THE BOB CATS NEWSLETTER JUNE 18, 2021.

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 • 14 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 town board in the Town Hall has been in congress since the early morning hours. The Cossack Party has been filibustering since noon regarding the parking meters outside the Church of Mary and the Lamb, the Libertines have filed a multiple of protests that has been protested against by the Christian Knights and the Blue Collars and the White Collars has reopened reclamations thrice already. The room is hot and sweaty, tobacco smoke sneaking in thru the wide-open swing-doors where Town Hall employees and senior citizens stare like dogs looking at a card trick. Outside, a streetcar named Waldorf comes to a complete stop, letting of a motley crew of writers and critics from all over the countryside. Cracked actor Cornwell in a blue Camarillo State Mental Hospital t-shirt and chinos and the kid in a second hand, red bell-boy suit shooting crap in the black and white marble floored hallway of the city parliament. The kid’s on a winning streak as the chairman of the board is carried out, in tatters and tears, on a stretcher by the night nurse, in a dust coat smoking a Macanudo Café cigarillo, and doctor Robert with his shirt untucked and his fake Borsalino askew. Outside an ambulance awaits, Joey the driver cuts the siren off and on just for kicks, it’s his last day on the job. The speaker’s chair has caught fire and the fire brigade’s on its way, something’s wrong with the fire engine siren, there’s a boogie woogie bugle boy atop the ladder truck blowing Salt Peanuts, Dizzie Gillespie style with heart and soul and everything is in the news.

ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER THE BOB CATS NEWSLETTER KEPT THE VIEW.

NEWS FLASH SHADOW KINGDOM EXCLUSIVE BROADCAST EVENT! JULY 18, 2021· 11:00 PM CEST. Shadow Kingdom will showcase Bob Dylan in an intimate setting as he performs songs from his extensive body of work created especially for this event. “Shadow Kingdom” will mark the first concert performance since December 2019, and first performance since his universally acclaimed album, “”. Purchase your tickets for this virtual performance below. “Shadow Kingdom” will remain available to view until 11:59PM PT on July 20, 2021. https://www.bobdylan.com/ BOB DYLAN ANNOUNCES STREAMING CONCERT AS FIRST POST-PANDEMIC PERFORMANCE. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-announces-july-18th-streaming-concert-first-post-pandemic- performance-1185281/ BOB DYLAN ANNOUNCES HIS FIRST STREAMING SPECIAL SHADOW KINGDOM FOR JULY. https://variety.com/2021/music/news/bob-dylan-streaming-special-shadow-kingdom-1234998511/ ••• THE 80TH THE LEGENDARY SINGER- BOB DYLAN CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE THE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/supertartory/album/239686-rough-and-rowdy-ways/ https://www.dailymusicroll.com/entertainment/the-legendary-singer-songwriter-bob-dylan-continues-to-influence-the- contemporary-music.html •••

ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS THAT BLEEDING-HEART DISEASE: BOB DYLAN KEY WEST REVIEW. https://benedictgilbert.com/2020/11/14/that-bleeding-heart-disease-bob-dylan-key-west-review/ BOB DYLAN’S FALSE PROPHET • AN ANALYSIS BY KEES DE GRAAF. https://www.keesdegraaf.com/media/Misc/4581falseprophetfullversion.pdf ••• THE CONCERTS • AUDIO VIDEO AND AUDIO RECOMMENDATIONS. https://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewforum.php?f=40&sid=e1a25318701cc1e789a6004a593bdf30 RECOMMENDED BOB DYLAN CONCERTS 1991. https://www.musicthisday.com/dylanconcerts1991 RECOMMENDED BOB DYLAN CONCERTS 1990. https://www.musicthisday.com/dylanconcerts1990 RECOMMENDED BOB DYLAN CONCERTS 1989. https://www.musicthisday.com/dylanconcerts1989 RECOMMENDED BOB DYLAN CONCERTS 1988. https://www.musicthisday.com/dylanconcerts1988 RECOMMENDED BOB DYLAN CONCERTS 1987. https://www.musicthisday.com/dylanconcerts1987 THE BEACON THEATRE • NEW YORK CITY NY • DECEMBER 3, 2019 • 1:39:38. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpYk7T0akp0 BELGRADE YUGOSLAVIA • JUNE 11, 1991 • 1:28:38. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PNdsW2Is0g LES ARÈNES • FREJUS FRANCE • JUNE 13, 1989 • 1:26:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZotSuIHuTg ••• THE LYRICS CAN’T WAIT. https://reclinernotes.com/2021/06/16/cant-wait/ . https://reclinernotes.com/2021/06/13/brownsville-girl/ BOB DYLAN’S JULIUS AND ETHEL: THE ACCURACY OF THE STORY IS NOT THE POINT. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/3776 https://www.talkfromtherockroom.com/2015/11/take-one-bob-dylan-abandoned-love-clown.html • SPANISH SUBTEXT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bJARJsIxsA&t=25s LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT PART VI: FAIR IS FOUL. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20266 LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT, PART V: WHEN A SIGHING BEGINS IN THE VIOLINS. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20229 LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT (1965) PART IV: THE ORDER OF THE WHIRLING DERVISHES. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20189 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR 1998, PART 3 • WHAT’S A PROTEST SONG? https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20243 ••• THE SONGS • VIDEO • BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND • NOVEMBER 21, 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25JKy1wzM0 SUMMER DAYS • BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND • NOVEMBER 21, 2003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dh4GFkccxc • BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND • NOVEMBER 21, 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD2MfRovSAk • BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND • NOVEMBER 21, 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3uvUIwMFws • PORTSMOUTH ENGLAND • SEPTEMBER 24, 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=023M2te6NIk • • THE SUPPER CLUB NEW YORK CITY • NOVEMBER 16, 1993. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ECaqnvMs6w SONGS FROM EACH ALBUM OF THE ’90S. https://www.njarts.net/pop-rock/bob-dylan-favorite-songs-from-each-album-of-the-90s-with-videos/ DON’T THINK TWICE IT’S ALL RIGHT • 10 LIVE VERSIONS • 1962-2018. https://www.needsomefun.net/bob-dylan-dont-think-twice-its-all-right/ THE SONGS • AUDIO MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT • BRATISLAVA SLOVAK REPUBLIC • JUNE 9, 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7xwZRrrpXo • BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA • 2006 • APRIL 30, 2006. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHXaqUvPZlk • MANCHESTER TENNESSEE • JUNE 11, 2004. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFdis8LbNdE https://www.jambase.com/article/bob-dylan-down-along-the-cove-bonnaroo-2004 • SAN JOSÉ ARENA • SAN JOSÉ CALIFORNIA • MAY 19, 1998. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa2nlTrM8tk T.V. TALKIN' SONG • ALTERNATE TAKE • RECORD PLANT STUDIO • THE COMPLEX STUDIO • THE SORCERER STUDIO • LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA • MARCH-APRIL 1990. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJnBcctfA9M A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL • COLORADO • JUNE 15, 1988. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9iZtPR9TVQ • SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA • OCTOBER 9, 1980. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teaGDiAiE0w FOREVER YOUNG • CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA • DECEMBER 10, 1978. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYMKAeazxOI • 5 LIVE VERSIONS • 1978-2010. https://www.needsomefun.net/bob-dylan-the-man-in-me-6-great-versions/ YOU ANGEL YOU • 1976 • HARD RAIN REHEARSAL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNIFObbEohs SOMETHING THERE IS ABOUT YOU • WITH • HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA • JANUARY 19, 1974. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHA1kZx4y7s THE FRENCH GIRL • WITH . https://www.needsomefun.net/bob-dylan-and-the-dead-the-french-girl/ I CAN'T LEAVE HER BEHIND • NORTH BRITISH STATION HOTEL • GLASGOW SCOTLAND • MAY 13, 1966. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7_uNRk9dw ••• THE ALBUMS & SESSIONS BOB DYLAN’S GRAMMIES: ALBUM OF THE YEAR 1998 - TIME OUT OF MIND. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20268 AUDIO: SHOOTING STAR • OUTTAKE • MARCH 1989. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPoCHKtKlFc . THE ART WORK. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20217 AUDIO: STREET LEGAL RELEASED JUNE 15, 1978 • LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM THE 1978 TOUR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkYQzJyFJJ4 AUDIO: BOB DYLAN AND POEMS: THE WASTE LAND AND MORE. https://www.needsomefun.net/bob-dylan-reading-poems/ LIKE A ROLLING STONE • JUNE 16, 1965. https://www.beachamjournal.com/journal/2021/06/on-june-16-1965-56-years-ago-today-bob-dylan-recorded-like-a-rolling- stone-one-of-greated-songs-of-h.html https://bestclassicbands.com/like-rolling-stone-recorded-6-16-17/ ••• THE VIDEOS & FILM WAITING FOR YOU • OFFICIAL VIDEO FEATURING HARRY DEAN STANTON • 1997/2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Hvny7pX8g ••• THE BOOKS DYLAN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A VOCATION: A READING OF THE LYRICS 1965-1967 • BY LOUIS A. RENZA • 2017 • CHAPTER 2. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE II: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/dylans-autobiography-of-a-vocation-a-reading-of-the-lyrics-1965-1967/ch2- rebel-without-a-cause-ii-highway-61-revisited •••

THE ESSAYS & THE ARTICLES BOB DYLAN, THE SINGER-SONGWRITER WHO CAME TO BURY THEM ALL • JUNE 17, 2021. https://debatepost.com/music/2021/06/17/bob-dylan-the-singer-songwriter-who-came-to-bury-them-all/ REFLECTING ON THE RHYTHM OF BOB DYLAN • EXCERPTED FROM THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BOB DYLAN: A RESTLESS, HUNGRY FEELING, 1941-1966 BY CLINTON HEYLIN. COPYRIGHT 2021. https://dujour.com/culture/bob-dylan-biography-like-a-rolling-stone/ THE SONG THAT BOB DYLAN DESCRIBED AS THE GREATEST EVER WRITTEN. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-song-bob-dylan-described-as-the-greatest-ever-written-jimmy-webb-glen-campbell/ BOB DYLAN THE POET. https://www.moonrisemag.com/music/2016/12/19/favorite-artist-feature-bob-dylan-the-poet HAPPY TRAUM • A RECORDING SESSION WITH BOB DYLAN. https://www.homespun.com/blog/a-recording-session-with-bob-dylan/ BOB DYLAN OPENS UP ABOUT THE LOVE AND DEVOTION OF . https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-on-the-love-and-devotion-of-joan-baez-folk/ 50 YEARS OF TARANTULA: A BOOK TO ENJOY TO THE RHYTHM OF THE BLUES • JUNE 13, 2021. https://debatepost.com/music/2021/06/13/literary-recommendation-50-years-of-tarantula-by-bob-dylan-a-book-to-enjoy-to- the-rhythm-of-the-blues-books-entertainment/ DOWNLOADS: FRANZ NICOLAY ON DYLAN AND THE DIGNIFIED ABSURDITY OF SHOW BUSINESS. https://dylanlive.substack.com/p/franz-nicolay-on-dylan-and-the-dignified 1994-10-09, Orpheum Theatre, , MA 1995-06-15, Franklin County Airport, Highgate, VT 1998-11-01, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 2019-10-14, Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto, California 2019-12-02, Beacon Theater, New York, NY

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THE RADIO, THE PODS & THE NEWSLETTERS IS IT ROLLING, BOB? TALKING DYLAN • RICHARD WILLIAMS SURFS “THE WAVES OF HIS CAREER” FROM FREEWHEELIN’ (“ONE REVELATION AFTER ANOTHER”) TO MURDER MOST FOUL (“I WAS ASTONISHED BY IT. THE LEVEL OF DETAIL. IT’S LIKE A JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET.”). https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/talkingdylan?selected=PAN5747025018 HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB & FELLOW TRAVELERS • 1971: A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY • MAY 17, 2021. https://player.whooshkaa.com/hard-rain-and-slow-trains-bob-dylan-and-fellow-travelers DEFINITELY DYLAN • EPISODE #100: WE’RE TAKING YOUR REQUESTS! • JUNE 13, 2021. https://www.definitelydylan.com/listen/2021/6/13/definitely-dylan-episode-100-were-taking-your-requests VI SNACKAR DYLAN • MAGNUS RINGBORG MED GÄSTER • AVSNITT 45: LARS FERNEBRING • DON’T THINK TWICE, IT’S ALL RIGHT • JUNE 12, 2021. https://visnackardylan.podbean.com/ https://open.spotify.com/show/5mV1UaiskEXQ6pEuHwWJ7r?si=4GP9aWTfRCSLDWMV7YhTyw CELEBRATE 80 YEARS OF BOB DYLAN WITH OUR NEW PODCAST. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/how-old-is-bob-dylan-podcast-1183249/ ••• 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 ABOUT BOB: OLOF’S FILES. https://www.bjorner.com/bob.htm THE BOB DYLAN COMMENTARIES • ANALYSIS OF LYRICS: BOB DYLAN - . http://www.bobdylancommentaries.com/bob-dylan/your-no-good/ •••

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FLASHES FROM THE PAST I never dreamed there could be someone made The king of them all is starting to fall just for me I lost my gal at the boatman’s ball I’m not letting her have her way The night has a thousand hearts and eyes I come here to see what she has to say Hope may vanish but it never dies Oh, the poor gal always wins the day I’ll see you tomorrow when freedom rings I’m staying ahead of the game, she’s doing the I’m gonna stay on top of things same It’s the middle of the summer and the moon is And the whiskey’s flying into my head blue The fiddler’s arm has gone dead I’ll be around waitin’ for you And talk is beginning to spread Another deal gone down, another man done When did our love go bad? gone Whatever happened to the best friend that I You put up with it all and you carry on had? Something holding you back but you’ll come Been so long since I held you tight through Been so long since we said goodnight I’d bet the world and everything in it on you The taste of tears is bittersweet Happiness is but a state of mind When you’re near me, my heart forgets to beat Anytime you want you can cross the state line You’re there every night among the good and You don’t need to be rich or well-to-do the true I’ll be around waitin’ for you And I’ll be around, waitin’ for you (Waiting For You)

GOOD NIGHT Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are on the loose Guildenstern and Rosencrantz, two of God’s On the run from the magistrate and the children on a summer spree hangman’s noose Dancing in the sun, drinking bottles of Chablis Innocent and guilty as water to the drowned, Blowing dandelion balls in the face of the ladies flood for the harvest, quenching your thirst just for a flirt They were second to none never to get there They’re gone without leave without intent to first desert

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