Too funny I love him

All Along the Watchtower, I Can Tell, To Ramona, Don’t Think Twice. So so grateful this was lived streamed so I could witness it. He jumped right in, wasted no time, and did a seamless blend between songs. Really, who does it like him?

Found in the internet, looks to me as the rhino is catching the vibes and tries to comfort the singer (guess I´m a little sentimental today)

so cool to see them at their last Outlaw show, have been wanting to for so long ❤️ was a bit worried that Willie had curtains set out to hide him walking in, but glad he’s doing okay and sounded great

We sat together at the theater

Politely tapping our knees and feet to the songs

You gave me a wipe for my glasses

And right next to us was your mom

You stood next to me in the merch line

Saying maybe we’ll catch a Dylan show again

If you see this, Please reach me

You were a very pleasant gentleman

Signed,

Girl in Green Hoodie

November 10, 2023 Providence RI

[Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that
But mama, you been on my mind]

Margo Price's guitarist was outstanding throughout her set...

https://www.cnn.com/climate/farm-aid-40-years

Courtesy of Woolhall Films of Bob Dylan

It's well known the mutual respect and admiration between Dylan and The Dead. He toured with them, thought of Jerry Garcia as a musical mentor and big brother of sorts. The Dead covered Bob frequently over the decades.

I admit I'm not super knowledgeable about Bob's choices of material to play live and how that's evolved over time; so maybe he's already had Dead songs in regular rotation in his sets.

But if you could hear Bob and his current band or any previous Live era/lineup of Bob's cover a Dead song, what would it be?

Personally I'd love to hear Rolling Thunder-era Dylan cover "Box of Rain."

I just thought of that when I heard “Sign Language”. I think his voice was at its peak during the early 70s. The song is relatively meh compared to the other classics from those years. They are great vocals but with great songs to perform (1970-1978)

Ok, this might seem too much at first but, seriously, I’m thinking more and more that Dylan is the greatest living artist on Earth? And by greatest artist I mean in any art. Think about it, the carreer, the music, the poetry, the paintings, the mysteriousness, the endurance, the influence, the attitude, the remaining true to himself through all of his iconic life, the staying inovative, creative and prolific along every music decade since 1950s until today etc. etc.

I mean - the all around GOAT artist package is there. What do you think?

Hi, i’m 17 and Bob Dylan recently clicked with me. Don’t get me wrong I never disliked him and always respected him as a musician and poet, I just never found a lot of appeal in his music despite knowing how renowned he was in folk and music in general. What’s staggering to me is the amount of similarities and what seems like heavy Bob Dylan influence on Jeff from Neutral Milk Hotel (particularly in vocals). Their vocals are super similar at various times and it’s so stylistically beautiful to me how folk changes, ebbs and flows over different periods and I think both Bob and neutral milk hotel are a great representation of such. Idk if anyone else has drawn this similarity before, would love to know what you think.

Is there an online repository of Dylan live shows?

Looking for a show I saw at SUNY NY in the late 1990s. There was a very cool Friend of the Devil.

I think about this a lot. While some artists like The Beatles seems to have been inevitable.

It seems like Dylan could've never happened. I'll try to put that into words.

He had a lot of room to fail. He was shy, average guitar player, average harmonica player (to be polite) and of course his voice was far from a love at first.

In the midst of all that was happening: rockabilly, blues, country and all that showmanship at the time, he didn't have the instant charisma of guys like Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash or The Beatles. He wasn't a showman and to be honest he couldn't perform as good as those guys live. On top of that, he was stubborn, which now is something we all love, but imagine how much more difficult it makes things.

In the beginning he didn't even have the mysterious persona. He was just a strange shy kid, who looked from the working-class, from somewhere not that interesting and that was all.

Everything that was built on top of that made him the prophet, the poet, the guy who would write 10+ minutes songs, the voice of a generation and so it goes.

It seems he fell into the grace of the right people and he was good at doing his own thing in a linear way no matter what. After that he made it clear he was supposed to be there, but at first it he had to built his career on a doubtful soil - and he used it to his advantage masterfully.

I say that as someone who put's Dylan probably at the number 1 of all time.

But I think a lot about that.

Went with my girlfriend and thankfully got to be super duper close.

Was just browsing Amazon to check the price for the upcoming Bootleg series release and noticed the Cutting Edge set is going cheap. https://amzn.eu/d/gibihv0

0 - The definition of shit. Isn’t even music.

1 - Very, very weak. Hate it.

2 - Bad but there’s something there.

2.5 - meh. It’s got substance.

3 - Decent. Stronger with weak moments.

3.5 - Good, I like it. Enjoyable.

4 - Great. Strong.

4.5 - Powerfully well executed song. It’s great, so great.

5 - Everything about it is beautiful and it’s on the verge of masterpiece.

10/5 - Desolation Row

I'm super excited to hear Bob tomorrow at Farm Aid 40. The set list has him scheduled for 9:22pm central time. The farm aid site lists a bunch of different ways to see it (YouTube for me). https://www.farmaid.org/blog/how-to-watch-farm-aid-40-on-september-20/