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2. Dylan didn’t see a Kiss concert in Queens.In the movie, Dylan says he got the idea to wear white face makeup on the Rolling Thunder Revue after Scarlet Rivera took him to a Kiss concert in Queens. But Kiss haven’t played a show in Queens since February 1973 when they were first starting out and long before Dylan met Rivera. These were tiny club shows by a totally unknown band. No way Dylan was at one of them and he also didn’t get the makeup idea from them. By most accounts, the makeup was inspired by the 1945 French film Children of Paradise.  … [Read more...] about A Guide to What’s Fake in ‘Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story’

This was the final year of the Sexton/Campbell era of the Never Ending Tour. And although Sexton returned to the band in 2009 after a seven-year absence, they’ve never managed to recreate the magic of this period, despite some incredible shows in 2018 and 2019. When the Bootleg Series finally gets around to the Never Ending Tour, they really should consider releasing a 2002 gig. It’ll probably be years before that happens, so enjoy this Atlanta show in the meantime. … [Read more...] about Hear a Pristine Recording of a Stunning 2002 Bob Dylan Concert

The arguments of this edition of the Bootleg Series are familiar — a disparaged period in Dylan’s career (in this case, the gospel years) was better than you think; the studio recordings don’t tell the story as well as the live shows; he was so busy chasing the moment that he left some of the best stuff in the vault. … [Read more...] about Review: Thinking Twice About Bob Dylan’s Gospel Phase With New Bootleg Box

Hipgnosis is traded on the London Stock Exchange, in addition to getting cash from debt; Primary Wave is backed by institutional investors including BlackRock who place money into funds for the music company to spend. Both firms have benefitted from investors of all stripes noticing that the value of music assets are stable, or even growing, during a turbulent time for the markets (thanks to everyone consistently streaming and buying records). As Merck Mercuriadis, founder and CEO of Hipgnosis, put it: “If Donald Trump did something crazy, the price of gold and oil are affected whereas songs are not… [Songs] are always being consumed.” … [Read more...] about Why Superstar Artists Are Clamoring to Sell Their Music Rights

“At KKR, we are focused on a number of investment initiatives across the music and entertainment industries and we believe Ryan’s unique combination of artistic brilliance and business acumen will help us amplify these efforts,” Nat Zilkha, partner at KKR and chairman of Gibson Brands, said in a statement. … [Read more...] about OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder Sells His Music Catalog to KKR