Seven Days: Sept 30 - Oct 06, 2024
This Week in Bob Dylan
This is Seven Days: The top Bob Dylan news, links and video of the week.
Dylan On Tour
Details, News, and Reviews of Bob Dylan Live In Concert
Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour
This Week: Prague I - II - III
Next Week: Erfurt GY, Berlin GY
News
Setlist: Dignity added to Prague I & II (Audio)
Tonight in Prague (Flagging Down) [8]
"Jim Keltner pushes the band on in the uptempo numbers, and especially on the ‘classic’ songs, but on all of the slower tracks he never quite seems to find the pocket, never quite seems to find the groove, and seems to go astray, to get lost in musical time..."
Fragments and Stolen Moments from Prague (Flagging Down) [5]
"The dramatic swing of the arm that Tony Garnier used to count the band in for Dignity, and then the committed, spirited and powerful vocal performance that Dylan gave throughout the song."
Best of The Week
Our favorite stories and links from the past week
Bob Dylan Barely Misses Out On Scoring Another No. 1 (Forbes) [5]
"The 1974 Live Recordings debuts on five different charts in the U.K. On one of them, Dylan barely misses out on running the show, as he nearly captured another No. 1 bestseller."
Dylan in Prison (Shadow Chasing) [8]
"Paradoxically, some of the best expressions of this creative freedom comes in the form of prison songs. For the present post, I want to examine three in depth: Brendan Behan’s “The Auld Triangle,” Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues,” and Dylan’s own “I Shall Be Released.”
Geoff Dyer on Bob Dylan: The 1974 Live Recordings (The Guardian) [8]
"Actually, nothing has changed since he evidently had trouble caring about anything – ’cept you – by 1974. Dylan became disillusioned, it seems, without experiencing illusions in the first place. "
What's Up with Bob Dylan's Beard? (Flagging Down) [5]
"I’d maybe go a year later than Isle of Wight, when he accepted his honorary degree at Princeton (the occasion that inspired “Day of the Locusts”). He’d let that Isle of Wight neckbeard grow out even longer."
Bob Dylan Is Now a Freewheelin’ Tweeter (Vulture) [3]
"Here’s some shock and awe for the digital age: Our favorite iconoclastic weirdo, whose interview frequency is so rare it lends itself to its own type of subterranean blues, is now tweeting random musings and stories from his official account for the first time."
New Podcasts This Week
The latest streaming Dylan shows. Most links to Apple Podcasts
The Dylantantes
Infinity Goes Up On Trial
Dylan Examined (Harold Lepidus)
Definitely Dylan
Sound Opinions
Greenwich Village (David Browne)
The Female Bob Dylan
Never Ending Stories
Dylan Live 8/21/03 (Teaser)
Rose Colored Headphones
Follow Your Dream
Train of Thought
The Dylan Hours
Upcoming Dylan-Related Events
Selection from our constantly updated Bob Dylan Events Calendar
New
Oct 13: (Streaming) Bob Dylan Book Club - POMS 2 NEW
Oct 27 (New York) Chalamet Look Alike Contest NEW
Previously Announced
Oct 8 (New York) Bob Marley and Bob Dylan
Oct 10 (Droghedra IR) Songs of Dylan, Young, Morrison
Oct 15 (Streaming) Meet The Bob Dylan Center Director
Oct 21 (Bath UK) The Voices of Bob Dylan
Oct 24 (Tulsa/Zoom) Ten Songs w/Bob Dylan Center
Nov 3 (Liverpool UK) Barb Jungr Sings Dylan & Cohen
Nov 7 (Dublin IR) Dylan's Greatest Rejected Tracks
Nov 17 (Tavistock UK) Tribute to Joni & Bob
Nov 12 (Belfast IR) Dylan's Greatest Rejected Tracks
Dec 25 (United States) A Complete Unknown Movie Opening
Jan 17 (UK/Europe) A Complete Unknown Movie Opening
Multi-Date Events
Oct 19 - Nov 16 (US Tour) The Last Waltz 2024 Tour
Chrome Horse - Tribute Shows - Regular Dates in US
Simply Dylan - Tribute Shows - Regular Dates in UK
Complete List of Worldwide: Bob Dylan Events Calendar
New Video
An Excellent copy of Eat The Document