Boston Harold Podcast

OUTLAW BLUES: Talkin’ HEADLINER Bob Dylan canceled appearance Ticketmaster “no ticket refund” shakedown “abatement” paranoid blues  “To live outside the law, you must be honest,” Absolutely Sweet Marie, Bob Dylan, 1966 On April 9 of this year, I bought a ticket for the final date of the “Outlaw Music Festival” tour. It was originally rumored when the dates were announced, but didn’t go on sale until much later than the surprise February 27th on sale dates for the original shows. (That’s when I got mine for the Mansfield date.) Ticketmaster Ticketmaster, still with Dylan's image According to my receipt, it was at 1:55 a.m., although it must have been earlier in the evening. Maybe it was west coast time? Somehow, I must have checked my phone, and noticed that presale tickets for Friday, September 20, at the BankNH Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire, had gone on sale. This lineup was slightly different on this leg of the tour, with John Mellencamp joining Willie Nelson & Family an

VIETNAM, WATERGATE, AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE: Bob Dylan/The Band - The 1974 Live Recordings Mildred (Peggy Maley): “Hey, Johnny! What are you rebelling against?” Johnny (Marlon Brando): “Whadda you got?” —  The Wild One (1953) “Mama wipe the blood from my face/I'm sick and tired of this war/I’ve got a long black feeling and it’s hard to trace” - “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” 1974 live version. “Art is never finished, it is only abandoned,” Leonardo Da Vinci, which can be applied to Dylan’s body of work, as well as this review. (Please forgive any grammatical or syntax errors. I am abandoning the article now, as is.) Bob Dylan and the Band - The 1974 Live Recordings is a 27 CD box set of whatever surviving soundboards exist in the Sony cupboards, from Dylan’s “comeback” trek across North America, then known as “Tour ‘74.” 40 shows in six weeks, sometimes two a day/night - a mix of Dylan with the Band, Dylan solo, and separate sets by the Band. Each of almost all of Dyla