Seven Days: Nov 26 - Dec 2, 2023 (Bonus Edition)

This Week in Bob Dylan

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Bob Dylan News

Stories from the Press

• David Mansfield Reflects on a Lifetime in Music (NJ Arts) [10]

  • "When I came back to work with him in ’78, I was 21, but I still looked like I was 13. He joked about it onstage. He would introduce me as young and I’d get younger and younger at each show and by the end (of the tour) he’d say, ‘This is David Mansfield on violin. He’s sweet 16 and never been kissed.”

• Van Morrison: Bob Dylan and I are Worlds Apart (Info Forney) [5]

  • ""Well, I'm just nothing like Bob Dylan, so I guess what I was trying to say was, like, I'm coming from the place that I'm a singer first. I'm a singer. Right? And I write songs."

• Lessons From Bob Dylan’s “Rough and Rowdy Ways” Tour (Inside Hook) [8]

  • "And yet, his onstage presence had a looseness and a comfort that never turned sloppy, keeping pace with his extremely tight and skillful five-piece backing band. He occasionally futzed with his mop of hair. During “I’ll Be Your Baby …