Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Live in Paris, 1966 [WITH SPOKEN INTRO]

[@SwinginPig]

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[@philippa5004]

Thanks heaps for your posts! Brilliant find. Will support when there's money for jam 🙏👍💯

[@esothmax935]

I'da bought "2nd Impressions" out of gratitude for all the great stuff here but as it happens that's a really nice album. Shouldn't be surprised but it sounds like something that deserves and will reward repeat play.

[@nurknanker6105]

Ima freeloader but when I win the lotto you get a bonus for all your humanitarian efforts. Sincerely.

[@tonybaldini6818]

Yo Ross, I really like "2nd Impressions" man, gonna be getting a copy. And thanks for the upload, this is a better recording than the one they released on those bootlegs, feels more like you're there. On a side note, check out my EP I put out last month "Live in Fishtown EP" Cheers Tony

[@michaelkenna2024]

Thank You for sharing your passion with so many.

[@arnoldmmbb]

Just like Tom thumb its one of my all time favorites of Bob, a surreal masterpiece

[@kevanbrown7620]

Highway 61 Revisited is a classic album. Apart from the mould breaking single Like A Rolling Stone. Tombstone Blues, Ballad of a Thin Man, the title track, Desolation row. It's definitely one of my favourite Dylan album's. Bringing it all back home is my favourite Dylan album. I remember buying the album, before cds, and side 2 just blew me away. I hadn't heard anything like it. I was familiar with Mr.Tambourine man from my brother's greatest hits, but on the album from which it came, Tambourine Man, Gates Of Eden, It's alright ma (I'm only bleeding) and It's all over now, baby blue. One after the other. It was like having a religious experience. An epiphany. The lyrics to Its Alright Ma just blew a hole in my head. It's still one of the greatest songs ever written, in my opinion. 36 years later and I still get a buzz from listening to those 4 tracks. The whole album was a game changer. Not just for Dylan, but for the whole music scene. Side 1 all electric. Kicking off with Subterranean Homesick Blues was sublime. Side 2 all acoustic (bar a some electric touches on tambourine man) with some of his greatest lyrics up to that point, and still to this day with Its Alright Ma. It was also the first of his so called 'electric trilogy'. Immense.

[@evancodsworth2]

I love how rough he sounds here. He sounds tired, burnt out. It adds a whole new layer to this song. Dylan is a titan among men.

[@annonymost9318]

HE simply sounds like the contained and sound minded high willed and right in heart....tellin his story so well.......I love him love him.....may his voice get the best soothin around...

[@annonymost9318]

I would do it for him if I ever get to see him face to face........can do anything he could ever ask...miracles.. even. .for him....for my sake; for he to see himself.....like I do.... .......yes....it does matter.....man....yes....Titan....and more.

[@謝育霖-f8f]

The handsome family band had sing this song "Just like a Tom thumbs'blues, not bad ,but didn't good than Bob Dylans' description of his tone

[@thesongtowoody]

Stay away from drugs. He was stoned here....

[@evancodsworth2]

@@thesongtowoody When wasn't he?

[@nashsantillan1743]

I just now discoverd this channel. Ive been buying dylan since 66 when i was 15 and purchased his debut album in mono. I preserver that album and play the stereo version mostly. I was very fortunate to see him with the band in February of 74 at the Forum in LA. The concert was recored live for the album Before the Flood. It was an amazing experience and concert as i had at that point dove heavily into his music, song by song and read his biography in 71 or 72. Thank you for this sight and your time to the greatest writer, poet in our generation

[@lesliescott2362]

May be my fav opening line of any Dylan song. When you're lost in the rain in Juarez and it's Easter time too!

[@SweetbJames]

I guess Passover wouldn’t fit as well…😂

[@foxandscout]

@@SweetbJames Pesakh (Passover in Yiddish) works!

[@michaelchristmas2572]

I love how broken his voice is by this time from the quiet intro to the rasped rebel yells in the song.

[@joycejames8461]

Thanks for providing us with this little gem from Bob's Blue period.

[@FlaschDJ]

Blue Period? What’s “Blue Period” mean?

[@eatmanyzoos]

@@FlaschDJ painters go through a phase with a blue palette, songwriters a phase where they write blues music.

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

@@FlaschDJ 1:00 Picasso had a blue period where he used mainly blue pallette. Dunno were there others but became a relatively well known term through picasso

[@jerryshunk7152]

This is Dylan at his MOST DYLANISH !

[@fritz596....]

This whole album is a masterpiece.

[@broken1394]

Everything Dylan did in 66 is a masterpiece.

[@fritz596....]

@@broken1394 Agreed. Electric dylan , who predicted that ?? Just in time....

[@TheNolanWolfe]

@@broken1394everything Dylan did from 63’ - 67’ is a masterpiece

[@rb6338]

Great version! Full of energy and the Band completely in it! For sure it was a revolution to hear Dylan in 66!

[@evelynoconnor3062]

A YOUNG VERY GIFTED MUSICIAN WITH A VERY WISE SOUL.

[@micheledeangelis8222]

Young he's 80 but 4ever young

[@mariarusso1325]

Hello how are you doing 😊

[@ilovedylan3943]

Such a magical masterful musician. I also love the song especially the last verse. I wonder how Dylan does it, writing such wonderful and probably personal songs that we still all relate to. It is beautiful.

[@MrSebboxxx]

its a gift ...

[@shardanette1]

Man, that's some loose jingle jangle music. I like it. It doesn't hurt that the song itself is one of my faves.

[@tenparab]

This is very much how Bob sounded at the Melbourne concerts in April 66. I was at both of those shows back then.

[@snowfiresunwind]

I envy you for witnessing Dylan live in 1966 - any of his '66 concerts are artistic history.

[@tenparab]

@@snowfiresunwind well Ill tell you Im 71 now so Im an old man but those 2 concerts I saw were truly amazing. Every bit as good as they sound on tape or record. One thing that amuses me is after an interval and Bob and the Band came out for the electric set, a lot of fans booed him and walked out. How stupid was that ?

[@snowfiresunwind]

@@tenparab Yes very stupid behaviour but back in 1966 Dylan with an electric guitar was blasmorphy to die-hard folkies. Hard to believe it now.

[@tenparab]

@@snowfiresunwind thats right, they were genuinely outraged with him.

[@fivehead6675]

@@snowfiresunwind artistic history. Absolutely! A very short special time in history.

[@peter2010900]

Dear God ~ thank you for Bob Dylan

[@barbarakeyock532]

DITTO

[@dansilecchia7355]

He was 25 years old, man! Very cool version.

[@0otee]

Love this Thanks Ross/SP🌺🌹👌 Haven’t heard this dedication to the Mexican artist Tom Thumb..since the ‘70’s I think❣️ Well sung Thanks Dylan🌺❣️🌹🎶👌🌞

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH YOUNG BOB YOU ARE THE BEST I AM JUST SMOKING AND LISTENING TO YOU HONEY

[@1829scott]

same here

[@puri6546]

Tom's Thumb, one of my absolutely top favs from Bob. And this version... man... good old days. I was 3 months old by then. Love you, Bob!🙏🌹🌺❤❤

[@1829scott]

i was 8

[@alisonperry1786]

Absolutely ...I love this verson...neil young was recorded doining it in a bootleg double album I also like towns van sant ifoubd on youtube ...i enjoy pkayin it on guitar ...uve changed a few of the words....SO PLEASD TO HEAR WHO TOM THUMB WAS. THANX for another classic bob..

[@jamesblanshard9468]

Bob having his fun again! 😜

[@TheCaptainZodo]

Your music is great, SP. It graces my spotify playlists.

[@Mnagetfu]

I’ve always loved this version, almost as good as the one on the B side of the I Want You single👍👍❤️❤️

[@donaldshaw2627]

Boston's back Bay theater 1966 I saw him walk in the back door with his polka dots shirt I followed him went up and talked to Garth Hudson saw the shelf for free I'll never forget it

[@jimalice1]

My favorite cut is the one on, No Direction Home.

[@targarosko]

yeaps i was there .... good memories for me thanks to you Swingin good evening ♥♥♥

[@RemingtonRidersMusic]

Love this performance, and his intro was very interesting.

[@Bradleyzappa-x4x]

I'm glad this song is explained.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

This is pretty cool. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers! ✌️

[@jeffbayne15]

A Janggley, Raggedy Masterpiece!!!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you. Great 7 minutes.

[@nissi.k]

What a riot Bob is! Lol Thanks so much Swingin’ 🧡

[@FlaschDJ]

Singing like a madman with a great vocabulary, a great imagination and, astoundingly, perfect intonation.

[@nissi.k]

@@FlaschDJ Very true!! Bob is genius of the seriously profound to the craziest absurdity! He’s the best no doubt about it!🙌

[@nicolen.9642]

Great times. Thanks SP 👍

[@gleniostraccioni6479]

Great!!! Thank you, SP.

[@ronanstephen6294]

As perfect a rendition as the album version is, this is like a whole other song, his desperation overtakes his earlier weary resignation.

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

A master poet.

[@TPaige]

Great SP. TY. Loved the intro E-specially.

[@oliveeisner8964]

Excellent post Swingin~ I assumed you were using your time for other creative endeavors which is of course a beautiful thing. 😎

[@jaxareback311]

Ooooohhhh.......gotta love that scratch.......”Bob saved me”......!

[@toddandersen957]

This has to be some Robbie’s most electric soloing, man it’s blowing my mind 🤯

[@snowfiresunwind]

Performed on his 25th birthday so presumably he was 23-4 years of age when he wrote it - do any 24 year olds write songs like this now? Let me know of any suggestions as I miss this form of lyrical mastery.

[@striderranger7384]

Nobody before or since writes like that. Maybe even the man himself. Yes he has had so many times of brilliance since then . How does an artist , musician, writer, poet top early genius. Almost never happens. But we are talking about Bob Dylan, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.

[@55vermeer]

@@striderranger7384 In a 2004 interview with 60 minutes, Bob Dylan remarked on his early work, saying, "I don’t know how I got to write those songs... Those early songs were almost like magically written - darkness at the break of noon, shadows even the silver spoon, the hand-made blade, a child’s balloon. Well, try to sit down and write something like that. There’s a magic to that and it’s not Siegfried and Roy kind of magic, you know, it’s a different kind of penetrating magic, and I did it at one time." When interviewer Ed Bradley responds, "And you don’t think you can do it today?" Dylan bows his head a little and says "no". "Does that disappoint you?" Says Bradley. Dylan looks as though he wants to say yes for a moment before answering, "Well you can’t do something forever and I did it once. I can do other things now, but I can’t do that."

[@striderranger7384]

@@55vermeerWhat you wrote is what I was trying to remember. I dig your handle. Both screen name and take on Dylan.

[@55vermeer]

@@striderranger7384 Thanks.

[@snowfiresunwind]

@@striderranger7384 Agreed - and what an achievement his so-called 60s triology of BIABH, H61 and BonB was between 1965-66. Never to be repeated by anyone.

[@corneliakapelinski]

The gravity is down..sure , but who needs it, If you hear this version you get wings

[@maggiebryan2355]

Love this

[@RedcliffeHighwayyyy]

In the cerulean embrace of my blue period, I'm serenaded by the melancholic strains of the soul's lament.

[@raypitcher9767]

Credit where credit's due, this was superb

[@thewordofgord]

thanks for this ! powerful.

[@matag245]

Great deed bro!

[@msscoventry]

Fascinating introduction

[@jimrebr]

My 2nd favorite Bob Dylan song (1st is Heaven’s Door), I like his tall tales. This song just rocks!! I can just see the bar/whore house, the lyrics are perfect 👍 Love his beginning of electric guitar 🎸 and The Band❤

[@Raymond-xh1pu]

Can here Garth Hudson load and clear

[@Ololo1997]

Thank you:)

[@murraycowie9234]

so special

[@letmebereal]

Back in the day when the crew were partying we would take turns at putting on records , i would ALWAYS play Bob .

[@ericpeyret1]

Nice pics 👍😁

[@billcrotts5456]

Omg that kicked ass

[@blaksu]

FANTASTIC

[@pianomansbird4095]

I will buy your album ! :+)

[@larryyose6559]

Today's Bob's Birthday 🎂 he's been a friend of mine for a long time.

[@alwaysfourfun1671]

Some people sing Dylan's songs. Some people present them. In this verson Bob goes through all the pain and agony of Tom Thum's blues. The first Dylan song that was trapped in my recollection after first time hearing the Blonde on Blonde "sweet" version. What a wonderful experience, this version, with a smoking band.

[@susiefairfield7218]

For Don Tom Thumb

[@nothenryporter81]

And his cousin Mack The Finger

[@nvmimfine99]

Highway 61 Revisited song sung by Blonde on Blonde Dylan.

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH YOUNG BOB YOU ARE THE BEST

[@MikeTheGamerGuy]

Wondering if you've looked into the work of Jackson C. Frank at all?

[@dennissult6191]

Love is the key...

[@Raymantico]

Yeah man And it’s Eastertime too

[@kenbucan5055]

Important to have roadies who can tune guitars for you at concerts

[@mwmatthews1]

I was looking for someone to say this. Beginning is rough. haha

[@petercloherty3428]

Rough edges add a certain something, or should that be an uncertain something......

[@Bernard-Shakey]

No booing in this clip, interesting.

[@barbarakeyock532]

I read that when Bob went electric and was getting boo , that he spoke about it something like this and please correct me if im wrong bob ' medicine doesn't taste good going down, but when you feel better, you may even forget you took the medicine . You feel better but you forgot how you got there's ' humm

[@jeremyhoran5472]

A great arteest

[@TroubadourJuggernaut]

Killer !!

[@tenisalot]

sorry.. interesting but nothing beats the amazing masterful studio version on Hwy 61 album!!

[@annonymost9318]

this rocks pretty hard

[@melneu7278]

❤️

[@philippa5004]

🙏🌟👏👏👏💚

[@owenwilcox66]

Thanks for the awesome track swingin! Do you have any merch for us to support you with?

[@alex_angri]

never seen that first photo of bob before

[@georgecoventry8441]

Beauty walks a razor's edge.......... (from another song)

[@sgl3163]

I miss that voice before his accident (motorcycle wreck in July 1966). Before that, his voice seemed open and whaling (kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ_VnX96fJWspLc). After that, it seemed he started singing through his nose, e.g., The Concert for Bangladesh.

[@hirschmo2]

he even said himself that Johnny Cash almost ended his career because he tried to teach him to sing xD

[@BDB78]

Hey Swingin, if you have any Tom Thumbs from his ‘74 tour please share.

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH BOB HONEY YOU ARE THE BEST I AM PAINTING NOW MY PICTURE WITH ACRIL COLOURS

[@kanjiwooowooo3202]

You can see his wedding ring in the 1st picture!

[@loontil]

whoop de do

[@allenfowler5623]

This particular version was the B side of a 45 that I one had. Anybody remember the A side?

[@leonierse4878]

'I Want You' was the A-side

[@leonierse4878]

BTW, I was twelve at the time (and I Want You took my breath away - still does!)

[@leonierse4878]

Oops, mistake: I was 13 yo. such a long time ago. It would take me 5 more years and a higher quality record player to discover - and appreciate - the fabulous B side

[@thesongtowoody]

"negativity dont get you through...."

[@sabachelios4530]

Swingin where is I want you MTV unplugged rehearsal video? Why deleted ?

[@LouieKaram10]

Blue Period

[@dadaveda]

Completely stoned intro.

[@MrSebboxxx]

profound poesie

[@Sp33gan]

His backing group for this tour was The Hawks, later famous as The Band, though drummer Levon Helm had left the tour long before due to the stress of the hostile audience receptions.

[@JimmyFranceable]

No shit.

[@caroleeliseusonolympics219]

CEFREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@HelianaSuper]

Love & Peace for you too. Your nick name is funny...

[@DannyRoseOfficial]

❤️✊

[@dylanharmonicatabs8160]

Brilliant insight and record of the greatest ‘musical expeditionary’. Thanks SP for continued mining of this era. Some of your followers might like this 8 bar blues version of Gotta Serve Somebody kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn3ahZaviaubmsU . Thanks again and take care

[@barbarapowell137]

He sounds great but to stay that way he had to get away for awhile

[@lesliescott2362]

Thank goodness he did.

[@kanjiwooowooo3202]

Where do you get these paintings?! They’re beautiful!

[@loriscunado3607]

From Johanna Bonger, Theo's widow

[@kensilverstone1656]

I'd say that introduction was total BS. But the song is great and Dylan even greater.

[@UnderTheCovers1]

Blistering

[@finalfencing]

Who's the Guv'nor

[@annonymost9318]

OH MY DOGGOD.....just today.....the guitar genius on the street buskin brother ....with usall.....an he do not like it when I cannot but always call him tomTomThumb.;;; he's schizophrenic but hell let ya know....and you get a chance..... Tom Thumb I know...is a mountain....a woulda been shaman before planting an ploddin ruined the whole thing.... I AM IN HEAVEN WITH THIS ANSWER. without him i wouldve had a ishload trucksfulla..... doubt....that ......maybe.....they were right.... but THEY always wrong BobDogGodMan........an orhpan, he has been mine

[@caroleeliseusonolympics219]

freefrce

[@guruofendtimes819]

He borrowed alot from other singers and literary figures not to mention Dave Ronke who he lived with.

[@willbuckley54]

You'd think they could at least get in tune. Not much to ask is it?

[@petercloherty3428]

...way, way, way too much....

[@PC-wh3xf]

It's right as it is

[@ianburton8050]

Listening to this, you can see how "ordinary" The Band where in the beginning, and how lucky they were to get their gig with Dylan. Though they were a perfect match for Dylan who sounded pretty crappy himself at that time.

[@MrMingus63]

W-T-F ?

[@ianburton8050]

@@MrMingus63 Have you ever paid good money to see a crappy Dylan concert, or does the sun shine out of his arse for you EVERY TIME?

[@MrMingus63]

@@ianburton8050 What a curious response? We all have our opinions. Yours seems to be in the wee minority. Guess you're not a fan of The Band (or The Hawks). Many of us the no they sounded pretty good backing up Bob. My girlfriend paid good money for a show she was very disappointed by-having more to do with her repertoire expectations. Why did you consider his show 'crappy'? My pick seeing him over the years has been good. Rolling the dice next month. Think it's easy being Bob Dylan with all the expectations folks place in him? He's had a blue collar, working musician approach his entire career. He can be forgiven the occasional off night. Life in the road isn't without it's challenges.

[@ianburton8050]

@@MrMingus63 I'd call my attitude objective. I put two facts on two artists together (that most critics will agree with) Forget reputations, or past and future achievements. I loved The Band, and their work, but even they will agree, with the exception of Garth Hudson, they were all "leaners" In the recording sessions prior to the 1966 tour, which was really a rehersal for new material, DYLAN SAID: "Oh, I was really down. I mean, in ten recording sessions, man, we didn't get one song ... It was the band. But you see, I didn't know that. I didn't want to think that". When it came to backing bands touring in those days it was a matter of who was available or desperate, really good musicians have their own schedules, and who you associate/tour with may be more a case of comradeship and lifestyle,....(who can tolerate the drug taking etc) They were all drugged up and couldn't really give a fuck about the obligation to please a paying audience. If you know anything about addicts, they have a very distorted reality. A lot like the viewers of these videos.

[@MrMingus63]

@@ianburton8050 ok. Imagined there was getting high involved, didn't realize they were already drug addicts.

[@rayc7192]

Paul McCartney brought me here