Category Archives: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Concerts, Bob Dylan video

Bob Dylan: Newcastle, England July 5, 1984

2 Comments

bob dylan newcastle 1984

Playing his first show in Newcastle in 18 years, and to an English-speaking audience for rhe first time on this tour, Dylan clearly enjoys the experience. One highlight is a lengthy “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” Dylan’s harmonica dueling with Santana’s guitar. The next day the Newcastle Evening Chronicle proclaims that, “Dylan the magician had breathed the kiss of life all over his work.” The concert is recorded officially, and “License to Kill” and “Tombstone Blues” both feature on Real Live.
~Clinton Heylin (Bob Dylan: A Life in Stolen Moments Day by Day 1941-1995)

St. James’ Park
Newcastle, England
5 July 1984

  • Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
  • Mick Taylor (guitar)
  • Ian McLagan (keyboards)
  • Greg Sutton (bass), Colin Allen (drums)

Continue reading Bob Dylan: Newcastle, England July 5, 1984 →

Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Concerts, Bob Dylan video

Bob Dylan: Video with 4 songs from 1981 Europe tour

8 Comments


bob-dylan-europe-1981_Snapseed

Bob Dylan: Video with 4 songs from 1981 Europe tour

Well, performers feel that.., they don’t feel they’re adversaries, but they do feel that…
they feel a lot of times that their points are not taken the right way or they feel imposed
upon to answer questions that have really little to do with why they fill halls or sell
records.
~Bob Dylan (to Dave Herman, July 1981)

The 1981 Europe summer tour was nothing but fantastic. Here are a video with 4 songs.
I don’t know what venue the 4th song, Mr. Tambourine Man, is from, anyone ?

Songs:

  1. In The Summertime – Loreley, Germany July 17 1981
  2. We Just Disagree – Mannheim, Germany, July 18 1981
  3. Watered-Down Love – Avignon 25 july 1981
  4. Mr. Tambourine Man – ??

–

  • Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
  • Fred Tackett (guitar)
  • Steve Ripley (guitar)
  • Willie Smith (keyboards)
  • Tim Drummond (bass)
  • Jim Keltner (drums)
  • Carolyn Dennis, Regina Havis, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals)

 

 

Check out:

-Egil & Hallgeir

Bob Dylan, Cover versions, Jimi Hendrix

Jan 21: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded All Along The Watchtower in 1968


thejimihendrixexperience-allalongthewatchtower

Jan 21: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded All Along The Watchtower in 1968

“It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn’t think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day.”
– Bob Dylan (1995)

“I liked Jimi Hendrix’s record of this and ever since he died I’ve been doing it that way… Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it’s a tribute to him in some kind of way.”
– Bob Dylan (booklet Biograph)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience began to record their cover version of Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” on January 21, 1968, at Olympic Studios in London. According to engineer Andy Johns, Jimi Hendrix had been given a tape of Dylan’s recording by publicist Michael Goldstein, who worked for Dylan’s manager Albert Grossman.

“(Hendrix) came in with these Dylan tapes and we all heard them for the first time in the studio”
– Andy Johns

For me it is the only cover version of a Bob Dylan song that is arguably as good or better than Dylan’s own version.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower (audio):

Continue reading Jan 21: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded All Along The Watchtower in 1968 →

Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, List

20 Great songs with “Memphis” in their lyrics

1 Comment

Redirecting to a newer version of this post….

I’m goin’ to Memphis where the beat is tough
Memphis, I can’t get enough
It makes you tremble and it makes you weak
Gets in your blood, that Memphis Beat
~Jerry Lee Lewis – Memphis Beat

There many great songs with “Memphis” in their lyrics. Just check out this list on Memphis Rock n Soul Museum website: Over 1000 songs

I’ve picked 20 I really like:

1. Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again

jerry lee lewis memphis beat

Continue reading 20 Great songs with “Memphis” in their lyrics →

Bob Dylan, Bob Dylans's best songs

Bob Dylan’s best songs: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

6 Comments

bob dylan

 

You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out the saints are comin’ through
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue

—

CM: It’s not the same Blue as in It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue?
BD: No, no. That’s a different Blue. That’s a character right off the haywagon. That Baby
Blue is from right upstairs at the barbers shop, y’know, off the street… a different Baby
Blue, I haven’t run into her in a long time, long time.
CM: You’re being serious?
BD: Yeah, I’ve never looked at Joan Baez as being Baby Blue.
~Craig McGregor Interview (March 1978)

I had carried that song around in my head for a long time and I remember that when I was writing it, I’d remembered a Gene Vincent song. It had always been one of my favorites, Baby Blue… ‘ It was one of the songs I used to sing back in high school. Of course, I was singing about a different Baby Blue.”
~Bob Dylan (Biograph)

Continue reading Bob Dylan’s best songs: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue →