Dylan & the Grateful Dead online class, November 9, European Edition, with Harold Lepidus. (1:30 PM ET, 6:30 PM GMT, 7:30 PM GMT+1)

Transcript:

Hello, Harold Lepidus here. 




This coming Wednesday, November 9th, I’ll be teaching an online course once again … This time, however, it is being scheduled so that the target audience is across the pond. While I’ll be teaching it from here in Massachusetts at 1:30 pm ET, (now that we are changing our clocks)  it will be (generally speaking) at 6:30 p.m. GMT for those in the Great Britain/Ireland area, and 7:30 p.m. in Western Europe. Of course it’s not limited to those areas, so anyone from around the globe is welcome if they have the availability. I’ll expand on this a bit later.

Columbia OCT 45056 (USA) - outside of unfolded cassette insert, Searching For A Gem 
(c) Sony Legacy

The subject will be Bob Dylan's Controversial Collaboration With The Grateful Dead.(HOLD UP: This is an advanced promo CD from 1989)  This has been, by far, the most popular, and interactive, of all the classes I’ve taught. Anyone who signs up can access the class over Zoom, and this Dylan & the Dead class will be at least two hours long.


Bob Dylan, Man Of Peace, Grateful Dead, Foxboro, MA,  July 4, 1987

Here’s the description:

Very little is as divisive to Bob Dylan’s fans as his 1987 tour with the Grateful Dead. More than two decades into his career, and at an artistic crossroads, Dylan's collaboration with the Grateful Dead, and, in particular, the band’s guitarist Jerry Garcia, helped him reconnect with his own songs. Garcia's sympathetic encouragement was instrumental in rekindling Dylan's love of performing. The Dead’s lack of convention most likely appealed to Dylan’s iconoclastic leanings, and at one point, he even asked to become a member of the band. In 1988, Dylan began his so-called “Never Ending Tour,” which followed the Dead’s paradigm of changing setlists nightly, and performing about 100 shows a year. Interpretations of Dead songs infiltrated Dylan’s setlists, while the Dead almost became a Dylan cover band. In short, with the Dead, Dylan was reborn. After Garcia’s death in 1995, Dylan’s collaborations with various members of the Grateful Dead continued. This class will examine how people’s prejudices and preconceived notions—even of such rebels as Dylan and the Dead—influenced and limited their opinions. Join other music fans and come wrap your head around Dylan’s dalliance with the Dead. /////

So the class, once again, is this Wednesday, November 9th, 1:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 PM for areas such as Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, and parts of Africa, one hour later, at 7:30 PM, for Norway, Sweden, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Morocco, and much of Central Africa. 

Anyway, I got this information on the internet, so … Check your local time to confirm.   

Of course if you’re in the USA and have the day off, you’re certainly welcome as well …

Thanks, and hope to see you Wednesday, wherever you are … 

Links are in the accompanying blog entry.

Take care and stay safe …

 More information here:

https://bostonharoldpodcast.blogspot.com/2022/08/bob-dylans-controversial-collaboration.html


Harold Lepidus is the author of Friends and Other Strangers: Bob Dylan Examined (Oakmoor Publishing/Bennion Kearney), a collection of articles connecting Dylan with over 120 musicians, filmmakers, actors, artists, politicians, critics, and fans. In 2019, he spoke at the World of Bob Dylan symposium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, home of the official Bob Dylan Archives.  He wrote a music column for Blasting News and a blog for No Depression, and recently launched his own webpage and podcast, THE BOSTON HAROLD. Lepidus has taught classes on Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, and the Beatles as part of the Acton-Boxborough Community Education Program.

Harold will be using the Zoom platform for this class. Zoom is an easy-to-use video conferencing program used by many schools and organizations. A meeting link will be sent out on the day of the class which will allow you to attend. If you would like to find more information about Zoom, there are many tutorials available to watch on the Zoom Website.

https://registration.xenegrade.com/abschools/coursedisplay.cfm?schID=19847&check=1 

StatusRegistration Available
Course CodeCOLLABORATIONFA22 
SessionFall 2022 
CategoryOne of a Kind 
DatesWednesday, November 9
1:30 pm ET, 6:30 pm GMT, 7:30  (GMT+1)   
Times1:30 PM - 3:30 PM+ ET
InstructorLepidus, Harold 
LocationVirtual Classroom  

Dylan & the Dead: Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, live 1987



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