Bob Dylan: Changing Times
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1969, Nashville Skyline
Bob Dylan -Changing Times:1969:Nashville Skyline.
Having been out of the public eye for quite some time, Bob Dylan returned in 1969 with a new album, a new sound and new look.. The album Nashville Skyline surprised many with its simple country-tinged songs. He appeared on Johnny Cash's TV show and chose to return to the concert stage not at Woodstock, but at the Isle of Wight Festival.
In this programme we hear from Judy Gascoyne, who was housekeeper for Bob and Sara Dylan while they stayed at a farm on the island to rehearse with The Band in a barn. Bob entertained his friends The Beatles at the farm and played tennis with them. We also hear from Dylan biographer Howard Sounes and musician and Dylan chronicler Sid Griffin as well as former England cricket captain Bob Willis, who added the name Dylan to his forenames and has seen Dylan live around fifty times.
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1979, Slow Train Coming
John Wilson presents Bob Dylan's 1979's Gospel-tinged album Slow Train Coming.
In 1979 Bob Dylan once again marked the end of a decade by making some major changes in his life and career. He embraced Christianity, spent several months in Bible School and recorded a Gospel album, Slow Train Coming. To the frustration of some of his fans, subsequent concerts were all-Gospel events, and Dylan refused to play any of his old material, tending to give sermons between songs.
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1989, Oh Mercy
John Wilson presents Bob Dylan's - Oh Mercy.
Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy was seen as a comeback and was the first album he had written entirely himself for four years. Recorded in an imposing house in New Orleans and produced by Daniel Lanois (who had been recommended to Dylan by Bono), it was a return to form. At this time Dylan also stepped up his touring schedule, clocking up ninety nine concerts, what he described since then as his 'never-ending' tour.
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