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A harmonica played by Bob Dylan was auctioned off on October 19th, according to Yahoo Business News. Does anyone know how much it went for?
A recent Bob Dylan Dublin club show sold out (750 seats) in a record-breaking 55 seconds! An investigation was conducted; the tickets were sold fairly and squarely, all above-board. Search the Sunday Times to find this and a number of other articles on Bob Dylan: The Sunday Times. Use the "Search" link in the lower left.
More about the record sellout at Sonicnet News: Dylan Dublin concert sells out in 55 seconds. Subscribe to their Bob Dylan mailing list!
And even more about this record-breaking event from the Irish Times: Acoustic Dylan Tickets are Gone in 60 seconds
It pays to dig through the recyling bin: the September 8th, 2000 Entertainment Weekly features an interview with Jakob Dylan, who is on the cover. It quotes Jakob answering the question why he doesn't perform tunes by his dad:
"I don't play Paul Simon songs, either. I haven't played any Grateful Dead songs yet. Why would I start with him?"
Young Dylan in Woodstock graces Gadfly's September cover, you can read the full article online: Something was happening, but I didn't know what it was, by David Dalton
A nice biographical article by Adam Sweeting is at the Ithaca Today site: Culture: Music: Profile: Bob Dylan
Kim Fowley describes a very unusual meeting with Dylan at the height of his superstardom, and the few small favors Kim was able to perform for the young musician.
One of Manhattan's free weekly newspapers offered a September 23rd article with some Dylan content: The Old Fug (Tuli Kupferberg), by John Strausbaugh
For rarity collectors, here's how to tell if you have the rare, early press of MTV Unplugged or the later, standard press:How to Tell the Difference Between a Real Blonde and a Fake
Concert Reviews:
A wonderfully descriptive Dublin review: The faithful came and found joy Bob Dylan has a place in the heavens, by Barry Egan, from the September 17th Sunday Independent.
More from the Independent: Me and Bobby Dylan, about Bob's early years. No author is listed.
An enjoyable set of Bob Dylan concert reviews, with wonderful photos, by Martin Abela.
Other links of interest:
A fascinating Tour Diary written by a roadie for Asleep At The Wheel, who opened for Dylan, is on the sonicnet site.
Curious about the European tours? Follow it with Dylanbase on the Road, or check out the Dylan bootleg database at the same site. http://www.guster.com/
Another road diary offered up by Guster.com: check the August 1st diary for a description of the band meeting Dylan and the delicious food served up by the Dylan tour chef.
For descriptions and links to the reviews in local newspapers, see rec.music.dylan. Use the "Edit: Search Messages" function to look for specific articles. You can search rec.music.dylan at deja.com by typing in "rec.music.dylan" as the search term, then doing a subsearch when rec.music.dylan has loaded.
National Public Radio has an archive of Dylan radio program segments. These RealAudio files are about Dylan, rather than interviews with him.
For Dylan media appearances prior to June 1999, see 20 Lbs. of Headlines, a massive list of articles about Dylan. Not all of them are linked to the actual article, but there is still hours of reading to be found here.
The best source for interviews is News and Interviews at Boblinks. Magazine and newspaper articles can also be found here.
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