Seven Days: Aug 19 - 25, 2024

Aug 26, 2024

∙ Paid

This is Seven Days: The top Bob Dylan news, links and video of the week.

Dylan On Tour

Details, News, and Reviews from Bob Dylan Live In Concert

Outlaw Music Festival — resumes Sept 6th in Somerset WI

Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour — resumes Oct 4th in Prague

New Steel Guitar Player REVEALED (Daily Dylan) [5]
- Rumor: "Greg Leisz is going to be the new steel guitar player in Bob’s band!"
Dylan Cancels Appearance in New Hampshire due to 'unforeseen circumstances'
- The Outlaw Festival date will go on without Bob
Music Legends Perform Together for First Time (Times Standard) [3]
- "Bob called up Maria Muldaur and got my number, and then the next thing you know, there we are,” Elvin Bishop said."

Our favorite stories and links from the past week.

Bob Dylan Recorded Music for Ronald Reagan Biopic (NME) [5]
- "“I was honoured to have Bob join our film. “We gave him the freedom to do any song he wanted to do, whether an original or a cover, and he chose ‘Don’t Fence Me In.’"
Early Word on James Mangold's ‘A Complete Unknown' (World of Reel) [5]
- "I’ve now spoken to three people who saw James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” and the reactions so far are not that great."

‘A Complete Unknown' Reshoots Currently Underway (World of Reel) [5]
- "Reshoots have been called on the film and they will probably last for a few weeks. Timothee Chalamet and a “good chunk” of the cast are said to be back on the set in New Jersey for these reshoots."
What I Love about Dylan’s Least Favorite Song (The Boston Globe) [5]
- "It recounts in detail his painful breakup with Rotolo, his first serious girlfriend, whom he fell in love with when he was 20 and she 17."
New Dylan Photo (below) - From about 1953 (Dylan Age 12 or so)
- Shared by Louis Kemp on Facebook