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Rough And Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour
Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour is the current ongoing tour by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in support of his 39th studio album '' Rough and Rowdy Ways'' (2020). The tour began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 2, 2021 and is scheduled to continue through to 2024. Background Dylan's 39th studio album was released in June 2020. The release was originally set to coincide with Dylan's 2020 Never Ending Tour with Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and The Hot Club of Cowtown. The 'Never Ending Tour 2020' was then postponed and later cancelled entirely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. '' Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan'', a live-streamed concert film, was later released in July 2021 in lieu of any live performances. ''Shadow Kingdom'' showcases Dylan in an intimate setting as he performs songs from his extensive body of work, created especially for this event. It marked his first concert performance since December 2019, and first performance since his univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning more than 60 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and " The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. His lyrics during this period incorporated a range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture. Following his self-titled debut album in 1962, which comprised mainly traditional folk songs, Dylan made his breakthrough as a songwriter with the release of ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' the following year. The album features "Blowin' in the Wind" and the thematically complex " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall". Many of his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Sexton
Charles Wayne Sexton (born August 11, 1968) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Sexton is best known for his years as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band, though also has become well known as a music producer. Sexton co-founded the Arc Angels and created the Charlie Sexton Sextet. He was still a teenager when he gained fame for his 1985 hit, "Beat's So Lonely", from his debut album, '' Pictures for Pleasure''. Biography When he was four Charlie and his mother relocated from San Antonio, Texas to Austin—where clubs such as the Armadillo World Headquarters, Soap Creek Saloon, the Split Rail and Antone's exposed him to popular music. He moved back to Austin at age 12 after a brief period living outside Austin with his mother. When Charlie and his brother, Will Sexton, were still young boys, they were taught how to play guitar by Austin legend W. C. Clark—known as the "Godfather of Austin Blues." Early successes Charlie's first band was the Groovemasters, fronted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Be Alone With You
"To Be Alone with You" is a country-rock song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released as the third track on his 1969 album ''Nashville Skyline''. Composition and recording "To Be Alone with You" was the first song Dylan recorded for ''Nashville Skyline'', on February 13, 1969. It was one of four songs Dylan had written for the album before the recording sessions, the others being " Lay Lady Lay", " I Threw It All Away" and " One More Night". It was recorded in eight takes, during which Dylan increased the backing instrumentation to include multiple guitars in addition to a dobro, a piano and an organ. Before the song starts, Dylan is heard asking his producer, Bob Johnston, "Is it rolling, Bob?" It is a simple love song, with lyrics that Allmusic's Thomas Ward compares to a nursery rhyme. Andy Gill suggests that Dylan was influenced by Jerry Lee Lewis on this song. Gill suggests that both the arrangement and Dylan's delivery imitate Lewis' style, and that the final vers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Roman Kings
"Early Roman Kings" is a blues song written and performed by Bob Dylan that appears as the seventh track on his 2012 studio album ''Tempest''. It was also released as the album's lead single through Columbia Records on August 7, 2012. Like much of Dylan's 21st-century output, he produced the song himself using the pseudonym Jack Frost. Composition and recording The song is built on a generic riff familiar from many blues recordings, notably Muddy Waters "Mannish Boy", Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man" and Bo Diddley's " I'm a Man", but it has drawn praise for Dylan's humorous, original lyrics and committed performance. Writer Lloyd Fonvielle, in an online essay, noted the song's relationship to the Chicago blues and how David Hidalgo's accordion part replaces the part that would traditionally be occupied by a harmonica and/or guitar. He claims this transposition gives the track the feeling of a "ghost blues". Lyrically, Fonvielle sees the song as "a kind of road map to the ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Own Version Of You
"My Own Version of You" is a song written and performed by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released as the third track on his 2020 album ''Rough and Rowdy Ways''. Inspired by Mary Shelley's novel ''Frankenstein'', this darkly comical song features a narrator who describes bringing "someone to life" using the body parts of disparate corpses in what has been widely interpreted as an elaborate metaphor for the songwriting process. Composition and recording The song's lyrics prominently feature gothic-horror imagery, which can be found to a lesser extent on other tracks on ''Rough and Rowdy Ways'' (including " I Contain Multitudes", which references the stories "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, and " Murder Most Foul", which alludes to the movies ''The Wolf Man'', ''The Invisible Man'' and ''A Nightmare on Elm Street''). A number of lyrics in "My Own Version of You" explicitly reference ''Frankenstein'', including the opening verse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" is a 1967 song by Bob Dylan first released on ''John Wesley Harding''. It features Pete Drake on pedal steel guitar, and two other Nashville musicians, Charlie McCoy on bass guitar and Kenneth Buttrey on drums, both of whom had appeared on Dylan's previous album, ''Blonde on Blonde''. Dylan first performed the song in concert at the Isle of Wight Festival with the Band on August 31, 1969. Since then, he has included it in more than 400 live performances. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" has been covered by many artists, including Robert Palmer with UB40 in 1990. Robert Palmer and UB40 version In 1990, Robert Palmer and UB40 released a cover version of the song. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. It appears on Robert Palmer's albums '' Don't Explain'' and on the 1995 best of ''The Very Best of''. The song was successful, particularly in Australia, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland, reaching the top 10 in these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Rider (song)
"Black Rider" is a minor-key folk ballad written and performed by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released as the fifth track on his 2020 album ''Rough and Rowdy Ways''. It is the shortest song on the album and features a sparse acoustic arrangement but its musical complexity and ambiguous lyrics have generated substantial critical analysis. Reception In a four-and-a-half out of five-star review of ''Rough and Rowdy Ways'' in ''Uncut'' magazine, critic Richard Williams notes that the album's "subdued mood is dialed down a further notch for 'Black Rider': simple acoustic guitar and mandolin, just marking the chords, sometimes almost disappearing behind dream-like lyrics that sound as though they’re being written on water. Murmured to a rival or maybe to an alter ego, they contain perhaps the most surprising single word in Dylan’s entire recording career: 'Black rider, black rider, hold it right there / The size of your cock will get you nowhere / I’ll suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When I Paint My Masterpiece
"When I Paint My Masterpiece" is a 1971 song written by Bob Dylan. It was first released by The Band, who recorded the song for their album '' Cahoots'', released on September 15, 1971. Background Dylan himself first recorded the song at New York's Blue Rock Studio when he was backed by Leon Russell and session musicians, including Jesse Ed Davis on lead guitar. The recording sessions lasted from March 16 to 19, 1971, and also saw the recording of the 45 RPM single " Watching the River Flow", released by CBS Records on June 3, 1971. Both songs appeared on ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II'', released November 17, 1971, with Russell credited as the producer of the two songs. During the March 1971 sessions at Blue Rock Studio, Dylan also recorded a solo version with slightly different lyrics, accompanying himself on piano. This version was released in 2013 on '' The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971)''. Dylan and The Band performed the song together l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
False Prophet (song)
"False Prophet" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the second track on his 39th studio album, ''Rough and Rowdy Ways'' (2020). It was released as the album's third and final single on May 8, 2020, through Columbia Records. The music is based on Billy "The Kid" Emerson's 1954 Sun Records single "If Lovin' Is Believin'". Background The title of the song, and the refrain "I ain't no false prophet", are believed by many to be self-referential since Dylan has been referred to as both a "prophet" and a "false prophet" on many occasions since the 1960s. This is evident even in the titles of books featuring critical analysis of his work. Dylan has complained about the prophet label on numerous occasions over the years. Speaking to an audience in Omaha, Nebraska during a concert at the height of his gospel period in 1980, for instance, Dylan said, "Years ago they ... said I was a prophet. I used to say, 'No I'm not a prophet'. They say, 'Yes you are, you're a prophet'. I sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Contain Multitudes
"I Contain Multitudes" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the opening track on his 39th studio album, ''Rough and Rowdy Ways'' (2020). It was released as the album's second single on April 17, 2020, through Columbia Records. The title of the song is taken from Section 51 of the poem "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman. The song was released, unannounced, less than a month after Dylan's previous single, " Murder Most Foul". The two singles were the first original material released by Dylan since his 2012 album ''Tempest''. "I Contain Multitudes" reached number 5 on '' Billboard''s Rock Digital Song Sales chart. Background and themes Dylan has long been fascinated by the concept of the multiplicity of the self, evident in everything from his fondness for Arthur Rimbaud's phrase "Je est un autre" ("I is another"), which he said caused bells to go off when he first read it in the 1960s, to the lyrics of his Rastafari-influenced 1983 song " I and I". In an interview to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan for his 1966 album '' Blonde on Blonde''. The song was released as a single twice during his career, once in 1974, which reached number 66 on the US chart, and again in 2007, appearing at number 51 on the UK chart. Recording Recorded at Columbia Music Row Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 9, 1966, the instrumental track features members of the A-Team of studio musicians, including Charlie McCoy on trumpet, Kenny Buttrey on drums, Jerry Kennedy, Joe South, and Wayne Moss on guitar, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Bill Aikins on organ, and Henry Strzelecki on bass, along with guitarist Robbie Robertson. Live performances "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" gained significant visibility when it was frequently the concert opening and encore song on the Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Tour. One such performance was included later that year as the first track on the resulting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watching The River Flow
"Watching the River Flow" is a blues rock song by American singer Bob Dylan. Produced by Leon Russell, it was written and recorded during a session in March 1971 at the Blue Rock Studio in New York City. The collaboration with Russell formed in part through Dylan's desire for a new sound—after a period of immersion in country rock music—and for a change from his previous producer. The song was praised by critics for its energy and distinctive vocals, guitar, and piano. It has been interpreted as Dylan's account of his writer's block in the early 1970s, and his wish to deliver less politically engaged material and find a new balance between public and private life. Charting in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, the song was included on the 1971 ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II'', and other Dylan compilation albums. In 2011, five current and former Rolling Stones appeared on a recording of "Watching the River Flow" as part of a tribute p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
