Summary
Protest singer, poet, visionary, family man who was the real Bob Dylan? A stunning new documentary by director Martin Scorsese, with unseen footage from the infamous 1966 UK tour, goes in search of the greatest enigma of the Sixties.
The lights come up onstage and Bob Dylan and his band amble on. Dylan is plugging the amp lead into his guitar when a voice from way back in the auditorium wails, 'Judas!' Dylan carries on tuning up for a while, and then, without looking at the audience, slurs slow and soft into his microphone, 'I don't believe you.' There is a moment's pause as he looks round to check the readiness of his band. 'You're a liar,' he wails at the heckler. Then he turns back to the band and whispers to them, 'Play f***in' loud.' Every Dylan fan has heard this story, of course. For nigh on four decades, bootlegs of his infamous 'Royal Albert Hall' gig infamous partly because the 'Judas!'See the full content of this document
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The Man Who Wasn't There
incident actually took place at Manchester's Free Trade Hall on May 17, 1966, a week before Dylan's London gigs have been doing the collectors' rounds.
But until today, nobody who wasn't actually there that night has seen the altercation. Now, thanks to No Direction Home, a new two- part documentary directed by Martin Scorsese, we can all see it. We can watch footage of the greatest rock 'n' roll tour ever the tour that changed the ve...See the full content of this document
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