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July 17 – 23: This Week in Dylan

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[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1654295754149{margin-top: -40px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”July 17 – 23″ font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:38|text_align:left|color:%23aaaaaa” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1658625934495{margin-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”This Week in Dylan” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:38|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1654295829873{margin-top: 5px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1654297276736{margin-top: -20px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/6″][vc_custom_heading text=”DYLAN ON TOUR” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:26|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”“Is it arrogant for an artist to play cuts from their latest release and skip the greatest hits in their concert setlists? Perhaps, but let’s be real, you can (and do) hear their greatest hits every day on the radio or your music stream and it sounds just like it did when it was first released.“ – Summit Daily” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|line_height:1.4″ google_fonts=”font_family:Muli%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic|font_style:300%20light%20italic%3A300%3Aitalic” css=”.vc_custom_1658626070144{margin-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658673103056{margin-top: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]

[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”LINKS OF THE WEEK” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:26|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Dylan-Related News” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”“The elegance of the performance highlights an element of the sing song that always galls me: the “some people” reference, which is musically clumsy (it’s a verbal pothole), politically vague, and linguistically so weak as to to be self-cancelling. He should just say “people.” – Greil Marcus (on Blowin’ In the Wind 2022)” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|line_height:1.4″ google_fonts=”font_family:Muli%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic|font_style:300%20light%20italic%3A300%3Aitalic” css=”.vc_custom_1658673497294{margin-top: -10px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658673391854{margin-top: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]

[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Writing About Dylan” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”“Bob Dylan forever lives in the cinematic antirealism of the unreal conditional, i.e. “If we were different people, we could…” Before even beginning he’d given himself a different childhood.“ – Michael Sauve” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|line_height:1.4″ google_fonts=”font_family:Muli%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic|font_style:300%20light%20italic%3A300%3Aitalic” css=”.vc_custom_1658673236382{margin-top: -10px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658673574051{margin-top: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]

[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Dylan Book Reviews” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”“There is a plethora of quotes about what a liar and a shit Dylan undoubtedly was at times, but not so much about the music, not so much about the fact that during this period he was writing the expansive, visionary songs that shaped another reality.” – The New Statesman (on Clinton Heylin’s – The Double Life of Bob Dylan)” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|line_height:1.4″ google_fonts=”font_family:Muli%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic|font_style:300%20light%20italic%3A300%3Aitalic” css=”.vc_custom_1658673742099{margin-top: -10px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658633639147{margin-top: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]

[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”On His Head” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Over the years Baron has made and refurbished numerous hats for legendary singer-songwriter, Bob Dylan. However, before he stepped into our store our shop received many requests to replicate the iconic hat he wore during the Rolling Thunder Revue (1975-1976). The tour featured a caravan of musicians, poets, and artists and to this day, the tour is synonymous with the image of Dylan wearing white face make up and the flower adorned hat. Baron is proud to present this homage to Bob Dylan and his Rolling Thunder Revue. For interest in an “Aged“ version please email us.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|line_height:1.4″ google_fonts=”font_family:Muli%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic|font_style:300%20light%20italic%3A300%3Aitalic” css=”.vc_custom_1658632748992{margin-top: -10px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”16105″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658632800036{margin-top: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]

[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”IMAGE OF THE WEEK” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:26|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1658634706577{margin-top: 20px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]This week, this amazing Subterranean Homesick Blues manuscript was up for auction at Sotheby’s – full of alternate lyrics and extra Dylan writing. It had an estimate of $600,000 to $800,000, but the top bid was $400,000 so it was not sold. Much more at Sotheby’s.[/vc_column_text][interactive_banner banner_title=”Subterranean Homesick Blues Manuscript” banner_desc=”Autograph manuscript lyrics, two pages on two leaves of ruled notepaper (226 x 150 mm), comprising 73 lines in four numbered stanzas, written in pencil, being an early working draft of “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” titled at the head of each page, with marginal notes of edits, other early lyrics, references, and one small illustration; very slight fading, light smudging to the writing from erasure in composition.” banner_image=”id^16108|url^https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Sothebys-SubTereanian-Auction-Image-2.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Sotheby’s SubTereanian Auction Image 2|description^null” banner_overlay_bg_color=”#dd7c7c” banner_title_style=”font-weight:bold;” banner_title_font_size=”desktop:14px;” ib_wrapper_margin=”margin-left:20px;”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1654542553362{background-color: #efefef !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Prior Weeks” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:26|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1654542433138{margin-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #000000 !important;}”]

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