Before The Hurricane Begins

Bob Dylan 1963

 

by

 

Olof Björner

 

A summary of recording & concert activities,

releases, tapes & books.

 

 

 

 

© 2001 by Olof Björner

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CONTENTS:

 

1      INTRODUCTION.. 2

2      Year At a glance.. 2

3      CALENDAR.. 3

4      RECORDINGS. 5

5      THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN.. 6

6      THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' 8

7      SONGS 1963. 10

8      POEMS 1963. 11

9      SOURCES. 12

10        SUGGESTED READINGS. 12

10.1     General background.. 12

10.2     Article compilations. 12

10.3     Selected articles. 12

 

 

 

1           INTRODUCTION

Joan Baez helps establish Bob Dylan as the leading folk song artist, he performs as guest or "surprise" artist at a number of her concerts. The second important album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is at last completed and released. Dylan continues his almost frantic song writing, this year sees no less than 34 new songs and also a number of poems. The third album gets recorded rather quickly and is completed by the end of October. It is released in January 1964.

 

2           Year At a glance

 

 

 

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3           CALENDAR

1, 2, 3 January

Dylan is interviewed for the English "performing arts" magazine "Scene".

2, 3 January

Dylan visits Rory McEwen and meets up with Eric von Schmidt, Richard Farina and Ethan Signer. McEwen also takes Dylan to meet Robert Graves.

2, 3 January

Possible appearance at the Surbiton and Kingston Folk Club, Surbiton, Surrey.

4 January

Second and last day of recording "Madhouse on Castle Street".

5 January

Flies to Rome to join Odetta and to try and locate Suze Rotolo. She has however just returned to the US. He performs at a folk club in Rome and writes both Girl From The North Country and Boots Of Spanish Leather.

12 January

Back in London Dylan, von Schmidt and Farina join Martin Carthy on stage at The Troubador.

13 January

BBC broadcasts "Madhouse on Castle Street".

14-15 January

Dylan appear as Blind Boy Grunt on some six tracks during the recording of the album Dick Farina and Eric von Schmidt.

16 January

Dylan flies back to New York.

January

Dylan writes a poem called Go Away Bomb for Izzy Young who is compiling a book on "the bomb". The project is never finished.

January

Dylan performs an early version of Masters Of War in the home of Alan Lomax who also records it and also the following talk between Dylan and Izzy Young.

21 January

A new song based on the old English tune Nottamun Town is performed at Gerde's Folk City. It is called Masters Of War.

February

Dylan appears on Skip Weshner's radio show.

February/March  

Nat Hentoff interviews Dylan for the liner notes to the new album. Parts of the interview later appear in the June 1963 Playboy magazine.

8 February

Recording of the so called "Banjo Tape" in the basement of Gerde's Folk City.

March

Dylan is surprise guest at Oscar Brand's "World of Folk Music". He performs two new songs Girl From The North Country and Only A Hobo.

April

Release of the promotional edition of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.

12 April

Town Hall concert. The concert programme features a new Dylan poem My Life In A Stolen Moment. This is the first concert in which Dylan performs his own songs only. The concert is recorded by CBS for a possible live album.

19 & 20 April

Dylan Plays Café Yana in New York City, New York.

24 April

What is scheduled as the first recording session for The Times They Are A-Changin' turns out to be the last Freewheelin' session.

24 April

Dylan plays Gerde’s Folk City in New York City, New York.

25 April

Dylan plays at The Bear in Chicago.

26 April

Studs Terkel show on Chicago WFMT radio. Dylan performs seven songs, including four new: Farewell, Bob Dylan's Dream, Who Killed Davey Moore and Boots Of Spanish Leather.

10 May

Dylan plays at The Brandeis University Folk Festival in Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. 7 songs are 2010 released on Bob  Dylan  In Concert: Brandeis University 1963.

12 May

The "Ed Sullivan Show" incident. Dylan refuses to appear when he is instructed not to play Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues.

18 May

Monterey Folk Festival. Duet with Joan Baez on With God On Our Side.

27 May

Release of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.

May/June

Stays with Joan Baez in Carmel, California.

May/June

Returns to Minneapolis and is as usual recorded by Tony Glover.

6 July

Dylan attends a "Voters' registration rally" in Greenwood, Mississippi, performing yet another new song Only A Pawn In Their Game. Part of this performance is filmed and included in the film Don't Look Back.

26-28 July

Newport Folk Festival. The festival programme contains a Dylan poem called For Dave Glover.

30 July

Dylan records two songs for the TV-program "Songs Of Freedom", broadcast on WNEW.

Summer

Dylan is surprise guest on NBC's "Tonight" program.

August

Release of the single Blowin' In The Wind/Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

 

Dylan is interviewed by Jack Smith from the radical newspaper "The National Guardian". The interview is later reprinted in Broadside.

3 August

Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concert at the Camden Music Fair in New Jersey.

6, 7 August

1st and 2nd recording sessions for The Times They Are A-Changin'

10 August

Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

12 August

3rd recording session for The Times They Are A-Changin'

13, 16

Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concerts in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

14 August

Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concert at the Boys Club in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

17 August

Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concert at the Forest Hills Stadium.

Late August

Sidney Fields from New York Mirror interviews Dylan.

28 August

Dylan performs at the Washington Civil Rights March.

9 October

Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

Mid October

Michael Iachetta from the New York Daily News interviews Dylan.

19 October

Dylan returns to solo concerts, this day at Ann Arbour Hill Auditorium.

23, 24 October

4th and 5th recording sessions for The Times They Are A-Changin'

23, 24 October

Andrea Svedburg from Newsweek interviews Dylan.

25 October

Solo concert at Philadelphia Town Hall.

26 October

Solo concert at Carnegie Hall, New York. Audience includes Dylan's parents. This show is also recorded by CBS for a possible live album.

31 October

6th and last recording session for The Times They Are A-Changin'

2 November

Solo concert at Boston Jordan Hall.

3 November

Solo concert at Syracuse University Regent Theatre.

16 November

Solo concert at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

23 November

Dylan gives a reluctant concert somewhere in New York State, the day after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

26 November

Solo concert at St. Lawrence College, Canton, New York

30 November

Solo concert at Newark Mosque Theatre.

6 December

Dylan types and signs an unsigned letter to Tony Glover:

hey man that surprised me yes/I am rum runnin an ease droppin my route/an tryin not t get surprised an shook up when/the door slams. big door. out of Edgar allen poe sometimes …/yeah I guess I could say I needed a harp player/but I’d be lyin/an misguidin I wish I did …/I honestly wish I did … but I dont play blues on my guitar/I don’t play southern mt stuff either now/My guitar strings have escaped my eyesight …/they remain with me now as a friend/a flashin dashin friend who stands in front a me/makin me look better …/an its getting so now that I’m growin not t need/it … an soon I expect I will shout my words/with out it. for it’s colors are wearin off on/me an soon I myself will vanish into the sound/hole … an all that will be going down will be/stark naked undressed obscene flesh colored/songs … yes maybe lunatic … ha/you ask about harps/I cant even understand how my own harp fits into/me … it has the fuckin job of tryin t meet me/hard hard … oh pity my own poor harp/I am a writer of words I am honest/I do not mean t harm nothin an nobody save that/that runs against the boards of nature/its a big nature … sometimes a circus nature/an other times a courtroom nature/but above all it is my nature/an I own stock in it/as much as anybody/an I will defend my clown courthouse/with the eyes of a lawyer/dont got enuff bread this month/last month gave too much money t scc or as you’d say/sncc … or as winny churchhill snick …/find myself owin the government/money I dont have/gotta pay it nex month/I don’t know whn I can get that kind of bread/but for christs sake I should be able t shouldn’t I?/Maybe February …/goin up t woodstock t finish my book/at last look my man was lookin over new york/from the empire state … seein strange fish in the hudson river an thinkin of england …/he’s got some ways t go yet yes. ha/sue says I should get a new warmer coat/I shake my head an bring her spare ribs …/she gets discusted an walks away in a flurry silent flurry …/but me?/shit man I run an grab her/an promise t get a warmer coat …/sue laughs an I laugh/an nite falls …/take it easy man/dick farina’s mimi got out a the hospital/richard’s hip/he dont pay nothin/‘look man i’m ppor i aint payin’/he dont even think about it/‘I want an investigation a them doctors/I dont remember that one there that charged/me this price here’/an nite fallsthere too a brown pacific nite an we ride in the mornin …

13 December

Dylan receives the Tom Paine award at a Bill of Rights dinner held by the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee at the Grand ballroom of the hotel Americana in New York. In a very uptight acceptance speech Dylan questions the validity of what his wealthy and liberal audience believe they are fighting. He even says that he can understand Kennedy's murderer. A few days later he sends a poem called A Message from Bob Dylan to the Committee in which he is offering to make up for any losses in donations that may be the result of this unfortunate speech.

14 December

Solo concert at George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC

27 December

Chicago Orchestra Hall. Set includes the new song Restless Farewell.

 

Beskrivning: Beskrivning: Beskrivning: Beskrivning: Bob Dylan Unversity Regent Theater Syracuse NY Concert Poster  

 

 

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4           RECORDINGS

4 January

Madhouse On Castle Street sessions

14,15 January

Dobell's Jazz Record Shop

February

Folkways Studio

8 February

The Basement of Gerde's Folk City

February

Skip Weshner Show

Winter

Witmark Studio

March

Oscar Brand Show

March

Witmark Studio

March

Folk songs and more folk songs

April

Second McKenzie's Tape

April

Witmark Studio

12 April

Town Hall, New York City, New York

24 April

The 8th and last Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan session

25 April

The Bear, Chicago, Illinois

26 April

Studs Terkel Wax Museum

May

Witmark Studio

10 May

The Brandeis University Folk Festival

May-June

The Home Of Tony Glover

6 July

Vote Registration Rally

17 July

The Home Of Dave Whitaker

Summer

Unidentified Recording Studio, New York City, New York

26 July

Newport Folk Festival. Evening

26 July

Newport Folk Festival. Evening finale

27 July

Newport Folk Festival. Afternoon workshop

27 July

Newport Folk Festival. Topical song workshop

28 July

Newport Folk Festival. During Joan Baez' set

30 July

Songs Of Freedom

6 August

1st The Times They Are A-Changin’ session

7 August

2nd The Times They Are A-Changin’ session

12 August

3rd The Times They Are A-Changin’ session

August

Witmark Studio

17 August

Guest appearance at a Joan Baez concert

28 August

March On Washington (Washington Rights March)

October

Witmark Studio

23 October

4th The Times They Are A-Changin’ session

24 October

5th The Times They Are A-Changin’ session

26 October

Carnegie Hall

31 October

6th and last The Times They Are A-Changin’ session

December

Witmark Studio

For details about these tapes please refer to the corresponding session pages in Still On The Road.

 

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5           THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN

This album was recorded during no less than eight different sessions from 24 April 1962 to 24 April 1963! Here's a summary of these sessions:

 

 

# of

take released on

 

Date

Song

takes

PTFBD[1]

TFBD[2]

BIOG[3]

BOOT[4]

24 April '62

Going To New Orleans

2

 

 

 

 

 

Sally Gal

3

 

 

 

 

 

Rambling, Gambling Willie

4

4

 

 

4

 

Corrina Corrina

2

 

 

 

 

 

The Death Of Emmett Till

1

 

 

 

 

 

Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues

3

3

 

 

 

 

(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

2

 

 

 

 

25 April '62

Rocks And Gravel

3

 

 

 

 

 

Let Me Die In My Footsteps

1

1

 

 

1

 

Talking Hava Negiliah Blues

1

 

 

 

1

 

Sally Gal

2

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Please Don't Go

3

 

 

 

 

 

Milk Cow's Calf's Blues

4

 

 

 

 

 

Wichita (Going To Louisiana)

2

 

 

 

 

 

Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues

3

 

 

 

3

9 July '62

Baby, I'm In The Mood For You

4

 

 

3

 

 

Bob Dylan's Blues

3

1

1

 

 

 

Blowin' In The Wind

3

3

3

3

 

 

Quit Your Low Down Ways

1

 

 

 

1

 

Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance

1

1

1

 

 

 

Down The Highway

1

1

1

 

 

 

Worried Blues

2

 

 

 

2

26 Oct. '62

Corrina Corrina

6

6

6

 

 

 

Mixed-Up Confusion

5

 

 

 

 

 

That's All Right Mama

5

 

 

 

 

1 Nov. '62

Mixed-Up Confusion

6

 

 

 

 

 

That's All Right Mama

1

 

 

 

 

 

Rocks And Gravel

2

1

 

 

 

14 Nov. '62

Mixed-Up Confusion

1

 

single

 

 

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

1

1

1

 

 

 

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

1

 

 

 

 

 

Kingsport Town

1

 

 

 

1

 

Whatcha Gonna Do

1

 

 

 

 

6 Dec '62

Hero Blues

4

 

 

 

 

 

Whatcha Gonna Do

1

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Town

1

1

1

 

 

 

I Shall Be Free

5

2

2

 

 

 

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

1

1

1

 

 

24 April '63

Girl From The North Country

6

 

2

 

 

 

Masters Of War

6

 

3

 

 

 

Walls Of Red Wing

3

 

 

 

1

 

Talking World War III Blues

5

 

5

 

 

 

Bob Dylan's Dream

2

 

2

 

 

For more details about these sessions please refer to the corresponding session page in Still On The Road.

Notes

A promotional version was released March 1963, the final version was released 27 May 1963. The following three songs from the first two sessions: Rambling, Gambling Willie, Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues, Let Me Die In My Footsteps were replaced with the following four songs fom the last session one year later: Girl From The North Country, Masters Of War, Talking World War III Blues, and Bob Dylan's Dream.

Live history

Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues

first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 22 September 1962; last: Troy Armory, Troy, New York, 12 February 1965.

Let Me Die In My Footsteps

Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2 July 1962.

Bob Dylan's Blues

Skip Weshner Show, New York City, New York, February 1963.

Blowin' In The Wind

first: Broadside Show. WBAI-FM Radio. New York City, New York, May 1962.

Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance

Gerde's Folk City, New York City, New York, April or May 1962 and The Bear, Chicago, Illinois, 25 April 1963.

Corrina Corrina

Gerde's Folk City, New York City, New York, April or May 1962

Rocks And Gravel

Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2 July 1962. Gaslight Café, New York City, New York, October 1962.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

first: Gaslight Café, New York City, New York, October 1962.

Oxford Town

Ted Smith Coliseum, University Of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 25 October 1990.

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 22 September 1962.

Girl From The North Country

first: Oscar Brand Show, WNBC Radio Studios, New York City, New York, March 1963.

Masters Of War

first: Skip Weshner Show, New York City, New York, February 1963.

Walls Of Red Wing

first: New York City Late 1962

Talking World War III Blues

first: The Bear, Chicago, Illinois, 25 April 1963.

Bob Dylan's Dream

first: Town Hall, New York City, New York, 12 April 1963.

 

The following songs have probably never been played live:

Rambling, Gambling Willie

Down The Highway

I Shall Be Free

Officially released live versions:

Don't Look Back

Talking World War III Blues

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

The Concert For Bangla Desh

Blowin' In The Wind

 

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Before The Flood

Blowin' In The Wind

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

At Budokan

Blowin' In The Wind

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Real Live

Girl From The North Country

 

Masters Of War

Hard To Handle

Girl From The North Country

Dignity CD-single

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

Blowin' In The Wind, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Girl From The North Country, Masters Of War, and Bob Dylan's Dream have all been  played regularly during the Never-Ending Tour.

 

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6           THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'

This album was recorded during six session in the Columbia Studios in New York City in August and October. The following songs were recorded:

 

 

# of

take released on

 

Date

Song

takes

TTTAC[5]

BIOG[6]

BOOT[7]

6 August

Boots Of Spanish Leather

1

 

 

 

 

Only A Pawn In Their Game

6

 

 

 

 

North Country Blues

4

4

 

 

 

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

4

 

 

 

 

Seven Curses

3

 

 

3

 

With God On Our Side

5

 

 

 

 

Farewell

4

 

 

 

 

Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag

1

 

 

 

7 August

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

1

1

 

 

 

With God On Our Side

1

1

 

 

 

Only A Pawn In Their Game

1

1

 

 

 

Boots Of Spanish Leather

1

1

 

 

 

Walls Of Red Wing

1

 

 

 

 

Eternal Circle

4

 

 

 

 

Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag

3

 

 

 

12 August

Paths Of Victory

1

 

 

1

 

Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag

1

 

 

 

 

Hero Blues

3

 

 

 

 

Moonshine Blues

2

 

 

1

 

Eternal Circle

4

 

 

 

 

Only A Hobo

2

 

 

1

23 October

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

4

4

 

 

 

When The Ship Comes In

4

4

 

 

 

The Times They Are A-Changin'

7

 

 

 

 

Percy's Song

1

 

1

 

 

Key To The Highway

1

 

 

 

 

That's All Right Mama

1

 

 

 

24 October

Eternal Circle

4

 

 

1

 

One Too Many Mornings

6

1

 

 

 

The Times They Are A-Changin'

1

1

 

 

 

Percy's Song

3

 

 

 

 

Lay Down Your Weary Tune

1

 

1

 

 

Suze (The Cough Song)

1

 

 

1

 

Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag

2

 

 

 

31 October

Restless Farewell

9

9

 

 

For more details about this session please refer to the corresponding session page in Still On The Road.

Notes

The album was released 13 January 1964.

Live history

North Country Blues

Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 26 October 1963 and Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 9 May 1974.

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 22 September 1962

With God On Our Side

first: Town Hall, New York City, New York, 12 April 1963.

Only A Pawn In Their Game

first: Silas Magee's Farm, Greenwood, Mississippi, 6 July 1963.

Boots Of Spanish Leather

first: Town Hall, New York City, New York, 12 April 1963.

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 26 October 1963.

When The Ship Comes In

first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 26 October 1963.

One Too Many Mornings

first: Island Garden, Hempstead, New York, 26 February 1966.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 26 October 1963.

Restless Farewell

Royal Festival Hall, London, England, 17 May 1964 + Frank Sinatra 80th Year Tribute concert at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, 19 November 1995 + Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 21 May 1998.

 

Officially released live versions:

Don't Look Back

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

Only A Pawn In Their Game

The Bootleg Series Vol 4.

One Too Many Mornings

Hard Rain

One Too Many Mornings

MTV Unplugged

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

With God On Our Side

Not Dark Yet CD-single

Boots Of Spanish Leather

 

Ballad Of Hollis Brown, Boots Of Spanish Leather, The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, One Too Many Mornings and The Times They Are A-Changin' have all been part of the standard repertoire during the Never-Ending Tour.

 

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7           SONGS 1963

 

January

Farewell

Also recorded during the Another Side sessions in 1964. This is one of Bob Dylan's most covered songs, Tim Dunn lists 16 albums among them Dion: "Wonder Where I'm Bound" - Columbia 1969.

 

Girl From The North Country

Also recorded with Johnny Cash and released on Nashville Skyline. A live acoustic version from Slane Castle, Dublin, Ireland, 8 July 1984, can be heard on Real Live. Title given as Girl Of The North Country in Lyrics 1962-1985. This song replaced Rocks And Gravel on the final version of the Freewheelin' album.

 

Masters Of War

A live version from Wembley Stadium, London, England, 7 July 1984, can be heard on Real Live. This song replaced Let Me Die In My Footsteps on the final version of the Freewheelin' album.

 

Talkin' Devil

Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985!

February

All Over You

Unreleased with Dylan. Cover versions:         Rick Derringer and the McCoys: "Outside Stuff", Mercury 1974. The McCoys: "Human Ball", Mercury 1969. Dave van Ronk: "In The Tradition", Prestige.

 

Bob Dylan's Dream

This song replaced Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie on the final version of the Freewheelin' album.

 

Going Back To Rome

Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985! Author may or may not be Bob Dylan. Copyright status unknown.

 

Only A Hobo

 

March

Cuban Missile Crisi

Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985!

 

Bound To Lose, Bound To Win

Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985!

April

Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag

 

 

Boots Of Spanish Leather

 

 

Dusty Old Fairgrounds

No known studio version. Covered by Blue Ash on their album "No More, No Less", Mercury 1973. This version is also included on the LP version of the collection "The Songs of Bob Dylan".

 

Ramblin' Down Thru The World

Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985! [9]  Krogsgaard notes this as adapted from Sally Don't You Grieve and Ramblin' Round, both by Woody Guthrie.

 

Talkin' World War III Blues

This song replaced Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues on the final version of the Freewheelin' album.

 

Walls Of Red Wing

Included on Joan Baez' "Any Day Now", Vanguard 1969.

 

Who Killed Davey Moore?

Covered by Pete Seeger on a number of albums. A hilarious version can be found on Sebastian Cabot's album "Sebastian Cabot, Actor, Bob Dylan, Poet", MGM 1967.

 

With God On Our Side

 

June

Eternal Circle

Covered by Coulson, Dean, McGuiness, Flint on their album "Lo And Behold", Sire 1972.

July

Only A Pawn In Their Game

 

August

California

Noted as an early version of Outlaw Blues in Lyrics 1962-1985.

 

Gypsy Lou

 

 

North Country Blues

 

 

One Too Many Mornings

 

 

Percy's Song

 

 

Seven Curses

Covered on on Sebastian Cabot's album "Sebastian Cabot, Actor, Bob Dylan, Poet", MGM 1967.

 

Troubled And I Don't Know Why

Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985!

 

When The Ship Comes In

 

September

Lay Down Your Weary Tune

 

 

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

 

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

October

Restless Farewell

 

 

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8           POEMS 1963

 

Name

Originally printed

Reference

Go Away You Bomb                

 

Occasionally #2

Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie  

 

Lyrics 1962-1985

My Life In A Stolen Moment      

Town Hall Concert programme        

Lyrics 1962-1985

For Dave Glover                 

Newport Folk Festival programme    

Stephen Pickering: A Commemoration, In His Own Write (bookleg)

"I ain't a record note writer"  

Liner notes to The New World Singers' self-titled album

 

In The Wind                     

Liner notes to Peter, Paul & Mary's album with the same name

In His Own Write (bookleg)

Poem To Joannie                  

Liner notes to Joan Baez' album In Concert, Volume 2    

In His Own Write (bookleg)

11 Outlined Epitaphs            

Liner notes to The Times They Are A-Changin'

Lyrics 1962-1985

A Message from Bob Dylan

Letter to the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee

In His Own Write (bookleg), Stephen Pickering: Praxis: One

Blowin' In The Wind             

Poem in the Broadside Dec 1963 issue         

In His Own Write (bookleg)

A Letter To Sis And Gordon      

Poem in Broadside Jan 1964 issue   

In His Own Write (bookleg)

 

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9           SOURCES

Tim Dunn

I Just Write 'Em As They Come.
Annotated Guide to the Writings of Bob Dylan

A Not-A-Ces Publishing Venture 1990.

Glen Dundas

Tangled Up In Tapes — 4th Edition

A Recording History of Bob Dylan

SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999. Softcover 334 pages.

Clinton Heylin

A Life In Stolen Moments.

Bob Dylan Day By Day 1941-1995.

Schirmer Books 1996, 404 pages.

Clinton Heylin

Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994

St. Martin's Press, 1995, 233 pages.

Michael Krogsgaard

Positively Bob Dylan
A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991.
Popular Culture, Ink. 1991. 500 pages

 

10           SUGGESTED READINGS

10.1       General background

Michael Gray

Song & Dance Man III. The Art Of Bob Dylan

Cassell 1999. Hardback 918 pages (!!)

Clinton Heylin

Behind The Shades. A Biography.

Summit Books 1991, 500 pages.

Daniel Kramer

Bob Dylan. Citadel Press (hardback) or Pocket Books. Great photo book from 1964-1965.

Anthony Scaduto

Bob Dylan. An intimate biography. New American Library 1973

Eric von Schmidt,  Jim Rooney

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down. The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years. Anchor Books 1979.

Robert Shelton

No Direction Home. The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. New American Library 1986.

Howard Sounes

Down The Highway. The Life Of Bob Dylan. Groove Press 2001.

 

10.2       Article compilations

Carl Benson (ed)

The Bob Dylan Companion — Four Decades of Commentary.

Schirmer Books, New York 1998. Softcover 306 pages.

Craig McGregor (ed)

Bob Dylan. A Retrospective.

William Morrow 1972

Elizabeth M. Thomson (ed)

Conclusions On The Wall. New Essays On Bob Dylan.

Thin Man 1980

 

10.3       Selected articles

Bob Dylan's Publications in Broadside Magazine 1962-1965 – article by David Pichaske in The Telegraph #20

Doing The London Waltz – article in Brian Lawlan's book Steppin' Out.

The Frewheelin' Sessions – article by Clinton Heylin in The Telegraph #10

I'm Troubled And I Don't Know Why (lyrics) – The Telegraph #1

The Witmark Demo Tapes – article by Clinton Heylin in The Telegraph #16

Uncopyrighted Songs – article by Clinton Heylin in The Telegraph #25

A Chat with Martin Carthy – Matthew Zuckerman, Isis #83

One Time In London – Derek Barker, Isis #83

The Madhouse On Castle Street – by John Bauldie, The Telegraph 45 (Summer 1993)

Christopher Ricks on The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – The Telegraph 42 (Summer 1992)

Eric von Sschmidt Interview – by Joseph Sia, On The Tracks #4 (Fall 1994)

One Time In London – Derek Barker, Isis #83

Stealin' Stealin': Bob Dylan & The Blues, 1961-1963 – The Telegraph 54 (Spring 1996)

The True Story Of William Zantzinger – by John Bauldie, The Telegraph 42 (Summer 1992)

The Wanted Man Interview: Robert Shelton – The Telegraph 54 (Spring 1996)

 

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