Nice update to the appearance by Bob and The Knobs at Farm Aid here from Ray Padgett
Behind the Scenes of Bob Dylan's Farm Aid Surprise
Bassist Lance Morrison explains how the shocking Dylan-Heartbreakers reunion came to be
Ray says:
As you undoubtedly heard, Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance at Farm Aid this past weekend. It was the first time he’s played the festival since 1986, and the first surprise onstage appearance he’s made of any kind in years.
As if that wasn’t surprising enough, he played accompanied by two longtime members of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, both of whom he’d toured with extensively in the ‘80s (read my interview with Tench about it here). Alongside them were the rest of Campbell’s current band The Dirty Knobs: Bassist Lance Morrison, guitarist Chris Holt, and drummer Steve Ferrone (himself a latter-day Heartbreaker following Stan Lynch’s departure).
They performed three songs, all ‘60s classics: “Maggie’s Farm,” “Positively 4th Street,” and “Ballad of a Thin Man.” The first two of those Dylan hasn’t played in over a decade. Another surprise. And, oh yeah, one more: He played guitar on all three.
Needless to say, the Dylan world was abuzz. And I had so many questions. So I was thrilled bassist Lance Morrison took some downtime on the road—this appearance came right in the middle of a Dirty Knobs tour—to tell me all about it.
He goes on to interview Lance Morrison the bass player here . . . . . . . .
If you liked this, his new book Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members (including interviews with several members of The Heartbreakers) is out now!
Find a whole bunch of places to buy it here:
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2 comments:
Dylan on guitar!! Many thanks
tcw3
I KNOW! that’s right tcw3 and thanks for dropping by but we also speculated elsewhere that Bobby was playing a Telecaster here and wondered who’s if anybody’s it was, if not his!?
He is pictured playing one in the past tho’ they are hugely outnumbered by him playing his beloved Stratocaster and wondered here if was another of the band members?! The last picture I could find of him playing one was over fifty years ago!!!
Just the sort of thing that occurs to me!
Aaaaanyhoo . . . . . .thanks again for dropping by tcw3 and comments always welcome!
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