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Video: The Band Live in Asbury Park, NJ. July 1976 – full hour 20 minute set

The Band, 1976.

This is a great set from The Band at Casino Arena, Asbury Park, NJ, July 20, 1976.

The video is pretty faded but the audio is terrific and The Band sound great.

Robbie Robertson – Lead Guitar
Rick Danko – Bass & Vocals
Levon Helm – Drums & Vocals
Richard Manuel – Piano & Vocals
Garth Hudson – Organ & Keyboards

1. Introduction 0:00
2. Don’t Do It 1:09
3. The Shape I’m In 6:01
4. It Makes No Difference 10:13
5. The Weight 17:16
6. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) 22:00
7. Twilight 25:36
8. Ophelia 29:22
9. Tears of Rage 33:03
10. Forbidden Fruit 38:45
11. This Wheels On Fire 45:00
12. The Night They Drove OI’ Dixie Down 48:53
13. Genetic Method 52:53
14. Chest Fever 57:12
15. Stage Fright 1:01:54
16. Up On Cripple Creek 1:06:30
17. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 1:12:07
18. Life Is A Carnival 1:15:44

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Video: Bob Dylan, Mr. Uncomfortable, Poses for a Photo with Jeff Tweedy, Sings ‘The Weight’

Take a look at Bob Dylan’s face in the above photo, which appeared today on American Songwriter. Then think about what it would be like if everyone you came in contact with wanted something from you. A photo. An autograph. A response to a question. An acknowledgement.

Something.

They always want some goddamn thing.

So maybe, even if it’s another artist, even if it’s Jeff Tweedy, you wouldn’t be in the greatest mood when the photographer took the photo.

Here’s Tweedy on playing “The Weight” with Dylan:

“We played that song in a different key every night. It was never in the same key. The tour manager would say, ‘It’s in A flat tonight.’ Or we’d already be out onstage, and we’d talk to Tony Garnier, the bass player, and somehow ask him which key and he’d say, ‘A flat.’ And that’s in front of a lot of people. But Dylan never told us. I think he likes putting himself and his band into a corner, to see if they can play their way out.”

“The Weight,” Virginia Beach, VA, on July 24, 2013:

Hoboken, NJ, on July 26, 2013:

Another clip of the same performance:

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, CA, August 3, 2013:

Another clip of the same performance:

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, CA, August 4, 2013:

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Jim James On Touring With Dylan: “”We never talked to him once…”

Jim James of My Morning Jacket says he was surprised to discover, when his group toured with Dylan for six weeks, that the legendary artist chose to have almost no contact with his opening acts.

“Bob really wasn’t around,” James told Rolling Stone. “We never talked to him once once. He does not hang, which is fine and understandable . . . or it’s kind of understandable. I don’t know.”

However Dylan did join James and Jeff Tweedy onstage during the tour. Check out the fan shot videos below.

“Bob doesn’t want videos and cameras at his shows,” James told Rolling Stone. “All that stuff is Bob’s call. It’s his world, and when you’re in somebody else’s world, it’s their call and you gotta respect that. The whole tour was a huge honor and I’ll never forget it.”

For more of the story head to Rolling Stone.