“I remember Joe Strummer said that when he first heard my records, I’d already been there and gone. And in a way that’s kind of true. 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.”
~Bob Dylan (to Cameron Crowe Interview – August-September 1985)

Historic event

September 1 – 1969
On September 1st 1969, after The Isle of Wight Festival, Dylan arrived by helicopter at Tittenhurst Park to meet John and Yoko, he refused to participate in a recording session at Ascot Sound Studios, although he did unwind and relax with John and Yoko at Tittenhurst before flying back to the States.
~John Lennon Bible

September 1 – 1975
Dylan attends the marriage of his cousin, Linda Goldfine, at the Temple Israel Camp in Minneapolis, performing at the reception with a handful of local musicians, singing “Forever Young” and Kenny Loggins’s “A Love Song.”
~Clinton Heylin (Bob Dylan: A Life in Stolen Moments Day by Day 1941-1995)

(probably) September 1 – 2002
Hangin’ out with Hunter S. Thompson in Aspen, Colorado.

Check out: Hunter Thompson is still all-Gonzo

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Studio work

Continue reading Bob Dylan – On This Day – September 01 →

“I know in my own mind what I’m doing. If anyone has imagination, he’ll know what I’m doing. If they can’t understand my songs they’re missing something. If they can’t understand green clocks, wet chairs, purple lamps or hostile statues, they’re missings something, too.”
~Bob Dylan (to Robert Shelton – August 1965)

Albums

Dylan’s sixth album and his first fully fledged eagle-flight into rock. Revolutionary and stunning, not just for its energy, freshness and panache but in its vision: fusing radical electric music—electric music as the embodiment of our whole out-of-control, nervouenergy-fuelled, chaotic civilization—with lyrics that were light-years ahead of anyone else’s, Dylan here unites the force of blues-based rock’n’roll with the power of poetry.
~Michael Gray (Bob Dylan Encyclopedia)

“Highway 61 Revisited” (1965)

From Wikipedia:

Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released in August 1965 by Columbia Records. On his previous album, Bringing It All Back Home, Dylan devoted Side One of the album to songs accompanied by an electric rock band, and Side Two to solo acoustic numbers. For Highway 61 Revisited, Dylan used rock backing on every track, except for the closing 11-minute acoustic song, “Desolation Row”. Critics have written that Dylan’s ability to combine driving, complex, blues-based rock music with the power of poetry made Highway 61 Revisited one of the most influential albums ever recorded.

Check out our post: August 30 – Bob Dylan released “Highway 61 Revisited” in 1965, 50 years ago

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Concerts

• 1992 – The Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• 1998 – Townsville Breakwater Entertainment Centre, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• 2002 – Outdoor Amphitheater, Deer Valley, Snow Park Lodge, Park City, UT, USA
• 2006 – Frontier Field, Rochester, NY, USA
• 2008 – Snowmass Town Park Main Festival Stage, Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA
• 2012 – Wicomico Youth And Civic Center, Salisbury, Maryland

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