8Bob Dylan True Blood

The US is gearing up for series two of True Blood and HBO has used Dylan's Beyond Here Lies Nothing tune for its latest vamped-up trailer (see below)

 

 

8Derek Barker - Fri Apr 24 Borders, 203 Oxford Street, London, W1D 2LE

Derek Barker will be signing copies of his latest book 'Bob Dylan Under The Influence: The Songs He Didn't Write'. Information & Map can be found on the Time Out website.

 

8TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE

Rolling Stone review

 

8Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ video

The “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” vidoe shows photos from Bruce Davidson, the photographer of the ‘Together Through Life’ album cover. Watch the video HERE

 

 

 

Update 17 April, 2009

 

8IMPORTANT TRAVEL INFORMATION Bob Dylan – Saturday 25th April 2009

The Jubilee line will be closed for upgrade works on Saturday 25th April between Green Park and Stratford. To minimise the disruption The O2 team have arranged the replacement services detailed HERE. Arena doors will open at 18.30 with Bob Dylan will be on stage at 20.00. The event will finish at 22.15 to allow more time for your journey home. For additional information visit www.tfl.gov.uk.

 

8Liverpool pre and after show meeting

MERSEYSIDE DYLAN at THE LION, 67 Moorfields, Liverpool. It is the same venue that many came to for the two 1996 June shows. Its about 15 min walk back from the arena. It’s a real ale pub of historical splendour.

 

8Imminent Michael Gray dates:

After some North American dates earlier this month, Michael’s live event Bob Dylan & the Poetry of the Blues - “wit, erudition, loud records and rare footage” - comes back to the UK, starting tomorrow/tonight, Friday April 17, at Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire. Box Office: 0845 1272 190 / www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/, tickets £8. Next comes Herne Bay Little Theatre, Kent, on Thursday April 23 (Box Office: 01227 366004, tickets £12, £10 concessions). Two days after that he’s back in the States, at One Longfellow Square in Portland Maine (Box Office: 207-239-1855 / www.onelongfellowsquare.com, tickets $18 in advance, $20 at the door).

 

 

Update 15 April, 2009

 

 

 

8TOGETHER THROUGH WORDS ?

Another, rather surprising, rumour has come to light - but it is only a rumour, if an extremely interesting one. The rumour is that most of the songs on “Together Through Life” were not written by Bob Dylan alone but were co-written.

 

As is our normal practice, we have tried to check this but without success - neither confirmation nor denial. We mention the rumour now, without that additional substantiation, because we seek information to help confirm or refute it. Please contact ianwoodward9@aol.com or the ISIS office. We have withheld some details as a cross-check against any additional information received.

 

8ANOTHER “ROLLING STONE” INTERVIEW

Dylan will be on the cover of (American) Rolling Stone magazine, the first issue with a cover date in May. The photo session took place near the Parc Monceau in Paris, between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on 7 April. The same issue of Rolling Stone will include an interview with Dylan, also conducted in Paris presumably on the same date but not by one of their regular music commentators. Both the photo session and the interview may have taken place in a hotel.

 

8PRE-RELEASE GOINGS-ON

The French Rolling Stone produced a 100-page Dylan special (Hors Serie Collectors No.3) to coincide with Dylan’s two Paris concerts.

 

The 4th part of the “Conversation with Bill Flanagan” will be available from 6 a.m. (New York time) on Monday 13 April through the CNN website. The 5th part will be available on Monday, 20 April 2009 but the website to carry it has not been clarified. Outside the United States, different arrangements may apply for this Dylan exclusive.

A video for Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ has been produced, consisting of more photographs by Bruce Davidson, whose work is on the cover of the album. This video will available on 20 and 21 April in the United States through the Amazon website - and through other websites in other countries.

 

The album will also be available for radio broadcast in the week commencing 20 April, at around the time that brief TV adverts will be shown in Britain (and maybe elsewhere).

 

8A FURTHER RUMOUR

A further rumour is that the album artwork will include a picture by another Magnum photographer, Josef Koudelka. One of Koudelka’s books is entitled “Gypsies”, a title rumoured for Dylan’s new album at one time. “Ruffians” was another title contender, apparently, while someone suggested “Together Through Time”, perhaps an inaccurate rendering of the final title but you never know.

 

8“THEME TIME RADIO HOUR” UPDATE

It has been said that the “Goodbye”show, the last in Series 3 will be longer than one hour. As to whether there will be another series, this has not yet been considered, let alone decided. Let’s hope there is another series. If you have a view on this, let Sirius XM know, not us.

 

End of update

 

8I FEEL A CHANGE COMING ON

There seems to be a lot of discussion about the lyrics of this new song. Here's our Wicked Messenger's take on them:

 

I Feel a change coming on

 

Well, I’m looking the world over, looking far off into the east

And I see my baby coming, she’s walking with the village priest

I feel a change coming on and the last part of the day is already gone

 

We got so much in common, we strive for the same old ends

And I just can’t wait, wait for us to become friends

I feel a change coming on and the fourth part of the day is already gone

 

Well life is for love and they say that love is blind

If you wanna live easy, baby, pack your clothes with mine

I feel a change coming on and the fourth part of the day is already gone

 

Well now, what’s the use in dreaming, you got better things to do

Dreams never did work for me anyway, even when they did come true

You are as aurous as ever, baby, you can start a fire

I must be losing my mind, you’re the object of my desire

I feel a change coming on and the fourth part of the day is already gone

 

I’m listening to Billy Joe Shaver and I’m reading James Joyce

Some people they tell me, I’ve got the blood of the land in my voice

Everybody got all the money, everybody got all the beautiful clothes

Everybody got all the flowers, I don’t have one single rose

I feel a change coming on and the fourth part of the day is already gone

 

We have no idea how accurate or otherwise these will turn out to be. The "fourth part of the day" is biblical in origin, incidentally.

 

8Theme Time Radio Hour - Series 3

Series 3 of Theme Time Radio Hour appears to be drawing to a close. This week's programme (8 April onwards) is "Clearance Sale" and it has also been described as "Big Clearance Sale". Also, a continuity announcer in the States apparently said that this show would be "Goodbye" but we believe he got mixed up and "Goodbye" will come the week after next (15 April onwards). A bigger than usual "Clearance Sale" followed by a "Goodbye" indicates that Series 3 is coming to an end, with 25 original shows, the same number as Series 2. But will it be "Goodbye" or "Au revoir"?

 

8Book Signing

Derek Barker will be at Borders, Oxford Street, London, on Friday 24th April, 6-8pm. There will be a book reading, signing, a question and answers session and meet the author. Full details on the Borders Events Page HERE  No booking is necessary but it would help with numbers if you register your interest HERE

 

8Sad News Re Paul Williams

The founder of Crawdaddy debilitated after accident. Read the full story HERE

 

8Dublin Get Together- CHANGE OF VENUE!!!

Due to unexpected problems at “The Scene Club”, the Dublin pre gig get-together on Wednesday May 6th will now be at “The Crawdaddy”, Old Harcourt St Train Station, Harcourt Street, Dublin, which is extremely close to “The Scene Club”.

 

“The Crawdaddy” is another fine venue, and arrangements will be the same as before, i.e. doors open 12 noon and we aim to be finished by 5 p.m.

 

The day will feature two sets by top Delta bluesman Kent Duchaine (‘from that little Minnesota town…’), and other attractions will be a Bob Dylan themed “open mic” session (we’ll supply a guitar if you need one). Also, “Isis” staff photographer John Hume will also be attending, with items for sale.

 

Admission is still a very reasonable 5 euros, payable on the door.

 

“The Crawdaddy” is on the corner of Harcourt St and Hatch St. (Harcourt St is one of the corner roads off St. Stephens Green - Harcourt St is corner straight ahead if standing on top of Grafton St. looking towards the right hand side of Stephens Green).

 

If you’re staying out of town, public transportation is available - bus no’s 15a, 15b 15c, 16a, 19a, 83, 122 all stop nearby. Also the Luas - St Stephens Green Line - stops outside the door.

 

Box Office/Information: 00353 (0)14780225 or ring John Roberts 00353 (0)871 330954 or e mail: spiderpromos@aol.com

 

 

8Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

Download to the above track from the new studio album "Together Through Life" Available for 24 hrs only.

 

8A Few Quick Comments:

 

As mentioned in our previous post the tour band remains unchanged. After ignoring the “Modern Times” album completely at the first night in Stockholm three songs from that album were included in the second show.

 

Some interesting inclusions from the first two nights: ‘Billy’ (A utube audio of which can be heard HERE) at Berns Salonger (first ever live performance of this song) and ‘One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)’ at the Globen with Bob on guitar (first performance since the 2007 duet with Jack White and first full Bob performance of the song since 1993).

 

Although we will continue to post any highlights from this current tour we do not intend to post the nightly set-lists as they are available on Boblinks

 

Part Two of the Bill Flanagan interview can be found on bobdylan.com This second part reveals much more about the new album and confirms the news that was broken by ISIS several weeks ago that both Mike Campbell and David Hidalgo are amongst the musicians on the album.

 

8March 23, 2009   Stockholm, Sweden Globen

 

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 

2. Lay, Lady, Lay 

3. Tangled Up In Blue 

4. Chimes Of Freedom 

5. High Water (For Charley Patton) 

6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile 

7. Love Sick 

8. Desolation Row 

9. Rollin' And Tumblin' 

10. Make You Feel My Love 

11. Highway 61 Revisited 

12. One More Cup Of Coffee 

13. Thunder On The Mountain 

14. Like A Rolling Stone 

15. All Along The Watchtower 

16. Spirit On The Water 

17. Blowin' In The Wind 

 

8"fan" allocation for the Roundhouse                                  (23 March 12.15)

We are sorry to inform you that there will be no fan magazine (Desolation Row / ISIS) allocation for the concert at the Roundhouse. Anyone wanting tickets for this concert should visit bobdylan.com and follow their instructions. It is our understanding that these tickets are standing only and that all seats for this concert have been reserved for corporate use.

 

8Bob Dylan at the Roundhouse                                               (23 March 9.15)

Bob Dylan and his Band will perform a special show on April 26, 2009 at Roundhouse in London, England. Tickets will go on sale this Wednesday, March 25. All purchases will require a password, which will be posted on the tour page of bobdylan.com before tickets go on sale, along with the link to the venue's site for ticket purchase. There will be a limit of two tickets per customer. Please visit this page as more details will be posted.

 

This is an extraordinary arrangement for a UK show since the concert is being driven by the record company and Bob’s people rather than the Promoters. The promoters will call John Baldwin today with further details, including whether there is any sort of "fan" allocation. 

 

8March 22, 2009   Stockholm, Sweden Berns Salonger

 

1. Most Likely You Go Your Way 

2. Señor 

3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 

4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile 

5. Tryin' To Get To Heaven

6. Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar center stage)

7. Watching The River Flow 

8. Blind Willie McTell 

9. I Don't Believe You

10. I Believe In You 

11. Honest With Me 

12. Billy 

13. Summer Days 

14. All Along The Watchtower 

15. Cry A While

16. Like A Rolling Stone 

17. Forever Young 

 

The first show of Bob Dylan's 2009 European tour featured Bob's usual tour band with no changes or additions. Bob played keyboard on all songs apart from one outing with the guitar. The most notable thing about the show was a complete absence of Modern Times songs.

 

 

8A further update about the new Bob Dylan studio album “Together Through Life” with other pre-release activities.

 

For those of you who haven’t already seen it, the first installment of an interview conducted by Bill Flanagan is currently posted on bobdylan.com. This is the first installment of a five or six part interview which looks like running weekly up to the release of the album. The interview is also likely to be aired extensively via other media.

 

‘Beyond Here Lies Nothing’, which is seen as the focal track from the album, will be aired on the radio. This track is also likely to be the promotional video for the album.

The album will come in 3 formats–

 

(1). Standard single CD version, in jewelcase with 4-panel booklet.

 

Track Listings

1. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

2. Life Is Hard

3. My Wife's Home Town

4. If You Ever Go To Houston

5. Forgetful Heart

6. Jolene (Don't worry this is not the Dolly Parton Song!)

7. This Dream Of You

8. Shake Shake Mama

9. I Feel A Change Comin' On

10. It's All Good

 

(2). Deluxe limited edition version presented in a slipcase containing the standard CD album in jewelcase plus a DVD (in a slip-sleeve) featuring an interview with Roy Silver. This interview with Dylan’s first manager is an outtake from the “No Direction Home” documentary. Included in the interview is the original demo version (audio only) of ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’. There will also be a CD (in a slip-sleeve) featuring the ‘Friends and Neighbours’ episode of Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour. Also included in the package will be a sticker and poster featuring the Bruce Davidson album cover image.

 

The deluxe version of the album, i.e. the DVD and Theme Time extras, will not be available as an iTunes download.

 

(3). 2x 180-gram virgin vinyl LPs. This vinyl set will also include a CD version of the album.

For previous information see DYLAN'S NEW STUDIO ALBUM (Round-up of the facts as we know them) below