Category Archives: Bob Dylan

October 24: Bob Dylan – The 5th recording session for “The Times They Are A-Changin’” in 1963

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Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who
That it’s namin’
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’.
~Bob Dylan (The Times They Are A-Changin’)

“Another thing about Times They Are A-Changin’ – I wanted to say in it that if you have something that you don’t want to lose, and people threaten you, you are not really free.”
~Bob Dylan (to Ray Coleman, May 1965)

51 years ago Dylan did his 5th recording session for “The Time They are A-Changin’” 

Some background info from Wikipedia:

The Times They Are a-Changin’ is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in January 1964 by Columbia Records.

Produced by Tom Wilson, it is the singer-songwriter’s first collection to feature only original compositions. The album consists mostly of stark, sparsely-arranged story songs concerning issues such as racism, poverty, and social change. The title track is one of Dylan’s most famous; many felt that it captured the spirit of social and political upheaval that characterized the 1960s.

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October 22: Bob Dylan Royal Albert Hall, London, England 2015 (videos)

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London, England
Royal Albert Hall
October 22, 2015

  • Bob Dylan – vocal, piano, harp
  • Tony Garnier – bass
  • George Recile – drums
  • Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar, maracas
  • Charlie Sexton on lead guitar
  • Donnie Herron – banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

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October 22: Bob Dylan Düsseldorf, Germany 2013 (Videos & full audio)

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Düsseldorf, Germany
Mitsubishi Electric Halle
October 22, 2013

  • Bob Dylan – piano, harp
  • Tony Garnier – bass
  • George Recile – drums
  • Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar
  • Charlie Sexton on lead guitar
  • Donnie Herron – banjo, violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

  1. Things Have Changed
  2. She Belongs To Me
  3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
  4. What Good Am I?
  5. Pay In Blood
  6. Waiting For You
  7. Duquesne Whistle
    only fragment….
  8. Tangled Up In Blue
  9. Love Sick

    (Intermission)
  10. High Water (For Charley Patton)
  11. Simple Twist Of Fate
  12. Early Roman Kings
  13. Forgetful Heart
  14. Spirit On The Water
  15. Scarlet Town
  16. Soon After Midnight
  17. Long And Wasted Years
    (encore)
  18. All Along The Watchtower
  19. Blowin’ In The Wind

Full audio from soundcloud:

 

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-Egil

Johnny Cash covers Bob Dylan

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Johnny Cash covers Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash became friends at the 1964 Newport Folk Fest where they both performed (they had corresponded some time before this and  they bumpen into each other in New York in 63 backstage at The Gaslight cafe) , Johnny Cash the seasoned country legend and Bob Dylan the new golden boy. They spent the evening picking in Joan Baez’s hotel room with June Carter Cash, Joan Baez, Jack Elliot and others. As the story goes, Johnny Cash took Dylan aside and handed him his Martin guitar as a gift, a  gesture of honor among country musicians.

Their paths crossed on several occasions, and they recorded and performed together many times.

Here are the songs I could find where Cash covers Dylan:

Johnny Cash – Blowin’ in the wind(Nov, 1970):

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October 21: Bob Dylan Desolation Row, Luxembourg 2011 (Video)

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They’re selling postcards of the hanging
They’re painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner
They’ve got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad they’re restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
From Desolation Row

Nice version with some fine keyboard playing by our man.

Rockhal
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

21 October 2011

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