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Chicago reviews spotlight Dylan’s shifting guitar lineup
Newly published Chicago coverage says Bob Dylan’s July 8 Long Hot Summer Tour stop at Huntington Pavilion/Northerly Island featured a two-guitar lineup with Julian Lage and Joel Paterson/Patterson. Adam Selzer reported that the tour’s guitar chair has been unstable after Bob Britt’s departure and Doug Lancio being let go, while Flagging Down the Double E’s emphasized the contrast between Lage’s jazz-leaning phrasing and Paterson’s Chicago blues approach. John Doe and Lucinda Williams opened the Chicago date.
Why it matters
Dylan’s live arrangements are highly personnel-dependent, and the reports suggest the current tour sound may still be in flux.
Sources & driving stories
ADAM CHICAGO · Adam Selzer
Adam Chicago coverageFLAGGING DOWN THE DOUBLE E'S
Flagging Down the Double E's coverageJuly 9 coverage revisits Blowin’ recording anniversary
AOL marked the 64th anniversary of Bob Dylan recording “Blowin’ in the Wind” on July 9, 1962, noting accounts that he wrote it in about 10 minutes. Piya Roy in t2online added contextual milestones: first performance at Gerde’s Folk City in April 1962, lyrics in Broadside, official release in May 1963, and Peter, Paul and Mary’s March on Washington performance before Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Jessica McBride in Mensjournal also highlighted Dylan’s later insistence that he did not set out to write protest songs.
Why it matters
The anniversary generated renewed coverage of Dylan’s most politically resonant song, though the material is commemorative rather than newly discovered.
Sources & driving stories
AOL.COM
AOL.com coverageT2ONLINE · Piya Roy
t2online coverageMENSJOURNAL · Jessica McBride
Mensjournal coverageWorth noting
WORTH NOTING
Mystic Lake reports restrictive show conditions
Jared Kaufman reported that Dylan’s July 6 Shakopee show enforced a no-phone policy and denied press access, while other coverage put attendance at about 7,000 at the new Mystic Lake Amphitheater.
WORTH NOTING
Lennon-Dylan rupture revisited
Classical Music traced John Lennon’s disenchantment with Dylan to the late-1970s evangelical period, especially “Gotta Serve Somebody,” and Lennon’s 1980 parody-response “Serve Yourself.”
WORTH NOTING
Gorge triple-bill review resurfaced
Joni Mitchell Library posted a review of a notable Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison Gorge Amphitheatre bill, describing more than 18,000 attendees and a closing “I Shall Be Released” with guest verses.
Still unclear
OPEN QUESTION
Will the dual-guitar lineup stabilize?
Chicago and Minnesota reports both focus on Julian Lage and Joel Paterson/Patterson, but the tour’s recent personnel churn leaves open whether this is a settled configuration.
OPEN QUESTION
Is anniversary coverage yielding new archival facts?
Today’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” pieces reinforce established chronology and impact, but none clearly present newly unearthed session evidence.