Month: October 2020

October 31: Watch Bob Dylan’s concert in Chicago, Illinois 1999

Posted on by Egil Mosbron

1999 was a great year for Bob Dylan’s “Never Ending Tour”.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]For all the splendours of earlier in the year [1999], this last leg was the most consistently triumphant. By the time Dylan brought the year’s touring to an end, with an extended set on November the 20th, he had played 121 shows – the most in a single year of his entire career. It had been a very good year, the best since 1995.
~Andrew Muir (One More Night: Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour)[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

A lot of concerts from this tour are in circulation (both video & audio) and this concert is (again) a great example from that last leg.

University Of Illinois Conference Center Pavilion
Chicago, Illinois
31 October 1999

Continue reading “October 31: Watch Bob Dylan’s concert in Chicago, Illinois 1999” →

October 31: Bob Dylan – 5 beautiful versions of “Restless Farewell” and some cover versions

Posted on by Egil Mosbron

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Oh, ev’ry girl that ever I’ve touched
I did not do it harmfully
And ev’ry girl that ever I’ve hurt
I did not do it knowin’ly
But to remain as friends
You need the time to make amends[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

“Restless Farewell” was recorded on October 31, 1963 in Columbia Recording Studios, New York City and released on his third studio album The Times They Are a-Changin’ in 1964. It is based on the Scottish folk song “The Parting Glass“.

Continue reading “October 31: Bob Dylan – 5 beautiful versions of “Restless Farewell” and some cover versions” →

Classic documentary: Blues Story by Jay Levey

Posted on by Hallgeir Olsen

BLUES STORY: A Documentary (2003)
Directed by Jay Levey

The blues was born at the turn of the century in the Mississippi Delta and other regions of the South. It would become the cornerstone of all popular American music. This is its story as told by the artists who lived it.

Produced and directed by Jay Levey, executive produced by Levey and Richard Foos (the man who founded Rhino Records as well as Shout!), with Edward Marritz directing photography and Mark Mandler serving as the sound engineer, the film also counts Jim O’Neal (the founder of Living Blues magazine and owner of Rooster Blues) as executive consultant and associate producer. What a great production crew.

Hubert Sumlin, guitarist with Howlin’ Wolf for many years, tells a story about his mother telling him that if he wanted to do church music, he should do church music. If he wanted to go the other way, he should. His smiles and says, “Yes, ma’am, I’m going the other way.” Continue reading “Classic documentary: Blues Story by Jay Levey” →

Peter Case – Long Time Gone – The Best Dylan Covers

Posted on by Hallgeir Olsen

Peter Case – Long Time Gone – The Best Dylan Covers

Long Time Gone is a song by Bob Dylan, first officially released at the Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964, an album of demo recordings Bob Dylan made for his first two publishing companies, Leeds Music and M. Witmark & Sons, from 1962 to 1964. According to Bobdylan.com he played the song twice, once in 1962 and once in 1963.

Continue reading “Peter Case – Long Time Gone – The Best Dylan Covers” →

October 30: Bob Dylan performing a great “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”, Milwaukee Wisconsin 1999

Posted on by Egil Mosbron

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child’s balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Milwaukee Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
30 October 1999

  • Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
  • Charlie Sexton (guitar)
  • Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
  • Tony Garnier (bass)
  • David Kemper (drums & percussion)

Continue reading “October 30: Bob Dylan performing a great “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”, Milwaukee Wisconsin 1999″ →

Bob Dylan & Joan Baez Never Let Me Go (Johnny Ace) live at Madison Square Garden 1975

Posted on by Hallgeir Olsen

Classic song: Bob Dylan & Joan Baez Never Let Me Go (Johnny Ace)

 

Just let me love you tonight.
Forget about tomorrow.
My darling, won’t you hold me tight,
And never let me go.

Dry your eyes, no tears, no sorrow.
Cling to me with all your might,
And never let me go.

The music of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s when music was at that root level—that for me is meaningful music. The singers and musicians I grew up with transcend nostalgia—Buddy Holly and Johnny Ace are just as valid to me today as then.
~Bob Dylan (to Maureen Orth, Jan 1974)

Continue reading “Bob Dylan & Joan Baez Never Let Me Go (Johnny Ace) live at Madison Square Garden 1975” →