Of these six, only the final three make it into the film. “Forever Young” is the sort of thing that you probably have to play at a show like this, and “I Shall Be Released”, as the great big group sing-a-long, has an aura of inevitability. Indeed, Dylan’s own site lists him performing it only seven times ever (in 20), but doesn’t list this version for some reason. “Hazel”, from Planet Waves, is one of the least played Dylan/Band collaborations.
“Baby” and “I Don’t Believe You” were staples of the Dylan/Hawks tour in 1966, and are seemingly required to be here.
#Wasted years van morrison series#
It was a logical series of songs to play. Dylan came out and did six songs at the end of the show: “Baby Let Me Follow You Down”, “Hazel”, “I Don’t Believe You”, “Forever Young”, “Baby Let Me Follow You Down” (again), and “I Shall Be Released”. Let’s start with the Dylan section, since this is his blog. So I’m putting The Last Waltz in here even though it’s against the rules. September Dylan leases Rundown Studios in Malibuĭecember Rehearsals for the 1978 world tour start
March Dylan provides back-up vocals for Leonard Cohen Actually, don’t bother, here is the whole thing: I’m splitting the difference and writing about this week (1977) because otherwise I almost have to let the blog go silent for a week.
The Last Waltz took place on Thanksgiving 1976, which makes it last week’s subject, and the film was released in 1978, which makes it next week’s subject. Back in the 1970s, though, his genius-ness was not really in doubt, and The Last Waltz is a very nice piece of proof. Maybe you already believe that, but given his recent run of films it is something that I think must be very much up in the air. Martin Scorsese is probably something of a genius.
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