Night-Hawks at the Nickelodeon

1974-01-09-10, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON

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Photo by Arthur Usherson via nicholasjennings.com

Doing my Rolling Thunder series, one thing I tried to track is what Dylan did during the off hours. This was unusually easy to do, as during the pre-concert daytime he was often out and about filming scenes for Renaldo and Clara.

I figured that wouldn’t really be a part of this tour. The reputation of it is the gang being shuttled from private airport to limo to stage and back again. But, three cities in, Bob has been spotted about town in all three. In Chicago, he caught a set at then Old Town folk club. In Philadelphia, he was seen skating at a local ice rink. No cameras at either of those, so there’s still not the Rolling Thunder-level documentation, but there was for outing number three in Toronto: Bob’s late-night visit to his Band’s old boss.