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Rolling Thunder Revue Retrospectives
Coverage from Flagging Down The Double E's, The New York Times, and others
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Executive Summary
This body of coverage revisits Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue as a major late-1970s live project that keeps resurfacing through archival releases, collaborator interviews, and retrospective analysis. The recurring focus is on how the tour was staged, how the setlists and arrangements shifted across 1975 and 1976, and how later documents preserve or dispute its history. Scorsese's film, the 14-disc live set, and newer soundboard material keep the tour active as both a performance archive and a contested memory.
Key Points
- Rolling Thunder Revue remains the dominant reference point, especially the 1975-76 tour, its live recordings, and later documentary retellings.
- Archival activity is strong: the 14-disc live box set, Bootleg-related material, and newly surfaced soundboard tapes keep expanding the recorded record.
- Several pieces emphasize performance change across the tour, including setlist turnover, live debuts, and shifts from communal spectacle to a darker or less loose atmosphere in 1976.
- Collaborator recollections from Roger McGuinn, Rob Stoner, Scarlet Rivera, and David Hendel add production detail and sometimes challenge later popular accounts.
- Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue film remains a major interpretive anchor, but it also introduces uncertainty because it blends documentary footage with staged or fictionalized material.
- Dylan's late-1970s live persona is repeatedly framed through theatrical presentation, intimate venues, and the reworking of older material and Desire-era songs.
- A smaller current strand extends the tour into civic or commemorative settings, including charity events and venue-preservation narratives tied to the era.
Featured Article
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue is analyzed using Bootleg Vol. 5 performance snapshots, covering tour mood changes, covers, and the shelved film Renaldo And Clara.
Coverage Timeline: 3591 Days
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Additional Articles
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In an in-depth online interview, Roger McGuinn recounts Bob Dylan collaborations from the 1960s through Rolling Thunder Revue and later tours.
On May 26 in Red Bank, New Jersey, former Bob Dylan collaborator Rob Stoner will join Pat Guadagno's BobFest at the Count Basie Center for the Arts.
In 2019, Martin Scorsese released the documentary Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese on Netflix in the United States.
Bob Dylan launched Rolling Thunder 1976 on April 18, 1976 in Lakeland, Florida, featuring ten live debuts and three Blood on the Tracks songs amid reduced camaraderie.
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Flagging Down the Double E features sound engineer David Hendel discussing Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue and unveiling Mobile and Austin soundboard recordings.
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue performances in the mid 1970s across the northeast United States are documented by Martin Scorsese for Netflix.
On May 30, 2019, NPR published First Listen coverage of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings featuring a 10 track sampler.
In this essay, the author uses Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue and Martin Scorsese's Netflix documentary to reflect on American ideals and contradictions in the United States.
Pat Guadago and the Tired Horses band staged a BobFest tribute concert on May 26 in Red Bank, New Jersey, focusing on Dylan's 1975-76 Rolling Thunder Revue.
Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue performed in Gatesville, Texas, in 1976 for juvenile detainees after cancelled Dallas and Austin plans.
On its 2019 Netflix release, Martin Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue revisited Bob Dylan's 1975 tour through a hybrid of documentary and invented material.
The article describes how Bob Dylan used the mid-1970s Rolling Thunder Revue tour across the United States to realize Beat generation ideals.
On May 26, Pat Guadagno's BobFest staged a Rolling Thunder Revue-themed tribute at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Rolling Thunder Revue 1976 stopped in Baton Rouge, then skipped Lake Charles due to low ticket sales, leaving Dylan and the troupe days in Louisiana.
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue New Orleans soundboard recording documents the live debut of Rita May and recalls delays caused by sound system failure.
Bob Dylan performed on April 20, 1976, on Rolling Thunder '76 night two at St. Petersburg, Florida's Bayfront Civic Center Auditorium, using 1975-era songs including Mr. Tambourine Man as opener.
Bob Dylan's November 16 Supper Club late show is described as a career-condensed acoustic performance captured by soundboard-style recordings.
Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue returned to Central Florida after earlier consecutive shows, with Joan Baez wearing a Mickey Mouse t-shirt.
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In an interview recorded in 2022, Kinky Friedman recounted Bob Dylan collaborations on tour, at the Houston Astrodome, and during a televised Chabad telethon.
Flagging Down the Double E's shares a 2022 interview in which Kinky Friedman discusses collaborations with Bob Dylan during and after the Rolling Thunder Revue.
America magazine coverage of Bob Dylan shifts from early omissions to later essays and interpretive readings tied to Nobel Prize remarks and Homer.
Bob Dylan electrified his sound at the Newport Folk Festival, then released Highway 61 Revisited on August 30, 1965, including Like a Rolling Stone.
Rolling Thunder Revue, a Netflix film by Martin Scorsese about the 1975 tour, was released on Jun 12, 2019 alongside a 14-CD box set.
Joan Baez described rehearsal dynamics behind Rolling Thunder '76 as Dylan’s night-two set shifted to Rolling Thunder '75 reprises in Florida during 1976.
CultFollowing reviews Best of The Rolling Thunder Revue (Pt. 1), a compilation of Bob Dylan live recordings from the 1975 tour, emphasizing Madison Square Garden and other dates.
darmstadtdylandays / Sophie Hunger01-01-2026On January 5, 1976, Bob Dylan released Desire, and on January 25, 1976, a second Hurricane benefit took place at the Astrodome in Houston.
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez engage in backstage conversations and onstage duets during the 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue across multiple venues.
Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue concert at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado is recounted through producer Rick Wurpel's detailed production memories.
Martin Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue film, about Dylan's 1975-76 tour, is examined across US venues and international references.
Thunder at the Falls is reviewed as a standout Niagara Falls Rolling Thunder Revue recording, showcasing Dylan's tougher live rearrangements and guest performances by Joan Baez and Roger McGuinn.
On November 27, 1975, Bob Dylan performed at the Bangor Municipal Auditorium in Bangor, Maine, as part of the Rolling Thunder Revue, with the show captured on a notable audience tape.
Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue toured the United States in the mid-1970s with a large rotating lineup.
Bob Dylan is discussed as an artist whose Highway 61 Revisited era, electric backlash, and John Wesley Harding regrouping contributed to long-term rock culture shifts.
On May 23, 1976, Bob Dylan performed a rain-soaked Rolling Thunder Revue concert at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Musicians recall the 1975-76 Rolling Thunder Revue tour across the USA and Canada.
Eric Andersen and Scarlet Rivera perform at Weber Hall in Duluth, Minnesota on Saturday July 23 to benefit the Duluth Armory, recalling Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue.
Bobserve reports, as of Sep 2024, that Dylan has shared bills with more than 400 acts across venues worldwide.
On 2025-11-20, Cult Following published a review of Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue New York City performance.
On 2025-08-07, CultFollowing published a review of Bob Dylan's Going Mobile bootleg, highlighting a Rolling Thunder Revue Alabama performance.
Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue performance features Joan Baez guesting and Roger McGuinn, highlighting a tense yet accomplished set.
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue review highlights a Montreal Forum performance during the 1970s and rare live tracks.
Joni Mitchell and Dylan perform Coyote during the 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue at Gordon Lightfoot's house in Nova Scotia, later featured in Martin Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue.
On November 27, 1975, Bob Dylan performed a four hour Rolling Thunder Revue show in Bangor, Maine.
Bob Dylan discussed developing the Rolling Thunder Revue during a Malibu visit with Roger McGuinn, a move that culminated in the 1975-76 tour.
On the eve of America's bicentennial, Ray Padgett discusses the Rolling Thunder Revue and its 50th anniversary on Infinity Goes Up on Trial, with a focus on the Plymouth start.
In 1975-1976, Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue toured the United States with a rotating cast, concluding in May 1976 after 57 shows.
Roger McGuinn recalls joining Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue on its 1975–76 U.S. tour, citing intimate venues and a communal artists' atmosphere in locations including Clearwater, Florida.
Bob Dylan’s 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue, featuring Joan Baez and others, emphasized intimate venues and is presented as a model for supporting grassroots music today in the UK context.