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Bob Dylan treated fans to a live performance of his classic song ‘All Along The Watchtower’ marking his first time playing it in six years.Yesterday (September 12), the legendary rock icon opened his show at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio with the 1967 track, treating the audience with his first live performance of the song since November 2018.The song – which appears on Dylan’s eighth studio album, ‘John Wesley Harding’ – has been covered by various artists throughout the years but is mainly associated with the guitar icon Jimi Hendrix and his electrifying rendition which was recorded with the Jimi Hendrix Experience for their third studio album, 1968’s ‘Electric Ladyland’. Released only six months after Dylan’s original, Hendrix’s cover became a Top 20 hit the same year it was released and received a Grammy Hall of Fame award in 2001.Dylan first played ‘All Along The Watchtower’ at the launch of his reunion tour with The Band on January 3, 1974.

Bob Dylan played ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35’ for the first time in almost a decade at an Outlaw Music Festival touring stop in Boise, Idaho.Whilst on his joint tour with Willie Nelson, Dylan has been making headlines for putting obscure reworks into old standards. However, now he is digging back into his own catalogue of tracks to surprise audiences and keep his set lists unpredictable.Dylan performed ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35’ for the first time since 2016.

Bob Dylan kicked off the ‘Outlaw Music Festival Tour’ this weekend with a typically unpredictable setlist of ‘50s blues and country covers and deep cuts – watch footage below.The music icon has garnered a reputation for idiosyncratic setlist choices – fans in Atlanta and Charlotte were once again caught off guard by his decision to indulge in choice cuts from years gone by over fan favourites.The opening night included versions of Willie Dixon’s ‘My Babe’, Chuck Berry’s ‘Little Queenie’ and Hank Williams’ ‘Cold, Cold Heart’, as well as four separate songs from his own 2012 album ‘Tempest’, including ‘Long And Wasted Years’ and ‘Scarlet Town’.Now he’s ripping up Little Queenie. What is happening?? pic.twitter.com/nUrvb6LCBY— Ray Padgett (@rayfp) June 22, 2024Best song yet pic.twitter.com/pszagrg4si— Ray Padgett (@rayfp) June 22, 2024That set also included more classic Dylan cuts such as ‘Simple Twist Of Fate’ and ‘Things Have Changed’, while the second night in Charlotte also included ‘Ballad Of A Thin Man’, ‘I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight’ and ‘Highway 61 Revisited’.The curious inclusion of songs from the ‘Tempest’ album was further highlighted after fans spotted T-shirts promoting the album’s 2012 tour on sale at the festival’s merch booth.The Bob Dylan shirt onsale last night was for “Tempest Tour 2012.” They’re new; it says “c2024” on the back.

Slash has said that Guns N’ Roses are currently “trying” to make a new album, and that he is “working with them in that capacity”.The hard rock legends have not released a full-length record since 2008’s much-delayed ‘Chinese Democracy’, on which Slash did not appear. Since he rejoined in 2016, they have released a handful of new tracks, including ‘Absurd’, ‘Hard Skool’, ‘Precious’ and ‘The General’, but there has been no confirmation of a further album.But now Slash has now told the Daily Star (via Music News) that plans are afoot to change that.“Guns N’ Roses are trying to make their own record,” he said, when asked why he didn’t invite Axl Rose onto his own solo album.

Slash has announced a solo blues album, ‘Orgy of the Damned’.The Guns N’ Roses guitarist will drop his upcoming record on May 17th via Gibson Records, and has shared its lead single, a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Killing Floor’. The song features AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson and Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler on harmonica duties.He will play with guests such as Iggy Pop, Chris Stapleton, Demi Lovato, Dorothy, Paul Rodgers, Chris Robinson, Tash Neal, Beth Hart, Gary Clark Jr. and Billy Gibbons.Slash is also set to cover several blues standards such as Robert Johnson’s ‘Crossroad Blues’, Albert King’s ‘Born Under a Bad Sign’, Willie Dixon’s ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’ and more.Pre-order/pre-save the album here and check out ‘Killing Floor’ below:01. The Pusher (feat. Chris Robinson)02. Crossroads (feat. Gary Clark Jr.)03. Hoochie Coochie Man (feat. Billy Gibbons)04. Oh Well (feat. Chris Stapleton)05. Key To The Highway (feat. Dorothy)06. Awful Dream (feat. Iggy Pop)07. Born Under A Bad Sign (feat. Paul Rodgers)08. Papa Was A Rolling Stone (feat. Demi Lovato)09. Killing Floor (feat. Brian Johnson)10. Living For The City (feat. Tash Neal)11. Stormy Day (feat. Beth Hart)12. Metal ChestnutSlash is midway through a world tour with Myles Kennedy & the Co-Conspirators.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Rockism, in case you don’t know the term, is the school of thought that holds the noisy “purity” of rock ‘n’ roll to be morally and aesthetically superior to the “corruption” of pop. There are numerous iconic examples of rockism.

Thania Garcia Some of the most high-profile copyright infringement cases happen in the music industry, where the accusation of plagiarism is as nebulous as a concept can get. It happens sometimes by accident — an “unconscious borrowing” — and other times it’s on purpose, deemed a “musical homage.” Ed Sheeran has been at the center of the latest most-talked-about case brought by the heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote “Let’s Get It On” with Marvin Gaye. Sheeran made his first court appearance earlier this week to deny the claims that his 2014 song “Thinking Out Loud” lifts key elements of Gaye’s 1973 classic.

Sam Lay was a legendary Chicago blues drummer who played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.  Sam Lay started drumming for the Original Thunderbirds and then became the drummer for blues harmonica legend Little Walter. He was the regular drummer for Chicago Blues icon Muddy Waters band in the early 1960s.

Bob Dylan will release his first album of original songs in eight years, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” on June 19th. Early Friday morning, Dylan dropped a third song from the album, the swaggering, guitar-heavy “False Prophet,” which follows “Murder Most Foul” and “I Contain Multitudes.”  “I ain’t no false prophet,” Dylan growls over a slinky striptease-blues groove, powered by a downright filthy fuzz-guitar riff. “I just know what I know.”