Anyone been to a Dylan concert? Who has been to the earliest concert? Anyone seen him in the 60's?? Having listened to
garbage on the radio I find his music interesting. I enjoy the fact that he puts the words before the music. How many people do you know have the nerve to get onstage and play electric guitar when it is expected that everyone will be playing acoustic!

 

I did he was driving a ford truck,,hehehhe

 

Someone posts a thread about farts and it gets 50 plus hits and counting and I post a thread about the greatest musician still living and it gets 2 hits.

Obviously this is not the place to post serious discussion topics or even anything remotely close to it. I guess I'll keep my mouth shut and stay out of the NRA thread.

 

Cid,

Easy Brother....this is a truck forum after all.

There are a few music discussion sites out there and a numerous Bob Dylan websites (Dylanologists they call themselves) where you can get more info than you'd want .

Having said that, I am a huge Dylan fan going baclk to 68 (John Wesley Harding) in high school. Seen him about 5 times....earliest was about 74 when he toured w/ the Band. His concerts are so-so in my opinion...I prefer his recorded music of which I have about 60 items (records, cds, cassetes, etc.).

If you want a feel for his 60s concerts, get "Dont Look Back" a movie of his England tour...it airs occasionally on the cable IFC.

My daughther gave it to me for Christmas...it's pretty good if you like the old stuff.

Remember...If you live out side the law you must be honest...

Skip

 

Yeah I know about Dylan. Followed him since I was about 13 in 1964. I agree that his live stuff, particularly now, is pretty hard to take. I remember when he did the Newport Festival. He was at a folk festival and struts out on stage with a Stratocaster and plays Tombstone Blues. Blows everyone away. Up till then he was playing in coffee houses and small venues around NYC in the East Village. The Whiskey - A-GO-GO, Village Gaslight, The Village Gate, etc. He and Dave Van Ronk were the two most popular male folk musicians along with Joan Baez. This was around 1964 thru 1965. He lived and worked exclusively in NYC.

The touring did'nt happen till after 1965. West coast visits and hooking up with the Band up in Saugerties NY. He hung around the Beatles and turned them on to certain mind expanding substances here in America. Dylan was basically most comfortable in the studio because he could control the enviornment and his music. Live dates were difficult for him. That is why his live stuff is borderline. He can't really sing and makes no effort to concentrate on that endeavor, except for Nashville Skyline and his Self Portrait. The motor cycle accident changed his whole outlook upon his life. After that everything changes.

He has earned his place through his prolific and deep writings. He caused John Lennon to go introspective, perhaps earlier than he would have done. I remember a last minute concert set up in New Haven, CT at Toads Place. It just happened spur of the moment and if you were there then you were lucky. I never really enjoyed his live stuff. Too strained. I like all of his stuff up to around 1973. After that, I become disinterested. It is a long way from Hibbing MN Bob.

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows".

 

Brien,

You are right on about Dylan in the sixties...nothing musically compares to the first electric albums including my favorite Blonde on Blonde. I remember hearing Like aRolling Stone for the first time at summer picnic (in 65?) and being mesmerized for 5 minutes...everything else back then was like 2 minutes.

What is amazing about his recording in the studio is how much of his work was recorded in 1 or 2 takes...many times he would play a song or part of it once for the studio mucisians then start recording and expect them to join in and play. Much of Highway 61 and Blood on the Tracks was recorded this way. The musicians didn't know beforehand any of the music!

Skip

 

Skip: Take a look at the linear notes on Hwy61 and you will see among others, a guy named Al Cooper. A fine keyboard man who had a following of his own. Played with Steve Sills and the original Blood Sweat & Tears. Look for a BS&T tune called "I can't Quit Her" and you will hear Cooper's talents.

Look on you favorite Blonde on Blonde and you will see among others Joe South. These guys were not regular studio musicians but rather artists in their own right. They just got the opoportunity being invited by Dylan to participate in some of the making of his music. So many of these guys were more dimensional than your regular "union studio musician".

The Band came along and settled in as his regular backup. One of my favorites, The Basement Tapes, is fully backed up by the band. This happened , as you may know, in upstate NY, not far from Albany. Dylan's music changed from every release to the next. The music from Blond on Blonde is very different from the music on say, The Basement Tapes. Even before the Band's participation, the music from Another Side is very different from Hwy 61. John Wesley Harding is so different from Subteranium Homesick Blues. Point here being that Dylan was changing from year to year and it is reflected in every musical release.

Oh BTW, the reason his musicians could adapt quickly is because his music is very basic. I played many of his tunes and there are sometimes only 5 chords involved.
"I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues"......

 

Who is Bob Dylan? Sorry, i couldnt resist. I really wouldnt know him if i saw him, and cant think of any of his songs ive heard. But i know he was popular, and still has a following. I dont think he had the following here that he had in other areas tho.
I also think that the average member probly isnt a Dylan fan. I dont think the demographics would support it.


Tony Warren
Nebraska

 

TW: You may not recognize the name but you probably would recognize a tune or two. One of the most prolific songwriters, along w/ Lennon & McCartney, probably of the entire 20th century. His first mega hit was "Blowin in the Wind". made popular by Peter Paul & Mary in the mid sixties.

 

Hey I just saw Bob Dylan about 3 weeks ago
he was at the Grand Casino passing through on a tour from Louisiana,Florida,Tennessee and other states
Was great he played some oldies and some new stuff
here are some songs he played
1.Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
2.Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
3.Highway 61 Revisited (cause Highway 61 is the highway i travel everyday)
4.Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (acoustic)
5.Things Have Changed
6.Lay, Lady, Lay
7.Drifter's Escape
8.Just Like A Woman
9.Dignity
10.Saving Grace
11.Honest With Me
12.Bye And Bye
13.Watching The River Flow
14.Summer Days

(encore)
15.Like A Rolling Stone
16.All Along The Watchtower

 

I was living in San Francisco, as an adult, from 1968-1973. My preferences during that era ran to musicians who played Fillmore type venues, Rock & Roll. Dylan, while I did enjoy some of his music, was considered more in the folk/soft rock catagory. He was known as a New Yorker, an intellectual and a studio musician who preferred the atmosphere of the coffee house audience to stage performances. As a contrast; Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix and other Rock & Roll musicians of that era actually came alive on the stage as performers.

 

I saw him at the Bhudokaan???? concert, in India. Had I got a working brain, I would remember when that was. Unfortunately I do not. It was sometime ages ago, and I wasn't so stiff.

Theo

 

Dylan is playing City Stages tonight here in Birmingham, Al. I would have gone except for being involved with my son's baseball team.
Like him or not, Dylan is quite unique and has recorded some great songs.
My personal favorite: Tangled Up In Blues.

 

Well geez, soory if within the hour you waited, this thread didn't turn into a 5 pager... It's a message board, not a chat room, it's here for people to read and respond in their own time....

Anyway, no never had the pleasure of seeing him live, and doubt I will at this point (he come 'round this way....)

But I do agree, exellent stuff, but oh man, sometimes his voice drives me nuts...

 

does anyone know why he sings through his nose?
only musician i know that can drink a cup of coffee and not miss a note.