50 Years of Blonde on Blonde
| 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde | ||||
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| A line drawing of Dylan's face with crows coming out of his hair | ||||
| Live album by | ||||
| Released | April 28, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | May 2016 | |||
| Venue | CMA Theater, Nashville TN | |||
| Genre | Folk, country | |||
| Length | 65:00 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Ted Hutt and Ryan Mall | |||
| Old Crow Medicine Show chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
50 Years of Blonde on Blonde is a live album by folk, country and old time music band, Old Crow Medicine Show. The album is a track-for-track tribute to Bob Dylan's landmark 1966 double album Blonde on Blonde.
Production
50 Years of Blonde on Blonde was recorded live at the CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame, in Nashville, Tennessee, in May 2016.[2] The concert coincided with a Hall of Fame exhibit exploring Dylan's time in Nashville.[3] In an interview, band members Ketch Secor and Critter Fuqua described how they had bonded over Dylan's songs as teenagers, and that the 50 Years... project was a natural extension of that collaboration.[4] While the new recording follows the sequence of Dylan's original track-for-track, Old Crow took considerable liberties with the arrangement of individual tracks, for instance reimagining "Pledging My Time" as a "hillbilly breakdown," and "Obviously 5 Believers" as "a manic fiddle riot."[2] The recording was released as an album on April 28, 2017. It was the band's first release on their new label, Columbia Records, which had released Dylan's original album in 1966.
Personnel
- Chance McCoy – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, vocals
- Kevin Hayes – Guitjo, vocals
- Ketch Secor – Fiddle, harmonica, banjo, vocals
- Morgan Jahnig – Upright bass
- "Critter" Fuqua – Slide guitar, banjo, guitar, vocals
- Cory Younts – Mandolin, keyboards, drums, vocals[5]
Live performances
Old Crow Medicine Show undertook a planned 27-date tour in support of 50 Years... in May and June, 2017. Shows were scheduled in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.[2][6]
Track listing
The track listing mirrors that of the original album. All tracks written by Bob Dylan.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rainy Day Women#12 & 35" | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Pledging My Time" | 1:57 |
| 3. | "Visions of Johanna" | 6:55 |
| 4. | "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" | 4:59 |
| 5. | "I Want You" | 3:14 |
| 6. | "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" | 7:29 |
| 7. | "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Just Like a Woman" | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Temporary Like Achilles" | 3:29 |
| 11. | "Absolutely Sweet Marie" | 4:33 |
| 12. | "4th Time Around" | 4:22 |
| 13. | "Obviously 5 Believers" | 2:47 |
| 14. | "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" | 9:27 |
Notes
- ^ "50 Years of Blonde on Blonde – Old Crow Medicine Show – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "How Old Crow Medicine Show Reimagined Bob Dylan's 'Blonde on Blonde'". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Old Crow Medicine Show Make Old Bob Dylan New Again at NYC 'Blonde on Blonde' Concert". billboard.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Talkin' Fifty Years of Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Press Kit". Old Crow Medicine Show. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Old Crow Announce 50 Years Of Blonde On Blonde". crowmedicine.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
External links
- Rolling Stone – How Old Crow Medicine Show Reimagined Blonde on Blonde
- The New Yorker – Talkin Fifty Years of Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde