THE BOB CATS NEWSLETTER MAY 22, 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 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOB. � Welcome to another edition of the Bob Cats Newsletter. It's night time in the big city and there’s a party going on inside a crowded The Black Swan, the man in a Stetson with a black moustache in the seat of honor by a long table lifts his glass as the Galway Twins sing Danny Boy and The Tullamore Gospel Choir intones through the open shopfront standing in line on the corner of Main and Grenouille as a streetcar named Whitman Square goes by on its way, with The Oskaloosa’s Fire Department Brass Band and choir, to the Elysian Park where fireworks are in the making under the direction of colonel García Buendía with doctor Thelonious Mann and the night nurse standing by. A motley crew of party guests swarm down the stairs and into the lobby of the Saint James Hotel grabbing Louis Faragon, the night manager, by the shirt for the downtown springtime festivities. Tyrone Garrison and Ursula Vanderbilt are holed up in their penthouse suite, the cracked actor’s busy in quarantine boots honing his Mexican Swing moves up in his loft in the company of Sigourney Waverley, flower in her hair, the off time cook and secret DEA-agent Walter Bornscheintraeger of The Cairo Deli, Doris Bellini, Charles Chutney and Sweet Little Danny Delores. They’ve all got swag. There’s a candle burning bright in each and all of the windows of The Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys & Girls and the moon is on the rise, red as blood, granulated as a faded fancy man’s freckled face shining down on a city in siege. ••• NEWS FLASH MASKED AND ANONYMOUS • THE MOVIE. https://www.dailymotion.com/search/Masked%20and%20anonymous HEY LITTLE RICHARD • HIBBING MINNESOTA • 1958 • BOBBY ZIMMERMAN & JOHN BUCKLEN. https://twitter.com/dagbraathen/status/1259137576109314048 ••• ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS BILL COX • MY ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLd0-1ySluA BOB DYLAN: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS? https://www.hotpress.com/music/bob-dylan-can-expect-rough-ready-22816188 ••• FALSE PROPHET IS BOB DYLAN A PLAGIARIST? A CONSIDERATION OF THE EVIDENCE. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/14686 IF LOVIN' IS BELIEVING • BILLY "THE KID" EMERSON. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nc4h7mvCEA&feature=emb_logo ••• I CONTAIN MULTITUDES • BOB DYLAN BOB DYLAN CONTAINS MULTITUDES: WALT WHITMAN AS DYLAN'S MUSE ON MURDER MOST FOUL. https://www.salon.com/2020/05/16/bob-dylan-i-contain-multitudes-walt-whitman/ ••• MURDER MOST FOUL • BOB DYLAN IS 'MURDER MOST FOUL' DYLAN'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS? https://www.popmatters.com/dylan-murder-most-foul-2646026318.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 ••• THE CONCERTS VIDEO AND AUDIO RECOMMENDATIONS. https://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewforum.php?f=40&sid=e1a25318701cc1e789a6004a593bdf30 ••• THE LYRICS WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW. https://pioneerproductions.blogspot.com/2020/05/watching-river-flow-dylan-wrestles-with.html BOB DYLAN’S MEMORY PALACE • ROBERT POLITO. http://riggio.americanvanguardpress.com/portfolio/bob-dylans-memory-palace-robert-polito/ BOB SAYS TO TONY “MAKE ME AN ALBUM” (PART 1). https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/14616 NOT DARK YET. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/14656 SHOOTING STAR AND MOURNING. https://medium.com/@kwjbow/shooting-star-and-mourning-efc013bbf9b3 ••• THE SONGS BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND • AUSTRALIA • 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD4z- q6Mzyk&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR174eSJULTvk4pioXbwLATPSVgssgDupGC9mdAcq-bV2IwWPTAz-awNZTo HIGH WATER (FOR CHARLEY PATTON) • SÃO PAOLO BRAZIL • APRIL 22, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CuPVcZnCk4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1HbsWdrOPwhnjHVETjsQ8EgxNVsABP_G noHVIAGWubPoVQcR56jtn6LSA BALLAD OF A THIN MAN • 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJKlD-LKl-A&feature=youtu.be NETTIE MOORE • STOCKHOLM SWEDEN • MARCH 28, 2007. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c3hDoz_3O4&fbclid=IwAR0nd3vN5wC_PMY8YxuW117UBlUHB8X6zIyQ2DQ6noUm3t8 35FjR143h3bo TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME •DUBLIN IRELAND • SEPTEMBER 13, 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieDCgLrGDo8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1sZG32ULtCJmn5_ZldYqz3Zs- fzlaDkdFWtUf-k2NhwiWVu85DvgBPVvk IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK2ZYfTG8nM MR. TAMBOURINE MAN • LONDON ENGLAND • MARCH 30, 1995. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp4QPv6XoR8&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1_8fkAuqiLbkI1kXbdOTBeZEujmVGpIT6ugU TyoPXu0l1nBdz-K9QHyFE IF NOT FOR YOU • GEORGE HARRISON & BOB DYLAN • REHEARSALS: CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/george-harrison-beatles-bob-dylan-if-not-for-you-duet-concert-for-bangladesh/ ••• THE ALBUMS MOVIES & THE DVD:S THE SET BREAKERS • DOWNLOADABLE. https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/618737505554022400/bob-dylan-the-set-breakers-2010s-one- offs/amp?__twitter_impression=true HEARTS OF FIRE • BOB DYLAN’S ELVIS MOVIE • 1986. http://somethingelsereviews.com/2020/05/15/bob-dylan-hearts-of-fire/ BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/at-budokan-197278/ RENALDO & CLARA • 1978 • 3:44:34. https://rarefilmm.com/2018/10/renaldo-clara-1978/?fbclid=IwAR3_KXUBm8fPWq_vfWgHERr2t- FPJWXLSTPN8DQnL68U8O4yURLbuISS5Vg SHEEP IN WOLVES’ CLOTHING: THE CD BONUS TRACKS. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/14799 LIVE 1962-1966: RARE PERFORMANCES FROM THE COPYRIGHT COLLECTIONS. BOB DYLAN’S ASTONISHING GROWTH SPURT. https://byjeffburger.com/2018/08/06/bob-dylans-astonishing-growth-spurt/ BOB DYLAN & ROBBIE ROBERTSON • NORTH BRITISH STATION HOTEL • GEORGE SQUARE GLASGOW SCOTLAND • MAY 18, 1966 • 8:12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZe90Ervf4&feature=youtu.be ••• THE RADIO & THE POD NEWSLETTER AUDIO: DEFINITELY DYLAN LIVE • I CONTAIN MULTITUDES • WHAT DOES IT MEAN? • MAY 4, 2020. https://www.definitelydylan.com/listen/2020/5/4/podcast-bob-dylans-i-contain-multitudes-what-does-it-all-mean 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/ ••• ••• JIMI AND BOB. "One day that fall [Howe] was walking down Eighth Street in New York City with Jimi when they spied a figure on the other side of the road. “Hey, that’s Dylan,” Jimi said excitedly. “I’ve never met him before; let’s go talk to him.” Jimi darted into traffic, yelling “Hey, Bob” as he approached. Deering followed, though he felt uneasy about Jimi’s zeal. “I think Dylan was a little concerned at first, hearing someone shouting his name and racing across the street toward him,” Deering recalled. Once Dylan recognized Jimi, he relaxed. Hendrix’s introduction was modest enough to be comic. “Bob, uh, I’m a singer, you know, called, uh, Jimi Hendrix and…” Dylan said he knew who Jimi was and loved his covers of “All Along the Watchtower” and “Like a Rolling Stone.” “I don’t know if anyone has done my songs better,” Dylan said. Dylan hurried off, but left Jimi beaming. “Jimi was on cloud nine,” Deering said, “if only because Bob Dylan knew who he was. It seemed very clear to me that the two had never met before.” ••• THE ARTICLES BOOKS & ESSAYS BOB DYLAN: RELUCTANT PROPHET. http://blog.yalebooks.com/2016/12/09/bob-dylan-reluctant-prophet/ TANGLED UP IN CUBISM. https://acebcoleman.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/tangled-up-in-cubism/ RARE FOOTAGE OF BOB DYLAN FANS VOICING THEIR DISGUST AT HIM GOING ELECTRIC. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-goes-electric-fan-reaction/ BOB DYLAN: BRECHT OF THE JUKE BOX, POET OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR • JANUARY 26, 1967. https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/05/19/bob-dylan-brecht-of-the-juke-box-poet-of-the-electric-guitar/ ••• 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/ ••• THE COVERS ISIS • WHITE STRIPES. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-white-stripes-cover-bob-dylan-isis/ JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES • NEIL YOUNG. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/neil-young-cover-bob-dylan-just-like-tom-thumbs-blues/ IN THE SUMMERTIME & YOU’RE A BIG GIRL NOW & STANDING IN THE DOORWAY • CHRISSIE HYNDE & JAMES WALBOURNE. https://www.showbiz411.com/2020/05/18/chrissie-hynde-releases-three-dylan-covers-to-youtube-separate-from-the- forthcoming-new-pretenders-album PHOTO OPPORTUNITY FLASHES FROM THE PAST Well, you wake up early in the mornin' Demands are laid upon you Turnin' from a-side to side And burdens a-you can't bear Somethin' givin' you a warning Sins you can't even remember You can run but you can't hide are waiting to meet you there You got to cover down, cover down. (Cover Down) ••• HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB DYLAN • MAY 24. http://www.bobdylan.com/ PETE TOWNSEND • MAY 19. https://petetownshend.net/ ••• GOODBYE JORGE SANTANA (1951-2020). https://bestclassicbands.com/jorge-santana-dead-musician-carlos-santana-5-15-20/ ASTRID KIRCHHERR (1938-2020). https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/15/beatles-photographer-astrid-kirchherr-dies-aged-81 https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-beatles-photographer-and-collaborator-astrid-kirchherr-dies-aged-81-2669896 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/astrid-kirchherr-beatles-photographer-dead-obit-1000677/ ••• GOOD NIGHT High on the mountain, deep down in the sound Graced by cool clean waters from Asterousian My heart was at joy as I signed the line wells In crystal and satin, sequined and dined Sparkling bright in a night of southern I’d walk you through fire, fury and fear hemisphere My heart is right here My heart is right here There’s beauty in future, hope for the world Violent duty in death and desire Would disenchant any if not many over there My heart is right here.