man of constant sorrow wrote:
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ah, yes! "the mr.dean-tape"! :D It really is a nice one! Of course it doesn't, literally, "rock", but I'd recommend it to everyone who don't have it. And get Dean to tell you the story as well ;)
At the risk of being accused of self-promotion (WOW - like that's never happened before), I post below "the story", which I will forever keep close to my heart, and swear on a stack of Bob Dylan albums is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth - and will get my friend Dancin Neath Diamond Sky to help me post a couple tracks here as well - stay tuned.
My Conversation With Bob Dylan
11/18/04 Marriott Courtyard Portsmouth, N.H.
I was standing alone outside the Marriott Courtyard rear entrance; it was about 4:45 PM and I waiting for Dylan to exit the hotel and get on his bus. His bodyguard Baron and an unidentified woman had just come out the door carrying a suit bag. A few minutes later, Bob came waltzing out the back door of the hotel alone, on his way to the bus. He was wearing a gray sweat suit, and a black leather jacket, no hat.
I walked right up to him and said, “Hi Bob, how’s your golf game?” He stopped, looked right at me, smiled, and said “not too bad”. I said “I’m an avid golfer and I understand that you carry golf clubs with you under the bus, I’m a friend of Ray Benson from Asleep At The Wheel and he told me that; I’d love to tee it up with you someday”. He nodded and said, “I play when I have some time, I’m hitting it OK”.
Now all of a sudden I realize I’m standing there talking to Bob Dylan. I tell him that I am a long time fan, have seen him many times over the years since his tour with The Band in 1974. I say, “too bad about the election, we weren’t looking forward to four more years of Bush, we're stuck with the fucker," then said, "do you mind if I say that?” Bob just nodded, laughed and then said “Yeah, that’s too bad”. I quickly changed the conversation to his music. I told him that I loved the way he had changed around the arrangements of the new songs from Love & Theft, that I was a fan of the old time music from the 30’s and 40’s, western swing and boogie-woogie, that I heard many musical styles on his new record; he smiled and seemed to like hearing that.
Then I told him that I had been at the previous night’s performance in Rhode Island. He looked right at me (his eyes are AMAZING – its almost like he is looking right through you!) and said ‘well, how did it sound?” I told him the sound was OK, it was after all a hockey rink; He nodded and asked me again: “how was the sound?” Then I thought by “sound” he was thinking about the Dylan Sound, not the acoustics, so I mentioned Visions Of Johanna and Million Miles and how Stu Kimball had managed to make the guitar parts sound like Dylan’s style. He smiled at that, seemed satisfied that he was able to duplicate his “style” of sound.
My next question was how often he logs on to Bob dates, a popular Dylan fan web site run by Bill Pagel. He answered right away by saying “from time to time, when I get a chance; I’m kind of busy you know”.
At this point, Dylan looked over at the bus, turned back to me, and said, “so what do you want to hear tonight?” WOW! Here was Bob Dylan asking me for a request! I had been a bit disappointed by the previous evening’s show in that it had too many songs from Love & Theft and Time Out Of Mind, so I immediately said that I’d like to hear some older material, some of his great old songs. So I asked for The Mighty Quinn, to which Dylan replied "sorry, we haven't rehearsed that one", and quickly suggested Jokerman, to which Dylan replied, "don't think we'll fit that one in". On the way up from Rhode Island I had been listening to a Joan Baez album of Dylan covers, which has a great version of Boots Of Spanish Leather. So I asked him to play Boots Of Spanish Leather, which I couldn't remember ever actually hearing him perform.
I thanked Bob for his time, asked him if he signs autographs, which he graciously did, and wished him “God Speed” which seemed like the right thing to say to the guy. He sauntered off and got aboard his bus.
When I arrived at the concert venue at UNH, I saw Baron seated behind the soundboard. I walked over to chat with him, and had my second surprise of the night – Bob Dylan had been talking about me! Dylan had shared almost our entire conversation with Baron while riding his bus to the concert venue, and had specifically mentioned my comments about the Dylan Sound and Visions Of Johanna from the previous night. Baron made a point of telling me to “enjoy the show”.
Bob played an awesome show that night. He was so, so into each and every song, carefully phrasing each song clearly, and playing tremendous harmonica. He really did pull out some great old songs (Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Just Like A Woman, Forever Young, Ballad Of A Thin Man) and when he played Boots Of Spanish Leather, and dedicated it to me: "my new friend Mr. Dean", well you can imagine I was about ten feet off the ground, walking on air! And just before the song started Bob also said “this is some of my old ones” – he was talking to me! After 30 years of Bob Dylan shows, I had a chance to meet the great man himself, and contrary to all the rumors I had heard, he was very nice, very pleasant, easy to talk to, he looks you in the eye when he speaks to you, and he really wants to perform well for his fans. It was an experience I shall never forget.
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It really is a nice one! Of course it doesn't, literally, "rock", but I'd recommend it to everyone who don't have it. And get Dean to tell you the story as well 
he carries on abt tony being the comedian, not him (bob) and continues this joke into the tune.