Seven Days: October 28 – Nov 3, 2024

October 28 - Nov 3, 2024

The Week in Bob Dylan

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Tour Details

The Latest on Bob's Live Concerts

Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour

- This Week: Esch-sur-Alzette Lux, Antwerp BG, Bournmouth UK, Liverpool UK
- Next Week: Edinburgh, Scotland, Nottingham UK, Wolverhampton UK
- Tour Schedule | Setlists | BobServe.com

News:

Bob Dylan Now Seems to Exist Beyond Music (The Independent) [5]
- - "In his ninth decade, Dylan now seems to exist beyond music – or rather beneath it, rooting in the primal soil of his songs in search of their fundamental crux."
The Languid Storyteller Rollicks on Gracefully (The Times UK) [3]
- "The dancing imp has been replaced by a languid storyteller, his expert band huddling around him and making a sound that was warm and gently rollicking."
Still Lots to Celebrate Despite the Shuffling and Wheezing (The Telegraph) [5]
- "Songs concluded not in an artfully crafted climax, but a state of chaotic collapse signalled by Dylan hammering keys with all the panache of a tone deaf drunk who has lost control of his fingers."
Bournemouth International Centre (Peter Viney's Blog) [1]
- "The sound is much better than 2022 on the vocals. No, it’s not at Leonard Cohen, or James Taylor or Paul Simon’s level of vocal clarity, but I don’t think he has that in him."
Esch-Sur-Alzette (Christopher Rollason) [5]
- "The song proper was preceded by a long and ominous instrumental passage. When Dylan came on his delivery was firm and clear throughout, bringing out the sinister atmosphere of the song."

Top News & Links

Our favorite Dylan-related stories and links

Chalamet Demands Reshoots in Bob Dylan Biopic (Life & Style) [5]
- "Bottom line here is that the reshoots were put together to work out issues with Timmy’s acting, to give his big moments more strength and purpose, and to iron out the issues with his impersonation of Bob Dylan."
John Mulaney Receives Notes from 'Bob Dylan' in SNL Promo (Rolling Stone) [5]
- "Johnston is a longtime Bob Dylan fan with an incredible ability to mimic his singing styles from different eras of the Sixties and Seventies. But this is the first time we've witnessed him impersonate Theme Time Radio Hour-era Dylan circa 2007."
Suzi Ronson Recalls the Rolling Thunder Revue (Flagging Down The Double E's) [10]
- "So Bob sits there, plays songs from Desire. You, Mick, and Ian sitting at an adjacent table. What happens next?"

Special Announcement

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New Articles

Stories from the press

Don’t Expect Jakob Dylan to Start Tweeting (The Boston Globe) [3]
- "Yeah, like most people, I can’t tell you what’s going on with those. I’ve seen those. I can’t [laughs] can’t tell you what that’s about. I’m not sure. But you’re right: Whatever it is, it’s more than I do."
Chalamet Demands Reshoots in Bob Dylan Biopic (Life & Style) [5]
- "Bottom line here is that the reshoots were put together to work out issues with Timmy’s acting, to give his big moments more strength and purpose, and to iron out the issues with his impersonation of Bob Dylan."
John Mulaney Receives Notes from 'Bob Dylan' in SNL Promo (Rolling Stone) [5]
- "Johnston is a longtime Bob Dylan fan with an incredible ability to mimic his singing styles from different eras of the Sixties and Seventies. But this is the first time we've witnessed him impersonate Theme Time Radio Hour-era Dylan circa 2007."
The Lines, They Are A-Changin’ (BookForum) [8]
- "The Bob Dylan Archive had long been a subject of rumor and legend. Few outside the singer’s inner circle knew for sure whether it existed, let alone what it contained."
Celebrity Whiskey Taste Test: Beyoncé, Bob Dylan and Kiefer Sutherland (The Standard) [5]
- "It also, unlike the others, tastes rather good. Better than good, in fact: it’s delicious."
Three Lessons In Endurance From Bob Dylan (Forbes) [3]
- "There’s a ton we can learn about productive and creative endurance by taking a close look at his approach to making music."
The Man who Taught Chalamet To Sing (The Telegraph) [3]
- "Amid the musical biopic gold rush, he’s more sought-after than ever, helping Timothée Chalamet inhabit Bob Dylan for the eagerly anticipated biopic A Complete Unknown, and he’s also training The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White for his on-screen singing debut playing Bruce Springsteen."

New Blog Posts

New from fans and other writers

Fall 2002: Bob Plays the Piano and Covers His Peers (Flagging Down The Double E's) [8]
- "The first is the lesser-known gem. The second is famous due to one of the biggest surprise covers (and arguably one of the best) he’s ever performed."
Suzi Ronson Recalls the Rolling Thunder Revue (Flagging Down The Double E's) [10]
- "So Bob sits there, plays songs from Desire. You, Mick, and Ian sitting at an adjacent table. What happens next?"
The infamous Hartford 1980 show (Peter Stone Brown Archives) [8]
- "I'd been expecting something like this (the born again phase) for a long time, certainly since John Wesley Harding and much of the Basement Tapes, which I thought were clearly spiritual in nature."
Bob Dylan: ‘Dylan’ (Peter Stone Brown Archives) [5]
- "I remember that night going home, getting stoned, putting it on and when it got to that song, after the beginning when that preposterous piano slide comes on, going 'what the fuck!?'"
Dylan and Harrison (The World Don't Need No More Blogs) [5]
- "Bob was supposed to have dinner with George Harrison, who was in the same hotel. But what we found out was he had literally just checked out."
Mike Porco's claim to fame (Folk City) [8]
- "According to Ratso, that’s what Bob said when Mike asked him if he’d like to warm up for John Lee Hooker in late March ’61."
Bob Dylan's No Time To Think (Chris Gregory) [5]
- "As well as making a number of literary allusions, the song also seems to be influenced by the techniques of modern art, especially the work of Picasso."

New Releases & Reviews

News about new music or reviews

How Masked and Anonymous Deconstructs Dylan's Image (Cult Following) [5]
- "Dylan pulls this idea through with great intensity not just through his performance, but through the words of other characters too, some more obvious placeholders for people in his past. But therein lies the problem."
In Defense Of: Bob Dylan’s Christian Era (Talkhouse) [5]
- "I don’t believe in God at all, but I do believe that quality art comes from passion, and Bob happened to be extremely passionate about Christ, which threw a lot of people off and still does."