“And every one of them words rang true and glowed like burnin’ coal …”
Orpheus releases my fav Dylan album (today) on January 20, 1975 …
It’s #16 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015.
January 13, 1964 ~Orpheus releases his third album, his — anthem for change.
It’s timeless.
As part of the Never Ending tour …
Source: Bob Dylan’s cover of The Rolling Stones ‘Brown Sugar’, 2002
Kick your shoes off, do not fear
Bob Dylan,
Bring that bottle over here
I’ll be your baby, tonight
Orpheus releases his eighth album on December 27, 1967. This one’s #301 on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Albums of All Time.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2KzCDxKpgLqBffHu1IZ7Kn
October 30, 1975 ~ Orpheus performs the first show of his Rolling Thunder Revue at the War Memorial Auditorium in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Joan Baez, Bob Neuwrith, Joni Mitchell, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Roger McGuinn, and other rock n’ roll gypsies join in. If you haven’t seen the rock-doc, do it. Do it now.
Just in time for Christmas …
Bob Dylan’s archivists have released the original demo for ‘Wanted Man,’ a song Dylan wrote for Johnny Cash in 1969.
Source: Hear Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash’s Original Demo for ‘Wanted Man’ – Rolling Stone
October 20, 40 years ago … Dylan makes his one and only appearance on Saturday Night Live.
Bob Dylan plays Carnegie Hall in New York City. He played a solo set and then introduced his new backup band – Rick Danko on bass; Robbie Robertson on guitar; Garth Hudson on the organ; Richard Manuel on piano and Levon Helm on drums. From then they would be known simply as – The Band.
