Re: dylan and taylor - warning taylor content
Date: April 13, 2005 03:39
OpenG Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> On one of those boots towards the end of the show
> taylor gets on the mike and
> speaks to the crowd and says now lets have a hand
> for Bob Dylan.
>
> When I first heard that I was shocked to hear him
> on the boot and to me that
> shows Taylor was confident and in control for that
> particular show and was not
> afraid to interact with the band and dylan.
Guys, there's a bible; you only need check it:
850600A June: BOB DYLAN.
LP 'Empire Burlesque' (CBS 86313). Producer: Bob Dylan. Sound engineer:
Josh Abbey. Recorded in New York City, The Hit Factory in April/May 1983
(song later reworked by Dylan without MT). Incl.
- Tight Connection To My Heart (Bob Dylan)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Bob Dylan (voc, keyb)/Ted Perlman (gtr)/Richard Scher
(synth)/Robbie Shakespeare (bass)/Sly Dunbar (dr)/Peggi Blu,
Carol Dennis and Queen Esther Marrow (bvoc)
Note: Reworked version of Someone’s Got A Hold Of My Heart. For more info,
see 830411A.
As Nico indicates (www.nzentgraf.de), the song was an outtake from the '83 Infidels session.
Same story with this one:
880530A 30th May: BOB DYLAN.
LP ‘Down In The Groove’ (CBS 460267 1). Producers: Bob Dylan (and Mark
Knopfler). Sound engineer: Stephen Shelton. Incl.
- Death Is Not The End (Bob Dylan)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Bob Dylan (gtr, voc, harm)/Clydie King (bvoc)/Alan Clarke (keyb)/ Robbie Shakespeare (bass)/Sly Dunbar (dr)/Full Force (bvoc)
Note: It’s not sure if MT plays on this take (recorded in Spring 1983, see
830411A), maybe it’s Mark Knopfler as the sleeve notes claim, but the
album was advertised to include Mick Taylor.
Some time after 1984, Taylor did open a show for Dylan, but my recollection is that they did not play together at that show. I'd be pleased to hear to the contrary.
Also, I don't think anyone suggests that Taylor was scared to interact, but, if you "see" the stage, then you see who is telling whom when to end a song, end a solo, start a song, etc. Taylor put together the band and probably did some amount of arrangements, but onstage Dylan's the director. That doesn't not mean that the actors are marionettes. . .