Flagging Down the Double E's Dylan newsletter, Cover Me covers blog, 3 books (Pledging My Time, Cover Me, Leonard Cohen 33 1/3). rfpadgett AT gmail
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My book Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members is officially out today!!!
A short(ish) thread…
Put on Spirit on the Water in the car at pickup and my two year old goes “I scared of Bob Dylan.” Guess she’s not ready for Tempest.
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Happy anniversary to The Times They Are a-Changin', the truly cursed Bob Dylan Broadway musical that opened on this date in 2006 (and closed a couple weeks later). For "Like a Rolling Stone," they had the whole cast—wait for it—roll around on stones.
"Tryin' to Get to Heaven" new arrangement last night is crazy. He's basically singing it over the chords to "One More Cup of Coffee." 14:45 in:
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A postscript to my piece about Bob Dylan's only show in Córdoba—a detailed insider account that appeared in Argentinian newspapers of Dylan boxing at a local club in Buenos Aires.
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The fine music writer & pioneering Dylan fanzine editor John Bauldie died 30 [!!] years ago today. Together we watched, and felt embarrassed by, Dylan live on Live Aid in 1985. Two years later we co-edited the 1st collection of his fanzine in book form, All Across The Telegraph.
Night three brings the tour's first Bob Dylan guitar solo, the return of "Blind Willie McTell," and a dramatic (in a bad way) conclusion
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Superb piece by @rayfp on Rolling Thunder '76 in the latest issue of @MOJOmagazine.
The off-stage antics sound as wild as the live performances.
Somehow no one mentions the most OBVIOUS answer
Could a musician ever win the Nobel Prize again after Bob Dylan’s win ten years ago? And if so, who? Music critics and analysts have some ideas: ‘It’s Don Henley.’ vulture.com/article/will-ano…
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Could a musician ever win the Nobel Prize again after Bob Dylan’s win ten years ago? And if so, who? Music critics and analysts have some ideas: ‘It’s Don Henley.’ vulture.com/article/will-ano…
Two scene reports from night two of Bob Dylan's "Lights of Autumn" tour. More setlist surprises, plus photos, video clips, and a full tape.
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Love these near-solo piano performances. Glad they’re back.
Bob Dylan. Girl from the North Country. Tonight in Gothenburg. Lights of Autumn Tour
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Of course he immediately drops it the moment it finally got decent. No ERK tonight in Sweden.
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<Mutters under breath>
…damn this Early Roman Kings from Oslo is actually pretty good…
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Every time I hear a new cover of "Walls" I wonder, is this the greatest Tom Petty song ever?
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<Mutters under breath>
…damn this Early Roman Kings from Oslo is actually pretty good…
youtube.com/watch?v=cgtJ6yDA…
First of many Bob Dylan tour dispatches this fall! Tom Wilkins reports in on a very surprising opening night in Oslo. With recordings of "Tangled Up in Blue" (with two new verses) and Bob's first-ever cover of Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues"
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