Something Is Happening
Bob Dylan 1965
by
Olof Björner
A summary of recording &
concert activities,
releases, tapes & books.
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CONTENTS
Bob Dylan goes
electric and the tempo in his career and life accelerates: two outstanding
albums in one year, two major tours, one film, the end of the folk music era at
Newport. On top of that he is during the whole of this year constantly writing
on his book Tarantula. He meets Sara Lowndes and they marry in November.
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January |
Sing Out! publishes a prose piece that is
taken from a book called Walk Down
Crooked Highway later to be Tarantula. |
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January |
Robert Shelton interviews Dylan for Cavalier
magazine. |
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13-15
January |
Recording of Bringing It All Back Home. |
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17 February |
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March |
The Maura Davies interview for Cavalier, concentrating
on his tie and it's importance for his song-writing. |
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March |
Dylan again tours with Joan Baez. |
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14 March |
Daniel Kramer photographs Dylan and Sara
Lowndes at Albert Grossman's cabin in Woodstock. One shot is later included
in Kramer's book about Dylan. |
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22 March |
Release of Bringing It All Back Home. |
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Late March |
Paul Jay
Robbins from the L.A. Free Press interviews Dylan. One of the few interviews
from this period that are serious through out. |
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April |
Release of single Subterranean Homesick Blues/She Belongs To Me. In US this single
spent 8 weeks at the charts, peaking at a modest #39. It fared a little
better in England where it spent 9 weeks in Top 50, peaking at #9. |
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26 April |
Dylan arrives
to London for his English tour. |
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8 May |
Shooting of the promotional film for Subterranean Homesick Blues at the
side of Savoy Hotel in London. "Actors" in the background are Allen
Ginsberg and Bob Neuwirth. The cards are painted by Alan Price and Joan Baez |
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10 May |
Last show in Royal Albert Hall in London. |
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12 May |
Laurie Henshaw from Disc and Music Echo
interviews Dylan. |
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Mid May |
Vacation in Portugal with Sara Lowndes. |
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1 June |
Recording of two BBC shows. |
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2 June |
Bob Dylan and Sara Lowndes leaves England. |
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15-16 June |
Recording of Highway 61 Revisited starts
in New York. |
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20 July |
Release of single Like A Rolling Stone/Gates Of Eden. First hit single, peaked at
#2 in the US with a total of 12 weeks. In England it reached #4, also 12
weeks in the Top 50. |
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24 July |
Dylan performs All I Really Wanna Do at the afternoon workshop on the first day
of the Newport Folk Festival. |
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25 July |
Famous live
electric debut with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. The historic event
is included in the film called Festival.
This year's programme contains a new prose piece by Dylan called Off The Top Of My Head. |
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29 July – 4
August |
Completion of Highway 61 Revisited. |
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28 August |
The fall tour starts with a concert at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. Dylan
plays the first set solo and is backed by a band consisting of Robbie
Robertson, Levon Helm, Harvey Brooks and Al Kooper in the second set. This
format, one acoustic and one electric set is kept through out the fall and
during the 1966 World tour. |
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30 August |
Release of Highway 61 Revisited. |
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September |
Release of single Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window/From A Buick 6. Withdrawn. |
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7 September |
Release of single Positively 4th Street/From A Buick 6. This single reached #7 and
was listed for 7 weeks. In UK it spent three months at Top 50, reaching $8. |
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15 September |
Harvey Brooks and Al Kooper decides not to
continue touring and are replaced by Garth Hudson, Rick Danko and Richard
Manuel, thus re-uniting the Hawks. |
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22 November |
In the midst of the extensive fall tour Bob
Dylan and Sara Lowndes gets married at a private ceremony in New York. The
wedding is kept secret for a long time. |
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26 November |
Joseph Haas from the Chicago Daily News
interviews Dylan. |
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30 November |
Release of single Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window/Highway 61 Revisited. |
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3 December |
San
Francisco press conference at the KQED studios, hosted by Ralph Gleason
and with Allen Ginsberg in the audience. |
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16 December |
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Here’s an incomplete
list of live appearances in 1965, J means that a recording has
survived.
February
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Bridgewater, Massachusetts |
State
College |
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12 |
Troy
Armory |
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March |
5 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
Convention
Hall with Joan Baez |
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6 |
New
Haven, Connecticut |
New Haven
Arena with Joan Baez |
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Trenton,
New Jersey |
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Princeton,
New Jersey |
Princeton
University |
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Newark,
New Jersey |
Symphony
Hall, Mosque Theater |
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Buffalo,
New York |
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24 |
Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania |
two shows
with Joan Baez |
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27 |
Civic Auditorium |
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28 |
Berkeley,
California |
Berkeley
Community Theater |
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April |
3 |
Berkeley,
California |
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Seattle |
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9 |
Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada |
Queen Elizabeth
Theater |
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30 |
The Oval,
City Hall |
J |
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May |
1 |
Odeon |
J |
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2 |
DeMontfort Hall |
J |
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5 |
Birmingham,
England |
Town Hall |
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6 |
City Hall |
J |
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7 |
Free
Trade Hall |
J |
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9 |
Royal
Albert Hall |
J |
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10 |
Royal
Albert Hall |
J |
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July |
24 |
Newport Folk Festival |
J |
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July |
26 |
Newport Folk Festival |
J |
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August |
28 |
Forest
Hills Tennis Stadium |
J |
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September |
3 |
Hollywood
Bowl |
J |
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24 |
Austin,
Texas |
Austin
Municipal Auditorium |
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25 |
Dallas,
Texas |
Southern
Methodist University Coliseum |
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October |
1 |
Carnegie
Hall |
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2 |
Newark,
New Jersey |
Symphony
Hall, Mosque Theater |
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Baltimore,
Maryland |
Civic
Center |
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9 |
Atlanta,
Georgia |
City
Auditorium |
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16 |
Worcester,
Massachusetts |
Memorial
Auditorium |
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Princeton,
New Jersey |
Princeton
University |
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22 |
Providence,
Rhode Island |
Rhode
Island Auditorium |
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23 |
Burlington,
Vermont |
UVM
Patrick Gymnasium |
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24 |
Detroit,
Michigan |
Cobo Hall |
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29 |
Boston,
Massachusetts |
Back Bay
Theater |
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30 |
Hartfort,
Connecticut |
Bushnell
Memorial Auditorium |
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31 |
Boston,
Massachusetts |
Back Bay
Theater |
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Madison,
Wisconsin |
Orpheum
Theater |
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November |
5 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Auditorium |
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6 |
Buffalo,
New York |
Kleinhans Music
Hall |
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Yellow
Springs, Ohio |
Antioch
College |
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Cleveland,
Ohio |
Music
Hall |
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14 |
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada |
Massey
Hall |
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15 |
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada |
Massey
Hall |
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18 |
Cincinnati,
Ohio |
Music
Hall |
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19 |
Columbus,
Ohio |
Veterans
Memorial Auditorium |
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20 |
Rochester,
New York |
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21 |
Syracuse,
New York |
Onondaga
County War Memorial |
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26 |
Arie
Crown Theater |
J |
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27 |
Chicago,
Illinois |
Arie
Crown Theater |
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28 |
Washington,
DC |
Washington
Coliseum |
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