Bob Dylan Posts

Girl from the North Country reviews are in

Jul 31, 2017 2 Comments

The Stage, a weekly British newspaper and website covering the entertainment industry, has compiled reviews of the new Bob Dylan-inspired play set in 1930’s Duluth. Girl from the North Country, written and directed by Conor McPherson, opened earlier this month at the Vic Theater in London.

Critic Fergus Morgan notes the show “boasts a large, diverse cast, and 20 Dylan songs from across his career, pared down and rearranged for the stage by Simon Hale and performed by a live, onstage band.” The setting is described as “a run-down Minnesota guesthouse during the Great Depression. We’re in Duluth, Dylan’s place of birth, seven years before the singer-songwriter entered the world.”

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Dylan musical set in Duluth

Jun 27, 2017 1 Comment

Perfect Duluth Day reported in early May that a new musical play written and directed by Conor McPherson with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan was scheduled to open at the Vic Theater in London in July. What wasn’t known at the time is the play is set in Duluth.

Audio clips of two tracks recorded as part of a workshop for Girl from the North Country can be heard in the PDD post from May. Three reports verifying the setting of the play are listed below.

From the BBC New story “Bob Dylan: Conor McPherson on writing the musical“:

Conor McPherson has set the play in a guesthouse in Dylan’s birthplace of Duluth in Minnesota. It is called Girl from the North Country, after a track Dylan wrote in 1963.

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Bob Dylan gives his Nobel lecture

Jun 05, 2017 No Comments

Smithsonian Magazine: “Dylan Finally Delivers on Nobel Prize Lecture”


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The Music of Duluth Dylan Fest: Coming Soon

May 18, 2017 No Comments

For an outline of Duluth Dylan Fest events check out the preview on the Ennyman’s Territory blog.


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A pair of songs from the cast of the new Bob Dylan musical

May 05, 2017 No Comments

The two tracks in sound embeds above — “Sweetheart Like You / True Love” and “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” — were recorded as part of a workshop for a new musical play written and directed by Conor McPherson with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan. Girl From The North Country will open at the Vic Theater in London in July.

The voices featured on both tracks are Bronagh Gallagher, Claudia Jolly, Debbie Kurup and Jack Shalloo.


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Blues Monday: Bob Dylan Edition

Feb 13, 2017 No Comments

The Adjustments play Bob Dylan’s classic “Meet Me in the Morning” at their home studio. Catch the blues/rock band live at Players Sports Bar on March 11 from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Audio and video recorded by the Adjustments, with help from Andrew Holien. Edited by Alex Nelson.


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Forget the Nobel Prize ceremony, this place is more important

Dec 11, 2016 1 Comment
Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan’s parents, Beatrice and Abram Zimmerman, are buried at Tifereth Israel Cemetery in Duluth.

Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan’s parents, Beatrice and Abram Zimmerman, are buried at Tifereth Israel Cemetery in Duluth.

I didn’t get an invitation to the Nobel Prize award ceremony for Bob Dylan in Sweden yesterday. Instead, I visited a memorial to the most important people in his life: His parents.

Abram and Beatrice Zimmerman are both buried in Duluth; the same city they brought Bob Dylan into this world more than 75 years ago. The same city where I live.

So on a bright blue, wonderfully cold day, I stepped into my pick-up truck, dropped a Duane Eddy CD into the player and drove 15 minutes to Tifereth Israel Cemetery. Somehow it seemed more important than anything happening in Stockholm.

Read all about it here.


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Bob Dylan Nobel Prize for Lit.?

Oct 13, 2016 No Comments

Did this happen? Is everyone shocked in a happy way? Hi to all hugs and kisses from Cali.


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Bob and Joan

Jul 12, 2016 1 Comment

Bob mentions a couple of Northland towns at the beginning of their first song.


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Bringing it All Back to Duluth Does Dylan

Jan 28, 2016 1 Comment

A new Duluth Does Dylan album is in the works — the fourth in a series of compilations featuring Duluth bands covering Bob Dylan songs. Bringing it All Back to Duluth Does Dylan will feature 14 tracks recorded at Sacred Heart Studio by engineer Tom Fabjance. Fabjance is co-producing the album with executive producer Tim Nelson.

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The man’s Christmas light display reflects his music?

Dec 21, 2015 No Comments


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Pete Townshend knows all about Bob Dylan … kind of

Apr 25, 2015 1 Comment

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Minneapolis Star Tribune: Pete Townshend won’t get fooled again about Bob Dylan’s birthplace


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Bob Dylan – “Like a Rolling Stone” (2013 Interactive Video)

Nov 19, 2013 1 Comment

It can’t be embedded on PDD, because it’s a crazy interactive weirdo thing. Go to bobdylan.com to check it out. If you have slow internet, don’t bother.

As you watch the video, you can use the up-and-down arrows on your keyboard to switch between 16 different “channels” to see 16 different versions. None of the versions are particularly great, but collectively … well … it’s something different anyway.


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Hometown Boy Makes Good

Nov 13, 2013 9 Comments

Dylan Granted France’s Highest Award


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Bob Dylan Duluth Concert Photos

Jul 10, 2013 12 Comments

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Some things improve a bit with age. The out of focus shot above is the best I could do at the 2013 Bob Dylan concert in Duluth, but it’s better than I did in 1999, below.

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So, who did better than me?


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