Continue reading Bob Dylan @ Docklands Arena, London, England – May 12, 2002 (video)
Dylan, who is having genuine trouble tuning his guitar throughout the first half of the show, receives an unusual crowd response: hostility during the acoustic set. According to one report in Pop magazine, Dylan’s standard seven-song set laste’d 65 minutes. Clearly frustrated, Dylan tells the hecklers, “Go to the bowling-hall until I’m finishe’d'” When he returns with the Hawks for the second half, the curtains open to reveal a massive American flag draped across the back of the stage. The French press respond with predictable fury. The concert is recorded for French radio but it is not broadcast. According to one source, Dylan vetoed it at the last minute.
-Clinton Heylin (Bob Dylan: A Life in Stolen Moments Day by Day 1941-1995)
Continue reading Bob Dylan @ Olympia, Paris, France – May 1966
A lot of people don’t like the road, but it’s as natural to me as breathing. I do it because I’m driven to do it, and I either hate it or love it. I’m mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it’s the only place where I’m happy. It’s the only place you can be who you want to be.
~Bob Dylan (John Pareles Interview, Sept. 1997)I do a certain amount of concerts every year. But it’s not a constant never-ending tour. A part of me doesn’t wanna do it at all. Just want to quit right away. Playing is a job. My trade. Like you’re journalists. You are heading for the next news item, I’m heading for the next town.
~Bob Dylan (London press conference, 4 Oct 1997)
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Here some of the Bob Dylan videos we’ve posted on alldylan.com from 1996-1999:
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Continue reading Bob Dylan: Concerts & Videos from 1996 – 1999 @ alldylan.com
Continue reading Bob Dylan & Etta James @ Marriot Hotel, Providence – 1986
Here is a SoundCloud compilation with some great (officially unreleased) performances by Bob Dylan on his Rolling Thunder Revue part 2 in the spring of 1976.
Continue reading Bob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue – 1976 spring tour playlist