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4. There is no congressman Jack Tanner.Near the end of the movie, a supposed Michigan representative named Jack Tanner talks about using his connection with Jimmy Carter to get into a Rolling Thunder show at Niagara Falls. It’s actually actor Michael Murphy. The name Jack Tanner comes from Robert Altman’s 1988 campaign mockumentary Tanner ’88, which was written by Garry Trudeau. … [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

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, a documentary on the life and music of the late jazz icon, will screen in New York and L.A. theaters this August. Directed by Stanley Nelson, who has also helmed docs on the Black Panthers and Jonestown, the film premiered at Sundance earlier this year. … [Read more...] about See Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana Praise Miles Davis in New Doc Trailer

Catalog sales have been an increasingly lucrative opportunity for songwriters in the past two years, with demand heavily increasing as companies like Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund and Larry Mestel’s Primary Wave Music hyped up the market. Songwriters who sell their catalogs take an immediate payout rather than rolling the dice on their catalogs’ earnings, while the buyers take on the risk, hoping to shop songs through synch licensing, merchandisem and other plays. Last week alone, Hipgnosis announced deals with Jimmy Iovine, Lindsay Buckingham and Neil Young, while Stevie Nicks just closed a catalog deal with Primary Wave in December. … [Read more...] about OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder Sells His Music Catalog to KKR