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A New York state judge has ruled that the co-writer on many of Bob Dylan’s songs on the Desire album is not entitled to any further compensation as the result of Dylan’s sale of his catalog to Universal Music Group. Claudia C. Levy, the widow of co-writer Jaques Levy, filed suit in January following the …
For those of you who enjoy the very fertile early 1980s Dylan output, as I do, you will be glad to hear that the next chapter in the Bootleg series will cover outtakes, rehearsals and alternate cuts from 1980 to 1985. This period sees Dylan emerging from the Gospel era with the transitional Shot of …
Attention: Spoiler Alerts Bob Dylan’s “Shadow Kingdom” streaming event debuted today (7/18/21) and as great as the music and vocals sounded, the performance keeps Dylan’s status as an enigma intact and leaves many questions unanswered. First off, this was not your typical live-streamed concert, but a pre-recorded, film noir presentation of Dylan in a supper-club …
Bob Dylan has emerged from the shadows of the COVID-19 lock-down with a scheduled live performance in July to be live-streamed on the Veeps platform. The show, dubbed Shadow Kingdom, “will showcase the artist in an intimate setting as he presents renditions of songs from his extensive and renowned body of work created especially for …
One of my favorite performers, Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders, has announced the release of her Dylan covers album, Standing in the Doorway, to coincide with Bob’s 80th birthday. While there have been a million Dylan cover albums over the years, I’m excited about this one because the song selection is not typical, and the …
Denny Freeman performs with Antone’s All-Star Revue during Antone’s 40th Anniversary Celebration at Blues on the Green. (Photo by David Brendan Hall) If you love the Modern Times record, or saw Dylan live between 2005 to 2009, you probably appreciate the guitar stylings of Denny Freeman, whose sound is heard all over the record and …
For me, it’s hard to think of Welsh crooner Tom Jones in the same contemporary category as Dylan, but in fact they are both basically the same age, started off in the early ’60s, and are still putting out new records. In fact, Jones covers Dylan’s “One More Cup of Coffee” from the great Desire …
Got a cool million to spare? If so, you can get a piece of history by bidding on the Fender XII String Electric Guitar played by Dylan on the Blonde on Blonde sessions in 1965. The item is up for auction at the Gotta Have Rock and Roll website, and the listing describes the item …
I recently reported on the lawsuit filed by the widow of Desire co-writer Jacques Levy, seeking a portion of the profits from Dylan’s $300 million-plus catalog sale to Universal Music. Now Dylan (or at least his lawyers) have responded to the accusations, claiming in a New York court filing that Levy was working under a …
Just got finished watching “Trouble No More,” the documentary chronicling Dylan’s “Gospel” tour of 1980. Although short at 90 minutes, the live performances are amazing, with heart-wrenching emotion throughout. Dylan’s band at the time was stellar, featuring some of the finest studio and touring musicians of the time including Jim Keltner on drums, Fred Tackett …
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