I wonder if Dylan ever watches the footage of him in the documentary movie he made in the 60s or generally other candid footage shot of him as a young man and how he now feels watching it all back in his twilight years. Does he feel some sort of cringe at some of his dialogue and interactions? Or some wistfulness for the old days, some regret watching his relationship with Joan Baez (or old friends) play out on camera as it happened or just wonder at how he was coming up with new music and stories on the fly and captured on camera?
Or all of the above?
The Dylan documentary covering his 1965 tour is surreal viewing to see him as a teen idol as someone who only knows Dylan as an older, almost mythical reclusive figure.
He’s coming to Wolf Trap outside DC later this month, with Lucinda Williams and Jimmie Vaughn. I’d consider going if I hadn’t seen both Bob and Lucinda in the past couple of years. He was pretty good in Baltimore; I went with my daughter.
Just saw that in Richmond and Raleigh tickets are incredibly cheap. At Wolf Trap they’re about what I expected.
Technically, no, not any longer. Both his long time guitarists quit or were fired in the last couple of weeks. Lots of mystery around the moves.
Julian Lage, an astounding modern jazz guitarist showed up with no announcement and semi-joined the lineup as of the Santa Barbara show. Not clear if this is a long-term gig for him as he isn’t in the lineup every night as he still has his own solo dates that he’s managing.
So another new guy showed up on what felt like zero day’s notice, Joel Paterson, another jazz guy of some reknown. Some shows have had both guys, some one or the other.
In any case the stories I’ve heard is that it’s revitalized Bob’s performances. Apparently there was some very bad blood that threw a damper on things for a while. Add to that Bob has this new thing of refusing to sing into the microphone. Some venues are able to accommodate that with their sound systems better than others.
In fact he’ll be performing at Lobero in October with his incredible jazz quartet (which includes John Medeski). More to your point, the quartet starts an extensive tour in two days beginning in Europe.
I have seen that art, so I guess I was aware that he was a painter / illustrator from way back. File it in the ‘I’ve forgotten more facts than I currently remember’ category.
I will say, his style in the last several years has gotten much more naturalistic or draftsmanlike than that older, more abstracted (dare I say ‘childlike’?) art style. Not that there’s anything wrong with that older style.
