What a show tonight at The Ryman! Wow! This is my sixth time to see him throughout the last 25 years, and this was the best.

Saw Jack White near me in the balcony. Waved at him. He looked at me for a second, as if to see if he knew me, then waved. No one seemed to bother him or maybe even notice him, even with his blue hair. He seemed to be enjoying the show as much as I was.

Loved the no cell phone policy, too. They weren’t playing around.

World Exclusive: The Early Poems That Set Bob Dylan On the Road to a Nobel Prize In Literature

By Anne Margaret Daniel

Hot Press has been given first access to the text of a collection of Poems Without Titles, written by songwriting genius Bob Dylan at the age of 18, shortly after he left high school. Irish fans of the man from Minnesota will be glad to know that Ireland’s greatest novelist James Joyce gets a namecheck in a collection where Beat Poetry meets Classical Epigram..

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West Coast tour beginning in late May has just been announced: [www.bobdylan.com]

One Fan’s Search for Seeds of Greatness in Bob Dylan’s Hometown

The iconic songwriter has transcended time and place for 60 years. What should that mean for the rest of us?

By T.M. Shine
April 18, 2022


Illustration by Zé Otavio

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West Coast tour beginning in late May has just been announced: [www.bobdylan.com]

Yes, including three dates at the beautiful and historical Pantages Theater in Hollywood...saw him there a couple of times back around 2005 and it was excellent.
And it's been 20 years since he performed at the then newly renovated Wiltern Theater in L.A. in 2002 - was fortunate to see three shows in three consecutive nights - back to back to back Dylan.
Will probably settle for just one of the three upcoming new shows this time around, but no doubt it will be memorable experience as always.

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One Fan’s Search for Seeds of Greatness in Bob Dylan’s Hometown

This was a great read. Thanks for posting.

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West Coast tour beginning in late May has just been announced: [www.bobdylan.com]

I just can't, I just won't. Big fan, love his songwriting but his voice is just too much for me. That said, hope other tapers do the work.

damn Auto-Tune ....



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I scored good seats for the second Seattle show. Spendy though. Right at my limit. Luckily my tax refund just came, haha.

I bought front row balcony center for the last show on the tour in San Diego on a Saturday night. Tickets fairly priced in a small venue of around 3,000 seats. Never really know what you are going to get at a Bob Dylan concert these days but usually go see him when he is in town going back to the early 80's. At times he just doesn't seem to be into the show.

I do really like the latest album Rough and Rowdy Ways. Should be interesting.

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I bought front row balcony center for the last show on the tour in San Diego on a Saturday night. Tickets fairly priced in a small venue of around 3,000 seats. Never really know what you are going to get at a Bob Dylan concert these days but usually go see him when he is in town going back to the early 80's. At times he just doesn't seem to be into the show.

I do really like the latest album Rough and Rowdy Ways. Should be interesting.

If it's anything like the Nashville show, you'll be in awe.

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West Coast tour beginning in late May has just been announced: [www.bobdylan.com]

Yes, including three dates at the beautiful and historical Pantages Theater in Hollywood...saw him there a couple of times back around 2005 and it was excellent.
And it's been 20 years since he performed at the then newly renovated Wiltern Theater in L.A. in 2002 - was fortunate to see three shows in three consecutive nights - back to back to back Dylan.
Will probably settle for just one of the three upcoming new shows this time around, but no doubt it will be memorable experience as always.

1 should be good. He hasn't been changing the set lists much, if any. That being said, most of the set is "new" as he's playing almost all of the last record.

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West Coast tour beginning in late May has just been announced: [www.bobdylan.com]

Yes, including three dates at the beautiful and historical Pantages Theater in Hollywood...saw him there a couple of times back around 2005 and it was excellent.
And it's been 20 years since he performed at the then newly renovated Wiltern Theater in L.A. in 2002 - was fortunate to see three shows in three consecutive nights - back to back to back Dylan.
Will probably settle for just one of the three upcoming new shows this time around, but no doubt it will be memorable experience as always.

1 should be good. He hasn't been changing the set lists much, if any. That being said, most of the set is "new" as he's playing almost all of the last record.

9 out of 10 to be precise

Yep, just leaving out the 17 minute Murder Most Foul. He finally added Crossing the Rubicon to this leg. Glad he did. It's good.

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Yep, just leaving out the 17 minute Murder Most Foul. He finally added Crossing the Rubicon to this leg. Glad he did. It's good.

I can't wait! I'm seeing him June 2 & got some very nice seats.

Went and saw him last time he was in PERTH Western Australia in 2014. 2500 seater Riverside Theatre. Nervous, as the tour before that he was DREADFUL. My wife is not a fan. “can’t sing”.

2014 - he was incandescent. Just glorious. No guitar playing for Bob. Just either standing and singing or sitting at the piano, singing.

I can’t wait till he comes back. I’m happy to play the Bob lottery.

Rod

Dylan has just announced on fb that Dylan has something to announce on May 6th…
[www.facebook.com]
wild speculation has already started on expecting rain => [expectingrain.com]

beside that they is #dylan60 – are they mocking the Stones' upcoming tour?

[www.youtube.com]

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Dylan has just announced on fb that Dylan has something to announce on May 6th…
[www.facebook.com]
wild speculation has already started on expecting rain => [expectingrain.com]

beside that they is #dylan60 – are they mocking the Stones' upcoming tour?

No. It's now 60 years since Dylan released his first record.

From Reelin' in the Years comes this unseen video of Dylan at the Isle of Wight in 1969

[vimeo.com]

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81 years old today....


Happy Birthday to Bob Dylan.

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Bob Dylan’s First New Studio Recording of “Blowin’ In The Wind” Since 1962 - Produced by T Bone Burnett Utilising Groundbreaking Patented Technology to Create a One-of-One Ionic Original Disc L.A./N.Y./LONDON on 7 July 2022

[bostonharoldpodcast.blogspot.com]

Two really good clips on the "Expecting Rain" website today that I thought were worth sharing:

"Summer Days" performance that is just ON FIRE!!

[www.youtube.com]


1963 TV performance of The Ballad of Hollis Brown

[www.youtube.com]



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Seeing Bob Thursday. Can't wait!

Bob finished last night's concert in Oakland with Friend of the Devil: [www.boblinks.com]

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Bob finished last night's concert in Oakland with Friend of the Devil: [www.boblinks.com]

Friend of theh Devil replaced Every Grain of Sand…

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Bob Dylan will be publishing a new book called 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' to be published on Nov 8th, 2022.
see: [www.amazon.com]

Back cover:

[www.amazon.com]

"Portrait of Herbie Hill, Lou Blum, and Jack Crystal, Commodore Record Shop, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947"

[www.loc.gov]

I'd like to go, but concerts are getting out of my price range. It's $120 for the cheap seats at the Pantages in Hollywood. It's only $44 to see Steve Martin and Martin Short at the Hollywood Bowl.