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https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5 0.7 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5/audio-example-5.1 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5/audio-example-5.2 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5/audio-example-5.3 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5/audio-example-5.4 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5/audio-example-5.5 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5/audio-example-5.6 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5/audio-example-5.7 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5/audio-example-5.8 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/5/audio-example-5.9 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6 0.7 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/video-example-6.1 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/fa5ca458-6aea-42d2-8ea4-b93d25ac436e/example-thumbnail-6-1.jpg Bob Dylan, "Maggie's Farm," live at Newport, 1965 In this famous footage we see Dylan strumming his Stratocaster in the spotlight while Mike Bloomfield's leads blare from the shadows. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_6/Video_example_6.1.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/audio-example-6.1 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/audio-example-6.2 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/audio-example-6.3 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/audio-example-6.4 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/audio-example-6.5 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/audio-example-6.6 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/audio-example-6.7 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/audio-example-6.8 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/6/video-example-6.2 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/727503f0-35b1-4f15-b559-3a3fcdd06b4c/example-thumbnail-6-2.jpg Bob Dylan, guitar improvisation from Renaldo and Clara, 1975 Dylan plays blues chord shapes in A that are well known from Robert Johnson's blues in that key. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_6/Video_example_6.2.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7 0.7 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.1 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.2 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.3 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.4 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.5 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.6 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.7 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.8 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.9 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.10 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.11 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.12 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/7/audio-example-7.13 0.6 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The video shows that this was deliberate. Dylan is not searching for his instrument. He is waiting. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_7/Video_example_7.1.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8 0.7 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.1 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/video-example-8.1 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/dea8b3c1-4950-4670-b142-d3e936d306d5/example-thumbnail-8-1.jpg Bob Dylan playing piano backstage, 1965 As Dylan plays the piano in G-flat, his producer Tom Wilson listens in. There are hints of gospel in Dylan's playing, especially the left hand. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_8/Video_example_8.1.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/video-example-8.2 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/5d25852e-14a9-4afd-8b0b-47b7905d183b/example-thumbnail-8-2.jpg Bob Dylan plays piano backstage, 1965 After a couple seconds, Dylan begins to play an ascending progression that will become the verse of "Like a Rolling Stone," which he will record in June. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_8/Video_example_8.2.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/video-example-8.3 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/903176f3-c224-44c7-a643-afb8bb78d84f/example-thumbnail-8-3.jpg Bob Dylan playing piano backstage, 1965 Three nights after Newcastle, we can hear Dylan once again play the "Like a Rolling Stone" progression, now backstage at Royal Albert Hall. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_8/Video_example_8.3.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.2 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.3 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.4 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.5 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.6 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.7 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.8 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.9 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/audio-example-8.10 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/video-example-8.4 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/cfa37330-07d6-418e-83cb-21b2fceb06a9/example-thumbnail-8-4.jpg Bob Dylan, "Make You Feel My Love," live, 2019 As Dylan plays a solo in octaves, pedal-steel player Donnie Herron watches over his shoulder, creating a shimmering halo around his piano. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_8/Video_example_8.4.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/video-example-8.5 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/46f970fb-28a2-4f85-80bb-adc3791657ca/example-thumbnail-8-5.jpg Bob Dylan, "Make You Feel My Love," live, 2019 Later in the same song, Dylan plays repeated D-flats in his right hand, setting up a repeating pulse that Herron matches and thickens with full chords. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_8/Video_example_8.5.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/video-example-8.6 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/a59c5d3f-9e0c-4c0b-b801-477131bc0ef2/example-thumbnail-8-6.jpg Bob Dylan, "Make You Feel My Love," live, 2019 Dylan plays a tremolo figure in octaves, afterwards looking back at Herron with a slight smile. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_8/Video_example_8.6.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/video-example-8.7 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/8993ce8a-ab18-47ef-87a7-afc35fcd56bd/example-thumbnail-8-7.jpg Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone," live, 2019 Dylan again plays the descending tremolo figure and looks back at Herron. This time Herron responds with a warm smile. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_8/Video_example_8.7.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/8/video-example-8.8 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/82a4304c-6509-4d56-a83e-fbfccc893426/example-thumbnail-8-8.jpg Bob Dylan, "Girl from the North Country," live, 2019 Dylan and Herron play an instrumental refrain that carries suggestions of Stephen Foster's parlor songs and Protestant hymnody. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_8/Video_example_8.8.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/9 0.7 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/9/audio-example-9.1 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/9/audio-example-9.2 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/9/audio-example-9.3 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/9/audio-example-9.4 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/9/audio-example-9.5 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/9/audio-example-9.6 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/10 0.7 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/10/audio-example-10.1 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11 0.7 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/audio-example-11.1 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/audio-example-11.2 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/video-example-11.1 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/49346867-3570-469d-aebb-b9322856d4ce/example-thumbnail-11-1.jpg Bob Dylan, "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," live, Concert for Bangladesh, 1971 Dylan's performance of "Hard Rain" for George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh is all countrified understatement. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_11/Video_example_11.1.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/audio-example-11.3 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/audio-example-11.4 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/audio-example-11.5 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/video-example-11.2 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/c9180ac0-f7fc-49b8-b547-ccdb019fc728/example-thumbnail-11-2.jpg Bob Dylan, "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," live, 1975 This stunning transformation of the song transports it to a raucous roadhouse blues. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_11/Video_example_11.2.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/video-example-11.3 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/f534bae4-1e51-4b3d-93f9-9da4b7e6dc42/example-thumbnail-11-3.jpg Bob Dylan, Renaldo and Clara, clip, 1975 A street preacher harangues his listeners. This clip immediately precedes the 1975 Montreal "Hard Rain" in Renaldo and Clara. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_11/Video_example_11.3.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/video-example-11.4 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/31492149-8de6-49da-91ea-97b5bced7c80/example-thumbnail-11-4.jpg Bob Dylan, "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," live, 1976 Dylan, in quasi-Sephardic garb, leads Rolling Thunder version 2.0 through a weary yet ultimately triumphant version of "Hard Rain" for waterlogged fans.  https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_11/Video_example_11.4.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/video-example-11.5 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/17e885b6-ec91-4727-b662-cb04d38bf4a0/example-thumbnail-11-5.jpg Bob Dylan, "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," live, 1976 Note how Dylan turns around to cue a different timing for the "it's a hard" refrain. The band begins with the every-two timing, but Dylan wants every-four. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_11/Video_example_11.5.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/audio-example-11.6 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/11/audio-example-11.7 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12 0.7 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.1 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.2 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.3 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.4 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.5 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.6 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.7 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.8 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/video-example-12.1 0.6 https://content.soundingbobdylan.com/assets/01771a40-6766-4f43-986f-4e40b2ef9132/example-thumbnail-12-1.jpg Bob Dylan, "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," live, 1994 Dylan's three performances of "Hard Rain" at The Great Music Experience in Nara, Japan revitalized his approach to the song. https://media.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter_12/Video_example_12.1.mp4 yes https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.9 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.10 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.11 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.12 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.13 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.14 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.15 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.16 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.17 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.18 0.6 https://www.soundingbobdylan.com/chapter/12/audio-example-12.19 0.6