Over the course of a career that has
spanned more than 30 years, John Mellencamp, consummate songwriter and
performer, has released 23 albums with worldwide sales of over 40
million units while amassing 22 Top 40 hit songs. In 2008, the same year
he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Life Death Love
and Freedom, was issued which Rolling Stone called "one of the most
compelling albums of Mellencamp's career" and placed it among the top 5
albums of the year.
Mellencamp's ties to Willie Nelson date
back to 1985, the year they joined forces to mount the first Farm Aid
benefit concert that also featured a stellar set from Bob Dylan.
Mellencamp and Bob Dylan have been friendly for the past 25 years.
Besides rallying his friends each year to support Farm Aid, Willie
Nelson is quite possibly the most prolific recording artist in any genre
of music. In the past five years alone he's released no less than a
dozen records, and when he's not in the studio recording new albums, he
fills time writing books, acting in feature films and generally keeping a
pace unimaginable for someone half his age. It's a wonder he even finds
the time to tour.
All concert tickets are priced at $67.50
and most shows are general admission, allowing fans to grab a seat in
the stands or find a place to watch from the field. Tickets will go on
sale throughout the month of May (see attachment) and will be available
at the local ballpark ticket office and affiliated ticket outlets.
*Children 14 and under get in free with each adult ticket holder.
Showtime is 5:30pm and gates open at 5:00. There is no baseball game on
the day of the show. For more information about the tour and presale
opportunities, visit www.bobdylan.com.
Source: Columbia Records
NEW YORK, April 24, 2009 /PRNewswire/ --
Definitive Bob Dylan Retrospective Set For Worldwide Released October 6, 2008
Extensive Liner Notes And Never-Before-Seen Photos Highlight Deluxe Edition
18-Song 'Best Of' Collection To Be Released Concurrently
Bob Dylan's Tell Tale Signs - the 8th
instalment in the best-selling and critically lauded Bootleg Series
which launched 1991 - will be released by Columbia Records on Monday,
October 6, 2008.
A treasure-trove of 27 songs spanning two
discs, Tell Tale Signs features previously unreleased recordings and
alternate versions of tracks from sessions which generated some of Bob
Dylan's most acclaimed and commercially successful albums from the last
two decades, including Time Out Of Mind, Love And Theft, Modern Times
and Oh Mercy.
July 29th marks the launch of a completely
redesigned bobdylan.com as the ultimate platform for Bob Dylan fan
interaction. The site encompasses music and images from every one of the
artist's recordings, and enables fans to compare their personal
journeys and geographies to that of Bob Dylan, who has traveled the
world as a troubadour for more than 40 years. For a limited time, the
site will also feature a free download of "Dreamin' Of You," one of Tell
Tale Signs' many previously unreleased gems. "Dreamin' Of You" is a
fully-produced recording from Dylan's 1997 sessions with producer Daniel
Lanois, which spawned Time Out Of Mind, the 1998 Grammy Award-winning
Album Of The Year.
The two-CD Tell Tale Signs will feature a
booklet of rare photos, extensive liner notes by author Larry "Ratso"
Sloman, and complete recording credits. A limited-edition deluxe
three-CD package of Tell Tale Signs will also be released on October 6,
featuring all of the elements of the two-disc set, plus an exclusive
bonus disc of 12 additional rare and unreleased recordings and a
hardcover book of Bob Dylan singles artwork spanning his entire career.
The three-CD package will be presented in a specially-designed hardcover
slipcase.
The collection will also be released in a
limited-edition 4-LP set, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, packaged in a 12" X
12" box, and including all of the elements of the two-CD set. Disc 1 of
Tell Tale Signs will also be packaged in a stand-alone version, serving
as a lower-priced introduction to The Bootleg Series for new fans.
Previously unreleased songs on Tell Tale
Signs include "Red River Shore," "Dreamin' of You," and "Marchin' To The
City" from the Time Out Of Mind sessions, plus "I Can't Escape From
You," "Duncan & Brady," "Miss The Mississippi," and "32-20 Blues",
Dylan's first ever release of a Robert Johnson song.
Tell Tale Signs also includes Bob Dylan
recordings created for the motion picture soundtracks of "Lucky You"
("Huck's Tune"), "Gods & Generals" ("Cross The Green Mountain") and
"North Country" (an alternate take of "Tell Ol' Bill").
Rounding out Tell Tale Signs is a
selection of outstanding live performances, including "Girl From The
Greenbriar Shore" from 1991; and a consummate rendering of "High Water
(for Charley Patton)" from Niagara in 2003.
Bob Dylan is one of the world's most
popular and acclaimed songwriters, musicians and performers, having sold
more than 110 million albums and performed literally thousands of shows
around the world in a career spanning five decades. His most recent
studio album, Modern Times -- lauded by critics around the world and
selling more than 2.5 million copies to date -- entered the Billboard
Top 200 Albums chart at #1, as well as debuting within the Top Five in
21 other countries. His previous studio albums, Time Out Of Mind and
"Love & Theft", have been among his most commercially successful and
critically lauded, each having sold more than a million copies and
earning Grammy nominations for Album Of The Year (Time Out Of Mind won
that award in 1998).
In 2001, he received a Golden Globe and an
Academy Award for best song from a motion picture for "Things Have
Changed" from the movie Wonder Boys. Dylan's Chronicles - Volume I, his
recent memoirs released in October, 2004, was a world-wide best seller,
spending 19 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List. He was awarded a
'special citation' Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for "his profound impact on
popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of
extraordinary poetic power."
Bob Dylan remains one of the world's top touring artists, performing more than 100 concerts yearly around the globe.
"Tell Tale Signs" CD
A career-spanning, three-CD retrospective
of Bob Dylan's music - DYLAN - will be released worldwide on October 1
by Columbia Records. This definitive Bob Dylan collection chronicles the
artist's four decades of groundbreaking studio recordings, as well as
his unparalleled influence on popular music and culture.
According to Sony BMG Commercial Music
Group President John Ingrassia, "Each new generation eventually
discovers what millions of people the world over have known for decades:
That Bob Dylan is a singular artist whose songs and recordings
represent the very best that music has to offer. This DYLAN set will
provide a comprehensive introduction to an important body of work that
continues to impact our culture and attract multitudes of new fans each
year."
Song selection for this comprehensive set
is still being determined, and will be greatly influenced by impassioned
fan lobbying on website dylan07.com. This site -- which went live in
February for fans to share thoughts on Bob Dylan's music, swap stories
about first hearing the artist's songs and seeing him in concert, and
more -- has been updated today with the DYLAN artwork, a promotional
trailer for the album, as well as the ability for fans to vote on the
DYLAN track listing.
Visitors to dylan07.com will also find
details on a forthcoming online photo exhibit in which notable fans from
the worlds of music, film, art and fashion will contribute images
inspired by Bob Dylan. Fans will be able to contribute images as well,
and a winner will be chosen by one of the celebrity photographers to
receive a Sony Alpha digital camera and have his or her image included
in the exhibit.
Two additional versions of DYLAN will be
released simultaneously with the 3-CD set: A deluxe edition featuring
the three disks in a cloth covered case, and accompanied by an extended
booklet of classic and rare Dylan imagery plus 10 limited edition
postcards highlighting pivotal moments of Bob's career; and the "Best
Of" edition that will feature 18 songs on a single disk.
Bob Dylan is one of the world's most
popular and acclaimed songwriters, musicians and performers, having sold
more than 90 million albums and performed literally thousands of shows
around the world in a career spanning five decades.
His most recent album, Modern Times -
lauded by critics around the world and selling more than 2.5 million
copies to date -- entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #1, as
well as debuting within the Top Five in 21 other countries. His previous
studio albums, Time Out Of Mind and Love & Theft, have been among
his most commercially successful and critically lauded, each having sold
more than a million copies and earning Grammy nominations for Album Of
The Year (Time Out Of Mind won that award in 1998).
In 2001, he received a Golden Globe and an
Academy Award for Best Song from a Motion Picture for "Things Have
Changed" from the movie Wonder Boys. Dylan's Chronicles - Volume I, his
recent memoirs released in October 2004, was a world-wide best seller,
spending 19 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List. He was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Songwriters Hall Of
Fame in 1982.
Bob Dylan remains one of the world's top touring artists, performing more than 100 concerts yearly around the globe.
Source: Columbia Records
NEW YORK, June 21, 2007 /PRNewswire/ --
Modern Times by Bob Dylan Listen to music samples
Amazon.com: At a time when the majority
of those his age are drifting into retirement, 65-year-old Bob Dylan
has put the capper on a three-record run that ranks with the best in his
storied, 44-album career. Like Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft
before it, Modern Times is a rootsy, blues-soaked pool of the purest
form of Americana--skipping the progressive bells or whistles for an
understated backing by his touring band. Dylan's voice, which cracks,
rasps and moans from the pop singer's pulpit, hasn't been this rich and
emotive since 1976's Desire. And while his lyrics prolong his steadfast
allusions to a higher power and his own immortality, they are not
without the Dylan mirth, as when he sings of tracking pop queen Alicia
Keys from Hell's Kitchen to Tennessee in "Thunder on the Mountain," the
album's opener, which teams with "Someday Baby" and "Rollin' and
Tumblin'" (for which Dylan misguidedly claims writing credit) as the
record's most fiery numbers. Still, it's the Dylan that tells of a
slave-loving owner ("Nettie Moore"), brings New Orleans to the front
burner ("The Levee's Gonna Break") and plays the part of an eloquent
lounge singer ("Spirit on the Water," "When the Deal Goes Down" and
"Beyond the Horizon") that makes Modern Times sound just like old times.
--Scott Holter
• Original Release Date: August 29, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
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