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Bob Dylan road mates

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:45:35 +0000

As elusive as he may be to fans and media, Bob Dylan clearly likes company — at least when it comes to being on the road.

This summer, he’s doing another tour of minor league ballparks, with friends Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp along for the ride. Sharing the bill is nothing unusual for Dylan, however, as he has a long history of giving his fans a little something extra for their money.

Here’s a list of just some of the artists who have toured with him over the years:

The Band (1974)

The Rolling Thunder Revue (Joan Baez, Roger MGuinn) (1975)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1986)

The Grateful Dead (1987)

Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell (1998)

Paul Simon (1999)

Willie Nelson (2004)

Merle Haggard (2006)

Elvis Costello (2007)

Major new 2009 CD releases

Amazon.com — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:36:44 +0000

From Amazon.com

Harper, Ben & Relentless7 : White Lies For Dark Times

Michelle Shocked: Soul of My Soul

The Modern Jazz Quartet: 35th Anniversary Tour

Method Man: Blackout 2

Eminem: Relapse

The Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz in the Garden

New York Dolls: ‘Cause I Sez So

Chrisette Michele: Epiphany

Conor Oberst : Outer South

Buckwheat Zydeco: Lay Your Burden Down

Ciara: Fantasy Ride

PJ Harvey: 4-Track Demos

Procol Harum: A Salty Dog (Bonus tracks) (Import)

Mandy Moore: Amanda Leigh

Busta Rhymes: Back On My B.S.

Black Eyed Peas: Boom Boom Pow

Metallica: Broken, Beat and Scarred

Tesla: Bust a Nut

The Rembrandts: Choice Picks

Melody Gardot : My One and Only Thrill

Brian Blade: Mama Rosa

The Trews: No Time for Later

Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton: Live from Madison Square Garden

Tori Amos: Abnormally Attracted to Sin

Original TV Soundtrack: True Blood

Dates for 2009 Bob Dylan ballpark tour

Tom Kessler — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:20:03 +0000

Bob Dylan has announced this year’s summer concert tour. Along with Willie Nelson, this summer The Bob Dylan Show also will feature John Mellencamp, marking just the second time in the past 24 years that these three performers have shared the concert stage.

Date	City
7/2	Sauget, IL at GCS Ballpark
7/4	South Bend, IN at Coveleski Stadium
7/8	Louisville, KY at Louisville Slugger Field
7/10	Dayton, OH at Fifth Third Field
7/11	Eastlake, OH at Classic Park
7/13	Washington, PA at Consol Energy Park
7/14	Allentown, PA at Coca-Cola Park
7/15	New Britain, CT at New Britain Stadium
7/19	Syracuse, NY at Alliance Bank Stadium
7/21	Pawtucket, RI at McCoy Stadium
7/23	Lakewood, NJ at FirstEnergy Park
7/24	Aberdeen, MD at Ripken Stadium
7/25	Norfolk, VA at Harbor Park
7/28	Durham, NC at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
7/29	Sevierville, TN at Smokies Park
8/4	Round Rock, TX at The Dell Diamond
8/5	Corpus Christi, TX at Whataburger Field
8/7	Grand Prairie, TX at QuikTrip Park
8/11	Glendale, AZ at Camelback Ranch
8/12	Las Vegas, NV at Cashman Field
8/14	Fresno, CA at Chukchansi Park
8/15	Stockton, CA at Banner Island Ballpark

Bobdylan.com is offering pre-sale tickets for all ballpark shows to its visitors, going on sale starting on Monday, April 27. At each venue, the gates will open 30 minutes early for holders of tickets purchased during the bobdylan.com pre-sale. For details, see the bobdylan.com Tour page.

Source: Bobdylan.com

Track list for Dylan’s ‘Together Through Life’

Amazon.com — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:35:21 +0000

Here is the list of songs on Bob Dylan’s Together Through Life (Deluxe Edition):

Disc: 1

1. Beyond Here Lies Nothin’

2. Life Is Hard

3. My Wife’s Home Town

4. If You Ever Go To Houston

5. Forgetful Heart

6. Jolene

7. This Dream Of You

8. Shake Shake Mama

9. I Feel A Change Comin’ On

10. It’s All Good

Disc: 2

1. Howdy Neighbor (J. Morris) – Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters

2. Don’t Take Everybody To Be Your Friend (M.Gabler/R. Tharpe) – Sister Rosetta Tharpe

3. Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend (L. Robin/J. Styne) – T Bone Burnett

4. La Valse De Amitie (O. Guidry) – Doc Guidry

5. Make Friends (E. Mcgraw) – Moon Mulligan

6. My Next Door Neighbor (J. McCain) – Jerry McCain

7. Let’s Invite Them Over (O. Wheeler) – George Jones & Melba Montgomery

8. My Friends (C. Burnett/S. Ling) – Howlin’ Wolf

9. Last Night (W. Jones) – Little Walter

10. You’ve Got a Friend (C. King) – Carole King

11. Bad Neighborhood (Caronna/M. Rebennack) – Ronnie & The Delinquents

12. Neighbours (M. Jagger/K. Richards) – The Rolling Stones

13. Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals (B. Rose/M. Dixon/R. Henderson) – Hank Williams as Luke the
Drifter

14. Why Can’t We Be Friends (S. Allen/H. Brown/M. Dickerson/J. Goldstein/L. Jordan /C. Miller/H. Scott/L. Oskar) – War

Disc: 3

1. Roy Silver – The Lost Interview (DVD)

Top Grammy moments

Bill Sullivan — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:02:51 +0000

When singer Chris Brown took a wrong turn on the way to the 51st Grammy Awards — instead going to jail in the wake of an alleged domestic dispute — it was just the latest in a long line of offbeat incidents surrounding the annual music awards.

Previously, Bob Dylan endured a very “special” guest. Jennifer Lopez showed up half-naked. Michael Jackson brought Elizabeth Taylor as a date and went home with eight statuettes. Norah Jones upstaged The Boss, and Milli Vanilli ushered in the age of the lip-synch.

And, of course, when you think heavy metal, you think…Jethro Tull?

The Grammys have their good moments, but the event has spawned its share of weird ones as well. Time looked back on some of the more peculiar episodes and pared them down to a list of 10:

1. Soy Bomb

2. Marvin Gaye

3. J. Lo

4. Ol’ Dirty Bastard

5. Michael Jackson

6. Norah Jones

7. Eminem and Elton

8. Milli Vanilli

9. Tina Turner

10. Jethro Tull/Metallica

To read about what made those moments special, and to catch a slideshow, visit Time.

Rolling Stone’s best albums 2008

Bill Sullivan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:26:54 +0000

Everyone has his own idea of which were the best albums of the almost-completed year, but not everyone has quite the gravitas of Rolling Stone.

As 2008 fades into the record books, RS is out with its list of the best of the best. It’s sure to trigger a debate or two, but that’s what these kinds of lists are for.

Here are the Top 10:

1. Dear Science, TV on the Radio

2. Tell Tale Signs – The Bootleg Series Vol. 8, Bob Dylan

3. Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne

4. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges

5. Life, Death, Love and Freedom, John Mellencamp

6. Santogold, Santogold

7. Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay

8. Modern Guilt, Beck

9. Death Magnetic, Metallica

10. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend

To see the rest, and check out some clips, visit Rolling Stone.

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Greatest singers of all time

Bill Sullivan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:27:13 +0000

To try to determine who are the greatest singers of all time, Rolling Stone convened a blue ribbon panel of experts. The august body included singers themselves (Bono, Bruce Springsteen and more), industry executives and media who work in the music business.

Each was asked to list 20 names. An accounting firm tabulated the results and came up with a list of 100.

Here are the Top 10:

1. Aretha Franklin

10. James Brown

To read all about these, and to see the rest of the list, visit Rolling Stone.

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Best cover songs

Michael Hurd — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:28:08 +0000

The passing of Isaac Hayes started us thinking about cover songs, the tunes made popular, or not, by someone other than the original artists.

In 1969, Hayes, known more for the theme from Shaft, made what would become a classic R&B cover of Glenn Campbell’s country ballad, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” Hayes’ remake came in at a little over 18 minutes. Incidentally, Hayes also wrote “Soul Man,” the Sam and Dave hit that was covered by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as the Blues Brothers.

Unfortunately, Hayes’ cover of the Campbell hit didn’t make the DigitalDreamDoor.com top ten, but here are the tunes that did. The complete list is at Digitaldreamdoor.com, a music and movies site based in Boca Raton, Fla.

– “All Along the Watchtower,” Jimi Hendrix (1968), original by Bob Dylan (1967)
– “Respect,” Aretha Franklin (1967), Otis Redding (1965)
– “Crossroads,” Cream (1968), Robert Johnson (1938)
– “With a Little Help From My Friends,” Joe Cocker (1969), the Beatles in 1967)
– “Mr. Tambourine Man,” The Byrds (1965), Bob Dylan (1964)
– “Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley (1956), Big Mama Thornton (1953)
– “You Shook Me,” Led Zeppelin (1969), Muddy Waters (1962)
– “Hallelujah,” Jeff Buckley (1994), Leonard Cohen (1985)
– “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (2003), Nine Inch Nails (1994)
– “Statesboro Blues,” Allman Brothers (1971), Blind Willie McTell (1928)

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Jerry Wexler Career Highlights

Tom Kessler — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:04:19 +0000

Career highlights of music industry legend Jerry Wexler, who died Aug. 15, 2008, at the age of 91:

Jan. 10, 1917 — Born in in the Bronx

1949 — Becomes staff journalist at Billboard magazine, where he christened black popular music “rhythm and blues”

1951 — Joins music publishing arm of MGM Records, Big Three

1953 — Named a partner in Atlantic Records

1965 — Signs a distribution deal for Memphis-based Satellite Records — later known as Stax

1967 — Releases Aretha Franklin’s “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You,” recorded at Muscle Shoals. Alabama

1975 — Leaves Atlantic Records

1978 — Produces Etta James’ “Deep in the Night”

1979 — Named VP of A&R for Warner Bros. Records

1979 — Produces Bob Dylan’s “Slow Train Coming” and Dire Straits’ “Communique”

1990 — Releases Linda Ronstadt’s “What’s New,” an album of standards

1993 — Publishes his autobiography “Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music” (Knopf)

Sources: Billboard magazine, Atlantic Records

Artists Who Worked With Jerry Wexler

Tom Kessler — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:57:48 +0000

A partial list of artists who were signed by, produced or assisted by music industry legend Jerry Wexler, who died Aug. 15, 2008, at the age of 91:

Allman Brothers
LaVern Baker
Lou Ann Barton
B-52’s
Solomon Burke
Ruth Brown
Kim Carnes
Ray Charles
King Curtis
Dire Straits
Kenny Drew Jr.
Dr. John
Bob Dylan
Aretha Franklin
Gang Of Four
Donnie Hathaway
Etta James
J. Geils Band
Led Zeppelin
Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
George Michael
Willie Nelson
Wilson Pickett
Otis Redding
Sam & Dave
Dusty Springfield
Big Joe Turner
Bill Vera

Sources: Billboard magazine, Atlantic Records