing listener and was able to engage Dylan through her considerable knowledge of folk music. She had met Dylan on several occasions previously, going back to 1959 when he attended a party after one of Gooding’s Minneapolis gigs. As often happened at these get-togethers, a guitar was passed around and Gooding was apparently suitably impressed and charmed by young Mr Dylan’s performance.
Although Gooding says in her Folksinger’s Choice interview that Dylan “is one of the quickest rises in folk music”, at the time this show was broadcast, probably on March 11, 1962, Dylan was still pretty much an unknown. His first album had not yet been released and he had only just begun writing his own songs. Also, Dylan was still reinventing his own fanciful past. A past that would supposedly include skipping school and working in a carnival for about six years when in actual fact, Dylan graduated from Hibbing High in June 1959 and, if he did work in a carnival at all, which is highly unlikely, it would have been more like six days than six years! However, far from spoiling the show, these tall tales only go to enhance one of the best early recordings we have of Bob Dylan.
The show, which is interspersed with chat between Gooding and Dylan, futures 11 songs, three of them newly minted early Dylan originals. Folksinger’s Choice contains the only known Dylan performances of ‘Smokestack Lightning’, ‘Hard Travelin’’ and ‘Roll On, John’ and features the first known outings of ‘The Death Of Emmett Till’ and ‘Standing On The Highway’. ‘Folksinger’s Choice’ is therefore an incredibly important early document.


Tracklist

 1.  (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (Hank Williams / Jimmy Davies)
 2.  Fixin’ To Die (Bukka White)
 3.  Smokestack Lightning (Burnett)
 4.  Hard Travelin’ (Woody Guthrie)
 5.  The Death Of Emmett Till (Dylan)
 6.  Standing On The Highway (Dylan)
 7.  Roll On, John (trad., arr. Bob Dylan)
 8.  Stealin’, Stealin’ (trad., arr. Memphis Jug Band)
 9.  Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad (trad.)
10.  Baby Please Don’t Go (Big Joe Williams)
11.  Hard Times In New York Town (Dylan)


http://www.chromedreams.co.uk/bob-dylan---folk-singers-choice-733-p.asp

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 24th, 2010 at 8:46pm
Thanks Gary!

xoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 25th, 2010 at 2:04pm
BINGO!  Al and Susan are hitting the Warfield gig today (line forming now!0 so I have an insider to get the full report from!!!!
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 25th, 2010 at 2:29pm
Ok.  Just talked to Al.  He said the line started forming a good 2 hours earlier than noon.  Al and Susan are about 20 people in.  The security is there and keeping an eye on the line and nothing more is happening at the moment.  I know Bob will be peeking to see how it looks at some point today.  He's too nosy not to check it out!  lol

xoxoxo,
Martha, on the Beat

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Post by Martha on Aug 25th, 2010 at 9:39pm
Aug 25, 2010 5:03 pm US/Pacific
Fans Line Up To See Bob Dylan SF Show
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS) ―

Bob Dylan is continuing his tour throughout the Bay Area Wednesday night, playing a small show at the Warfield in San Francisco.

But there is a catch. All tickets are general admission and will be made available at the box office starting at 5:30 p.m. The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.

Admission to the show is $60, cash only and ticket holders will have to enter the venue immediately at the time of purchase.

Those in line are also limited to one ticket per customer.

Goldenvoice, the promoter for the concert, said Dylan's people came to them with the idea and they thought it was worth trying out.

Dylan made his long-awaited return to the Monterey Fairgrounds on Saturday, was in Lake Tahoe on Sunday and played a sold out show at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Tuesday night.

The 70-year-old rock icon will be playing at the Warfield for the first time in nearly two decades.
(© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

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Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 26th, 2010 at 11:36am

Sixties rock hero's attempt to shake up concert industry ticketing policies fizzles


Aidin Vaziri

Maybe next time they should use bigger letters
So how did Bob Dylan's great "ticketless" concert experiment go at the Warfield? You know, the one where the 70-year-old rock and roll veteran asked his fans to line up outside the venue for a few hours with $60 cash in hand to get inside -- eschewing extra fees, printer errors and scalper markups?

Just okay!

There was a substantial line outside the Warfield beginning Wednesday at noon -- abetted by the swarming local news vans -- but by the time the show kicked off a little after 8 p.m. the 2,250 capacity room was visibly undersold.

"I think it was not what everybody had hoped for but it was an experiment worth trying," said Goldenvoice Vice President David Lefkowitz. "The attention and buzz we created within the industry made it worth doing. But I think it just proves people are very used of the convenience of sitting at home and buying their tickets on a computer."

By comparison, much pricier tickets for Dylan's concert the night before at the Fox Theater in Oakland sold out within an hour, fees and all.

Lefkowitz thinks a few factors worked against the "ticketless" model, which admitted concert-goers on a first come first served basis.



Aidin Vaziri

Bob Dylan at the Warfield. He kept ignoring my requests for 'Mrs. Robinson.'
"Some people may have been intimidated by the line," he said. "Some people maybe didn't like the idea of leaving home without a ticket; the uncertainty. Most of his fans probably have jobs so to get here before 6 or 7 p.m. was probably a stretch. It was challenging."

The idea came directly from Dylan, maybe as a nod to the old school way of doing things. But in the end it might just make everyone stop complaining about those oh-so-modern convenience charges that sometimes make a ticket cost double its face price.

Would Goldenvoice give the whole thing another shot; maybe with an artist who has a more fervent, foolhardy following?

"I would do it again given the right circumstances," said Lefkowitz. "Yeah, definitely."



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/culture/detail?entry_id=70917#ixzz0xjMHQrum

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nellcote on Aug 26th, 2010 at 11:41am
Sad to say, but IMO the "right" circumstances would be more of a surprise gig than one planned such as this.
Say The Stones decided to play the Warfield for tomorrow night-sell out like hotcakes.
This is what venue sales should be left for-surprise events.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 26th, 2010 at 11:47am

Nellcote wrote on Aug 26th, 2010 at 11:41am:
Sad to say, but IMO the "right" circumstances would be more of a surprise gig than one planned such as this.
Say The Stones decided to play the Warfield for tomorrow night-sell out like hotcakes.
This is what venue sales should be left for-surprise events.

I would agree Nellie. I hardly think it speaks to people's willingness to pay service charges. Plus this writer for the SF Chronicle is a bit of a tool anyway.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Nellcote on Aug 26th, 2010 at 11:54am

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Aug 26th, 2010 at 11:47am:

Nellcote wrote on Aug 26th, 2010 at 11:41am:
Sad to say, but IMO the "right" circumstances would be more of a surprise gig than one planned such as this.
Say The Stones decided to play the Warfield for tomorrow night-sell out like hotcakes.
This is what venue sales should be left for-surprise events.

I would agree Nellie. I hardly think it speaks to people's willingness to pay service charges. Plus this writer for the SF Chronicle is a bit of a tool anyway.

Reading the article, it does seem he has issues.

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Post by mojoman on Aug 26th, 2010 at 12:10pm
DID EVERYBODY GET STONED?

:smoking

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 27th, 2010 at 2:02pm
I haven't had the chance to talk to Al yet.  I want the insider's viewpoint.  Not sold out?  I wondered about that.  The worst part for me would be the long wait in line.  I am too ill to do that for any band.  I don't have the stamina....and I have back pain.  I wouldn't make it.  I hope Bob doesn't decide to do this sort of thing for his Fall leg.  I would be shite out of luck.

The set was nice:

San Francisco, California
Warfield Theater
August 25, 2010

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard then guitar)
2.      Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
3.      Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on guitar, Donnie on lap steel)
4.      Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
6.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
7.      High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
8.      Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
9.      Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard then center stage - no harp, picked up guitar at end but did not play it,
Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
10.      My Wife's Home Town :weed :weed :weed (Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
12.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
15.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
     
Thanks to Ed & Michelle, Susan & Al  :weedand Jayne Watson for the phone calls and Peter Stone Brown and Geoff Glickman for the emails


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, viola, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

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Post by Martha on Aug 27th, 2010 at 2:43pm
Bob Dylan's 'ticketless' Warfield Theatre show not a sell-out but deemed a success :willya
Thu, Aug 26th 2010 4:56 pm EDT
By Alfred Branch Jr.


Folk-rock legend Bob Dylan, no stranger to experimenting with how tickets are sold to his shows, held a concert at The Warfield Theatre in San Francisco last night, August 25, where fans paid an admission fee at the door, in cash, eschewing advanced ticket sales in an attempt to thwart secondary market ticket sales.

The show in the 2,250-capacity theater did not sell out, according to Joan Rosenberg, director of marketing for The Warfield, but patrons did not complain about spending hours in line before the concert, which cost a flat fee of $60 per person. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the theater was "visibly undersold," but Rosenberg declined to offer specific sales data.

"That's not info that we disclose, but we had a very good crowd," she told TicketNews, adding that she believes sales were adversely affected, in part, due to a lack of heavy advertising and promotion before the concert. After paying the entrance fee, fans were given wristbands and a commemorative ticket as a souvenir.

The move was at once a return to the old-school days of concerts where people waited in line for tickets, but also a potential harbinger for how artists might consider selling tickets to some of their shows in the future. After paying the entrance fee at the box office, fans walked straight into the theater, and those fans could only pay for their own admission. Credit cards were not accepted for the show.

Prior to the concert, media outlets reported that some fans may have been nervous about standing in line for hours with cash, and no guarantee that they would get in. Rosenberg said that the theater paid an undisclosed amount for street performers to entertain the crowd while they waited in line, and in addition, the theater also rented portable toilets. Also, street vendors were in the area selling bottled water and other food and merchandise.

"We were happy with the way it turned out overall," Rosenberg said. "We think it was a worthy endeavor."

Dylan was the first artist to suggest such a system at the theater, she added, but if other artists wanted to do it the theater would do it again. The Warfield is a Ticketmaster venue, but it has not yet held a paperless ticket concert. The two-and-a-half hour show marked Dylan's first concert at The Warfield in more than 20 years.

While identification wasn't necessary to gain admission, fans could not leave after paying their way into the show, and the commemorative ticket was not used, so there was no way for people to resell anything, which completely eliminated the secondary ticket market.

"I think it would be nice to see other artists experiment with this idea," Rosenberg said. "It could help keep prices down for fans."

David Lefkowitz, vice president of concert promotions company Goldenvoice, told KGO-TV that while the move was inconvenient for some fans, people saved on service and convenience fees.

"Part of the reasoning behind this is to avoid ticketing fees and the kind of up-charges that consumers have to face. Obviously, you lose the convenience of sitting at home buying on your computer, but at the same time, it's kind of a first come first serve thing," Lefkowitz said.
:weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed :weed

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Post by Gimme Shelter on Aug 28th, 2010 at 1:33pm
Saw Bob here in Bend, Oregon last night. Show was incredible. Here is the setlist:

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. Positively 4th Street
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
4. Just Like A Woman
5. Honest With Me
6. Spirit On The Water
7. Cold Irons Bound
8. Simple Twist Of Fate
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Love Sick
11. Thunder On The Mountain
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
(encore)
13. Jolene
14. Like A Rolling Stone

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Post by Gazza on Aug 30th, 2010 at 8:28am
Glad you had fun! Even if the double headers with Mellencamp mean shorter shows.


Anyway, some more exciting news from Desolation Row and Isis on the re-releases front :

More Information on Dylan’s 2010 Releases

An article earlier this year, in ISIS # 149, about Bob Dylan’s non-appearance on the 12 May 1963 Ed Sullivan show included reference to Dylan’s performance, two days earlier, at the “1st Annual Folk Festival” at Brandeis University. Around the time ISIS went to press then, there was a rumour that a recording of this performance had been found in the Ralph Gleason archive. Meanwhile, there has been contradictory information as to whether there would be a “collectors’ edition” of the forthcoming Volume 9 in The Bootleg Series. Now it seems that this will happen and the aforementioned Brandeis performance will make up the bonus disc. Here is the track listing as provided earlier this year:

1.      Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance
2.      Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
3.      Ballad of Hollis Brown
4.      Masters of War
5.      Talkin’ World War III Blues
6.      Bob Dylan’s Dream
7.      Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues

Apparently, the opening song is cut or in some way incomplete, so it will be interesting to hear if this is how it appears on the bonus disc. “Bear Mountain” is the one song that was mentioned in a contemporary review of the concert and it always seemed an odd choice for a 1963 performance. It is now understood that this was in response to a request from the audience and we must assume that this audience member recalled the song from one of Dylan’s previous visits to the Boston area. The whole recording lasts about 40-45 minutes and, before you ask, we have neither got nor heard this recording either.

The current position seems to be that this bonus disc will not be released as an individual item, nor will be available on a widespread basis. Instead, it will be sold as part of a “Bootleg Series Volume 9” package and through just one selected retailer in any one country.  Details are not yet known.

Other news is that there will be a one volume version of “The Complete Mono Recordings”, having a selection of tracks from the 8 albums. At one time, it was thought that this would be a promo-only CD for radio stations but it is now said that it will be available through record retailers.  The thinking seems to be that it will be bought for dads and uncles at Christmas by younger relatives unwilling or unable to afford the price of the full box-set.



My Own Love Song
This film is available on DVD from amazon.fr as below. It has the original English Language version as an option.
http://www.amazon.fr/own-love-song-Annie-Parisse/dp/B003NA7GRO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1283002454&sr=1-1

No sign of this receiving a theatrical release over here, or even DVD release, unless you know to the contrary. Also, does anyone out there have any information about any CD soundtrack release?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Sep 2nd, 2010 at 6:54pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=320338

Bob Dylab
San Francisco, California
Warfield Theater

August 25, 2010

This is a SPOT recording (thanks again as ever) and the equipment used was: Core Sound High End Binaural (HEB) DPA 4061's with Edirol by Roland R-09.


Disc One

0. Introduction
1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard then guitar)
2. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob on guitar, Donnie on lap steel)
4. Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
6. Desolation Row
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
8. Man In The Long Black Coat
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on keyboard then center stage - no harp, picked up guitar at end but did not play it,
Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
10. My Wife's Home Town
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)


Disc Two

11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
12. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)
13. Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
15. Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
16. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 14th, 2010 at 2:23pm
YAY!  We are ticketed for Bob's Champaign, IL show (which falls the day before HOMECOMING and the hotels are BOOKED solid!) ROCTOBER 22nd.  Anyone going to be there?

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Prodigal Son on Sep 17th, 2010 at 8:37pm
My article reflecting on that period where Dylan seemed less than genius:

http://www.pressplus1.com/music/bob-dylan-1978-94-navigating-through-the-rough-waters-of-his-middle-years.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 24th, 2010 at 11:11am
Looks like the Fall tour is complete.  

Meggy, Bob is coming to your backyard Nov 4th.  I would LOVE to see you...............! :weed :weed :weed

Let's ROCK!

xoxoxoxoxoxox,
Marthapril

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 24th, 2010 at 5:25pm

Martha wrote on Sep 24th, 2010 at 11:11am:
Looks like the Fall tour is complete.  

Meggy, Bob is coming to your backyard Nov 4th.  I would LOVE to see you...............! :weed :weed :weed

Let's ROCK!

xoxoxoxoxoxox,
Marthapril



Yippee!!    :keithpunky :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by jeff on Sep 24th, 2010 at 10:39pm
hey MRD8, off topic yes, but did you have a great time at the neil show in hollywood? saw him in atlanta in may, hoping he would change up the setlist a little for this tour considering the new songs on the record and the new ones left off the record, but oh well. Btw, always jealous of the great shows you post, but all i got is a dell laptop and can't pull flacs outta my compute.   remember you saying neil never comes to fla but i'm glad he did, oynk!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Sep 26th, 2010 at 9:29am

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Sep 24th, 2010 at 5:25pm:

Martha wrote on Sep 24th, 2010 at 11:11am:
Looks like the Fall tour is complete.  

Meggy, Bob is coming to your backyard Nov 4th.  I would LOVE to see you...............! :weed :weed :weed

Let's ROCK!

xoxoxoxoxoxox,
Marthapril



Yippee!!    :keithpunky :willya


I want my Rolling Stones HUG from YOU!!!!!!!!  It will be GREAT to see you in Cowtown again!  

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo,
Martha Sway Sister

PS (it was 5 years ago (the 24th)that we got the Sway debut and partied with TomL)!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Sep 26th, 2010 at 3:25pm

Martha wrote on Sep 26th, 2010 at 9:29am:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Sep 24th, 2010 at 5:25pm:

Martha wrote on Sep 24th, 2010 at 11:11am:
Looks like the Fall tour is complete.  

Meggy, Bob is coming to your backyard Nov 4th.  I would LOVE to see you...............! :weed :weed :weed

Let's ROCK!

xoxoxoxoxoxox,
Marthapril



Yippee!!    :keithpunky :willya


I want my Rolling Stones HUG from YOU!!!!!!!!  It will be GREAT to see you in Cowtown again!  

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo,
Martha Sway Sister

PS (it was 5 years ago (the 24th)that we got the Sway debut and partied with TomL)!



It will be good to see ya Sway Sister

My, how time is flying!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Sep 30th, 2010 at 8:18pm
I picked up a presale ticket today for the Nov 14th show! $65.00 not a bad price, I got a GA ticket for the Monmouth College gig, a short distance from my home. Maybe Dylan is trying to attract a younger, hipper, college age crowd!

Any RO people going to this event?   ::)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Oct 4th, 2010 at 10:40pm
This should be a good show! BOB DYLAN  November 26  at THE BORGATA in AC. Best casino in town!


Ticket Pricing: $125 / $95 / $85
Tickets On Sale 10/08/10  EVENT CENTER
8:00  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Oct 5th, 2010 at 2:41am
have a great time with Bob, ladies!  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 5th, 2010 at 10:37am
Bob's ticket prices for most of the Fall tour are CHEAPER than last year!  We will be hitting 8 shows this go-round.  IL, MI IN, KY, OH!  I cannot wait to see him.

xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Oct 6th, 2010 at 10:45am
THREE NIGHT STAND ANNOUNCED FOR NYC

http://terminal5nyc.com/event/5437

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 7th, 2010 at 9:07am
October 6, 2010 11:29 AM PDT

Bob Dylan's mono recordings, 1962-1967

by Steve Guttenberg (Credit: Columbia Records)



"The Original Mono Recordings" box set features Bob Dylan's first eight albums, available on CD and in their original release format, mono LPs (and on MP3, sans box). The set runs from his first album, "Bob Dylan," released in March 1962, to "John Wesley Harding" from late December 1967. At that time most people listened to Dylan's music over mono AM radios in the car, mono portable radios, or mono home hi-fi systems. Sure, stereo Dylan LPs were simultaneously released with the monos, but it's my best guess that Dylan and his production team listened to the mono mixes in the studio. Besides, mono LPs retailed for $2.98 in the early 1960s, and stereo LPs were a buck more, so most kids bought the mono, even if they had a stereo (that would include me). "John Wesley Harding" was the last mono LP from Dylan; after that all subsequent American releases were stereo only. So unless you have original 1960s-era LPs, chances are you've never heard the mono mixes.

I spoke with reissue producer Steve Berkowitz to get more details about how the transfers were done. He assured me the 96/kHz-24-bit resolution digital masters were made from the original analog master tapes, played on vintage mono tape machines, and that the LPs were cut directly from the analog masters. I was relieved to hear that; most, no, nearly all newly recorded or remastered old analog music that comes out on LP is sourced from digital masters. "The Original Mono Recordings" on LP are pure analog discs, with no digital conversions whatsoever in the mastering process. The LPs were cut here in NYC at Sterling Sound by George Marino, a true master of the record-cutting lathe.

Berkowitz stressed the guiding principle for everyone involved, including engineer Mark Wilder and producer Jeff Rosen, was to make the new LPs sound as close to the first generation American LPs as possible. Berkowitz said, "We went back and forth comparing the new mono LPs and CDs with the original LPs. They were the 'masters' we served to replicate."

The stereo versions of Dylan's music sound fine, but as Berkowitz put it, "Up until the Beatles released "Sgt. Pepper," mono was the real production format, and stereo was an idea to comply with." I'm usually a stereo guy, but I have to admit that the single CD advance copy of "The Best of The Original Mono Recordings" convinced me, at least for Dylan, of the mono mixes' superiority. The differences aren't subtle.

The first three albums, "Bob Dylan," "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," and "The Times They Are A-Changin'" stereo mixes are the worst "offenders" in that Dylan's vocal is centered, his guitar is all the way over on the right, and harmonica on the left. The mono mixes unite the vocal, guitar and harmonica in the center, and tonally sound richer and more natural. When Dylan started working with larger groups of musicians the mono mixes are no less interesting, and I was shocked by how much better "Like A Rolling Stone," from "Highway 61 Revisited" sounded in mono. The drums, bass and guitar in the mono mix are louder, so it sounds more rock and roll in mono. "Tombstone Blues" told the same story; the stereo versions are much thinner and the stereo separation feels disjointed after you hear the mono. The mono mixes aren't all superior; I prefer the stereo version of "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"; the mono seems a little closed-in and cramped by comparison. All in all, the mono mixes are better, so chances are I'll be putting the stereo versions in retirement.

"The Original Mono Recordings" box sets of 180-gram LPs or CDs are both accompanied by a beautifully illustrated booklet, featuring vintage photographs of Dylan and an essay from my favorite living rock critic, Greil Marcus.

Columbia Records will release Bob Dylan's "The Bootleg Series Volume 9--The Witmark Demos," "Bob Dylan--The Original Mono Recordings," and the single CD "The Best of The Original Mono Recordings" on October 19. Amazon is throwing in (for free) "Bob Dylan: In Concert, Brandeis University, 1963," an extremely rare and newly discovered Bob Dylan live concert CD to customers who preorder "The Bootleg Series Vol. 9" or "The Original Mono Recordings" on CD or vinyl.

Sundazed has offered mono Dylan LPs for years, but I haven't heard them, so I can't comment on which sounds better.

I'll review the other new Dylan release, "The Bootleg Series Volume 9--The Witmark Demos," tomorrow.


Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20018581-47.html#ixzz11gKYXSX4

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 7th, 2010 at 10:59am
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Nova Southeastern University
The Arena at Don Taft University Center
October 6, 2010

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob center stage on guitar)
2.      It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)
3.      I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on guitar)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
6.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard and harp)
7.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
9.      High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
10.      Desolation Row
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Ed & Michelle and Oscar Montes for the phone calls and Doug & Rorie the email


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 7th, 2010 at 11:53am
One bloody song from his most recent album of new material - and a comparative throwaway choice at that.

Who does he think he is? The Stones?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 8th, 2010 at 10:45am

Gazza wrote on Oct 7th, 2010 at 11:53am:
One bloody song from his most recent album of new material - and a comparative throwaway choice at that.

Who does he think he is? The Stones?



LOL  Maybe!  I dig Jolene, though I know you do not.  It is a fun song....and I need all the fun I can get!  :-)

Onward!

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 8th, 2010 at 10:46am
Tampa, Florida
University Of South Florida
Sun Dome
October 7, 2010

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay
3.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
4.      Just Like A Woman
5.      Rollin' And Tumblin'
6.      Tangled Up In Blue
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8.      Simple Twist Of Fate
9.      High Water (For Charley Patton)
10.      Love Sick
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man
     
     (encore)
15.      Jolene :willya
16.      Like A Rolling Stone
17.      All Along The Watchtower
     
Thanks to Ed & Michelle and Oscar Montes for the phone calls and Bill Lakin for the email

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 8th, 2010 at 11:00am

Martha wrote on Oct 8th, 2010 at 10:45am:

Gazza wrote on Oct 7th, 2010 at 11:53am:
One bloody song from his most recent album of new material - and a comparative throwaway choice at that.

Who does he think he is? The Stones?



LOL  Maybe!  I dig Jolene, though I know you do not.  It is a fun song....and I need all the fun I can get!  :-)

Onward!

xoxoxo,
Martha


Its decent enough, but if he absolutely had to play just ONE song off that album, its pretty much close to the bottom of the list.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 8th, 2010 at 3:23pm
LOL it's not at the bottom of my list....but I don't have any bottom of a list.  I'm easy!  lol

Besides, I absolutely loooooooove to hear Bob croon "Baaaby I am the King and youuu're the Queen".  

;-)

xoxoxo

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 9th, 2010 at 9:47am
Gainesville, Florida
University of Florida
Stephen C.O'Connell Center
October 8, 2010

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard then guitar)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob center stage on harp)
3.      I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob center stage on guitar)
4.      Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
5.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on guitar, Donnie on trumpet)
6.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob center stage on harp)
7.      Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
8.      Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard and harp)
9.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
10.      Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on guitar)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard) :weed :weed :weed
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
     
Thanks to Ed & Michelle, Judd Nudelman and Oscar Montes for the phone calls and Bill Lakin for the email


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Oct 9th, 2010 at 9:56am
Another college campus gig ~ Bob is trying to capture a younger, hipper crowd!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 11th, 2010 at 10:54am
Bob is a traveling Professor of Music and Film!  Check out the reviews at Bill Pagel's website.  :-)

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Oct 23rd, 2010 at 7:09am

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2426125/8577345/

Music : Folk : Lossless
Disc: 1
1. Man On The Street (Fragment) - Leeds Demo
2. Hard Times In New York Town -Leeds Demo
3. Poor Boy Blues -Leeds Demo
4. Ballad For A Friend -Leeds Demo
5. Rambling, Gambling Willie -Leeds Demo
6. Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues- Leeds Demo
7. Standing On The Highway -Leeds Demo
8. Man On The Street -Leeds Demo
9. Blowin' In The Wind
10. Long Ago, Far Away
11. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
12. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
13. The Death of Emmett Till
14. Let Me Die In My Footsteps
15. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
16. Quit Your Low Down Ways
17. Baby, I'm In The Mood For You
18. Bound To Lose, Bound To Win
19. All Over You
20. I'd Hate To Be You On That Dreadful Day
21. Long Time Gone
22. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
23. Masters Of War
24. Oxford Town
25. Farewell
Disc: 2
1. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
2. Walkin' Down The Line
3. I Shall Be Free
4. Bob Dylan's Blues
5. Bob Dylan's Dream
6. Boots Of Spanish Leather
7. Girl From The North Country
8. Seven Curses
9. Hero Blues
10. Whatcha Gonna Do?
11. Gypsy Lou
12. Ain't Gonna Grieve
13. John Brown
14. Only A Hobo
15. When The Ship Comes In
16. The Times They Are A-Changin'
17. Paths Of Victory
18. Guess I'm Doing Fine
19. Baby Let Me Follow You Down
20. Mama, You Been On My Mind
21. Mr. Tambourine Man
22. I'll Keep It With Mine

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Oct 23rd, 2010 at 7:17am

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2425885/8577345/

     Details for Bob Dylan - The Very Best of the Original Mono Recordings (2      
Created by Ratio: 16,329,924,211.00dapperjon 2 days ago
Music : Folk : Lossless
Amazon Review

The mono sound on this disc is solidly perfect. The first 5 tracks, a sampling of Dylan's earlier, predominately acoustic work, have the perfect balance between vocals, guitar, and harmonica. The sonic balance is much better than the old harshly-panned stereo mixes.

Track number 6, Subterranean Homesick Blues, is the turning point on this disc; this is where the mono sound really kicks into high gear. Electric Dylan in mono is, well, electrifying. Like a Rolling Stone is more powerful, and Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 has a lot more punch than the stereo mix.

There are parallels between this release of Dylan's catalog and The Beatles' Mono Box Set. Both have been carefully remastered from the original mono mixes, and the resulting sound is pristine. Thankfully, neither has fallen prey to the 'Loudness Wars' like so many other 60's and 70's remasters. Dylan, like The Beatles, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and others focused predominately on the mono mixes up until the late 1960's.

To me, it's an easy pick: given the choice between hearing Dylan in regular (non-DTS) stereo and mono, I would take mono in a heartbeat. It's simply that good.

Thanks to the original uploader.

Enjoy.

01 - Song To Woody
02 - Blowin' In The Wind
03 - The Times They Are A Changin
04 - Chimes of Freedom
05 - It Ain't Me Babe
06 - Subterranean Homesick Blues
07 - Mr. Tambourine Man
08 - Like A Rolling Stone
09 - Tombstone Blues
10 - Positively 4th Street
11 - Rainy Day Women #12 & #35
12 - Just Like A Woman
13 - I Want You
14 - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
15 - All Along The Watchtower



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Oct 23rd, 2010 at 7:18am

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2426116/10292814/

Music : Folk : Lossless
1. Bob Dylan
2. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
3. The Times They Are A-Chacingin'
5. Bringing It All Back Home
6. Highway 61 Revisited
7. Blond On Blonde
8. John Wesley Harding

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 26th, 2010 at 8:26am
Early show set list from Madison:


Madison, Wisconsin
Overture Hall
early show
October 25, 2010

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on guitar, Donnie on violin)
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
3.      Things Have Changed
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
4.      Just Like A Woman
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
6.      Tangled Up In Blue
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
7.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
8.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin,
Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass, George on bongos)
9.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
10.      Not Dark Yet (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
11.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap, Stu on acoustic guitar)
12.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
13.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
14.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
15.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Sullylove and Jayne Watson for the phone calls.


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums, bongos
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Oct 26th, 2010 at 8:27am
Late Show same night!


Madison, Wisconsin
Overture Hall
late show
October 25, 2010

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
2.      Lay, Lady, Lay
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on guitar, Donnie on turmpet)
4.      Spirit On The Water
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
5.      High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
6.      Man In The Long Black Coat
(Bob center stage no harp then keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
7.      I Feel A Change Comin' On (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
8.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
9.      Visions Of Johanna
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar)
10.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
11.      Nettie Moore (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)
12.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
13.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
14.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
     
Thanks to Sullylove and Jayne Watson for the phone calls.


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - trumpet, viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Heart Of Stone on Oct 29th, 2010 at 5:03pm
From Rolling Stone a video.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/227981

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by robpop on Nov 7th, 2010 at 4:30pm
The great weekend of music continues here in Pittsburgh.  I'm off to the Dylan show.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 8th, 2010 at 10:48am
How was the show?

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Petersen Events Center
November 7, 2010

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on guitar)
3.      I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4.      Just Like A Woman
5.      Rollin' And Tumblin'
6.      Tangled Up In Blue
7.      High Water (For Charley Patton)
8.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven
9.      Summer Days
10.      Blind Willie McTell
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      Workingman's Blues #2
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man
     
     (encore)
15.      Jolene
16.      Like A Rolling Stone
     
Thanks to Jeff Myers for the phone call and Chuck Peterson for the email.


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
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Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 14th, 2010 at 2:26pm
Tonight's my night ~ soon I'll be off to Monmouth College! The ticket says 7 but the college website says start time 8, end time 11. Do you think there is an opening act?

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Post by Martha on Nov 15th, 2010 at 8:24am

Bitch wrote on Nov 14th, 2010 at 2:26pm:
Tonight's my night ~ soon I'll be off to Monmouth College! The ticket says 7 but the college website says start time 8, end time 11. Do you think there is an opening act?



Hi!  How was your show?  I hope you got there at 8.  Bob promptly takes the stage @8:05-8:08.  No opener.

What was Bob wearing?  

I hope you had a great show!

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 15th, 2010 at 8:25am
West Long Branch, New Jersey
Monmouth University
November 14, 2010

1.      Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on guitar)
3.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on guitar)
4.      Just Like A Woman
5.      The Levee's Gonna Break
6.      Tangled Up In Blue
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on guitar)
8.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
9.      Cold Irons Bound
10.      Forgetful Heart
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      Not Dark Yet
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man
     
     (encore)
15.      Jolene
16.      Like A Rolling Stone
     
Thanks to Ed & Michelle for the phone call and Scott Gilbert for the emails.



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Nov 15th, 2010 at 10:58am

Caught the Dylan show last night @ Monmouth University.

Really nice show, highlighted by a haunting 'Not Dark Yet'.
Dressed in black with the obligatory wide brimmed white hat, Dylan pecked out notes on guitar on a few tunes, but was otherwise content to add some calliope-esque keyboard fills.
Of course the harp got busted out - to BIG cheers - on a couple of occasions, most effectively on the latest reworking of 'Tangled Up In Blue'.

The NET band remains a well oiled machine, but the horsepower added by Charlie Sexton's return is a welcome one, imo.
Seems that Bob likes the extra muscle, too.

Also worth mentioning were the subtle but effective visuals. Especially liked the slightly delayed B&W overhead band shot during 'Thunder On The Mountain'.

BTW, I saw another notable Columbia recording artist in attendance...


Check out 'Not Dark Yet', courtesy of Expecting Rain.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 15th, 2010 at 12:02pm
BTW, I saw another notable Columbia recording artist in attendance...

???  Spill!

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Nov 15th, 2010 at 1:13pm

Martha wrote on Nov 15th, 2010 at 12:02pm:
BTW, I saw another notable Columbia recording artist in attendance...

???  Spill!

xoxoxo,
Martha



the boss!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 15th, 2010 at 5:52pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Nov 15th, 2010 at 10:58am:
Caught the Dylan show last night @ Monmouth University.

Really nice show, highlighted by a haunting 'Not Dark Yet'.
Dressed in black with the obligatory wide brimmed white hat, Dylan pecked out notes on guitar on a few tunes, but was otherwise content to add some calliope-esque keyboard fills.
Of course the harp got busted out - to BIG cheers - on a couple of occasions, most effectively on the latest reworking of 'Tangled Up In Blue'.

The NET band remains a well oiled machine, but the horsepower added by Charlie Sexton's return is a welcome one, imo.
Seems that Bob likes the extra muscle, too.

Also worth mentioning were the subtle but effective visuals. Especially liked the slightly delayed B&W overhead band shot during 'Thunder On The Mountain'.

BTW, I saw another notable Columbia recording artist in attendance...


Check out 'Not Dark Yet', courtesy of Expecting Rain.



Glad this experience was better than your last one , Lefty!   :)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 15th, 2010 at 9:43pm
Last nights show was fvcking incrediable! I was really happy with the setlist and the small size of the venue, plus you could roam around because it was General Admission. No liquor, since it was a college campus, but not a college kid was in sight! It was mostly older fans, and it's cool that it sold out. OK I took some great pics and videos that I'm going to get ready to post!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Nov 16th, 2010 at 2:39am
pleased you had a good time - can't wait to see yoour photos  :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 16th, 2010 at 8:51am
POST those pics!!!!!!

I am soooo happy for you!

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 16th, 2010 at 8:53am

mojoman wrote on Nov 15th, 2010 at 1:13pm:

Martha wrote on Nov 15th, 2010 at 12:02pm:
BTW, I saw another notable Columbia recording artist in attendance...

???  Spill!

xoxoxo,
Martha



the boss!!!


Oh yeah baby!  Where was he during the gig?  That's so cool.  All roads lead to Bob!

xoxox,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by left shoe shuffle on Nov 16th, 2010 at 10:06am

Bruce and NBC's Brian Williams watched the show from the soundboard, as did I.

'Course they were on the inside...  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 16th, 2010 at 11:33am
They got to hang out with Jim, Bob's sound guy and the new video guy!   Bob doesn't allow anyone to watch from the wing nowadays.  Thanks for the info!  Rock on!

xoxoxoxo,
Martha

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Post by Bitch on Nov 17th, 2010 at 10:35pm
Holy shit! I was right next to the sound board and didnt even notice! I had a great time! Here's my pics and videos!

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I named these wrong so they wont get kicked off Youtube
Everybody must get Stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlwoG4kT3Sg
Mr Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ_V8Sbh9AY
Like a RS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRGpOTFZrJo

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 18th, 2010 at 9:23am
Which soundboard was the Boss at?  The front of the house or back?  Thanks for the info!

xoxoxox,
Martha

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Post by Gazza on Nov 18th, 2010 at 9:47am
Super pics as always, Ellen.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 18th, 2010 at 10:00am
How did you avoid getting busted for taping Bob, by Baron?  He watches from the wing like a hawk!  Bob hates flashing cell phones. lol

Thanks for sharing!

xoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 18th, 2010 at 11:33am

Martha wrote on Nov 18th, 2010 at 10:00am:
How did you avoid getting busted for taping Bob, by Baron?  He watches from the wing like a hawk!  Bob hates flashing cell phones. lol

Thanks for sharing!

xoxoxo,
Martha


Oh yeah, I was ordered to stop taking pictures 3 different times, and I said 'OK cool', then moved around to a different spot on the floor but I didnt take as many pics as I wanted to.  I ended up in a seat and thats where I was able to take the videos. It was really easy to move around anywhere inside the venue since the floor was General Admission. I dont use my cell phone, I have an HD camera.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 22nd, 2010 at 6:45am

Bitch wrote on Nov 18th, 2010 at 11:33am:

Martha wrote on Nov 18th, 2010 at 10:00am:
How did you avoid getting busted for taping Bob, by Baron?  He watches from the wing like a hawk!  Bob hates flashing cell phones. lol

Thanks for sharing!

xoxoxo,
Martha


Oh yeah, I was ordered to stop taking pictures 3 different times, and I said 'OK cool', then moved around to a different spot on the floor but I didnt take as many pics as I wanted to.  I ended up in a seat and thats where I was able to take the videos. It was really easy to move around anywhere inside the venue since the floor was General Admission. I dont use my cell phone, I have an HD camera.  


Ohhhhh...I see.  I don't know what an hd camera is, or what it looks like...I still use the throw away disposable cameras.  lol  I will try to watch your footage, if my computer will let me that is.  Thanks for sharing!!!!!

Rock on!

peace n love,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Nov 24th, 2010 at 5:40pm

Martha wrote on Nov 22nd, 2010 at 6:45am:

Bitch wrote on Nov 18th, 2010 at 11:33am:

Martha wrote on Nov 18th, 2010 at 10:00am:
How did you avoid getting busted for taping Bob, by Baron?  He watches from the wing like a hawk!  Bob hates flashing cell phones. lol

Thanks for sharing!

xoxoxo,
Martha


Oh yeah, I was ordered to stop taking pictures 3 different times, and I said 'OK cool', then moved around to a different spot on the floor but I didnt take as many pics as I wanted to.  I ended up in a seat and thats where I was able to take the videos. It was really easy to move around anywhere inside the venue since the floor was General Admission. I dont use my cell phone, I have an HD camera.  


Ohhhhh...I see.  I don't know what an hd camera is, or what it looks like...I still use the throw away disposable cameras.  lol  I will try to watch your footage, if my computer will let me that is.  Thanks for sharing!!!!!

Rock on!

peace n love,
Martha

HD = High Definition. Same as all the new TV sets. It looks like a regular digital camera, but it takes the pics in HD. Thats what you want to ask for when buying a digital camera.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 24th, 2010 at 6:05pm
great photos, Bitch!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Nov 29th, 2010 at 3:34pm
Joey?



The staff at a Massachusetts pizza parlor thought they’d hit the jackpot Nov. 20 when a man reportedly wearing a Bob Dylan backstage pass placed a hefty pizza order, but they were sadly mistaken.

The alleged con man walked into Antonio’s in Amherst at about 2 a.m. and ordered 178 extra-large gourmet pizzas at a cost of $3,900 under the premise of buying them for Dylan and company, which had a concert at the Mullins Center the night before. He said he’d be back in a few hours to pay for the order, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

The man never returned, so the manager called the police.

Antonio’s owner Walter Pacheco, who was not in the building at the time, said the man was convincing.

“They gave him the benefit of the doubt, they thought this guy was for real. They got taken,” Pacheco told the Gazette. “It was a boo-boo on the manager’s part to start the order before we had some sort of deposit.”



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Nov 30th, 2010 at 10:30am
What a weird thing to do.  Stunts gone wrong baby!  lol

xoxox,
Martha

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Post by Edith Grove on Dec 16th, 2010 at 7:58pm
"Working for a while on a fishing boat
Right outside of Delacroix"


Ever wonder about this line in Tangled Up In Blue, especially the part about Delacroix?

Check out Delacroix: http://tribeca.vidavee.com/advance/doc/F36B3B95D2BB90C5D1C05E5C126D5383?AF_deliveryChannel=landingpage&originalMovieLink=http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/08/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_is_ju.html&vtagFrom=0&vtagTo=425.116&[email protected]#vtag:0:425.116:F36B3B95D2BB90C5D1C05E5C126D5383


Tangled Up In Blue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Dec 20th, 2010 at 1:53pm
NEWS~!



Bluesfest heads to court over Bob Dylan show
Adam Fulton
December 21, 2010

Bob Dylan . . . plans for an extra show at Byron Bay Bluesfest in jeopardy.

AN EXTRA Bob Dylan concert at Byron Bay is in danger of being cancelled amid a stoush between the Byron Bay Bluesfest and the local council.

The festival's director, Peter Noble, said he had no option but to lodge an action in the Land and Environment Court today to override Byron Shire Council and seek the necessary approval for the concert to proceed.

The dispute centres on a bid by Bluesfest, which draws thousands of Sydneysiders, to extend its five-day festival at Easter by a day to take advantage of the Anzac Day public holiday.


Mr Noble said Dylan, the festival headliner, was ready to play an extra show on the day but the council's ''bloody mindedness'' last week in deferring a decision on the extension until February would not leave enough time to secure the folk singer and mean the extra concert would have to be shelved.

''By that point, Bob Dylan has moved on,'' he said.

It is not the first time Dylan has faced trouble in Byron. A concert in 2001 was shelved amid planning concerns and instead held in nearby Ballina.

The local MP, Don Page, said it was ''ridiculous'' the council would take three months to make a decision and put the concert at risk. ''It's a relatively straightforward matter,'' he said.

But the mayor of Byron Shire, Jan Barham, said the council had to abide by state planning regulations and the application's timing was unfortunate. ''It came late in the year - there's a lot of other things going on - and staff were constrained, time-wise, by the planning rules to properly exhibit [the application] and receive submissions,'' she said.

There was ''nothing malicious'' in the councillors deferring the decision. The council had always supported the festival, she said.

She was seeking to convene an extraordinary council meeting early in the month with sufficient numbers to rule on the case. It was ''unfortunate'' Bluesfest was taking legal action, she said.

The festival, now held at Tyagarah, near Byron Bay, was nearly sold out yesterday.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 8th, 2011 at 10:43am
No Bob activity in recent weeks, but it seems his touring itinerary will be bringing him to Australia in April (some dates already confirmed) followed by Asian dates in May (including some unusual locations such as China, Cambodia etc)

I would assume that the summer willl see him perform in the US, because it appears that in the autumn there'll be an 'extensive' European tour, including several dates in the UK.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Jan 10th, 2011 at 7:34am
I am in full-blown withdrawal!  lol

Thanks for some tidbits G!

xoxox,
Martha Presley

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 17th, 2011 at 2:36pm
Some updated Bits and Bobs.....


"Chronicles" update

Rock legend Bob Dylan has a new book deal—with his old publisher, Simon & Schuster.

The house, which brought out the singer-songwriter's 2004 best-seller Chronicles: Volume One, has reached a deal with literary agent Andrew Wylie for six books, according to several industry insiders. The books include two follow-ups to Chronicles and a collection of riffs from Mr. Dylan's radio show on Sirius XM.

The deal came after Mr. Wylie had spent months trying to drum up interest in the project among other publishers (see Crain's, Nov. 22), despite Simon & Schuster's insistence that it had the rights to any Chronicles sequels. “Wylie's contention was that S&S didn't own the "memoir,' because Chronicles was "nonfiction stories' from his life and not a memoir,” said the editor. But no house would bite because of the potential for a lawsuit.

Mr. Wylie had been looking for an eight-figure offer, according to another editor, who didn't know the deal's final value.

The agent did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment. A Simon & Schuster spokesman declined to comment.

(from 'Crain's New York Business')


TOUR NEWS :

More Australian Dates

Four new Aussie shows have been added. Tour itinerary at present is :

April 17th 2011, West Coast Blues 'N Roots Festival, Fremantle Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
April 19th 2011, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia (new)
April 20th 2011, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia (new)
April 23rd 2011, WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia  (new)
April 25th 2011, Byron Bay's Bluesfest, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
(April 26th 2011, Byron Bay's Bluesfest, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. To be confirmed).
April 27th 2011, Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia (new)

Shows in the Far East (Vietnam, China, etc.) believed to follow in May.

'MY OWN LOVE SONG' DVD and soundtrack now available

My Own Love Song is now available on DVD. In case you’ve forgotten, My Own Love Song is a 2010 road movie directed and written by Olivier Dahan and starring Renée Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima and Nick Nolte. It premiered in Dahan's native France on April 7, 2010 and in the United States at the Tribeca Film Festival between April 21 to May 2, 2010. The soundtrack contains music written by Dylan, including "Life is Hard" from his 2009 album Together Through Life. The soundtrack is heavy in material from those studio sessions. Not only does it feature several selections that originally appeared on Together Through Life, but it also includes 16 previously unreleased originals recorded during that same time frame. Titles include “Life Is Hard”, “Driving South”, “Bumble Bee”, and “Sweeping The Floor”. So, My Own Love Song includes both old and new Dylan, all of which came from the same studio sessions. The soundtrack also hears a number of the film’s stars covering the singer/songwriter. Whitaker and Georges Drakoulias  both offer their own renditions of “What Good Am I?”, and Don Sparks sings “I Believe In You”. Zellweger has the honors of debuting the aforementioned “Life Is Hard”, as well as covering Woodie Guthrie’s classic “This Land Is Your Land.

My Own Love Song Soundtrack Tracklist:
Bob Dylan – Forgetful Heart (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Life Is Hard (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Sweeping The Floor (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Bumble Bee (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Jane’s Lament (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Joey’s Theme (Dylan)
Ron Eaton – Preludes, Opus 28 #6 in b Minor (Chopin)
Bob Dylan – I Feel A Change Coming On (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Driving South (Dylan)
Georges Drakoulias – What Good Am I (Dylan)
Forest Whitaker – What Good Am I (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Back Alley (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Snow Falling (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Billie #30 (Dylan)
Chopin Nocturne 7
René Zellweger – Precious Angel (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Road Weary (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Click Clack (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Life Is Hard (Dylan) (instrumental)
Bob Dylan – Robbie Robert’s Lament (Dylan)
Robert Johnson – Me And The Devil Blues
Bob Dylan – New Orleans Drums (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Janet’s Step (Dylan)
Source Music – Late Night Blues For Leroy Carr
Ron Eaton – Preludes, Opus 28 #4 in e Minor (Chopin)
Don Sparks – I Believe In You
Bob Dylan – Swingin’ (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Blues Club (Playback) (Dylan)
Renée Zellweger – This Land Is Your Land
Bvob Dylan – It’s All Good (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – East Texas (Dylan)
The Bourbon Street Stompers – Down By The Riverside
Georges Darkoulias – What Good Am I (Dylan)
Ron Eaton – Preludes, Opus 28 #15 in Db Major (Chopin)
Renée Zellweger – Life Is Hard (Dylan)
Bob Dylan – Beyond Here Lies Nothing (Dylan)

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Post by Gazza on Jan 21st, 2011 at 12:37pm
From the 'sit on my face and tell me that you love me' department....


Bob Dylan's Renaldo and Clara To Be Finally Released

by Levi Asher on Monday, January 17, 2011 09:25 pm




Dylanologists rejoice! I've heard from a semi-reliable source that Renaldo and Clara, a much-discussed and little-seen 1978 epic film by Bob Dylan, will soon be finally released on DVD.

This astounding, rich and often frustrating movie represented one of the most dramatic episodes in Bob Dylan's long career. An ambitious, intentionally difficult postmodern art film, Renaldo and Clara was panned by critics for being pretentious, incomprehensible and painfully long (all of these things are true). Released in the early years of the punk-rock/new-wave era, the film's windy self-indulgence revealed Dylan as completely out of step with his times. Stung by the criticism, Dylan has refused to release the film ever since. It has not shown in theatres since the 1970s, and has never been officially released on VHS or DVD.

But this movie is a masterpiece in spite of its faults, or perhaps because of them. Conceived by Dylan as an early experiment in cinema verite (a genre now typically known as "reality tv"), Renaldo and Clara tells a single story but deliberately confuses the identities of all the characters, several of which are played by Dylan, his former lover Joan Baez or his then-wife Sara Dylan. Bob Neuwirth, T. Bone Burnette, Ronee Blakely, Mick Ronson, Scarlet Rivera, Ronnie Hawkins, Rob Stoner and countless other friends come along for the ride. Various improvised or real-life scenes introduce themes of love, politics and the meaning of America, and by the end none of the themes are easily resolved. The film quality is erratic, the direction is often unclear, and the acting is often clumsy (guitarist Mick Ronson is particularly wooden, and Dylan is no Brando himself)

However, stirring scenes and images emerge. Most importantly, the narrative scenes are intercut with stunning complete performances of great songs like Tangled Up In Blue, It Ain't Me Babe, Never Let Me Go, When I Paint My Masterpiece and One More Cup Of Coffee. The film features Dylan in a peak moment of live performance with the Rolling Thunder Revue (the largest and, in my opinion, most exciting band he ever played with).

The film's literary credentials are through the roof. It's co-written by Sam Shepard, includes a powerful poetry performance by Anne Waldman, and features many beguiling scenes with Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, who light up the screen whenever they appear. This movie is also the only close glimpse curious Dylan fans will ever get of Sara Dylan, the songwriter's greatest muse (Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands) and the mother of his older children.

I've seen Renaldo and Clara several times, but always on either a fuzzy bootleg VHS recording or, more recently, in broken segments on YouTube. In either case, the viewing experience is not great (it pretty much looks like the image at the top of this page, which show Sara and Bob as Clara and Renaldo). I'm looking forward to seeing it in high quality video for the first time, and hearing the killer live music in high quality audio. Maybe this time I'll even be able to understand more of the story.

It's not clear whether Dylan has refused to release this film since the 1970s only to spite the critics or for other reasons. The crash-landing of Renaldo and Clara coincided with Dylan and Sara's divorce, after which the always enigmatic folk-rocker released a brilliant, Kafkaesque album called Street-Legal, then disappeared for several months and reemerged as a born-again Christian. Renaldo and Clara, though an artistic failure in several ways, captures the heat of an artist in a creative frenzy. It probably also captures something about the 1970s as a whole.

My old friends at the once-thriving rec.music.dylan Usenet newsgroup may also remember that I once posted an extensive synopsis of the film there (this was one of the very first things I wrote online). Through maintaining this piece over the years, I've been made aware of how many hard-core or amateur Dylanologists around the world have been eagerly awaiting this film. Sean Wilentz's recent book Bob Dylan in America has also helped to pique interest (Wilentz reveals, among other things, that the film was almost certainly inspired by a French film called Children of Paradise, directed by Marcel Carne).

I'm really glad that Bob Dylan's creative team has decided to give this undeniably important movie its proper official release, though I haven't yet heard word when it will happen.


Link to the story : http://www.litkicks.com/RenaldoAndClaraToBeFinallyReleased

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Post by Heart Of Stone on Jan 24th, 2011 at 10:30am
Fifty Years Ago Today: Bob Dylan Arrived In New York
'I didn't know a single soul in this dark freezing metropolis,' Dylan wrote in 'Chronicles.' 'But that was all about to change - and quick'
Bob Dylan performs at New York City's the Bitter End, 1961.
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By Andy Greene
January 24, 2011 8:50 AM EDT


While it's next to impossible to confirm the exact date, it's widely agreed upon that today is the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan's arrival in New York City. The 19-year-old folk singer (who had recently dropped out of the University of Minnesota) had spent the past 24 hours driving east with fellow folksinger Fred Underhill and a young couple.

"The big car came to a full stop on the other side [of the George Washington Bridge] and let me off," Dylan wrote in his 2004 memoir Chronicles: Volume 1. "I slammed the door shut behind me, waved good-bye, stepped out onto the hard snow. The biting wind hit me in the face. At last I was here, in New York City, a city like a web too intricate to understand and I wasn't going to cry."

Early Bob Dylan Photos

New York's winter of 1961 was the city's coldest in 28 years. "The cold was brutal and every artery of the city was snowpacked, but I'd started out from the Frostbitten North Country," Dylan wrote in Chronicles. "I didn't know a single soul in this dark freezing metropolis but that was all about to change — and quick."

Bob Dylan In Black and White: Photographs From The 1960s and 1970s

In a 1961 interview Dylan said they got off at 42nd Street before heading down to Greenwich Village. In 1966 he expanded on the story to biographer Robert Shelton. "We hustled for two months," Dylan said, in one of the most fantastical lies he ever told. "Sometimes we would make $150 or $250 a night between us, and hang around in cars. Cats would pick us up and chicks would pick us up. And we would do anything they wanted, as long as it paid. It was very cutthroat...I almost got killed."

The Artwork of Bob Dylan

What actually happened is that Dylan immediately trudged down about 40 blocks to Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village. There he met the club's MC Fred Neil — five years before he recorded his signature song "Everybody's Talkin." "He asked me what I did and I told him I sang, played guitar and harmonica," Dylan wrote in Chronicles. "He asked me to play something. After about a minute, he said I could play harmonica with him during his sets. I was ecstatic. At least it was a place to stay out of the cold. This was good."

Manny Roth (uncle of Van Halen's David Lee Roth) ran Cafe Wha? and he took a liking to Dylan, making him a regular on the afternoon shift. "You never really did get popular because nobody knew you on the outside," Dylan said in a 1984 interview. "Nobody was billed on the outside. You passed the basket. That's why I started wearing hats."

On the album jacket to Peter, Paul and Mary's 1963 LP In The Wind Dylan described his earliest days in the city. "Snow was piled up the stairs an onto the street that first winter when I laid around New York City/It was a different street then/It was a different village/Nobody had nothin/There was nothing to get/Instead of being drawn for money you were drawn for other people...It is 'f these times that I remember most sadly/For they're gone/And they'll not never come back again."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fifty-years-ago-today-bob-dylan-arrived-in-new-york-20110124

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Post by Gazza on Feb 1st, 2011 at 10:16am
From Isis Magazine :

31.01.2011



Far East Tour Confirmed To ISIS Magazine



Sunday April 3 - Nang Gang Exhibition Hall (Venue MIGHT change), Taipei, Taiwan

Wednesday April 6 - Workers Gymnasium, Biejing, China

Friday April 8 - Grand Stage, Shanghai, China

Sunday April 10 - Loretta Grounds, RMIT University, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam

Tuesday April 12 - Star Hall, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong

Wednesday April 13 - Star Hall, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong

Friday April 15 - Timbre Rock & Roots Festival, Singapore



Other dates are:



Sunday April 17 – West Coast Blues ‘N Roots Festival, Fremantle Park, Nr. Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Tuesday April 19 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Wednesday April 20 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia

Saturday April 23 – WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia

Monday April 25 – Byron Bay's Bluesfest, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Tuesday April 26 – Byron Bay's Bluesfest, Byron Bay, Australia

Wednesday April 27 – Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia

Saturday April 30 –  Auckland, New Zealand Vector Arena



Bob Dylan will be coming to Europe and the UK for an extensive tour in 2011. Initially, talks indicated that this tour might take place in the Autumn. However, we are now hearing that Dylan's visit may be as early as this Summer.


Many thanks to John Baldwin at Desolation Row.





Live at Brandeis



The  Brandeis concert will be officially released by Sony in the USA on Tuesday April 12, 2011 !!! Although other territories have not yet been mentioned it must be assumed that this will be a world-wide release. Strange


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Post by mojoman on Feb 1st, 2011 at 10:28am

Gazza wrote on Feb 1st, 2011 at 10:16am:
From Isis Magazine :

31.01.2011





Live at Brandeis



The  Brandeis concert will be officially released by Sony in the USA on Tuesday April 12, 2011 !!! Although other territories have not yet been mentioned it must be assumed that this will be a world-wide release. Strange



it came packaged as a bonus with The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964

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Post by Gazza on Feb 1st, 2011 at 10:29am
It did, but this presumably refers to a 'standalone' release.

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Post by Martha on Feb 11th, 2011 at 10:13am
I am still in shock!

Bob Dylan to join Grammys show :willya
(AFP) – 22 hours ago

LOS ANGELES — Bob Dylan will perform at the Grammys this weekend, organizers said Thursday, joining Mick Jagger :blankfriggingstare1 and Barbra Streisand as headline veterans at the music industry's annual awards show.

The folk-turned-rock music legend's inclusion was announced just three days before Sunday's mega bash in Los Angeles, which brings together rising stars with seasoned chart-toppers and industry veterans.

Dylan, appearing at the Grammys for his fifth time, will perform with country-tinged Brits Mumford and Son and folk-rock band the Avett Brothers in a special salute to acoustic music, organizers said.
In other new last-minute announcements, they said rapper Dr. Dre will perform with megastar Eminem, a frontrunner for Grammys glory with nominations in 10 categories at Sunday's show.

It will be Dr. Dre's first live television performance for more than a decade.

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and teen sensation Justin Bieber are also on the star-studded roster of performers at the three-and-a-half-hour 53rd Grammys show.

While showcasing new talent, the glittering evening will also pay tribute to past greats including "The King of Rock 'N Soul" Solomon Burke, who died last year, and ailing soul legend Aretha Franklin.
Jagger will sing in the tribute for Burke, while Christina Aguilera and Florence and the Machine singer Florence Welch will stage a "Valentine's" and "get-well" tribute for Franklin, recovering from reported cancer surgery.

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Post by steel driving hammer on Feb 11th, 2011 at 10:19am
How did Bob Dylan nearly get killed in the Mexican War?

lol

Great tune.

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Post by Gazza on Feb 11th, 2011 at 12:02pm
Not official yet (and maybe wont be for a few weeks) but was told from a very reliable source yesterday that Dylan will be touring in the UK mid-June as part of his European tour.

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Post by Martha on Feb 11th, 2011 at 5:17pm
Thanks G.  I keep watching to see what posts....knowing whatever is going to happen is coming soon.  It's almost concert season!  ;-)

xoxoxo,
Martha

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Post by RSRTG on Feb 11th, 2011 at 6:58pm
I got my tickets to see Bob and BB at the Adelaide Ent. Centre in April......looking forward to it but dont really know what to expect.

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Post by MRD8 on Feb 14th, 2011 at 3:45am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=344798

Bob Dylan With Mumford And Sons & The Avett Brothers
53rd Grammy Awards
Staples Center
Los Angeles, CA
February 13, 2011


Lineage: Digital cable > WinTV-HVR (clear QAM) > PC > .mpg


"The Cave" - Mumford And Sons
"Head Full Of Doubt, Road Full Of Promise" - The Avett Brothers
"Maggie's Farm" - Bob Dylan with MAS and TAB

Size: 1.00 GB
Length: 8:56

Audio:
AC-3
48000 Hz
384 kb/s
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Video:
MPEG-2
1920 x 1080
16:9
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15.8 Mbps



From spinner.com:

Bob Dylan joined the members of two rising-star bands in his genre on the Grammy stage, growling through a rousing hootenanny version of 'Maggie's Farm.'

Mumford and Sons and the Avett Brothers performed prior to Dylan's introduction, though before the last curtain opened to reveal Dylan it was already clear who the centerpiece of the shared set was.

Mumford and Sons kicked off the segment with 'The Cave,' literally shaking the stage the only way a small folk band could -- with lots of foot-stomping and a three-piece brass section blowing jubilant orchestral harmonies. The Avetts followed with the sparse 'Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise,' sharing a stage designed to resemble a honky tonk.

When Dylan appeared and launched into 'Maggie's Farm,' the members of Mumford and Sons and Avett Brothers surrounded him with every instrument they could find, including banjos, guitars and accordions. Dylan, who was hardly audible at times, was nearly drowned out by the younger voices and chorus of instruments surrounding him.

The mix was likely due to simple exuberance: Following the performance, which ended with Dylan kingly directing traffic with a few harmonica blows and a small wave of his hand, the band members hovered behind him with their mouths open, like some young kids jamming in a basement who had just been interrupted by their idol walking in and asking if he could join in on a song.

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Post by Starbuck on Feb 14th, 2011 at 5:40pm
anyone have any links to dylan's performance last night? i've seen mick but not bob.

TIA!!

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Post by PartyDoll MEG on Feb 14th, 2011 at 5:52pm

Starbuck wrote on Feb 14th, 2011 at 5:40pm:
anyone have any links to dylan's performance last night? i've seen mick but not bob.

TIA!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxA7vq84kVU


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Post by sweetcharmedlife on Feb 14th, 2011 at 6:41pm

Starbuck wrote on Feb 14th, 2011 at 5:40pm:
anyone have any links to dylan's performance last night? i've seen mick but not bob.

TIA!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7bBHDI04M

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Post by Martha on Feb 15th, 2011 at 7:59am

RSRTG wrote on Feb 11th, 2011 at 6:58pm:
I got my tickets to see Bob and BB at the Adelaide Ent. Centre in April......looking forward to it but dont really know what to expect.


Time to study then!  U-Tube has footage of the last year's summer tour.  Check him out there.  Love Sick is up.  

Glad you got tickets!  EnJOY!!!!

peace,
Martha

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Post by Martha on Feb 15th, 2011 at 8:24am
Bob Dylan to launch Asian tour in April
(AFP) – 4 hours ago

TAIPEI — Legendary American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will kick off tour of Asia in April with his first ever performance in Taiwan, organisers said on Tuesday.

Dylan, the reluctant voice for disaffected youth in the 1960s, will perform in Taipei on April 3, a prospect that has led thousands of fans to rush for the ticket booths, according to the Taipei-based Very Aspect Culture Group.

"In the 24 hours since we started sales Monday, over 40 percent of the scheduled 10,000 tickets have been snatched up," said Edie Chen, an executive at the company, adding prices went as high as Tw$8,000 ($272).

Although he has never visited before, the 70-year-old American icon is loved in Taiwan, defying a trend that has seen Western music lose market share to Mandarin songs over the past 20 years.

His fans reportedly include Morris Chang, chairman of the world's biggest contract microchip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., but he is an idol for the very young, too.

Chen said a 400 tickets carrying a price tag of just Tw$800 ($27), and therefore favoured by cost-conscious young people, were snapped up within 10 minutes.

"That really surprised me," she added.

Dylan's songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements.

The Asian tour will also take Dylan to Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam, Chen said, adding that it was not yet certain if he would also perform in China.

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Post by Gazza on Feb 15th, 2011 at 10:41am
from what I was told last week by someone with good contacts with Bob's management, it appears that Dylan is already making plans quite far ahead.

From 2013 onwards, instead of his current m.o. of stopping his tour bus at every hole in the hedge, Bob will mostly (or exclusively) be playing 'residencies' - eg, maybe a week in New York, a week in Berlin, a week in Tokyo, etc.


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Post by dadrob on Feb 15th, 2011 at 10:52am
I heard about that as well through a band member that I know......that is what the Stones oughta do..park in Chicago and play for four nights a week for a couple of months....do some all blues shows or whatever.

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Post by Bitch on Feb 20th, 2011 at 1:48pm
A week in NY sounds good to me! This is a good idea for Bob since he is always touring. The road can be a lonely place ~ so I've heard.  

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Post by Gazza on Feb 23rd, 2011 at 11:48am
More conflicting info re' this year's touring schedules.

Bob has now confirmed a show in California in July, so that would appear to contradict info that he'd be in Europe around June-July. Somewhat makes sense. As he's in Asia and Australia in the soring, its unheard of for Bob to do two tour legs in a row outside the US.

From Desolation Row:

Meanwhile, whether Bob comes to Europe in the Summer or Autumn may well be settled by the following announcement in istockanalyst following on from postings on Expecting Rain:

COSTA MESA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bob Dylan, who just released his latest album "Bob Dylan In Concert - Brandeis University 1963," a previously unknown live recording of one of his earliest performances, will kick off the Summer Concert Series at the Pacific Amphitheatre at the 2011 OC Fair on Friday, July 15, the opening day of the 2011 OC Fair.

I rather suspect that Bob will not come to Europe until the Autumn, which was what I was originally told by the Promoters.

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Post by PartyDoll MEG on Feb 23rd, 2011 at 5:08pm

Gazza wrote on Feb 23rd, 2011 at 11:48am:
More conflicting info re' this year's touring schedules.

Bob has now confirmed a show in California in July, so that would appear to contradict info that he'd be in Europe around June-July. Somewhat makes sense. As he's in Asia and Australia in the soring, its unheard of for Bob to do two tour legs in a row outside the US.

From Desolation Row:

Meanwhile, whether Bob comes to Europe in the Summer or Autumn may well be settled by the following announcement in istockanalyst following on from postings on Expecting Rain:

COSTA MESA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bob Dylan, who just released his latest album "Bob Dylan In Concert - Brandeis University 1963," a previously unknown live recording of one of his earliest performances, will kick off the Summer Concert Series at the Pacific Amphitheatre at the 2011 OC Fair on Friday, July 15, the opening day of the 2011 OC Fair.

I rather suspect that Bob will not come to Europe until the Autumn, which was what I was originally told by the Promoters.

So how do you explain this then, G??!!http://www.examiner.com/bob-dylan-in-national/report-bob-dylan-neil-young-eagles-to-play-2011-hop-farm-festival

RTT News is reporting that Bob Dylan will be returning to Paddock Wood, Kent, U.K., to play at the 2011 Hop Farm Festival on Friday, July 1. Dylan is not yet listed on the official website, but performed at the festival last year.

According to various sources, Dylan will share the bill with Neil Young (also not yet listed), The Eagles, Bryan Ferry, Death Cab For Cutie, and 10CC.

Other acts scheduled to appear at the two day (July 1 and 2) festival include Mumford & Sons, Pete Doherty and Primal Scream. Dylan, of course, recently appeared with Mumford & Sons at the Grammy Awards.

Tickets are available at the official website. But beware . . . The appearance had not been confirmed at either the Hop Farm or  Bob Dylan website.



Van Morrison has also been added to the Festival.....

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Post by Gazza on Feb 24th, 2011 at 7:15am
As we discussed, the Morrison rumour comes from last year.

I'm a bit unconvinced about Dylan playing Hop Farm in 2011 as well. That seems a very costly line up for any promoter of what is a relatively small festival. Plus I cant see him playing two festival dates in and around London a couple of weeks apart if the talk of him playing the Fleadh in Finsbury Park in June has any substance.


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Post by Martha on Feb 24th, 2011 at 11:47am
Update - RTT removes Bob Dylan, Neil Young, from 2011 Hop Farm line-up article
February 24th, 2011 8:55 am ET
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Yesterday, RTT reported that Bob Dylan and Neil Young would be playing the 2011 Hop Farm Festival.

Their names have now been removed from the article.

While it appeared unlikely that Dylan and Young would appear on the same bill as The Eagles on the same date, there were rumors that Dylan, at least, might play some European festivals in June and July. As a handful of readers pointed out, some of the acts listed, including Young, Mumford & Sons, Pete Doherty, and Primal Scream, appeared at previous Hop Farm Festivals. RTT appeared to mix up the information in the original article.

RTT now lists the same acts as the official Hop Farm site: The Eagles, Death Cab For Cutie, Brandon Flowers, and Bryan Ferry.

John Baldwin at the Desolation Row Information Service reported that there were strong rumors of Dylan playing some European festivals in June and July, so the idea of another Hop Farm appearance was not out of the question.

Sorry for the confusion.

Keep up with Bob Dylan Examiner.




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Post by Gazza on Feb 25th, 2011 at 6:12pm
From Desolation Row :

This is something I posted on ER last night, so you may have already seen it. It’s the latest info from Bob's UK Promoter/Agent/European Agents.

As far as Hop Farm is concerned, Bob will not be there. In the words of someone from the Promoter's office - "I can categorically tell you that Dylan isn't playing Hop Farm - we would never play two years in a row as you know and also, I am sure there aren't many promoters in the world that can afford The Eagles, Dylan and Young on the same bill?  Way too expensive!!!

Now's not the time for your tears because Bob will probably be in Europe around this time anyway, performing at festivals. Dates are waiting to be confirmed so there's nothing that can be said further other than it being a short spell from around 16th June to 1st July. Now you can start planning your holidays. One of the likely dates will be for a festival in the UK. It will not be Hop Farm but I do not yet know where or when, but can make an educated guess  (* Finsbury Park Fleadh, London - 18th June  - Gazza )  .   Announcements about all these festivals should be made fairly soon.

Plans are still in the offing for a concert tour of Europe including the UK in the Autumn.

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Post by Gazza on Feb 27th, 2011 at 3:25pm


Suze Rotolo, 1943-2011

By J. Hoberman, Sun., Feb. 27 2011 @ 10:47AM Comments (8) Categories: Featured, Goodbyes
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​The Village lost a life-long partisan and a true voice last Friday, with the passing of Susan Rotolo after a long illness, at home in her Noho loft and the arms of her husband of 40 years, Enzo Bartoccioli.

Suze Rotolo was a talented artist (the maker of artist books and delicate book-like objects), as well as an illustrator, a sometime activist, an erstwhile East Village Other slum goddess, a devoted wife, a proud mother, a poet's muse, a good comrade, and late in her too-short life, a published author. She was intensely private but as the radiant young woman on the cover of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, she became a legendary figure and even a generational icon. Just writing that I can hear her annoyed chortle--although she did humorously allow, after years of dodging rabid Dylanologists, that she was some sort of "artifact."

Growing up in Queens, a few years later than Suze and a few neighborhoods east of hers, I knew her name (although not how to correctly pronounce it) long before I met her, just a mom in the park. Our kids, Luca and Mara, went to the same Sullivan Street playgroup; our families were friendly, both in New York and on Cape Cod where, thanks to a network of her late parents' leftwing associates, she and Enzo always managed to find the most amazing Wellfleet Woods cabins or ocean-overlooking shacks.

Susan, as we called her, was intensely loyal. She retained many childhood friends, even while guarding her personal life. She was a woman of strong opinions and fierce standards (a demanding connoisseur of inexpensive table wine, a cook whose pasta was never less than perfect). She had no use for religion and deeply appreciated political theater--not just Brecht but the Billionaires for Bush, with whom she was affiliated during the 2004 election. She had a healthy sense of the absurd. She listened to jazz on WKCR and was delighted by her son's career as a musician and luthier. She thrived on spirited talk. (A sign pasted to her TV screen read "Conversation!") She was, to the very end, a person of enormous cheer.

In her memoir, unavoidably titled A Freewheelin' Time, Susan calls Dylan "the elephant in the room of my life" but the book (subtitled "A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties" and prefaced with a Village street map) is essentially about her youth--how it felt to be a working-class red-diaper baby, the child of Italian-born anti-fascists living in Sunnyside Gardens, a teenager in love at the epicenter of the folk revival, an art student in Italy, a tourist of the revolution in Cuba, an off-off Broadway stagehand. The story is hers and so is the voice (no ghost writing allowed). She signs off with the words "we had something to say, not something to sell."

Goodbye, Susan. Ave atque vale. Love, Jim


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Post by Paranoid Android on Feb 27th, 2011 at 9:14pm
RIP Suze...

Title: Bob Dylan's muse Dead at 67...
Post by Paranoid Android on Feb 27th, 2011 at 9:12pm
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/suze-rotolo-bob-dylans-girlfriend-and-the-muse-behind-many-of-his-greatest-songs-dead-at-67-20110227

RIP Suze

always loved that album cover!!

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Post by Bitch on Feb 27th, 2011 at 9:22pm
RIP

She makes love just like a women, but she breaks just like a little girl.

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Post by andrews27 on Feb 27th, 2011 at 10:03pm
We have had such heroes, and such lovers, as few have had in peacetime.

We will see them pass, and be passed ourselves, with love that Fame knew not before.

Yet so many have gone on ever, and are lucky to have their stones in the grass.

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Post by Sioux on Feb 28th, 2011 at 8:42am
Wow, that is sad. I didn't realize she had passed away.......:(

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Post by Martha on Feb 28th, 2011 at 9:09am
Very sad news.  

RIP

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Post by Gazza on Feb 28th, 2011 at 10:34am

Sioux wrote on Feb 28th, 2011 at 8:42am:
Wow, that is sad. I didn't realize she had passed away.......:(


Was only announced yesterday.

'Freewheelin'' is probably my favourite Dylan album cover. I love that pic.

Taken at the corner of Jones Street and West 4th Street just across from the apartment they lived in.

She was the muse for a lot of songs from around 1962-63, my favourite of which are probably 'Boots of Spanish Leather' and 'Tomorrow is a Long Time'. She was also the subject of the one song Dylan has always regretted writing, 'Ballad in Plain D' - he admitted he got way too personal with that and 'it was one I should have left alone'.

RIP Suze. :(

http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=141167&d=1213802504



http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/3552689674/bob-dylan-songs-quotes-about-the-late-suze-rotolo

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Post by Starbuck on Feb 28th, 2011 at 10:17pm
i have loved ballad in plain d for about 25 years....one of my favorites off that album. it is a great song!

fucking cancer claims another one.

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Post by Gazza on Mar 23rd, 2011 at 1:19pm
Full European summer tour itinerary is as follows :

June 16th 2011, The Marquee, Cork, Ireland
June 18th 2011, The Feis, Finsbury Park, London, England
June 20th 2011, Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel
June 22nd 2011, Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
June 24th 2011, Sursee, Switzerland
June 25th 2011, Volkspark, Mainz, Germany
June 26th 2011, Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany
June 27th 2011, Funen Village, Odense, Denmark
June 29th 2011, Bergen Calling, Bergen, Norway
June 30th 2011, Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
July 2nd 2011, Peace and Love Festival, Borlange, Sweden,

Expect a longer visit to Europe playing indoor shows in the autumn.

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Post by Martha on Mar 24th, 2011 at 10:15am
Does that mean I better get to the July 15th gig?  :-)  I can't travel out of the US.

xoxo,

Martha

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Post by Gazza on Mar 29th, 2011 at 6:51am
Think its a pretty safe bet Martha that the sum of Bob's US appearances in 2011 won't be limited to one show in California!

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Post by Martha on Mar 29th, 2011 at 12:26pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 29th, 2011 at 6:51am:
Think its a pretty safe bet Martha that the sum of Bob's US appearances in 2011 won't be limited to one show in California!



LOL  I like safe bets!  When are you seeing Bob?

xoxoxoxoxo

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Post by Gazza on Mar 29th, 2011 at 4:59pm
The only one on that list thats doable is London - Cork is simply too hard to get to as there arent direct flights there anymore. Not a fan of festivals generally but I might do it as there are a few other gigs in that area around then.

However, I expect there to be a more extensivel European tour in the autumn which will include several UK dates. Indoors, thankfully.

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Post by Martha on Mar 30th, 2011 at 9:08am
Thanks Gary.  I am glad you are catching him at least once.  I don't like Festivals either.  My fav spot is in the first 5 rows or in the loge at a reserved show.  I wish I could travel to the UK this Fall.  :-)

xoxoxo,
Martha

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Post by Starbuck on Apr 2nd, 2011 at 2:49pm
Professors Martha and Gazza will be giving the keynote address:

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Academics to dissect Bob Dylan at NY conference
AP

By KILEY ARMSTRONG, Associated Press Kiley Armstrong, Associated Press – 2 hrs 18 mins ago

NEW YORK – More than three decades have passed since Bob Dylan brought the plight of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter into the public consciousness: "Criminals in their coats and their ties are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise while Rubin sits like Buddha in a 10-foot cell, an innocent man in a living hell."

Dylan championed the case of Carter, a former middleweight boxer convicted twice of a 1966 triple murder. And in the end, Carter was freed after 19 years in prison; a federal judge found that the conviction was tainted by racial bias and that Carter and his co-defendant were denied their civil rights.

Now, academics from around the country will examine the implications of that song and others during "Bob Dylan and the Law," a conference presented by Fordham University's law and ethics center and Touro Law School.

"We basically said to people who write and think about the law and who also happen to like Dylan's music, `find a way to put them together; tell us how Dylan relates to your academic work or your thinking,'" said Fordham professor Bruce Green, one of the organizers.

An academic session on Tuesday follows a Monday night public panel discussion at Fordham in Manhattan.

"We think it's important once in a while to have fun, and to free the scholarly imagination," Green said. "Good scholarship and good teaching require it. ... It's a lens through which to look at the relationship between law, society and culture. We hope it leads some scholars to think things they haven't thought before."

Green has been a Dylan fan since high school. "My parents couldn't stand it — they liked Frank Sinatra. They thought Dylan was just whining, and that listening to him was a waste of time," he wryly notes. "Now I am vindicated. I can say that, all along, I was setting the stage for future scholarship."

Another conversation topic at the conference will be "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll."

In 1963, tobacco farmer William D. Zantzinger was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six months in jail plus a $500 fine for killing Hattie Carroll, a barmaid at a society charity dance.

Zantzinger "killed poor Hattie Carroll with a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger at a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin' ...," sings Dylan. "In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel to show that all's equal and that the courts are on the level. And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded and that even the nobles get properly handled."

The conference also offers intellectual counterpoints.

Dylan "wrote some very powerful songs about what happens to folks when the system, and when the law, fail them," says Richard H. Underwood, a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law. But while Dylan was inspired by real-life cases, Underwood says, he "was not necessarily concerned with true facts. He took a lot of poetic license."

"I must say, Dylan never lets the facts get in the way of a good story," agrees Abbe Smith, a Georgetown Law School professor who's also an expert on Bruce Springsteen and the law.

Though "beautiful," she says, the Hattie Carroll ballad is "not exactly accurate." Among other things, Dylan misstated the charge; and there was "reasonable argument that the cause of the death was not a blow to the head," but Carroll's poor health.

Dylan has "a kind of stark, if not simplistic, view of guilt and innocence," said Smith. "It may be the stories he picks, or how the story gets told in something as relatively short as a song."

And how, Smith is asked, might Dylan view lawyers?

"I think he probably likes lawyers better than judges," she says with a chuckle. "I think he probably would like lawyers who fight for the little guy. He would not like Holden Caulfield from 'Catcher in the Rye.'"

Coincidental to the conference will be the April 12 release of a Dylan recording from a long-ago folk festival in Waltham, Mass.

The set list from that appearance included "Ballad of Hollis Brown," which relates what Dylan has said was the true story of how "seven shots ring out like the ocean's pounding roar. There's seven people dead on a South Dakota farm."

The new release's title? "Bob Dylan in Concert — Brandeis University 1963." The school was named for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis.

___

Online:

Bob Dylan: http://www.bobdylan.com

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Post by Martha on Apr 3rd, 2011 at 8:33am
Bob Dylan and the Law!  

Oh Yeah!  

Gazza and I are ready.  :-)

Bob's on the stage RIGHT NOW!!!!!  

xoxoxoxoxoxo

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Post by Martha on Apr 3rd, 2011 at 9:36am
It's officially ON!

Show #1 of the 2011 touring season!


Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Arena
April 3, 2011

1.      Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on keyboard)
2.      It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)
3.      Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar)
4.      Sugar Baby (Bob center stage on harp)
5.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
6.      Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on guitar)
7.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
8.      Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
9.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard, then center stage on harp)
10.      Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on violin)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)
13.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard, then center stage on harp)
     
Thanks to Susan & Al :weed :weed :weed for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, violin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 3rd, 2011 at 1:42pm

Starbuck wrote on Apr 2nd, 2011 at 2:49pm:
 Professors Martha and Gazza will be giving the keynote address:Another conversation topic at the conference will be "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll."

In 1963, tobacco farmer William D. Zantzinger was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six months in jail plus a $500 fine for killing Hattie Carroll, a barmaid at a society charity dance.

Zantzinger "killed poor Hattie Carroll with a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger at a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin' ...," sings Dylan. "In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel to show that all's equal and that the courts are on the level. And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded and that even the nobles get properly handled."

The conference also offers intellectual counterpoints.

Dylan "wrote some very powerful songs about what happens to folks when the system, and when the law, fail them," says Richard H. Underwood, a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law. But while Dylan was inspired by real-life cases, Underwood says, he "was not necessarily concerned with true facts. He took a lot of poetic license."

"I must say, Dylan never lets the facts get in the way of a good story," agrees Abbe Smith, a Georgetown Law School professor who's also an expert on Bruce Springsteen and the law.

Though "beautiful," she says, the Hattie Carroll ballad is "not exactly accurate." Among other things, Dylan misstated the charge; and there was "reasonable argument that the cause of the death was not a blow to the head," but Carroll's poor health.

Dylan has "a kind of stark, if not simplistic, view of guilt and innocence," said Smith. "It may be the stories he picks, or how the story gets told in something as relatively short as a song."

And how, Smith is asked, might Dylan view lawyers?

"I think he probably likes lawyers better than judges," she says with a chuckle. "I think he probably would like lawyers who fight for the little guy. He would not like Holden Caulfield from 'Catcher in the Rye.'"

Coincidental to the conference will be the April 12 release of a Dylan recording from a long-ago folk festival in Waltham, Mass.

The set list from that appearance included "Ballad of Hollis Brown," which relates what Dylan has said was the true story of how "seven shots ring out like the ocean's pounding roar. There's seven people dead on a South Dakota farm."

The new release's title? "Bob Dylan in Concert — Brandeis University 1963." The school was named for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis.



The bit about Bob re-arranging a few facts in the Zanzinger/Carroll case is pretty accurate. It's relatively minor though.

Re : 'Hurricane'. It's perhaps telling that Dylan never played the song again after the 2nd Hurricane Benefit show at the Astrodome in January 1976. Even after Carter was re-tried and convicted again in 1976 and despite the fact that he didnt win his appeal until 1985.

Doesn't sound to me like he remained convinced about Carter's integrity. Pity he didnt feel the same way about Joey Gallo.  Great song, but to quote Lester Bangs, its full of 'repellent romanticist bullshit'.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 5th, 2011 at 6:34am
And at that keynote address.......




Gary will be doing ALL the talking............!  


lol


xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 6th, 2011 at 4:19am

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90575

BOB DYLAN
April 3, 2011
Taipei Arena, Taipei City

Members
Bob Dylan - keyboard, guitar, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - guitar
Charlie Sexton - guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, violin, mandolin, pedal steel

01. Gotta Serve Somebody
02. It Ain't Me, Babe
03. Things Have Changed
04. Sugar Baby
05. Cold Irons Bound
06. Simple Twist Of Fate
07. Honest With Me
08. Desolation Row
09. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
10. Forgetful Heart
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
13. Jolene
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 6th, 2011 at 9:25am
Beijing, China
Workers Gymnasium
April 6, 2011

1.      Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking :weed
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4.      Tangled Up In Blue
5.      Honest With Me
6.      Simple Twist Of Fate
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8.      Love Sick
9.      Rollin' And Tumblin'
10.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall :weed
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      Spirit On The Water
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man
     
     (1st encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone
16.      All Along The Watchtower
     
     (2nd encore)
17.      Forever Young :weed :weed :weed
     
Thanks to Susan & Al for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, violin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 8th, 2011 at 9:33am
Here we go...

Shanghai, China
Grand Stage
April 8, 2011

1.      Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking :willya
2.      Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3.      Things Have Changed
4.      Tangled Up In Blue
5.      Honest With Me
6.      Simple Twist Of Fate
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8.      Blind Willie McTell
9.      The Levee's Gonna Break
10.      Desolation Row
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      Spirit On The Water
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone
16.      Forever Young :weed :weed :weed
     
Thanks to Kai Se Ling for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - trumpet, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Apr 10th, 2011 at 11:51am
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
RMIT University
Sports Grounds
April 10, 2011

1.      Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking :weed
2.      It Ain't Me, Babe
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4.      Tangled Up In Blue
5.      Honest With Me
6.      Simple Twist Of Fate
7.      Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8.      Love Sick
9.      The Levee's Gonna Break
10.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      Spirit On The Water
13.      My Wife's Home Town :weed :weed :weed
14.      Jolene
15.      Ballad Of A Thin Man
     
     (1st encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone
16.      All Along The Watchtower
     
     (2nd encore)
17.      Forever Young :weed
     
Thanks to Susan & Al, Brigitte, Thomas, Stefan & Aui for the phone calls


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - trumpet, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

page by Bill Pagel
[email protected]

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 16th, 2011 at 6:19am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=353343

BOB DYLAN

April 13, 2011
Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (KITEC)
Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong

01. -intro-
02. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
03. It Ain't Me, Babe
04. Things Have Changed
05. Tangled Up In Blue
06. Rollin' And Tumblin'
07. Simple Twist Of Fate
08. High Water (For Charley Patton)
09. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
10. The Levee's Gonna Break
11. If You Ever Go To Houston
12. Highway 61 Revisited
13. Spirit On The Water
14. My Wife's Home Town
15. Thunder On The Mountain
16. Ballad Of A Thin Man
17. -encore
18. Like A Rolling Stone
19. -band intro-
20. Forever Young

Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, violin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Apr 19th, 2011 at 4:37pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=353824

Bob Dylan
Star Hall - KITEC
Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
2011-04-12

01. introduction
02. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
03. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
04. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
05. Tangled Up In Blue
06. Honest With Me
07. Simple Twist Of Fate
08. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
09. Blind Willie McTell
10. Jolene
11. Desolation Row
12. Highway 61 Revisited
13. Spirit On The Water
14. My Wife's Home Town
15. Thunder On The Mountain
16. Ballad Of A Thin Man
(encore)
17. Like A Rolling Stone
18. band introduction
19. Forever Young

Band Members
Bob Dylan - vocals, guitar, keyboard, harp
Stu Kimball - guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, mandolin, steel guitar
Charlie Sexton - guitar
George Receli - drums
Tony Garnier - bass

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Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 13th, 2011 at 11:44am
Bob issues a statement on the China censorship rumours...

http://www.bobdylan.com/news/my-fans-and-followers

To my fans and followers

Allow me to clarify a couple of things about this so-called China controversy which has been going on for over a year. First of all, we were never denied permission to play in China. This was all drummed up by a Chinese promoter who was trying to get me to come there after playing Japan and Korea. My guess is that the guy printed up tickets and made promises to certain groups without any agreements being made. We had no intention of playing China at that time, and when it didn't happen most likely the promoter had to save face by issuing statements that the Chinese Ministry had refused permission for me to play there to get himself off the hook. If anybody had bothered to check with the Chinese authorities, it would have been clear that the Chinese authorities were unaware of the whole thing.

We did go there this year under a different promoter. According to Mojo magazine the concerts were attended mostly by ex-pats and there were a lot of empty seats. Not true. If anybody wants to check with any of the concert-goers they will see that it was mostly Chinese young people that came. Very few ex-pats if any. The ex-pats were mostly in Hong Kong not Beijing. Out of 13,000 seats we sold about 12,000 of them, and the rest of the tickets were given away to orphanages. The Chinese press did tout me as a sixties icon, however, and posted my picture all over the place with Joan Baez, Che Guevara, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. The concert attendees probably wouldn't have known about any of those people. Regardless, they responded enthusiastically to the songs on my last 4 or 5 records. Ask anyone who was there. They were young and my feeling was that they wouldn't have known my early songs anyway.

As far as censorship goes, the Chinese government had asked for the names of the songs that I would be playing. There's no logical answer to that, so we sent them the set lists from the previous 3 months. If there were any songs, verses or lines censored, nobody ever told me about it and we played all the songs that we intended to play.

Everybody knows by now that there's a gazillion books on me either out or coming out in the near future. So I'm encouraging anybody who's ever met me, heard me or even seen me, to get in on the action and scribble their own book. You never know, somebody might have a great book in them.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by ijwthstd on May 13th, 2011 at 12:13pm
LA Weekly cover story

http://www.laweekly.com/2011-05-12/music/bob-dylan-turns-70/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by steel driving hammer on May 17th, 2011 at 2:08pm
Bob Dylan denies censorship of China shows

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rock legend Bob Dylan took to his website on Friday to dispute accusations he bowed to censorship for his first ever concerts in China last month.

Dylan was criticized by Western media and by Human Rights Watch for not performing some of his best-known protest songs on his China tour in April.

In a rare online posting, Dylan said Chinese authorities asked for the names of the songs he would play in their country.

Dylan said he sent Chinese officials his set lists from the previous three months of shows. He performed in Beijing on April 6 and Shanghai two days later.

"If there were any songs, verses or lines censored, nobody ever told me about it and we played all the songs that we intended to play," Dylan wrote in the post.

Media commentators cited the absence of songs "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "Blowin' in the Wind" from Dylan's China set list as evidence that the counter-culture hero had caved to pressure.

Dylan, who turns 70 this month, said in his Web post that the audience in China, rather than clamoring for his 1960s material, "responded enthusiastically" to music from his last four or five albums.

In March, China's Culture Ministry said in a brief statement that an agreement to have Dylan sing in the country came with the proviso that he perform "the approved content."

China's censors have been sensitive in the past to subversive political content as well as references to sex, drugs and religion in songs by Western performers.

Dylan did open his China shows with his overtly Christian 1979 song "Gonna Change My Way of Thinking," from the period soon after Dylan, who was born Jewish, embraced Christianity for a number of years.

His China tour also included his hit songs "Like A Rolling Stone," "All Along the Watchtower" and "Forever Young."

Dylan, who is known as "Baobo Dilun" in China, said on his website that he sold 12,000 tickets for the Beijing show, out of a total of 13,000 seats available. He said that the rest of the tickets were given away to orphanages.

Dylan faced accusations of selling out after appearing in a 2004 Victoria's Secret commercial and for allowing a Canadian bank to use "The Times They Are A-Changin'" in a 1996 advertisement.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Jill Serjeant)



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on May 24th, 2011 at 10:28am
HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY Mr Zimmerman!!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on May 24th, 2011 at 10:56am
Happy 70th to his Bobness. Not the biggest Dylan fan in the world. But I do respect his career and the influence he's had on music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 24th, 2011 at 12:53pm
Nice header pic today that I've never seen before - from the 'Princes Trust Mastercard Masters of Music' concert at Hyde Park on 29/6/96. I was there, along with 150,000 others. A great day out, starting with Alanis Morrisette, then a 9-song set from Bob, with both Woody and Al Kooper sitting in for all the electric songs (which included 'Seven Days'), The Who and guests performing 'Quadrophenia' and finally a full length set from Eric Clapton.

All for an incredible (even then) ticket price of £8.50.

At the time I thought they were quite grizzled, but they both look quite young in that pic.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ginda on May 24th, 2011 at 1:17pm
The Ghost of Belle Starr wishes you a happy birthday.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Brainbell Jangler on May 24th, 2011 at 1:19pm

Martha wrote on Apr 3rd, 2011 at 8:33am:
Bob Dylan and the Law!  

Oh Yeah!  

'ang on, now!  Perhaps a lawyer can weigh in on this subject.  After all, I did quote Dylan in my speech at the 1990 Harvard Law School commencement:  "20 years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift."

Many happy returns of the day, Zimmy!

Brainy

Title: Happy birthday Bob/Never ending Stonestour
Post by Tumbling Dijs on May 24th, 2011 at 4:16pm
Happy birthday Bob. What would you all think of a neverending Stonestour. Probably a bad idea, but it seems to work for Bob. He also makes some very good music again the last years. Would living on the road together again for years do the same for The Stones? Bob seems to be one of the few real musicians who keeps writing and playing till he dies and he seems to get his inspiration on the road. Compared to Bob's production music is no more than a hobby for the Stones. That's why I love guys like him.

Title: Re: Happy birthday Bob/Never ending Stonestour
Post by Bingo on May 24th, 2011 at 4:28pm
Bob is a musician, The Stones are performers. There's your difference.

Bob doesn't get wrapped up in the stage show, just the music. It really is a shame The Stones never continued to play like they did in the early 70's. Yeah they make great records, well up to a point, but their live performances past 76ish really have been below average. The same boring setlist really is a drag. The take as many chances as a gay guy in a whorehouse.

Sure we can point to flashes of greatness here and there, but the overall live performances are a let down. Will I be at the next NYC area Stones show? Probably yes, hoping to catch that last great flash of lightning.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by stonedinaustralia on May 24th, 2011 at 11:12pm
hey check this out if you haven't already


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOokCdkIejk

brilliant and hilarious imho

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jun 5th, 2011 at 4:44pm
Bob Dylan makes a cameo on Pawn Stars. Bob shows up about 40 secs into the clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK4De8XrFq8&feature=player_embedded#at=46

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by BONOISLOVE on Jun 8th, 2011 at 10:17am

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jun 5th, 2011 at 4:44pm:
Bob Dylan makes a cameo on Paw Stars. Bob shows up about 40 secs into the clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK4De8XrFq8&feature=player_embedded#at=46



http://s3.amazonaws.com/files.posterous.com/lutzdasfischstaebchen/zIAcpCnByCuzsyJgEvDpijquvHbCGzJovdlkokqatDIgthmGAbumBFjxHmJg/media_http12mediatumblrcomtumblrku2sl9y3Gc1qze5g2o1400gif_gFaekugAovBixul.gif?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJFZAE65UYRT34AOQ&Expires=1307546481&Signature=5Q9jL5ggCSBEJrFRff%2BiZRiuPZk%3D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 17th, 2011 at 10:42am
The whiskers are back!



The Marquee, Cork 16/6/11

SET LIST

1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob on keyboard)  
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob center stage on harp)  
3. Things Have Changed (Bob center stage on harp)  
4. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob center stage on harp)  
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)  
6. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo)  
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on guitar)  
8. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (Bob center stage on harp)  
9. High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo)  
10. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)  
12. Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on guitar)  
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)  
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)  
   
 (encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)  
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)  
17. Forever Young (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)  


Bob's first show since turning 70.

First live performance of 'I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine' since Dublin 26/11/05 (a show I was at) and apparently it was a gem.

Next up, Finsbury Park in London tomorrow, headlining the first night of the 'London Feis'. With Woody in town and Van Morrison headlining Sunday, there must be a decent chance of a guest appearance with an old mate or two.

Ade and I will be in attendance.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Jun 17th, 2011 at 10:44am
enjoy the show G. wish i was in london

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 17th, 2011 at 11:54am
Cheers, mojo

Here's a list of up to date US summer dates, incidentally :

July 14th 2011, Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, California
July 15th 2011, Pacific Amphitheatre, 2011 OC Fair, Orange County, California.
July 16th 2011, The Pearl Concert Theater At The Palms, Las Vegas, Nevada
July 18th 2011, Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona
July 19th 2011, Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheatre, Tucson, Arizona
July 21st 2011, Hard Rock Pavilion, Albuquerque, New Mexico
July 23rd 2011, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, Oklahoma
July 24th 2011, Whitewater Amphitheater, New Braunfels, Texas
July 26th 2011, UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana - opening act: Leon Russell
July 27th 2011, Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida
July 28th 2011, Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta, Georgia
July 30th 2011, UNO Lakefront Arena, Memphis, Tennessee
August 1st 2011, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee
August 2nd, 2011, Roberts Stadium, Evansville, Indiana
August 3rd 2011, Toledo Zoo Amphitheater, Toledo, Ohio
August 5th, 2011, Fraze Pavilion, Kettering, Ohio
August 6th 2011, Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, Cleveland, Ohio
August 7th 2011, Meadow Brook Music Festival, Rochester Hills, Michigan
August 9th 2011, Constellation Brands - Marvin Sands PAC, Canandaigua, New York
August 10th 2011, Toyota Pavilion, Montage Mountain, Scranton, Pennsylvania
August 12th 2011, Bethel Woods Center For The Performing Arts, Bethel, New York - Special guest: Leon Russell
August 13th 2011, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Jones Beach State Park Wantagh, New York. Not confirmed
August 14th  2011, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey. Not confirmed
August 19th 2011, Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion, Gilford, New Hampshire - Special guest: Leon Russell
August 20th 2011, Bangor Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor, Maine - Special guest: Leon Russell  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Jun 17th, 2011 at 12:13pm
man i would love to see leon warm up for bob, havent seen him in twenty years. PNC is the closest he gets to me(the boss's backyard) but leon not listed for that place plus its a DUI training center for the state police. f that. hopefully he'll be in the city of brotherly love this fall again.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 17th, 2011 at 12:27pm
Audio of 'I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine' from last night on sendspace..

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xbyx1g

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Jun 22nd, 2011 at 1:31pm
just got a ticky for philadelphia in august!!! outside but great venue!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jul 5th, 2011 at 7:25am
The rumoured show at Holmdel, NJ on August 14th wont be taking place.

Bob will be playing instead on that night at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park.  A gig that's just crying out for a guest appearance from you-know-who.

http://apboardwalk.com/events/3095

Two other shows have been added to those listed above :

Columbia, Md - 16/8 - Merriweather Pavilion
Philadelphia, Pa  - 17/8 - Mann Music Center

European tour will likely be October-November. There's also talk of Bob playing a festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil in mid-November.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jul 6th, 2011 at 11:14am

Rumor - Bob Dylan to tour Europe with Mark Knopfler, announcement soon


According to John Baldwin's Desolation Row Information Service, Bob Dylan's fall tour itinerary of Europe is almost final, and he may be touring with his former collaborator Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits fame):

We’ve been telling you for some time that there will be an Autumn Tour of Europe. What I can say now is that the tour has been finalized and the Promoters are just waiting for Dylan’s people to give their approval before an announcement can be made – just in case they or Mr. Dylan might object to some aspect of the arrangements. I expect to get the full details this Friday or next Monday. They want to get tickets on sale ASAP.  What I can tell you is that the tour will start early October and finish mid-November. Dylan will be touring with another big name. I can’t say who without breaking confidence but our friends at ISIS believe that this might be Mark Knopfler (I’ll neither confirm nor refute this). The UK Promoter has said that fan access to a ticket allocation will be available and I expect to be running that as usual.

The rumor over at Isis is that it will be a "double-header" tour. The Dylan fanzine has learned that Knopfler has postponed the planned mixing of his new album until the new year because "something has come up".

Among the countries mentioned for the tour are United Kingdom, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy.

Knopfler participated on session for two of Dylan’s most acclaimed albums, 1979’s Slow Train Coming (as guitarist) and 1983’s Infidels (guitarist and co-producer).

Despite Knopfler’s disappointment with Dylan’s final version of Infidels, they shared the stage twice in 1986 down in Australia - Once at a Dylan gig with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, then later at a Dire Straits concert.

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Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jul 14th, 2011 at 5:58am
European Tour dates :


(note - no confirmation yet that this will be a double-bill with Mark Knopfler)

Oct 06: The O2, Dublin, Ireland  

Oct 08: Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland  

Oct 09: Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland  

Oct 10: Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England      

Oct 11: Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England  

Oct 13: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales  

Oct 14: International Centre, Bournemouth, England  

Oct 16: Le Zenith, Lille, France  

Oct 17: Palais Omnisport de ParisBercy, Paris, France  

Oct 19: Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium      

Oct 20: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands  

Oct 21: Rockhal, EschsurAlzette, Luxembourg  

Oct 23: KönigPilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany      

Oct 25: SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany  

Oct 26: Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany      

Oct 27: Leipzig Arena, Leipzig, Germany  

Oct 29: O2 World, Berlin, Germany  

Oct 31: O2 World, Hamburg, Germany  

Nov 02: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark  

Nov 03: Malmo Arena, Malmo, Sweden  

Nov 04: Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden  

Nov 06: TUI Arena, Hannover, Germany  

Nov 07: Nürnberg Arena, Nürnberg, Germany  

Nov 08: Olympiahalle, Innsbruck, Austria  

Nov 09: Palasport, Padova, Italy      

Nov 11: Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence, Italy  

Nov 12: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy      

Nov 14: Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy  

Nov 15: SEG Geneva Arena, Geneva, Switzerland  

Nov 16: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MRD8 on Aug 3rd, 2011 at 6:44am

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=367847

Bob Dylan
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville TN
August 1, 2011

Excellent audience recording. Recorded with Edirol R-09 with
Church Cardoid Mics with STC-9000 Preamp. Track separation with CDWave.

Recorded from the third row on the left side of the stage.


0. (intro)
1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3. Things Have Changed
4. Tangled Up In Blue
5. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on guitar)
6. Mississippi
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
8. Sugar Baby
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Lukas Nelson on guitar)
10. Forgetful Heart
11. Thunder On The Mountain
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
13. Like A Rolling Stone
14. All Along The Watchtower
15. Blowin' In The Wind



Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, viola, violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel
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Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by TomL on Aug 3rd, 2011 at 11:35am
wow that is a very heavy US summer schedule with very little breaks for a 70 yr old. Fuck em up Bob.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 19th, 2011 at 8:44am
Aug 17, 2011 Philadelphia, PA
Mann Music Center

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Things Have Changed
Tangled Up In Blue
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Mississippi
Desolation Row
The Levee's Gonna Break
Blind Willie McTell
Highway 61 Revisited
Simple Twist Of Fate
Thunder On The Mountain
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
All Along The Watchtower


very nice show from mr z, at a terrific venue in the city of brotherly love. the man the band never cease to dissapoint me, got my favorite tune don't think twice right the first song i heard him perform twenty five years ago along with other great interpretations especially  the levees gonna break and the sublime simple twist of fate. missed most of leons set and sadly the two did not play together but he's still rockin and rollin despite looking older than father time,  still doin jumpin jack flash too.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Aug 20th, 2011 at 9:06am
My son, Keith, and I will be seeing him tomorrow night at Boston's House of Blues!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 20th, 2011 at 10:27am

lotsajizz wrote on Aug 20th, 2011 at 9:06am:
My son, Keith, and I will be seeing him tomorrow night at Boston's House of Blues!



you will have a great time Jizzy!!!



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Aug 22nd, 2011 at 1:24pm
We did!  Bob was in a good voice (for him) and good mood.


1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
3. Things Have Changed
(Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
4. Tangled Up In Blue
(Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
5. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin)  
6. Mississippi (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
7. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)  
8. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
9. High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
10. Simple Twist Of fate (Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)  
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
12. Blind Willie McTell
(Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)  
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on lap steel)  
   
 (encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)  
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)  
17. Blowin' In The Wind
(Bob on keyboard then center stage with harp, Donnie on violin, Stu on acoustic guitar)  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Martha on Aug 24th, 2011 at 8:39am

TomL wrote on Aug 3rd, 2011 at 11:35am:
wow that is a very heavy US summer schedule with very little breaks for a 70 yr old. Fuck em up Bob.



Captain Sway Sir!  Have I told you lately that I love you?!?!  Right on baby!  70 and rollin like thunder!  He blows my mind.  You should have seen him perform at Mud Island....it was so humid we couldn't breath and Bob came out and gave a GREAT show....he was so on.....non-stop.  He's madness!!!!

xoxoxoxoxo,
Martha

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 16th, 2011 at 12:02pm
Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler have added three London shows at the end of their tour, at Hammersmith Apollo on November 19th, 20th and 21st.

There will be standing on the floor (£65) and seating in the various balcony tiers (£75 front balcony with only 390 seats and £70 all other seats).There will be an MK pre-sale on September 20th and a bd.com pre-sale probably at the same time. UK fans are being offered similar through Desolation Row and ISIS.  

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Sep 24th, 2011 at 10:04am
By ALAN LIGHT
Published: September 23, 2011

BOB DYLAN has long claimed Hank Williams as an influence and an inspiration. In his 2004 memoir, “Chronicles Volume One,” Mr. Dylan recounted his discovery of that country giant’s music in the 1950s. “I became aware that in Hank’s recorded songs were the archetype rules of poetic songwriting,” he wrote. “The architectural forms are like marble pillars.”
 
Bob Dylan assembled various singers to put unrecorded lyrics by Hank Williams to music. The result is “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams.”

Mr. Dylan added that when he got word of Williams’s death at the age of 29 on New Year’s Day, 1953, the news “hit me squarely on the shoulder.”

“Intuitively I knew, though, that his voice would never drop out of sight or fade away,” he continued.

With a new project titled “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams,” Mr. Dylan is doing his part to keep the work of one of America’s greatest songwriters — the author of classics like “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Cold Cold Heart,” and “Hey Good Lookin’ ” — in the spotlight. The album collects the lyrics for a dozen unrecorded songs by Williams, set to melodies and recorded by an array of rock and country stars, including Jack White, Norah Jones, Merle Haggard and Sheryl Crow. “The Lost Notebooks” is being released on Oct. 4 on Mr. Dylan’s imprint, Egyptian Records, in conjunction with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Columbia Records. (The only previous release on Egyptian was a 1997 group tribute to the country pioneer Jimmie Rodgers.)

Artists who participated in the album, which has been in the works for almost a decade, expressed their sense of honor at being asked to complete the work of such a monumental musician. “There’s a lot of magic still left in these songs,” said Alan Jackson, who opens the album with “You’ve Been Lonesome, Too.” Ms. Jones, who sings the bluesy, melancholy “How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart,” said she found the idea behind the project “really daunting,” but that “the people who were putting it together were doing it with respect and love and creativity, and I had trust in that.”

Lucinda Williams — whose poet father met Hank Williams the month before the singer died and Ms. Williams was born — felt such an emotional connection to her selection, “I’m So Happy I Found You,” that she sang it immediately before she and her husband exchanged vows at their onstage wedding in 2009. The seeds of the project were planted in 2002 when the all-star Hank Williams tribute album “Timeless” (also with Mr. Dylan, Ms. Williams and Ms. Crow) won the Grammy for country album of the year. One of that record’s executive producers, the veteran manager and A&R executive Mary Martin, was approached by Peggy Lamb, the Hank Williams authority at Williams’s publishing company, Acuff-Rose. Ms. Lamb told her about the cardboard box containing four notebooks and scattered scraps of paper full of Williams’s unrecorded lyrics (66 songs in all) that was locked in a vault in her office. Williams’s family had passed the material to Acuff-Rose soon after the singer died, but its existence wasn’t widely known until a few of the pages were reprinted in the book “Hank Williams: Snapshots From the Lost Highway,”

“Nashville is a small community,” said Ms. Martin, who worked with Mr. Dylan’s legendary manager Albert Grossman and first introduced Mr. Dylan to the members of the Band. “If three of us have a passion, we’re bound to end up in a bar together.”

Initially Ms. Lamb’s idea was to ask one artist to record a full album based on the manuscripts. Ms. Martin approached Mr. Dylan, sending him 27 of them; he weighed the idea for “about a year and a half,” she said, before replying that “the task is too mighty.” He chose one song, “The Love That Faded,” for himself — setting lines like “Vows that we made turned into lies/My life is empty, my lonely heart cries” to a chugging waltz with a pedal-steel guitar refrain — and they started coming up with a roster of potential contributors and sending them lyrics to consider; Mr. Jackson was the first artist asked.

Ms. Martin said that some of the choices — Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young — opted not to participate and laughed as she described Mr. Dylan’s wondering why they weren’t involving Luciano Pavarotti.

The finest of the “Lost Notebooks” lyrics offer the economy and precision that characterized Williams’s work. Given the range of styles in which Mr. Williams wrote, from the spiritual revelation of “I Saw the Light” to the physical joy in “Jambalaya (on the Bayou),” the selections of each artist can be telling. Though there were a number of gospel songs among the lyrics, only Mr. Haggard chose a religious theme, the album’s closer, “The Sermon on the Mount.” The sly humor of “You Know That I Know” feels like familiar territory for Mr. White. The tradition-minded country singers Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell utilize a recited section, like those on the records Williams made as the street preacher character Luke the Drifter, in “I Hope You Shed a Million Tears” (and called on Williams’s pedal steel player, Don Helms, for what turned out to be his final recording session; he died in 2008).

Ms. Crow said she didn’t feel intimidated by the idea of finishing a master’s work. “It’s meant to be a project honoring him and his legacy,” she said. “It’s not really a contest, so I didn’t feel there would be any judgment.”

Still, most of the songs on the “Lost Notebooks” album hew to Williams’s sound; Ms. Martin noted that it was difficult to settle on a sequence because so many of the artists submitted waltzes.

The least familiar name among the contributors is Holly Williams, Williams’s granddaughter, who has previously released two albums of folk-inflected country originals. She had to add two verses of her own to the song fragment “Blue Is My Heart,” on which her father, Hank Williams Jr., adds backup vocals.

“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten so much into my family’s heritage,” she said. “Growing up I really didn’t understand his legacy. It was when I heard Bob Dylan and Tom Waits and Neil Young talking about Hank Williams that I started to understand. Now I just want to make sure that someone keeps it going for the next generation in our family.” (Williams’s grandson Shelton Hank Williams, who performs honky-tonk country and punk-metal as Hank 3, was not asked to participate, and has said that “it seems a little strange for somebody to finish a half-finished Hank Williams song.”)

Others have also expressed apprehension about the concept, whose closest precedent is the use of unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics on the two “Mermaid Avenue” albums that Billy Bragg and Wilco released in 1998 and 2000. There is a Facebook group called Stop the Desecration of Hank Williams Unfinished Songs. Chet Flippo, the editorial director of CMT and CMT.com, recently wrote that the album is “utterly fascinating” but also asked, “If you were a painter and were asked to execute a painting based on a very rudimentary fragment of sketches by Picasso, would you do that?”

Jakob Dylan, Bob’s son, whose inclusion on the album marks the first time his work has appeared side by side with his father’s, was circumspect about the project. “I wouldn’t be so lofty or arrogant to think I was actually co-writing with Hank Williams,” he said. “This was one way to interpret the lyrics, but I don’t think it defines the song.” Ms. Crow saw it as a challenge that might help her own songwriting. “I think whenever you’re playing tennis with John McEnroe, it ups your level a little,” she said, “so I hope this did something for my own art.”

Most of the musicians, though, immediately recalled the thrill they felt when first given their assignment. “This has got to be one of the coolest things ever,” Mr. Jackson said. “To be credited as writing a song with Hank Williams, that means more to me than winning a Grammy.”


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by steel driving hammer on Oct 17th, 2011 at 7:37am
Bob Dylan blowin' in the bagpipes.

LONDON (Reuters) - Bob Dylan, forever looking for a new road to walk down, has taken up the bagpipes.

The 70-year-old singer bought a set of traditional Scottish pipes while in Glasgow to play two concerts this weekend, a spokesperson for the National Piping Center said.

Dylan did not turn up at the centre's shop himself but sent a representative to pick them up.

"He's always wanted to learn," the spokesperson told Reuters. "It's a lovely sound when they are played well, and something to be appreciated."

Dylan chose a set of R.G. Hardie pipes -- one of the best makes -- in the Piping Centre's tartan along with a starter package including a chanter and a learning manual. She declined to say how much he paid.

Dylan has often shown an affection for things Scottish. He has cited national poet Robert Burns as a big influence, has an honorary degree from St. Andrews University in Fife, and a number of his songs are rooted in Scottish folk tunes, including "The Times They Are A-Changing."

In a 1997 song "Highlands" he sang: "My heart's in the Highlands wherever I roam, that's where I'll be when I get called home."

But for those who wince at the thought of Dylan's raspy voice combining with the skirl of the pipes, it might a case of "There must be some way out of here."

It should not interfere w/ the Stones 50th.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 17th, 2011 at 10:00am
Bob was fucking awesome in Glasgow last week. Probably the best I've seen him since 2005.

Haven't seen him look as happy and animated on a stage in many years.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Teiz on Oct 22nd, 2011 at 5:03am
Saw Bob in Rotterdam last thursday. Great show and a highly enjoyable set, with an outstanding Things Have Changed as the Main Event.

Missed Knopfler...too bad.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bingo on Oct 23rd, 2011 at 1:09pm
George Harrison's acoustic demo of Mama You Been On My Mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B8nhPQnJNo

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Jan 14th, 2012 at 5:17pm
Time to splice

Title: bob dylan performing live on vh1 w/in next hour!
Post by jeff on Jan 12th, 2012 at 7:40pm
anybody who hadn't heard, dylan and (i believe) his band are performing live on vh1's broadcast of critic's choce film award show
tonight!  show runs until 10pm EST, dylan performing as part of tribute to martin scorcese  

Title: Re: bob dylan performing live on vh1 w/in next hou
Post by Kilroy on Jan 12th, 2012 at 9:30pm
cool.........

Title: Re: bob dylan performing live on vh1 w/in next hou
Post by Paranoid Android on Jan 12th, 2012 at 9:39pm
I will have to wait for the Youtube since I dont have TV in my home...
if anyone has a link to post when it pops up ...please post

Title: Re: bob dylan performing live on vh1 w/in next hou
Post by Gazza on Jan 13th, 2012 at 6:14am

Paranoid Android wrote on Jan 12th, 2012 at 9:39pm:
I will have to wait for the Youtube since I dont have TV in my home...
if anyone has a link to post when it pops up ...please post


I dont have it here, but its on my facebook wall if you need the link - seems to be a 'private' link or something on YT.

I thought it was a great performance.

Good choice of song too ("Blind Willie McTell") , probably a nod to Scorsese's blues documentary a few years ago.

Title: Re: bob dylan performing live on vh1 w/in next hou
Post by FPM on Jan 13th, 2012 at 9:41am
GREAT performance! Although nothing beats the original Bootleg Series version of this (perhaps my favorite) great Dylan song, I liked the jaunty pace. Charlie Sexton really stood out on that beautiful White Falcon, with the rest of the boys in string-band mode.

I've really enjoyed Dylan's last coupla TV appearances. Wouldn't it have been nice to see the Stones show up and nail "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" as a tribute to Marty?

Title: Re: bob dylan performing live on vh1 w/in next hou
Post by Gazza on Jan 13th, 2012 at 11:27am
here it is :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4a1PeL5mzY

Title: Re: bob dylan performing live on vh1 w/in next hou
Post by dadrob on Jan 13th, 2012 at 2:03pm
I am a maniac Dylan fan and he is phrasing well and his stage craft are cool but his voice is so very shot.....I had some 74 Dylan stuff on earlier and back then his voice was in its prime...band was cool...haro playing was bad and wrong (missed notes for the minor).

more weirdnuss!

Title: Re: bob dylan performing live on vh1 w/in next hou
Post by philgood on Jan 14th, 2012 at 8:48am

Gazza wrote on Jan 13th, 2012 at 11:27am:
here it is :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4a1PeL5mzY



Gazza, thanks for posting the link.

Though I agree that his voice is pretty shut and yes he had better days reagarding playing the harp,
but it's still his Bobness.

I think it was great!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 21st, 2012 at 2:50am
Some new dates coming up - a South American tour this time


15 April 2012: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Citibank Hall): Capacity 8,500-9,600
17 April 2012: Brasília (Ginásio Nilson, Brazil Nelson): Capacity 16,600
19 April 2012: Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Chevrolet Hall): Capacity 6,700
21 April 2012: São Paulo, Brazil (Credicard Hall): Capacity 7,500
22 April 2012: São Paulo, Brazil (Credicard Hall): Capacity 7,500
24 April 2012: Porto Alegre, Brazil (Pepsi On Stage): Capacity 7,200
26 April 2012: Buenos Aires, Argentina (Teatro Gran Rex): Capacity 3,500
27 April 2012: Buenos Aires, Argentina (Teatro Gran Rex): Capacity 3,500
30 April 2012: Santiago, Chile (Movistar Arena): Capacity 15,000


More shows still to be announced.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on Mar 2nd, 2012 at 1:25pm
Bob Dylan At Mardi Gras New Orleans Feb. 1964


Mardi Gras New Orleans Feb.11th 1964 I was there with Victor Maymudes and Bob Dylan running the streets all day and night until 3am Ash Wednesday. Read all about it on the back of ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN. I am Joe B. Stuart the "white southern poet". My last name was slightly mispelled on the album. Either because it was transcribed from a tape or because the lawyers had Columbia change the names slightly to avoid law suits from people who had not given permission for their names to be used. You can read all about this Mardi Gras Day in Robert Shelton's bio of Bob, NO DIRECTION HOME. He describes the day and night fully. I should know because he used my written memories of it that my brother had sent to him. I called my memories LOOKING BACK AT BOBBY D. IN A NOW NEWSREEL.

I wrote down my memories in 1967. Victor Maymudes Bob's road manager and body guard and I played some ping pong in The Seven Seas Bar in the French Quarter. That bar is still there I believe. He beat me so I was impressed by that because I was pretty good. Dylan and Victor liked chess and ping pong. Victor ran off some loud mouth people who screeched up in a car on Decatur street yelling at Bob "Do you want to come with us?" And Bob replied, "Victor speaks for me". And Victor said "No". I now think this was Paul Clayton in a car with some other people. Paul Clayton was along on this trip but was not with Victor and Bob during Mardi Gras day and night. He was off doing something else. Since Bob was so little known by the general public in Feb.of 1964 I can't think of anyone else who this could have been except Paul Clayton. I may be wrong on this but no one else knew Bob Dylan from Adam in New Orleans at that time. I later knew someone in DC who knew Clayton. I never met him. But Paul Clayton was an interesting person and is often forgotten. He should be better remembered. I also remember that the writer Pete Karman was along with Bob and Victor and Paul Clayton on this trip. It might have been him that yelled from that car on Decatur Street but I doubt it. I remember Pete in La Casa de los Marinos. I recently heard from Pete. He told me he was sober that day and night after a big night the night before. So I now think it was simply the fact that he was sober that made me think he looked out of place in La Casa and nothing more.

Victor was 5 years older than us at the time. So he must have been 29 years old. A tall good looking guy. He could tell who was OK and who was not just by looking at them. A man of few words. But a really nice guy. I was 23 going on 24 at the time. We were all so young, so good looking and so unwrinkled. Time did a number on us like it does on everyone. But it is nice to look back and remember when we were young and full of piss and vinegar. I never met Victor ever again. Though I thought of him often.

I did meet Dylan again down on the Mall in Washington D.C. in 1986 when he was in town for concerts. We both were down on the Mall to see the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival because the Sun Rhythm Session Band was there. And that night we were all at the Twist and Shout in Bethesda,Maryland to see and hear them play.

Note #1. That Sunday Feb. 9th was the first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show by the Beatles. I remember watching it in a bar on Decatur St on TV that Sunday night and being amazed that people were taking the time to watch this new group from England. That was a merchant seaman's bar named Jewel's Tavern near the corner of Decatur St. and Gov. Nicholls. Two days later I was in that bar with Bob and Victor and I remember playing two songs for Dylan on the jukebox. One was Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash. And the other was MY SON CALLS ANOTHER MAN DADDY by Hank Williams. I said "Listen to that". Not knowing then that Hank Williams was and still is Bob's main man and most favorite singer. The arrival of the Beatles was a big important factor in the evolution of the ever growing and changing of Bob Dylan. He was still playing to small college audiences of 200 people or so in Feb. 1964. On their trip west Bob said they listened to the radio in the car and that the Beatles had 5 of the top ten songs on the Billboard charts. He would have been well aware of that and what it meant for the changing nature of pop music as it meant the end of folk music and the rebirth of rock and roll. Bob brought the poetry and the Beatles brought the electricity along with others. So it would be only natural that Bob would plug in sooner rather than later.

Here is one quote from Bob standing on the corner outside of La Casa de los Marinos on that Mardi Gras afternoon. A girl told him "You sure do have long hair". Bob replied, "Yes I am going to let my hair grow down to the street and write my poems from the tops of these buildings". And so he did. Note#2: I just remembered a few things I want to correct that Robert Shelton changed in his telling of this story. He has since died so they will never be corrected in NO DIRECTION HOME his bio of Bob Dylan. We were all going up Bourbon Street when Bob spied a young man with a guitar singing "Don't Think Twice". We stopped and listened to the young man. Bob told him "You sing that very well". The young fellow looked at Bob and said "You....you..no it couldn't be. You arent Bob Dylan are you?" Dylan replied "No I'm not". We all laughed and took off. Bob has recently commented that often when fans meet a celebrity will ask "Is it really you" as if they cant believe it. I think it was around this time on Bourbon Street that I told him "Listen to this." I then recited a song called CHILDREN FROM BROKEN HOMES. It goes like this: "Seems like married men are sad everywhere I go. They learn late what children from broken homes know. As they lie in bed late at night hearing mama and papa scream shout fuss and fight. Separation, divorce, call it what you will It leaves an emptiness no one woman can fill. Children with shattered faces and cracks in their hearts They need no teachers to tell them the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I'll tell you I know and some of you do too its not the homes but the children that are broken into." Bob said, "Who wrote that? Hank Williams?" No, I said. "I did".

Later when we were all standing outside BABY GREENS(a black only bar on Burgundy St.)Dylan was trying to get the black man who ran the place to let us in.Dylan kept saying "Why man Why Not?" The guy told us to go on before the cops came and locked us all up. The black guy said to Dylan, "Son go on home. Somewhere your mother is on her knees praying for you". And Dylan shot back,"I don't have a mother and if I did she wouldn't be praying for me". I remember some guy joining us as we were over on Dauphine St. We tried to go in Cosimo's bar with a black guy but they would not let us in. I was amazed to recognize the bartender as a former Air Force pilot I had known when I was in the Air National Guard two years before. He said, "Joe, don't bring that guy in here". It was after that that we tried to go down to Baby Green's but they would not let us in either. Somewhere along the way on Burgundy St. we had picked up another young man who ran and jumped up on top of a car and walked over it from front to back. Up on the hood, over the top, and down over the trunk as well all yelled "No". I think this was the guy who asked Dylan if he had ever read Jean-Paul Sartre. And Dylan replied that he had. Dylan then asked the guy, "Have you ever read Jean Genet?" The young man answered "Yes". But Dylan shot back at him"Yes. Yes. But have you REALLY read Genet?" There was a good bit of this literary one upmanship going on.

Later as we were walking past Jackson Square I asked Bob when he was going to go in the military. Remember in 1964 there was still a draft and it was something all young men had to think about. He replied, "I tried to join. But they wouldn't take me". I remember that Victor was carrying a gallon jug of red wine. We would all take drinks from this jug. I also remember Bob giving me a look when I took what was most likely a really big slug from this bottle. You can be sure Bob had paid for it. Later in the Greek bars on Decatur St.(The Athenian Room and the Gin Mill) it was getting very late. 3am. We all got a kick out of a drag queen dancing with a drunken sailor from the USS Lexington which was in port during Mardi Gras. The sailor thought he was dancing with a woman. And he would bend her over and give her a big kiss. Well he/she was having a good time too. I had to leave to get back to Mobile because I was supposed to teach school the next day. Obviously that wasnt going to happen. Dylan kept saying to me to come with them to Denver. That he knew poets there. Well, it was tempting but I wasnt going off in a car with a mad poet singer songwriter and a few others guys when I had a good job back in Mobile. Plus we were all very drunk on red wine and I knew that when we all sobered up the next day it would not be so rosy a picture. I dont see how it would have been a good idea. I could see it leading more to me being thrown out in a desert somewhere along the way. So I declined the offer. But there was something I wanted to tell him before I left. I wanted to let him know that I hoped he would not sell out and change the way Elvis had after he went to RCA and was on the Ed Sullivan show and other TV shows. So I said to Dylan," Don't ever go on the Ed Sulllivan show ". His eyes got real big. What I didnt know at the time was that he had already had a chance to go on the Ed Sullivan show and his appearance was cancelled at the last minute because they would not let him sing "Talking John Birch Blues". So he walked off instead of changing the song. Bob Dylan never appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.

He didnt need it by 1965. He was big and getting bigger. I just watched DONT LOOK BACK AGAIN for the first time since it came out in 1967. Now available on Netflix. The 1965 Dylan is all changed from the 1964 Dylan. Before he was scruffy. Now he is cleaned up wearing jackets and styled hair and looking hip to the max. Interestingly Victor does not appear in this film. He must not have made the trip. Grossman is there as manager and Joan Baez is there but just along for the ride. By 1965 Bob Dylan is a solo act that can sell out The Royal Albert Hall in London. It is very interesting to look back at this film now and see a 24 year old Bob Dylan.

Another memory. I remember at that Mardi Gras in New Orleans in 1964 we were walking along in front of the Monteleone Hotel and Dylan saw two young girls. He asked them if they wanted to go to a party. They said no. He chased them a little way down the street saying come on we are going to a party. They, of course, had no idea who he was because in Feb. 1964 he was still a nobody and an unknown. A year later in London the girls there knew who he was and chased him and stood outside his hotel as can be seen in DONT LOOK BACK yelling for him to come out. One of them has a real nice loud whistle too. Bob Dylan is a gemini. And when sober he is quiet and speaks to no one. But once he started in on the red wine and got drunk he spoke to everyone. He opened up and spoke freely of everything on his mind.


Some quotes I remember Bob saying: He had asked me what I did and I told him I was teaching high school English in Mobile, Alabama.While we were standing outside Jackson Square on the sidewalk some other people came up and he asked a girl what she did and she said she taught school. Bob replied loudly, "I am surrounded by school teachers!"
He asked me if I would teach his poems and songs to my students and I told him I would. And I did. They must have been the first students in a US high school to have Bob Dylan taught to them. He told me that I was "a brave cat to teach school".


I took all of them to a Mardi Gras party on Madison st. in the French Quarter.On the way there I ran ahead to tell Susan we were coming. Bob took off running after me on Decatur St. and tripped and fell on the corner of Madison and Decatur St. Victor picked him up. We were climbing the stairs 4 flights up to Sue and Tony's apartment. Bob said, "We are all just steps". I thought to myself that is good. We are all steps. My college friend Sue lived there with her husband Tony. Their guests were all wearing suits and evening gowns. We all were in blue jeans and scruffy clothes. But Sue let us in and she and Bob had a discussion. He wrote a song about this encounter called BOB DYLAN'S NEW ORLEANS RAG. It is a song that appears only on various bootlegs.But the lyrics do appear in Bob's book LYRICS BY BOB DYLAN 1962-1985. Sue was the "the lady at 103". Sue and Tony lived at 103 Madison Street in the> French Quarter in 1964. The song opens with these lines "I was sittin on a stump down in New Orleans feelin kinda low down dirty and mean when along comes a fellow and he didnt even ask he said I know a lady who can fix you up fast". While they talked the other guests stood back and didnt have a clue who this was or what he was all about. Bob would eat some cheese, drink some wine and rock back and forth almost hitting his head on the coffee table as he talked to Sue. I think he was impressed by how smart she was. The rest of us just listened. More later on this. Since this was an interesting conversation I will add some more of what I remember. Bob started telling us of his trip down South and how they had stopped in Flat Rock, North Carolina to see Carl Sandburg. They got him to come out on the porch of his cabin where Bob and Sandburg talked. This conversation is recounted in Robert Shelton's book NO DIRECTION HOME. Carl Sandburg told Bob, "You certainly are an intense young man". I asked Bob what he thought of Southern writers Tennessee Williams and William Faulkner. Dylan said, "TennesseeWilliams is a sick cat, man". And that he wished he could have met William Faulkner. But he never did because Faulkner had died in July of 1962. In Bob's new book Chronicles he says that he once met Tennessee Williams and that he was a genius and looked like one. Bob also told the often told story of how he was drunk at an awards banquet in NYC for Civil Rights leaders and was to be awarded some award and when he got up to speak he was drunk and mouthed off some words that got him roundly booed. He said something along the line you have you try to understand Lee Harvey Oswald and that all of us have some of that in us. It was stupid drunken talk. And it is worth noting he never repeated any more of these drunken mistakes in public again.

Outside of La Casa de los Marinos on the corner of Decatur Street and Toulouse Street I told him that I had just finished reading Woody Guthrie's BOUND FOR GLORY. Bob said, "I read that 8 years ago". Which means he read it when he was 15 since he was 23 years old at the time. Bob told me he wanted to be a writer. I took that to mean something other than songs. Recently he explained how he finally came to realize that he would not do novels or plays but he would say what he had to say in songs. Now with Chronicles he can stretch out some in his prose. I really wish Victor Maymudes had written his book. And if Victor's book does exist that it finds a publisher soon. What I liked about Victor was he was very friendly and open and not at all closed off guarded. If you asked him a question he would answer it. Right after you met Victor you felt like he was your friend.

Note#3: I saw three guys playing for tips in a bar at this Mardi Gras in 1964. They were unknowns passing a hat. The bar was on the corner of Toulouse Street and Chartres Street in the French Quarter. They were folksingers doing folk songs. 1964 was the year of the folksinger. There were many many young guys walking around carrying guitars at this Mardi Gras. But all these years I have remembered the guy standing on the left because years later in 1968 when Jerry Jeff Walker recorded MR. BOJANGLES (which he wrote) I saw a picture of him on the LP album cover and I thought: He looks just like that guy I saw playing for tips at the Mardi Gras in 1964. Recently I found out that it was in fact Jerry Jeff Walker. I sent him an email and he told me that it was him and that I had a good memory. All these years I have wondered if that was him and now I know that it was. It is nice to know that Jerry Jeff was at that same Mardi Gras in 1964 as was Bob Dylan and Victor. And even nicer to think about the fact that the guy who wrote MR BOJANGLES was at the same Mardi Gras as the guy who wrote MR TAMBOURINE MAN. Both songs were written not long after that Mardi Gras of 1964. joebstewart
Here is Bob Dylan doing Hey Mr. Tambourine Man at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964 just a few months after the Mardi Gras described above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YvKGqgzN3U

And this is Jerry Jeff Walker doing Mr. Bojangles. This is the earliest video I could find. And it sounds very much like the original album version. This was on the Dinah Shore Show. That is Don Meredith the old Dallas Cowboy quarterback from the 1960s doing the introduction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R69PE4UCyw

And here is a nice version of Mr. Bojangles by Jerry Jeff from 1991.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpELGrF1Fy4&feature=related

Here is some actual home movie footage of that 1964 Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It is the only one from 1964 that I could find on YouTube. Stick with it. It starts out at someone's house and then on a levee and then they go downtown to the Mardi Gras. Pete Fountain is seen in this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYaWMTFgKvQ

Posted by joeb at 1:04 PM  

http://joeb-tallyho.blogspot.com/2009/12/bob-dylan-at-mardi-gras-new-orleans-feb.html

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Post by mojoman on Mar 2nd, 2012 at 2:40pm
great read edith!!! thanks for the post

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Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Apr 26th, 2012 at 10:36pm
Got tix!

Second row! Saturday, May 12!


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Post by Gazza on Apr 27th, 2012 at 10:46am
Bob Dylan to get US Medal of Freedom



Bob Dylan is to receive America's highest civilian honour, the Medal Of Freedom, it has been announced.

He is being recognised alongside former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, John Glenn, the third American in space, and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison.

President Obama will award the medals at the White House in the coming weeks.

In a statement, he said: "They've challenged us, they've inspired us and they've made the world a better place."

Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 and began his musical career in 1959, playing in coffee houses in Minnesota.

He took his stage name from the poet Dylan Thomas and, not coincidentally, paid as much attention to his lyrics as his music.

Much of his best-known work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal historian of America's troubles.

Songs like Blowin' In The Wind and The Times They Are A-Changin' became anthems of the anti-war and civil rights movements.

His move away from traditional folk songwriting, paired with a controversial decision to "go electric" proved equally influential - his confessional, introspective lyrics were undoubtedly absorbed by The Beatles in their later work.

He continues to record and tour, expanding his horizons with a US radio show (syndicated on Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music in the UK) and a recently-signed six-book publishing deal.

Morrison has become renowned for her portrayal of the African-American experience in novels such as Song Of Solomon and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988.

Born Chloe Anthony Wofford, in 1931 in Ohio, she went on to become a senior editor at publishers Random House before pursuing her writing career.

Outside of novels, she has written literary criticism and even lyrics for operas, including Honey and Rue, with music by Andre Previn,

Once asked by a student who she wrote for, Morrison replied: "I want to write for people like me, which is to say black people, curious people, demanding people...

"People who can't be faked, people who don't need to be patronized, people who have very, very high criteria."

Albright, meanwhile, was born in Prague - in what was then Czechoslovakia, and was the first woman to hold the top diplomatic post in the US.

Other recipients of the Medal Of Freedom announced by the White House were:

Shimon Peres, Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Gordon Hirabayashi, who openly defied the forced relocation and internment in the United States of Japanese Americans during World War II.
John Doar, civil rights attorney.
William Foege, a physician who led the campaign to eradicate smallpox.
Dolores Huerta, civil rights worker and women's advocate.
Jan Karski, an officer in the Polish Underground during World War II and one of the first people to provide accounts of the Holocaust to the world.
Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts.
John Paul Stevens, former Supreme Court Justice.
Pat Summitt, former women's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee.
Previous honourees include Mother Theresa, Margaret Thatcher, Stephen Hawking, Walt Disney, Doris Day, Maya Angelou, Duke Ellington and Aretha Franklin.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17866035


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Post by MRD8 on May 1st, 2012 at 11:28am


http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=403786

Bob Dylan

Citibank Hall
Rio de Janerio
Brazil

April 15,2012

Audience recording
taper: SPOT

Disc One (66:05)

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
It Ain't Me, Babe
Things Have Changed
Tangled Up In Blue
The Levee's Gonna Break
Trying To Get To Heaven (Before They Close The Door)
Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Hunter/Dylan)
Desolation Row
Summer Days
Simple Twist Of Fate

Disc Two (37:20)

Highway 61 Revisited
Forgetful Heart (Hunter/Dylan)
Thunder On The Mountain
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
All Along The Watchtower

Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

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Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on May 13th, 2012 at 8:19pm
The Latin American Leg of the never ending tour is over!

What a great show! I didn’t have the intention to post a review but this show was very special with some very nice highlights

Well, this was my fifth Dylan show in Mexico City, so I have been in 5 out of the 6 shows, the only one missing was this Friday’s… shit! But it was impossible… hope to see him soon, the first couple of shows were back in 1991 at “Palacio de los Deportes” (a venue for 20,000) then 2 shows at “Auditorio Nacional” (for 10,000) and then yesterday in a new venue, not sure about the capacity but I think is 2,000 or something like that, I have never been so close, a real intimate venue, the first row is about 5’ from the stage, is like being on stage with them.

Watching Bob’s expressions, the way he communicates with the band and with the audience is something I will never forget, even that for the two shows in 2008 I was in the first 10 rows it was really far from the stage compared with yesterday’s concert.

It was also easy to see one by one all the guitars Charlie uses, all with the sound of the early sixties. Stu was doing the rhythm guitar must of the time but he did some great solos, he’s brilliant too, like the rest of the band, real musician playing real music.

The main highlight for me was very special moment of the show, I was on second row, Dylan’s side… in one song he was watching the audience and we made face-to-face contact, then I smiled (high... like my avatar's picture) and I raised my fist like saying fuck yeah and guess what? Bob did the same, smiled and did the same fist looking at me!! That was the coolest seconds of the 5 shows.

Now I know more why the term “his bobness”, yesterday I saw a living legend, one of the most important and more influent musicians of human history… Mr. Bob Dylan playing the last show of the Latin-American leg of the never ending tour

Hope it never ends

Setlist sent by phone by my friends Óscar and Mingo to the boblinks and expetingrain websites

Mexico City, Mexico
Pepsi Center
May 12, 2012

1.      Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2.      Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
3.      Things Have Changed (Bob center stage with harp)
4.      Tangled Up In Blue (Bob center stage with harp)
5.      Summer Days
6.      Not Dark Yet (Bob center stage with harp)
7.      Jolene
8.      Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob center stage no harp, Donnie on banjo)
9.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard and harp)
10.      The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard with harp at end, Donnie on banjo)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited
12.      Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on violin)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage with harp)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone
16.      All Along The Watchtower
     
     (encore)
17.      Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard then center stage with harp, Donnie on violin)

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Post by mojoman on May 13th, 2012 at 8:45pm
awesome to connect with his bobness

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Post by philgood on May 14th, 2012 at 5:23am
Glad you had so much fun Voodoo.
I see he opened with Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat.
When I saw him a few years ago he played an awesome raunchy and powerful version of it.
It really blew the roof. One of the best Rock & Roll performances I had seen in years. That song
alone was worth the trip and the money.

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Post by Gazza on May 14th, 2012 at 7:28am
Lucky bastardo! What a nice moment!

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Post by Bitch on May 14th, 2012 at 9:14am
Voodoo you got a great setlist and its cool when his Bobness fist pumped you back! Fist pumping is the international language saying HELL YEAH, YOU ROCK! Did you take any pics? I know the Dylan camp doesnt permit cameras, my videos on Youtube were removed. I dont know what the problem is with that normally in show biz any publicity is good publicity. DYlan has his own way of doing things and it has worked all these years in spite of his voice sounding like he smoked too many cigarettes, but I dont think he smokes. His attitude is take it or leave it, but I still think back-up singers would be a good idea. Well I'm glad he's still playing gigs and you had a good time!  

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Post by Gazza on May 16th, 2012 at 7:56am
Expect a new Dylan STUDIO album to be released some time this summer.

There was talk of some recording sessions a couple of months ago (fetauring David Hidalgo again) and now it seems that UNCUT have been told about a potential 'listening party' (although it seems to have been cancelled) in London later this week for 'sympathetic ears' (ie journalists likely to be 'Bob-friendly')

http://www.examiner.com/article/report-bob-dylan-s-new-album-reportedly-finished-uncut-to-get-first-preview

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Post by Heart Of Stone on May 24th, 2012 at 7:23am
Happy Birthday Bob, 71, quite a milestone.

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Post by MrPleasant on May 24th, 2012 at 11:16am
Well, I looked at my watch
I looked at my wrist
Punched myself in the face
With my fist
I took my potatoes
Down to be mashed
Then I made it over
To that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
It’s that million dollar bash


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Post by mojoman on May 24th, 2012 at 11:49am
happy birthday bobby z!!!

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Post by FPM on May 24th, 2012 at 11:56am


Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying.

Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying.



Happy Birthday Bob...71 and still busy being born.

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Post by AngieBlue on May 24th, 2012 at 5:06pm
Happy Birthday Bob!  71 years Forever Young.

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Post by uncleson on May 24th, 2012 at 5:36pm
Happy Birthday Bob!  :booze

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Post by Gazza on May 29th, 2012 at 7:45am
new album should be released in September.

The rumoured 14-minute song about the Titanic is confirmed, and there's another song of 9 minutes. The album has 10 songs and runs for 68 minutes.

More info here :
http://www.bobdylanisis.com/contents/en-uk/d19.html





Meanwhile, you can watch Bob get the Presidential Medal of Freedom later today.

Coverage begins at 15.25 ET - http://www.c-span.org/Events/2012-Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom-Award-Ceremony/10737431012/

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Post by Zack on May 30th, 2012 at 11:13am
Awesome photo.  Avatar material.
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Post by Bingo on Jun 5th, 2012 at 8:48pm
I'm listening to this soundboard/audience. I was lucky to see every show The Dead and Dylan did that year, except for L.A....I'm not into L.A.

http://archive.org/details/gd1987-07-19.SbdAud.dad.97651.flac16

Grateful Dead & Bob Dylan
Date: July 19, 1987
Venue: Autzen Stadium - University of Oregon
Location: Eugene, OR

Set 3 and Encore


01 [4:32] Maggie's Farm
02 [5:28] Dead Man Dead Man
03 [4:51] Watching The River Flow
04 [5:36] Simple Twist of Fate
05 [5:54] The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
06 [6:51] Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
07 [4:54] Heart of Mine
08 [5:22] It's All Over Now Baby Blue
09 [5:19] Rainy Day Women #12 & #35
Queen Jane Approximately [removed due to official release]
10 [5:42] Ballad Of A Thin Man
11 [5:42] Highway 61 Revisited [Jerry Garcia on slide guitar]
12 [7:49] Tangled Up In Blue
encores:
13 [6:45] Touch of Grey [with Bob Dylan on guitar] [this track is from the audience source]
14 [5:14] All Along The Watchtower

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Post by Bingo on Jun 5th, 2012 at 8:50pm
Here's The Dead's two sets before playing with Dylan. http://archive.org/details/gd87-07-19.sbd.fishman.13023.sbeok.shnf

Set 1

Iko Iko
Feel Like A Stranger
Franklin's Tower
New Minglewood Blues
Peggy-O
Addams Family Tuning
When I Paint My Masterpiece
West L.A. Fadeaway
Let It Grow

Set 2

Gimme Some Lovin' ->
Playing In The Band ->
He's Gone ->
Spoonful ->
Drums ->
Space ->
The Wheel ->
Truckin' ->
Wharf Rat ->
Turn On Your Lovelight

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Post by Bingo on Jun 5th, 2012 at 9:28pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaqNfJyMbyw

Billy Preston...It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

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Post by Bitch on Jun 5th, 2012 at 9:55pm
Dylan has given us a lifetime of music, his hard work and dedication is renewed with each year. I admire that totally. Thanks for the music, Bib!

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Post by MRD8 on Jul 2nd, 2012 at 2:12pm

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=411165

     Bob Dylan & His Band
Paddock Wood, UK
Hop Farm Festival

June 30th, 2012

01) Intro
02) Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
03) It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
04) Things Have Changed
05) Tangled Up In Blue
06) Cry A While
07) Love Sick
08) Ballad Of Hollis Brown
09) Spirit On The Water
10) High Water (For Charley Patton)
11) A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
12) Highway 61 Revisited
13) Can't Wait
14) Thunder On The Mountain
15) Ballad Of A Thin Man
16) Like A Rolling Stone
17) All Along The Watchtower


Band Members:
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, piano, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Title: Ownership Of Dylan’s Historic Guitar In Dispute
Post by mojoman on Jul 12th, 2012 at 10:08am





07:01 AM Thursday 7/12/12

Bob Dylan and historians at PBS are in a dispute over the whereabouts of an electric guitar that the singer plugged in at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, quite possibly the most historic single instrument in rock ‘n’ roll.

The New Jersey daughter of a pilot who flew Dylan to appearances in the 1960s says she has the guitar, which has spent much of the past 47 years in a family attic. But a lawyer for Dylan claims the singer still has the Fender Stratocaster with the sunburst design that he used during one of the most memorable performances of his career.

If the authentic “Dylan goes electric” guitar ever went on the open marketplace, experts say it could fetch as much as a half million dollars.

The guitar is the centerpiece of next Tuesday’s season premiere of PBS’ “History Detectives,” and the show said late Wednesday it stood by its conclusion that Dawn Peterson, the pilot’s daughter who works as a customer relations manager for an energy company, has the right instrument.

On July 25, 1965, that guitar was more an object of derision than desire.

With his acoustic songs of social protest, a young Bob Dylan was a hero to folk music fans in the early 1960s and the Newport festival was their Mecca. Bringing an electric guitar and band with him onstage to launch into “Maggie’s Farm” was more than an artistic change, it was a provocative act. Most folk purists disdained rock ‘n’ roll.

What happened next is a little foggy. Did an enraged Pete Seeger really try to cut Dylan’s electric power? Was the crowd upset about the noise, or by Dylan leaving the stage after only three songs? Was it even upset at all? He later returned for a couple of acoustic songs.

Either way, Dylan never looked back.

Music has its share of memorable instruments, like Paul McCartney’s Hofner bass or the Gibson guitars that B.B. King calls Lucille. Yet it’s tough to think of any instrument that was the focus of an event more meaningful than the electric guitar Dylan played that day, said Howard Kramer, curatorial director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum.

“This is not just kinda cool. This is way cool,” said guitar expert Andy Babiuk. “We all love Bob Dylan, but this is really a pinnacle point not just in his career but for music in general. I don’t think music in the 1960s would have been the same if Dylan had not gone electric.”

Victor Quinto briefly flew music stars like Dylan, The Band and Peter, Paul & Mary around during the 1960s. Peterson, his daughter, said Dylan left the Fender behind on an airplane and Quinto took it home. She was told that her father contacted Dylan’s representatives to get them to pick it up, but no one ever did. Quinto died at age 41, when his daughter was 8, and she treasures any remaining connection to her dad. The guitar was in her parents’ attic until about 10 years ago when she took it.

Peterson had no idea about its history until a friend of her husband’s saw it and mentioned the possible Newport connection. After unsuccessfully trying to verify it on her own, she turned to “History Detectives” about a year ago for help.

“When I heard it, I was like, ‘Yeah, right,’” said Elyse Luray, a former Christie’s auction house appraiser and auctioneer who co-hosts the PBS show. But there were intriguing clues. Peterson’s father left behind an address book that included a phone number for “Bob Dylan, Woodstock.” Luray showed the guitar case to a former Dylan roadie who recognized the name of a little-known company that Dylan had formed at the time stenciled on its side.

A sheaf of papers with handwritten song lyrics was in the guitar case and PBS took them to an expert, Jeff Gold, who said the handwriting matched Dylan’s. The fragmentary lyrics later appeared, in part, on songs that Dylan recorded but rejected for his 1966 “Blonde on Blonde” album.

Luray took the guitar to Babiuk, an appraiser of instruments who consults for the rock hall. He took the guitar apart to find a date written inside (1964) that made its use in Newport plausible. He drew upon blown-up color photos from Newport to compare the wood grain on the guitar Dylan played that day to the one in his hands. He’s confident it’s a match, likening the wood grain to a fingerprint.

Dylan’s lawyer, Orin Snyder, said late Wednesday that the singer had the guitar.

“He did own several other Stratocaster guitars that were stolen from him around that time, as were some handwritten lyrics,” Snyder said. “In addition, Bob recalls driving to the Newport Folk Festival, along with two of his friends, not flying.”

In a response, “History Detectives” spokesman Eddie Ward said the show continues to believe Peterson has the guitar in question and would “welcome the opportunity” to examine the guitar that Dylan says is the one he played that day. Peterson said she stood by the “History Detectives” conclusion. Babiuk said he didn’t want to get involved in a dispute, but said he was “99.9 percent certain” that he examined the guitar used at Newport.

Peterson said she had written to Dylan’s lawyers in 2005 requesting that Dylan waive any claim to the guitar. Lawyers declined the request and said it should be returned but until this week, there had been no further contact.

Unlike some musicians who prize instrument collections, Dylan has generally looked upon them as tools to convey his art, much like a carpenter’s hammer, Kramer said. “I don’t think he’s dwelled on a guitar he hasn’t played for 47 years,” he said. “If he cared about it, he would have done something about it.”

That doesn’t mean lawyers or managers wouldn’t be aware of its value and fight for it, however.


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Post by FPM on Jul 17th, 2012 at 1:35pm
I just found out that Dylan's late summer US tour ends in nearby Hershey PA on Sept 9 (2 days before his new album comes out). Haven't seen the band since Charlie Sexton rejoined the ranks. In other words, I'm WAY overdue to see the Man. Psyched!

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Post by Lazy Bones on Jul 25th, 2012 at 9:16am
The New Dylan Album: A First Listen



Don’t spread it about, but, yes, I’ve heard the new Dylan album. And four or five tracks in, what I was thinking was: how much better is this thing going to get?

First impressions, we are often told, are notoriously unreliable. Sometimes this is actually the case. I remember years ago reviewing Sting’s album The Soul Cages and coming to the hasty conclusion that it was at the time of writing one of the worst albums I’d ever heard. How I later regretted that lamentable rush to judgement. It was much worse than that and I wish I’d given myself more time with the record in defiance of prevailing deadlines so I might better have conveyed the true extent of its awfulness.

On first hearing, though, Tempest seemed to find Dylan on unquestionably formidable form. Its ten tracks run over a total playing time of around 75 minutes, the title track alone taking up a fair chunk of that, with verse following verse in a manner that might remind you of “Desolation Row”. There was a lot, therefore, to take in on a single encounter, especially with note-taking discouraged. There was no track listing forthcoming, either, not that this matters at the moment since I am obliged to not go into premature detail ahead of the album’s September 10 release.

I think I can say without punitive consequences, though, that if you’re trying to imagine what Tempest sounds like you may want to think less perhaps of the rambunctious roadhouse blues that was central to most of Together Through Life and parts of Modern Times, although this is a recent signature sound that hasn’t been entirely abandoned.

Neither are there too many of the jazzy riverboat shuffles of “Love And Theft” in evidence here as much as there are echoes of a folk tradition that was manifest on, say, “High Water (For Charley Patton)” and also “Nettie Moore”, from Modern Times. You may also want to keep in mind as a point of reference “Mississippi” from “Love And Theft” and something like “Red River Shore”, recorded for Time Out Of Mind, but not released until 2009, when it appeared on the Tell Tale Signs three-CD set, where also lurked “’Cross The Green Mountain”, the epic civil war song Dylan wrote for the soundtrack to the 2003 film, Gods And Generals. Hardly anyone heard it when it originally came out, but it came several times to mind as Tempest unspooled spectacularly a few weeks ago, concluding with a song that will probably be much-talked about, although not here, right now.

It perhaps goes without saying that if I actually had a copy of the album, there isn’t much else I’d currently be listening to, although I have been getting by well enough with the amazing new John Murry album, The Graceless Age, which I’ve reviewed for the next Uncut, which comes out later this week. I also did an interview with John Murry to run with the review and got such a detailed reply to the questions I sent him that I’ll be running the full fascinating Q&A when the issue goes on sale.

I’ve also been listening a lot to the new John Cale album, Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood, and spending time with Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance, the new solo album from Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood, Dirty Projectors’ Swing Lo Magellan, Calexico’s Algiers (bit of a slow-burner, that one), Bill Fay’s Life Is People and Ry Cooder’s brilliant Election Day, the latter two records also reviewed in the new issue. I’ve also just got The Deliverance Of Marlowe Billings, the first thing in an age I’ve heard from former Green On Red front-man Dan Stuart.

Someone else making a bit of a comeback is Catherine Irwin, who Uncut regulars will recall was once half of the wonderful Freakwater, alongside Janet Bean. Freakwater were in at the beginning of what we now refer to as Americana when it was still called alt.country. This would be back in 1989, when they stunningly juxtaposed versions of classic Louvin Brothers songs with a cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs”.

Anyway, next m onth Catherine releases Little Heater, her first solo album since 2002’s Cut Yourself A Switch. The opening track, “Mockingbird”, is one of two on the album that features Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. “Mockingbird” is available now as a free download via this Soundcloud link.

Finally, if you haven’t already noticed, Uncut is now available to download digitally as an app from the iTunes store. If you already subscribe to uncut, you can download the iPad edition at no extra cost by clicking on this link and following the simple step-by-step instructions.

Meanwhile, none-subscribers can download the Uncut iPad edition from the iTunes store here.

Anyway, I have to go. Have a good week.

Allan

http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/uncut-editors-diary/the-new-dylan-album-a-first-listen


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Post by Gazza on Aug 17th, 2012 at 7:00am
Mojo's website has now previewed the new album as well...so here is a 'compilation' of advance reviews from various sources (thanks to Claudio on Expectingrain.com)

1. Duquesne Whistle
[LA Times] The folky sound of old-time country blues guitar licks quietly unfurl before the full band explodes into a driving big-beat rhythm as rollicking as the train ride the song explores. It also signals perhaps a greater focus on musical arrangements than Dylan fans have been accustomed to, with melodic flourishes and sharp rhythmic breaks accompanying his metaphor-heavy lyrics in a song that sounds apocalyptic and hopeful at once.
[Guardian] Tempest opens with the jaunty Duquesne Whistle, something like a more rambunctious Nashville Skyline Rag from the 1969 album. Complete with jamming organ and slick guitar licks (shades of Charlie Christian?), the whistle threatens "to blow my blues away".
[Mojo] It starts like some Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' 1930s Western Swing thing, like an old song emanating from ancient radio ether, reminding us of Dylan's love for the roots of American music. But after a verse, it hits ramming speed, kicking into a ferocious romping rocker propelled by Tony Garnier's walking bass. The conceit belongs to that grand tradition of long gone train line songs (think City Of New Orleans), representing older, more soulful values that get lost when progress mows down everything in its path. "Listen to that Duquesne whistle blow/Sounds like it's on a final run." A helluva an opener.

2. Soon After Midnight
[RS] The doleful "Soon After Midnight" seems to be about love but may in fact be about revenge.
[Billboard] "Soon After Midnight" is a bluesy doo-wop that echoes the Rays' "Silhouettes" and a bit of Santo & Johnny's "Sleepwalk" in an instrumental break.
[Guardian] It's a mood sustained in the gentle Soon After Midnight – "it's soon after midnight and I've got date with the fairy queen … and I don't want nobody but you" – on which some of Dylan's phrasing recalled for me the feeling of Under the Red Sky, the title track on the 1990 album.
[Telegraph] “I’m searching for phrases to sing your praises,” croons Bob Dylan on Soon After Midnight. [What sounds at first like a gentle country love song contains the admission “My heart is fearful / It’s never cheerful / I’ve been down on the killing floor” and concludes with the threat to drag the corpse of somebody called Two Timing Tim “through the mud”.]
[Mojo] At first one thinks this slow strut is a simple nocturne, a night owl's paean. But as the narrator moves through the moonlight, his multiple women become "harlots" and meet horrific ends. Bob The Ripper? As usual, nothing is revealed, only inferred. Wicked - even evil - delight.

3. Narrow Way
[Billboard] "Narrow Way" is a seven and a half minute riff-driven tune that straddles country and blues.
[Guardian] Narrow Way does carry notes of foreboding, heightened by a line about the British burning down the White House, but since when can you hear Bob Dylan singing about a having "a heavy stacked woman with a smile on her face" and not laugh, too?
[Telegraph] On the Muddy Waters style, harmonica-driven blues of Narrow Way, Dylan declares “this is a hard country to stay alive in / I’m armed to the hilt.”
[Mojo] A jump blues 'bout wimmin troubles. The put-down artist who sang "You're an idiot, babe/It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe," now scorns his lady with a withering "Even death has washed its hands of you." Best couplet: "I'm still hurting from an arrow that pierced my chest/I'm gonna have to take my head and bury it between your breasts."

4. Long and Wasted Years
[Uncut] The reflective mood of several other tracks, including stand-outs “Soon After Midnight”, “Long And Wasted Years” and “Pay in Blood” will no doubt recall for some the sombre cast of “Not Dark Yet”
[Mojo] A gorgeous ballad in which the protagonist apologises to his love for hurting her feelings. He admits he wears shades to hide his eyes because "There are secrets in them that I can't disguise" and in one line explains decades of Dylan photos.

5. Pay in Blood
[RS] The vengeful "Pay in Blood" has Dylan darkly repeating, "I pay in blood, but not my own."
[Billboard] The bite of Warren Zevon comes out in "Pay in Blood," the chorus of which ends with the gripping line "I pay in blood/but not my own."
[Guardian] The darkness does finally start to descend with the gospel-influenced Pay in Blood ("I pay in blood … but not my own" ).
[Mojo] A swaggering, threatening, don't-x-with-me and the second Tempest song where Bob plays the fiend. "Legs and arms and body and bone/I pay in blood but not my own."

6. Scarlet Town
[LA Times] There’s an ominous and mysterious tone to “Scarlet Town,” which adds another batch of colorfully named characters to the roster of Dylan song habitues: Uncle Tom, Uncle Bill, Sweet William, Mistress Mary and Little Boy Blue turn up on the streets of Scarlet Town.
[Billboard] Another song from the new album, "Scarlet Town" will play over the end credits of the first two episodes, which air Aug. 17. "Scarlet Town," rooted in English folk with banjo, acoustic guitar, fiddle and drums providing the accompaniment, plays out as a tale of doom, fate and potential redemption.
[Guardian] Scarlet Town – which is the setting for the Child Ballad Barbara Allen that Dylan has sung throughout his career.
[Mojo] We're in Masked and Anonymous territory here, Twenty-Worst Century amorality, where "the end is near," with "the evil and the good living side-by-side" and where "all human forms seem glorified." Perhaps he's referring to the Internet. A loping finger-pointer with a nice slow banjo plucked by Donnie Herron.

7. Early Roman Kings
[Billboard] A 12-bar blues that features David Hidalgo of Los Lobos on accordion.
[Telegraph] The throwaway blues of Early Roman Kings.
[Mojo] The only Tempest tune that's been officially YouTubed. As he's done in disparate songs from Bob Dylan's 115th Dream to Isis, the author erases boundaries between historical and mythical epochs and collapses time into Bobworld. Is this about Romulus? If so, he's wearing a sharkskin suit and there's talk of "ding dong daddies" and "Sicilian courts," all set to a Mannish Boy musical template.

8. Tin Angel
[RS] "Tin Angel" is a devastating tale of a man in search of his lost love.
[LA Times] The nine-minute “Tin Angel,” a remarkably straightforward ballad of romantic betrayal and retribution.
[Guardian] The slow-burning Tin Angel.
[Mojo] Full of betrayal and more pierced hearts, this is where Tempest sets up the first of the 1-2-3 punch of epic songs that close out the album. Ultra-violent, Shakespearean imagery in a description of a doomed love triangle that literally goes up in flames. To quote another rock poet, no one here gets out alive.

9. Tempest
[Uncut] The title track alone taking up a fair chunk of that, with verse following verse in a manner that might remind you of “Desolation Row”. The album’s title track, meanwhile, is a 14-minute epic that revolves around the sinking of The Titanic.
[RS] The title track is a nearly 14-minute depiction of the Titanic disaster. Numerous folk and gospel songs gave accounts of the event, including the Carter Family's "The Titanic," which Dylan drew from. "I was just fooling with that one night," he says. "I liked that melody – I liked it a lot. 'Maybe I'm gonna appropriate this melody.' But where would I go with it?" Elements of Dylan's vision of the Titanic are familiar – historical figures, the inescapable finality. But it's not all grounded in fact: The ship's decks are places of madness ("Brother rose up against brother. They fought and slaughtered each other"), and even Leonardo DiCaprio appears. ("Yeah, Leo," says Dylan. "I don't think the song would be the same without him. Or the movie.").
[LA Times] The devastating title track, a 14-minute epic that relates the history of the Titanic with greater power than James Cameron’s overstuffed film.
“Tempest,” couched as an old country waltz, finds Dylan (as he also does in “Tin Angel”) almost entirely avoiding the oblique imagery and playful metaphor on which he built his reputation as rock’s greatest songwriter, instead keeping his lyrics firmly planted on the ground -- or, in this case, in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic in 1912.
Yet every one of the song’s 45 verses still packs a punch. Here's one sample:
Mothers and their daughters
Descending down the stairs
Jumped into the icy waters
Love and pity sent their prayers
[Billboard] The song that will get the most attention though is the nearly 14-minute title track track. "Tempest," 45 verses written in accentual-syllabic verse with no chorus, is set aboard the Titanic, with characters ranging from an artist named Leo -- DiCaprio, one might assume -- to Jim Dandy, who hands over a chance at survival to youngster.
[Guardian] The title track, which lasts almost 14-minutes and tells the story of the sinking of the Titanic over the course of 45 verses. This last is a subject Dylan has touched on previously (in a line on Desolation Row), while several blues and folk songs have tackled it – Richard "Rabbit" Brown's Sinking of the Titanic and the Carter Family's The Titanic among them. Dylan told Rolling Stone his song evolved from fooling around with the melody to the latter, but what we end up with is something on a bigger scale. And just as the 16-minute Highlands from Time Out of Mind namechecked Neil Young and Erica Young, it's Leonardo DiCaprio who gets a mention here, among a cavalcade of characters.
[Mojo] The almost-14 minute title track about the sinking of the Titanic. The lords and ladies within initially dance before ending up as floating corpses. There's a character named Leo with a sketchbook, echoing the Hollywood version as well as history's. Some folks "slaughter" each other over lifeboat space, others perform great acts of heroism - a microcosm of humanity. And a mysterious character called "The Watchman" repeatedly dreams of the disaster and tries to save the victims. Is he on or off the ship? Is he contemporaneous or does he exist now? We're not told, adding to the surreal nightmare.

10. Roll On John
[Uncut] “Roll On John”, the album’s closing track, a wistful tribute to John Lennon that quotes lines from several Beatles songs, including “Come Together” and “A Day In The Life”.
[RS] Tenderness finally seals Tempest, in "Roll On, John," Dylan's heartfelt tribute to his friend John Lennon.
[LA Times] A 7 1/2-minute benediction directed at John Lennon, invoking several snippets of lyrics from the late Beatle’s songs.
[Billboard] The album's final track is a tribute to John Lennon, "Roll on John." In one verse Dylan references the Beatles songs "Come Together," Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Slow Down"; elsewhere on the ballad he combines the metaphysical with the historical.
[Guardian] Then finally, there's Roll on John, which digs back into the blues and into William Blake to tell part of the story of John Lennon; it's warm, mysterious and moving – and an excuse to dig out that famous footage of the pair in London taxi cab – with Dylan at one point singing: "I heard the news today, oh boy!" In terms of the Dylan canon, does it bring to mind the crepuscular menace of Not Dark Yet?. Perhaps it's more Forever Young.
[Telegraph] The album’s beautiful, surprising conclusion, Roll On John, is almost out of character, a shaggy, loose piano and organ lament for one of rock’s great dreamers, John Lennon. Dylan sings to his lost friend “your bones are weary, you’re about to breath your last / Lord you know how hard that bit can be” before breaking into an elegiac, bittersweet chorus (“Shine a light / Move it on / You burned so bright / Roll on John”).
[Mojo] And in the end, pretty much a blow-by-blow account of the murder of Dylan's friend John Lennon. Bob imagines the physical experience of dying that John endured in his final moments, down to "breathing his last." Terribly sad, terribly moving, and appropriate for all of us who consider Dylan and Lennon the titans of rock 'n' roll artistry - once two very stoned young pals in the back of a limo having too much fun. "You burned so bright/Roll on John."



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Post by Gazza on Aug 17th, 2012 at 7:12am
"I'm still hurting from an arrow that pierced my chest/I'm gonna have to take my head and bury it between your breasts."

Be it Suze Rotolo, Dana Gillespie, Sally Kirkland, Liz Taylor, Carolyn dennis etc

Bobby always has been primarily a 'hooters' man.....


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Post by Bingo on Aug 17th, 2012 at 9:36am
https://vimeo.com/47259423

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Post by mojoman on Aug 17th, 2012 at 10:18am

Gazza wrote on Aug 17th, 2012 at 7:12am:
"I'm still hurting from an arrow that pierced my chest/I'm gonna have to take my head and bury it between your breasts."

Be it Suze Rotolo, Dana Gillespie, Sally Kirkland, Liz Taylor, Carolyn dennis etc

Bobby always has been primarily a 'hooters' man.....



i like goin to hootenannys


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 27th, 2012 at 9:00am
"Duquesne Whistle" streamed from today on NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2012/08/27/160015988/song-premiere-bob-dylan-duquesne-whistle

Nice!

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Post by Gazza on Aug 29th, 2012 at 7:23am
The video for 'Duquesne Whistle'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/video/2012/aug/29/bob-dylan-duquesne-whistle

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Post by Bingo on Aug 29th, 2012 at 8:04am
I'm not sure if I post this before, I don't think I did? Anyway....here's Bob rehearsing with The Grateful Dead before their tour in 87.

http://archive.org/details/gd1987-06-01.sbd-rehearsals.fraser.97489.shnf


Short article:
http://www.openculture.com/2012/08/bob_dylan_and_the_grateful_dead_rehearse_together_in_summer_1987_listen_to_74_tracks.html

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Post by Gazza on Sep 4th, 2012 at 7:26am
New album has finally leaked in full ahead of next week's release and it really is something special.

A wonderful record by anyone's standards - even more remarkable when it's made by a man of 71.

on first couple of listens, its up there with 'Love And Theft' as his best album since he re-discovered his songwriting muse in '97. Certainly one of his best two or three albums since the 70's.  The last three songs alone clock in at 30 and a half minutes!

The title track (an amazing 14-minute shanty about the Titanic disaster) and "Scarlet Town" are setting the early pace to be my favourites on the record.

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Post by Ade on Sep 5th, 2012 at 6:43am
bloody brilliant!!  :booze :keithpunky

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Post by mojoman on Sep 6th, 2012 at 10:40am
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/arts/music/a-jovial-dylan-celebrates-reopening-of-capitol-theatre.html?_r=1

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Post by Teiz on Sep 9th, 2012 at 4:32pm
Tempest didn't leave the cd-player until my wife caught me offguard while fixin' diner. There's not a weak song on this offering. Some critics call it the best he's ever made. I wouldn't go that far, but it is yet another 10/10.

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Post by FPM on Sep 11th, 2012 at 3:16pm
Saw the Bard on Sunday in Hershey, with a solo acoustic Bob Weir opener. Took my son (soon to be 21) to his third Dylan show, and it was a corker.  

Opened with "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", revved up and rocking, and kept the pedal to the metal all night. Switching over from guitar to piano after the first few songs, Bob seemed to be having the time of his life. Driving the band from the piano bench added a few Count Basie-type dynamics to songs I've heard often - although the arrangement of "Tangled Up In Blue" didn't quite work, the descending piano riff he played on the bass keys in "Highway 61" made it rock like HELL.  I'm still tingling from that one.

It was his 4th show in a row without a night off, and his 22nd show in the last month, yet he was energetic and his singing was tuneful and clear. I understood every word. Inexpensive lawn seats put us in a perfect line of sight, above the soundboard where the sound was best.

No songs from Tempest yet, of course, but I knew better than to expect any.


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Post by mojoman on Sep 11th, 2012 at 11:21pm
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443819404577637671058973572.html?KEYWORDS=bob+dylan

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Post by lotsajizz on Sep 14th, 2012 at 2:58am
We saw him Saturday, great show.  Got the new album yesterday; I think it sucks.  His worst, since at least 'Knocked Out Loaded'.  The title cut, in particular, is terrible.  IMHO, the critics are hearing what they wished they were hearing.  Maybe my first impression is way off and it IS Dylan, so I will give it a few more listens.




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Post by Teiz on Sep 14th, 2012 at 6:42pm

Quote:
We saw him Saturday, great show.  Got the new album yesterday; I think it sucks.  His worst, since at least 'Knocked Out Loaded'.  The title cut, in particular, is terrible.  IMHO, the critics are hearing what they wished they were hearing.  Maybe my first impression is way off and it IS Dylan, so I will give it a few more listens.


Sucks when you 'don't get' the album. I had that with ABB. That disc just didn't work for me at all. I do love Tempest a lot. Fits great among the other great recent albums.

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Post by FPM on Sep 14th, 2012 at 7:14pm
Yeah, you need to give it a few listens. I'm listening to it now with SS. It's an album which will hold up. imho.

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Post by lotsajizz on Sep 15th, 2012 at 7:44am
Three listens yesterday convinced me that 'Narrow Way', 'Pay In Blood', and 'Tin Angel' are fine songs (especially the latter).  The listenings also reaffirmed my hatred of the accordion.


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Post by Tumbling Dijs on Sep 16th, 2012 at 3:31pm

lotsajizz wrote on Sep 14th, 2012 at 2:58am:
We saw him Saturday, great show.  Got the new album yesterday; I think it sucks.  His worst, since at least 'Knocked Out Loaded'.  The title cut, in particular, is terrible.  IMHO, the critics are hearing what they wished they were hearing.  Maybe my first impression is way off and it IS Dylan, so I will give it a few more listens.

After a dozen times listening, I'm afraid you're right. I too had high hopes and was waiting for songs like "Born In Time", "The Lonesome River", "Marching To The City", and the beautiful beautiful "Red River Shore", all from "Tell Tale Signs". I'm not saying Tempest sucks, but it does indeed look like wishfull thinking of all those so called professional critics.

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Post by Heart Of Stone on Sep 18th, 2012 at 4:38pm
Bob Dylan: I Was 'Transfigured' in the Sixties
In wild exchange, Dylan points to death of Hells Angels president as significant momen

By Andy Greene
September 18, 2012 1:35 PM ET

Bob Dylan on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Sam Jones

In a startling stretch of his interview with Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan assigns a special spiritual significance to the death of Robert Zimmerman, the president of the San Fernando chapter of the Hells Angels, in the Sixties.

"Have you heard of transfiguration?" Dylan asks Rolling Stone Contributing Editor Mikal Gilmore, referring to the New Testament account of Jesus Christ's transformation from physical to spiritual form. "Well, you're looking at someone that's been [transfigured]."

Bob Dylan first learned about the death of Zimmerman in the book Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hells Angels. Dylan even brought the book to his interview, and he asked Gilmore to read a passage aloud. Dylan was struck by the fact he and the Hells Angel had identical names and both had motorcycle accidents a few years apart. "I didn't know who I was before I read the Barger book," says Dylan.

The biker Bobby Zimmerman died during a Hells Angels' run to Bass Lake in California when a muffler fell off his motorcycle. When he turned around to retrieve it, he was accidentally run over by another biker.

Later in the interview, Gilmore presses Dylan for more details on his ideas.  "You can go and learn about it from the Catholic Church," Dylan says. "You can learn about it in some old mystical books, but it's a real concept . . . So when you ask your questions you're asking them to a person who's long dead. You're asking them to a person that doesn't exist."

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-i-was-transfigured-in-the-sixties-20120918#ixzz26rAe0kyy

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Post by FPM on Sep 20th, 2012 at 12:01pm
Did anyone else know about this?

Rock Music, Roots Music, uncategorized —
September 20, 2012 at 8:37 am

Movies: Bob Dylan and the Band – Down in the Flood: Associations and Collaborations (2012)by Nick DeRiso


Down in the Flood, a forthcoming documentary stuffed with new interviews, archival footage and seldom-seen photographs, joins a musical revolution, already in progress: “It was as big a thing,” Rolling Stone’s Anthony De Curtis says, “as has ever happened in the history of rock ‘n’ roll, Dylan going electric.”

And the band with him in that moment, on a raucous, audience-splintering 1966 tour, was the Hawks — later, known simply as the Band. Together, they would connect the narratives and the imagery of folk music with the dangerous power of rock, forever changing the genre.

The Band continued to intersect with Dylan off and on over the ensuing decade, perhaps most famously during a lengthy sequence of loose sessions held at an upstate New York farmhouse, later officially released as The Basement Tapes. They began, however, as a tough R&B-focused group learning the ropes behind the Arkansas rockabilly wildman Ronnie Hawkins. One key early moment in Down in the Flood finds a remarkably clean-cut Levon Helm performing and singing in a 1959 edition of the Hawks.

After Hawkins, with Helm in tow, settled in Toronto to ply his wares, the remaining members of the Band eventually joined in, one by one — first a teen-aged Robbie Robertson, and then Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson. (“They were pretty hip, this bunch of boys,” Hawkins, ever the scamp, says in the film. “They were young, strong, and they started drawing good-looking women.”) By 1964, the Hawks were getting their own offers to play, separate from the bar band-hero Hawkins — even as Dylan was in the run up to his genre-bursting, literally electrifying Highway 61 Revisited.


Folk music’s newest savior was moving toward rock, even as the Band broke free from an endless series of dead-end saloon-stage jobs. Dylan hired them for his subsequent tour, and a new moment in music was born — though, at first, it would be without Helm, who wasn’t interested in being a part of a back-up band anymore. Many of Dylan’s legacy fans were no more excited, and the performances were marred by boos and catcalls. Dylan, if anything, seemed to dig in his heels. After one particularly unruly fan complained during a 1966 show in England, Dylan can be clearly heard telling Robertson: “Play it fucking loud!” The times, they had already changed — whether his audience was ready for it, or not.


After that bruising tour, Dylan was planning to take a short break before another round of shows when he suffered a debilitating motorcycle crash. The tour was cancelled, and Dylan went into an extended sabbatical. When he reconnected with the Band again, as part of those informal sessions outside of Woodstock, there was a more contemplative atmosphere surrounding the proceedings. Rootsier, folkier, beginning with covers and then moving organically toward original work, The Basement Tapes was as quiet and ruminative as their earlier work had been raw and angular.

The music, which took shape at the old house where the Band had taken up residence (affectionately known as “Big Pink”) worked in direct opposition to everything else that was going on in popular music, then being swept by the kaleidoscopic distractions of psychedelia. But this wasn’t part of a grander statement. It was more like a personal quest — for both Dylan, and for the Band, who was quickly beginning to sound like the nuanced group that would produce a pair of late-1960s classics in Music from Big Pink and The Band.

Yet, The Basement Tapes would remain officially unissued until 1975. Dylan, ever unpredictable, abruptly left for Nashville to begin work on the stripped-down John Wesley Harding, while the Band — with Levon Helm now back at the drum chair — began constructing its 1968 debut. Without the connective songs contained in those lost collaborations, both albums seemed in some ways to come out of nowhere. Taken together, however, the connections become clearer — and not just because a trio of Basement Tapes songs were reworked for Big Pink.


Dylan had an incalculable impact on the Band: His lyrical mysteries, his sharply intuited narratives, permeated their earlier influences, creating an as-yet-unheard synthesis. The Band’s debut, utterly distinct, timeless and yet new, was different in every way from the ornate, polished hits of the day. At the same time, it was different than Dylan too, more vulnerable, more straight forward. As Dylan himself retreated further into the safety of country music, the Band emerged with some of the guttiest, most mythically complex, most honest music of the decade.

Dylan and the Band would appear on stage once in both 1968 and in ’69, but by then his former backing band had developed its own entity: 1969′s all-original The Band boasted a more interior feel, as if a world of characters had sprung up around them. Yet, a lasting musical connection remained. When, in 1973, Dylan decided to mount his first major tour since 1966, he called his old friends in the Band — just as adept at the grease-popping R&B stomper as the heartbreaking Civil War ballad — to join him once more. A sold-out valedictory tour followed in ’74, as it became clear all over again just how tailor-made the Band was for the chameleon-like Dylan.

“There was a mind meld there that was rare,” De Curtis says, “and it’s certainly rare for an artist as mercurial as Dylan to find musicians that were that in tune with him.”


Though Dylan remains, the Band would last only two more years with its original lineup. Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Levon Helm have since passed. The results of their dynamic partnership, however, live on — not just as great albums, but within the crossroads aesthetic that would one day be called Americana. Their work together, and the places it took them when they parted, remain key inspirational starting points for the entire country rock and, later, alt country movements.

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2012/09/20/movies-bob-dylan-and-the-band-down-in-the-flood-associations-and-collaborations-2012/

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Post by FPM on Sep 24th, 2012 at 7:59am
Bob Dylan and John Lennon's Weird, One-Sided Relationship


Why does Dylan's new album have a moving song about someone who never really influenced him?

AP

The most intriguing song on Tempest, Bob Dylan's 35th studio album, isn't the 14-minute title track about the sinking of the Titanic. It's the album's closer, "Roll on John," a tribute to John Lennon. "Shine your light, move it on," goes Dylan's refrain. "You burned so bright / Roll on, John". Whether critics are deriding the song for being "maudlin" or rhapsodizing about Dylan's "elegy for a dead friend," the relationship between the two rock icons has been taken for granted, as if the song was the inevitable result of a straight-forward friendship. In fact, Lennon and Dylan only met a handful of times from 1964 to 1969 and, when examined, their complex relationship suggests that in fact the song isn't about John Lennon—or at least not about the Lennon that Dylan knew.


Though The Beatles stayed fairly up to date on popular music in the early 1960s, Bob Dylan wasn't on their radar until the spring of 1964, a full year after The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan established the young songwriter as American folk music's premier voice. Once the band heard that record, during a tour of France, it had an immediate impact on them. "For three weeks in Paris, we didn't stop playing it," Lennon would later say. "We all went potty about Dylan." The band's early hits, though deceptively complex, were clearly intended for a teenybopper audience more interested in dancing to backbeats than listening to poetry and acoustic guitars. After hearing Freewheelin', The Beatles—and especially John Lennon—were inspired to write more mature, narrative-driven folk songs in the manner of their new hero.

It's easy to see why Lennon would be so infatuated by the folk singer. Dylan came from a world of New York coffee houses and Old Left socialists who demanded some level of intellectual weight from their artists. People listened to his music sitting down, quietly taking it all in. It was a far cry from both the beer halls of Hamburg, where Lennon cut his musical teeth, and the stadiums he was then playing. His artistic output after hearing Dylan suggests he was challenged and inspired by the New York troubadour's seriousness. Almost immediately, Lennon began to write more introspective and acoustic songs, first in "I'm a Loser," which was recorded in August of 1964. He finally mastered the folk form with the fully Dylan-esque "Norwegian Wood," released on 1965's Rubber Soul, in which the singer takes a detached, and somewhat stoned, look at an elusive female figure.

It's no wonder Lennon sounds stoned: In August of 1964, in New York City, Dylan introduced The Beatles to cannabis. Pot would turn out to be arguably the only bigger influence than Dylan on Lennon in 1964 and 1965. Having run for years on a steady stream of booze and amphetamines, Lennon and the rest of The Beatles began "smoking pot for breakfast," in Ringo Starr's words. The switch coincided—and perhaps provoked—a change in recording habits: By the mid-'60s, the Beatles were taking days to record songs that would once take hours, or even minutes, and, in the process, revolutionizing studio recording.

It was a nearly parallel development with the mercurial Dylan who, always a step ahead of the times, was focusing on more hallucinatory and experimental output like "Mr. Tambourine Man," by the time he met Lennon.

The two would meet again in May of 1966, during Dylan's legendary first electric tour of England. An awkward limo ride that he shared with Lennon during that tour was captured by filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker shows the strange tension between the two men. In 1970 Lennon spoke to Rolling Stone about the uncomfortable encounter: "I just remember we were both in shades and both on fucking junk. ... I was nervous as shit. I was on his territory, that's why I was so nervous."

http://youtu.be/uEv5cGNbi_4

Dylan deals in myth, and Lennon had to already be mythic in order for Dylan to write a song about him. Despite the tension, in 1966 John Lennon and Bob Dylan were more similar than they had ever been before—or ever would be again. Dylan had achieved his first major chart success with "Like a Rolling Stone" in America but was also being ridiculed by a large contingency of his former fan base who were chafed by his new electric and "commercial" sound. Lennon, himself more than a little familiar with controversy, was, in the midst the revolutionary experimentation that would become the high point of his career. Up to that point, Dylan and Lennon were on opposite ends—one a playful pop star, the other a serious social commentor—but for once they were both in the same place, experiencing the surreal trappings of fame while creating some of the best music of the 20th century. The motorcycle accident that forced Dylan to retire to Woodstock in 1966 severed that connection. The two are believed to have met only once more, in 1969.

Before his murder in 1980, Lennon remained fixated on his former hero and mentioned him in several of his songs, like "Give Peace A Chance," as well as a number of interviews. Though Lennon would claim to have "stopped listening to Dylan with both ears" and malign him to the press in the 1970s, even his derision was a mark of a continued interest.

The relationship between Bob Dylan and John Lennon seemed to be particularly one-sided. Lennon wrote a handful of Dylan-esque songs; Dylan never wrote a Lennon-esque one. Not only that, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a trace of Lennon's influence in any Bob Dylan record. So why does Dylan celebrate an artist whose influence on himself and his art was negligible? Why did he write such a moving song about someone he barely knew?

Because Dylan deals in myth. It informs his output as much, if not more, than the actual people in his life. Dylan uses motifs like floods and trains in order to wrestle universalities down and trap them in his verses. He, like Lennon, will always be associated with the 1960s, but more than any other major artist from that period he has always written songs that are designed to transcend the context in which they were created. Even when Dylan's topical material had an activist agenda—"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" and "Hurricane" being two notable examples—his subjects have always been selected for their historical resonance. Lennon had to already be mythic in order for Dylan to write a song about him.

"Roll On John" is certainly mythic. Dylan detaches Lennon's journey from the Liverpool docks, "bound for the sun," from literal meaning, avoiding straight biographical detail in favor of a collage of quoted Lennon lyrics and images rooted in the American folk tradition—"Roll on John, roll through the rain and snow /Take the righthand road and go where the buffalo roam."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyD2N4q8c0g&feature=player_embedded#!
In fact, the song shares the title of a traditional ballad, which Dylan himself recorded in 1961.


The new "Roll on, John" only really makes sense seen as a sad lament in the tradition of tragic ballads about larger-than-life folk figures such as Stagger Lee or John Henry. "Roll On John" isn't a sad song about a friend that died. And it's not a sonic fist-bump from one icon to another. It's Dylan acknowledging that Lennon has become legend—another mythic character to populate his songs.



Bob Dylan's Defense of John Lennon
Jon Wiener on October 8, 2010 - 7:25 PM ET
How do you explain the value of a rock musician to the Immigration service?

On what would have been John Lennon's seventieth birthday—October 9—it's worth noting the letter about Lennon that Bob Dylan sent to the US immigration service in 1972: "John and Yoko," Dylan wrote, "inspire and transcend and stimulate," and thereby "help put an end to this mild dull taste of petty commercialism which is being passed off as artist art by the overpowering mass media." Then he added, "Let John and Yoko stay!"

As that concluding line suggests, Dylan's letter was not a spontaneous expression of enthusiasm. It was part of an organized campaign to stop the Nixon administration from deporting the ex-Beatle.

Explaining what made Lennon important, Dylan wrote that Lennon added "a great voice and drive to this country's so called ART INSTITUTION." Lennon's music, Dylan said, "help[ed] others to see pure light."

Lennon's problem: he and Yoko had been living in New York for a year, which happened to be the year Nixon was running for re-election. The Vietnam war had reached a peak, and Lennon and Ono were singing "Give Peace a Chance" at antiwar rallies—and, they suggested, the best way to give peace a chance was to vote against Nixon.

The Nixon White House responded by ordering Lennon deported.

Decades later, Dylan's letter surfaced as part of the INS response to my Freedom of Information request for their files on the Lennon deportation hearings.

Dylan in 1972 had recently released the single "George Jackson," a protest song about the killing of a young Black Panther in San Quentin prison. He had also released the album New Morning, which included the hit single "If Not For You."

Among the hundreds of letters about Lennon there was one from Dylan's former partner and fellow folkie Joan Baez. Her handwritten note informed the INS that "Keeping people confined to certain areas of the world" was "one of the reasons we've had six thousand years of war instead of six thousand years of peace."

The "Let them stay in the USA" campaign included not only celebrities but thousands of young people. The Lennon-Ono 1972 album Some Time in New York City included a petition for fans to send to the INS, and lots of them did.

The letters from Dylan and others didn't change Nixon's mind. The Lennon deportation proceedings continued even after Nixon's re-election in 1972, and then through the Watergate crisis. In the end, of course, Nixon left the White House, and Lennon—and Ono—stayed in the USA.

Bob Dylan's letter to the INS about Lennon is posted online at LennonFBIfiles.com.


http://www.thenation.com/blog/155298/bob-dylans-defense-john-lennon

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Post by Gazza on Sep 24th, 2012 at 10:33am
Its an odd choice - especially because the Beatle that Dylan was the closest too was most definitely George Harrison.

Dylan did visit Mendips - Lennon's childhood home - when he played in Liverpool a couple of years ago (he didnt go to McCartney's home though which is also a National Trust property and available to visit on the same tour). Maybe that's what inspired him to write the song.

I was at both houses when I was in Liverpool three months ago and the tour organiser were telling me what a surreal experience it was to be standing in John Lennon's bedroom, holding one end of a guitar and having Bob Dylan hold the other end of it while he explained to him who 'Just William'* was.


(* title character in the well-known series of children's novels written by Richard Crompton, which Lennon would have been familiar with when growing up. The guide explained to me that Lennon named his first childhood gang The Outlaws after Wiliam's gang of the same name)

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Post by FPM on Oct 4th, 2012 at 12:54pm
Bob dylan might be considered 'the male joni mitchell'

Prickly relationship between competing artists was governed by a
songwriter sibling rivalry, according to new book by Katherine Monk


By Katherine Monk, Special To The Sun October 4, 2012


 Mitchell's limp attitude to Dylan had been gestating for a long time. The two had been circling each other on the folk circuit for years and were frequently cited in the same breath as folk poets and musical innovators - with Mitchell often called the "female Bob Dylan." The term drove her crazy - she loathes it even more than "confessional songwriter" - but she accepted the dynamic. She recognized she and Dylan "were good pace-runners" because they pushed each other forward in a spirit of friendly competition. There was grudging respect between them but also a sense of cool playfulness that lasted until the last salvo, when Mitchell famously called Dylan a plagiarist and a fake.

What was all that about? To really understand the Joni-Bobby relationship, it behooves us to look back on the rich history of David Geffen's couch. No, we're not going to talk about his infamous heavy petting with Cher-thank god. We're going to look at a famous listening party he held in his Copley Drive home in Bel-Air.

Geffen had just leveraged his next career move as the head of the newly merged Elektra/ Asylum, and he was about to embark on the most successful phase of his life-when he would earn a reputation as the man with the "golden touch" for releasing the three top albums on the Billboard chart: Bob Dylan's Planet Waves, Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark, and Carly Simon's Hotcakes.

The listening party was for the former two, who were easily David Geffen's prize ponies. Mitchell was living at Geffen's mansion while she recorded Court and Spark. But Dylan was Geffen's big "get," the cornerstone of his recently expanded roster on the Warner-owned subsidiary-a new company that gave him a $1-million-ayear salary (in 1973), as well as the coveted chairman's title. He'd recently wooed Dylan away from his longtime home at Columbia and was bragging about it to anyone who would listen. Geffen was intensely focused on the sessions for Planet Waves.

Mitchell remembers the evening as she hung out with Geffen, Dylan, and members of The Band.

"There was all this fussing over Bobby's project, 'cause he was new to the label, and Court and Spark, which was a big breakthrough for me, was being entirely and almost rudely dismissed," she told Cameron Crowe. "Geffen's excuse was, since I was living in a room in his house at the time, that he had heard it through all of its stages, and it was no longer any surprise to him. Dylan played his album and everybody went, 'Oh, wow!'"

Mitchell says the sycophantic reaction to Dylan was constant, and she found it entirely off-putting. She recognized it was part of a widespread deification, but she saw through the myth and she saw through Bob, especially when he started sawing logs.

You see, right in the middle of the joint listening party, as the strains of Court and Spark vibrated through David Geffen's leather couch, Dylan drifted off into snoresville. "I played (my songs), and everybody talked ... and Bobby fell asleep."

Mitchell had the last laugh. Planet Waves didn't sell, though its failure doesn't seem so tragic when you consider it was recorded in all of three days. But Court and Spark is considered one of Mitchell's finest - if not the finest, depending on who you're talking to. (A monograph by Sean Nelson refers to the album as "her most accessible work" and a pop record that contains "multitudes.") As she told Crowe, Mitchell had enough creative confidence to know the work was good: "I said, 'Wait a minute, you guys, this is some different kind of music for me, check it out.' I knew it was good. I think Bobby was just being cute." ...

To truly understand the dynamic between her and Dylan, and how initial idolatry morphed into a sense of sibling rivalry and, finally, an old couple's petty bickering about who did what better and who did what first, we'll go back to square one.

From the book Joni: The Creative Odyssey of Joni Mitchell. © 2010, by Katherine Monk. Published by Greystone Books, an imprint of D&M Publishers Inc. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.

Book launch party, with Katherine Monk Tonight, 8 p.m. The Railway Club, 579 Dunsmuir St.


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Post by FPM on Oct 5th, 2012 at 11:43am

Bob Dylan’s 'Tempest': A Q&A with Greil Marcus

Jon Wiener on October 2, 2012 - 12:57 PM ET

We’re back in the old, weird America on this one.


Greil Marcus has been writing about Bob Dylan for more than forty years, and all those pieces were collected and published in the book Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus: Writings 1968-2010. (He’s written more than a dozen other books, including Lipstick Traces and the classic Mystery Train.) I spoke with him recently on KPFK-FM in Los Angeles about Bob Dylan’s new album Tempest—it’s Dylan’s thirty-fifth studio album, released fifty years after his debut album in 1962.

Jon Wiener: How does Dylan sound to you on Tempest?

Greil Marcus: He sounds like himself. He sounds sly, as he’s always sounded. He sounds as if there’s a twinkle in his eye; as if there’s a joke he’s letting you in on, maybe halfway, and you’ll have to find your way to the end of the joke yourself. That’s pretty much been his mode all along. And he sounds utterly eager to keep exploring the unanswered questions of the music that has captivated him for a long time. Mostly that has been the old, old American folk music that first transformed him when he left behind Robert Zimmerman and became Bob Dylan in Minneapolis in the late fifties and very early sixties.

You’ve written about the music of what you call “the old, weird America,” the murder ballads and songs about disasters and floods. We’re back in the old, weird America on this one.

There are four or five songs on this album that don’t do anything for me, that seem very repetitious, songs with a kind of overblown emphasis that don’t give back what they pretend to contain. But there are more songs: there’s “Long and Wasted Years,” and “Scarlet Town,” and a hilarious song called “Early Roman Kings,” and “Tin Angel,” “Tempest,” and “Roll On John.” Most of these go back to old mountain ballads like “Gypsy Daisy,” “Mattie Groves,” “Barbara Allen” and also “The Titanic”—which is not a mountain ballad but a folk song that spread all over the country in 1912, that was sung and recorded by countless people in the 1920s, and today too. He’s looked at these songs, and said “these songs are unfinished. They’re all vague. They are all full of clues. That means there’s room to retell these stories, to burrow underneath the surface story that we know, and say, ‘Why did this happen? Why do people still care about it?’ ”

“Long and Wasted Years” is a song about a long-dead marriage.

It’s the song that got me into this record. I just love it. I have to tell you I haven’t listened to the words at all. I have no idea what story is being told. I love the way he speechifies through the song. He sounds like Luke the Drifter, Hank Williams’s religious alter-ego. He sounds like Elmer Gantry. He is a preacher, a con man; he is lying through his teeth. And he believes every word he’s saying. For me this is just a declamatory voice, and it breaks the mold of this record.

“Scarlet Town” begins “In Scarlet Town, where I was born/There’s ivy leaf and silver thorn.”

“Scarlet Town” is the song on this album that’s most remarkable for me, and most shocking. The old ballad “Barbara Allen,” probably the most widely disseminated and loved folk ballad in the English language, begins, “In Scarlet Town.” But here he’s not singing “Barbara Allen.” He’s not talking about the heartbroken young man and the woman who spurns him and then turns her face to the wall and wills her own death in a double suicide. He’s talking about what it would be like to grow up in a town where that horror overshadows absolutely everything. It has an allure, maybe a kind of beckoning toward your own annihilation, or an allure of romance that, along with the ugliness and fear and terror, makes it a place that’s impossible ever to forget.

What do you think of the band on this album?

The band that Bob Dylan works with now is not a strong band. They’re not a challenging band, except for Charlie Sexton, the lead guitar player. There’s no one with an individual sensibility, with his own grasp of a song and where to take it, to challenge Dylan as a singer. The music for the most part is backup. It’s often a repetitive figure played over and over again, so that all your focus is on the singing, on the voice. But Bob Dylan has always sung best, he’s always been most alive, combative and finding surprises in a song, when a band is challenging him, when the musicians are going somewhere he couldn’t have anticipated. I don’t think that’s happening here.

But then we have…“Tempest”—a fourteen-minute chronicle of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, a 6/8 waltz with forty-five verses.

Yes. It doesn’t get boring, and that’s because his engagement with the story he’s telling is so complete. It’s a song that’s kind of like the album as a whole: for the first three or four minutes you might think, “Well, okay, I’ll be back in a minute.” Then it becomes a lot harder, a lot more dangerous, a lot uglier, and you begin to feel a sense of horror and dread at what’s going on. Characters that he’s introduced before are being disposed of, are being wiped out of the song. It becomes like a battle, like a war, rather than a sentimental “oh, it was sad when the great ship went down.”

Many critics have pointed to the violence and high death toll on this album; some have thought this has some kind of contemporary political relevance.

There’s been a streak of vengeance and carnage in all of Dylan’s records, except for the Christmas record, since 2001, since Love and Theft. Particularly on Modern Times in 2006. Listen to “Ain’t Talkin’,” one of the great songs of his career.

“Scarlet Town” reminded me of “Ain’t Talkin’.”

They are very much akin. As the singer goes on the road in “Ain’t Talkin’ ” in pursuit of his enemies, he comes upon them sleeping and slaughters them where they lay. I wouldn’t speculate about where this comes from or what it’s about. It’s a theme that has been there a long time. I think Bob Dylan really does go by his own clock, his own calendar. He talks in Chronicles about what was so wonderful about the folk milieu in Greenwich Village: you could ignore all the noise of the contemporary world, all of its self-importance, and if somebody said to you, “What’s new? What’s happening?” You could say “President Garfield was shot!” That mythic calendar was more real to Bob Dylan than the everyday calendar that most people were living by. I think that has got to be true here too.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/170289/bob-dylans-tempest-qa-greil-marcus#

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Post by Bingo on Oct 15th, 2012 at 5:41pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KAZ4-Ed_52g#!

Ballad of a Thin Man...Grateful Dead stylee.

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Post by FPM on Oct 29th, 2012 at 7:58am
Bob Dylan gambles in Las Vegas with unexpected songs, Mark Knopfler on guitar

OCTOBER 28, 2012
BY: HAROLD LEPIDUS


Bob Dylan rolled the dice, and took some gambles, in Las
Vegas last night.

Not only did Knopfler play guitar during the headliner's set
for only the second time this fall, but Dylan added two songs
new to his autumn tour list - "Every Grain Of Sand," and the
first "Delia" in twelve years.

Two shows earlier, on October 24, Knopfler guested on
"Summer Days" in San Diego, but was then nowhere to
be seen during Dylan's set at the Hollywood Bowl on the
26th.

It's fairly obvious why by Dylan chose to play "Delia" in
Sin City. Here are the opening lines:

Delia was a gambling girl, gambled all around,
Delia was a gambling girl, she laid her money down.
All the friends I ever had are gone.

(Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan,
©1993 Special Rider Music.)


Below is Dylan's Vegas set list, courtesy Bob Links:

Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: October 27, 2012

1. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
2. Girl From The North Country
3. Things Have Changed
4. Tangled Up In Blue
5. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
6. Every Grain Of Sand
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Delia
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Mississippi
11. Thunder On The Mountain
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
13. Like A Rolling Stone
14. All Along The Watchtower //
15. Blowin' In The Wind

As previously mentioned, last night saw the debuts for "Every Grain Of Sand" and
"Delia," the latter being only the eighth known live performance (not including a
May, 1960, recording at the home of Karen Wallace in St. Paul, Minnesota).
Dylan has now performed 45 different compositions in 16 shows.

Returning to the set were the third "Girl From The North Country" and "Beyond
Here Lies Nothin'," the fourth "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum" and "You Ain't Goin'
Nowhere," and the fifth "Mississippi," on this leg of the tour. Knopfler guested on
"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'."

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/80s/imagebrowser/view/imagecache/57462/Full

In other news:

On October 24, actress and sometime-singer Katey Sagal ("Married With Children," "Futurama,"
"Sons Of Anarchy") recalled her two months rehearsing as a backing singer for Dylan's 1978 tour,
during an interview on Howard Stern's satellite radio show.

When Sagal was 19, she was in a band with a couple of other women. One hung out with Dylan,
and he asked her to show up at a rehearsal and bring more singers. Sagal was invited, went along,
and was hired without even auditioning. The only song she remembered rehearsing was "Just Like
A Woman."

She felt Dylan was eccentric but a genius, and felt intimidated. She grew up among celebrities and
was not normally star struck, but she did feel that way around Dylan, telling Stern, "I could barely
speak to the dude."

Sagal went on the say, "I only rehearsed for two months, but it was frickin' awesome!"

Stern asked, "Why only two months?"

"Because he fired me! ... He fired half the band the week before the tour ... In my mind, I was sure
I was doing a terrible job, I was so intimidated.

"This is what would happen. We would rehearse, and we'd sit in a room, and he'd play the tape back.
So if you made a mistake, he wouldn't really say anything, he'd just look at you. So that was a little
intimidating."

Keep up with Bob Dylan Examiner news. Just click on Subscribe above, or follow @DylanExaminer
on Twitter. Harold Lepidus also writes the Performing Arts column for Examiner.com. Thanks for
your support.

http://www.examiner.com/article/bob-dylan-gambles-las-vegas-with-unexpected-songs-mark-knopfler-on-guitar

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Post by Joey on Nov 4th, 2012 at 8:53am

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121104/GO/711049902#bob-dylan-gives-fans-hits-but-his-way

Bob Dylan's setlist

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
To Ramona
Things Have Changed
Tangled Up in Blue
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Every Grain of Sand
The Levee's Gonna Break
Blind Willie McTell
Highway 61 Revisited
Visions of Johanna
Thunder on the Mountain
Ballad of a Thin Man
Like a Rolling Stone
All Along the Watchtower
ENCORE: Blowing in the Wind

" Bob Dylan gives fans hits, but his way  "


" Bob Dylan does what he wants.

Take for example, “Blowin' in the Wind.” Dylan played it at the end of his nearly two-hour set Saturday night at the CenturyLink Center Omaha. Fans wanted to sing along — some did — but Dylan did it at his own pace.

As he played a ragtime-style piano melody, Dylan's band played it like an old-time, classic pop tune. And instead of the familiar cadence you can probably sing to yourself right now, the legendary songwriter and singer belted out the lyrics to a beat all his own.

That's the way it went all night from “I'll Be Your Baby Tonight” to “All Along the Watchtower.”

Even “Thunder on the Mountain,” a relatively new song, has taken on a new life especially with Dylan's grumbling, growling vocals.

Though it could be frustrating to not hear the songs as you've heard them on the radio, you have to remember that he's been playing some of the songs for 50 years. Also, it's Bob Dylan. He has always done exactly what he wants.

Dylan, in a dark suit and tan, wide-brimmed hat, played organ, piano and harmonica — lots and lots of harmonica. The only thing he didn't pick up was a guitar.

Most of the time, Dylan, 71, stayed behind the ivories, but occasionally, he came out front and sang. Whenever he danced, the audience cheered like crazy.

Most of the tunes have been updated with a blues-rock tone, which has been the general ambiance of his last few albums.

The show felt less like seeing a folk icon and more like seeing an old-timey band in a saloon.

He played old and new through the set. Every time he launched into a familiar song, small groups would burst into applause. It must have been their favorite.

It was a great show, if you can get past Dylan's eccentricities, but unfortunately only about 3,500 people made it to the show. The big arena felt a bit empty, which was a shame. Music fans missed out.

Mark Knopfler, formerly of Dire Straits, opened the show and nearly stole it.

He and his seven-piece group played solo songs such as “Privateering” and Dire Straits tunes including “So Far Away.”

The audience ate it up and went wild for him, especially when he played melodic guitar licks. He is, after all, on Rolling Stone's list of the top guitarists of all time.

Knopfler also appeared with Dylan for four songs — “To Ramona,” “Things Have Changed,” “Tangled Up in Blue” and “Beyond Here Lies Nothin'” — where he played lead guitar.

“Thank you, Mark,” Dylan said. “That was Mark Knopfler on guitar.”

It was one of only two times Dylan addressed anyone, including his band. Later, he very quickly introduced his band.

“Thank you, friends,” he added.

It was more than I expected out of Dylan, who often barely acknowledges he's even playing in front of an audience.

My favorite parts of the show were some of the obvious classics including “Tangled Up in Blue” and “All Along the Watchtower.” As mentioned above, the tunes were different from what I was used to, but it only showed the songs stand up enough on their own to be translated in different ways.

I expected more from his latest album, “Tempest,” but I was fine hearing songs such as “Like a Rolling Stone” and “Blind Willie McTell.”

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Post by FPM on Nov 6th, 2012 at 8:32am
Bob Dylan: Obama Will Win In A 'Landslide'
11/06/12 07:49 AM ET EST      



Bob Dylan thinks O's got this in the bag.

MADISON, Wis. -- Bob Dylan says he thinks President Barack Obama is going to win a landslide.

Dylan made the prediction Monday night midway through the song "Blowin' in the Wind" during a
concert in the battleground state of Wisconsin.

Dylan spoke to the Madison audience as he was wrapping up his concert that came just hours after
Obama appeared at a morning rally in the same city with rocker Bruce Springsteen.

Dylan made his comments during his encore when he said, "We tried to play good tonight since the
president was here today."

He went on to say he thinks Obama will prevail Tuesday.

Dylan says, "Don't believe the media. I think it's going to be a landslide."

After his comments, Dylan completed the song to the roar of the crowd.



http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-predicts-obama-landslide-during-wisconsin-concert-20121106



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Post by Lazy Bones on Nov 8th, 2012 at 1:34pm
Nice to see Early Roman Kings last night in St. Paul.


(from Bob Links...)
-----
St. Paul, Minnesota
Xcel Energy Center

November 7, 2012


1. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (with Mark Knopfler on guitar)  
3. Things Have Changed (with Mark Knopfler on guitar)  
4. Tangled Up In Blue (with Mark Knopfler on guitar)  
5. Early Roman Kings
6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
7. Summer Days
8. Blind Willie McTell
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Spirit On The Water
11. Thunder On The Mountain
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
13. Like A Rolling Stone
14. All Along The Watchtower
   
 (encore)
15. Blowin' In The Wind

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Mr. Yeats on Dec 8th, 2012 at 12:24am
I'd like to point out that "Tempest", the title track from 'Tempest', is the 2nd greatest single of 2012, and should have had a groovy radio remix from J-Z or Dr. Dre or whomever. And a sexy video with Florence Welch and Bob looking nervous.

That is all.

I think...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 24th, 2013 at 1:17pm
Things a bit quiet on the Zimmy front of late, so here's a fresh bit of news.

For Record Store Day (20th April) , it appears that CBS/Sony will release a 7' single comprising a demo version of 'Wigwam' b/w a cover of 'Thirsty Boots' (!!). Details of the releases to come next month. Supposedly it's a taster for the upcoming "Bootleg Series Vol. 10" which has been rumoured for a few months now to feature material recorded in 1969-70 around the 'Self Portrait' era (you have to hand it to Bob - releasing an archives project of songs from what was his most confounding and critically slated official release - although considering the fact that he has always maintained he made it to get fans off his back and stop obsessing about him, maybe paradoxically the outtakes will actually be superior to the finished album (I like 'Self Portrait' personally, but I'm a bit weird...) )

More here :

http://www.uncut.co.uk/bob-dylan-release-rumoured-for-record-store-day-2013-news


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Post by Paranoid Android on Feb 24th, 2013 at 1:25pm
As always...looking fwd to the next in the series...

I enjoyed the momentum the Stones had with Google Music...but fear that train has left the station for good.  Most were pretty good releases...The "anything is good at this point" state of mind kinda clouds judgment at release time.

I enjoy the generous releases Bob's world puts out with consistency and thought.

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Post by Gazza on Feb 26th, 2013 at 7:06am
Cover photo alone of the 'Wigwam' 7' vinyl makes it worth buying.



I always liked 'Wigwam' and I've always liked 'Self Portrait' - but I think its wonderfully perverse that he's putting out a single whch is a demo of a record whose finished lyrics basically consist of :

'Da da da da-dum
Da da da da da da-dum
da da da DA da,
la da da dee'



Here's the info from bobdylanexaminer.com

WIGWAM single to be released for Record Store Day

In celebration of Record Store Day 2013, Columbia Records will release a 7" vinyl single featuring an unreleased demo of "Wigwam" backed with a previously unreleased recording of "Thirsty Boots" from the forthcoming Bootleg Series Vol. 10.
Pick up your copy on Saturday, April 20, at participating independent record stores.


Volume 10 of "The Bootleg Series" is rumored to be a stripped down version of material from the 1969-70 "Self Portrait" sessions. While it has not been confirmed, Bjorner's Still On The Road points to March 4, 1970, as the recording date for both tracks (unless "Wigwam" is an even earlier version).

According to Bjorner, March 4 was the fifth "Self Portrait" session, recorded at Columbia Recording Studios' Studio B in New York City. The sessions went from 2:30-5:30 p.m., 7:00-10:00 p.m., and 11:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. The musicians were Bob Dylan on vocals, guitar, piano and harmonica, Al Kooper on organ and piano, David Bromberg on guitar, dobro, and bass, with Stu Woods (bass), Alvin Rogers (drums) later overdubbing on the basic tracks. The sessions were produced by Bob Johnston.

Here's what was recorded that day:

1-5. Went To See The Gypsy (Gipsi on recording sheet.)
6-9. Thirsty Boots (Written by Eric Andersen)(Thirsty Boots/Evening In Your Eyes on recording sheet.)
10. Tattle O-Day (Written by Eric Andersen)
11. Railroad Bill (trad.)
12. House Carpenter (trad.) (All For The Sake Of Thee on recording sheet.)
13. This Evening So Soon
14. Days Of ’49 (trad.) (Tom Moore on recording sheet.)
15. Annie's Going To Sing Her Song (Written by Tom Paxton) (Take Back Again on recording sheet.)
16. Early Morning Rain (Written by Gordon Lightfoot)(In The Early Morning Rain on recording sheet.)
17. Wigwam (New Song 1 on recording sheet.)
18. Time Passes Slowly (New Song 2 on recording sheet.)

Takes 14, 16, and 17 were released in overdubbed version on "Self Portrait."

Below is some additional information on "Thirsty Boots":

Here is Eric Andersen's recent comment about this song (via Bruce Houghton, his tour manager):

It was written for a civil rights worker friend, but the Phil Ochs connection is strong. Eric first sang a part of the song to Phil in the 14th Street Subway Station in N.Y.C. on their way to the Village. Phil loved it and encouraged him to finish it. Then Phil brought him up on stage at the Philadelphia Folk festival to perform the completed song live for the first time. It was also Phil who brought Eric around to other Village folk performers to have him play the song for their possible inclusion in their albums...and one of them as you all know certainly did!
And here is Eric Anderson's own liner notes from the album 'bout 'Changes & Things':

"'Thirsty Boots' was written to a civil rights worker-friend. Having never gone down to Mississippi myself, I wrote the song about coming back."
Therefore, Eric must have written the song and liner notes at some earlier time, before he and Phil went to Mississippi together. Otherwise, why would he have written "Having never gone down. . ."?

However, after Phil's death, Eric dedicated the song to Phil on his "Greatest Hits" album and in concerts, including the Phil Ochs tribute concert at the Felt Forum in 1976:

"Eric Anderson will probably offer his own 'Thirsty Boots,' which he has been dedicating to Mr. Ochs at his club and concert performances." (New York Times, May 28, 1976.)
If things go according to plan, volume 11 of "The Bootleg Series" will focus on 1974's "Blood On The Tracks" sessions.




..and finally an inkling of some tour news for the spring.



AdvertisementBob Dylan will apparently be touring North America this April, with the Dawes as the support act on at least some of the dates.

The only confirmed concert so far is on Saturday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in California, Pennsylvania, at the Convocation Center at California University of Pennsylvania.

Information at Ticketmaster lists the onsale date for the general public as Saturday, March 2, at 10:00 a.m. EST, with a special "CAL U" pre-sale from Thursday, February 28 at 10:00 a.m. through Friday, March 1 at 11:00 p.m., all EST. Tickets will be $54.00, with an additional $8.05 fee, for a total price of $62.05.

Another gig is rumored, again with the Dawes, on April 8 in Kingston, Rhode Island. Apparently there was a show at the Ryan Center listed on Ticketmaster, which was quickly deleted. No other event is currently on sale for the Ryan Center on that date.


None of these shows are posted on Dylan's or the Dawes' official site at the time of this post. Nothing is official until it appears on Dylan's tour page.

http://www.examiner.com/article/bob-dylan-to-tour-north-america-april-first-date-confirmed-new-rsd-single

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Post by lotsajizz on Feb 26th, 2013 at 7:10am
Pre-sales for an April East Coast tour start Thursday.

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Post by Gazza on Feb 27th, 2013 at 1:16pm
Tour dates confirmed :

Dawes are opening act at all shows :

Bob Dylan on Tour

Apr 05, 2013 Buffalo, NY SUNY Buffalo - Alumni Arena
Apr 06, 2013 Amherst, MA University of Massachusetts - Mullins Center
Apr 08, 2013 Kingston, RI University of Rhode Island - Ryan Center
Apr 09, 2013 Lowell, MA University of Massachusetts - Tsongas Center
Apr 10, 2013 Lewiston, ME Androscoggin Bank Colisée
Apr 12, 2013 Newark, DE University of Delaware - Bob Carpenter Center
Apr 13, 2013 California, PA Convocation Center
Apr 14, 2013 Ithaca, NY Cornell University - Barton Hall
Apr 16, 2013 Richmond, VA Landmark Theater
Apr 18, 2013 Bethlehem, PA Lehigh University -- Stabler Arena
Apr 19, 2013 Akron, OH The University of Akron - EJ Thomas Hall
Apr 20, 2013 Kalamazoo, MI Wings Stadium
Apr 21, 2013 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green State University - Stroh Center



Read more: http://www.bobdylan.com/us/upcoming-dates#ixzz2M81gRHuv

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Post by lotsajizz on Apr 9th, 2013 at 7:09am

Last night (April 8) at the University of Rhode Island-
1. Things Have Changed (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel)
2. Love Sick (Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on electric mandolin)
3. High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
4. Soon After Midnight (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on pedal steel)
5. Early Roman Kings
(Bob on grand piano, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
6. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on pedal steel)
7. Pay In Blood (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on pedal steel)
8. Visions Of Johanna (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on electric mandolin)
9. Spirit On The Water
(Bob on grand piano and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
10. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
(Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on electric mandolin)
11. Blind Willie McTell
(Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
12. What Good Am I? (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on pedal steel)
13. Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on grand piano, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
14. Scarlet Town (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on lap steel)
(encore)
16. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on lap steel)


Duke Robillard has given the man and his band a kick in the ass!  Bob was very energized and theatrical...dancing dropping to his knees, and moving the mike stand around!  Robillard's cool, understated, atmospheric jams were perfect.  The new material worked very well.

Bob spoke not a word to the crowd, eschewing even the usual band intros.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 9th, 2013 at 9:35am
Was very sorry to see Sexton leaving but they're all sounding revitalised based on the Amherst show which I downloaded a couple of days ago. New songs come across very well, and theres plenty of them (I think there was only 3 songs from the 60's all night - in fact I think the setlist is identical to the one above - so only 4 songs that werent released in the last 25 years). Cracking new arrangement of 'Watchtower', ain't it? Somehow he's managed to breathe new life into a song he's played more than any other - must be well over 2,000 performances by now.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by LadyJane on Apr 9th, 2013 at 9:50am
I lost my Bob virginity on Friday night at the Tour Opener in Buffalo.
Have to admit, I wasn't familiar with most of the songs but I had Martha to "interpret" for me.
Overall, I enjoyed the "bluesy" feel to the set and was very impressed with Duke Robillard.
Very similar setlist and Bob did not speak one word to the audience.

Setlist:
Things Have Changed
Love Sick
High Water (For Charley Patton)
Soon After Midnight
Early Roman Kings
Tangled Up In Blue
Pay In Blood
Visions Of Johanna
Spirit On The Water
Blind Willie McTell
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
What Good Am I?
Thunder On The Mountain
Scarlet Town
Highway 61 Revisited
Ballad Of A Thin Man


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on Apr 10th, 2013 at 3:02pm

Gazza wrote on Apr 9th, 2013 at 9:35am:
Cracking new arrangement of 'Watchtower', ain't it? Somehow he's managed to breathe new life into a song he's played more than any other - must be well over 2,000 performances by now.



It really was!  Robillard and the band, Bob included took it to a place never before gone and left me open-mouthed with how cool it jammed!  Rock on, Messr's Dylan, Robillard, Garnier, Recine, Kimball, and Herron!



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Post by Edith Grove on May 24th, 2013 at 9:33am
Happy Birthday, Bob !



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on May 24th, 2013 at 9:35am
happy birthday zimmy!!!



http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/map_of_the_week/2013/05/bob_dylan_map_every_place_mentioned_in_a_bob_dylan_song.html

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Post by Gazza on Jun 13th, 2013 at 6:59am
His Bobness returns to Europe for an extensive tour in the autumn. Venues all seem to be theatres and small halls - and ends with a 3 night run at the Royal Albert Hall. His first shows at the iconic venue since his historic pair of performances there in May 1966.


--- October 2013 --- 
Thu 10 Oslo 
Sat 12 Stockholm 
Sun 13 Stockholm 
Tue 15 Copenhagen 
Wed 16 Copenhagen 
Fri 18 Hannover 
Sat 19 Hamburg 
Sun 20 Hamburg 
Tue 22 Düsseldorf 
Thu 24 Berlin 
Fri 25 Berlin 
Mon 28 Geneva 
Wed 30 Amsterdam 
Thu 31 Amsterdam 
--- November 2013 --- 
Sat 2 Milano 
Sun 3 Milano 
Mon 4 Milano 
Wed 6 Rome 
Thu 7 Rome 
Fri 8 Firenze 
Sun 10 Brussels 
Tue 12 Paris 
Wed 13 Paris 
Sat 16 Luxembourg 
Mon 18 Glasgow 
Tue 19 Glasgow 
Wed 20 Glasgow 
Fri 22 Blackpool 
Sat 23 Blackpool 
Sun 24 Blackpool 
Tue 26 London 
Wed 27 London 
Thu 28 London 


Full details of venues etc on  :
http://www.bobdylan.com/us/upcoming-dates

Ticket prices seem to be in the 60-80 Euro range.

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Post by Edith Grove on Jul 25th, 2013 at 2:51pm
On this day in 1965, Bob Dylan went electric



Bob Dylan flips through the lyrics to 'Subterranean Homesick Blues,' in the iconic opening segment to the documentary 'Dont Look Back.'

By Alison Fensterstock, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on July 25, 2013


In July 1964, the young folkie Bob Dylan took the stage at the Newport Folk Festival, establishing himself solidly in the hearts of hundreds of dedicated roots-music purists with his witty talking blues and Woody Guthrie-inspired political folk.

A year later, famously, on July 25, 1965, he – well, he freaked them all out, playing "Maggie's Farm" on a Fender Stratocaster, with organist Al Kooper and members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band backing him up, fully amplified. A few weeks earlier, he'd recorded "Like A Rolling Stone." Electric guitar and rock n’roll songwriting in the belly of the folk revival – heresy! Dylan did not return to Newport until 2002; New Orleans’ Tom Piazza wrote about that gig, for the New York Times.


Some histories of the event, to be fair, contend that the reason for the boos and outrage was not the electrification itself, but the fact that the sound quality was awful, and the set was abbreviated, to boot.

In any case, this year’s Newport Folk Festival kicks off on Friday, July 26, with local act Hurray for the Riff Raff making its debut at the historic party. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue are also on the bill, as well as plenty of other acts who both plug in and do not: the Avett Brothers, Justin Townes Earle, Jason Isbell, Iris DeMent.

Two years from now, of course, will mark the 50th anniversary of the Dylan drama – how many covers of “Like A Rolling Stone” do you think audience members will be treated to in 2015? Will Bobby Z return?

(The video below is a collection of clips; full performances of Dylan's Newport '65 set appear to have been removed from Youtube.)

http://youtu.be/S1TKUk9nXjk


http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/07/your_midday_music_break_on_thi.html#incart_river_default


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MrPleasant on Aug 14th, 2013 at 7:41pm
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/08/08/_pretty_saro_unreleased_bob_dylan_recording_is_lovely_listen_video.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 14th, 2013 at 10:24pm

MrPleasant wrote on Aug 14th, 2013 at 7:41pm:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/08/08/_pretty_saro_unreleased_bob_dylan_recording_is_lovely_listen_video.html



have had the isle of wight for many years though i expect this one to be the one i always wanted!!!
also looking forward to the academy of music box set by the band

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Post by MrPleasant on Sep 23rd, 2013 at 5:58pm
From some bootleg.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U661OJN81B4

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 24th, 2013 at 6:48am
That was very nicely put together.

I am looking forward to my three nights of Bob in Blackpool in late November.

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Post by Gazza on Oct 10th, 2013 at 3:49pm
First show of the latest European leg of the NET in Oslo tonight. Nice 18-song setlist, with six songs off 'Tempest' and only four songs from the 60's!

1. Things Have Changed
2. She Belongs To Me
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothing
4. What Good Am I
5. Pay In Blood
6. Tangled Up In Blue
7. Duquesne Whistle
8. It's Alright Ma

Intermission break (perhaps due to guitar problems....)

9. Early Roman Kings
10. Simple Twist of Fate
11. Summer Days
12. Forgetful Heart
13. Spirit on the Water
14. Scarlet Town
15. Soon After Midnight
16. Long and Wasted Years

encore break

17. All Along the Watchtower
18. Blowin in the Wind

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Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on May 18th, 2014 at 12:38pm
Keith Richards slams Dylan
18 May 2014
The Belfast Telegraph
By Gary Galbraith

Keith Richards has praised Bob Dylan for showing music didn’t have to be “so restricted”.

The Rolling Stones rocker is one of several stars who has contributed to a list of 101 albums people should listen to before they die. Keith’s choice was Bob’s 1966 classic Blonde on Blonde, which he thinks is masterful – even if it’s slightly painful to admit it.

“He showed you that rock ‘n’ roll didn’t need to be quite so restricted by that verse-chorus-verse formula,” he explained to NME. “We all pushed each other on in those days. Bob’s a nasty little b****r. I remember him saying to me, ‘I could have written... Satisfaction, Keith, but you couldn’t have written Desolation Row.’ I said, ‘Well, you’re right there Bob!’”

Foo Fighters star Dave Grohl also got in on the action, recommending The B-52’s self-titled 1979 record. The 45-year-old star was ten when the album was released but he can still remember how deeply it affected him.

“This was the first thing to really grab me. Those guitars! Two strings! How cool! Those drums! Slap slap slap slap! Dead easy!” he reminisced.

The B-52’s are comprised of Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland and Cindy Wilson and Dave remains impressed by the way they tapped into the youth of the time. He can vividly recall how exciting the female band members looked and insists it’s because of the group that he got into the music industry.

“The women looked like they were from outer space and everything was linked in – the sleeves, the sound, the clothes, the iconography, the logo, everything. I think when you’re a kid, that’s what you’re after, a real unified feel to a band, and that’s what the B-52’s offered. Their songs were so easy to learn, they got me into playing really easily,” he said.

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Post by Gazza on May 18th, 2014 at 1:33pm
Talk about a dramatic headline aimed at attracting outraged idiots - its not a slam. If anything its a compliment.

The original article.

http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=Keith-Richards-slams-Dylan&nItemID=79721

More importantly, how in the name of good fuck did you manage to not only appropriate this article to my local shitrag of a newspaper but make it out that I wrote the article?


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on May 18th, 2014 at 4:16pm
LOL it was a joke as the article does not mention an auhtor

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/keith-richards-slams-dylan-30283250.html

It of course was NOT written by Gazza

:waka-jawaka :thatwassmart

Spank me Ronnie

:kissmyass :kissmyass :kissmyass

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on May 18th, 2014 at 4:19pm

Gazza wrote on May 18th, 2014 at 1:33pm:
how in the name of good fuck did you manage to not only appropriate this article to my local shitrag of a newspaper but make it out that I wrote the article?



Must be that 'ol Voodoo charm.  :loloncemore

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MrPleasant on May 21st, 2014 at 3:13pm
http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/bob-dylans-new-album-let-the-wild-speculation-begin

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on May 24th, 2014 at 6:05am
Happy Birthday, Bob !!



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 26th, 2014 at 4:05am
Ka-fucking-boom!!!


The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11(Deluxe Edition)

Deluxe Edition, 6-CD's !!! 138 songs and lavish book, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Basement-Tapes-Complete-Bootleg/dp/B00MXILU3S/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1409043991&sr=8-14&keywords=bob+dylan+basement+tapes


Released November 4, around the same time as the already announced 'Lost on the River' various artists set of previously unrecorded Basement Tapes lyrics produced by T-Bone Burnette

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-River-The-Basement-Tapes/dp/B00MRKX8LE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-4&keywords=bob+dylan+basement+tapes


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Post by mojoman on Aug 26th, 2014 at 10:08am

Gazza wrote on Aug 26th, 2014 at 4:05am:
Ka-fucking-boom!!!


The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11(Deluxe Edition)

Deluxe Edition, 6-CD's !!! 138 songs and lavish book, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Basement-Tapes-Complete-Bootleg/dp/B00MXILU3S/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1409043991&sr=8-14&keywords=bob+dylan+basement+tapes


Released November 4, around the same time as the already announced 'Lost on the River' various artists set of previously unrecorded Basement Tapes lyrics produced by T-Bone Burnette

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-River-The-Basement-Tapes/dp/B00MRKX8LE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-4&keywords=bob+dylan+basement+tapes



almost fifty years in the can!!

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Post by Gazza on Aug 26th, 2014 at 12:18pm

mojoman wrote on Aug 26th, 2014 at 10:08am:
almost fifty years in the can!!



- Insert 'Joey' punchline here -

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Teiz on Aug 27th, 2014 at 4:26am
Still running around with a big grin on my face because of that Basement Tapes announcement. Can hardly wait...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Ade on Aug 27th, 2014 at 4:43am
terrific news - but not for the bank account!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 27th, 2014 at 6:27am
October-November US tour dates to be announced later today

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 27th, 2014 at 7:31am
Lo and behold.. North American tour dates...31 of 'em.

http://www.bobdylan.com/us/home#us/upcoming-dates

Tickets on sale, 5 or 6 September depending on venue

Oct 17-19 Seattle, Wa - Paramount
21 Portland, Or - Keller Auditorium
24-26 Los Angeles - Dolby Theatre
28-30 Oakland, Ca - Paramount

Nov 1 Denver - Bellco Theatre
4-6 Minneapolis - Orpheum
8-10 Chicago - Cadillac Palace Theatre
12 Cleveland - State Theatre
14 Boston - Orpheum
15 Providence - Performing Arts Centre
17-18 Toronto - Sony Centre
21-23 Philadelphia - Academy of Music
25 Washington - DAR Constitution Hall
26 Newark, NJ - Performing Arts Center
28-29, December 1-2 New York - Beacon Theatre

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 27th, 2014 at 1:21pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 27th, 2014 at 7:31am:
Lo and behold.. North American tour dates...31 of 'em.

http://www.bobdylan.com/us/home#us/upcoming-dates

Tickets on sale, 5 or 6 September depending on venue

Oct 17-19 Seattle, Wa - Paramount
21 Portland, Or - Keller Auditorium
24-26 Los Angeles - Dolby Theatre
28-30 Oakland, Ca - Paramount

Nov 1 Denver - Bellco Theatre
4-6 Minneapolis - Orpheum
8-10 Chicago - Cadillac Palace Theatre
12 Cleveland - State Theatre
14 Boston - Orpheum
15 Providence - Performing Arts Centre
17-18 Toronto - Sony Centre
21-23 Philadelphia - Academy of Music
25 Washington - DAR Constitution Hall
26 Newark, NJ - Performing Arts Center
28-29, December 1-2 New York - Beacon Theatre



academy dates werent on pollstar thats great because its real close. neil young will be there a couple nights in october. developing

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Sep 7th, 2014 at 7:55pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 26th, 2014 at 4:05am:
Ka-fucking-boom!!!


The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11(Deluxe Edition)

Deluxe Edition, 6-CD's !!! 138 songs and lavish book, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Basement-Tapes-Complete-Bootleg/dp/B00MXILU3S/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1409043991&sr=8-14&keywords=bob+dylan+basement+tapes


Released November 4, around the same time as the already announced 'Lost on the River' various artists set of previously unrecorded Basement Tapes lyrics produced by T-Bone Burnette

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-River-The-Basement-Tapes/dp/B00MRKX8LE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-4&keywords=bob+dylan+basement+tapes


Shit!! I was about to preorder it in vinyl and WTF

"The Basement Tapes Raw is a 3 LP set of highlights from the complete 6CD box set collection."

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 8th, 2014 at 11:21am
Yes, only the 'highlights' are available on vinyl.

I guess the market for a box of about 12 LP's mostly full of  demos or Bob and the Band generally fucking about is deemed to be pretty limited

The 2-CD/3-LP version is aimed more at the wider public.

Title: Gazza I've been thinking about yer post about Dylan's not dark yet post for 2 years now..
Post by steel driving hammer on Oct 20th, 2014 at 6:53pm
I agree with you that that song is not finished and could be his anthem.

Like thru and thru also.

Just wanna say both are great songs and so heart felt.

Just wish both of them could of been anthems.

Been drinking wine and listening to them both over and over tonight.

Heavy  cheers my brother...

Title: Re: Gazza I've been thinking about yer post about Dylan's not dark yet post for 2 years now..
Post by steel driving hammer on Oct 20th, 2014 at 7:30pm
I hate to say but I think Dylan's last 3 or 4 albums are better than the Stones...

Again I hate to say that since I think Stones are the greatest...

But Dylan is fucking Great in his old age and just getting better.

Title: Re: Gazza I've been thinking about yer post about Dylan's not dark yet post for 2 years now..
Post by Edith Grove on Oct 20th, 2014 at 8:12pm
What kinda hooch you drinkin' ?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MrPleasant on Oct 20th, 2014 at 9:24pm

steel driving hammer wrote on Oct 20th, 2014 at 7:30pm:
I hate to say but I think Dylan's last 3 or 4 albums are better than the Stones...

Again I hate to say that since I think Stones are the greatest...

But Dylan is fucking Great in his old age and just getting better.


I agree.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on Nov 4th, 2014 at 11:34pm
Just returned from the Orpheum tonight from the first of Dylan's three shows here in Minneapolis. Largely unimpressed. Maybe it's me, but a good performer has to have some energy, and Bob's show lacked it completely. His band is very good, but almost too jazzy for my tastes.

But, as my friends and I were discussing on the way to the train station, it's $#@!in' Bob Dylan, and he can do whatever he wants!

Highlights for me included High Water, Simple Twist of Fate and She Belongs to Me. And of course, I can say that I have seen Dylan sing Blowin in the Wind again.....

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on Nov 7th, 2014 at 8:23am
Bob Dylan Wanted to Make an Album With the Beatles and Rolling Stones
"Keith and George thought it was fantastic," writes producer Glyn Johns. "Paul and Mick both said absolutely not."


Bob Dylan, circa 1965.
Val Wilmer/Getty

In his new memoir, Glyn Johns writes that Bob Dylan wanted to make an album with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

BY ANDY GREENE | November 7, 2014


Few figures in rock history have a more impressive résumé than Glyn Johns. Throughout the 1960s the producer/engineer worked on albums by the Rolling Stones (Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers, Let It Bleed), the Beatles (Let It Be, Abbey Road), the Who (Who's Next, Quadrophenia, The Who By Numbers), the Band (Stage Fright), Neil Young (Harvest), Eagles (Desperado, On the Border), the Clash (Combat Rock) and too many others to mention. His new book Sound Man hits shelves on November 13th and is full of amazing anecdotes from his 50-year career.

Perhaps the most surprising story comes from his brief encounter with Bob Dylan at a New York airport. Johns was traveling with Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, who had just completed his groundbreaking interview with Dylan. "[Dylan] asked me about the Beatles album I had just finished and was very complimentary about my work with the Stones over the years," Johns writes. "In turn, I babbled about how how much we had all been influenced by his work."

Dylan then dropped a bomb. "He said he had this idea to make a record with the Beatles and the Stones," John writes. "And he asked me if I would find out whether the others would be interested. I was completely bowled over. Can you imagine the three greatest influences on popular music in the previous decade making an album together?"

Johns quickly began working the phones. "Keith and George thought it was fantastic," he writes. "But they would since they were both huge Dylan fans. Ringo, Charlie and Bill were amicable to the idea as long as everyone else was interested. John didn't say a flat no, but he wasn't that interested. Paul and Mick both said absolutely not."

Needless to say, the plan didn't go forward. "I had it all figured out," writes Johns. "We would pool the best material from Mick and Keith, Paul and John, Bob and George, and then select the best rhythm section from the two bands to suit whichever songs we were cutting. Paul and Mick were probably, right, however I would have given anything to have given it a go."

Johns doesn't give the exact timeframe for this story, but he does indicate that Wenner was in the process of editing his interview with Dylan when they met at the airport. That would likely place this sometime in the summer of 1969. At the time, Dylan was just beginning to work on Self Portrait and was gearing up for his comeback performance with the Band at the Isle of Wight.



Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-album-with-beatles-and-rolling-stones-20141107#ixzz3IONm8Uqm

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Nov 8th, 2014 at 4:34pm
Highlights from The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (IMHO after a couple times listening)

A Fool Such As I
Baby Ain't That Fine
Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
Big River [Take 2]
Cool Water
I Don't Hurt Anymore
Rock, Salt and Nails
Song for Canada
Still in Town
Waltzing with Sin

Disc 4-6 terrible sound quality. Don't expect to find any hidden gems there.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 8th, 2014 at 8:38pm
Disc 6 is the one with lesser quality - hence the reason its listed as a bonus disc.

Many of the songs on Disc 4 are the same versions that were released on the original album. Cant see how they're 'terrible sound quality'

Disc 5 is the real find, for me. A reel that wasnt known of before, recorded AFTER Dylan cut 'John Wesley Harding' and which extends the sessions into 1968. The first ever version with The Band of 'Blowin' In The Wind', a lovely 'One too Many Mornings' similar to the live '66 arrangement and a fantastic cover of "Satisfied Mind" which Bob would cover with less success on 'Saved' in 1980. A lot of critically raves for 'Wild Wolf' (although admittedly it hasnt really registered with me THAT much yet) and stuff like 'Mary Lou' and '900 Miles' are terrific.

I'm a huge fan of The Basement Tapes sessions - so this is like manna from heaven for me, and is the one Bootleg Series release I've wanted above all others. It exceeds expectations.

I've always maintained that Dylan never SANG better than he did on these sessions, and this set absolutely vindicates that.

I really wish we'd got a fully developed take of 'I'm A Fool for You" - I've always loved that song. To the songs youve listed I'd add Roisin Le Beau. The French Girl, Belshazzar (check out Robbie's guitar licks!), the Auld Triangle and Joshua Gone Barbados to the list of excellent covers.

My favourite of all the covers though is Bob's take on 'I Forgot to Remember To Forget'.  Bob outsings Sun-era Elvis. And THAT is quite an achievement, in my eyes.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Mr. Yeats on Nov 8th, 2014 at 10:08pm
Nice one, Gazza. Gonna take me a bit to be able to afford it, but I'm well looking forward to it. One of my fave Dylan era's. Cheers for the review.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MrPleasant on Nov 9th, 2014 at 9:37am
"The Dictator's" Larry Charles recalls directing Bob Dylan
Posted by: Colin Covert under Music Updated: May 18, 2012 - 8:36 PM



Do you hear what I hear? Director Larry Charles. Photo: Associated Press


Long before he helped Sacha Baron Cohen create Kazakh TV's empty talking head Borat or Admiral General Aladeen of "The Dictator," Larry Charles was a prolific TV writer with no plans to tackle movies.

Then in 2001 he got a call to meet with Bob Dylan. Much to Charles' surprise, the encounter put him at the helm of Dylan's film comeback,  "Masked and Anonymous," co-starring Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Mickey Rourke, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Christian Slater and Val Kilmer.  In a phone interview this week Charles shared the story.

"If you can believe it he was actually interested initially in doing a TV series, like an HBO series. He wanted it to be a comedy, so I went to a meeting with him. I thought, I'll have one meeting with him and I can tell all my friends I had a meeting with Bob Dylan, how cool would that be? I thought that would be the end of it but instead we totally hit it off right off the bat.

"The first thing he did, and this gives an illustration of how his mind works, he had this box on the table. He opened it and dumped out the box. It was all these little scraps of paper, stationery from all around the world. And on each scrap of paper was an aphorism or a line or a name of somebody. He dumped it out and said, 'I don't know what to do with all this.'

"I started looking and I said, 'This can be a line of dialog. And this could be the person's name who says the dialog.' He was like, 'You can do that?' I said, 'Yeah.' And I realized that's how he writes songs. He has all these fragments and he weaves the fragments until they become poetry. It's kind of automatic writing or the cut-up technique William Burroughs used. That's how we started to write that script actually. It was a very organic, very stream of consciousness process.

"At the same time he was very naive about the filmmaking process. the first day of shooting we had this big crane shot that had to come down in this large crowd in an abandoned bus station and find him at a counter, waiting. It was a big shot and this was my first day of shooting a movie. So I was all uptight as well.

"As we started to rehearse the shot I was hearing music over the headphones that I was wearing. And I was like, 'Where's that music coming from, we can't have music here.' The crew was scrambling around, looking for the music outside. We couldn't find the music.

"I looked in the monitor and saw Bob waiting. I thought, 'Oh God, this is my first day, he's going to get fidgety, he's going to get irritable. So I decided I wouldOf mood music and mixed signals tell him we're having a little technical difficulty, there's some music playing and we've got to find the music and turn it off.

"As I walked towards him the music got louder and louder and louder. And as I walked up to him I realized the music was emanating from him. And I thought, 'God, he really is a genius, the music just comes out of his pores.'

"Then I saw he had a little earphone in his ear and I said, 'Bob, what is that?'

"He's like, 'Johnny Depp told me to do it. he told me to listen to music while I was shooting.'

"I said, 'I don't think he meant to listen to music while we are shooting. I think he meant in between takes.' Turned out he had Johnny Depp's DJ out in the parking lot in a tent pumping music to him to get him in the mood to shoot. But he was pumping the music while we were shooting. There were certain lessons that needed to be learned like that."

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/blogs/152114935.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Nov 9th, 2014 at 4:14pm

Gazza wrote on Nov 8th, 2014 at 8:38pm:
Disc 6 is the one with lesser quality - hence the reason its listed as a bonus disc.

Many of the songs on Disc 4 are the same versions that were released on the original album. Cant see how they're 'terrible sound quality'

Disc 5 is the real find, for me. A reel that wasnt known of before, recorded AFTER Dylan cut 'John Wesley Harding' and which extends the sessions into 1968. The first ever version with The Band of 'Blowin' In The Wind', a lovely 'One too Many Mornings' similar to the live '66 arrangement and a fantastic cover of "Satisfied Mind" which Bob would cover with less success on 'Saved' in 1980. A lot of critically raves for 'Wild Wolf' (although admittedly it hasnt really registered with me THAT much yet) and stuff like 'Mary Lou' and '900 Miles' are terrific.

I'm a huge fan of The Basement Tapes sessions - so this is like manna from heaven for me, and is the one Bootleg Series release I've wanted above all others. It exceeds expectations.

I've always maintained that Dylan never SANG better than he did on these sessions, and this set absolutely vindicates that.

I really wish we'd got a fully developed take of 'I'm A Fool for You" - I've always loved that song. To the songs youve listed I'd add Roisin Le Beau. The French Girl, Belshazzar (check out Robbie's guitar licks!), the Auld Triangle and Joshua Gone Barbados to the list of excellent covers.

My favourite of all the covers though is Bob's take on 'I Forgot to Remember To Forget'.  Bob outsings Sun-era Elvis. And THAT is quite an achievement, in my eyes.

Well, I'm a sucker for good audio quality. No matter how good a song is, if the sound quality is not good, I throw it away. I forgot to mention "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" and "The Hills of Mexico". Two songs I like, but only had once in very poor quality. So I'm happy to have them now in at least a better quality. Besides that, It keeps amazing me how different people who love the Stones, can think  so differently about specific songs, whether it's the Stones or other artists. I've listened to the tracks you added, but for now they don't work for me. But that's the beauty of music Isn't it? I'll listen to them some more, and who knows I change my mind. LOL

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Nov 9th, 2014 at 4:42pm
I forgot to mention the poor sound quality of the original "Basement tapes", but I guess you won't agree with me on that one.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 9th, 2014 at 7:11pm

Tumbling Dijs wrote on Nov 9th, 2014 at 4:42pm:
I forgot to mention the poor sound quality of the original "Basement tapes", but I guess you won't agree with me on that one.


Well, to a point but I wouldnt call them 'poor'. They were never supposed to be released anyway. The 1975 album is a strange beast sonically - mono reproduced as 'collapsed stereo' by Robertson to make them sound like sort of 'authentic'.

The SA-CD reissue from about five years ago is a nice upgrade.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 9th, 2014 at 7:15pm

Tumbling Dijs wrote on Nov 9th, 2014 at 4:14pm:

Gazza wrote on Nov 8th, 2014 at 8:38pm:
Disc 6 is the one with lesser quality - hence the reason its listed as a bonus disc.

Many of the songs on Disc 4 are the same versions that were released on the original album. Cant see how they're 'terrible sound quality'

Disc 5 is the real find, for me. A reel that wasnt known of before, recorded AFTER Dylan cut 'John Wesley Harding' and which extends the sessions into 1968. The first ever version with The Band of 'Blowin' In The Wind', a lovely 'One too Many Mornings' similar to the live '66 arrangement and a fantastic cover of "Satisfied Mind" which Bob would cover with less success on 'Saved' in 1980. A lot of critically raves for 'Wild Wolf' (although admittedly it hasnt really registered with me THAT much yet) and stuff like 'Mary Lou' and '900 Miles' are terrific.

I'm a huge fan of The Basement Tapes sessions - so this is like manna from heaven for me, and is the one Bootleg Series release I've wanted above all others. It exceeds expectations.

I've always maintained that Dylan never SANG better than he did on these sessions, and this set absolutely vindicates that.

I really wish we'd got a fully developed take of 'I'm A Fool for You" - I've always loved that song. To the songs youve listed I'd add Roisin Le Beau. The French Girl, Belshazzar (check out Robbie's guitar licks!), the Auld Triangle and Joshua Gone Barbados to the list of excellent covers.

My favourite of all the covers though is Bob's take on 'I Forgot to Remember To Forget'.  Bob outsings Sun-era Elvis. And THAT is quite an achievement, in my eyes.

Well, I'm a sucker for good audio quality. No matter how good a song is, if the sound quality is not good, I throw it away. I forgot to mention "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" and "The Hills of Mexico". Two songs I like, but only had once in very poor quality. So I'm happy to have them now in at least a better quality. Besides that, It keeps amazing me how different people who love the Stones, can think  so differently about specific songs, whether it's the Stones or other artists. I've listened to the tracks you added, but for now they don't work for me. But that's the beauty of music Isn't it? I'll listen to them some more, and who knows I change my mind. LOL


It could just be that I'm personally more into country and traditional folk than I am into blues. Dont get me wrong, I do like it, but maybe not as much as some Stones fans would be

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on Nov 24th, 2014 at 4:08pm
Bob Dylan Plays Concert for One Insanely Lucky Superfan

"I was smiling so much it was like I was on ecstasy," says Fredrik Wikingsson. "My jaw hurt for hours."



Simon Rudholm

Fredrik Wikingsson at the Philadelphia Academy of Music watching Bob Dylan in concert.



BY ANDY GREENE | November 24, 2014

Yesterday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. 41-year-old Bob Dylan superfan Fredrik Wikingsson walked into Philadelphia's Academy of Music, took a seat in the second row and prepared to watch his hero play a concert just for him. "At this point I still thought I was about to get Punk'd," he says. "I thought some asshole would walk onstage and just laugh at me. I just couldn't fathom that Dylan would actually do this."

This wasn't Punk'd, and within 10 minutes of Wikingsson taking his seat, the lights dimmed and Dylan took the stage alongside his touring band. Playing to an audience of one, they abandoned their usual repertoire and played Buddy Holly's "Heartbeat," Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill," Chuck Willis' "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" and a blues jam that Wikingsson  has been unable to identify. "I was smiling so much it was like I was on ecstasy," he says. "My jaw hurt for hours afterwards because I couldn't stop smiling."

The incredible concert was part of an ongoing Swedish film series Experiment Ensam (Experiment Alone), where people experience things completely alone that are usually reserved for large crowds. Past films focused on a lone people at comedy clubs or karaoke bars. The filmmakers thought a lot bigger for this one and made arrangements with Dylan's camp for the private show, paying him an undisclosed amount of money. "I have no idea how much it was," says Wikingsson. "But it was probably more than he gets for a normal gig."

Wikingsson's friend Anders Helgeson is the director of Experiment Ensam, and when he told him about the Dylan concept he begged to be the subject. "I had an endless series of meetings where I managed to convince people my extreme fandom made me the best candidate for the enviable task," he says. "I'm very passive and I always picture myself as the guy that wouldn't be able to save himself on a sinking ship. I'd just lay down and die. I have no real ability to grab the moment, but when I heard about this I thought, 'For once, I have to stop everything in my life and go for something.'"

The day before the show, Wikingsson, a popular TV personality who lives in Stockholm, walked around New York's Greenwich Village with a camera crew and visited famous Dylan landmarks. On show day, he found himself so nervous he wasn't able to eat. "I was a fucking wreck," he says. "Part of me was thinking, 'Maybe this won't happen and it'll be for the best. I don't want to impose on Mr. Dylan. I don't want him to stand there and be grouchy, just hating it.'"

When he walked into the theater, he had the surreal experience of being able to pick any seat in the house. He went with a seat in the middle of the second row. "I thought the first row might freak him out," Wikingsson says. "I was like a guy picking the next-to-most expensive bottle of wine in a restaurant, which is a very Swedish thing to do. I figured the second row would be ideal. Malcolm Gladwell would probably have all sorts of theories about this."

The light dimmed 10 incredibly anxious minutes after he walked in. "It was completely dark and empty," Wikingsson says. "Then a guy walks onstage and started talking to the lighting guy. Turns out it was Dylan and he nodded at me. There wasn't any ceremony at all. He just started talking to his bassist and drummer about how they were going to start the first song."

Dylan's set list has remarkably rigid over the past year, centering largely around songs released in the past 15 years. Covers are remarkably rare, so Wikingsson was delighted when the show began with "Heartbeat." "I liked Buddy Holly before I liked Dylan," he says. "I felt like Christmas morning."

He broke out into applause when the song finished. "Nobody took notice of me," he says. "I figured that maybe it just sounded phony or weird. During the second song, 'Blueberry Hill,' I realized I had to say something. It was just too weird. I screamed out, 'You guys sound great!' That caused Dylan to burst out laughing. Now, I have two kids and their births were great, but him laughing onstage at some lousy fucking comment of mine was unbelievable."

At the end of "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" Dylan performed a harmonica solo. "I always detest people that that automatically holler and applaud every time he breaks out the harmonica," says Wikingsson. "But I found myself almost weeping when he played the solo. He could have just ended the song without the solo, he wanted it to be great."

The show wrapped up with a blues song. "It's still a big mystery to me," says Wikingsson. "This will probably be a embarrassing for me because it might be a well-known blues song. I'm sure when I get the tapes I can figure out what it was. When the show ended Dylan said, 'Swing by anytime.' He was highlighting the fact this was a weird thing that will never happen again. It was just so fucking great."

Dylan played a public show that night, but Wikingsson decided to not go. "It would be weird and nothing could top this," he says. "To be honest, I went to a karaoke bar with the production guys and sang my throat out. I selected all Dylan songs, but they just had these crappy Byrds versions."

Wikingsson's private Dylan show was filmed by eight cameras, and a 15 minute documentary of the event will hit YouTube on December 15th. "Fans might detest the fact that I'm sitting there," he says. "But it's going to be really cool and great looking. The sound was just incredible."

He's also going to talk at great length about the experience on his popular English language podcast The Filip and Fredrik podcast.

Now that the whole experience is behind him, Wikingsson has one final dream: "I want Dylan to released an official Columbia EP of the concert called Songs for Fredrick."



Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-plays-concert-for-one-insanely-lucky-superfan-20141124#ixzz3K1eXZFax

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 24th, 2014 at 7:03pm
Great gesture, but on the downside, this puts paid to his "must win gross" hopes for yet another year

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by steel driving hammer on Nov 25th, 2014 at 7:50am
Anyone know the release date for his 2015 album please?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 25th, 2014 at 7:57am
No one does. There's not even a confirmed track listing yet, although this post (the bit in bold below) from expectingrain.com comes from someone who claims to have heard it and knows what was recorded.

Of the songs listed, "Stay With Me" has been closing most of Bob's most recent shows, and "Full Moon and Empty Arms" was posted on bobdylan.com early in the summer at a time when the album appeared to be approaching a release date, and then was pulled soon after


These are most of the tunes recorded by Bob and his current band (with guitarist Dean Parks added for a few tunes) during the sessions at Capitol recorded during Jan/Feb this year:

All Or Nothing At All
All The Way
Autumn Leaves
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Didn’t He Ramble
Full Moon And Empty Arms
I’m A Fool To Want You
It Had To Be You
Maybe You’ll Be There
Melancholy Baby
On A Little Street In Singapore
Polkadots and Moonbeams
Skylark
Some Enchanted Evening
Stay With Me
Stormy Weather
That Lonely Old Sun
That Old Black Magic
The Night They Called It A Day
What’ll I Do
Why Try To Change Me Now
Young at Heart

I have no idea what made the cut for the final released version of Shadows In The Night nor do I know the actual release date. But some of this stuff is flat out amazing!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by steel driving hammer on Nov 25th, 2014 at 10:33am
Thanks Gazza, yer the Man of all Seasons...

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Nov 25th, 2014 at 7:30pm

Edith Grove wrote on Nov 24th, 2014 at 4:08pm:
Bob Dylan Plays Concert for One Insanely Lucky Superfan

"I was smiling so much it was like I was on ecstasy," says Fredrik Wikingsson. "My jaw hurt for hours."



Simon Rudholm

Fredrik Wikingsson at the Philadelphia Academy of Music watching Bob Dylan in concert.



BY ANDY GREENE | November 24, 2014

Yesterday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. 41-year-old Bob Dylan superfan Fredrik Wikingsson walked into Philadelphia's Academy of Music, took a seat in the second row and prepared to watch his hero play a concert just for him. "At this point I still thought I was about to get Punk'd," he says. "I thought some asshole would walk onstage and just laugh at me. I just couldn't fathom that Dylan would actually do this."

This wasn't Punk'd, and within 10 minutes of Wikingsson taking his seat, the lights dimmed and Dylan took the stage alongside his touring band. Playing to an audience of one, they abandoned their usual repertoire and played Buddy Holly's "Heartbeat," Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill," Chuck Willis' "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" and a blues jam that Wikingsson  has been unable to identify. "I was smiling so much it was like I was on ecstasy," he says. "My jaw hurt for hours afterwards because I couldn't stop smiling."

The incredible concert was part of an ongoing Swedish film series Experiment Ensam (Experiment Alone), where people experience things completely alone that are usually reserved for large crowds. Past films focused on a lone people at comedy clubs or karaoke bars. The filmmakers thought a lot bigger for this one and made arrangements with Dylan's camp for the private show, paying him an undisclosed amount of money. "I have no idea how much it was," says Wikingsson. "But it was probably more than he gets for a normal gig."

Wikingsson's friend Anders Helgeson is the director of Experiment Ensam, and when he told him about the Dylan concept he begged to be the subject. "I had an endless series of meetings where I managed to convince people my extreme fandom made me the best candidate for the enviable task," he says. "I'm very passive and I always picture myself as the guy that wouldn't be able to save himself on a sinking ship. I'd just lay down and die. I have no real ability to grab the moment, but when I heard about this I thought, 'For once, I have to stop everything in my life and go for something.'"

The day before the show, Wikingsson, a popular TV personality who lives in Stockholm, walked around New York's Greenwich Village with a camera crew and visited famous Dylan landmarks. On show day, he found himself so nervous he wasn't able to eat. "I was a fucking wreck," he says. "Part of me was thinking, 'Maybe this won't happen and it'll be for the best. I don't want to impose on Mr. Dylan. I don't want him to stand there and be grouchy, just hating it.'"

When he walked into the theater, he had the surreal experience of being able to pick any seat in the house. He went with a seat in the middle of the second row. "I thought the first row might freak him out," Wikingsson says. "I was like a guy picking the next-to-most expensive bottle of wine in a restaurant, which is a very Swedish thing to do. I figured the second row would be ideal. Malcolm Gladwell would probably have all sorts of theories about this."

The light dimmed 10 incredibly anxious minutes after he walked in. "It was completely dark and empty," Wikingsson says. "Then a guy walks onstage and started talking to the lighting guy. Turns out it was Dylan and he nodded at me. There wasn't any ceremony at all. He just started talking to his bassist and drummer about how they were going to start the first song."

Dylan's set list has remarkably rigid over the past year, centering largely around songs released in the past 15 years. Covers are remarkably rare, so Wikingsson was delighted when the show began with "Heartbeat." "I liked Buddy Holly before I liked Dylan," he says. "I felt like Christmas morning."

He broke out into applause when the song finished. "Nobody took notice of me," he says. "I figured that maybe it just sounded phony or weird. During the second song, 'Blueberry Hill,' I realized I had to say something. It was just too weird. I screamed out, 'You guys sound great!' That caused Dylan to burst out laughing. Now, I have two kids and their births were great, but him laughing onstage at some lousy fucking comment of mine was unbelievable."

At the end of "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" Dylan performed a harmonica solo. "I always detest people that that automatically holler and applaud every time he breaks out the harmonica," says Wikingsson. "But I found myself almost weeping when he played the solo. He could have just ended the song without the solo, he wanted it to be great."

The show wrapped up with a blues song. "It's still a big mystery to me," says Wikingsson. "This will probably be a embarrassing for me because it might be a well-known blues song. I'm sure when I get the tapes I can figure out what it was. When the show ended Dylan said, 'Swing by anytime.' He was highlighting the fact this was a weird thing that will never happen again. It was just so fucking great."

Dylan played a public show that night, but Wikingsson decided to not go. "It would be weird and nothing could top this," he says. "To be honest, I went to a karaoke bar with the production guys and sang my throat out. I selected all Dylan songs, but they just had these crappy Byrds versions."

Wikingsson's private Dylan show was filmed by eight cameras, and a 15 minute documentary of the event will hit YouTube on December 15th. "Fans might detest the fact that I'm sitting there," he says. "But it's going to be really cool and great looking. The sound was just incredible."

He's also going to talk at great length about the experience on his popular English language podcast The Filip and Fredrik podcast.

Now that the whole experience is behind him, Wikingsson has one final dream: "I want Dylan to released an official Columbia EP of the concert called Songs for Fredrick."



Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-plays-concert-for-one-insanely-lucky-superfan-20141124#ixzz3K1eXZFax


well he missed a wonderful evening. absolutely charming old world venue for new old world music. spellbinding

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 2nd, 2014 at 6:57am
Looks like we're getting a 'Copyright Extension' limited edition boxed set for the third year in a row.

From the steve hoffman forums via Expecting Rain

Bob Dylan Public Domain, 50th anniversary recordings (1964) will be a one off pressing limited to 1000 across Europe. The format will be a 9 piece LP Vinyl in a slipcase.
Release date 8th Dec (this is likely to move back one week)



Have to say I'm surprised the Stones havent been obliged to do this kind of thing too.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 8th, 2014 at 6:59am
Another month, another box set. For the third December in a row, Sony have chosen to release a limited 'Copyright Extension Collection' to extend the European 50-year copyright on Dylan recordings which would have otherwise passed into public domain at the end of the year.

This year's collection consists of the 1964 recordings, which are now available on a very limited run (1,000 copies) as a 9-LP vinyl box set. Badlands in the UK have it for about £100.


http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Bob-Dylan-50th-Anniversary-Collection-1964-Limited-Official-9LP-vinyl-/00/s/OTcyWDEyNzY=/z/rTMAAOSwj0NUgzEA/$_57.JPG

Track listing and notes in italics from Harold Lepidus at Bob Dylan Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/article/tracklist-timings-for-bob-dylan-s-9-lp-50th-anniversary-collection-1964-set

LP 1 - SIDE A

CBC TV Studios - Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 1, 1964

1. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (2:36)
2. Talking World War III Blues (4:53)
3. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (5:27)
(Missing) Girl From The North Country
4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (6:02)
5. Restless Farewell (5:03)

LP 1 - SIDE B

NBC Studios - Steve Allen Show - Los Angeles, California, 25 February 1964

1. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (6:04)

Eric Von Schmidt's House - 532 Beach Road, Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida, May 1964. All tracks performed by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt. (Previously not in circulation)
2. Bob and Eric Blues #1 (6:35) (Written by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)
3. Black Betty (1:22) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)
4. Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies (4:48) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)
5. Florida Woman (2:58) (Written Eric Von Schmidt) (previously unknown title)
6. Johnny Cuckoo (3:47) (Traditional, arranged by Eric Von Schmidt)

LP 2- SIDE C

Eric Von Schmidt's House - (Actual address listed on the box), Sarasota, Florida, May 1964

1. Money Honey (3:34) (Written by Jesse Stone)
2. More And More (4:00) (Written by Webb Pierce and Merle Kilgore)
3. Mr. Tambourine Man (6:11)
4. Suzie Q (5:36) (Written by Dale Hawkins, Stan Lewis, and Eleanor Broadwater)
5. Harmonica Duet (2:27) (Written by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)
6. Glory Glory (3:08) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)

LP 2 - SIDE D

Eric Von Schmidt's House - (Actual address listed on the box), Sarasota, Florida, May 1964

1. Dr. Stangelove Blues (5:45) (Written by Eric Von Schmidt)
2. Stoned On The Mountain (1:35) (Written by Bob Dylan)
3. Stoned On The Mountain (3:28) (Written by Bob Dylan)
(Missing) I Want To Hold Your Hand (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
(Missing) I Got A Hold On You (?)

4. Walkin' Down The Line (3:00) (Written by Bob Dylan)
5. Joshua Gone Barbados (4:03) (Eric Von Schmidt)


BBC Studios, London, England, May 1964

6. With God On Our Side (2:00)
Didsbury Studios, Manchester, England, 14 May 1964

7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (3:15)
(Still uncirculating) Blowin’ In The Wind
(Still uncirculating) Chimes Of Freedom


LP 3 - SIDE E

Royal Festival Hall - London, England - May 17, 1964

(Note: This concert was recorded by Pye Records Ltd., previously uncirculated except *)
1. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (3:35)
2. Girl From The North Country (3:49)
3. Who Killed Davey Moore? (3:17)
4. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (3:28)
5. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (5:55)
6. It Ain't Me, Babe (4:29)

LP 3 - SIDE F

Royal Festival Hall - London, England - May 17, 1964

1. Walls Of Red Wing (4:00)
2. Chimes Of Freedom (7:32)
3. Mr. Tambourine Man (6:37) *
4. Eternal Circle (2:59) *

LP 4 - SIDE G

Royal Festival Hall - London, England - May 17, 1964

1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (7:44) (Followed by intermission)
2. Talkin’ World War III Blues (5:41)
3. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (5:08)
4. Only A Pawn In Their Game (5:47)

LP 4 - SIDE H

Royal Festival Hall - London, England - May 17, 1964

1. With God On Our Side (6:20)
2. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (6:54)
3. Restless Farewell (7:13)
4. (Encore) When The Ship Comes In (3:39)

LP 5 - SIDE I

Columbia Studios - New York, New York - June 9, 1964

(The “Another Side Of Bob Dylan” session, produced by Tom Wilson.)

1. Denise (3:01)
2. It Ain’t Me, Babe TK 1 (2:07)
3. Spanish Harlem Incident TK 3 (3:09)
4. Spanish Harlem Incident TK 3 (1:31)
5. Ballad In Plain D TK 2 (2:02)
6. I Don't Believe You TK 1(4:07)
7. I Don't Believe You TK 3 (3:56)

LP 5 - SIDE J

Columbia Studios - New York, New York - June 9, 1964

1. Chimes Of Freedom TK 1 (3:12)
2. Chimes Of Freedom TK 3 (3:07)
3. Mr. Tambourine Man TK 1 (:46) (with ”Rambling” Jack Elliott, backup vocals.)
4. Black Crow Blues TK 1 (1:20)
5. Black Crow Blues TK 2 (3:48)
6. I Shall Be Free No. 10 TK 1 (:50)
7. I Shall Be Free No. 10 TK 2 (3:17)
8. I Shall Be Free No. 10 TK 3 (5:09)
9. I Shall Be Free No. 10 TK 4 (4:43)

LP 6 - SIDE K

Freebody Park - Newport, Rhode Island - July 24, 1964

Newport Folk Festival afternoon workshop

1. It Ain’t Me, Babe (3:47)
Freebody Park - Newport, Rhode Island - July 24, 1964

Newport Folk Festival evening

2. All I Really Want To Do (3:40)
3. To Ramona (4:25)
Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York, New York, August 8, 1964 (Joan Baez concert)

4. Mama, You Been On My Mind w. Joan Baez (2:35)
5. It Ain't Me, Babe w. Joan Baez (3:51)
6. With God On Our Side w. Joan Baez (5:33)

LP 6 - SIDE L

Town Hall - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 10, 1964 (Audience)

1. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (3:33)
2. Girl From The North Country (4:06)
3. Who Killed Davey Moore? (3:40)
4. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (4:12)
5. To Ramona (5:11)
6. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (5:48)

LP 7 - SIDE M

Town Hall - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 10, 1964 (Audience)

1. Chimes Of Freedom (7:18)
2. I Don't Believe You (4:18)
3. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (9:54)

LP 7- SIDE N

Town Hall - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 10, 1964 (Audience)

1. Mr. Tambourine Man (7:00) (Intermission)
2. Talkin’ World War III Blues (5:39)
3. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (7:44)
4. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (4:20)

LP 8- SIDE O

Town Hall - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 10, 1964 (Audience)

5. Only A Pawn In Their Game (4:53)
6. With God On Our Side (6:35)
7. It Ain't Me, Babe (4:25)
8. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (6:19)
9. (Encore) All I Really Want To Do (3:20)

LP 8- SIDE P

Masonic Memorial Auditorium - San Francisco, California - November 27, 1964 (Audience, incomplete)

1. Gates Of Eden (6:04)
2. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (2:54)
3. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (8:26)
4. Talkin’ World War III Blues (5:29)
5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (4:03)
6. Mama, You Been On My Mind w. Joan Baez (2:17)

LP 9 - SIDE Q

Civic Auditorium - San José, California - November 25, 1964 (Audience, incomplete)

1. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (3:17)
2. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (3:36)
3. To Ramona (4:20)
4. Gates Of Eden (7:34)
5. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (2:26)

LP 9 - SIDE R

Civic Auditorium - San José, California - November 25, 1964 (Audience, incomplete)

1. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (7:30)
2. Mr. Tambourine Man (6:02)
3. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (6:15) (Intermission)
4. Talkin’ World War III Blues (4:43)
5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (4:21)
All songs written by Bob Dylan, unless otherwise noted.




Most of this has circulated on bootlegs and the San Jose and Philly shows in (quite mediocre, and in the case of the Philly show, barely listenable) audience recordings. The real finds are the previously uncirculated session at Eric von Schmidt's home and especially the Royal Festival hall gig. A couple of songs were in circulation, but the full show has never been widely circulated or bootlegged


Now if this series extends into 1965 and 1966, it could get really serious...
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Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 9th, 2014 at 10:38am
November - Basement tapes 6-Cd box set - check
Lost On the River CD of covers of unused Basement Tapes lyrics - check
December - 9-LP Copyright Extension Collection, 1964 - check

and finally, now we're getting the album of Sinatra covers in a few weeks....

Columbia Records announced today that Bob Dylan's new studio album, Shadows In The Night, will be released on February 3, 2015. Featuring ten tracks, the Jack Frost-produced album is the 36th studio set from Bob Dylan and marks the first new music from the artist since 2012’s worldwide hit Tempest.

Upon Columbia’s announcement of the album’s forthcoming release, Bob Dylan commented, “It was a real privilege to make this album. I've wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a 5-piece band. That's the key to all these performances. We knew these songs extremely well. It was all done live. Maybe one or two takes. No overdubbing. No vocal booths. No headphones. No separate tracking, and, for the most part, mixed as it was recorded. I don't see myself as covering these songs in any way. They've been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day.”

As Columba Records Chairman Rob Stringer explains, “There are no strings, obvious horns, background vocals or other such devices often found on albums that feature standard ballads. Instead, Bob has managed to find a way to infuse these songs with new life and contemporary relevance. It is a brilliant record and we are extremely excited to be presenting it to the world very soon.”

SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT TRACK LISTING:

1. I'm A Fool To Want You
2. The Night We Called It A Day
3. Stay With Me
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Why Try to Change Me Now
6. Some Enchanted Evening
7. Full Moon And Empty Arms
8. Where Are You?
9. What'll I Do
10. That Lucky Old Sun
Shadows In The Night is available now for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon.


http://www.bobdylan.com/us/news/new-album-shadows-night-out-feb-3

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Dec 10th, 2014 at 2:22pm
For the very first time, I have, since I added a number of tracks from The Bootleg Series, vol. 11, more Dylan tracks on my Ipod than Stones tracks. I guess, reading the news above, the number of Dylan tracks will increase in the months/ years to come. It's a pitty that this probably won't be the case with the number of Stones tracks.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by KMC on Dec 11th, 2014 at 1:29pm
http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/11/ranking-bob-dylan-from-worst-to-best/16/

I would go with Highway 61 at the top.

One thing that stands out. There are some really bad album covers in here.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 11th, 2014 at 6:02pm
The 80's was a bad decade in general for rock n roll, clothes, hair, production and album covers.

I can only assume from all of the above that it was a bad decade for cocaine as well.

I'd largely agree with that top 12(with the running order changed to have Blood - Blonde - Highway 61 - BIABH as the top four)with Nashville Skyline and Another Side replaced by Street Legal and Oh Mercy.

The bottom five are spot on, but "Shot of Love" should be considerably higher.

I've still never been able to listen to "Christmas in the Heart" the whole way through.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Mr. Yeats on Dec 11th, 2014 at 11:48pm
I quite enjoy 'Christmas In the Heart'; Bob clearly has a great feeling and love for these olde tunes (and Must Be Santa rocks like a mofo). As for his voice - I'm a huge Tom Waits fan anyway, and not just to be heretical or contrary, but my top three Zimmy albums these days are Love and Theft, Tempest, and then Modern Times.
OK, so I'm weird, so sue me. Bob's weird too. Sue him as well!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by MrPleasant on Jan 22nd, 2015 at 9:22am
http://firstwefeast.com/eat/norm-macdonald-tweets-the-story-of-when-bob-dylan-invited-him-over-for-lunch/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by KMC on Jan 27th, 2015 at 3:50pm
New Dylan interview for AARP Magazine

http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/style-trends/info-2015/bob-dylan-aarp-magazine.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jan 28th, 2015 at 8:13am
I'm enjoying what Ive heard of the new record more than I thought I would. The croak Bob has had for the last few years seems to have magically disappeared

The vocal changes are best summed up by two posts over on expectingrain.com

"Some doctor in LA must have 30 pounds of rusty throat polyps in his backyard", and another with a nice reference to Bob's recent side project :

"maybe he'll sculpt a gate with all the scrap metal that was removed from his throat"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Jan 28th, 2015 at 3:05pm

Gazza wrote on Jan 28th, 2015 at 8:13am:
I'm enjoying what Ive heard of the new record more than I thought I would. The croak Bob has had for the last few years seems to have magically disappeared

The vocal changes are best summed up by two posts over on expectingrain.com

"Some doctor in LA must have 30 pounds of rusty throat polyps in his backyard", and another with a nice reference to Bob's recent side project :

"maybe he'll scuplt a gate with all the scrap metal that was removed from his throat"


I noticed it too. Really amazing. I guess it must have something to do with his pact with the devil.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Jan 30th, 2015 at 2:06pm
Well, listened to "Shadows in the Night" a couple of times, but I already know. This will never grow on me. It takes me back to those dull late fifties, early sixties, yes I'm that old. Those awfull dull years, where nothing happened for young kids were the very reason why rock 'n' roll grew so big, and all that dullness comes back to me with this album. Besides that, Sinatra had so much beautiful songs. Why didn't Bob do "When I was seventeen" for example. Such a beautiful song, that he could have done miracles with imo. No, this one I pass.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Teiz on Feb 1st, 2015 at 5:21am
I love this new album Tumbling Dijs, but I was born in 1973 so I can't smell the 'spruitjeslucht' that probably accompanies your memories of the 50's. I really enjoy good album full of crooners from time to time and Bob did a fine job with this one IMO.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Feb 1st, 2015 at 1:26pm

Teiz wrote on Feb 1st, 2015 at 5:21am:
I love this new album Tumbling Dijs, but I was born in 1973 so I can't smell the 'spruitjeslucht' that probably accompanies your memories of the 50's. I really enjoy good album full of crooners from time to time and Bob did a fine job with this one IMO.

Haha Teiz, LOL. Now you must try to explain to the boys and girls here what 'spruitjeslucht' means. But that being said, I do think he should have picked other songs. There are plenty. But hey, that's just my opinion.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Feb 1st, 2015 at 2:11pm
Not my bag...Every song sounds the same to me.
Happy for those who do enjoy it.
having said that, I have enjoyed , I believe, every release he has had since Time Out Of Mind. There have been so many since, I struggle to name one I didn't.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Feb 10th, 2015 at 9:04pm
http://youtu.be/I5r_D-iBixw

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by KMC on Feb 11th, 2015 at 7:47am
Here's the article version:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/09/bob-dylan-s-whole-life-in-30-minutes.html?via=mobile

Refreshing to see him put down the "rock star"  guard and speak openly about things. Wish Mick would try it sometimes.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Feb 23rd, 2015 at 10:28pm
Wondering...anyone going to the next of Zimmy's leg?
http://www.bobdylan.com/us/upcoming-dates

Anyone seen him lately?
Worth it?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 2nd, 2015 at 2:38pm
New video for "The Night We Called It A Day"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOxy_hy22CA

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on May 16th, 2015 at 10:10am
http://www.startribune.com/what-will-bob-dylan-s-last-song-on-letterman-show-be/303920441/

It was announced Friday that Minnesota's own Bob Dylan will perform Tuesday, May 19, on the next-to-last episode of "The Late Show With David Letterman." It's his first appearance on the show since 1993. He did the "Late Night" program twice, including a prime-time special where he did "Like a Rolling Stone."

So what will he perform during this historical appearance? Dylan has been sticking by a fairly steady set this past year, barely digging into his classics, but he may mix it up for the occasion. We asked staff members their predictions:

Rohan Preston, theatre critic: ""Mr. Tambourine Man" (I like the' play one more for me' line)

Chris Riemenschneider, music critic: He's been ending his shows of late with 'Stay With Me' which is actually perfect for the occassion. (Excellent choice, although perhaps a bit of a let down)

Tim Campbell, A&E editor: agress it will be a Sinatra tune.

Jon Bream, music critic: Thinks 'Forever Young' is too obvious and sentimental. He's betting on "Blowin' in the Wind' because it works on so many levels.

Neal Justin, TV critic: Color me sentimental.I'm going with Forever Young.

You can find out for yourself what he chooses on Tuesday with special guest Bill Murray.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 16th, 2015 at 10:16am
All The Tired Horses, for sure.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on May 16th, 2015 at 11:58am
On a long shot, Tangled up...as I have read it is one of Dave favorite of any artist.

Also a staple on the current tour leg

On a sentimental note it could be Workingman's Blues #2...also a staple


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on May 17th, 2015 at 8:33am
I'm sure it will be one of the songs I heard last night.. 
By the way, best Bob I've ever had the  privilege to hear! (not having seen him hundreds of times like Gazza...)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by FPM on May 20th, 2015 at 1:26am
Wow. That was an amazing performance of a perfect song.  For those who missed it, it was an achingly beautiful rendition of "The Night They Called It A Day".

Damn.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by gypsymofo60 on May 20th, 2015 at 1:44am
I tried Dylan on in 1979,spat it out. Tried again in the 80s still couldn't get into it. Still trying. It must be that nasal twang in the voice. Mind you, he really is a great songwriter.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on Jun 25th, 2015 at 3:59pm


Bob Dylan at SNCC field office, Greenwood, Mississippi 1963


http://allbrightandglittering.tumblr.com/post/122253833472/intrepidish-bob-dylan-at-sncc-field-office

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by KMC on Jul 3rd, 2015 at 8:30pm
For Dylan collectors with some spare change...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/02/bob-dylan-test-pressing-blood-on-the-tracks-on-sale-12000

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Jul 18th, 2015 at 2:30pm
I'm listening a marathon of Dylan on LP (vinyl) to celebrate I almost completed my collection from the first to the Shadows in the Night missing "Time out of mind", "Dylan & The Dead" (I have them on CD but not vinyl) and "Masked and Anonymous" (don't have it in any format)

Donations approved, they will be more than welcome, and I’ll pay S&H


:willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Aug 8th, 2015 at 6:57pm
I finally got "Masked and Anonymous", found it NEW sealed @140 g Vinyl at Bleeker Street just after this photo session!!!

Cool... isnt' it?

The Freewheelin' Voodoo!




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 9th, 2015 at 7:23am
Brilliant!

That little pub "The Slaughtered Lamb" where you & I spent a couple of hours back in 2002 is just to the right of that photo, right on the corner. Is it still there?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Aug 9th, 2015 at 11:35am
Yes it is there, in the corner of Jones and 4th St. I left my family in Washington Square and then went to Bleecker Street Records, now located in the 4th St, in the same block that the Slaughtered Lamb


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Aug 9th, 2015 at 11:36am

Gazza wrote on Aug 9th, 2015 at 7:23am:
Brilliant!

That little pub "The Slaughtered Lamb" where you & I spent a couple of hours back in 2002 is just to the right of that photo, right on the corner. Is it still there?


Next time we can recreate that picture LOL

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 9th, 2015 at 1:16pm
fair enough. You can be Suze Rotolo

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Aug 9th, 2015 at 9:16pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Aug 8th, 2015 at 6:57pm:
I finally got "Masked and Anonymous", found it NEW sealed @140 g Vinyl at Bleeker Street just after this photo session!!!

Cool... isnt' it?

The Freewheelin' Voodoo!


Great pic Voo! :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Aug 11th, 2015 at 7:06pm
I was at the Slaughtered Lamb not too long ago!!|

Here is an interesting little piece...
Zimmy vs Kanye

http://www.hitthefloor.com/features/why-bob-dylan-says-more-to-me-than-kanye-west/

This article alone is poetry at times...

Whenever I and my dyslexic Father would argue when I was a teen, he’d always tell me to stop using overly long words. At the time I probably thought I was a blooming genius, but later on I realized that if he can’t understand what I’m saying, then how am I meant to win the argument? Similarly when I worked at a Butchers store from the age of 13, one of my colleagues used to have the phrase “bullshit baffles brains”. Essentially the point of those above stories is that a wider vocabulary doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re point is any better, just that the opposing party may have given in too easily when faced with the unknown. It’s a similar case with a recent study that proves that rapper Kanye West has a larger vocabulary than Bob Dylan; Dylan with a total of 4883 and West 5069.

My views on Kanye as an artist are rather outspoken. But my personal view is that he quite often fails to make any real statement within his lyrics and often they can just seem like a competition to spit out as many words to a bar as possible. They may come out of his mouth within 5 seconds but that doesn’t add any weight to lyrics like his recent single ‘All Day‘.

“How long you n***a ball? All day, n***a, How much time you spent at the mall? All day, n***a, How many runners do you got on call? All day, n***a, Swish, swish, how long they keep you in court? All day, n***a, Take you to get this fly? All day, n***a, Tell your P.O. how-how long you been high? All day, n***a, You already know I’m straight from the Chi, all day, n***a
South, south, south side! All day, n***a”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ABk7TmjnVk

Bob Dylan has a supposedly lower word count than his rapping counterpart, but those words that do hit the lyric sheet have much more depth. Infact, there’s a whole site dedicated to analysing the lyrics of the folk poet. Take that Kanye!

Take for instance, the epic ‘Desolation Row’ – that’s right you emo sorts, MCR didn’t write it! Just the opening line is evocative and thought-provoking, “They’re selling postcards of the hanging, they’re painting the passports brown”. The lyrics refer to Dylan’s father witnessing those events in 1920 after three men in town with the circus were accused of raping a girl. They were sprung out of jail by a mob, who lynched them. Postcards with pictures of the events were sold as souvenirs.

The song continues for another 11 minutes, using a range of literacy references including Romeo and Juliette, Cinderella, Ophelia, The Phantom of the Opera to illustrate the desperation and poverty of this typically mid-western American town.

Of course, music is all about perspective. If you’re looking to be educated or engaged in lyrics then songs with a poetic or political twist like those of Dylans, Manic Street Preachers or more recently, Sleaford Mods, are inevitably going to be more appealing. If your musical tastes are more entered on sonic expansion or what sounds good in a social environment, then the likes of Kanye and Jay Z are the lyrical trailblazers in that area.

There’s nothing wrong with being a member of either side, or even being on the fence. But it’s just a little absurd to argue that the man using the most words is the most intelligent right?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 23rd, 2015 at 5:19pm
Bob Dylan to Release ‘The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12′



The next installment of the Bob Dylan‘s heralded Bootleg Series will focus on the development of his electric sound in two crucial years during the ’60s.

The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12, due on Nov. 6, includes early demos, alternative versions and outtakes from a period that saw Dylan release Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. Those sessions produced signature tracks including “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Subterranean Homesick Blues” and “Visions of Johanna.”
“At the beginning, most songs were fairly shapeless,” Dylan sideman Al Kooper says in the new issue of Rolling Stone, which will be available Friday. “Only little by little did they come together.”

Expected highlights include Bob Dylan’s early attempt at a plugged-in version of “Mr. Tambourine Man,” months prior to the Byrds crafted a breakout hit with it. A take on “Visions of Johanna” includes alternate lyrics. And the whirlwind sessions for “Like a Rolling Stone” are comprehensively explored.

There are also early Blonde on Blonde tracks featuring future members of the Band, recorded before Dylan changed direction and decided to use a group of Nashville musicians. Those sessions differed greatly from the more loosely organized Highway 61 Revisited, said Kooper, who unexpectedly found himself sitting in on organ for “Like a Rolling Stone.”

The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 will be available in three different editions: an economical two-disc size, an expanded six-disc version and a massive 18-disc package, which includes, among other things, sessions for “Like a Rolling Stone.”


| http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-dylan-bootleg-series-12/?trackback=fbshare_top&trackback=tsmclip


Here's the track listing for the 6-CD version (clocks in at 7 hours and 5 minutes)

https://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/MP3-Music/Bob-Dylan/The-Cutting-Edge-1965-1966-The-Bootleg-Series-Vol-12-Deluxe-Edition/product.html?product=V6505246

and the 2-CD version.
https://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/result.html?provider=oa%3AE11292966-11488



Still no info yet on the 18-CD version or what else is part of the package, let alone the pcice.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Sep 24th, 2015 at 11:40pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 23rd, 2015 at 5:19pm:
Still no info yet on the 18-CD version or what else is part of the package, let alone the pcice.


http://www.bobdylan.com/us/thecuttingedge_completetracklisting

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:00pm
$600. Only available through the website. Add on postage and tax to the UK and thats about $750.

They can fuck right off.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Sep 26th, 2015 at 11:17am

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Aug 8th, 2015 at 6:57pm:
I finally got "Masked and Anonymous", found it NEW sealed @140 g Vinyl at Bleeker Street just after this photo session!!!

Cool... isnt' it?

The Freewheelin' Voodoo!



Yeah, you're cool! "Freewheelin' Voodoo" in the Village!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Mr. Yeats on Sep 26th, 2015 at 11:59am

Gazza wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:00pm:
$600. Only available through the website. Add on postage and tax to the UK and thats about $750.

They can fuck right off.

Yup. It's fucking plastic and paper. Does Bob himself actually sign off on these rip offs?

*in Bob's voice* - "yeah, $600, sure. We could make some scratch here. Okaaay. Let's do it."


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Sep 28th, 2015 at 6:23pm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Cutting-Edge-1965-1966-Bootleg/dp/B015JXIA4K/ref=pd_sim_74_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=047YCH8TXRM2VN6DE6MA&dpID=51%2BtfIMg4aL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL200_SR160%2C200_

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 28th, 2015 at 6:30pm
Only £70 for the 6-CD set on hmv.co.uk with free postage.

Pre-ordered today.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Sep 29th, 2015 at 4:03pm
Interesting, watch the video

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-how-bob-dylans-iconic-bringing-it-all-back-home-cover-was-made-20150929

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 6th, 2015 at 7:26pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=3&v=pwh1INne97Q

Dylan buys in!!!


http://www.citypages.com/music/bob-dylan-comforts-lovelorn-supercomputer-in-new-ibm-ad-7728487

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Oct 20th, 2015 at 7:25pm
Alternate Subterranean Homesick Blues

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/10/bob-dylan-shares-unreleased-version-of-subterranean-homesick-blues-listen/


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 21st, 2015 at 7:39pm
Off to see Bob in the morning - Royal Albert Hall Thursday and Friday.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on Oct 23rd, 2015 at 5:31am
Gazza ?

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-dylan-electric-angry-fans/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=newsletter_4572276

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Oct 23rd, 2015 at 10:16am
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/bob-dylan-royal-albert-hall-review/?WT.mc_id=e_DM57139&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Cul_New&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Edi_Cul_New_2015_10_23&utm_campaign=DM57139

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 23rd, 2015 at 10:15pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 21st, 2015 at 7:39pm:
Off to see Bob in the morning - Royal Albert Hall Thursday and Friday.

The annual dust up at the Albert Hall............As Clapton used to say. :keithpunky

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Oct 24th, 2015 at 5:47pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/bob-dylan-30-greatest-songs/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 24th, 2015 at 6:27pm
Typical setlist during this residency:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bob-dylan/2015/royal-albert-hall-london-england-5bf5b340.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 24th, 2015 at 7:21pm
The setlists are very static. Usually its just song 13 that gets changed.

Still, on each of the two nights I got to see him play six songs I'd never seen him perform prior to this week. Even though last night was my 44th Dylan show. The Sinatra covers were really good and were well received. (two of them havent even been released yet). 'What'll I Do' and 'Autumn Leaves' were especially excellent.

Only three songs - She Belongs to Me (1965), Blowin In The Wind (1963) and Tangled Up in Blue (1975) were songs he'd written before 1997 (Lovesick was the only other pre-2000 song). Not exactly pandering to the warhorse element, good for him. Those four , 'Long And Wasted Years' (which is a real showstopper now) and the two covers mentioned earlier were my highlights. The third verse of 'Tangled Up In Blue' has been almost entirely rewritten as well. I've never heard 'She Belongs to Me' as magnificent as this - a stunning arrangement. 'Lovesick' is a blazing number to close the show.

Whoever cleared the phlegm out of Bob's throat deserves a Grammy for services to music. Its done wonders for his voice. These were the best Dylan shows I've seen in about a decade.






Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 24th, 2015 at 7:27pm
"cleared the phlegm out of his throat deserves a Grammy"...
How do you come up with this stuff Gazza.??!! :loloncemore

I must admit though that he did sound much better when I saw him this year

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Oct 25th, 2015 at 4:43pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 24th, 2015 at 7:21pm:
The setlists are very static. Usually its just song 13 that gets changed.

Still, on each of the two nights I got to see him play six songs I'd never seen him perform prior to this week. Even though last night was my 44th Dylan show. The Sinatra covers were really good and were well received. (two of them havent even been released yet). 'What'll I Do' and 'Autumn Leaves' were especially excellent.

Only three songs - She Belongs to Me (1965), Blowin In The Wind (1963) and Tangled Up in Blue (1975) were songs he'd written before 1997 (Lovesick was the only other pre-2000 song). Not exactly pandering to the warhorse element, good for him. Those four , 'Long And Wasted Years' (which is a real showstopper now) and the two covers mentioned earlier were my highlights. The third verse of 'Tangled Up In Blue' has been almost entirely rewritten as well. I've never heard 'She Belongs to Me' as magnificent as this - a stunning arrangement. 'Lovesick' is a blazing number to close the show.

Whoever cleared the phlegm out of Bob's throat deserves a Grammy for services to music. Its done wonders for his voice. These were the best Dylan shows I've seen in about a decade.


Gonna see him 2 november in Eindhoven. Always wondered Gazza. If you had to choose between Dylan and the Stones, who would you pick?? I often thought about it, and I still don't know.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Oct 25th, 2015 at 6:42pm
I'd pick Bruce Springsteen, actually.

Do you mean as a live act?  Bruce. No question.

For a body of work, I think Dylan's hard to beat, to be honest. They're my three favourite artists though and its not a competition. I guess it just depends on the mood I'm in.

15-20 years ago I may have leaned more towards the Stones, but whereas the other two have continue to make records and develop and evolve as artists, the Stones have chosen to coast and go into a form of creative autopilot. A bit of a shame IMO as I think there was so much potential for them to go into interesting places as a studio band and a live act.

But having said all that, I've seen the Stones more times than any other act (50 shows) - with Dylan its 44 and Bruce is, I think, 37.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 25th, 2015 at 7:26pm
http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/dylan-leaves-london-crowd-on-its-feet-1.1934906#.Vi1y2iu7CzQ

Bob Dylan played the 2 713 show of his 'Never Ending Tour' at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall on 21October.

The 74-year-old musician began the run of shows in 1988 and has vowed to carry on performing until his last breath and at his concert he displayed his adventurous approach to music and proved his command of the stage has not diminished.

Dylan is, of course, the man who revolutionised music and his classic songs are the most intelligent, adventurous and life-changing ones the rock world has ever seen. But you would not know that from his Royal Albert Hall show last night. Instead last night the world's most mercurial performer showed yet another side of his multi-faceted personality.

Dylan transformed himself into a croaking blues crooner, showcasing heavily his latest left-field album 'Shadows In The Night', a 10-track LP on which he covers 10 traditional pop standards made famous by Frank Sinatra.

But of course Dylan always does the unexpected and the unusual. This policy has often caused the fans heartache and misery. They can't understand why Bob can't faithfully play those great classic songs - full of the most exquisite poetry - that made him a legend.

I, too, had that problem until I came to terms with the fact these songs are his own creations and he can play them anyway he wants and that this zany troubadour is always looking for new challenges and musical expressions.

So last night we got a thimbleful of his greatest works interwoven like fine jewels among the Sinatra offerings and his lesser own compositions.

Among the Sinatra songs that Dylan delivered were 'The Night We Called It A Day', 'Autumn Leaves', 'Full Moon and Empty Arms' and 'What'll I Do'.

Other songs included his own more recent compositions such as the venomous 'Pay In Blood' - which saw Dylan spit out the lyrics like a mature Liam Gallagher - 'Scarlet Town' and 'Early Roman Kings' (all from 'Tempest') and he opened with 'Things Have Changed', which seemed as though Dylan wanted to put an exclamation mark on his new style.

Most songs were delivered in Dylan's new musical voice which rendered the songs, warm, friendly and highly melodic - in complete contrast to those performances where he would often mash, mangle and shred his most-loved tunes.

These songs performed by an incredibly tight and musically sophisticated five-piece band managed the impossible of turning the Royal Albert Hall into a small smokey blues club. Even if you were hundreds of metres from Dylan you would have felt just a few yards away from him.

His adoring disciples loved every minute and every note - with almost everyone adhering to the strict no photo or recording policy - and Dylan, who looked as cool as ever in white Nashville Skyline hat and long black frock coat, loved the respect they showed him.

Among the morsels of Dylan classics that he treated us to were his re-interpretations of 'She Belongs To Me', 'Tangled Up In Blue' and 'Blowin' In The Wind'. The latter, his world- changing protest song, was delivered in a rather jolly and jumpy waltz tempo many distant roads away from the original.

But it was a very poignant moment. The older fans in attendence and the folk that know their Dylan history would have realised that this harked back to the kind of protest songs that he would have wowed the audience with at his first Royal Albert Hall performance back in 1965 - a concert which changed the musical landscape forever.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Oct 26th, 2015 at 2:27pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 25th, 2015 at 6:42pm:
I'd pick Bruce Springsteen, actually.

Do you mean as a live act?  Bruce. No question.

For a body of work, I think Dylan's hard to beat, to be honest. They're my three favourite artists though and its not a competition. I guess it just depends on the mood I'm in.

15-20 years ago I may have leaned more towards the Stones, but whereas the other two have continue to make records and develop and evolve as artists, the Stones have chosen to coast and go into a form of creative autopilot. A bit of a shame IMO as I think there was so much potential for them to go into interesting places as a studio band and a live act.

But having said all that, I've seen the Stones more times than any other act (50 shows) - with Dylan its 44 and Bruce is, I think, 37.


Of course, Bruce Springsteen, didn't see that coming LOL. Besides a couple of early songs, and of course "The Seeger Sessions", which is in my cd top 10, I have nothing with Bruce. To much muscles and posing I suppose. In fairness I must say I don't really know his work from the last 10-15 years very well.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Oct 27th, 2015 at 7:18pm
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-dylan-photographer-explain-blurry-blonde-on-blonde-cover-20151027

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Oct 29th, 2015 at 10:27pm
https://youtu.be/p0azcWTluaQ

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Nov 2nd, 2015 at 8:25pm
https://youtu.be/UG8Hi-fpyLI

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 8th, 2015 at 10:18am
Dylan had a very pleasant and warm reunion with Mick Taylor (and his girlfriend, Marlies) last night backstage at his show in Amsterdam.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 8th, 2015 at 7:56pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Nov 2nd, 2015 at 8:25pm:
https://youtu.be/UG8Hi-fpyLI



Lest anyone wonder...the complete nearly 8 minute track is on disc 9 track 17 (one of about 15 versions/cuts/takes of the song)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Nov 14th, 2015 at 1:55pm
Enjoying a second listening of my 3-LP 180-gram vinyl of the Cutting Edge, also with 2CD with the same track list and a great booklet

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 6th, 2015 at 6:32pm
If you forked out the crazy money for the 18-CD Cutting Edge, they've now made some bonus material available as a free download.....

And it's a mere 16-hour, 208-song collection on mp3 of Dylan's available concert recordings from 1965 which comprise this year's "Copyright Extension Collection".

In fairness, its nothing that hasnt been already bootlegged and the quality supposedly isnt an upgrade, but still....

https://youtu.be/OWu4g2QfePM

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Dec 30th, 2015 at 5:40pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 9th, 2015 at 7:23am:
Brilliant!

That little pub "The Slaughtered Lamb" where you & I spent a couple of hours back in 2002 is just to the right of that photo, right on the corner. Is it still there?


I checked again and yes, it still there, this is a proof and as you can see I'm wearing the Rocksw Off t-shirt

Best wishes to all the Dylan fans here!

Joey? Voodoo?



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Jan 22nd, 2016 at 9:31pm
David Bowie walking the Soho with a Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Jan 23rd, 2016 at 1:33am

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jan 22nd, 2016 at 9:31pm:
David Bowie walking the Soho with a Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited




nice salute to the photographer!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on Mar 2nd, 2016 at 1:37pm
Bob Dylan's Secret Archive

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/arts/music/bob-dylans-secret-archive.html?_r=0

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Mar 2nd, 2016 at 5:42pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jan 22nd, 2016 at 9:31pm:
David Bowie walking the Soho with a Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited




Its a copy of UNCUT with a free magazine that has a mock up of the H61 cover.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Mar 7th, 2016 at 2:37pm
new album and tour

http://bobdylan.com/on-tour/

Title: Check out Dylan and his '76 band doing Shelter From The Storm
Post by sirmoonie on Apr 15th, 2016 at 8:36pm
This is awesome live music.  Sounds like he's being backed up by the Clash.

He doesn't mess around, he's involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRqRrzDqAL8

Spirit of '76.  Keep on truckin'.

Title: Re: Check out Dylan and his '76 band doing Shelter From The Storm
Post by mojoman on Apr 15th, 2016 at 10:47pm
filmed for NBC special from fort collins colorado may 76. this needs to be released on blue ray!!

Title: Re: Check out Dylan and his '76 band doing Shelter From The Storm
Post by Gazza on Apr 16th, 2016 at 1:07pm
"Hard Rain" Tv special. One of my favourite shows ever. That version of 'Idiot Wind' performed with his estranged wife in the wings (fresh after a heated confrontation pre-show)  is one of the most rancourous performances of any song you'll ever see

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=405_1311641334

http://videosift.com/video/Bob-Dylan-Idiot-Wind-1976

Title: Re: Check out Dylan and his '76 band doing Shelter From The Storm
Post by sirmoonie on Apr 18th, 2016 at 5:38pm
Nice find Gazza.  What a show, he's just got an edge to him there.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on May 13th, 2016 at 9:10pm
http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2016/05/13/keith-richards-on-desert-trip-concert-sharing-stage-with-bob-dylan-id-work-with-bob-in-hell-or-heaven-i-love-him/

Keith Richards On Desert Trip Concert, Sharing Stage With Bob Dylan “I’d Work with Bob in Hell or Heaven. I Love Him.”
May 13, 2016 3:49 PM By Marty Rosenbaum

https://cbswxrt2.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/keith-richards-946.jpg?w=640&h=360&crop=1

For Keith Richards, the most astonishing aspect of the upcoming Desert Trip concert is simply coordinating travel plans for the artists.

Richards sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone and gave his thoughts about the event. He said, “I can’t believe we’re all going to be stuck in this little town together, I mean, never have we ever all in the same place at the same time.”

He elaborated revealing why the artists playing Desert Trip are able to connect with multiple generations. “It’s the songs. And I guess a genuineness about the feeling, about how people feel about music,” Richards said.

Even though the Rolling Stones have a pretty high stature themselves, Richards is still enamored with his fellow artists on the bill. On Bob Dylan (who will be sharing the stage with The Rolling Stones), “I’d work with Bob any[where]. I’d work with Bob in hell or heaven. I love him.”

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on May 14th, 2016 at 7:01am
I guess we can expect to hear the Stones & Dylan doing "Like a Rolling Stone" on the stage together. That would be awesome!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 14th, 2016 at 7:54am
I hope not. Its usually been an utter mess when they do!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on May 14th, 2016 at 11:26am

Gazza wrote on May 14th, 2016 at 7:54am:
I hope not. Its usually been an utter mess when they do!


Like they did on "Live Aid"

Gazza?



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 14th, 2016 at 7:15pm
They didnt play it at Live Aid.

That trainwreck was bad enough as it was without throwing that song into the mix.  Dylan couldnt hear himself as they were setting up the stage behind them for the We Are The World finale and Keith and Woody were on a different planet. A broken string didnt help.

The only good thing that came out of that performance was that Dylan's off the cuff remark about diverting some of the proceeds to US farmers (which was understandably seen as inappropriate at the time) ended up inspiring Farm Aid.

LARS is usually underwhelming when the Stones and Dyl;an play it together. Each does it their own way and it just doesnt work.  The bottom line is that the song works better in concert when the guy who wrote it plays it with his own band.

Saying that - would I like to see them play it together? You fucking bet I would !

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on May 14th, 2016 at 7:24pm
Well I was not thinking about LARS but what a poor performance of Dylan, Keith and Ronnie @ Live Aid! I don't remember what they played

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 15th, 2016 at 12:13pm
The Ballad of Hollis Brown
When The Ship Comes In
Blowin' In The Wind

The half hour rehearsal tape from Woody's apartment in New York a couple of nights earlier was more fun.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by gimmekeef on May 15th, 2016 at 5:23pm

Gazza wrote on May 15th, 2016 at 12:13pm:
The Ballad of Hollis Brown
When The Ship Comes In
Blowin' In The Wind

The half hour rehearsal tape from Woody's apartment in New York a couple of nights earlier was more fun.


so is taking an ice pick to your head

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 15th, 2016 at 6:12pm
Dont knock it if youve never tried it!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on May 16th, 2016 at 5:59pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLONDE on BLONDE


Happy 50th birthday to Blonde on Blonde, the most mysterious, majestic and seductive of Bob Dylan albums – not to mention the greatest. Recorded fast with Nashville session cats who were used to grinding out country hits, Blonde on Blonde has a slick studio polish that makes it sound totally unlike any of his other albums, with sparkling piano frills and a soulful shitkicker groove. Yet the glossy surface just makes the songs more haunting. Released on May 16th, 1966, Blonde on Blonde remains the pinnacle of Dylan's genius – he never sounded lonelier than in "Visions of Johanna," funnier than in "I Want You," more desperate than in "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again." It's his most expansive music, with nothing that resembles a folk song – just the rock & roll laments of a vanishing American, the doomed outsider who's given up on ever belonging anywhere. "I don't consider myself outside of anything," Dylan said when the album came out. "I just consider myself not around."

Blonde on Blonde is full of that "not around" chill – Dylan mixes up the Texas medicine and the railroad gin for a whole album of high-lonesome late-night dread, blues hallucinations and his bitchiest wit. Still only 24, writing songs and touring the world at a wired lunatic pace that would come crashing to a halt in a couple of months, Dylan was on a historic roll, dropping this double-vinyl epic just 14 months after going electric with Bringing It All Back Home in March 1965 and Highway 61 Revisited in August. He was moving too fast for anyone to keep up, and writing masterpieces faster than he could release them. Yet Blonde on Blonde still feels like it came out of nowhere, with a sound he never attempted again, and neither Dylan nor the rest of the world has ever quite figured out how it happened. As organist Al Kooper put it, "Nobody has ever captured the sound of 3 a.m. better than that album. Nobody, even Sinatra, gets it as good."

If you want to argue that Blonde on Blonde isn't as perfect as Highway 61 Revisited or Bringing It All Back Home, you may have a point. It's a wide-ranging double album with some lightweights on Side Three and one profoundly annoying novelty song – which happens to be the leadoff track and hit single. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," man – it's like if the Beatles decided to begin Revolver with "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" or "Hello Goodbye." But it's his greatest album anyway, creating a sustained 68-minute spell unlike any other listening experience in rock & roll. Hearing Blonde on Blonde puts you in the position of the night watchman who clicks his flashlight at all the losers and freaks and neon madmen and wonders if it's him or them that's insane. In these songs, it's probably both.

Dylan made Blonde on Blonde during a year of frenzied touring, facing audiences that were still full of outraged folkies who booed his new electric rock & roll flash, like the New York crowd in Forest Hills where hecklers yelled, "Where's Ringo?" That was the ultimate insult for some people back then. (Dylan is coming back to play Forest Hills this summer. Maybe this time Ringo will show up.) "The only thing where it's happening is on radio and records, that's where the people hang out," Dylan said soon after the Forest Hills show. "You gotta listen to the Staple Singers, Smokey and the Miracles, Martha and the Vandellas. That's scary to a lot of people. It's sex that's involved. It's not hidden. It's real."

Around this time, a hostile Australian reporter asked Dylan, "You came for the money, I take it?" He replied, "I take it." That caustic wit runs all through Blonde on Blonde. (His whole Sydney press conference from April 1966 is one of his funniest. Q: "What is your greatest ambition?" Dylan: "To be a meatcutter." Q: "Can you enlarge on that?" Dylan: "Large pieces of meat.") He'd also secretly gotten married to Sara Lownds in November 1965, and the desire to shield his private life brought out his surly paranoid side, especially after she gave birth to their first son in January. Blonde on Blonde has his most brilliantly vicious barbs, from "You just happened to be there, that's all" to "Everybody's gone but you and me, and you know I can't be the last to leave." The man was cutting some large pieces of meat.

The new songs were like nothing he'd ever written – you can hear Motown and especially Smokey Robinson all over the album. If you play Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde back to back, you can hear how Smokey was the decisive influence in between, with Dylan trying to stretch blues melodies around Smokey versecraft. Highway 61 is a whole album of folk quatrains – two of the songs have choruses (the first two), and one has a bridge ("Ballad of a Thin Man"), but otherwise the album is one four-line stanza after another. Yet on Blonde on Blonde, just a few months later, the song structures are totally different. They have middle eights, choruses, hooks, intricate Smokey-style rhyme clusters that Dylan pushes to the point of parody. "I Want You" and "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" are blatant attempts to write his own Smokey songs, building Motown-style percussion hooks into the chorus, and the trick worked perfectly – "I Want You" became a Top 20 hit.

"Just Like a Woman" is an unmistakably Dylanesque ballad, but the prosody is pure Smokey, as in the bridge or the acoustic-guitar fill after the chorus – there's nothing like that on Highway 61. Dylan clearly heard the Miracles' "The Tracks of My Tears" or "My Girl Has Gone" on the radio and got inspired. (The Smokey Robinson influence has never gone away, of course – check out the 1981 single "Heart of Mine," or the 2009 "I Feel a Change Comin' On.") But for Dylan, the trickier, busier song structures on Blonde on Blonde are just another way to build the mood of a chaotic, image-crowded, word-drunk mind on a rampage.

I Want You" and "Visions of Johanna" have Dylan's most masterful singing, though from different emotional angles. "I Want You" is a romp, where his voice has the twitch of Chuck Berry's rhythm guitar, each verse topping the last, until the climax: "I did it because he liiiied, and because he took you for a riiiiide ... uuuuh ... because time is on his siiiide, and because I ... want you!" The original mono mix, like the single, edits out the "uuuuh" stammer where Dylan rushes to think up a rhyme. Yet that's the comic masterstroke that drives home the heartbreak of the song. "Visions of Johanna" might be the spookiest song he ever wrote – it's certainly the most emotionally devastating, as Dylan shivers through a bleak night listening to the heat pipes in his heart cough as the country music station plays soft, with Louise in his arms but Johanna on his mind. In "Memphis Blues Again," the whole band sounds lit up by the challenge of keeping up with him, especially drummer Kenny Buttrey. Dylan hangs in the alley with Shakespeare, watching him chat up French groupies. ("I dig Shakespeare," he announced in March 1966. "A raving queen and a cosmic amphetamine mind.") When the honky-tonk dancing girl Ruthie purrs, "Your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want," you can tell the poor debutante doesn't stand a chance.

As with so many rock masterpieces from 1966 – the Stones' Aftermath and the Beatles' Revolver, the Kinks' Face to Face and the Who's A Quick One, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and Otis Redding's Dictionary of Soul and the Byrds' 5D – there's a sense of competition, as all these artists set out to top each other. Blonde on Blonde came a few months after Rubber Soul, and it clearly spurred Dylan to step up his melodic game. "4th Time Around" was his famous parody of "Norwegian Wood" – a song he cruelly played in person for John Lennon. (As Lennon told Rolling Stone in 1968, "He said, 'What do you think?' I said, 'I don't like it.'") But talk about the anxiety of influence: Maybe Dylan had to mock "Norwegian Wood" just to hide how much Rubber Soul was lurking behind "Visions of Johanna" or "Sad Eyed Lady."

He began the sessions in New York back in October 1965 with members of the Band (then the Hawks), coming up with the rowdy single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" along with longtime bootleg faves like "Seems Like a Freeze Out" (an early draft of "Visions of Johanna"), "Number One" and "She's Your Lover Now." It's hard to hear why Dylan was dissatisfied with the results, but by the end of January he'd only finished one song for the album: one of the highlights, the merciless "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)." In February 1966, he fled the city for a three-day stint in Nashville, bringing producer Bob Johnston with him along with organist Al Kooper and guitarist Robbie Robertson. His Music Row crew was led by Charlie McCoy, with pianist Hargus "Pig" Robbins, bassist Joe South, guitarist Wayne Moss and Buttrey on drums.

These guys were punch-the-clock pros, used to regular working hours and three-minute country sides, so they had to adjust to Dylan's more eccentric approach. He kept them waiting around the studio office playing cards long after midnight, as he put the feverish final touches on a song he was still writing. He finally called them into the studio at 4 a.m. and started playing. But they were taken aback when the song didn't end after three minutes – every time they thought they'd played the final chorus, this guy would jump right into another verse. "I was playing one-handed, looking at my watch," Buttrey once said. "We'd never heard anything like this before." Nearly 12 minutes later, they'd played "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands."

In those three days, Dylan and the Nashville cats also crashed out "Visions of Johanna," "4th Time Around" and "Memphis Blues Again." He returned for another three-day stint in March, this time adding Henry Strzelecki on bass. They finished the album in one marathon all-nighter where they cut six songs, finally nailing "I Want You" at the break of dawn. But all the musicians sound energized by the chance to stretch out on these wild songs. In one of the outtakes, after Robertson's guitar on "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat," McCoy drawls approvingly, "Robbie, the whole world'll marry you on that one!"

With so many great songs suddenly ready to go, Blonde on Blonde became a double album, released on May 16th with a fantastic Jerry Schatzberg cover photo – Dylan staring down the New York City winter with his houndstooth scarf and a mod coat. He wore the same coat on the cover of John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline. The gatefold sleeve also featured a shot of Italian movie star Claudia Cardinale, sadly removed from later pressings. (Claudia wouldn't have been any more out of place in Nashville than Dylan was.) Two months later, Dylan abruptly dropped out of sight after his July 29th motorcycle crash (which may or may not have really happened) and slipped off to Woodstock to recuperate from the physical and mental damage of stardom. As far as the public was concerned, he was out of action for the next year. The rock & roll life had nearly finished him off. And from the sound of Blonde on Blonde, so had these songs. Fifty years later, Blonde on Blonde still sounds like an album Bob Dylan was lucky to escape in one piece.

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Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 16th, 2016 at 6:10pm
I've seen this anniversary talked about a lot in recent weeks but its simply untrue that Blonde on Blonde came out in May 1966 (despite what Dylan's official site claims) - according to folklore it was released on the same day as Pet Sounds. Its simply not true

Everybody I know of who was at the May 1966 UK dates (which ended on May 27th) agrees that the album wasnt out for several weeks afterwards. It didnt even chart until well into July in either the US or UK - and there's no way an artist of Dylan's stature and popularity would have an album that would take two months to debut. 

Nonetheless, a fine article on what remains one of the best five albums ever made.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on May 17th, 2016 at 2:04pm

Gazza wrote on May 16th, 2016 at 6:10pm:
I've seen this anniversary talked about a lot in recent weeks but its simply untrue that Blonde on Blonde came out in May 1966 (despite what Dylan's official site claims) - according to folklore it was released on the same day as Pet Sounds. Its simply not true

Everybody I know of who was at the May 1966 UK dates (which ended on May 27th) agrees that the album wasnt out for several weeks afterwards. It didnt even chart until well into July in either the US or UK - and there's no way an artist of Dylan's stature and popularity would have an album that would take two months to debut. 

Nonetheless, a fine article on what remains one of the best five albums ever made.



Gazza...c'mon already...I am so sick of your cynicism...I read it on the internet...

Actually, this is on the wiki sidebar for the album:

Released      May 16, 1966; possibly as late as July 1966

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 17th, 2016 at 3:38pm

Paranoid Android wrote on May 17th, 2016 at 2:04pm:

Gazza wrote on May 16th, 2016 at 6:10pm:
I've seen this anniversary talked about a lot in recent weeks but its simply untrue that Blonde on Blonde came out in May 1966 (despite what Dylan's official site claims) - according to folklore it was released on the same day as Pet Sounds. Its simply not true

Everybody I know of who was at the May 1966 UK dates (which ended on May 27th) agrees that the album wasnt out for several weeks afterwards. It didnt even chart until well into July in either the US or UK - and there's no way an artist of Dylan's stature and popularity would have an album that would take two months to debut. 

Nonetheless, a fine article on what remains one of the best five albums ever made.



Gazza...c'mon already...I am so sick of your cynicism...I read it on the internet...

Actually, this is on the wiki sidebar for the album:

Released      May 16, 1966; possibly as late as July 1966



You took that a bit personal!!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on May 17th, 2016 at 7:05pm

Gazza wrote on May 17th, 2016 at 3:38pm:

Paranoid Android wrote on May 17th, 2016 at 2:04pm:

Gazza wrote on May 16th, 2016 at 6:10pm:
I've seen this anniversary talked about a lot in recent weeks but its simply untrue that Blonde on Blonde came out in May 1966 (despite what Dylan's official site claims) - according to folklore it was released on the same day as Pet Sounds. Its simply not true

Everybody I know of who was at the May 1966 UK dates (which ended on May 27th) agrees that the album wasnt out for several weeks afterwards. It didnt even chart until well into July in either the US or UK - and there's no way an artist of Dylan's stature and popularity would have an album that would take two months to debut. 

Nonetheless, a fine article on what remains one of the best five albums ever made.



Gazza...c'mon already...I am so sick of your cynicism...I read it on the internet...

Actually, this is on the wiki sidebar for the album:

Released      May 16, 1966; possibly as late as July 1966



You took that a bit personal!!


Once again...my 'merican sarcasm is lost on someone...first I get banned on IORR...RO coming soon I fear...LOL :willya

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on May 24th, 2016 at 9:04am
Happy birthday Bob!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on May 24th, 2016 at 2:56pm
Thank You, Bob !

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on May 24th, 2016 at 7:58pm
No comments about "Fallen Angels" yet?

I'm digesting it

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Starbuck on May 25th, 2016 at 1:30pm

Gazza wrote on May 16th, 2016 at 6:10pm:
Nonetheless, a fine article on what remains one of the best five albums ever made.


You're kidding, right? I've always considered BOB to be his worst output in the 60s. This album isn't even in the top 300 of my favorite albums.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on May 26th, 2016 at 8:02am

Starbuck wrote on May 25th, 2016 at 1:30pm:
You're kidding, right? I've always considered BOB to be his worst output in the 60s.


LOL and I think is the best period of Bob, 65-69, just check these master pieces:
  • Bringing It All Back Home
  • Highway 61 Revisited
  • Blonde on Blonde
  • John Wesley Harding
  • Nashville Skyline
So, do yourself a favor and listen them right now and come back!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on May 26th, 2016 at 8:07am
https://youtu.be/MGxjIBEZvx0

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on Jun 12th, 2016 at 10:43am
https://youtu.be/wc19CAYLlk4

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Aug 8th, 2016 at 6:46pm
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-bob-dylan-shed-his-spokesman-role-on-another-side-w432921


How Bob Dylan Shed Spokesman Role on 'Another Side'

His days of writing "fingerpointing songs "behind him, Dylan's ambition exploded on 1964 LP


It was June 1964 and folk singer Ramblin' Jack Elliott was standing in front of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village. A car pulled up and Bob Dylan popped out, just back from a trip to Europe. At first, Elliott didn't recognize his old friend. For one thing, he was taller, thanks to what Elliott calls "boots of Spanish leather, with high heels." But Elliott realized it was Dylan after all. "Why don't you come with us?" Dylan beckoned. "We're gettin' ready to go uptown to do some recording. Get in the car."
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Elliott obliged, and soon enough, they arrived at Columbia Records' midtown studios. Dylan hadn't recorded any music for the label since the previous October – a veritable lifetime during a period when artists would pump out two or three releases of new material a year – and the time had come to make a new album. Elliott carried a couple of bottles of Beaujolais in from the car and joined a bustling crew of friends and colleagues – producer Tom Wilson, journalist Al Aronowitz and others – as they gathered around to watch Dylan, in jeans and at times wearing sunglasses, cut his fourth album. "We're going to make a good one tonight," he told Wilson. "I promise."

It would certainly be an atypical one for Dylan. He'd recently broken up with girlfriend Suze Rotolo, and the new songs that poured out of him – some written during vacation time in Greece and Paris, where he visited after playing London's Royal Festival Hall in May – reflected those life changes. There were love songs alternately frisky ("All I Really Want to Do"), bittersweet ("It Ain't Me Babe," "Ballad in Plain D") and scathing ("I Don't Believe You [She Acts Like We Never Have Met]"). In an homage to the past that only insiders would know, the album's cover photo featured Dylan wearing jeans that Rotolo had cut to fit over his boots.

The lyric sheets Dylan propped up on his music stand at Columbia's Studio A also included surrealistic talking blues ("I Shall Be Free No. 10," "Motorpsycho Nitemare") and a wistful old-soul ballad, "My Back Pages," that housed one of his most poignant refrains: "I was so much older then/ I'm younger than that now." As Dylan told writer Nat Hentoff, who was observing the session, "There aren't any fingerpointing songs ... you know, pointing to all the things that are wrong. Me, I don't want to write for people anymore – you know, be a spokesman."

That night, the Columbia studio was hardly tranquil; Dylan's friends drank and talked, and three children ran around, Dylan teasing one of them with a good-natured "I'm gonna rub you out." But Columbia needed a new album for the fall. Over the next six hours, Dylan, accompanying himself on guitar or piano, worked his way through different takes on all the material, including his first recorded piano tune, "Black Crow Blues." He also tried out a new song, "Mr. Tambourine Man," that he'd premiered at that London show. Spontaneously, he invited Elliott – who'd heard someone else sing the song but didn't know any of the lyrics – to sing it with him. "Most of the songs he was recording, he was reading off a typewritten sheet," Elliott recalls, "but this one he didn't need the sheet because he'd memorized it." Under the circumstances, Elliott did the best he could and made up a harmony that was game but off-key. That version ultimately wasn't used (Dylan would recut it for his next album, Bringing It All Back Home).

Even without "Mr. Tambourine Man" (or another outtake, "Mama, You Been on My Mind"), the album was clearly a turning point for Dylan and his writing. "I thought, 'OK, that's more like it,'" says musician and Dylan pal Tony Glover. "I thought it was more what he was capable of, and it was good that he was doing that rather than being a spokesman for this group of people who had these axes to grind. It was good to see him using some of the poetic and surrealistic imagery."

That was definitely the case with "Spanish Harlem Incident," where Dylan asks a gypsy girl, "Come and take me/Into reach of your rattling drums." When Dylan finished recording it, he asked a friend in the studio if he understood it. When the friend nodded, Dylan responded, "I didn't."

Only one song on the album vaguely fit the protest-music mold, and it was more elliptical than specific. "Chimes of Freedom" was written around the time of a cross-country road trip Dylan took in early 1964 with three friends. He played three shows along the way, and they partied in New Orleans. During their time in the South, Dylan was inspired by the changes taking place there to finish the anthemic song. Still, "Chimes of Freedom" was a far cry from "The Times They Are A-Changin'."

In "To Ramona," he seemed to make a veiled allusion to his sense that his time as a spokesman was coming to an end: "I'll forever talk to you/But soon my words they would turn into a meaningless ring." As Jackson Browne said of the song, "He's always an advocate for finding your own way."

In a sign of the constricted way many of Dylan's fans saw him in 1964, even an album as cohesive and emotionally expressive as Another Side of Bob Dylan was viewed, shockingly, as a letdown. Unlike the two records before it, it failed to break into the Top 40 and received mixed notices. Dylan himself wasn't thrilled with the title, which, he said, was the work of Wilson: "I begged and pleaded with him not to do it."

Dylan said later, "You know, I thought it was overstating the obvious. I knew I was going to have to take a lot of heat for a title like that, and it was my feeling that it wasn't a good idea coming after The Times They Are A-Changin', it just wasn't right. It seemed like a negation of the past, which in no way was true."

Yet the album would be a milestone for him – his declaration of independence from his protest-song typecasting and phase one of an exploratory period that would lead to places even he couldn't have imagined at the time. As he left the studio that night, he told Hentoff, "My background's not all that important, though. It's what I am now that counts."

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Aug 10th, 2016 at 7:41pm
And the beat goes on.....


Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour 2016

Oct 07: Indio Desert Trip Festival, CA
Oct 14: Indio Desert Trip Festival, CA
Oct 16: Phoenix Comerica Theatre, AZ
Oct 18: Albuquerque Kiva Auditorium, NM
Oct 19: El Paso Abraham Chavez Theatre, TX
Oct 20: Lubbock City Bank Auditorium, TX
Oct 22: Thackerville WinStar World Casino, OK
Oct 23: Tulsa Brady Theater, OK
Oct 25: Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, LA
Oct 26: Baton Rouge River Center Theater, LA
Oct 27: Jackson Thalia Mara Hall, MS
Oct 29: Huntsville Von Braun Center, AL
Oct 30: Paducah The Carson Center, KY
Nov 01: Louisville The Kentucky Center For Performing Arts, KY
Nov 02: Charleston Clay Center, WV
Nov 04: Durham Durham Performing Arts Center, NC
Nov 05: Roanoke Berglund Center For The Arts, VA
Nov 06: Charlotte Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, NC
Nov 09: Knoxville Tennessee Theatre, TN
Nov 10: Columbia Township Auditorium, SC
Nov 12: Asheville Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, NC
Nov 13: Chattanooga Tivoli Theatre, TN
Nov 15: Birmingham Concert Hall, AL
Nov 16: Mobile Saenger Theatre, AL
Nov 18: Jacksonville Moran Theater, FL
Nov 19: Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall, FL
Nov 20: Fort Myers Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, FL
Nov 22: Orlando Dr. Phillips Center, FL
Nov 23: Fort Lauderdale Broward Center For The Performing Arts, FL


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on Aug 10th, 2016 at 7:50pm
you bastard!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 16th, 2016 at 1:17pm

Starbuck wrote on May 25th, 2016 at 1:30pm:

Gazza wrote on May 16th, 2016 at 6:10pm:
Nonetheless, a fine article on what remains one of the best five albums ever made.


You're kidding, right? I've always considered BOB to be his worst output in the 60s. This album isn't even in the top 300 of my favorite albums.


I'm a massive Bob Dylan fan and you think I'm taking the piss in thinking one of the most groundbreaking and critically acclaimed albums of all time is a masterpiece? :-)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Aug 16th, 2016 at 3:37pm

Starbuck wrote on May 25th, 2016 at 1:30pm:

Gazza wrote on May 16th, 2016 at 6:10pm:
Nonetheless, a fine article on what remains one of the best five albums ever made.


You're kidding, right? I've always considered BOB to be his worst output in the 60s. This album isn't even in the top 300 of my favorite albums.

Next to all the stupid Trump rubbish I read here from time to time, this must be the most amazing statement I've ever read on this board. This album isn't in your top 300?????
And by the way, it isn't an sixties album.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 16th, 2016 at 7:33pm
Blonde on Blonde? I believe it is.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Tumbling Dijs on Aug 17th, 2016 at 2:19pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 16th, 2016 at 7:33pm:
Blonde on Blonde? I believe it is.

Yes of course, I mixed it up with another masterpiece "Blood On The Tracks". It was getting late. LOL

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Aug 17th, 2016 at 4:10pm
wonder what the next box or release goin to be? any era works. live 66!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Aug 17th, 2016 at 10:28pm

mojoman wrote on Aug 17th, 2016 at 4:10pm:
wonder what the next box or release goin to be? any era works. live 66!



Well...we've had the Royal Albert Hall from 66...as well as the set from 65/66 Cutting Edge release...
I would love to have some of the smaller shows from the Time Out Of mind era that were recorded.
I was at the 930 club shows in DC (Both nights) and they were stellar...Both those shows were recorded productions

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on Aug 18th, 2016 at 6:34am

Paranoid Android wrote on Aug 17th, 2016 at 10:28pm:

mojoman wrote on Aug 17th, 2016 at 4:10pm:
wonder what the next box or release goin to be? any era works. live 66!



Well...we've had the Royal Albert Hall from 66...as well as the set from 65/66 Cutting Edge release...
I would love to have some of the smaller shows from the Time Out Of mind era that were recorded.
I was at the 930 club shows in DC (Both nights) and they were stellar...Both those shows were recorded productions


I was at the House of Blues show in New Orleans around that time.

I wonder if they recorded that?  :areyoufuckingserious

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Aug 18th, 2016 at 7:12pm

mojoman wrote on Aug 17th, 2016 at 4:10pm:
wonder what the next box or release goin to be? any era works. live 66!


Strongly rumoured to be exactly that. I've heard a 22-disc being mentioned.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Aug 18th, 2016 at 8:44pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 18th, 2016 at 7:12pm:

mojoman wrote on Aug 17th, 2016 at 4:10pm:
wonder what the next box or release goin to be? any era works. live 66!


Strongly rumoured to be exactly that. I've heard a 22-disc being mentioned.


I would love it as much...but I would really love to see some of the later years released...I thought the TOoM shows was an exceptional period for live Dylan...He really used his band well...in an almost calculative fashion ... without seeming polished and uber rehearsed...loose...yet tight...

Thoughts Edith?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on Sep 7th, 2016 at 9:05am
Bob Dylan to Unveil Enormous Iron Archway in Maryland


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-to-unveil-enormous-iron-archway-in-maryland-w438057

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 27th, 2016 at 5:11pm
"Sit On My Face And Tell You That You Love Me......"


http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/bob-dylan-the-1966-live-recordings-massive-36-disc-box-set/

Unlike previous limited edition copyright extension releases, this one will be widely available

36 discs.  For only around £100!!

Quite a few shows on there available as soundboards which had previously only been partially bootlegged or as audience recordings...and a few shows available as professional recordings which had never been bootlegged in any form before (Belfast, Paris etc)

Released on 11 November.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Paranoid Android on Sep 27th, 2016 at 6:31pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 27th, 2016 at 5:11pm:
Unlike previous limited edition copyright extension releases, this one will be widely available



That is not what that article implies...but who cares...
This is for the completest...the absolute fan...of which I am...but I cant get this...though the Real RAH release I will get.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 28th, 2016 at 1:53pm
Fair point, but what I mean is that you can easily get these.

The previous Copyright Extensions have been very hard to find, being either limited to a couple of thousand worldwide, available for a few days only on vinyl or in the case of the 1965 set only available as an mp3 download to the handful of people who had spent hundreds of pounds on the 18-CD version of the 'Cutting Edge' bootleg series release.

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Post by Paranoid Android on Sep 28th, 2016 at 2:51pm
Gotchya!
Distribution-wise widely available...not necessarily quantity-wise...

Still gonna grab the Actual RAH show!!

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Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on Oct 1st, 2016 at 12:52pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 27th, 2016 at 5:11pm:
"Sit On My Face And Tell You That You Love Me......"


http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/bob-dylan-the-1966-live-recordings-massive-36-disc-box-set/

Unlike previous limited edition copyright extension releases, this one will be widely available

36 discs.  For only around £100!!

Quite a few shows on there available as soundboards which had previously only been partially bootlegged or as audience recordings...and a few shows available as professional recordings which had never been bootlegged in any form before (Belfast, Paris etc)

Released on 11 November.




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Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 4th, 2016 at 6:03pm
And...a different boxed set...


http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/dylan-doc-reveals-unseen-footage-in-new-box-set-w443360



Martin Scorsese's massive Bob Dylan documentary, No Direction Home, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a new box set featuring over two hours of never-before-seen interviews and footage.

The new set will include extended interviews with Dave van Ronk and Liam Clancy, plus an interview with Scorsese about the making of the film. Among the other bonus features are the unedited "Apothecary Scene" from Dylan's 1966 U.K. tour, an unused promotional spot for "Positively 4th St." and the fabled clip of Dylan playing "I Can’t Leave Her Behind" in a hotel room in Glasgow in 1966.

The special edition box set will also include three Dylan lithographic photo prints and a special edition magazine featuring historical articles and photos. For its 10th anniversary, No Direction Home will also be made available digitally and on Blu-Ray for the first time.

All versions of No Direction Home are available to pre-order via the film's website. The physical editions will be released October 28th, while the documentary will be available to download digitally October 25th, rent November 8th and stream November 28th. A new trailer for the 10th anniversary set is also available to watch.

The three-and-a-half hour, two-part No Direction Home premiered on PBS in 2005, though Dylan's manager Jeff Rosen began collecting interviews in 1995. The documentary features chats with Allen Ginsberg, Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, while Dylan himself granted Rosen an extensive interview in 2000. No Direction Home focuses on Dylan's life and music from 1961 to 1966, and along with the interviews, features an array of rare video, audio and photographs, including outtakes from D.A. Pennebaker's 1967 documentary, Don't Look Back.

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Post by Bitch on Oct 8th, 2016 at 7:32pm
Can someone please post the setlist from the Desert Trip gigs?

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Post by erikjjf on Oct 9th, 2016 at 12:18am

Bitch wrote on Oct 8th, 2016 at 7:32pm:
Can someone please post the setlist from the Desert Trip gigs?


http://www.boblinks.com/100716s.html

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Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 9th, 2016 at 1:19pm

Bitch wrote on Oct 8th, 2016 at 7:32pm:
Can someone please post the setlist from the Desert Trip gigs?


http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bob-dylan/2016/empire-polo-grounds-indio-ca-5bfd2b28.html


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Post by philgood on Oct 11th, 2016 at 5:55am
Good setlist. I still love most of these songs.

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Post by Edith Grove on Oct 13th, 2016 at 6:25am
Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize in literature


https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2016/oct/13/nobel-prize-in-literature-2016-liveblog

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Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on Oct 13th, 2016 at 9:24am
Tis is great news and deserved, I think he was a candidate more than 12 times before winning it

"EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED"

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Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 13th, 2016 at 3:14pm

Edith Grove wrote on Oct 13th, 2016 at 6:25am:
Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize in literature


https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2016/oct/13/nobel-prize-in-literature-2016-liveblog

Congrats Bob!

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Post by Kilroy on Oct 13th, 2016 at 8:20pm
Yes Good for you Blue!
Tangle up 2

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Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on Oct 13th, 2016 at 8:38pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/music/bob-dylan-nobel-prize-literature.html?_r=0

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Post by Voodoo Child In Wonderland on Oct 13th, 2016 at 8:42pm

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Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 14th, 2016 at 11:39am
The Times' article here with a very nice video imbedded at the top

http://nyti.ms/2e1MZVJ

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/music/bob-dylan-nobel-prize-literature.html?_r=1

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Post by MrPleasant on Oct 14th, 2016 at 11:55am

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Post by Edith Grove on Oct 14th, 2016 at 3:14pm
Bob Dylan Won The Nobel Prize In Literature. Here’s What He Wrote About New Orleans



OCTOBER 13, 2016  by: SAM D'ARCANGELO


Bob Dylan, the influential singer-songwriter who was declared the voice of a generation on too many occasions to count, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation for the honor, the Swedish Academy noted that Dylan, “created new poetic expression within the great American song tradition.”

The decision marks the first time the award has been bestowed upon someone whose primary artistic output is musical. Past winners have all been writers in the traditional sense, from T.S. Eliot, William Butler Yeats and George Bernard Shaw to Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Neruda and Jean-Paul Sartre. It also marks the first time that an American has recieved the honor in 23 years, with the last being Toni Morrison in 1993.

While Dylan is best known for his varied—yet almost always beautiful—songwriting, he has proven himself to be a very capable writer in the traditional literary sense as well. Most New Orleanians, and other lovers of the Crescent City, are probably familiar with his line, “There are a lot of place I like, but I like New Orleans better.” It’s a sentiment shared by countless people in this town, but it’s only small part of a much larger passage on New Orleans from Dylan’s 2004 memoir, Chronicles, Volume One. Today seems like as good a day as any to take a look at the full passage, which captures the city’s glory in a way that few others could equal.

From Chronicles, Volume One:

“The first thing you notice about New Orleans are the burying grounds – the cemeteries – and they’re a cold proposition, one of the best things there are here. Going by, you try to be as quiet as possible, better to let them sleep. Greek, Roman, sepulchres- palatial mausoleums made to order, phantomesque, signs and symbols of hidden decay – ghosts of women and men who have sinned and who’ve died and are now living in tombs. The past doesn’t pass away so quickly here. You could be dead for a long time.

The ghosts race towards the light, you can almost hear the heavy breathing spirits, all determined to get somewhere. New Orleans, unlike a lot of those places you go back to and that don’t have the magic anymore, still has got it. Night can swallow you up, yet none of it touches you. Around any corner, there’s a promise of something daring and ideal and things are just getting going. There’s something obscenely joyful behind every door, either that or somebody crying with their head in their hands. A lazy rhythm looms in the dreamy air and the atmosphere pulsates with bygone duels, past-life romance, comrades requesting comrades to aid them in some way. You can’t see it, but you know it’s here. Somebody is always sinking. Everyone seems to be from some very old Southern families. Either that or a foreigner. I like the way it is.

There are a lot of places I like, but I like New Orleans better. There’s a thousand different angles at any moment. At any time you could run into a ritual honoring some vaguely known queen. Bluebloods, titled persons like crazy drunks, lean weakly against the walls and drag themselves through the gutter. Even they seem to have insights you might want to listen to. No action seems inappropriate here. The city is one very long poem. Gardens full of pansies, pink petunias, opiates. Flower-bedecked shrines, white myrtles, bougainvillea and purple oleander stimulate your senses, make you feel cool and clear inside.

Everything in New Orleans is a good idea. Bijou temple-type cottages and lyric cathedrals side by side. Houses and mansions, structures of wild grace. Italianate, Gothic, Romanesque, Greek Revival standing in a long line in the rain. Roman Catholic art. Sweeping front porches, turrets, cast-iron balconies, colonnades- 30-foot columns, gloriously beautiful- double pitched roofs, all the architecture of the whole wide world and it doesn’t move. All that and a town square where public executions took place. In New Orleans you could almost see other dimensions. There’s only one day at a time here, then it’s tonight and then tomorrow will be today again. Chronic melancholia hanging from the trees. You never get tired of it. After a while you start to feel like a ghost from one of the tombs, like you’re in a wax museum below crimson clouds. Spirit empire. Wealthy empire. One of Napoleon’s generals, Lallemaud, was said to have come here to check it out, looking for a place for his commander to seek refuge after Waterloo. He scouted around and left, said that here the devil is damned, just like everybody else, only worse. The devil comes here and sighs. New Orleans. Exquisite, old-fashioned. A great place to live vicariously. Nothing makes any difference and you never feel hurt, a great place to really hit on things. Somebody puts something in front of you here and you might as well drink it. Great place to be intimate or do nothing. A place to come and hope you’ll get smart – to feed pigeons looking for handouts”



https://www.offbeat.com/news/bob-dylan-won-nobel-prize-literature-heres-wrote-new-orleans/

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Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 15th, 2016 at 8:20am
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bob-dylan/2016/empire-polo-grounds-indio-ca-2bfd748e.html

Desert Trips #2 has the same setlist as 3! with minor change-up for the encore.

Instead of Masters Of War...they played
Like a Rolling Stone
and
Why Try To Change Me Now, a Cy Coleman cover

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Post by andrews27 on Oct 16th, 2016 at 11:46am
I'm hoping the Nobel win means that he'll put away his Frank Sinatra fantasia (as he already did at Desert Trip) and pull out one or two more world-class albums.  If that mission keeps him off the road for a while...maybe that's a good thing.

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Post by Boogie Chillun in Wonderland on Oct 22nd, 2016 at 12:01pm
Dylan's motorcycles and cars

http://prodigy.msn.com/es-mx/autos/noticias/los-coches-y-las-motos-de-bob-dylan/ss-AAiXnOd?li=AAggxAT&ocid=HPDHP

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Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 30th, 2016 at 10:15am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abbu5hcH0kk&feature=player_embedded

Just because....

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Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 5th, 2016 at 9:25am
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/587622/lifestyle/artandculture/a-vision-of-america-bob-dylan-s-london-art-show

A vision of America: Bob Dylan's London art show

Bob Dylan, music legend and Nobel laureate, is also a prolific painter whose works depicting the landscapes and culture of the United States are now the focus of a major London exhibition.

Around 200 paintings by the US singer-songwriter, produced by the 75-year-old in the last two years, are on show from Saturday at the Halcyon Gallery in the British capital's plush Mayfair district.

The collection of oil, acrylic, and watercolour paintings reveals a different side to Robert Allen Zimmerman, an icon of 20th century US popular music, whose poetic lyrics earned him the Nobel Prize for literature last month, to much surprise.

Dylan announced last week that he would travel to Stockholm to receive the prize, making the timing of this exhibition all the more apt.

"It's a great honour for us hosting the exhibition and for him to have received that honour at the same time," Paul Green, president of the Halcyon Gallery, told AFP.

Dylan began exploring the visual arts in the early 1960s. He designed the cover of the 1968 album "Music from Big Pink" by Canadian roots-rock group The Band.

More recently, his works have been exhibited in Milan and New York.

"Dylan has been passionate about art since he first moved to New York and was taken by his girlfriend Suze Rotolo around museums," said Green.

Since then he has not stopped painting, using his numerous tours to sketch out the homeland which he describes so often in his songs.

'The Beaten Path'

The exhibition, entitled "The Beaten Path", retraces the singer's travels across the four corners of the United States, from its supercities to its immense expanses of desert.

"The common theme of these works having something to do with the American landscape — how you see it while criss-crossing the land," Dylan explains in a written introduction to the exhibition.

More specifically: "staying out of the mainstream and travelling back road, free-born style".

In San Francisco, Dylan chose to paint a seafood seller in Chinatown, rather than the city's endless Victorian houses or its skyscrapers.

"The San Francisco Chinatown street stands merely two blocks away from corporate, windowless buildings. But these cold, giant structures have no meaning for me in the world that I see or choose to see," explains Dylan.

One picture shows the Manhattan Bridge in New York City, whose imposing metal structure rises up between two red brick buildings.

Another features Roy's motel, on the famous Route 66 in the middle of California's Mojave Desert, which Dylan brings to life with cartoon-like brushstrokes.

And there is the little doughnut shop, whose red and yellow front window leaps out of the canvas thanks to the striking use of acrylics.

One of the standout works of the exhibition shows an "endless highway" — a clear allegory of the artist's life: always on the road, between two towns, two hotels.

"This is the largest painting that Dylan has ever undertaken, it's monumental on every scale," said Green.

"This is the never-ending road... almost a rollercoaster of Dylan's life." — Agence France-Presse
- See more at: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/587622/lifestyle/artandculture/a-vision-of-america-bob-dylan-s-london-art-show#sthash.WBo2dVSM.dpuf

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Post by Voodoo Child in Wonderland on Apr 5th, 2017 at 10:36am
Massive Bob Dylan Archive Opens in Oklahoma
Tulsa collection available to researchers, with planned public center in the works


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/massive-bob-dylan-archive-opens-in-oklahoma-w473929

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Post by Voodoo Child in Wonderland on Apr 5th, 2017 at 10:49am
No comments about "Triplicate"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplicate_(Bob_Dylan_album)

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Post by Voodoo Child in Wonderland on Apr 5th, 2017 at 10:51am
https://bobdylan.com/news/qa-with-bill-flanagan/

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Post by Tumbling Dijs on Apr 5th, 2017 at 2:34pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Apr 5th, 2017 at 10:49am:
No comments about "Triplicate"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplicate_(Bob_Dylan_album)

Well, third album in a row after "Tempest" that sucks big time to be honest. But hey, he moves in mysterious ways, doesn't he? Imagine him going back to his roots, just like the Stones did with their last album. That COULD be awesome too.

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Post by Voodoo Child in Wonderland on Apr 5th, 2017 at 8:39pm

Tumbling Dijs wrote on Apr 5th, 2017 at 2:34pm:
Well, third album in a row after "Tempest" that sucks big time to be honest


;D  :loloncemore

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Post by mojoman on Apr 5th, 2017 at 9:47pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Apr 5th, 2017 at 10:36am:
Massive Bob Dylan Archive Opens in Oklahoma
Tulsa collection available to researchers, with planned public center in the works


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/massive-bob-dylan-archive-opens-in-oklahoma-w473929



what would woody say

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Post by Voodoo Child in Wonderland on Apr 5th, 2017 at 9:51pm

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Post by mojoman on Sep 21st, 2017 at 5:25pm

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Post by Gazza on Sep 21st, 2017 at 6:04pm
Really looking forward to this.  Some fabulous shows from that period. Minor gripe is that I'd have liked more songs from the amazing run of 14 shows at the Warfield in San Francisco in November 1980, but still its an amazingly comprehensive set.

If you order it from his official site, you get a bonus (2-CD) show from San Diego in November 1979.

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Post by mojoman on Sep 21st, 2017 at 7:25pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 21st, 2017 at 6:04pm:
Really looking forward to this.  Some fabulous shows from that period. Minor gripe is that I'd have liked more songs from the amazing run of 14 shows at the Warfield in San Francisco in November 1980, but still its an amazingly comprehensive set.

If you order it from his official site, you get a bonus (2-CD) show from San Diego in November 1979.


think i have one with jerry garcia from the warfield. yes that would have been nice

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Post by Voodoo Child in Wonderland on Sep 28th, 2017 at 11:24am
Each time I watch this one I almost cry, really emotional, really great, love it, highly recommended

https://youtu.be/941PHEJHCwU

This is the speech. I watched it today for the first time

https://youtu.be/Bi3Ws2Qm8ck



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Post by Tumbling Dijs on Nov 11th, 2017 at 5:37pm
Not being a real great fan of Bob Live, yet 2 great versions of "Slow Train" and 2 great versions of "I Believe In You"
Also "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is great, and "Making a Liar Out of Me (Rehearsal). This is just after a first listen. Hope I find more gems.

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Post by MrPleasant on Nov 11th, 2017 at 10:07pm
I'm no believer, but I respect a good harmonica once in a while.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJbddZjbDTM

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Post by KMC on Nov 13th, 2017 at 6:12pm
Another Albert Grossman ripoff

We know Dylan dropped Grossman eventually for ripping him off.
Here's an interesting story of Grossman doing the same to another artist.
I didn't go back through the entire Dylan thread to see if it was mentioned before, but this was new to me.

http://www.unz.com/isteve/paul-pena-the-blind-composer-behind-steve-millers-jet-airliner/

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Post by Voodoo Child in Wonderland on Feb 7th, 2018 at 7:12pm
https://youtu.be/Awo55I-9D-4
It’s Bob Dylan like you’ve never seen him. Featuring Michael Shannon as the Preacher, Trouble No More: A Musical Film premieres February 26 at 10PM

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Post by Voodoo Child in Wonderland on Oct 20th, 2018 at 6:12pm
Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ as a rock opera? Jesus Christ...
Donald Clarke: The Who’s ‘Tommy’, ‘Quadrophenia’, Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’, Lloyd Webber. Enough
Fri, Oct 19, 2018, 06:00


https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/bob-dylan-s-blood-on-the-tracks-as-a-rock-opera-jesus-christ-1.3666559

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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Apr 20th, 2019 at 12:54pm
Check the video...

"This was right after he tripped over a monitor and almost took a nasty fall. "

Bob Dylan Warns Fans Taking Photos at Concert: ‘We Can Either Play or We Can Pose’
BY JACK PHILLIPS
April 19, 2019 Updated: April 19, 2019

https://www.theepochtimes.com/bob-dylan-slams-fan-in-concert-we-can-either-play-or-we-can-pose_2887081.html

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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on May 30th, 2019 at 4:59pm
First Listen: Bob Dylan, 'The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings'
Stream a 10-track sampler from the 14-disc box set
May 30, 20195:00 AM ET


https://www.npr.org/2019/05/30/727499115/first-listen-bob-dylan-the-rolling-thunder-revue-the-1975-live-recordings

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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Jun 3rd, 2019 at 5:40pm
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese

Trailer

https://youtu.be/PS4gsWDSn68

Netflix (june 12)

https://www.netflix.com/title/80221016

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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Jun 11th, 2019 at 6:28pm
The Inside Story of Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese’s New ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ Doc
How new interviews and previously unseen footage provide the seed for an incredible look back about one of Dylan’s greatest tours

By ANDY GREENE      


https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/the-inside-story-of-bob-dylan-martin-scorseses-rolling-thunder-revue-doc-844268/

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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Jun 21st, 2019 at 7:28pm

Dylan & Scorsese © Óscar Castro

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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Sep 17th, 2019 at 7:23pm
LOL can‘t believe this, let me tell you… I am listening my very old records, especially those who I have years not listening… yesterday I heard Lowell George’s album “Thanks I’ll eat here” and discovered that Bob Dylan is in the cover!! I have 40 years with that record and didn’t realize it’s Dylan, I noticed since day one that there’s Fidel Castro Ruz and with the food is a copy a “Howl” by Allen Gingsberg, but never realized it’s Dylan there…

This is the detail scanned today from my record



and this is the whole cover as found on the web




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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Sep 18th, 2019 at 12:23pm
That portion of the cover was inspired on Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe


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Post by Gazza on Sep 18th, 2019 at 1:58pm
Holy fuck

The woman in the pic is Marlene Dietrich. It's a still from her 1930 film  'The Blue Angel'

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Post by Gazza on Sep 18th, 2019 at 2:10pm
Supposedly, the next Bootleg Series (Vol 15) is out November 1st.

An image was supposedly posted today on amazon but seems to be removed. I've seen a copy of the image but not the actual link. Cover looks like a bootleg so I'm not sure if its genuine.

If it is genuine, its apparently called 'Travelin' Thru' and covers the 1967-1969 period and the sub-title notes 'featuring Johnny Cash'

We can therefore expect the John Wesley Harding sessions from 1967 (none of which has ever circulated widely, although I dont expect anything but alternate versions of what was released) plus Nashville Skyline outtakes from February 1969 which includes the much-bootlegged session with Cash from 18th February.

Cant imagine theres much else as the 'Another Self Portrait' Bootleg series covers the period from spring '69 onwards ,  theres no known studio sessions from 1968 and apart from a couple of guest appearances backed by the band at the Woody Guthrie Tribute (Jan '68) and at a festival in Illinois in July '69, Dylan didnt give any concerts other than the already-released Isle of Wight Festival gig from August '69. 

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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Sep 18th, 2019 at 7:56pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 18th, 2019 at 1:58pm:
Holy fuck

The woman in the pic is Marlene Dietrich. It's a still from her 1930 film  'The Blue Angel'


Thanks Gazza

So the characters are Marlene Dietrich, Bob Dylan as Pan, the Greek God of nature and companion of nymphs, of which there is one in the background. Fidel Castro Ruz and the book "Howl" by Allen Gingsberg

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Post by Paranoid Android on Sep 20th, 2019 at 1:30pm
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-bootleg-series-johnny-cash-nashville-skyline-john-wesley-harding-886719/


In February 1969, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash holed up in a Nashville studio for two days of loose, free-flowing sessions where they sang each other’s songs, jammed with rockabilly icon Carl Perkins, broke into spontaneous covers like “Mystery Train” and “You Are My Sunshine” and even wrote the the tune “Wanted Man” that Cash would debut at San Quentin prison just one week later. Their duet on “Girl From the North Country” appeared on Dylan’s LP Nashville Skyline later that April and select tracks from the sessions leaked out into the bootleg world over the years, but much of this material has never been heard anywhere.

That will change on November 1st with the release of Bob Dylan (Featuring Johnny Cash) — Travelin’ Thru, 1967–1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15. The three-CD package devotes a disc-and-a-half to the legendary Johnny Cash sessions, but it also has outtakes from the 1967 John Wesley Harding sessions and Nashville Skyline sessions that have never been bootlegged, along with a couple of Johnny Cash covers recorded for Self Portrait in 1970, the soundtrack to Dylan’s 1969 appearance on The Johnny Cash Show, and selections from Dylan’s 1970 home recording session with bluegrass great Earl Scruggs and members of his family. (Check out this preview of “I Pity the Poor Immigrant” from the John Wesley Harding sessions.)

“Besides the very early folk years, you don’t have Bob playing with a lot of other major stars up until this point in his career,” says a source close to the Dylan camp. “Here you have him doing duets with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Earl Scruggs. It’s a really deep dive into some of the music that he loves and just a really cool package. I think people will come away from it enchanted by the breadth of his catalog.”

The John Wesley Harding session have been a source of deep fascination with Dylan fans for decades. Not only have the outtakes never leaked out to the bootleg community, but the whole thing was made in just three days and he’s never talked about the songwriting process in any depth. None of the songs have choruses (unlike other works from this era) and he didn’t attempt a single one of them with the Band while they worked on The Basement Tapes in this same time period. “1967 was a very creative time period for Bob and you get the feeling he could have written them in the car ride down to Nashville,” says the source. “Who knows?”

There are just seven John Wesley Harding outtakes in this new collection. “There just doesn’t seem to be many alternate versions of the songs,” says the source. “The ones we have are often very similar to each other. We had to include ‘All Along the Watchtower,’ but it’s not like ‘All Along the Watchtower’ cha-cha or anything. But ‘I Pity the Poor Immigrant’ is great and has a completely different melody. I don’t think anything had more than three complete takes.”

(The European copyrights for the John Wesley Harding sessions have expired since they are being released after the 50-year copyright-protection window closed. That has no impact on the publishing rights, but it is technically legal for anybody to release these seven outtakes on physical sets in Europe. “I’m sure they will appear on grey market collections,” says the source. “But people don’t really buy records anymore, so it doesn’t make much of a difference.”)

Nashville Skyline was recorded across eight days in February 1969, but roughly half of the session tapes have been lost. “There was an engineer who had taken some of the tapes home and put them in a storage locker,” says the source. “Someone later bought them for a couple of grand and Sony had to buy the tapes back. Most of what we have comes from the storage locker, but the rest were lost. From the best we can tell, they are just gone. That is unusual [in relation to the rest of the Dylan catalog, which has been carefully preserved], and I think it’s just because nobody in Nashville was paying attention. They weren’t thinking about future reissues.”

Fortunately, the tapes that survive offer a fascinating glimpse into the making of Nashville Skyline. There are alternative versions of songs like “One More Night,” “Peggy Day,” and “Country Pie” that are quite different than their album counterparts. “Everyone always talks about the Wrecking Crew in Los Angeles,” says the source. “The players in Nashville from this time don’t get enough love. Wayne Moss played on Blonde on Blonde and now three years later he’s playing on ‘Country Pie.’ These guys could do anything and make it sound funky.”


None of the Johnny Cash sessions were lost and they form the heart of Travelin’ Thru. June Carter Cash was in the studio those two days and she can be heard suggesting they dust off Dylan’s 1963’s classic “Girl From the North Country,” which he hadn’t played in five years. “Bob goes, ‘I like that, I just don’t really remember it,'” says the source. “I think he only remembered one verse. We included that conversation. And every time Carl Perkins takes a solo, Johnny Cash says, ‘Carl Perkins, everybody!’ It’s so cool. If Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis were the Million Dollar Quartet, this is the $750,000 Trio.”

For Dylan obsessives, the single most interesting song on the set will probably be “Wanted Man.” There are numerous versions of Johnny Cash performing the song over the years, but nobody has ever heard Dylan sing any of it. “They don’t have the words together, so they’re making the words up on the spot as they go along,” says the source. “You can hear June say, ‘Johnny, you need to get that ‘Wanted Man’ from Bob so you know the melody of it.'”

The set also contains Dylan and Cash duetting on “One Too Many Mornings,” “Matchbox,” “Ring of Fire,” and two medleys of Jimmie Rodgers songs. “They are just singing Jimmie Rodgers song off the top of their heads,” says the source. “Johnny starts, Bob joins in. It’s just two guys relaxing in the studio and having fun. That’s what we tried to focus on. We wanted to focus on the fun they were having.”

For the sake of completion, the set also has Dylan and Cash singing “I Threw It All Away,” “Living the Blues,” and “Girl From the North Country” from The Johnny Cash Show in June 1969 along with “Ring of Fire” and “Folsom Prison Blues” that Dylan sang on his own during the Self Portrait sessions on May 3rd, 1969.

The set ends with four songs that Dylan played with Earl Scruggs at the Carmel, New York, home of album-cover illustrator Thomas B. Allen on May 17th, 1970. The songs (“East Virginia Blues,” “To Be Alone With You,” “Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance,” and “Nashville Skyline Rag”) were intended for the 1971 documentary Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends along with its accompanying album Earl Scruggs Performing With His Family and Friends. “It’s a little outside of our chronology,” says the source. “But to us, it put a nice bookend on the set. They sound really relaxed and there’s a very nice, casual feeling to all of it.”

Future plans for the Bootleg Series are unclear, but a Time Out of Mind set and one that chronicles Dylan’s pre-fame folk period in Minnesota and New York are both in contention. “We’ve collected all these early tapes of him like the Minnesota Hotel Tapes and all the tapes that Tony Glover recorded,” says the source. “We have all these things in beautiful quality along with the Town Hall concert [in 1963] and the Carnegie Hall concert [in 1963]. Some day we’ll put these all together and put them out, but it’s not like people are clamoring for it. There are probably a few other areas to explore before that.”

There are no immediate plans to end the Bootleg Series, but the steep decline in the market for physical product does put its future in some jeopardy. “We have to also see how long people keep buying these things,” says the source. “We’ll see what happens. Right now, there’s a certain amount of physical that still gets sold, so we’d like to keep doing them.”

Here is the complete track listing for Travelin’ Thru, 1967–1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15

DISC 1

October 17, 1967
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
John Wesley Harding sessions
01. Drifter’s Escape – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
02. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine – Take 2 (Alternate Version)

November 6, 1967
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
John Wesley Harding sessions
03. All Along the Watchtower – Take 3 (Alternate Version)
04. John Wesley Harding – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
05. As I Went Out One Morning – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
06. I Pity the Poor Immigrant – Take 4 (Alternate Version)
07. I Am a Lonesome Hobo – Take 4 (Alternate Version)

Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Charlie McCoy: bass
Kenneth Buttrey: drums

February 13, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
Nashville Skyline sessions
08. I Threw It All Away – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
09. To Be Alone with You – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
10. Lay Lady Lay – Take 2 (Alternate Version)
11. One More Night – Take 2 (Alternate Version)
12. Western Road – Take 1 (Outtake)

February 14, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
Nashville Skyline sessions
13. Peggy Day – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
14. Tell Me That It Isn’t True – Take 2 (Alternate Version)
15. Country Pie – Take 2 (Alternate Version)

Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Kelton D. Herston, Norman Blake, Charlie Daniels, Wayne Moss (10 & 12): guitars
Bob Wilson: piano, organ
Peter Drake: steel guitar (13-15)
Charlie McCoy: bass
Kenneth Buttrey: drums

DISC 2

February 17, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
01. I Still Miss Someone – Take 5
02. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right/Understand Your Man – Rehearsal

February 18, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
03. One Too Many Mornings – Take 3
04. Mountain Dew – Take 1
05. Mountain Dew – Take 2
06. I Still Miss Someone – Take 2
07. Careless Love – Take 1
08. Matchbox – Take 1
09. That’s All Right, Mama – Take 1
10. Mystery Train/This Train Is Bound for Glory – Take 1
11. Big River – Take 1
12. Girl from the North Country – Rehearsal
13. Girl from the North Country – Take 1
14. I Walk the Line – Take 2
15. Guess Things Happen That Way – Rehearsal
16. Guess Things Happen That Way – Take 3
17. Five Feet High and Rising – Take 1
18. You Are My Sunshine – Take 1
19. Ring of Fire – Take 1

DISC 3

February 18, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
01. Studio Chatter
02. Wanted Man – Take 1
03. Amen – Rehearsal
04. Just a Closer Walk with Thee – Take 1
05. Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 1 – Take 1
Based on Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas), The Brakeman’s Blues (Yodeling the Blues Away), and Blue Yodel No. 5 (It’s Raining Here) written by Jimmie Rodgers
06. Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 2 – Take 2
Based on Waiting for a Train, The Brakeman’s Blues (Yodeling the Blues Away), and Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas) written by Jimmie Rodgers

Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Johnny Cash: vocals, guitar
Carl Perkins: guitar (08, 10, 02, 04-06)
Bob Wootton: guitar
Marshall Grant: bass
W.S. Holland: drums

May 1, 1969
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Live on The Johnny Cash Show
Originally broadcast on ABC-TV, June 7, 1969
07. I Threw It All Away
08. Living the Blues
09. Girl from the North Country

Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Johnny Cash: vocals, guitar (09)
Norman Blake and Charlie Daniels: guitars
Peter Drake: steel guitar
Bob Wilson: piano
Charlie McCoy: bass
Kenneth Buttrey: drums

May 3, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
Self Portrait sessions
10. Ring of Fire (Outtake)
11. Folsom Prison Blues (Outtake)

Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Fred F. Carter, Norman Blake: guitars
Charlie Daniels: guitar (11), bass (10)
Bob Wilson: piano
Peter Drake: steel guitar
Charlie McCoy: harmonica (10), bass (11)
Kenneth Buttrey: drums
Delores Edgin and Dottie Dillard: background vocals

May 17, 1970
The Home of Thomas B. Allen, Carmel, New York
With Earl Scruggs
12. Earl Scruggs Interview
13. East Virginia Blues
14. To Be Alone with You
15. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
16. Nashville Skyline Rag

Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Earl Scruggs: banjo
Randy Scruggs: acoustic guitar
Gary Scruggs: electric bass

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Sep 23rd, 2019 at 10:45am
Pretty frustrating at times being a Stones fan when you consider how the archives of Dylan, The Beatles, Springsteen, Neil Young, Elvis etc are being curated.

Fortunately I'm a big fan of all of the above, but you have to wonder if the Stones will ever do this right (even if it takes making peace with ABKCO) before we all die waiting.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Mar 27th, 2020 at 1:20pm
LOL quarantine is all over, Bob dylan just released a 17 min song!!!

Murder must foul

https://open.spotify.com/album/4IynOFuPYOzTzLXBz5UgYo?si=q1ryDe-URQaqtEPmQMxDDg

https://youtu.be/3NbQkyvbw18

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Mar 28th, 2020 at 12:35pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Mar 27th, 2020 at 1:20pm:
LOL quarantine is all over, Bob dylan just released a 17 min song!!!

Murder must foul

https://open.spotify.com/album/4IynOFuPYOzTzLXBz5UgYo?si=q1ryDe-URQaqtEPmQMxDDg

https://youtu.be/3NbQkyvbw18


not quite as brilliant as sad eyed lady of the lowlands, it made me more depressed.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Apr 17th, 2020 at 8:15am
Another new song - and this one even namechecks the Stones....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgEP8teNXwY



Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by lotsajizz on May 8th, 2020 at 8:38am
New one dropped overnight, and news of new album out June 19th!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QPBpFAKTGo

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on May 8th, 2020 at 9:42am
New song available and new album coming...

The new album is ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ coming June 19th



The new song is "Flase Prophet" and is available now here https://bobdylan.lnk.to/FalseProphetAW




More here https://www.bobdylan.com/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 8th, 2020 at 12:10pm
Love this one. Has a sort of creepy Screaming Jay Hawkins feel to it.

And as someone on expectingrain.com pointed out, the tune seems to be inspired by this old Sun record from 1954

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RApqHyhQAZg

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Jun 12th, 2020 at 3:16pm
Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind
In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses mortality, drawing inspiration from the past, and his new album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways.”
By Douglas Brinkley New York Times
June 12, 2020
Updated 8:58 a.m. ET




https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/arts/music/bob-dylan-rough-and-rowdy-ways.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 13th, 2020 at 12:39pm
Great interview. I love reading his ruminations on music. He's a one-man encyclopaedia.

Interesting comments on how Little Richard, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Robert Johnson were looked upon. If you substituted any of those names with 'Bob Dylan' the comments would be spot on.

'Good news in today's world is like a fugitive, treated like a hoodlum and put on the run. Castigated. All we see is good-for-nothing news'.  Wow.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Jun 19th, 2020 at 11:22am
Out now, released today

https://open.spotify.com/album/1Qht64MPvWTWa0aMsqxegB?si=B1GWV8g_RJCWEQCkduyUSQ

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Jun 19th, 2020 at 11:33am
It's fucking amazing. 'Key west' is my favourite so far (seems to be the popular choice as standout track going by the fan forums as well as the press reviews)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Jul 1st, 2020 at 12:29pm
Here the lyrics

https://www.bobdylan.com/albums/rough-and-rowdy-ways/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Sep 24th, 2020 at 3:11pm
How Bob Dylan influenced The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-bob-dylan-influence-the-beatles-the-rolling-stones-the-who/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Oct 21st, 2020 at 9:22am
Inside Bob Dylan’s Lost Interviews and Unseen Letters
As Bob Dylan’s career blossomed, he kept in close touch with his friend Tony Glover. The pair’s conversations and letters — published here for the first time — show a Dylan that few people knew
By DOUGLAS BRINKLEY
OCTOBER 21, 2020 8:00AM ET



https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bob-dylan-lost-letters-interviews-tony-glover-1074916/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by CS on Dec 2nd, 2020 at 1:27pm
Bob Dylan Just Released the Ultra-Rare 1970 ‘George Harrison Sessions’ Without Warning
The Bob Dylan – 50th Anniversary Collection 1970 was released as a super-limited set to avoid the recordings entering the public domain in Europe

By ANDY GREENE
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-george-harrison-sessions-1097129/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 2nd, 2020 at 5:37pm
Was delighted to be one of the few to get this on Monday. Thankfully I'm on Badlands record shop's mailing list (they were the sole UK stockist) and got a couple of hours notice. They sold out in seconds. £25 for a triple CD. Very reasonably priced.

No confirmation from the record store, Dylan's management or Sony as to how many were made available. It's rumoured to be maybe 100-200 worldwide.

Unfortunately Dylan's management have admitted their sole motivation for these releases is to renew the copyright. not to satisfy the needs of collectors. They have no interest in making them more widely available than they have been doing up to now.

I would expect that we'll get another ABKCO copyright extension release of Stones studio and live material from 1970 over the next four weeks like we did last year when they briefly uploaded some (tampered) 1969 recordings for a few hours on Youtube. This will be the last year that ABKCO will have the rights to do this. It'll be interesting to see what the Stones and UMG do this time next year as the 1971 copyright releases will fall under the Rolling Stones Records era.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Dec 3rd, 2020 at 9:05am
Lucky bastard

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by CS on Dec 6th, 2020 at 6:36pm
Shhhh

https://ydray.com/get/l/lx16071561546929/PIiuWerVjv2

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Dec 7th, 2020 at 1:47pm
Bob Dylan Sells His Songwriting Catalog in Blockbuster Deal

Universal Music purchased his entire songwriting catalog of more than 600 songs in what may be the biggest acquisition ever of a single act’s publishing rights.



Bob Dylan’s memoir “Chronicles: Volume One” opens in 1962 with the signing of his first music publishing deal — a contract for the copyrights of the budding songwriter’s work. The terms of that agreement, brokered by Lou Levy of Leeds Music Publishing, met young Dylan’s approval.

“Lou had advanced me a hundred dollars against future royalties to sign the paper,” he wrote, “and that was fine with me.”

Fifty-eight years, more than 600 songs and one Nobel Prize later, the cultural and economic value of Dylan’s songwriting corpus have both grown exponentially.

On Monday, the Universal Music Publishing Group announced that it had signed a landmark deal to purchase Dylan’s entire songwriting catalog — including world-changing classics like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “The Times They Are A-Changin’” and “Like a Rolling Stone” — in what may be the biggest acquisition ever of the music publishing rights of a single songwriter.

The deal, which covers Dylan’s entire career, from his earliest tunes to his latest album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” was struck directly with Dylan, 79, who has long controlled the vast majority of his own songwriting copyrights.

The price was not disclosed, but is estimated at more than $300 million.

“It’s no secret that the art of songwriting is the fundamental key to all great music, nor is it a secret that Bob is one of the very greatest practitioners of that art,” Lucian Grainge, the chief executive of the Universal Music Group, said in a statement.


The deal is the latest and most high-profile in this year’s buzzing market for music catalogs, as artists both young and old have sold their songs, while publishers and investors have raised billions of dollars from both public and private sources to persuade writers to part with their creations.

Last week, Stevie Nicks sold a majority stake in her songwriting catalog for an estimated $80 million to Primary Wave Music, an independent publisher and marketing company. Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a British company that has made a rapid run in the market in just two and a half years, recently disclosed that it had spent about $670 million from March to September acquiring rights in more than 44,000 songs by Blondie, Rick James, Barry Manilow, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and others.


Dylan’s catalog, though, is a special gem, revered in a way that perhaps no other popular musician has achieved. His trove of songs have reshaped folk, rock and pop, and he maintains an almost mythic status as the bard of the current age. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”


Yet to a degree that still surprises and shocks his audience, Dylan has long been aggressive about marketing his music, including pursuing licensing deals to place his songs in television commercials.

In 1994, Dylan let the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand — predecessor of the current giant PricewaterhouseCoopers — use Richie Havens’s rendition of his 1964 protest anthem “The Times They Are A-Changin’” in a TV spot. Fans, media commentators and even other artists reacted in horror; Time magazine wrote about the controversy with the headline “Just in Case You Hadn’t Heard — The ’60s Are Over.”

The Coopers & Lybrand spot was far from Dylan’s last commercial license: He did a prominent deal for a Victoria’s Secret TV spot in 2004, and later worked with Apple, Cadillac, Pepsi and IBM. Two years ago, he launched a high-end whiskey brand, Heaven’s Door.


Since Universal now controls his work, Dylan will no longer have veto power over how his songs will be used. After the deal was announced early Monday, users on Twitter had a field day with corny puns suggesting how Dylan’s work could be exploited. “Pay Lady Pay,” one user quipped. “Tangled Up in Blue Cross/Blue Shield,” wrote another.

Still, Universal insisted it would be tasteful in its use of Dylan’s work.

Jody Gerson, the chief executive of Universal’s publishing division, said, “To represent the body of work of one of the greatest songwriters of all time — whose cultural importance can’t be overstated — is both a privilege and a responsibility.”

Dylan is the kind of writer whose work music publishers tend to salivate over. Not only has it stood the test of time, but most of his songs were written by Dylan alone and have been frequently covered by other artists — with each use generating royalties. According to Universal, Dylan’s songs have been recorded more than 6,000 times.

Music publishing is the side of the business that deals in the copyrights for songwriting and composition — the lyrics and melodies of songs, in their most fundamental form — which are distinct from those for a recording. Publishers and writers collect royalties and licensing fees any time their work is sold, streamed, broadcast on the radio or used in a movie or commercial. (The recent sale of Taylor Swift’s first six albums covered only that material’s recording rights. Swift signed a separate publishing deal with Universal in February.)

Streaming has helped lift the entire music market — publishers in the United States collected $3.7 billion in 2019, according to the National Music Publishers’ Association — which has drawn new investors attracted to the steady and growing income generated by music rights.

Dylan’s deal includes 100 percent of his rights for all the songs of his catalog, including both the income he receives as a songwriter and his control of each song’s copyright. In exchange for its payment to Dylan, Universal, a division of the French media conglomerate Vivendi, will collect all future income from the songs.

Dylan had no comment on the deal.

Music publishing has been a little-known cornerstone of much of Dylan’s career. The songs he recorded with the Band in 1967, for example, which were widely bootlegged at the time and later collected in Dylan’s 1975 album “The Basement Tapes,” were intended as demos to be shopped to other recording artists.

And much of Dylan’s business empire is operated through the Bob Dylan Music Company, a small office in New York that administers his publishing rights in the United States. (Elsewhere around the world, his catalog has been administered by Sony/ATV, which will continue to do so until the expiration of its contract in a few years.)

The deal includes more than 600 songs spread across a number of publishing companies that Dylan has had over the years. With the exception of his original Leeds Music deal — which included seven songs, among them “Song for Woody” and “Talkin’ New York” — Dylan eventually took full control of all his copyrights from those catalogs; Leeds was sold in 1964 to MCA, which became Universal.

The Universal deal also includes Dylan’s shares in a number of songs he has written with other songwriters, although of the more than 600 titles included in the deal, there is only one in which Dylan is not a writer, but still owns the copyright: Robbie Robertson’s “The Weight,” as recorded by the Band.

But the agreement does not include any of Dylan’s unreleased songs. It also doesn’t cover any work Dylan writes in the future, leaving open the possibility that he could choose to work with another publisher for that material.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/music/bob-dylan-universal-music.html

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on Dec 7th, 2020 at 6:59pm
Eighty years old take the money and enjoy it

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Dec 7th, 2020 at 8:31pm
Rolling Stone article about the same with video

What Bob Dylan Selling His Music Catalog Does and Doesn’t Mean
Universal Music Publishing Group is getting control of Dylan’s songwriter income — but it doesn’t take over recording rights or future songs

By SIMON VOZICK-LEVINSON

https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/bob-dylan-catalog-sale-takeaways-1099117/

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Edith Grove on Dec 24th, 2020 at 5:58pm
Gypsy Lou Webb, French Quarter bohemian who published Bukowski, inspired Dylan song, dies at 104

With husband, published magazine work of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti


By John Pope





https://youtu.be/xy339WNTRN4




https://www.nola.com/news/article_17017ab2-4560-11eb-9ec9-bb6a2c6684af.html




https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/d9/3d94ffa3-a781-562b-86fe-e77d29059574/5d153ae84a8d6.image.jpg?

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Dec 29th, 2020 at 8:14pm
58 years ago today... performing at The Troubadour in London during his first visit to Europe, December 29, 1962...


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on May 19th, 2021 at 4:48pm
This Monday Julia Palacios, a good friend who has invited me to more than 70 radio programs to talk about rock in general, is making a “Dylathon” a radio program (webradio too) about Dylan, to celebrate his 80th birthday!

When she invited me, I declined, I told her that after so many years reading and occasionally posting at “Expecting Rain”, I concluded that I ain’t an expert, and I’m not, she said thanks anyway… today she returned and told me “Gerardo… did you see the flier from the Radio Station? You’re in!!!” LOL well, I think that was a good answer “I ain’t an expert”, I hate those who say they are experts and can’t answer simple questions, so I’m in to talk about “Dylan’s influences” (Rolling Stones)

So you’re invited my friends, here is the program, you can listen at 90.9 FM Ciudad de México, or on the net at https://ibero909.fm/playlist-9091; as you know, this is a radio station at a University, it’s not a rock station, but universal… just in case you click the link to find out something completely different.




Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on May 20th, 2021 at 6:39pm
Another Dylathon for Dylan, this in Germany, so for the time difference you can have a 19 hour marathon

Cee this one here https://www.radioeins.de/musik/aktion/-bob-dylan-radioday-.html

https://www.radioeins.de/content/dam/rbb/rad/bilder0/202105/dylan_16_9.png.png/quality=205/size=460x259.png

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 24th, 2021 at 2:48pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuZEa2Sg5o8

Happy birthday Bobby    ;D ;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on May 24th, 2021 at 3:19pm
My favourite Dylan song – by Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Judy Collins and more

Bob Dylan is 80 today. But what’s his greatest song? Stars pick their favourite – and recall their own encounters, from Marianne Faithfull turning him down to Judy Collins whacking a policeman to get backstage







Full article :
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/24/favourite-dylan-song-mick-jagger-marianne-faithfull-tom-jones-judy-collins-and-more?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Stones related extracts below :


Mick Jagger :

Desolation Row (1965)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUvcWXTIjcU

I was playing Bob Dylan records at my parents’ house when he was still an acoustic folk singer, but he was already very important and his lyrics were on point. The delivery isn’t just the words, it’s the accentuation and the moods and twists he puts on them. His greatness lies in the body of work. I was at a session for Blood on the Tracks [1975] and really enjoyed watching him record Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts, with this incredible depth of storyline, surrounded by all these boring people from the record company who he had sitting in the control room. I couldn’t record like that.

Desolation Row’s lyrics are just so interesting and diverse. It isn’t a real street so you create your own fantasy. I imagine an unforgiving place, somewhere you don’t want to spend much time, peopled with strange characters. The opening line about the “postcards of the hanging” sets the tone, but then this awful event is juxtaposed with “the beauty parlour filled with sailors” and all these circus people. The lines “The agents and the superhuman crew / Come out and round up everyone that knows more than they do / Then they bring them to the factory where the heart-attack machine is strapped across their shoulders” are scary and apocalyptic, viciously delivered.

My reading is that that’s about governmental, military control, but then there’s the payoff: “When you asked me how I was doing, was that some kind of joke? Don’t send me no more letters unless you mail them from Desolation Row.” That sounds like a really personal thing. Musically, he prettifies it. I love the lovely half-Spanish guitar lines from the session guitarist, Charlie McCoy. It’s actually a really lovely song, which shouldn’t work with the imagery but does. You can listen to it all the time and still get something wonderful and new from it.


Marianne Faithfull
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (1966)
(sic, it's actually 1965 - Gazza)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4HW33SgZlM&feature=emb_imp_woyt

I first met Bob at the Savoy in 1965. There’s a clip of me and Joan Baez singing As Tears Go By in the hotel room while Bob is hammering away on a typewriter. Later when I turned him down, he told me that it had been a poem about me, but he’d torn it up. I was so upset, but we got over that and have been friends for 56 years. I really like him.

I think It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue is about those times in life where you just have to say, “OK, we tried, it didn’t work”, but it’s a much sleeker way of saying it. It’s very loving, but obviously it’s all over. I don’t really know why I love it so much, but I’ve been in many situations where I would have liked to have time stop and have a band playing and sing that song to people. I’ve recorded it twice. The second time, I’d had more experiences and really felt it. I love the way his songs change octaves. I’m suffering long Covid and my voice is cracked, but I’m trying to recover it by singing It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.



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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on May 25th, 2021 at 12:28pm

Happy birthday Bob!
The "True Confessions Tour", Madison Square Garde, NYC - July 17, 1986 ©  Gary Gershoff

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by mojoman on May 25th, 2021 at 3:27pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on May 25th, 2021 at 12:28pm:

Happy birthday Bob!
The "True Confessions Tour", Madison Square Garde, NYC - July 17, 1986 ©  Gary Gershoff


I went to two of the three nights of this run I think maybe it was all three. Remember woody being sloshed. Maybe the best Dylan I saw that summer outside of the songs he performed with the dead. Thirty five years! Where did the time go?

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Post by Gazza on May 25th, 2021 at 8:11pm
Woody played all three nights (15-17 July), sitting in for 8 of the last 9 songs each show (omitting 'In The Garden' each time for some reason)

http://www.bjorner.com/DSN07990%20-%201986%20US%20Summer%20Tour.htm#DSN08260

Very good set of shows that summer from Bob & The Heartbreakers with some very unusual song choices (especially the cover versions). There are some excellent soundboards and broadcast recordings from that tour.


Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Jun 5th, 2021 at 8:14pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on May 19th, 2021 at 4:48pm:
This Monday Julia Palacios, a good friend who has invited me to more than 70 radio programs to talk about rock in general, is making a “Dylathon” a radio program (webradio too) about Dylan, to celebrate his 80th birthday!

When she invited me, I declined, I told her that after so many years reading and occasionally posting at “Expecting Rain”, I concluded that I ain’t an expert, and I’m not, she said thanks anyway… today she returned and told me “Gerardo… did you see the flier from the Radio Station? You’re in!!!” LOL well, I think that was a good answer “I ain’t an expert”, I hate those who say they are experts and can’t answer simple questions, so I’m in to talk about “Dylan’s influences” (Rolling Stones)

So you’re invited my friends, here is the program, you can listen at 90.9 FM Ciudad de México, or on the net at https://ibero909.fm/playlist-9091; as you know, this is a radio station at a University, it’s not a rock station, but universal… just in case you click the link to find out something completely different.



Here the program http://www.rocksoff.org/headers2021/j1-dylanton2021.mp3 enjoy LOL

Thanks Gazza!!!!

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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Aug 19th, 2021 at 4:07pm
Bob Dylan Lawsuit: Dylanologists, Accuser’s Lawyer Spar Over 1965 Whereabouts
“It is almost impossible to find one week – let alone six – that spring when Dylan could have been staying at the Chelsea Hotel,” says one Dylan expert. “The claims were vetted…and we did our research,” counters the accuser’s attorney

By ANDY GREENE



https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-lawsuit-1214347/

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Post by Gazza on Aug 19th, 2021 at 4:12pm
Utter laughable garbage. One of the most exhaustively documented periods of his career - in print, in audio and on film and a claim that could be researched and dismissed as impossible in about five minutes by anyone, let alone someone who knows anything about Dylan's career who wouldnt even have to use the internet to check it out.


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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Sep 16th, 2021 at 7:48pm
One for the Mick Taylor fans out there. A newly restored video directed by the Mayles Brothers (of ‘Gimme Shelter’ fame) to promote the new Bob Dylan boxed set ‘Springtime in New York’, which is released tomorrow.

The youtube link below directs to the full video

https://youtu.be/di6wU11_4Wg

Check out never-before-seen footage of Bob Dylan’s recording session for “Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight” at the Power Station in New York.

Initially filmed by the Maysles Brothers in 1983, this newly restored video is being released in conjunction with ‘Springtime In New York’, the next installment in the Bootleg Series, out September 17. Also featured on the track are Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare and Alan Clark.

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Post by The Wick on Oct 6th, 2021 at 12:54pm
God, Mick Taylor is such an amazing player. People seem to ignore what an amazing slide player he was. His playing is so lyrical that it almost sounds like a backing vocal on this song. And the interplay with Mark Knopfler is just magic.

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Post by Rev 20 Redlights on Oct 8th, 2021 at 4:18am

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Sep 16th, 2021 at 7:48pm:
https://youtu.be/di6wU11_4Wg

Check out never-before-seen footage of Bob Dylan’s recording session for “Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight” at the Power Station in New York.

Initially filmed by the Maysles Brothers in 1983, this newly restored video is being released in conjunction with ‘Springtime In New York’, the next installment in the Bootleg Series, out September 17. Also featured on the track are Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare and Alan Clark.


More:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRrlFYg2QkI

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Oct 9th, 2021 at 12:52pm
Thanks Rev! I watched it the other day when you posted it, now I watched again, love it!

"Man thinks 'cause he rules the Earth, he can do with it as he please
And if things don't change soon, he will
Man has invented his doom"

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 3rd, 2021 at 2:13pm
Back on the road last night in Milwaukee with a completely new setlist, some new band members and a staggering EIGHT songs from his latest album :

Only 3 songs from the 60's and 3 from the 70's. And pretty much a warhorse-free set.

Riverside Theatre
November 2, 2021

1. Watching The River Flow
(Bob on piano, Donnie on Lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
2. Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on piano, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
3. I Contain Multitudes
(Bob center stage then on piano, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
4. False Prophet (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel)
5. Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on piano and harp, Donnie on pedal steel)
6. My Own Version Of You
(Bob on piano, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
7. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
(Bob center stage then on piano, Donnie on electric mandolin)
8. Black Rider
(Bob center stage then on piano, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
9. Melancholy Mood (Bob on piano, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
10. Mother Of Muses (Bob on piano, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
11. Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel)
12. Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
(Bob center stage then on piano, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
13. Early Roman Kings (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
14. Soon After Midnight (Bob on piano and harp, Donnie on pedal steel)
15. I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You
(Bob center stage then on piano, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
16. Goodbye Jimmy Reed (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
-- Band introduction

(encore)
17. Love Sick (Bob on piano, Donnie on pedal steel)
18. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
(Bob on piano, Donnie on pedal steel)

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Nov 3rd, 2021 at 3:00pm

Gazza wrote on Nov 3rd, 2021 at 2:13pm:
And pretty much a warhorse-free set


But the few warhorses played are some of my favourites, great setlist

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Nov 3rd, 2021 at 6:05pm
I wouldnt even call those 'warhorses'. Classics, yes, but they're not exactly songs that he's played year-in year-out. The obvious ones would be stuff like LARS, Blowin' In the Wind. Watchtower, Maggie's Farm.

Imagine going to a Stones show, for example, and the most well-known songs played are 'Beast of Burden' 'Live with me' and 'Worried about you'

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Nov 3rd, 2021 at 6:06pm

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Nov 20th, 2021 at 2:51pm
Deep Purple to release a new album of covers with “Watching the River Flow”

Tracklist:

1. “7 and 7 Is” (Love)
2. “Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” (Huey "Piano" Smith)
3. “Oh Well” (Fleetwood Mac)
4. “Jenny Take A Ride!” (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)
5. “Watching the River Flow” (Bob Dylan)
6. “Let the Good Times Roll” (Ray Charles & Quincy Jones)
7. “Dixie Chicken” (Little Feat)
8. “Shapes of Things” (Yardbirds)
9. “The Battle of New Orleans” (Lonnie Donegan/Johnny Horton)
10. “Lucifer” (Bob Seger System)
11. “White Room” (Cream)
12. “Caught in the Act” (Medley: "Going Down" /"Green Onions" / "Hot ‘Lanta" /"Dazed and Confused" / "Gimme Some Lovin’" )



A great video from the cover of Peter Green's "Oh Well" here and from this the image above about Bob Dylan

https://youtu.be/lTfNINPcjU8

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Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Nov 26th, 2021 at 9:41pm
Today it was released on physical formats and streaming platforms. Here "Watching the River Flow":

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Jan 28th, 2022 at 11:37am
I got 2 tickets for Dylan at the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. It sold out in 15 minutes. After many attempts of nothing available, 2 popped up, last row on the floor. It's a very small venue. March 23, looking forward to it!

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Post by lotsajizz on Jan 31st, 2022 at 2:00pm
I saw him the day after Thanksgiving.  Best I've seen him in a decade!

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Feb 15th, 2022 at 4:12pm
Two Lucys with their husbands, Lucinda with Joe Strummer, and Lucía with Voodoo (that's me LOL) Jones Street, NYC








Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 19th, 2022 at 7:29pm
If you recall, the Slaughtered Lamb pub (just to the right of your photo) is where you and I went for a couple of beers in September 2002. (it plays 'An American Werewolf in London' on a continuous loop)

Almost directly in front of your photo, on 161 W 4th Street is the apartment where Bob & Suze Rotolo lived at the time that classic photo was taken.

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Feb 20th, 2022 at 12:50pm
Too bad we couldn't find someone to take a picture of us walking the freewheelin' style  ;D ;D ;D

:scary

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Gazza on Feb 20th, 2022 at 1:21pm
You can fuck right off with that nonsense!  ;D

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Bitch on Feb 20th, 2022 at 7:49pm
cool pics voo!


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Post by Gazza on Mar 4th, 2022 at 9:16am
Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona Federal Theatre
March 3, 2022

First show of 2022. NINE songs from 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' including a debut for 'Crossing The Rubicon' with some new lyrics.

Only three of the songs come from his 60's albums - one each from Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline.

1. Watching The River Flow
2. Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)
3. I Contain Multitudes
4. False Prophet
5. When I Paint My Masterpiece
6. Black Rider
7. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
8. My Own Version of You
9. Crossing The Rubicon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2VksIgIzu4&t=3s

10. To Be Alone With You
11. Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
12. Gotta Serve Somebody
13. I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You
14. Melancholy Mood
15. Mother of Muses
16. Goodbye Jimmy Reed
-- Band introductions
17. Every Grain of Sand

Title: Re: Anything Dylan  on RO... Part 5d
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on May 23rd, 2022 at 5:53pm
Happy 81st birthday

https://rocksoff.org/headers2022/j2-happy81bdaybob.jpg
Lick to listen!
"Festival Leyendas de la Guitarra", La Cortuja, Sevilla - October 17, 1991 © Fin Costello

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