Bob Dylan // North Country Blues (Newport Folk Festival 1963)

[@maxlubitsch1639]

This song debuted in 1964 highlighting issues like: abandonment, alcoholism, broken marriage, unemployment, foreign competition, rural flight, isolation and loneliness. All in a 4 minute song written in the female voice by a 22-year old male. This is more than a song, it is a work of art.

[@dwaynepagnotto6771]

Very good call on that.

[@rangerdanger10]

I grew up in the town he did. Been on the iron range my whole life. That pretty much sums it up.

[@modernhustle11]

Sounds like Minneapolis now

[@hokehinson5987]

Sounds like america today! Thanx unkel obiden....

[@dwaynepagnotto6771]

Very true that is.

[@colinsweeney2628]

He’ll be 80 this coming May, be grateful that he was around in our lifetime

[@johnanderson8096]

AMEN!!!!!!!

[@Adam13Chalmers]

That I was around in his.

[@michaelfitzgerald3200]

Dear Colin Sweden , not to be nasty but Dylan was not talented nor a roll model for the young. In other words he was just a pot smocking drop kick no talent

[@David-th2ug]

@@michaelfitzgerald3200 your an ignorant dickhead.

[@shelly2599]

David 💯 🍻

[@charlessykes7161]

When the Truth of our lives lie broken at our feet our children will mold them into the promises we once hoped were real.

[@rJBowker007]

Love how the older guys behind stare in awe of this young pup … legend

[@Adam-ud8ck]

Wonder what that guy thought of his pick producing that sound and song

[@tombryant52jumpscoach]

@@northscrow9316 I think I recognize Doc Watson there at 1:00.

[@TrapDeacon]

@@tombryant52jumpscoach good eye

[@fmpockets]

@@Adam-ud8ck and then bob keeps the pick and walks off

[@mezzmezzrow426]

@@tombryant52jumpscoach As well as Hobart Smith and Judy Collins

[@dmlevitt]

he was 22 when this was recorded. just stunning. old soul.

[@alicat7281]

Yes, I think it’s safe to say he’s been around and around the mulberry bush before, probably dozens of times.

[@dineroroberto309]

Good way to put it

[@cisium1184]

He looks about 14.

[@shelly2599]

Wrote alot also recovering from an accident 💯🎶💕

[@bl8896]

Thanks for doing what the OP couldn't find the inner fortitude to do thyself, and let us know the obvious fucking question of this post

[@bigmon5513]

imagine that today, no phones just sitting listening to the greatest songwriter ever ...

[@johnhulsker9123]

You have to remember, he was a great mimic, ask anyone from the Village days, surely you've heard his Guthrie,

[@johnanderson8096]

@@johnhulsker9123 Woody wrote his lyrics??? and you don't think Woody had a role model??? an idol??? Hello

[@rickschucker9697]

Sorry, he was good ,but Lightfoot is better by far.

[@auletjohnast03638]

Sorry big mon, Lennon/McCartney are the greatest ever.

[@mehedifaysal2575]

Yes

[@RaxOldies]

1st time I saw Bob...Joan Baez brought him ...Newport '63...I was 14...took a bus to get there...too young to drive !! I think it was the best time of my life.

[@RaxOldies]

('64 & '65 too)

[@RaxOldies]

**To add....many times after this too...including Rolling Thunder...Bob just keeps evolving. God Bless him.

[@matthewbrazille9849]

Bod Dylan is a part of the fabric of my life. I discovered him in 1966 when I was in the Army. A buddy would play Bob's albums in the Barracks and educated me to his music.

[@robertshorthill6836]

I had a couple Dave Van Ronk records I would play at a high volume and would have this one guy in the barracks yell, " turn that shit DOWN"!!

[@1985Fritz]

That was my experience too, in the Canadian Army in the mid-sixties. One of my barracks buddies, Graham Brooks, used to go around singing Queen Jane Approximately, and other songs from Highway 61 Revisited.

[@TimNelson]

He lived down the street from my grandparents' home in Hibbing. Saw him running around town. A good boy.

[@riverraisin1]

I read your words as if Bob was singing them.🙂

[@nolanwolfe]

60 years ago today- and the legend is still touring. Just saw him in concert a few days ago

[@aaronmalay5497]

Sixty years, and we're still watching the Appalachians rot from neglect.

[@ajc.1012]

I feel blessed...I have been living in the same age as Bob Dylan, Muhammed Ali, Johan Cruyff and The Beatles. Thanks God.

[@klausrain111]

You forgot the Stones, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Sandy Koufax.

[@RobertoGaspar69]

cruyff? Wtf!? There was Pelé! R9... Michael Jordan,.... Buckethead! Jimmy and Beck! ... Bonham .... Hendrix! Cruyff ...? Pff. Zidane! Ronaldinho! Messi... Sean Connery....Nina Simone! Christopher Lee....:) l respectfully pee on your cruyff , sir! Cheers!

[@thomasopdahl1873]

You missed Martha Hook and Bud Moore, the Montana one.

[@mrwes100]

Same here

[@CasperA]

@@RobertoGaspar69 WTF, there's been Abby dingleton.... Rigobarto Nicholas, Yuko Liponikamento!!!?!? I disrespectfully took a dump on Péle

[@scottmcfarland5830]

everybody just can't believe what they're hear'n. just on a different level

[@mugdiller2124]

What a beautiful back drop for this song - Doc Watson, bowed head, listening.

[@ladykfilmartproductions273]

And Judy Collins behind him😁

[@bruceringrose7539]

Clarence Ashley handed him the pick! I have a better video of this that shows someone else, can’t remember who (Pete S maybe), I’ll have to pull up mine and re-watch it.

[@gooders7366]

like a prayer 🙏

[@Bee-hf3fc]

@@bruceringrose7539 Bob asks him for the pic butI can't tell if he says his name. I really want to know now. You may very well be right about that being Pete.

[@blueconversechucks]

Yeah, wow. Legends.

[@kevanbrown7620]

'The sad silent song made the hour twice as long' What a killer line

[@O.D.E.GuitarSoundtracks]

Incredible talent in words

[@ShhmiaASMR]

3:13

[@kevanbrown7620]

Thanks for the link miagarcia 1488 very kind of you. Have You seen The Other Side Of The Mirror. I have it on dvd. It's Dylan playing Newport Festival from 1963-'65. It has this North Country Blues on it. I just love that line it just gets me every time i listen to it. Once again thank you very much for your post. Take Care.

[@mattenflogel1781]

It comes from inside...and it hit's different! Outstanding Performance!

[@kevanbrown7620]

@@mattenflogel1781 I haven't got a clue what you're talking about, but i agree it is a totally outstanding performance. 1 of so many. 👍

[@rob5363]

I first experienced Bob Dylan at the "Bitter End" NYC in 1963. I am 70 years old and cannot not imagine living with out his music.

[@kurtjohnson4816]

Did your parents take you?

[@jblo76]

That’s pretty cool but how did you get into the Bitter End at 10 years old?

[@johnwaynes4417]

This performance is mesmerizing. I just can't imagine being there live and feeling this first hand. When I watch the people behind him I can feel the weight of what this performance means. Heavy...

[@KateBates22zabu]

I love this version & Dylan being so young & Judy Collins behind hum looked at him with awe & the guy he borrowed the pick from seemed to change his jokey attitude to admiration. Edit: thank you March 1, 2022🥀🥀🍒.

[@davidknoecklein5499]

Let us all remember: this is late summer Newport. Men in short sleeve shirts: so/ AUGUST ‘63. SO… John Kennedy is going to have his brain smeared across his wife in 70 days. J D Tippett is going to be murdered, Oswald is going to be murdered, Jack Ruby- murdered; Morgenschild murdered, and then the list of women: ….. learn the women’s names. Let their names and the lives break your heart.

[@garethmartyndavies2250]

This is someone taking their chance ,knowing and believing they have talent

[@PADE1RTW]

This song brings tears to my eyes and sends chills up my spine.

[@AintItGreat]

Clarence Ashley over one shoulder and Doc Watson over the other, what a time to be alive

[@cisium1184]

I was going to post that - "gee that looks like Doc Watson."

[@twocentproductions5326]

Ya you can c how all of them were mesmerized by Bob!!!

[@scottk895]

And Judy Collins behind him

[@rzu7120]

@@scottk895 I thought that was her.

[@lesvitraux]

He must have been 22 but, goodness, he looks like a youngster and yet his stories and his lyrics belie his youth. Just amazing creative talent.

[@bsnf-5]

inspirational

[@FlatlandMando]

I know Bob's voice was never really the point...but I don't think his singing voice ever got better than this! (tongue in cheek)

[@michaelhoage6704]

i have been listing to bob for 50 years now and he never let me down yet

[@SMcNulty55]

Well there was Gotta Serve Somebody, so nobody’s perfect but, yeah pretty much!

[@jodyvetter8889]

this brings me back to when i was at my happiest.People lived with such passion. the future was bright. we helped, cared about and loved each other. Anyone who lived through the 50's, 60's and 70's should feel blessed and lucky to have been part of it.

[@selfhelp9685]

True that.

[@barbarasteed3966]

Oh yes have thoughts of those days often.

[@veganvvarrior]

Everyone who lived then should also have a lot of modesty, because you people ruined the planet and screwed over all generations that came after in multiple ways.

[@Almost10AM]

There was nothing but wars ... what good old days you are talking about.?

[@letteringkwok9889]

during that time, I really believed the future world would be better. At that time, I really believed.

[@feralmario310]

MERVEILLEUX Bob Dylan ! he makes me learn English to understand what he was singing

[@rrdner5700sbcglob]

Back in 1966 I was a freshman in highschool here in Vermont and our pretty little English Teacher had us do several weeks of studying Bob Dylan's music as poetry. We absolutely loved her for that and I have never forgoten Miss. White and her wisdom in doing that. She had us completely into Englsih class and thank you Bob Dylan. I still love his music. (And play it on my guitar!)

[@scrumpymanjack]

Never heard him sing as well as this before. Great song. Great performance.

[@thetrevorosborne]

The Carnegie Hall show of 1963 is also fantastic a must listen

[@lawr66]

everybody thinks dylan couldn't sing - i've said it before - he could sing as well as John Denver, essentially perfect pitch, just different intonation

[@natetheannihilnater1886]

Nashville Skyline has some of his best singing.

[@meomiah9]

A sentimental one perhaps had him primed

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

Dylan was and probably still is a conduit for a spirit that is ageless, timeless, ancient and eternal.

[@alicat7281]

Joe Riverman I think so, too. I’m glad to be on the planet at the same time as he, though. Dylan is our American poet.

[@buckyoung4578]

As he is a Christian, it is the Holy Spirit of the Living God in Dylan that you have identified.

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

@@buckyoung4578 God and spirit is above religion. Christianity and all religions are psyops.

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

I'm sorry to say..The first time I ever saw him up close and he looked right at me, he was a ghost. And I've tried to derail that thought but its the truth. Happy BDay Bob.

[@OhMeOhMy77]

That's a damn good guess friend!

[@joshuaroyal8533]

Having grown up in Hibbing, Minnesota I left and never looked back. Mom and sis still there and it’s my roots but in my time his story is just the same: Nothing there to hold me.

[@mick123153]

He doesn’t acknowledge Hibbing these days, but the town bends over backwards to claim him

[@DannyRoseOfficial]

One of the greatest performances of all time love it 🥰

[@cristinabumbac151]

One of his best songs. And he was so young! He certainly deserved the Nobel prize, the first singer who got it.

[@vincent7520]

He's more than a singer : he's the only poet of our generation.

[@jaymika100]

i been looking for this video for ages so happy its back up on youtube

[@ice8531]

Wow is that song underrated and probably not even considered one of his top 50 songs. Gave me chills listening to it.

[@illiadmcswain3956]

The simplest and most straightforward...the American folk song. He puts his heart into it.

[@ferociousgumby]

I always think it's part of a trilogy, along with Ballad of Hollis Brown and Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.

[@sebastiandakin9]

Joan Baez did it too and absolutely nailed it. It's a different song but still amazing

[@bsnf-5]

@@ferociousgumby all greats songs, preach

[@wesleyjohndelaney106]

Lyrics... Come gather 'round friends and I'll tell you a tale Of when the red iron pits ran a-plenty But the cardboard-filled windows and old men on the benches Tell you now that the whole town is empty In the north end of town my own children are grown But I was raised on the other In the wee hours of youth my mother took sick And I was brought up by my brother The iron ore poured as the years passed the door The drag lines an' the shovels they was a-humming 'Till one day my brother failed to come home The same as my father before him Well, a long winter's wait from the window I watched My friends they couldn't have been kinder And my schooling was cut as I quit in the spring To marry John Thomas, a miner Oh, the years passed again, and the giving was good With the lunch bucket filled every season What with three babies born, the work was cut down To a half a day's shift with no reason Then the shaft was soon shut, and more work was cut And the fire in the air, it felt frozen 'Till a man come to speak, and he said in one week That number eleven was closing They complained in the East, they are paying too high They say that your ore ain't worth digging That it's much cheaper down in the South American towns Where the miners work almost for nothing So the mining gates locked, and the red iron rotted And the room smelled heavy from drinking Where the sad, silent song made the hour twice as long As I waited for the sun to go sinking I lived by the window as he talked to himself This silence of tongues it was building 'Till one morning's wake, the bed it was bare And I was left alone with three children The summer is gone, the ground's turning cold The stores one by one they're all folding My children will go as soon as they grow Well, there ain't nothing here now to hold them

[@loriholman6125]

Thank you.

[@KateBates22zabu]

I think he says the stars one by one are folding..not stores But I could be wrong. For 57 years I been hearing stars...I'll have to listen again Thank you for taking the time to type this in entirety 🥀

[@KateBates22zabu]

I listened again & it could be stores but I'm a stick with the stars blinking out

[@hywelthomas5515]

Also I think (2:44) "They Say in the East, they are paying too high. then (3:13) "And the sad, silent song made the hour twice as long". How does such a long song seem so short?

[@fiorellafenati5395]

a masterpiece, only so many other Bob songs are. A true Master

[@noobciity321]

Everyone brought to stillness. Truly beyond words. What a time. Absolutely beauty of a human being

[@jakw97]

I dont see any artist ever touching his genius. One of a kind

[@ChrisHDolemite]

You obviously haven’t heard of The Misfits.

[@jakw97]

@@ChrisHDolemite ok bro

[@wstrt]

@@ChrisHDolemitewho? 😊

[@squeakeththewheel]

John Prine came within spitting distance.

[@larryzink8978]

@@squeakeththewheel love john but, nooooo

[@jameskennedy721]

Super rare glimpse of Dylan , deep in his phase of expanding on what Woody Guthrie pioneered .

[@AnnaLVajda]

Yeah I read in a biography Woody was a big influence on him early on. Listen to the depth of concern that generation had at such a young age. I have heard 30 year olds now who sound about as mature as 15 just want the latest video game and he's 22 there sounds like he's a grandfather. Been orphaned in some mining town got a bunch of mouths to feed etc.

[@jameskennedy721]

A lot of this stuff is symbolic . When Biden was sworn in , one singer ( Jennifer Lopez ) sang THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND . This subtle song was written as part of a government program called the WPA . In a time of poverty , Franklin Roosevelt paid unemployed Americans to build roads , but also write songs , if they were musicians . Woody Guthrie wrote this " socialistic " song for pay , when his family was hungry - or almost there . The Democrats were saying to the world , " call us names if you wish , but we come from a deep tradition , of Americans caring for one another , in hard times ,and we are NOT ashamed of that ! " Dylan's favorite book was Guthrie's autobiography . He met the aging Guthrie , and sang to him . Check out the song NORTH COUNTRY BLUES by Dylan . Starving miners . Rich , distant mine owners . The haves and have nots . Pure Woody Guthrie , in a modern song . In one of her poems , the bank robber , BONNIE PARKER , mentions the WPA program in a wry joke . This is Americana , and it runs deep .

[@aeoteroa818]

ive read 8 biographies about him. youre wrong. dylan has admitted that he just played what he thought would bring him success. hes said this himself. you can put him on a pedestal but in reality he was just trying to make things stick and folk happened to be his first vehicle for that. he was a big fan of woody and he imitated him alot. this takes nothing away from the music for me. in alot of ways he wasnt a genius but knew how to use imitation and sometimes copy what he like. (copying melodies or songs in folk is not disrespectful and its pretty common) alot about him was purposefully artificial

[@5h1f7]

@@aeoteroa818 source?

[@wendyjohansen6174]

@@5h1f7 Dylan wanted to make a career of doing Gunthrie songs In bars and coffee shops but there were too many impostors already doing it so he sang whatever until Joan Baez made his career.

[@minkeyboodlebeedly]

This song is such an impressive act of empathy.

[@fredgillespie5855]

A song about the effects of globalisation - everything is cheaper somewhere else and damn the consequences.

[@travelerculture4963]

Look up his performance of 'Only A Pawn In Their Game' in Greenwood, Missisippi. You can clearly see the black people in the fields listening to him getting in awe thinking "he knows how we feel"

[@bobsmith-ji2uh]

@@travelerculture4963 I always thought they looked like they were thinking “this guy can’t sing”.

[@travelerculture4963]

@@bobsmith-ji2uh perhaps both lol but yeah it was a big deal back then, Sam Cooke got astonished when he listened Blowin' In The Wind for the first time and learned a white person wrote it. Which inspired him to write A Change Is Gonna Come

[@gumpag2899]

jon morgan, exactly! And to think Dylan only got Bs in his school in Hibbing, whereas people like Ted Cruz (cum laude at Princeton) or Josh Hawley (phi beta kappa at Standford) are seen as the educated ones. America has an education system, but it's hard to say what it measures. It certainly doesn't measure empathy.

[@wesleyjohndelaney106]

Everything from borrowing a pick from someone behind him to watching everyone's face go from smiles and laughing to "oh shit ,I'm witnessing something special right now."

[@TravisAMitchell]

Mom mom

[@bruceringrose7539]

I believe that is Clarence Ashley that gave him the pick! Trying to figure out the gentleman with the banjo to Clarence's right?

[@jaredwblack]

@@bruceringrose7539 Roscoe Holcombe?

[@Schatti789]

The guy - who gave him his pick - was no one else than young Chester Atkins !!!

[@peebeedee6757]

@@bruceringrose7539 Clarence Ashley would have been 68 in 1963. It's not him.

[@mikeyj.3605]

The way Dylan sings this is perfect. So happy to see this on youtube again. It makes you think that there might be more than meets the eye.

[@loriholman6125]

Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan; He grew up in HIBBING MN.,all of the men worked the Iron Oar Mines that's all they knew, his Family own a Cleaners. They were Jewish. He got out of that Town and so did my Father but by WWII, my Father return a couple of times per. year. All the men would be sitting in the same Bar's surrounded this Town drinking, we would stop in the same men would be sitting at the same seats telling the same stories year after year. That's all they knew is was their Father's did to their Grandfather's did. It was sad but as I know they all died and very few moved on. It was once the Richest to the Rags now not as bad in parts their Highschool there in that Town was nicer then the White House, even had a indoor pool. So glad my Family was from there, a Town but with Strong Immigrants and PROUD.

[@loriholman6125]

There was he got out of a Mining Town to WINNING THE NOBEL PRIZE, passing everyone by far..

[@mikeyj.3605]

@@loriholman6125 It's incredible how he describes the lives here. Thanks for sharing some memories of that town. Gives this song more background.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

I heard Dylan say in an interview that when he started playing music he really just did it to get girls. He wanted to be like Elvis, not to sound like him but to change music in a very profound way. Which he did. Eddie Murphy's big dream was also to be Elvis. In the comedy world. Which he was. The Beatles also wanted to be like Elvis. Not to imitate but to have a tremendous influence. Which they did. We can all agree on that.

[@custer2449]

Mikey, there IS.

[@МидхатАкбердин]

Я родился 1963 году а он поет эту песню а я с удовольствием слушаю

[@dwaynepagnotto6771]

What I love so much about this song, is that it summons up memories from the subconscious minds of its listeners. The experiences and memories he sings of, are all held within almost every American spirit. Because they heard the stories told to them by their parents, who were in turn told the same stories by their parents. And that is why if you look into the faces of the listeners, there is something more going on there than just listening. They are actually imagining themselves going through those same things in another life. So naturally these images that Bob calls up by his voice, which is tailored perfectly to sing of such things, can be easily related to, and thus the song really hits home for those who listen because being Americans, they can relate to another generation of American's struggles. The two people who capture what I'm talking about best are the one lovely girl who sits behind Bob, with her face resting on her arms. And the older gentleman sitting directly behind him. Look at the girl, it's almost as if she is picturing herself running around, trying to take care of three kids, see to her older brother's meals, and fill up his bath water. Fixing his lunch pail, and just taking on the role of the loving, dutiful younger sister whose life is bound up in work. It almost looks like she was made for the role. She has like a hard, face with a realistic expression. Like she knows exactly the kind of life Bob sings about. It's the same with that older, short dark-haired man right behind him. He has the look for someone who might be the older patriarch of some family clan. And as Bob sings, his mind drifts back to those years where maybe he either played such a role, or knew someone who did. For if you catch his eyes, they are looking down, as if the memories of that life either real or imagined, has seized ahold of his mind. So that he too is able to picture coming home at the end of a long day shift. Scrubbing off the grit and the grime and such. It's a really unique feeling you get from watching and listening to this video.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

Good commentary!

[@dwaynepagnotto6771]

@@jacksonmorganfroghin4815 Thanks so much for that friend. So glad you enjoyed.

[@maxwellgilbert7138]

Incredible comment. Also, that man sitting behind him is blind bluegrass guitar legend Doc Watson. The patriarch of solo bluegrass guitar

[@dwaynepagnotto6771]

@@maxwellgilbert7138 Thanks for that my friend. So pleased you enjoyed. I did not know that man was blind or connected with Blue Grass. I love that music. Even tho i do not buy any of it, as i don't buy any music. I always love listening to it whenever and wherever i hear it. It's uniquely American.

[@briandorrian9328]

I only read the first couple of sentences. But agreed with it so hard, I didn’t want the next couple of paragraphs ruin it.

[@patearly9492]

Great classic! Amazing that Bob could do such a masterpiece at such a young age! God bless everyone from Patrick

[@rmlaporte57]

I have no words just Thankyou!

[@rb6338]

More than 60 years later this song keeps its tremendous emotional power magnified by the brilliant performance of Dylan❤❤❤!!

[@DavidLS1]

Dylan went from performing in coffee houses and folk festivals to releasing 40 studio albums, 102 singles, 24 notable extended plays, 61 music videos and 16 live albums. Not to mention winning an Oscar for best song. He currently has a net worth of over five hundred million dollars.

[@mmedved5567]

Don't forget a Nobel Prize. How many Jewish kids from northern Minnesota have a Nobel for literature? Heck how many small town kids from anywhere have one? A genius of word and song.

[@robertrighetti6478]

I believe Judy Collins is sitting right behind Doc Watson. What a legendary concert!

[@martincvitkovich724]

Bob's memory contains a billion lyrics

[@sandipchatterjee7746]

I'm 71 and an Indian. Even Bob may not have thought that this piece was in spirit relevant for all countries for all time. Perhaps one of his best socially relevant writings.

[@packhams4]

What beautiful clarity in the recording....

[@GREG62944]

I'm closer to leaving the earth now and I still feel like a kid.

[@kenkrausse3624]

That’s a good thing ❤. Me too

[@tootellustraight]

His voice is strong and clear and sounds great singing this style of song. Always was always will be a Bob Dylan fan 🫶🏻✌🏼👍🏻

[@Riatzi]

And after this stunning and jaw dropping performance, he just casually gets up and walks away.

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

And the difference ... 2 years later ... also at Newport ... the reaction to all the adulation ... much trouble (and fun) brewing.

[@kentcoon1220]

So lucky growing up with Bob

[@davecarron323]

the magnitude of this boys poetic intelligence. to tell a tale like that at his age shows such keen and discerning observation of the lives of people lived. to convey such tragic emotion and specific hardship for a fictional character is just incredible. musical giant

[@viviandarkbloom100]

A young Judy Collins over Bobs right shoulder.

[@LindaPanepinto]

Words can't discribe the gratitude I have for Bob

[@wolfwind1]

And there behind Bob, so young, singing this heartrending song of mining, family life, death, and poverty, the gorgeous Judy Collins, already famous and bringing his music to the world with her soaring voice.

[@dwaynepagnotto6771]

So that's who that is. I thought she looked kinda familiar.

[@peebeedee6757]

Yes, she looks on mesmorised, thinking ok, I’ve got a pretty voice but this guy’s poetry will last forever! He wouldn’t have paid her much attention since he was there in the company of one Joan Baez. Either immediately before or after this song they did another of his together: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2S4iYyAr8qfoZY&ab_channel=LeviWeiss

[@dew4040]

She is feeling the song too, watch her breathing.

[@krugercod]

Great performance/song. From the camera angle on Dylan's left side I think I see Doc Watson sitting directly behind, who was a key part of the American folk revival from what I have read. An outstanding multi-instrumentalist and singer.

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

I was Listening to a lot of heavy metal in my early teens.(1980's 90's) Then I heard this..... It was The Hardest Darkest and heaviest Sound I had ever felt... It made me feel Sick and Scared and Changed my Life...30 years later... Still Writing songs and Listening to this Pied piper

[@deriangueldner23]

one of the most ironic things about music, loud doesnt always mean heavy. Beethoven Symphony no.7 in A major, Op. 92 is one of my favorite examples

[@wendyjohansen6174]

It made me sick and annoyed so I never listened anymore!😂

[@OhMeOhMy77]

@@wendyjohansen6174 😶

[@psmguy63]

@@wendyjohansen6174 annoyed at him or the story line or just the endless struggle of human life regardless the decade, century, millennia? Curious and respect your freedom to express a view and expand upon it. Have a fantastic week.

[@TBrickvision]

That's exactly how I was affected when I heard "The Ballad of Hollis Brown". Darker then any metal song I'd ever heard.

[@femmedeplume1]

Thank's a lot from France. Marvelous song !

[@fredhonest7258]

Hello Sylvie..

[@BlackStrap9]

Oddly enough ..Being the same age as Bob ..I happened to have been in Hibbing when Bob still lived there.. Masabi iron range ..open pit mine ...red dust town .. Made an unforgetable mark in my mind ...~~~

[@BlackStrap9]

Oddly enough ..I too was in Hibbing .. and was also the one who wrote the above ..Bob and Hibbing are still on my mind ..Just like him to know his writing inspired me to write also ..impressions of a red dust town ...~~~

[@_M_Zed]

The audience’s reaction is fascinating. It’s like they don’t believe or canter believe what they’re listening to from this “kid”. They look blown away, I’m blown away, and I’ve seen this performance multiple times. Love the song, love this early Dylan.

[@daverigby23]

Two chords and the truth

[@markwilliams439]

Amen!

[@wendyjohansen6174]

No exactly different then a child playing a banjo on a porch in West Virginia!

[@piotrczuprynski]

and room smellted heavy from drinking ... selection of words ... perfect

[@cognitivedissident2881]

Yeah as punk has taught us less is more and straight to the point.

[@loriholman6125]

@@piotrczuprynski I've been in all those Bars he was signing about, all around from that Town called HIBBING MN. 💥TRUTH💥

[@heatherlindquist1899]

I’m from the iron range in upper Michigan. This song hits close.

[@riverraisin1]

Me too

[@vincarcin]

Generations of singer/songwriters owe it to this genius.

[@maxout7306]

Rustic, word crafted, observation documented. An artist that deserves the recognition far beyond that of a pop star. Thank you for uploading - Liked.

[@jjhpor]

I sorta think the Nobel Prize could be considered recognition.

[@maxout7306]

@@jjhpor An achievement indeed.

[@Aroncare]

He is more a historic figure, somebody whos life should be though in schools. Long live dylan...

[@allencollins6031]

Really really well said

[@maxout7306]

@@allencollins6031 Thank you.

[@calvinsbnb76]

It's absolutely incredible, seriously incredible, that a 22 year old from Mennesota could write this, and also perform it like this. The poise, the timing, the vocalising . . . not to mention the writing. WTF? Where did this even come from?

[@antonioHR23]

god or the devil...

[@codeninja1]

"The chief commander from this world and the one we cannot see" - Bob Dylan kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Daco1mZ6-Iqq8si=7MbbuqkqF59_QPd4

[@jonncockrell3606]

Woody Guthrie was a seminal influence on Dylan. The same road .

[@calvinsbnb76]

@@jonncockrell3606 Thanks for the reply. I got that. I still say it's crazy, though. I mean, 22 years old, WTF? Serious literary genius there.

[@heatherlindquist1899]

From living in the Iron Range. Like me

[@ferociousgumby]

An incredible story, and he makes it seem so easy, but this guy has the perception of a man at the end of his life, when he's just a raw-boned kid. This is a magnificent piece of writing that is deceptively simple.

[@nyhcbd]

with likes from 80's thrash/death metal to other alternatives genres, man, i just luv Dylan! i could go from listening Morbid Angel to Dylan in a sec! and I luv even more the "acoustic" albums! what a writer, performer, artist... (no wonder about the Nobel)... the lyrics, the melody, his voice, his poetry, metaphors, hidden messages! he sings about life as hard as it could be, like in this song... see the people around him, quiet, listening to him... man, one just gotta luv Dylan!

[@iputuedysupartha7091]

Same here

[@johnblaisdell9205]

we were all there together...thank you George Wein for all the years you worked to make it happen!

[@CLoak183]

Watchatalkinbout Willis?

[@johnbland714]

And he came down to earth sidesaddle on a meteorite...and the world was glad

[@franktriscari7778]

One of my favourite Bob Dillon songs. So poignant, it still holds true today in so many ways.

[@odinp]

Truly a master song writer. Thanks for the music Bob.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

this is wonderful

[@lottiehall9807]

always gives me the goosebumps

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

Some things in the world never change, one generation to the next.

[@ewaldspanner8815]

Oh yes, so true ! I just feel the same as I listen to young Bob !

[@loriholman6125]

Ditto🕊️&☮️

[@peteturner4427]

Yes

[@pauljenkins6807]

Same, it's like an old man singing through a young man's body.

[@Fubeman]

Love seeing Doc Watson accompanying Bob.

[@observer7ss]

Bob is the greatest! I am listening him all this time, from my young days, twoo time I watched his concert, here in Serbia (Belgrade_capital City). I wish him all the best! Go on Boby man !!!

[@HopelessBromantic]

This became my favorite song as soon as I heard it it takes me back to a happier time in my life

[@loriholman6125]

Me too, for sure and going back to The song he's signing about. Hibbing MN.

[@janepiepes2243]

Just full of beauty and depth. Thanks for sending this along to me and all the others. I could write pages. Jane

[@stephenduncan1663]

I've loved him since around 1964. I was born in 61. Seen him live since the 70's. Your right. Happy to have to have been alive in the same space.

[@TrailWright]

Jeez he kept the pick. Thanks for sharing...

[@mumbles215]

Classic Bob

[@willtwain1383]

Notorious for gathering freebies.

[@Youssef51]

I think many of the the people sitting around listening suddenly realized that a page of history was turning while he sang that song. Doc Watson knew for sure.

[@insomniac2340]

I had the absolute pleasure of seeing this man live.

[@joekavanagh7171]

Me too. Slane 1984

[@mumbles215]

5x for me and long for 6th

[@afriend621]

The old soul shows thru here in this 22-year-old. Priceless.

[@JamesFolkers]

Thank you for posting this - just incredible!

[@S3thousand]

That is really cool. I little magic....a benchmark....a golden moment in time. Pure glorious folk music, by one of the greatest.

[@stephanevincent7773]

Magnifique et envoûtante prestation, si jeune.

[@jonsylte8570]

Most of us in Nothern Minnesota and Wisconsin are only a couple generations away from immigrants. Life was not easy for our grandparents. This song captures that.

[@carolinenilsson5741]

Only 22 at the time and already a good storyteller,❤️with a wery special woice to listen to 🌹

[@kontrolfrkgaming3920]

Songs with soul and meaning pain hard ship but i always feel the undertone of hope belief fight hunger.(Yin yang) Building off the pain. It hurts so deep you CAN'T move on but it clicks once you hurt enough. That's the prize in a way the pain.

[@madratter]

Saw him a couple times with the Grateful Dead. A true poet. Respect

[@johnmitchelljr]

I thank the music gods for Mr. Dylan. Thank you.

[@WhiteCamry]

July 28, 1963. Exactly one month later he was at the March on Washington.

[@xy3536]

This youngsters voice And charisma is stunning.... Till now im in oooowwwee

[@Stevie6636]

The world is such a much better place with you in it. I have been so lucky to have seen you in concert. I just hope I get that chance again. Some day . Stay safe. Bobby! 🍃☮️🍃

[@fraseredkins2509]

Earliest Bob I've ever seen. Tks.

[@4urluvjones155]

I'm hearing hints of Lightfoots "The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" the same vocal inflection as "the crew and captain well seasoned" Bob's musical influence will continue for generations to come.

[@dwbiggly6907]

I was just thinking this...and then I read your post. Dylan has much respect for Lightfoot and vice versa.

[@kevinokelly6398]

I thought the same

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

Agree with you completely. Lightfoot should be ashamed.

[@dampwally611]

I think he took from everyone he met.

[@wendyjohansen6174]

@@c.s.mcleod7383 Ashamed???? It’s two chords! Not much else to do there

[@cherlones]

crazy about Bobs early folk songs. I love his voice. He’s just awesome!

[@rodolforagonesi7838]

It's true. Here was the original Bob Dylan, singing folk music pure and from the heart. Despite all his brilliance through the years and through exploring and mixing different genres of music, somehow his early folk music remains his most iconic, and may even be, dare I say, his most brilliant and pure compositions. Way, way back, when I first discovered Dylan, it was through a tape recording of his early greatest hits. This song was on it and it struck the deepest chord of all the songs on the tape. Eventually I lost the tape and could not find this song for ages, and I missed it so much, until the internet and KZbin came along. It remains one of my all time favourites of his to this day. He sang it here at Newport in 1963 before he even released it on his third album, which came out in 1964. Amazing. And ti think that in 1963 he was juuuuust appearing on the scene, after his second album which had just given him a name. The guys around him were watching music history in the making. How cool is that? And how insightful of Pete Seeger to get him to the festival.

[@dreacdreac]

I always loved Dylan for singing some songs as a woman. Every since I was a small kid. He's a hero in a thousand ways.

[@aphillips1987]

James Taylor does that with "Millworker". Very touching and beautiful.

[@petermatthew123]

The face is young but the song is timeless!

[@stevefaure415]

Bob bought into the folk thing wholesale for a couple years there. You could tell almost from the start though he wasn't long a folkie. That Old West Hobo accent he affects is very show-business. Bob is a lot more performer than most people give him credit for.

[@mxplk]

All public singers are PERFORMERS

[@David53D]

How about him going country hanging with Johny Cash?

[@johnbrereton5229]

We are all folk, and so anyone of us that sings is a folk singer.

[@mumbles215]

Bob doesn’t even sing in his real voice. lay lady lay is more like his real voice.

[@johnbrereton5229]

@@mumbles215 Of course it's his real voice! However, we can all sing in different ways, but if it comes out of his mouth it belong to him.

[@brianwagner5008]

This guy is amazing!!!!! I am 56 and totally missed the Dylan boat but music sometimes finds you when you need it to. ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️🤘🤘🤘🤘