THE BOB CATS NEWSLETTER AUGUST 7, 2020. 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 • 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 GRATEFUL DEAD • JULY 10, 1987 • 1:19:22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoaF6fCuFDg&feature=youtu.be INGLEWOOD LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA • WITH TOM PETTY & 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 SHOT OF LOVE FROM THE FATHER OF THE BLUES TO THOSE DEVILISH DOUBLE DYLANS. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/15936 DESOLATION ROW. 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 ALBUM: 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/ VISIONS OF JOHANNA • SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA • DECEMBER 11, 1965. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfu6VbfH- kc&fbclid=IwAR0T6s6y3o8RbdAumBn8l7HiZcLF2OemJOtlVweneU5wnDOUzO88BGThOPA TO RAMONA • 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 ALBUMS PETE HAMILL ESSAY FROM THE ORIGINAL BACK COVER OF BLOOD ON THE TRACKS. 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/ EVERYTHING IS BROKEN • 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/ NOT DARK YET. http://www.notdarkyet.org 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 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.