Seven Days: Nov 4 - 11, 2023 (Bonus Edition)

This Week in Bob Dylan

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Tour News

Bob’s on the road.

• In Boston shows, Bob Dylan Keeps the Focus Squarely on the Music (WGBH) [5]

  • "It was just an honor to be in the presence of a legend. It was not a concert for the whole flower child thing. He didn't do a lot of the old songs. Everything was from ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’"

• Bob Dylan and his Band – Rochester Auditorium (Talk From The Rock Room) [5]

  • "After the opening two songs of the concert, two new Rough and Rowdy Ways tracks stretched their legs. “I Contain Multitudes,” originally a drumless drift on the studio record was played as a mid-tempo ballad that recalls previous Dylan rearrangements like “Trying to Get to Heaven.” Dylan left room for the verses to breathe with a focus on the story. "

• Hear Bob Dylan Unveil Tender Merle Haggard Cover In Boston (Jambase) [3]

  • "“Footlights” is the latest cover debut from Dylan on the North American leg of his ongoing tour this fall. Unlike others, there doesn’t seem to be a c…