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May 13th, 1965: Marianne Faithfull on Dylan: "He's not terribly witty, and takes himself very seriously"
Marianne Faithfull made this comment to reporter Keith Altham (of New Musical Express) following her first meeting with Bob Dylan in May 1965.
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May 11th, 1965: On the Road with Bob Dylan - Part Four - They love ya then they hate ya!
Before taking to the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 10th 1965, Bob Dylan was nervous. He paced back and forth in the greenroom area, Pennebaker’s camera honed on him at all times.
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May 8th, 1965: Dylan & Donovan
London’s Savoy Hotel has played host to many illustrious guests over the years—John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Babe Ruth etcetera. Not least among them was Bob Dylan
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May 8th, 1965: Stones work at getting satisfaction
May 6, 1965 – Keith Richards began working on the Rolling Stones’ biggest hit to date, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”.
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May 6th, 1965: "It's Alright Ma": Bob Dylan’s Moment of Possession
In a 2004 interview with 60 minutes, Bob Dylan remarked on his early work, saying, "I don’t know how I got to write those songs...
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May 4th, 1965: Birth of the greatest song of all time captured on film?
50 YEARS AGO, Bob Dylan enjoyed a day off between UK tour shows. He had returned from Leicester to London, where he and his entourage were staying at the Savoy Hotel.
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May 2nd, 1965: On the Road with Bob Dylan - Part Three - 'The Dylan Magic is here to Stay'
On May 2nd 1965, Bob Dylan played a sold out show at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester, England. Up until that point only The Beatles had sold out a concert at De Montfort, not even
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May 2nd, 1965: On The Road With Bob Dylan - Part Two - Writing New Songs
It’s likely that aside from giving a slew of press interviews, Dylan spent much of his first day in the UK working on new material for the Highway 61 Revisited recording sessions
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April 30th, 1965: On the Road with Bob Dylan - Part One
50 Years Ago today, Bob Dylan performed at the Sheffield City Music Hall marking the first show of his 1965 acoustic tour of England.
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April 26th, 1965: From Dylan to Kanye: The fundamentally changed “voice of a generation” concept - Part One
It’s a curious thing that in 2015, a man who embodies what is surely the antithesis of 1960s Bob Dylan has come to represent what we might call “the voice of this generation”.
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April 19th, 1965: Jack White performs Otis Redding classic for it's 50th anniversary.
On the 11th April 2015, Jack White performed at the Coachella Music Festival in California. This event alone doesn't warrant an article on gaslightrecords.com given the '50 years ago' premise of our
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March 27th, 1965: The Cash & Dylan Show
In March 1965, Johnny Cash released his 21st studio album, Orange Blossom Special, which notably included 3 songs by the then 24 year old Bob Dylan.