r/bobdylan

I’m thinking of putting together a spreadsheet to track all the Bob Dylan shows I’ve attended over the years, and I’m curious if anyone else here does the same.

Right now, my basic thought is just tracking the Date, Location, and Venue. If I’m feeling ambitious, I’m going to add a second tab to track every specific song I’ve seen him play live so I can see my most-heard tracks.

For those of you who nerd out over your concert history, I'd love to hear what data points you guys track.

I've been looking for a list like this, especially one created by a Dylanologist

The lyrics already describe the feeling to the letter so I'm just gonna ask you folks what can be done in situations when you have someone in your mind like that

My friend bailed on me for the Bob Dylan show at Stage AE in Pittsburgh on July 12. Now I have an extra ticket and no idea what to do with it.

The venue policy for my order says it is strictly Will Call. I have to show up in person with my ID and credit card two hours before the show to get the physical tickets. There is no option to transfer or resell the ticket online.

Is the ticket transfer option disabled for other cities on this tour too? Or is this strict policy just a Stage AE thing?

Also, does anyone have advice on how to sell a single Will Call ticket? Do I just need to find a buyer online, meet them at the box office, and walk in together? Any tips would be appreciated.

Second time seeing Bob, much more enjoyable than the first (which is saying a lot!!!)

Just wanted to know everyones thoughts on it if they were there. The fireworks were kinda annoying but added to it at times, during black rider (i think?) they were actually on beat at one point!

The harmonica solos on 'Under The Red Sky' and 'I Shall Be Released' were definitely the highlights along with him namedropping Missouri in 'Tryin to get to heaven'.

Anyways yeah, just interested in others thoughts. At the end I shouted "HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY BOB!!!!", here's hoping he heard me!

I've seen six shows live this year (four in the spring and two in the summer), and I've heard the tapes of quite a few more. The Thackerville, OK show is the best I've heard so far. Just a masterpiece of a performance. Unlike a lot of shows in recent years, where the first song or two are mere warm-ups, Bob is on fire from the very first line of "To Be Alone with You." Joel Paterson's guitar playing is so confident, it's unbelievable: It seems clear to me that he's lit a fire in Bob's belly! Although Joel's style of playing is different from Charlie Sexton, he's very similar to Charlie in that he knows how to step up and rip a short solo, then pull back. It seems as though, in the first four shows he's played with Bob, he's soloed more than Britt and Lancio did in the past five years combined! Just listen to Joel's tasty solos on "Soon After Midnight," "Under the Red Sky," "Goodbye Jimmy Reed," "I Shall Be Released," etc. (the latter of which is also the only version this year to feature a harp solo).

I also love the way that having a single guitarist in the band creates more space between the instruments; you can really hear Dylan's newer piano playing style more clearly (where he's blocking out chords almost exclusively on the low end of the keyboard). The instrumental interplay between Bob and Joel sounds really special right away. Kind of like the way the interplay was between Bob and Donnie Herron. Anyway, I really hope Joel sticks around for the Chicago show. It's my next show, and it should be a hell of a homecoming for him.

You can listen to Thackerville in its entirety on YouTube here (huge thanks to Sbalde for recording and Bennyboy for remastering): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOoj75Vd1as&list=RDDOoj75Vd1as&start_radio=1

I posted yesterday about waiting outside the bus and talking to (or at, more accurately) him after shows, and my brother just reminded me of this other oddity as well.

In 1996 brother was living in Michigan and I went out to visit. I intersected the visit with three Bob shows, of course. Brother is also a big fan, and we went to Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, and Lansing on consecutive nights.

Near end of show, he and the band used to come to front of stage and just stand still there for a bit while everyone cheered. They’d strike different poses sometimes and I’m sure others here remember.

We’d always have made our way to the very front by then as things were quite loose. Anyway, he was wearing white cowboy hat and started shooting at us with “guns” made from index fingers and thumbs. Others and us shot back and he and we were acting like we were ducking behind something, or peeking around to get off another round. He was six feet from us doing this and it went on for like 30 seconds or more.

My brother thinks it happened all three nights but I’m not sure, though I definitely saw it again at least once at later dates, maybe NY or PA. This was around the time people were going up on stage and dancing too, and it was all a pretty playful atmosphere. Just wondering if others remember the six-shooters era.

Especially as he’s in his twilight, it’s fun recalling these memory snippets of interaction.

I just couldn’t pass up another opportunity to see him. I’ve seen him several times, each one memorable.

The first time I saw him, I took my oldest daughter, who was about 12. She remembers it, but she plays it cool like it was no big deal.

Tonight I’m taking my youngest daughter. She’s not familiar with his music a lot, but agreed to go.

I just hope that someday when I’m gone, and when Bob is no longer with us, they have good memories of seeing an American icon with their old man.

I halfway sympathize with the people who complain about not recognizing the music, because I don't think they're getting a fair shot at enjoying the new stuff, which I think is top-notch Dylan. But it would help if the vocals were farther up in the mix. I know the new material pretty well and have a hard time making out the lyrics.

I've been a fan for awhile. When the A Complete Unknown movie came out, I watched the trailer and was shocked to see in the first shot, my dad's bar! The only thing I could find out online was that a place in NJ was made to look like McAnn's for the movie, because he frequented it. Now, this was complete news to me, and I pored back over Chronicles to see if I missed any hints alluding to it. I tried to contact one of the location scouts on Twitter at the time, but haven't heard anything. Does anyone have ANY info or leads into finding out more?