Hello the first 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue was Houston in the Astrodome January 25th, 1976. I photographed the whole show photos will be used in an upcoming Bootleg series release. Several have been used in previous Dylan box sets. Several special guests like Stevie Wonder, Richie Havens, Rick Danko, Stephen Stills, Carlos Santana, etc. The usual suspects were there T-Bone who used one of my photos, Roger McGuinn, Kinky Friedman, Stoner, Neuwirth and more....
there was a hockey game or skating thing going on so the floor was covered by cardboard. in the middle of the floor there were some hippies who managed to bring in a small camper and were sitting in fold out chairs and demanding that all those in front of them sit down. the crowd didnt get much into it.
Now we're talking! Always been one of my favourite tours. I get the impression that it's become a lot more popular after the event. would that be fair?
Funny enough, I strongly prefer the performances of 1976 to 1975. Not that the former aren't excellent! On-the-edge Dylan is always my favorite, though, and he sounds as on-the-edge as ever at these shows.
I'm one of those oddballs who loves '76 Rolling Thunder more than '75. In fact, for years, "Hard Rain" was my favorite live LP by anyone (alongside Van's "Too Late To Stop Now").
It's the punky urgency, for one thing. We all love the small partnering Dylan had with The Plugz as his backing band on that famous 1984 Letterman show, but this was like a whole tour of that type of energy.
It's the setlist changes, including not only all those amazing debuts you referenced, but other great songs from his past that appeared in '76 for the first time in years.
As a note, Bob's headscarf had nothing to do with sheikhs of Araby or modern times; they were worn by the bricklayers and stone masons who were building the Dylans' Point Dume house at the time.
Hello the first 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue was Houston in the Astrodome January 25th, 1976. I photographed the whole show photos will be used in an upcoming Bootleg series release. Several have been used in previous Dylan box sets. Several special guests like Stevie Wonder, Richie Havens, Rick Danko, Stephen Stills, Carlos Santana, etc. The usual suspects were there T-Bone who used one of my photos, Roger McGuinn, Kinky Friedman, Stoner, Neuwirth and more....
Be great if they have a better quality recording of that show. The ones I have heard are average at best.
Unfortunately they did not record the show as far as
the Bootleg Series is concerned.
Bootleg Series for sure? Not a Copyright Extension release? The latter is what I expected.
there was a hockey game or skating thing going on so the floor was covered by cardboard. in the middle of the floor there were some hippies who managed to bring in a small camper and were sitting in fold out chairs and demanding that all those in front of them sit down. the crowd didnt get much into it.
i was there
I'm so jealous! My first Dylan show was 2005, haha.
Hi Ray
Im looking forward to these posts.
Will you be producing a booklet with these accounts of the '76 tour as you did the '75?
Now we're talking! Always been one of my favourite tours. I get the impression that it's become a lot more popular after the event. would that be fair?
Funny enough, I strongly prefer the performances of 1976 to 1975. Not that the former aren't excellent! On-the-edge Dylan is always my favorite, though, and he sounds as on-the-edge as ever at these shows.
Didn't Bob play Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues in Gainesville, FL a week later on April 25th?
I love RTR ‘76.
I'm one of those oddballs who loves '76 Rolling Thunder more than '75. In fact, for years, "Hard Rain" was my favorite live LP by anyone (alongside Van's "Too Late To Stop Now").
It's the punky urgency, for one thing. We all love the small partnering Dylan had with The Plugz as his backing band on that famous 1984 Letterman show, but this was like a whole tour of that type of energy.
It's the setlist changes, including not only all those amazing debuts you referenced, but other great songs from his past that appeared in '76 for the first time in years.
And more! I'm all in for '76.
As a note, Bob's headscarf had nothing to do with sheikhs of Araby or modern times; they were worn by the bricklayers and stone masons who were building the Dylans' Point Dume house at the time.