Flagging Down the Double E's

Flagging Down the Double E's

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Cameraman Paul Goldsmith Talks Shooting 'Hard Rain' and Rolling Thunder
"When you're filming a concert, you're really doing the best you can to be eyes for an audience that isn't there"
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Colin Linden Recalls Being Bob Dylan's On-and-Off Guitarist on the 2013 Americanarama Tour
"If anybody has any doubt that he’s one of the greatest singers of my lifetime, if you were in the room when that happened, you would never have that…
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G.E. Smith Recalls the First Years of Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour
"He just did whatever he wanted, and he knew that I would follow him"
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Photographer Paul Till Tells the Story Behind the 'Blood on the Tracks' Cover
Plus a tour through four more decades of Till's live Bob Dylan photos
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Bob Dylan's First Manager Terri Thal Talks Greenwich Village and 'A Complete Unknown'
"I needed something to play for club owners, so I cut a tape at the Gaslight. Everybody said, 'Go away.'"
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Where Bob Dylan Rehearses Before Tours
Bardavon Executive Director Chris Silva talks private Dylan rehearsals for tours—and 'Modern Times'
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Rolling Thunder Roadie Rich Nesin Talks 'Desire' Sessions and Breaking Bob Dylan's Guitar
Plus his later stints on the road with Dylan in the '80s and '90s
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Lighting Bob Dylan on the Never Ending Tour
"He doesn't want spotlights in his eyes. He doesn't want lights moving around. He just wants to do his thing."
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Suzi Ronson Recalls Traveling with Mick Ronson on the Rolling Thunder Revue
"Bob whips out his guitar, and he plays the whole of the Desire album."
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Mickey Raphael Talks Playing Harmonica with Bob Dylan on This Summer’s Outlaw Tour
Plus playing on other Dylan-Willie collaborations, including Rolling Thunder, Bobfest, and "Heartland"
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Washing the Spit Out of Bob Dylan's Microphone
"I got yelled at for interacting with [Dylan]"
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Bob Eubanks Remembers Booking Dylan at the Hollywood Bowl in 1965
1965-09-03, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
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