Spektrum
Oslo, Norway
10 October 2013
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Long and wasted years:
Then, in October 1987, playing Locarno. Switzerland, “and Tom Petty’s band and the female singers he now says he used to hide behind, Dylan had his breakthrough. It was an outdoor show – he remembers the fog and the wind – and as he stepped to the mike, a line came into his head. “It’s almost like I heard it as a voice. It wasn’t like it was even me thinking it. I’m determined to stand, whether God will deliver me or not. And all of a sudden everything just exploded. It exploded every which way. And I noticed that all the people out there – I was used to them looking at the girl singers, they were good-looking girls, you know? And like I say, I had them up there so I wouldn’t feel so bad. But when that happened, nobody was looking at the girls anymore. They were looking at the main mike. After that is when I sort of knew: I’ve got to go out and play these songs. That’s just what I must do … He’s been at it ever since.
~From “Dylan Lives” Newsweek 1997 cover story (David Gates)
Continue reading October 5: Listen – Bob Dylan Locarno Switzerland 1987
A video chronicling Bob Dylan’s Far East tour in early 1986 with Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. Its ten songs combine ’60s favorites such as “Just Like A Woman” with striking later numbers like “When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky.” The band is sharp, and Dylan is in good form. (Broadcast on HBO June 20, 1986.)
~William Ruhlmann (allmusic.com)
Continue reading Watch: Bob Dylan With Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hard To Handle (Sydney 1986)
Another Great Portsmouth 2000 concert….
Band:
Continue reading September 25: Bob Dylan Guildhall Portsmouth, England 2000 (Videos)
I’ve found a different audience. I’m not good at reading how old people are, but my audience seems to be livelier than they were 10 years ago. They react immediately to what I do, and they don’t come with a lot of preconceived ideas about who they would like me to be, or who they think/ am.
– Bob Dylan (Murray Engleheart Interview for Guitar World)
| Never Ending Tour 1998 | |
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| Start date | January 13, 1998 |
| End date | November 7, 1998 |
| Legs | 7 |
| No. of shows | 56 in North America 6 in South America 33 in Europe 15 in Oceania – 110 in Total |
Another great N.E.T. year.
Please use the Comments section to post your personal favourites from 1998.
You took a part of me that I really miss
I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this
You told yourself a lie
That’s alright mama, I told myself one too
Continue reading Bob Dylan: 6 Brilliant live performances from the year 1998
