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Seven Days: February 19 – 25, 2023 (The Week in Bob Dylan News)

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  • Japan Tour: April 6th – 20th (11 Dates so far)
  • Next Shows: Osaka, April 6-7-8
  • Rumors of Spain Dates in July.

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  • The North Country Remains Poignant in 2023 (Press & Journal)
    • “The show is set during the Great Depression in America when people were really struggling,” said Ross who plays Elias Burke in the award-winning musical which features songs by Bob Dylan. And now in the midst of the cost of living crisis, a lot of people are struggling to buy simple things which was the same at that time.”

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  • Red River Shore (Bob Dylan Commentary)
    • “I’m guessing it wasn’t included because, although it’s a good song, stylistically it’s quite different from the rest of the recording. Red River is a folk song, not blues-based. Although the second version is more TOOM-style, it still wouldn’t have fit because at heart it’s a folk song.”
  • Bob Dylan and Jimmy Carter – Road Trips (Jeff Cochran)
    • “Having learned about Dylan through his sons, Carter became a fan and attended the concert. He also invited Dylan, The Band and several others to the Governor’s Mansion after the show for food and drink.”
  • Rainy Day Women and An American President (Jeff Cochran)
    • “The party hosted by Gov. Jimmy Carter after the first Bob Dylan concert in Atlanta was reportedly pleasant with the usual light conversation taking place. But nearly three years later, in the pages of the November ’76 Playboy, Jimmy Carter elaborated more on what he and Dylan discussed.”
  • Bob Dylan and Eartha Kitt (Jeff Cochran)
    • “Carter called Dylan a friend and a “source of my understanding about what’s right and wrong in this society.” Such was not the standard campaign fodder.”
  • A Slow Train Comin’ (Jeff Cochran)
    • “Thirty-six days after the “malaise” speech, Slow Train Coming was released. Although many fans were disappointed, mystified or just plain angry about Dylan’s conversion to Christianity, millions were delighted with his musical sermons. “
  • Hank Aaron and Bob Dylan (Jeff Cochran)
    • “Dignity also describes the 86 years of Henry Aaron’s life, which had its own red letter day nearly 49 years ago.”
  • I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself To You (Untold Dylan)
    • “On the legendary The Minnesota Hotel Tape (Songs for Bonnie), the living room concert at Bonnie Beecher’s home-recorded by Dylan’s friend Tony Glover in December 1961, “Dink’s Song” is number 8, between “It’s Hard To Be Blind” and “Man Of Constant Sorrow”.”
  • A Dylan Cover a Day: Property of Jesus (Untold Dylan)
    • “Anyway, that’s the background, except for the fact that there are very few cover versions of the song.  However one of them is by Sinéad O’Connor…”
  • Born In Time: The Conditional Tenses in Bob Dylan (The Casual Tentacle)
    • “As Dylan interlocutes the past by re-imagining familiar lyrics, conditional tenses escape philosophical and grammatical parameters to consequent themselves with real-world dimensionality. It’s as if Dylan, foreseeing his 60-year career, built literal escape clauses into his songs.”
  • Witchy Women and Sketchy Men (Shadow Chasing)
    • “If you’re like me, the most problematic sections of The Philosophy of Modern Song are Dylan’s provocative, cantankerous, inflammatory, or tone-deaf passages about women. You know the ones I’m talking about.”
  • Not Dark Yet (Pt.1) Kees de Graaf
    • “Therefore, apart from the human suffering, there is another and deeper layer in the song which expresses divine suffering. And as we will see, this divine suffering must be the suffering of Christ.”

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  • Classic: Blonde on Blonde (Sound Matters)
    • “Mixing took place in Los Angeles in April of 1966, and during the process it was clear that the amount of material couldn’t fit onto just one record. The decision to release it as a double album was a bold move, with Blonde on Blonde being considered the first double album in popular music history.”
  • Modern Times (Cult Following)
    • “Sharing similarities and perspectives found on Love and Theft but without the continuity or the scope for it, Modern Times has rounded itself out as a wandering piece that travels the world, reflects in that Dylan-oriented way and struggles on through.”
  • The Bob Dylan Bootleg Series: Ranked (wmgt)
    • “There’s cool tracks to be found on every one of these, but we ranked them based on how well they play as standalone collections.”
  •  Dylan Japanese Tour CD Collection (2021 now 2023)
    • This collection was originally created and released for the 2021 Dylan Shows that were cancelled due to COVID but looks like it’s being re-issued for the 2023 tour.
  • Michael Friedman Photo Book Kickstarter
    • Limited First Edition of just 1500 copies
    • More Info
  • Dirt Does Dylan. Part of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Concert Stream (PBS)
    • “Join the band for songs from Bob Dylan and the Will the Circle Be Unbroken album.”

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