THE BOB CATS NEWSLETTER AUGUST 7, 2020.

CELEBRATING THE ART AND THE MANY LIVES OF • NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE SONG & DANCE MAN. INSPIRED BY AND THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT WAS MADE. ESTABLISHED 2006 BY PETER HOLST • 13 YEARS AND RUNNING. HTTPS://THEBOBCATSNEWSLETTER.WORDPRESS.COM

Welcome to another edition of the Bob Cats Newsletter. It's night time in the big city and the night nurse has a cup of coffee at the Darktown Delhi, no one but her by the bar but a young Romanian couple in love. He’s got his fiddle in a crutch and she’s got her bow in tow. The night nurse just let them be ‘cause she’s got a love of her own, an ex-GI in quarantine down in the boondocks. Paoli Cianerini, padre and proprietor of a small business in jewelry on Beluga Street south of The Holy Church of Mary and the Lamb, returns to the bar at The Black Swan after a hectic night on the lam from a gang of out of town creditors, in cold sweat and a slanting clerical collar he throws down a few pints of ale and chasers, striking up a conversation with the cracked actor about redemption and gratitude towards the sweet Lord’s providence. A streetcar named Whigham goes by empty but for the pilot and his uncle from Sag Harbor just to about to collide with a black sedan with out of state plates, a Tahitian driver and two hunks in the back seat, smoking weed, swearing and loading a Kalashnikov. ••• ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS • THE SONGS BLACK RIDER • DYLAN’S MOST COMPLEX SONG EVER. http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2020/08/black-rider-dylans-most-complex-song- ever/?fbclid=IwAR0vWZQh69lbFk2lPMZLJDtWeXH8pZtSH4gm5R7QIGassT-kGHsq1XSKMNY ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS PART 5: DISC 2. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15969 BOB DYLAN OBLIQUELY: ROUGH AND ROWDY. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15593 KEY WEST (PHILOSOPHER PIRATE): MAY YOU STAY FOREVER JUNG. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15844 FORGING AN IDENTITY: BOB DYLAN’S ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS. https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/forging-an-identity-bob-dylans-rough-and-rowdy-ways/ ••• ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS • THE REVIEWS ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS. https://lance-bebopspokenhere.blogspot.com/2020/08/album-review-bob-dylan-rough-and-rowdy.html ••• THE CONCERTS VIDEO AND AUDIO RECOMMENDATIONS. https://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewforum.php?f=40&sid=e1a25318701cc1e789a6004a593bdf30 RED BLUFF CALIFORNIA • OCTOBER 7, 2002 • WITH BONUS TRACKS • 2:27:18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KHdMbjsoXk&feature=youtu.be TARGET CENTER MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA • OCTOBER 23, 1998. https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/02/watch-full-concert-bob-dylan-target-center-minneapolis-1998/ TRÄDGÅRDSFÖRENINGEN GOTHENBURG SWEDEN • JUNE 28, 1992 • 1:33:04. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKxTIPlHYOg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0vWZQh69lbFk2lPMZLJDtWeXH8pZtSH4 gm5R7QIGassT-kGHsq1XSKMNY PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA • WITH • JULY 10, 1987 • 1:19:22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoaF6fCuFDg&feature=youtu.be INGLEWOOD CALIFORNIA • WITH & THE HEARTBREAKERS • AUGUST 3, 1986 • 2:16:23. https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/03/august-3-bob-dylan-inglewood-los-angeles-california-1986-audio/ BOB DYLAN ON LETTERMAN • UPGRADED REHEARSAL AND AIR • MARCH 22, 1984 • 33:24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP--PD1BcGE

PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA • OCTOBER 10, 1964 • 1:53:28 (LOW FI). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDqxfugoJoU&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR02ycQlGvWdFW1fiWmTNYSb_12F0RJB_k Nz4v-mmG6h4FvNiMcGyPHO6Ag ••• THE LYRICS FROM THE FATHER OF THE TO THOSE DEVILISH DOUBLE DYLANS. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15936 . https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/04/bob-dylans-best-songs-desolation-row-recorded-august-4-1965/ BARBARA ALLEN. https://thebluemoment.com/2016/10/16/bob-dylan-and-barbara-allen/ PLAY LADY PLAY: FOREIGN LANGUAGE LADY-DYLAN LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15964 ••• THE SONGS IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY • WITH THE WYNTON MARSALIS BAND • FROM THE : UNITED WE SWING: BEST OF THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER GALAS • 2004. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=076CdcH9LTQ&feature=youtu.be 5 BRILLIANT LIVE PERFORMANCES 2002. https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/06/bob-dylan-5-brilliant-live-performances-from-the-year-2002/ 5 BRILLIANT LIVE PERFORMANCES 2001. https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/05/bob-dylan-5-brilliant-live-performances-from-the-year-2001/ 5 BRILLIANT LIVE PERFORMANCES 2000. https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/03/bob-dylan-5-brilliant-live-performances-from-the-year-2000/ 5 BRILLIANT LIVE PERFORMANCES 1999. https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/02/bob-dylan-5-brilliant-live-performances-from-the-year-1999/ 5 BRILLIANT LIVE PERFORMANCES 1998. https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/01/bob-dylan-5-brilliant-live-performances-from-the-year-1998/ 5 BRILLIANT LIVE PERFORMANCES 1997. https://borntolisten.com/2020/07/31/bob-dylan-5-brilliant-live-performances-from-the-year-1997/ • SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA • DECEMBER 11, 1965. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfu6VbfH- kc&fbclid=IwAR0T6s6y3o8RbdAumBn8l7HiZcLF2OemJOtlVweneU5wnDOUzO88BGThOPA • OUTTAKES OF D.A. PENNEBAKER'S "DON'T LOOK BACK" • TOWN HALL NEWCASTLE ENGLAND • MAY 6, 1965. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWhl-6jyyfo&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1foR6zMhI5AoneTXA9vsbXZDtrp- ML8btjoAoctGkW3U6ueQOAel0m98w MOTORPSYCHO NIGHTMARE • 1964. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMIGQX5sUus&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1t9sYUYrfUCccK4jn7RublvPQhfCq4hu29 Q3iM45CDHfHGirRAMDmEzmc ••• THE INTERVIEWS BOB DYLAN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB - INTERVIEW WITH JANN WENNER. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WA0S2_HQ5o&fbclid=IwAR0h_C4ef8oItdCb7SaWyllQIJCGAIlrTRgi7Bgh8xD2F- 6wqSZCKSqxhnU ••• THE PETE HAMILL ESSAY FROM THE ORIGINAL BACK COVER OF . http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-b28_Hamilltext.html ••• THE RADIO, THE MOVING PICTURES & THE PODS’N NEWSLETTERS DEFINITELY DYLAN LIVE • ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS • JULY 26, 2020. https://www.definitelydylan.com/listen/2020/7/28/definitely-dylan-live-26-july-2020 HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB DYLAN & FELLOW TRAVELERS • THE LIVE RADIO PROGRAM. https://player.whooshkaa.com/hard-rain-and-slow-trains-bob-dylan-and-fellow-travelers FLAGGING DOWN THE DOUBLE E’S • THE NEWSLETTER. https://dylanlive.substack.com/ • BASEMENT TAPES & ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDQ4Mzc4Ni9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk?ep =14 BOB DYLAN: PRETTY GOOD STUFF | EP. 8. https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2020/08/03/bob-dylan-pretty-good-stuff-ep-8/ THE ADVENTURES OF BOB DYLAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/best-bob-dylan-songs-21st-century-1036916/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puMaXkI3Oi0&app=desktop BOB DYLAN AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 1969 • HD COLOR FOOTAGE • 2:24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L3X5P7tOVc&feature=youtu.be BOB DYLAN IN TAITE NEW ZEALAND FEATURE RARE FOOTAGE • 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puMaXkI3Oi0&app=desktop ••• THE ARTICLES BOOKS & ESSAYS BOB DYLAN, THE WANDERER: A FUSION OF HUCK FINN AND WOODY GUTHRIE, THE MUSICIAN WRITES SONGS THAT SOUND DRAWN FROM ORAL HISTORY • BY NAT HENTOFF • OCTOBER 17, 1964. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1964/10/24/the-crackin-shakin-breakin-sounds THE ART WORK OF BOB DYLAN’S STREET-LEGAL, AND SECRET OF THE COVER’S LOCATION. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/16063 BOB DYLAN KNOWS HOW TO ELECTRIFY AUDIENCE WITH ACOUSTIC. https://nation.com.pk/01-Aug-2020/bob-dylan-knows-how-to-electrify-audience-with-acoustic EMMA SWIFT'S MULTITUDES: A CONVERSATION ABOUT BOB DYLAN. https://www.wmot.org/post/emma-swifts-multitudes-conversation-about-bob-dylan#stream/0 WHY BOB DYLAN REFUSED TO PERFORM ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-refuse-ed-sullivan-show-censor/ ••• THE ARCHIVES THE THEME TIME RADIO HOUR. http://www.themetimeradio.com/all/ http://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=87014 EXPECTING RAIN. https://www.expectingrain.com/ . http://www.notdarkyet.org THE BOB DYLAN COMMENTARIES • ANALYSIS OF LYRICS: BOB DYLAN - . http://www.bobdylancommentaries.com/bob-dylan/your-no-good/ ••• PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

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FLASHES FROM THE ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS Go bag a sun dial Why but why shouldn't I? Two dollars and 99 cents Two dollars and 99 cents two dollars and 99 All mine I go down cents Four dollars and 99 cents It's tomorrow Well she walk in and asks how much is that For to go mister Lord lord tomorrow people go. Two dollars and 99 cents Oh you better go back and ask your sister Don't want a two dollar bill For two dollars and 99 cents One dollar 99 cents Oh I am… You got ten dollars want a two dollar bill Ten dollars and 99 cents Two dollars and 99 cents Had a good night But you keep my way with your… Had a night with me and a hope on the devil's Do or die why its too much to cry son Why oh why oh why why shouldn't I?

Ain't got a bus we'll keep it level (2 Dollars and 99 Cents) Do or die man comes along and ••• TRUE DYLAN OR A SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE BY SAM SHEPHARD A one-act play, as it really happened one afternoon in California ••• In the dark, a Jimmy Yancey piano solo plays very softly, floating in the background. Soft, blue, foggy light creeps in, extreme upstage, revealing a large, weathered brick patio bordered by shaggy grass and opening out to a distant view of the Pacific Ocean. The rhythmic splashing of waves is heard beneath the piano music and continues throughout the play, always in the background. The only set piece onstage is a round redwood table with a big, yellow umbrella stuck in the middle of it and two redwood benches set across from one another at the table. The table and benches are down left (from the actors' point of view). As the light keeps rising, a short, skinny guy named Bob is seen center stage dressed in nothing but a pair of light-green boxer shorts. His arms are clasped across his chest with each hand gripping the opposite shoulder, as though warding off the cold. He turns in a slow circle to his right and then repeats the circle to his left, looking out to the ocean as his gaze passes it. He stops, facing the audience, and covers his face with both hands, then rubs his eyes and draws his hands slowly down his cheeks to his chin. His mouth falls open and he drops his head back on his shoulders to stare at the sky. He holds that position. The piano music stops abruptly. Sam—a tall, skinny guy dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, carrying a tape recorder, several notebooks, and a six-pack of beer—enters from right. He stops. Bob drops his hands and stares at Sam. Pause. The sound of distant waves continues. Sam: Ready? Bob: Yeah. I just gotta make a couple phone calls first. (Bob moves toward stage right, then stops) Oh, you know where I just was? Sam: Where? Bob: Paso Robles. You know, on that highway where James Dean got killed? Sam: Oh yeah? Bob: I was there at the spot. On the spot. A windy kinda place. Sam: They've got a statue or monument to him in that town, don't they? Bob: Yeah, but I was on the curve where he had the accident. Outsida town. And this place is incredible. I mean, the place where he died is as powerful as the place he lived. Sam: Nebraska? Bob: Where'd he live? Sam: He came from the farm, didn't he? Somewhere. Bob: Yeah, Iowa or Indiana. I forget. But this place up there has this kind of aura about it. It's on this kind of broad expanse of land. It's like that place made James Dean who he is. If he hadn't've died there he wouldn't've been James Dean. Sam: Hm. Bob moves as though to exit stage right again, but stops again. Bob: You know what Elvis said? He said that if James Dean had sang he'd've been Ricky Nelson. Sam: Is that right? Bob: Yeah. (pause) You need anything? Sam: Nope. Bob: You brought some beer? Sam: Yeah. Bob: I just gotta make a couple phone calls. Sam: Good. (BOB exits stage right. SAM sits on bench facing stage right, pulls out a cassette tape and sticks it in the recorder, punches a button, and the same Jimmy Yancy tune is heard coming from the machine itself. Only a snatch is heard before Bob’S VOICE comes from offstage right, speaking on the phone. As soon as BOB’S VOICE is heard, SAM shuts the recorder off and starts leafing through his notebooks, scribbling in them now and then. ) BOB’S VOICE: (Off right) Maria? Listen, what’s that thing gonna be like tonight? (Pause.) Yeah. There gonna be a lotta people there? (Pause.) Well, that’s what I’m tryin’ to figure out. (Pause.) Yeahg. I don’t know. How many people you think there’ll be? (Pause.) Yeah, I know. Yeah, well, I seen their act before. Yeah, I seen it. I seen it in St. Louis. Yeah. (Pause.) I dunno – nineteen fifty-nine or sixty, somethin’ like that. (Laughs. Pause.) Okay. Bye. (BOB hangs up offstage. SAM looks in that direction, then returns to his notebooks, cracks open a can of beer, and drinks.) (Off right) Sam, what’s this thing supposed to be about anyway? SAM: I dunno. BOB’S VOICE: (Off) Are we supposed to have a theme? SAM: I got a buncha questions here. BOB’S VOICE: (Off) You brought questions? SAM: Yeah. BOB’S VOICE: What if I don’t have the answers? Sam: Make it up. BOB’S VOICE: Okay, so ask me a question. SAM: (Quickly putting a cassette in recorder) Okay, wait a second. I gotta see if this thing is working. BOB’S VOICE: You got a tape? SAM: (Punching RECORD button) Yeah. Okay. All right. It’s rolling. BOB’S VOICE: Ask me somethin’. SAM: Right. (Referring to notebooks) Let’s see – okay – let’s see now – okay – here we go: Do you have any ideas about angels? Do you ever think about angels? BOB’S VOICE: That’s the first question? SAM: You want me to start with something else? BOB’S VOICE: (Still off) No, that’s okay. Angels. Yeah, now, angels now – what is it? (Pause.) Oh – the pope says this about angels – he says they exist. SAM: Yeah? The pope? BOB’S VOICE: Yeah. And they’re spiritual beings. That’s what he says. SAM: Do you believe it? BOB’S VOICE: Yeah. SAM: Have you had any direct experience with angels? BOB’S VOICE: (Off) Yeah. Yeah, I have. I just gotta make one more phone call, all right? SAM: Yeah. (Shuts tape off) BOB’S VOICE: You need anything? SAM: Naw, I’m fine. (Sam drinks more beer, scribbles more notes. Pause. BOB’S VOICE is heard again offstage right on phone. Sound of waves continues.) BOB’S VOICE: (Off right) Maria? Hi, it’s me again. (Pause. Laughs.) Yeah, I just like the sound of your voice. Listen, what’s the area code for Tulsa, do you know? (Pause.) Tulsa, yeah. (Pause.) All right. Good. (Pause.) Yeah, that’s okay. I don’t need it right away. (Pause.) Oh, ya did? (Pause.) Yeah? (Pause.) So, it’s just a few people then? What’s a few? (Pause.) That’s more than a few. (Laughs.) Yeah, but, that’s not what you’d call a few. (Pause.) Aw, I dunno. Look, I’ll just have to think about it – see how the day goes – then I’ll get back to you. (Pause.) Yeah, okay. Bye. (Hangs up.) SAM: (After pause) You want me to come back? I could go out and come back if you want. Have some lunch. BOB’S Voice: (Off) Naw, you’re here. Stay. I’m just getting’ some clothes on. I’ll be right there. Ask me another question. SAM: Oh, okay – (Punching recorder on) Uh – let’s see – (Referring to notebooks) Okay: What was the first music you can remember listening to? Way back. BOB’S VOICE: (Off) First music. First music? SAM: Yeah. BOB’S VOICE: (Off) Live, ya mean? Live? SAM: Yeah. Live. BOB’S VOICE: (Off) First music ever? SAM: Yeah. BOB’S VOICE: (Off) Polka music. SAM: Really? (Bob enters from right wearing a sleeveless T-shirt, black jeans, and motorcycle boots with brass buckles. He carries a beat-up old acoustic guitar strung around his neck with an old piece of rope. He continually fingers the neck of the guitar and keeps picking out little repetitive melody lines, short blues progressions, gospel chords – whatever comes into his mind. He keeps this up through all the dialogue, even when he’s talking, rarely resting into complete silence.) BOB: (Onstage now) Yeah, polka. SAM: (Drinking beer) Where? Up in Hibbing? BOB: Yeah, Hibbing. SAM: Hibbing’s near Duluth, right? BOB: Right. SAM: I love Duluth. BOB: Great town. SAM: That lake. BOB: Superior? SAM: Yeah. Tough town, too. BOB: (Always moving, picking guitar) Especially when it freezes over. Indians come out. Fur trapers. SAM: Beaver. BOB: Yeah, beaver, too. Loons. SAM: So you heard this polka music in what – dance halls or something? BOB: Yeah – no – taverns. Beer joints. They played it in all the taverns. You just walk down the street and hear that all the time. People’d come flyin’ out into the street doin’ the polka. Accordions would come flyin’ out. SAM: Were they fighting or dancing? BOB: Both, I guess. Mostly just having a good time. People from the old country. SAM: Polish? BOB: Some. I guess. SAM: Were they singing in Polish? BOB: They were singin’ in somethin’. Swedish, maybe. Some language. But you know how you don’t need to know the language when it’s music. You understand the music no matter what language it’s in. Like when I went down and heard that Tex-Mex border music – that sounded like the same music to me even though the language was different. It all sounds the same to me. SAM: Three-quarter time. BOB: Yeah – waltz. I love to waltz. SAM: How old were you then? BOB: Aw, I dunno. Nine, ten. SAM: Did you feel like you were cut off back then? BOB: How d’ya mean? SAM: I mean being up in the Far Northg like that. In the boondocks. BOB: Nah, ‘cause I didn’t know anything else was goin’ on. Why, did you? SAM: Yeah. I still do. (Laughs) BOB: (Sings a snatch and plays) “Down in the boondocks / Down in the boondocks / Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks.” SAM: So you didn’t have any big burning desire to get to New York or anything? BOB: Naw. The only reason I wanted to go to New York is ‘cause James Dean had been there. SAM: So you really liked James Dean? BOB: Oh, yeah. Always did. SAM: How come? BOB: Same reason you like anybody, I guess. You see somethin’ of yourself in them.

THE COVERS IT AIN'T ME BABE • HUGO MONTENEGRO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz_QwMLiypc • CURTIS STIGERS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPW7sypsFDI&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1foR6zMhI5AoneTXA9vsbXZDtrp- ML8btjoAoctGkW3U6ueQOAel0m98w GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY • IONA FYFE. https://ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/track/girl-from-the-north-country?utm_campaign=ionafyfe%20track%20girl-from-the-north- country&utm_medium=email&utm_content=fanpub_fb_trk&utm_source=track_release LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT • ELIZA GILKYSON. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXnpykgIUc4 ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE (THE VALLEY BELOW) • . https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/robert-plant-bob-dylan-cover-one-more-cup-of-coffee/ • FUNK COVER FEATURING DAVID SIMMONS JR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WProLXn-UxQ GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY • • KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR • LIKE A RODNEY CROWELL https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/07/rodney-crowell-sings-bob-dylan-happy-70th-birthday-rodney-crowell/ ••• HAPPY BIRTHDAY RODNEY CROWELL • AUGUST 7. https://borntolisten.com/2020/08/07/rodney-crowell-sings-bob-dylan-happy-70th-birthday-rodney-crowell/ ••• GOODBYE PETE HAMMILL (1935-2020). https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/pete-hamill-journalist-dead-85-obituary-1039709/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/nyregion/pete-hamill-dead.html WAYNE FONTANA (1945 -2020). https://bestclassicbands.com/wayne-fontana-obituary-mindbenders-game-of-love-8-6-20/ ••• GOOD NIGHT The way a mother steers her daughter on a The way your body, naked and white crowded sidewalk in the afternoon disappears inside a lake dark as the night The sound of cranes across the sky The sight of clouds onwards to another sky The way we touch by accident down by the sea The way we touch per chance beneath a tree No excuses, nor explications, it’s what it is, No sad farewell, nor expectations, it’s what it is, that’s what it is that’s what it is. ••• HTTPS://THEBOBCATSNEWSLETTER.WORDPRESS.COM The Bob Cats Newsletter is inspired by Theme Time Radio Hour and the spirit in which it is made. All words by Peter Holst unless otherwise indicated, ’Flashes from the past’ by Bob Dylan. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, let me know and you’re off the hook. ©peterholst2020. •••