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Stand-in recounts Dylan’s secret Nobel video shoot
Ray Padgett reports in Flagging Down the Double E’s that Conor Lumsden, who records as Music City, described serving as a stand-in during Bob Dylan’s secret 2017 Nobel performance video taping outside Dublin. Lumsden said the Bray set was tightly controlled, with instructions not to speak to Dylan or make eye contact, and that he assisted with blocking and lighting before watching an eight-hour jam session near cinematographer Lol Crawley. The account includes a brief post-shoot exchange in which Dylan asked where Sonny was.
Why it matters
It adds newly reported eyewitness detail to one of Dylan’s more guarded late-career public obligations.
Sources & driving stories
FLAGGING DOWN THE DOUBLE E'S · Ray Padgett
Flagging Down the Double E's coverageBlonde on Blonde reassessed at sixty
Doug Collette’s Glide Magazine review marks the June 20, 1966 release anniversary of Blonde on Blonde, framing it as the third part of Dylan’s mid-1960s trilogy with Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited. The piece emphasizes Nashville recording, Bob Johnston’s production, contributors including Charlie McCoy and Kenny Buttrey, and songs such as “I Want You” and “Just Like a Woman.” It also connects the album’s aftermath to Dylan’s Woodstock motorcycle accident and the later Basement Tapes period with The Band.
Why it matters
The anniversary prompted a fresh critical framing of the album’s place in Dylan’s peak creative period.
Sources & driving stories
GLIDE MAGAZINE · Doug Collette
Glide Magazine coverageWorth noting
WORTH NOTING
Otis Rush influence debate resurfaced
The Hound Blog’s piece argues that Dylan’s “Beyond Here Lies Nothing” draws heavily from Otis Rush’s Cobra-era sound, including riff, melody, saxophone tone, and room echo.
Still unclear
OPEN QUESTION
Will more Nobel shoot accounts surface?
Lumsden’s account suggests other extras, crew, or musicians may hold additional details about the tightly controlled 2017 taping.
OPEN QUESTION
How will the sixtieth anniversary be marked?
The Glide reassessment may be one of several anniversary-driven appraisals of Blonde on Blonde’s recording, sequencing, and legacy.