Bob Dylan and Jack White – Happy Birthday Jack White

He’s [Bob Dylan] very good at making sure you don’t know him
-> Jack White (Mikael Wood interview – 2012

Wikipedia:
John Anthony White (born July 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the duo the White Stripes, but has also had success in other bands and as a solo artist. White has enjoyed consistent critical and popular success and is widely credited as one of the key artists in the garage rock revival of the 2000s. He has won 12 Grammy Awards, and all three of his solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts. Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its 2010 list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. David Fricke’s 2011 list ranked him at number 17.

Playing together

Ball And Biscuit (Jack White & Meg White)

State Theater, Detroit, Michigan – March 17, 2004

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I married Isis on the fifth day of May – Bob Dylan – Isis

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But I could not hold on to her very long
So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away
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Bob Dylan: 5 Brilliant live performances from the year 1975

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In 1975 Dylan played:

  • March 23 – Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco – S.N.A.C.K. Benefit
    (With Neil Young)
  • July 3 – Other End, New York City (only 3 songs)
  • September 10 – WTTW-TV Studios, Chicago – The World Of John Hammond (TV) (3 songs)
  • October 24 – Gerde’s Folk City, New York City – Mike Porco’s Birthday Party (1 song)

The real tour – Rolling Thunder Revue  (part 1) – startet on October 30 at the War Memorial Auditorium in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The dramatic finale of the tour took place on December 8 in Madison Square Garden, where, to an audience of 14,000, Dylan performed a benefit concert for imprisoned boxer and Dylan’s latest cause, Rubin Carter. The concert was titled “The Night of The Hurricane,” in reference to Dylan’s song, “Hurricane”, which was released in November 1975. Among those appearing on stage were Muhammad Ali and Coretta Scott King, wife of slain civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr..

25 concert in the autumn of 1975.

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1976: 20 Songs you Must hear from 1976


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The Year 1976 summary

  • Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot becomes prime minister (and virtual dictator) of Cambodia after Prince Sihanouk steps down (April 2).
  • Israeli airborne commandos attack Uganda’s Entebbe Airport and free 103 hostages held by pro-Palestinian hijackers of Air France plane; one Israeli and several Ugandan soldiers killed in raid (July 4).
  • 19-month civil war ends in Lebanon after threatening to escalate to global level (Nov.).
  • US: US Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority (March 24).
  • US: US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment (July 3).
  • US: Jimmy Carter elected US President (Nov. 2).
  • Movies: Rocky, Taxi Driver, Network, All the President’s Men
  • Deaths: Agatha Christie, Andre Malraux

My rules:

  • Only one song per artist/group
  • The song must be released that specific year
  • Songs from live albums not allowed
  • Restricted to only 20 songs

As usual.. a lot of wonderful music was released in 1976, again hard to pick only 20.