Continue reading Bob Dylan @ Century Hall, Nagoya, Japan – April 15, 2016 (full concert audio)
I don’t know how I come to songs, y’know, but doing what I’m doing, I’m doing, er… I mean, it’s not up to me, y’know, I don’t really go into myself that deep… I just go ahead and do it, yeah, I was sort of trying to find a place to pound my nails, y’know.
~Bob Dylan (to Studs Terkel, 26 April 1963)
WFMT-Radio Studio
Chicago, Illinois
26 April 1963
Studs Terkel Wax Museum
…and talking to Studs Terkel between the songs.
Continue reading April 26: Bob Dylan WFMT-Radio, Chicago 1963
Continue reading April 25: Bob Dylan Durham, NC, 2015 (videos)
I’ve always loved to travel and play my songs, meet new people and see different places. I love to roll into town in the early morning and walk the deserted streets before anybody gets up. Love to see the sun come up over the highway. Then, of course, there’s playing on the stage in front of live people, feeling hearts and minds moving. Everybody don’t get to do that. Touring to me has never been any kind of hardship. It’s a privilege.
~Bob Dylan (to Edna Gundersen, July 1988)
Creating a post called “10 best concert bootlegs” didn’t work out, so I had to adjust. I chose 12 Essential Concert Bootlegs 🙂
My rules:
So this is actually more like “12 essential Bob Dylan concerts from 12 different tours”.
I know I know… where are 78/88/91/94/98/…. tough choices these, but only 12 allowed.
Next up – picking only one from each year… argh.. the agony of choice again.