by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 1, 2021 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ is a 30 minute archival tape of 24k musical gold. Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks captured live and in action on magnetic tape in London, Ontario, Canada, February 24, 1964. Three weeks removed from the arrival of the Beatles, music was...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 3, 2021 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Following Dylan’s legendary electric set at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965, Dylan set forth to find a permanent rock and roll backing band to disseminate his vision. The concerts that took place from the summer of 1965 through May of 1966 are some of the...
by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 27, 2019 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
Today in the rock room we examine one of the most famous guitars in the annals of rock and roll history. Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson’s 1965 Fender Telecaster traveled the globe, was cheered and jeered on the road while also being played on many of rock and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 25, 2016 | Now Playing
Thankfully there are a number of recorded documents to hail from the Band’s final year in existence, such as the famed King Biscuit broadcast at the Carter Baron Amphitheater on July 17, 1976, the Lenox Inn show from August and the awesome performance from the...
by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Years of hyperbole, conjecture, rumor and myth surround the sessions that took place in the smoky hills of Woodstock in the Spring of 1967. The excitement stirred by the recordings made by Bob Dylan and the Hawks (soon to be the Band) has developed decades of...
