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Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' Gets Live Tribute
06/11/2004 5:24 PM, Reuters
In celebration of the upcoming 30th
anniversary of its recording, Bob Dylan 's landmark album "Blood
on the Tracks" will be feted with a live rendering in New York
on June 29.
The event, at Merkin Hall (http://www.ekcc.org/merkin.htm),
will feature various artists each performing a song from the
set in order.
Slated to participate are Joan Osborne , Vernon Reid, Toshi Reagon , Jeffrey Gaines, Citizen Cope, Jesse Harris, Ollabelle,
Marc Anthony Thompson, Brandon Ross, Richard Barone and Tony
Visconti. The show, proceeds from which will benefit the venue,
will be broadcast live on local public radio outlet WFUV.
In addition, Mary Lou Lord will be on hand to perform
Dylan's "Up to Me," which was originally recorded for "Blood on
the Tracks" but not released officially until 1985, when it
appeared on the Dylan boxed set "Biograph."
Although "Blood on the Tracks" was released in January
1975, the tracks were recorded the prior September in New York
and December in Minneapolis. Coming at a time when Dylan's
marriage was unraveling, the album features such mournful songs
as concert favorite "Tangled Up in Blue" and "If You See Her,
Say Hello." It topped the U.S. pop albums chart for two weeks
in February/March, and has become the benchmark against which
all subsquent Dylan albums are compared.
Reuters/Billboard
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