Bob Dylan. 40 years ago today, 02/04/1974 in St.... - Bob Dylan's Music. Watch Bob Dylan in ‘Eat the Document’ (with John Lennon, Johnny Cash and The Band) while you can. Watch Bob Dylan in ‘Eat the Document’ (with John Lennon, Johnny Cash and The Band) while you can Eat the Document was intended to be a TV documentary on Bob Dylan’s 1966 European tour, produced for ABC Stage 67, a prestigious showcase for musicals, documentaries, original teleplays and short films (everything from a rock musical scored by Burt Bacharach and Hal David to a doc on Masters and Johnson to “Skaterdater”), but the network rejected it for being “incomprehensible.” The film captures the madness of that tour and was shot by D. A. 40 Years Ago: Bob Dylan Releases 'Planet Waves'
“The crystal ball up on the wall / Hasn’t shown me nothing yet / I’ve paid the price of solitude / But at least I’m out of debt.”
The early ’70s were a bit of a bumpy time for Bob Dylan fans, with rock’s reigning poet laureate in the middle of an extended hiatus that kept him off the new-releases rack at record stores for the better part of three years. When he returned with his 14th studio LP, ‘Planet Waves,’ on Jan. 17, 1974, it served as his first proper solo album since 1970′s ‘New Morning,’ with only the soundtrack to 1973′s ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’ and the vault-purging hodgepodge ‘Dylan’ standing in between. Surprisingly, given Dylan’s reputation for rarely doing the same thing twice, he opted to record ‘Planet Waves’ with the Band, the combo he’d previously used for his 1965-66 tour, and who’d since gone on to become a hit recording act in their own right. For Robertson, it was as simple as picking up where they left off. Traveling Wilburys - Wilbury Twist [2007 Version] Listen to Bob Dylan’s Fave Cover of a Bob Dylan Song – ‘The one recording I treasure the most’
In the fall of 1969, some months after the release of Nashville Skyline, Rolling Stone publisher/Editor in Chief Jann Wenner interviewed Bob Dylan in a New York hotel room.
The interview ended like this: Jann Wenner: You’ve heard the Joan Baez album of all your songs… Bob Dylan: Yeah, I did… I generally like everything she does. Wenner: Are there any particular artists that you like to see do your songs? Like A Rolling Stone, 18 January 1992 (Video. Planet Waves, released 40 years ago today. “Planet Waves” marks Dylan’s return as a committed artist, the first time since “John Wesley Harding” that he has truly allowed an album-in-progress to be an open canvas for the expression of whatever he is seeing, thinking, and feeling as he works on it.
~Paul Williams (Bob Dylan: Performing Artist, Vol 2: The Middle Years 1974-1986)I particularly like the song ‘Something There Is About You’,….. It completes a circle for me, about certain things running through my pattern. ~Bob Dylan (John Rockwell Interview, Jan 1974)Something there is about you that strikes a match in me Is it the way your body moves or is it the way your hair blows free? Or is it because you remind me of something that used to be Somethin’ that crossed over from another century? Something There Is About You: The recording of “Going, Going, Gone” is definitely soaked in an atmosphere of acute desperation.
Mixed-Up Confusion (Single) released 14 December 1962. The single disappeared without a trace, becoming the man’s first serious collectible (it was so unsuccessful that “stock” copies are rarer than “promos”).
~Clinton Heylin (Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957-1973) The original single version has only been released on CD twice; on the 2 CD set: Carolyn Hester Introduces Bob Dylan & this November when a remastered version was included on Side Tracks, Disc One, as part of the CD box The Complete Album Collection. Listen: Apparently Copyright-Free Bob Dylan Recordings Show Up on ‘Have A Light’ Album. Earlier this year an apparently legit album of pre-1963 Dylan recordings called Have A Light showed up on Amazon in the U.S. and elsewhere.
The album, available only as mp3s, contains 24 excellent early Dylan recordings. The price? $7.99. So what’s the deal? I’m not sure. Most of the songs are folk and blues standards that weren’t written by Dylan, but a version of his “Song to Woody” is included as is “Talkin’ New York Blues.” Utrecht, The Netherlands 21 June 1996 (Videos) Watch: Bob Dylan’s First U.S. TV Appearance, May 1963 – ‘Man of Constant Sorrow,’ ‘Ballad of Hollis Brown’ & ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ BOB DYLAN - March 11, 1995 Shelter From... - Bob Dylan's Music. Bob Dylan - ISIS - 4 December 1975 - Bob Dylan's Music. ‘Well, pinch yourself’: Remembering life with Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue. Ronee Blakley had a whirlwind introduction to Bob Dylan, one that led to her recording with him and joining his legendary Rolling Thunder Revue almost overnight.
She says she had to work not to be in utter awe of it all. Blakley had, of course, released a well-received self-titled album in 1972, and played the Oscar-nominated part of Barbara Jean in the 1975 Robert Altman film Nashville prior to working with Dylan. She’d hung out with Joni Mitchell — a close friend who’d taken Blakley on a memorable sailing trip with Graham Nash and David Crosby. She’d learned, Blakley tells The Dissolve, to play it cool.
But then came Dylan. Blakley was all set for a tour with her own band, when his invite arrived to join the Rolling Thunder Revue, an all-star collective that played some 57 dates in 1975-76. After accepting, on that very same night, she says they recorded “Hurricane,” a rumination on the fate of boxer Rubin Carter which later found a home on 1976′s Desire. Something Else! Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower -... - Bob Dylan's Music. I Shall Be Released - The Last Waltz - Bob Dylan's Music. Forever Young, Paris, France, 1 February 1990 (video) Bob Dylan and The Band -Forever Young -... - Bob Dylan's Music. BobDylanLiveRare's sounds. Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue... - Bob Dylan's Music. Baby Let Me Follow You Down - The Last Waltz - Bob Dylan's Music. Forgetful heart Bob Dylan Albert Hall 27 Nov 2013.
Third (and final) recording session for “John Wesley Harding” (updated) JW: John Wesley Harding – why did you call the album that?
BD: We… I called it that because I had that song John Wesley Harding. It didn’t mean anything to me. I called it that, Jann, ‘cause I had the song John Wesley Harding, which started out to be a long ballad. I was gonna write a ballad on… Like maybe one of those old cowboy… You know, a real long ballad. But in the middle of the second verse, I got tired. This quiet masterpiece, which manages to sound both authoritative and tentative (a mix that gave it a highly contemporary feel), is neither a rock nor a folk album—and certainly isn’t folk-rock. 46 years ago Bob Dylan entered Columbia Studio A, Nashville Tennessee tempting his third (and final) recording session for “John Wesley Harding”.
Some background from wikipedia: Dylan went to work on John Wesley Harding in the fall of 1967. It is not clear when these songs were actually written, but none of them has turned up in the dozens of basement recordings that have since surfaced. Winterland, San Francisco, 25 November 1976 (Videos) Photos du journal - Johanna's Visions. Bob Dylan - Man Of Constant Sorrow. BOB DYLAN - GLASGOW 2013. November 25, 2013 – 5:03 am Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork.
BOB DYLAN Glasgow 2013 [no label, 2CD]Live at the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland; November 20, 2013. Very good audience recording. Thanks to Lesterferget who recorded the show and shared the tracks at Dime. Lesterferget noted: Whether or not you need another version of Bob’s now “standard” set I suppose depends on the severity of your particular illness where he’s concerned. I’ve seen Bob a few times now, and each tour’s been different. A real retro feel to the stage set. The show starts quite abruptly, without warning, with a strum of the guitar from behind the curtain. From start to finish I was struck by the quality on show. Blackpool, England, November 23, 2013 (Video & Audio) Bob Dylan. Readers' Poll: The Best Bob Dylan Albums of All Time Pictures.
Bob Dylan - Pretty Saro. Bob Dylan in 1969: His First Rolling Stone Interview. Bob. Bob Dylan recorded Forever Young in 1973 40 years ago. Bob Dylan recorded master versions of “Dirge” (probably) & “Forever Young” on November 14 – 1973Bob Dylan recorded master versions of “Mixed-Up Confusion”, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” & “Kingsport Town” on November 14 – 1962 “So, I don’t know. I think so. It’s all in the heart, whatever keeps you that way. Keeps you forever young. Forever young doesn’t necessarily mean that you don’t grow old, but you just have some contact with what put you where you are. From Wikipedia: …….Though there was enough material to fill an album, Dylan decided to hold one more session.
The second song recorded on the 14th was “Dirge” (or “Dirge For Martha” as it was marked on the tape box). From Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Village RecorderSanta Monica, California14 November 19736th and last Planet Waves session. Bob Dylan - Blowing in the Wind - Grand... - Bob Dylan's Music. Camera rehearsals for MTV Unplugged taping sessions, 15 & 16 Nov 1994 (Videos) New and Hot Video: Bob Dylan Debuts Shockingly Violent New Video. Song Premiere: Bob Dylan, 'Duquesne Whistle' : All Songs Considered Blog.