Bob Dylan Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

I Really Need A Friend: The Rejection and Acceptance of Scott Walker’s Scott 4

December 1, 2019December 2, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments 1969, Angela Morley, Bob Dylan, Citizen Kane, David Bowie, Harry Secombe, Ingmar Bergman, Julian Cope, Orson Welles, Scott 4, Scott Walker, Wally Stott

In late 1969, the dearly departed American pop laureate turned in his Citizen Kane

Country and/or Western Folk Rock

Bob Dylan, The Nashville Cat

November 11, 2019November 12, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1967–1969, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Bob Johnston, Earl Scruggs, Folsom Prison Blues, Girl from the North Country, I Threw it All Away, Johnny Cash, Living the Blues, Nashville Skyline, Ring of Fire, The Story of Traveling Thru, Travelin' Thru, Travelin' Thru: The Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol. 15, Video Travelin' Thru, Vol. 15 1967-1969

The latest entry in the Bootleg Series finds the Bard sharing country comforts with Earl Scruggs and Johnny Cash

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

‘Summer’s Gone Now, Our Walkin’s Done’: Townes Van Zandt at 50

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Guy Clark, HBO, Lungs, Nashville, None But The Rain, Poppy Records, Townes Van Zandt, True Detective

The Texas songwriting legend’s eponymous third album stands as the first to accurately depict and fully deliver on the promise of the man’s songcraft

Remembrance

FIVE ALBUMS RELEASED ON 9/11/01

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 9/11, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z, Long Island, Mercury Rev, Slayer, The Moldy Peaches

These LPs endured their arrival on the worst day in American history to become classics with a tragic asterisk

Pop

Pop Top 40 – Hot 100 Singles: Week Ending August 30, 1969

August 28, 2019September 4, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments A Boy Named Sue, Aretha Franklin, Billboard, Bob Dylan, Choice of Colors, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Easy to Be Hard, Get Together, Green River, In the Year 2525, John Lennon, Lay Lady Lay, Mama Cass, Neil Diamond, Polk Salad Annie, The Archies, The Rolling Stones, The Youngbloods, Tom Jones, Tommy James and the Shondells

A look back at the pop charts as the Summer of ’69 drew to a close

Music Journalism

Dear Rock ‘n’ Roll: It Is Time To Act

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Bob Dylan, Mississippi, Mississippi Burning, Nina Simone, Phil Ochs, Woodstock 1969

The vote needs to be rocked again, now more than ever

Folk Pop Remembrance

Remembering Leon Redbone

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Luci Turner 1 Comment Bob Dylan, Leon Redbone, RIP

The celebrated Ragtime revivalist was 69. Or 127, depending on what story you believe

Folk Rock

Happy Birthday Bob Dylan!

May 24, 2019May 25, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Happy Birthday, Rolling Thunder Revue

The man born Robert Zimmerman turns 78

Records

Get On Yer Boots

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Bob Dylan, Bootlegs, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Roxy Music, The Who

A loose salute to the black market treasures of yesteryear

Folk Records Rock

The New Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue Box

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Wesley Stace

Everything you need to know and are not afraid to ask

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

50 Years Ago — Bob Dylan Releases Nashville Skyline

April 3, 2019May 3, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash

Zimmerman makes the country connection down in Music City USA

Folk Rock

The Real 1975, Part 2: Bob Dylan

January 17, 2019January 19, 2019 Jim Sullivan 4 Comments 1975, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Martin Scorsese

Rollin’ with the Rolling Thunder Revue

Rock

Blood On The Tapes

November 5, 2018August 17, 2019 Luci Turner 3 Comments Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Columbia Records

Unpacking the 14th volume of the Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, More Blood, More Tracks

Pop Remembrance Soul

The Purple One Stripped Down

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1983, Bob Dylan, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark, Prince, Roger McGuinn, The Beatles

A closer look at Prince’s Piano & A Microphone 1983

Pop Progressive Rock

These Foolish Things at 45

October 9, 2018October 10, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1973, Bob Dylan, Brian Ferry, Roxy Music, The Beach Boys

Remembering Bryan Ferry’s expansive vision of pop

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