THE BOB CATS NEWSLETTER JULY 17, 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, small groups and pairs of weekend bar hoppers at large in the nocturnal heat wave in quarantine times. The Black Swan’s boarded up, the cracked actor slips in through a loose plank. Inside by the bar lit by an old-world kerosene lamp Geraldine de la Bedoyere and her lover cum butler Serge Paquet shares a fried chicken in a paper bag and a bottle of cherry wine. Her husband, the duke and his entourage are on her trail. A street car named Amelia Street goes by, a stranger in a seersucker suit gets off, hat pushed back, jacket on his arm, suitcase in his hand, the pockets of his seersucker pants bulging with dollar bills, packing a Beretta 35 in the small of his back underneath an Egyptian cotton shirt and a Luger 35 Polish Eagle in his bag. He’s wearing thin glasses in front of blue eyes and an ever-present smile. He goes by the name of Ernest Tweedy but his real name is Rydyard Carmichael among many others. He walks with a swaggy gait, two doors down from The Black Swan, his steps arrhythmic and light with the sound of a cardiac fatality. Without knocking the door swings open. The Salvation Army Band strikes up a version of Swing Low Sweet Chariot, cacaphonic and raw as the roar of the young roebuck on a vacant lot on the other side of the alleyway. The wind-burned thespian orders a bottle of claret with a weathered smile as the shots ring out in the night. ••• NEWS FLASH BOB DYLAN CENTER TULSA OKLAHOMA OPENING 2021. https://www.bobdylancenter.com/ ••• • THE SONGS A DEEP DIVE INTO THE LYRICS OF BOB DYLAN’S NEW ‘ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS’. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-album-rough-and-rowdy-ways-full-lyrics/ . https://www.stereostories.com/i-contain-multitudes-by-dylan-story-by-vin-m/ FALSE PROPHET CREDIT WHERE DUE: BOB DYLAN, BILLY EMERSON AND “FALSE PROPHET”. https://medium.com/@fredbals/credit-where-due-bob-dylan-billy-emerson-and-false-prophet-89c708aa4e1 MY OWN VERSION OF YOU • BLACK/WHITE HORSE TAVERN/BLACK SWAN. After midnight if you still want to meet/I'll be at the Black Horse Tavern on Armageddon Street/Two doors down not that far to walk/I'll hear your footsteps - you won't have to knock… https://gvshp.org/blog/2016/08/08/other-celebrities-who-have-haunted-the-white-horse-tavern/ I’VE MADE UP MY MIND TO GIVE MYSELF TO YOU A COLD WAR VIDEO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sLR4gQLmo0&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1qid_lL_fjxmiO8kL- eOC25cQKJM_yj5gklI69nXN4NWiTJoA6dFHGBd8 BLACK RIDER https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15401 GOODBYE , HELLO . https://www.highsummerstreet.com/ GOODBYE JIMMY REED: BOB DYLAN AND THE RANDOM-ABSTRACT SONG. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15740 "GOD BE WITH YOU, BROTHER DEAR IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?" ACT 2: SCENE 2 OF "THE LEARNED LADIES" BY MOLIÈRE. https://twitter.com/defdylan/status/1283905332700499968?s=11 KEY WEST (PHILOSOPHER PIRATE) WHITE HOUSE • CHARLIE POOLE & THE NORTH CAROLINA RAMBLERS • • SEPTEMBER 20, 1926 • THIS TUNE ABOUT THE MCKINLEY ASSASSINATION. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8cIKeRoKh4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley KEATS WEST. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15444 AENEAS VISITS KEY WEST. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15749 KEY WEST - BREAKING DOWN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN WRONG AND RIGHT. https://darmstadtdylandays.wordpress.com/2020/07/16/key-west-breaking-down-the-distance-between-wrong-and-right/ ••• ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS • THE REVIEWS LIFE DEATH HEARTBREAK DISILLUSIONMENT - DYLAN’S FIRST ALBUM AS AN OLD MAN. https://forward.com/culture/450268/life-death-heartbreak-disillusionment-dylans-first-album-as-an-old- man/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Afternoon%20Newsletter%20(Sunday%20RSS)&utm_maild ate=07/15/2020 A MAN OF MANY MOODS. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/man-many-moods THE MULTITUDE OF VISIONS IN DYLAN'S ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS • AN AUDIO ALBUM REVIEW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JreVwB7KcYE&feature=youtu.be BOB DYLAN DELIVERS YET ANOTHER ALBUM FOR THE AGES THAT CONTAINS MULTITUDES. https://medium.com/@orca_47908/bob-dylan-delivers-yet-another-album-for-the-ages-that-contains-multitudes- ce86ee082f42 REVIEW: BOB DYLAN – ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS (2020). http://www.maximumvolumemusic.com/review-bob-dylan-rough-and-rowdy-ways-2020/ ALBUM OF THE WEEK: BOB DYLAN, 'ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS'. https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2020/06/19/album-of-the-week-bob-dylan-rough-and-rowdy-ways ALBUM REVIEW: AN ESSAY ON DYLAN IN CONTEXT OF NEW RECORD ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS. https://thecosmicclash.com/2020/06/24/album-review-an-essay-on-dylan-in-context-of-new-record-rough-and-rowdy-ways/ ••• "It was two in the morning and I just happened to be in the neighborhood [Woodstock]. But Sara [Dylan] and Sally [Grossman] and Bobby were very warm to me. He gave me a great big hug. Bobby's funny that way. He loved to kid people. But you have to be careful how you come on to him or you'll knock him right back into his shell again... Bob was always a little more uptight when Albert was around. When Bob is having a good time though, his eyes just light up. But mostly he's on guard toward everyone and everything. It was that way from the start. Everything Bob says, he seems to have read over before he says it. When he's letting go a bit, everything is said with a giggle and a gaggle." ~Jack Elliott. ••• THE CONCERTS VIDEO AND AUDIO RECOMMENDATIONS. https://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewforum.php?f=40&sid=e1a25318701cc1e789a6004a593bdf30 HIGH WATER RISING: UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDINGS 2001 • 1:17:54. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-X9pus3OWI&feature=youtu.be SCARLET TOWN: UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDINGS 2018 VOLUME ONE • 1:15:11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS7brkWFvhk&feature=youtu.be SCARLET TOWN: UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDINGS 2018 VOLUME TWO • 1:19:19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuwwNb1H7f8&feature=youtu.be LOOKS LIKE I'M MOVING: THE BEST OF BOB DYLAN LIVE FALL 2019 • 1:15:53. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3ZW3Hlksh0&feature=youtu.be ••• THE LYRICS . https://lawliberty.org/bob-dylans-back-pages/ A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL. https://gtfup.org/2020/07/10/rebel-art-fridays-hard-rain/ •••

THE SONGS GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY • BEACON THEATER NEW YORK CITY NY • NOVEMBER 29, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leM3w- TXaPo&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3eobf60OyppEjgsNqpINkriNs01D8SErpr3HCCFxCfOEluXbwuphoTPto • NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND • NOVEMBER 15, 2005. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VStcyXUl-_4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1pWqLA44w2jWa5kXzEoVb- LRgPZJdQURAxDA7NCKMZ1G-44N__eecnzCc IF YOU SEE HER, SAY HELLO • LONDON ENGLAND • 1995. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVUm4KPClGc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2O93qghunVXuukVMAa4a9ijGDf_k_7TcBW rqNqvNUfz2WZv2DRPi10X5M UNDER THE RED SKY • JAPAN • FEBRUARY 12, 1994. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvSLfaED8o ••• THE & THE MOVIES . https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked_and_Anonymous DYLAN & THE DEAD. https://dylanlive.substack.com/p/dylan-and-the-dead-revisited?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cta SAVED. https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/ck-retro-review-saved-by-bob-dylan/ STREET LEGAL. http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/bob-dylan-street-legal.html STREET LEGAL AND THE GHOST OF ELVIS BY HAROLD LEPIDUS. https://bostonharoldpodcast.blogspot.com/2020/07/bob-dylan-street-legal-and-ghost-of.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdNJkersUFM&feature=youtu.be THE SECRET RECORDING SESSION OF AND BOB DYLAN IN 1970 • 55:52. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-george-harrison-secret-recording-session-1970-bootleg/ • CHARLIE DANIELS TALKS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky-lpSEnO4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W32AGgiYesA https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8543031/bob-dylan-johnny-cash-charlie-daniels DYLAN’S LOST 1966 ALBUM: TIME TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15503 ••• THE RADIO & THE POD NEWSLETTER 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/ ••• THE ARTICLES BOOKS & ESSAYS DYLAN PAINTED HIS MASTERPIECE - THE NEXT YEAR HE PAINTED ANOTHER ONE • SETH ROGOVOY. https://forward.com/culture/450030/dylan-painted-his-masterpiece-desire-the-next-year-he-painted-another-one/ PLAY LADY PLAY: KNOCKING THE PONY WITH THE SISTERHOOD, BONNY AND MADELEINE. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15684 DYLAN’S BEST SINCE ‘?’ YOU’RE ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION. https://forward.com/culture/450203/dylans-best-since-blood-on-the-tracks-youre-asking-the-wrong- question/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sunday%20Newsletter%20RSS&utm_maildate=07/12/ 2020 THE MOMENT JOHN LENNON AND BOB DYLAN SHARED A SUITABLY STONED TAXI. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/john-lennon-bob-dylan-taxi-stoned/ BOB DYLAN AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON: PROPHET OF THE BOURGEOISIE. https://www.polisci.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/Green_%20Bob%20Dylan.pdf DYLAN BABYLON BERLIN AND CAMUS: SETH ROGOVOY'S RECOMMENDATIONS. https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/the-shmooze/263-dylan-babylon-berlin-and-camus-seth- rogovoys THE TRUTH ABOUT BOB DYLAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BEATLES. https://www.grunge.com/222005/the-truth-about-bob-dylans-relationship-with-the-beatles/ MARGO PRICE ON THE BOB DYLAN CLASSIC SHE WISHES SHE WROTE. https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/margo-price-song-i-wish-i-wrote-bob-dylan/ UNTOLD DYLAN: THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15516 ROMANCE & THE . https://www.beatdom.com/romance-the-rolling-stone/ ••• 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

FLASHES FROM THE ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS Black Rider Black Rider you been livin’ too I don’t want to fight - at least not today hard Go home to your wife stop visiting mine You been up all night havin’ to stay on your One of these days I’ll forget to be kind guard The path that you’re walkin’ - is too narrow to Black Rider Black Rider tell me when - tell me walk how Every step of the way another stumblin’ block If there ever was a time then let it be now The road that you’re on - same road that you Let me go through - open the door know My soul is distressed my mind is at war But it’s not the same as - it was a minute ago Don’t hug me - don’t flatter me - don’t turn on the charm Black Rider Black Rider you’ve seen it all I’ll take out a sword and have to hack off your You’ve seen the great world and you’ve seen the arm small You fell into the fire and you’re eating the flame Black Rider Black Rider hold it right there Better seal up your lips if you want to stay in The size of your cock will get you nowhere the game I’ll suffer in silence I’ll not make a sound Be reasonable Mister - be honest be fair Maybe I’ll take the - high moral ground Let all of your earthly thoughts be a prayer Some enchanted evening I’ll sing you a song Black Rider Black Rider you’ve been on the job Black Rider Black Rider all dressed in black too long. I’m walking away and you try to make me look back (Black Rider) My heart is at rest I’d like to keep it that way •••

THE COVERS DON’T FALL APART ON ME TONIGHT • & JAMES WALBOURNE. https://www.showbiz411.com/2020/07/13/listen-watch-to-chrissie-hyndes-gorgeous-7-minute-take-on-bob-dylans-dont-fall- apart-on-me-tonight https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pretenders-chrissie-hynde-bob-dylan-dont-fall-apart-on-me-tonight- 1028649/ https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/chrissie-hynde-cover-bob-dylan-dont-fall-apart-on-me-tonight/ SEÑOR (TALES OF YANKEE POWER) • & DAVID RAWLINGS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2j_P_m7_sM • GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sn_lrgBE2c DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT • JOHN MARTYN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aRdNOIOhLA ••• GOODBYE JUDY DYBLE (1949 -2020). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxEpR2GViBc https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/12/fairport-convention-singer-judy-dyble-dies-aged-71 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/arts/music/judy-dyble-dead.html ••• GOOD NIGHT To see is second to do What you don’t see will not hurt you It will haunt you to your dying day To do is second to naught Passing the point of no return Will you send you in an orbit down Mexico way. ••• 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. •••