Happy 82 to my all-time
favorite singer-songwriter.
May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung May you stay forever young
During his UK tour in 1966 on 17 May, imperishable troubadour-legend BOB DYLAN played in Manchester at The Free Trade Hall. At one point during Like A Rolling Stone
a member of the audience shouted out Judas at Dylan because he didn’t like (and many
with him) that Dylan played half of the concert electric guitar, backed by Americana
rockers The Band.
He was branded a traitor for moving from acoustic folk to rock ‘n’ roll. Dylan replied with “I don‘t believe you” and “You’re a liar“, then turned
around and instructed The Band to ‘Play loud’.
In July 2021, a concert film named SHADOW KINGDOM
featuring BOB DYLAN was available for streaming for
a limited time.
The concert is a registration of a soundstage performance with Dylan
and a group of masked musicians performing 13 songs from the first
half of his career in an intimate club-like setting.
A press statement announced that Shadow Kingdom will be officially
released on June 2. The film will be available for download and rental,
and there will be a live album that includes the arrangements of the
songs that were featured on the setlist. Pre-order info here.
Back in 1987 living legend BOB DYLAN and his infamous rock buddies THE GREATFUL DEAD (1965–1995) toured together. It resulted in a live
album 2 years later named Dylan And The Dead (album cover on top).
Yesterday night the now 81-year folk/rock legend (who can’t stop touring)
played in Tokyo. He performed the Dead‘s top groovin’ 1970 rocker TRUCKIN’
from their American Beauty album.
In the past, Dylan already covered several of the GD’s
songs on stage. For Truckin‘ it was the first time.
Listen here (not top quality, but not bad either).
Content: Fragments follows the evolution of songs written for the album, from
intimate early incarnations in the previously unreleased 1996 Teatro sessions through incandescent live renditions from 1998-2001. Also included is a brand new mix of the original album.
Formats: 5CD or 10LP Deluxe Edition and a 2CD
or 4LP Highlights version.bootleg series. All details
right here.
Living legend BOB DYLAN revisits Time Out Of Mind, his
1997 album that, in the light of his upcoming Bootleg 17
archive release.
Also in the issue: saluting Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie; remembering John Lee Hooker; encountering Weyes Blood; mourning Sparklehorse and
much more.
The covermount CD is a special event, an all-Bob Dylan spectacular featuring
15 revelatory tracks selected from all 17 Bootleg Series albums so far. Stunning
versions of I Pity The Poor Immigrant, Moonshiner, Baby, Let Me Follow You Down,
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, and more!
You can purchase a copy and let it send to your home. Info HERE
Content: Fragments follows the evolution of songs written for the album, from
intimate early incarnations in the previously unreleased 1996 Teatro sessions through incandescent live renditions from 1998-2001. Also included is a brand-new mix of the original album.
Formats: 5CD or 10LP Deluxe Edition and a 2CD
or 4LP Highlights version.bootleg series.
Laidback country pop singer-songwriterKURT VILE was invited by Spotify to cover
a Xmas song exclusively for the giant stream platform’s new Christmas compilation playlist.
Vile: I thought it was nice of them to invite me, but I didn’t know if I could pull off a Christmas song! Then my mind jumped to when John Agnello showed me the Bob Dylan version of “Must Be Santa” while we were making the Smoke Ring For My Halo record. Bob Dylan has a wig on, and someone goes flying through a window. All this time, I thought it was Bob Dylan’s song. It’s really catchy, and he makes it his own, as he usually does. I figured if I can do Dylan’s “Must Be Santa,” if that’s not taken, it’s a sign. I gotta be the next chapter in this version of a Bob Dylan song. Then I realized it was actually a classic Christmas song, and was written however long ago, but I still wanted to do it justice the way Bob did. I wanted to be the guy who attempted to pull it off.”
“It feels like a perfect circle, really. I thought I’d do an acoustic version and have my daughters sing backup, but then it turned into more of a weird synth version with their vocals, which is really the hook. I figured Bob wouldn’t hear it, but I still wanted to do it justice, and once I got my daughters singing with me I hoped he would at least like it. Now I know… he loves it. Merry Christmas, Bob Dylan!
Yes, it is Santa, folks.
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That crazy Bob Dylan version (2009)
The original version.
Written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks.
First recorded/released by New York
artist Mitch Miller in 1960.
Seems like living song/wordsmith legend is everywhere in the press and over the Internet
these days as he’s in the middle of his ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS tour. British music monthly magazine UNCUT also has the 81-year-old troubadour on the cover of its new issue.
Uncut’s writers – and some close associates – relive their own legendary encounters with Bob from his past seven decades of challenging, constantly evolving live music. Take your seat alongside us at Sheffield City Hall in 1965, Madison Square Garden in 1974, the Spokane Opera House in 1980 and beyond, down 50 transformative years, in our definitive, eye-witness report on Dylan in concert.
Turn Up The Volume was in Brussels last Saturday where Dylan got a deserved, standing ovation. Impressions here.
Also articles about The Flaming Lips, Weyes Blood, Davy Graham, Misty
In Roots, Robyn Hitchcock, L7, Alan Parsons, The Beatles and more.
