The Bob Cats Newsletter 2021-06-04

THE BOB CATS NEWSLETTER JUNE 4, 2021.

CELEBRATING THE ART AND THE MANY LIVES OF BOB DYLAN • NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE SONG & DANCE MAN. INSPIRED BY THEME TIME RADIO HOUR 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 as Georges Saint- Germain in flying ponytail and goatee and his entourage of bourgeois bohemians are reefing the sails of the schooner Quechua Queen anchored in the bay for a day or two as tea time has segued into the cocktail hour extended into late night passionate palaver regarding who’s who among the guests that flew the coop. A streetcar named Borough Green goes by downtown, fire sparks in the dark of night. The cracked actor known as Alec Cornwell has checked in as Samuel Barclay in room #709 at The Saint James Hotel, overlooking the terrace of The Hohner Building where The Maximilian Rostovich Trio rehearse Baby Pizzicato Strings in open air awaiting its performance at the midnight soiree. The weathered thespian’s sipping Valpolicella fishing for tidbits and highlights in the murky waters of a surging memory as the notion of Seven Oaks enters his mind as a flashback flimsy black and white 8mm-reel of a blonde woman beefing about her policeman husband, the reel stops, cracks up and burns followed by another sip of claret and some scribbled notes in a time-worn Moleskin notebook. There’s a party going on aboard the schooner, tongue slipping, stone skipping, container shipping, skinny dipping, honey dripping to the distant sound of a jazz trio as the mirky depths of the subconscious continue to move in mysterious ways.

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

NEWS FLASH & RUMORS BOOK: THE WORLD OF BOB DYLAN • THE REVIEWS. https://thereviewsarein.com/2021/05/24/book-review-the-world-of-bob-dylan/ https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2021/05/19/sean-latham-world-bob-dylan-book-review ••• THE CONCERTS • AUDIO VIDEO AND AUDIO RECOMMENDATIONS. https://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewforum.php?f=40&sid=e1a25318701cc1e789a6004a593bdf30 ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIA • JUNE 3, 2008 • 1:49:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMa0Ix2DXs8 LE ZENITH PARIS FRANCE • APRIL 30, 2002 • 2:28:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVvV3YpIxQU PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA • WITH PATTI SMITH • DECEMBER 15, 1995 • 29:23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZN6muxlQ3M HAMBURG GERMANY • MAY 31, 1984 • 1:50:31. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXcGqApi12c RICHFIELD OHIO • OCTOBER 20, 1978 • 2:14:20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLnUzjfZRN0&t=0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLnUzjfZRN0 ••• THE CONCERTS • VIDEO A COMPILATION: SWEDEN 2009: BERNS CLUB STOCKHOLM • MARCH 22 • GLOBE ARENA STOCKHOLM • MARCH 23 • KINNARPS ARENA JÖNKÖPING MARCH 27 • MALMÖ ARENA MALMÖ • MARCH 28 • 1:01:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZwt1R2iMok •••

THE LYRICS BLIND WILLIE MCTELL. https://reclinernotes.com/2021/06/03/blind-willie-mctell/ BOB’S GRAMMY NOMINATIONS AND WINS. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/19849 BOB DYLAN AND BAYARD TAYLOR. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20066 BALLAD OF A THIN MAN. https://reclinernotes.com/2021/05/31/ballad-of-a-thin-man/ DYLAN'S MASTERS OF WAR INFURIATES STUDENTS AT MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY. https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-dylan-song-infuriates-israeli-students-on-memorial-day-1.5354223 THE STORY BEHIND MR. TAMBOURINE MAN INVOLVES A TRAGIC FIREWORK ACCIDENT AND A TURKISH DRUM. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/story-behind-bob-dylans-tambourine-man-involves-tragic-firework-accident-and- turkish-drum.html/ CHIMES OF FREEDOM: AN EXEGESIS BY STU LEVITAN • JUNE 1, 2021. https://www.wortfm.org/bob-dylans-chimes-of-freedom-an-exegesis-by-stu-levitan/ ONLY A PAWN IN THEIR GAME. https://www.progressivemaryland.org/_pawns_in_their_game_bob_dylan_s ••• THE SONGS • VIDEO CAN’T WAIT • 5 LIVE VERSIONS • 3 VIDEOS • 2 AUDIOS • 2000-2019. https://borntolisten.com/2021/06/02/bob-dylan-5-brilliant-live-versions-of-cant-wait/ TOMBSTONE BLUES • CARDIFF WALES • SEPTEMBER 23, 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McupxyEOurc IT AIN’T ME, BABE • CRAZY STAGE CRASHING • ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN • MAY 14, 1996. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzScs_vPvcI LAKES OF PONCHARTRAIN • TRADITIONAL • 4 LIVE VERSIONS • 1988-1989. https://www.needsomefun.net/bob-dylan-lakes-of-ponchartrain/ TANGLED UP IN BLUE • FORT COLLINS COLORADO • MAY 23, 1976 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPZRB3eNRbw ••• THE SONGS • AUDIO MY BACK PAGES • CAGLIARI SARDINIA ITALY • JUNE 2, 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWKBxsQcjNI YOU’RE A BIG GIRL NOW • PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND • APRIL 17, 1997. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFr3eOI795k TANGLED UP IN BLUE • RICHFIELD COLISEUM • RICHFIELD OHIO • OCTOBER 20, 1978. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCkGij5wDrs BALLAD OF A THIN MAN • MAGGIE'S FARM • RICHFIELD OHIO • OCTOBER 20, 1978. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amjTjIE7qEI SPANISH IS THE LOVING TONGUE • BY CHARLES BADGER & BILLY SIMON • 1967-1976. https://borntolisten.com/2021/06/03/bob-dylan-spanish-is-the-loving-tongue-4-studio-versions-and-2-live-versions/ JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES • 1966-2014 • 54:24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzh_KmFEmw4 ••• THE ALBUMS & SESSIONS ANOTHER LAYER OF BOB DYLAN IS UNCOVERED ON ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT. https://www.staticandfeedback.com/Music/0909bdsp.html AUDIO: REAL LIVE • EARLY VERSION WITH MICK TAYLOR • 1984 • 1:33:50. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cflZp4vqbqQ&t=34s HOW BOB DYLAN MADE A MAINSTREAM COMEBACK ON INFIDELS. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-dylan-infidels/ AUDIO: I GOT A NEW GIRL (TEEN LOVE SERENADE) • RECORDED BY RIC KANGAS • 1959. https://www.needsomefun.net/bob-dylan-i-got-a-new-girl-teen-love-serenade-1959-early-dylan/ ••• THE VIDEOS & FILMS RELIVE BOB DYLAN'S RARELY SEEN TV-PERFORMANCE OF HARD RAIN FROM 1976. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-hard-rain-performance-rare-video/ •••

THE BOOKS THE WORLD OF BOB DYLAN • THE REVIEWS. https://thereviewsarein.com/2021/05/24/book-review-the-world-of-bob-dylan/ https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2021/05/19/sean-latham-world-bob-dylan-book-review BOB DYLAN: THE STORIES BEHIND THE CLASSIC SONGS 1962-1969 • ANDY GILL. https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/writingelsewhere/9875/bob-dylan-the-stories-behind-the-classic-songs-1962-69-by-andy-gill/ BLAZING INCANDESCENT: BIOGRAPHER CLINTON HEYLIN ON 1961-1966. • MAY 30, 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/29/blazing-incandescent-bob-dylan-biographer-clinton-heylin-on-1961- 66?fbclid=IwAR2a-DqIowq9pekQyw-suP3VctEJui2hGPXl1xq3s6zsF79X0nA1ClRPDYc DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN. https://louderthanwar.com/determined-to-stand-the-reinvention-of-bob-dylan-book-review/ THE MAGIC YEARS • JONATHAN TAPLIN. https://www.dailynews.com/2021/06/01/the-real-life-story-of-a-teen-turned-insider-who-worked-with-bob-dylan-george- harrison-and-rolling-stones/ https://americana-uk.com/book-review-jonathan-taplin-the-magic-years-scenes-from-a-rock-and-roll-life BOB DYLAN & LEONARD COHEN: DEATHS AND ENTRANCES • DAVID BOUCHER & LUCY BOUCHER. https://americana-uk.com/book-review-david-boucher-and-lucy-boucher-bob-dylan-and-leonard-cohen-deaths-and-entrances ••• THE ESSAYS & THE ARTICLES BOB DYLAN AND ALLEN GINSBERG'S SONG FOR THE GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT • JUNE 3, 2021. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-allen-ginsberg-song-gay-liberation/ REFLECTIONS ON THE TIMELESS AND AGELESS BOB DYLAN • JUNE 2, 2021. https://keysweekly.com/42/reflections-on-the-timeless-and-ageless-bob-dylan/ WHEN BOB DYLAN AND NEIL YOUNG TOYED WITH A JOURNALIST • JUNE 2, 2021. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-neil-young-toy-with-journalist/ BOB DYLAN EXPLAINS THE FIRST SONG HE EVER WROTE • JUNE 1, 2021. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-first-song-he-ever-wrote-woody-guthrie/ BOB DYLAN'S BOOTLEG SERIES: A PRIMER ON HIS ALTERNATIVE DISCOGRAPHY • MAY 30, 2021. https://www.clashmusic.com/features/why-bob-dylans-bootleg-series-isnt-just-for-megafans DYLAN IS MY MUSICAL GOD BUT MY GOD SOME OF HIS SHOWS HAVEN’T BEEN MUSIC TO ANYONE’S EARS OR HAVE THEY? • MAY 29, 2021. https://leighgbankspreservationsociety.blog/dylan-is-my-musical-god-but-my-god-some-of-his-shows-havent-been-music-to- anyones-ears-or-have-they/ THE POETS THAT HELPED A YOUNG BOB DYLAN FIND HIS VOICE • CLINTON HEYLIN • MAY 24, 2021. https://lithub.com/the-poets-that-helped-a-young-bob-dylan-find-his-voice/ BOB DYLAN KING OF HUMANITIES • DECEMBER 16, 2020. https://theprioryrecord.com/2020/12/bob-dylan-king-of-humanities/ BOB DYLAN: SONG AS POETRY. https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/bob-dylan-song-poetry/ AUDIO: LARRY CHARLES BOB DYLAN SLAPSTICK-COMEDY STORY • NOVEMBER 6, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDTSu8v8QI ••• THE RADIO, THE PODS & THE NEWSLETTERS HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB & FELLOW TRAVELERS • LAST ONE’S STANDING PART 4: RAMBLIN’ JACK ELLIOTT • JUNE 3, 2021. https://player.whooshkaa.com/hard-rain-and-slow-trains-bob-dylan-and-fellow-travelers VI SNACKAR DYLAN • MAGNUS RINGBORG MED GÄSTER • AVSNITT 43: LEONA OPPENHEIMER • LIKE A ROLLING STONE • MAY 29, 2021. https://visnackardylan.podbean.com/ https://open.spotify.com/show/5mV1UaiskEXQ6pEuHwWJ7r?si=4GP9aWTfRCSLDWMV7YhTyw ••• 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/ NOT DARK YET. http://www.notdarkyet.org ABOUT BOB: OLOF’S FILES. https://www.bjorner.com/bob.htm THE BOB DYLAN COMMENTARIES • ANALYSIS OF LYRICS: BOB DYLAN - JOHN WESLEY HARDING. http://www.bobdylancommentaries.com/bob-dylan/your-no-good/ ••• PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

••• FLASHES FROM THE PAST

Well you can tell ev’rybody down in ol’ Frisco Now he’s king of the drunks an’ he squeezes, Tell ’em Tiny Montgomery says hello too Watch out, Lester, take it, Lou Now ev’ry boy and girl’s gonna get their bang Join the monks the C.I.O. ’Cause Tiny Montgomery’s gonna shake that Tell ’em all that Tiny Montgomery says hello thing Tell ev’rybody down in ol’ Frisco Now grease that pig and sing praise That Tiny Montgomery’s comin’ down to say Go on out and gas that dog hello Trick on in honk that stink Take it on down and watch it grow Skinny Moo and Half-track Frank Play it low and pick it up They’re gonna both be gettin’ outa the tank Take it on in in a plucking cup One bird book and a buzzard and a crow Three-legged man and a hot-lipped hoe Tell ’em all that Tiny’s gonna say hello Tell ’em all Montgomery says hello

Scratch your dad do that bird Well you can tell ev’rybody down in ol’ Frisco Suck that pig and bring it on home Tell ’em all Montgomery says hello Pick that drip And bake that dough Tell ’em all That Tiny says hello (Tiny Montgomery)

••• THE COVERS • VIDEO DUQUESNE WHISTLE • TODD ALMOND & THE GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY CAST OF THE BELASCO THEATRE NEW YORK CITY. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-GIRL-FROM-THE-NORTH-COUNTRYs-Todd-Almond-Performs-Duquesne- Whistle-on-the-Stage-of-the-Belasco-Theatre-20210601 FATHER OF NIGHT • FROM MASKED AND SEPARATED • JACQUES MEES & LUIGI CATUOGNO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFE0LSEkHeA MR. TAMBOURINE MAN • LULU • BBC 4 • 1973. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyfRmlKZW6g •••

THE COVERS • AUDIO SHE BELONGS TO ME • THE FLATLANDERS. https://theboot.com/the-flatlanders-she-belongs-to-me/ HEART OF MINE: MARIA MULDAUR SINGS LOVE SONGS OF BOB DYLAN • 2006. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosYU_aWJ4A WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN • THE CLANCY BROTHERS • NEW YORK CITY • OCTOBER 16, 1992. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ6WelUX19w MORE DYLAN 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: SONGWRITERS SINGING BOB DYLAN SONGS. https://americansongwriter.com/more-bob-dylans-80th-birthday-celebration-songwriters-singing-songs-by-bob-dylan/ IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE • 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS • MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND • LINK WRAY • CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND • FALCO • ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN • RODDY HART & GEMMA HAYES. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20103 TEXT: 50 MORE OF THE BEST BOB DYLAN COVERS EVER RECORDED: BONUS TRACKS EDITION. https://variety.com/lists/best-bob-dylan-covers-50-more/bryan-ferry-a-hard-rains-a-gonna-fall-best-dylan-covers/ ••• HAPPY BIRTHDAY! CLINT EASTWOOD • MAY 31, 1930. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood CHARLIE WATTS • JUNE 2, 1941. https://www.dw.com/en/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-at-80/a-57727613 GARY BROOKER • MAY 29, 1945. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Brooker LELAND SKLAR • MAY 28, 1947. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Sklar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXXEf6ZwDsY RON WOOD • JUNE 1, 1947. https://www.ronniewood.com/ ••• GOODBYE FOR NOW B.J. THOMAS • 1942-2021. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/31/bj-thomas-obituary https://bestclassicbands.com/bj-thomas-obituary-5-29-21/ ••• GOOD NIGHT I went down to the crossroad and I fell down on They’re throwing the government over, now the my knees last will be the first I asked the Lord to get me out of here, please I’m the master of my universe, I drink to I’m on a roll… quench my thirst I’m on a roll… I walked into the office and I tipped my hat That captain gave me a full-time job in twenty I’ll take one for the team, standing first in line seconds flat They ask me how I feel, I’m doing just fine. I’m on a roll… I’m on a roll…

The city’s full of people, they’re all dressed to I went down to the Town Hall to get my kill certificate of birth I went to the market, I got my bucket filled They told me I was the illegitimate son of a I’m on a roll… son-of-a-gun fisherman’s wife from some distant shore of a northern Norwegian firth I’m on a roll… ••• 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. ©peterholst2021. •••