Bob Dylan performed in New York at the Beacon Theater over the course of the last week or so.
Here are audio/video files from a few shows. The audio is quite good.
Enjoy.
“Beyond Here Lies Nothing,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
Another fan video.
“Beyond Here Lies Nothing,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Early Roman Kings,” Nov. 29, 2014 show (note that the video itself is mislabeled):
“Waiting For You” (excerpt), Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Pay In Blood,” Dec. 2014 show:
“Tangled Up In Blue,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Love Sick,” Dec. 2014 show:
“Simple Twist Of Fate,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
Another fan video:
“Simple Twist Of Fate,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Forgetful Heart,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Long And Wasted Years”:
“Blowin’ In The Wind,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Blowin’ In The Wind,” Dec. 2, 2013 show:
“Stay With Me,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Stay With Me,” December 3, 2014 show:
Forty-nine years ago, on Friday, December 3, 1965, this Bob Dylan press conference was recorded at KQED’s studios in San Francisco.
The press conference happened at a key point in Dylan’s career. He was now a rock star. “Like A Rolling Stone” was a hit and had been on the radio the past summer into fall. Highway 61 Revisited had been released three months earlier, in August.
Dylan was in the Bay Area to perform for two nights — Dec. 3 and Dec. 4 — at the Berkeley Community Theater.
The man who brings Dylan out is Ralph J. Gleason, who at the time was the jazz and pop critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, and a fan of Dylan. Gleason wrote this cover story for Ramparts magazine. It ran in the March 1966 issue.
There’s some great details about the press conference here, plus photos.
Bob Dylan press conference, part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5:
Part 6:
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Here’s a 37 minute collaboration between Savages and Bo Ningen.
Clash Magazine reports:
Billed as a ‘simultaneous sonic poem’, the performance was a molten, volcanic flood of ideas. Taking control of London’s Oval Space venue, the collective spewed forth 37 minutes of inspiration, deeply improvisational music.
Released as ‘Words To The Blind’ via Stolen/Pop Noire, Boiler Room were on hand to film proceedings.
Savages & Bo Ningen Boiler Room London Live Set by brtvofficial
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Bob Dylan is in the midst of a three-night run at the Academy Of Music in Philadelphia. These performances are from the November 21, 2014 show.
“She Belongs To Me”:
“Duquesne Whistle”:
“Simple Twist Of Fate”:
“Blowin’ In The Wind”:
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On June 10, 1988, Bob Dylan and his band performed at the Greek Theater, University of California, Berkeley, California.
They were joined by Neil Young on wild electric guitar.
The band consisted of: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Neil Young (guitar), G. E. Smith (guitar), Kenny Aaronson (bass), Christopher Parker (drums).
These first songs are without Neil Young.
“Joey”:
“Absolutely Sweet Marie”:
“Tangled Up In Blue”:
Neil Young joins Dylan for these songs except “Rank Strangers To Me”:
“It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”:
“In The Garden”:
“Gates Of Eden”:
“Like A Rolling Stone”:
“Rank Strangers To Me”:
“Everybody’s Moving'”:
“Maggie’s Farm”:
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Today a rough version of the video for the new Band Aid 30 version of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” was aired and showed up on YouTube.
The purpose of the new version is to raise money to fight Ebola in Africa.
Artists include One Direction, Rita Ora, Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande, Ellie Goulding, Sam Smith, Chris Martin, Elbow, Seal, Jessie Ware, Fuse ODG, Sinead O’Connor, Angelique Kidjo, Olly Murs, Paloma Faith, Robert Plant, Underworld, Roger Taylor, Clean Bandit, Foals and Bono.
The song will be available to download, costing 99p, from 08:00 GMT on Monday. A CD version will be released in three weeks, costing £4.
For more of the story from the BBC, head here.
New version:
New version – with horrifying footage at the beginning:
DONATE £3
TEXT ‘AID’ TO 70123
DONATE £5
TEXT ‘AID’ TO 70060
http://www.BandAid30.com
And here’s the original version:
Last night (Nov. 13, 2014) the band T Bone Burnett put together to turn a bunch of lyrics Bob Dylan wrote in 1967 while recording the Basement Tapes in upstate New York into an album, performed songs from the new album, Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes, at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Los Angeles.
That band, dubbed The New Basement Tapes, consists of Marcus Mumford, Elvis Costello, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Rhiannon Giddens. For the show, they were augmented on a few songs by the three women of Haim, and Johnny Depp.
Here you can see them perform “Kansas City,” with Marcus Mumford on lead vocal, “Duncan and Jimmy” with Rhiannon Giddens singing, “Card Shark, with Taylor Goldsmith taking the lead and some of “Married To M Hack,” which Elvis Costello sings.
“Kansas City”:
“Duncan and Jimmy”:
“Card Shark”:
“Married To My Hack” (partial):
Plus here they are with Elvis on vocals singing “Lost On The River” on Jimmy Fallon. This aired on NBC on November 10th, 2014.
And here’s Marcus Mumford taking the lead on “Kansas City” on Ellen today.
Setlist:
Down on the Bottom – Jim James vocals
Spanish Mary – Rhiannon Giddens vocals
Liberty Street – Rhiannon Giddens vocals
Married to My Hack – Elvis Costello vocals
The Whistle is Blowing – Marcus Mumford vocals with Haim on backing
vocals
Diamond Ring – Taylor Goldsmith vocals
Nothing to It – Jim James vocals
Lost on the River – Elvis Costello vocals
Florida Key – Taylor Goldsmith vocals
Stranger – Marcus Mumford vocals
Hidee Hidee Hidee Ho – Rhiannon Giddens vocals
Hidee Hidee Hidee Ho (alternate version) – Jim James vocals
“Unreleased track” – Elvis Costello
Kansas City – Marcus Mumford Vocals with Johnny Depp on guitar and Haim
on back-up vocals
Duncan and Jimmy – Rhiannon Giddens vocals with Johnny Depp on guitar
and Danielle Haim on shakers
– Encore break –
When I Get My Hands on You – Marcus Mumford vocals
Lost on the River – Rhiannon Giddens
Card Shark (unamplified) – Taylor Goldsmith vocals
Quick Like a Flash – Jim James vocals
Golden Tom – Silver Judas – Elvis Costello vocals
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