Friday, December 5, 2025:

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The Expecting Rain t-shirt!
You will see the names of the winners here next Friday.
Thank you for allowing me to carry on this important work!
Extra: If you are a contributor you can also be my guest for free at the Munch Museum the next time you visit Oslo. (I am a member.)

Karl Erik

Thanks to:

Friday:
Joerg Passarge, Allan Wachs, John O'Brien, Michael Sutton, John Faldborg, Manfred Schwarz, Recordmecca, Sven Simonsen, Johnny Borgan, Tiernan Henry, Nicolas Cornet, Tommy Lidgren, Alexander Pivecka, Michael Brenner, Robby Prince, Markus Hengefeld, Svein Gulbrandsen, Marcel Roth, Fabian Strosche, Luc Geiller, juergen muenstermann, Jengiz Haas, Tapio Raunio, David Rose, Evert Douna, Shahbaz Ahmad Khan, Frank-Juergen Witt, Joachim Meckel, David Finn, Hendrik Soeten, andrea brillo, Kees Goubitz, Harold “Puzzy” Wolfe, Simon Martin, Graham Stephenson, Robert Hempelman, Bogue Productions, john spoor, D Vestergaard, Lars Banke, Michel Pomarede, Nick Bozanich, William Conlon, Christer Svensson, Steve Lockwood, Jürgen Villers In memory of Walter Pickel, Anthony Bozanich, Jan Dekker, Carsten Hackel, Jonathan Collie, Johannes Andersen, Ben Fowler, Mieko Zuckerman, Francesca Chiarelli, Asger Schnack, Ake Jonsson, Folke Regen with late great Kai-Anders Nilsson, Andreas Volkert, Tom Davidson, Juergen Wasser, roger van der kamp, Yngve Kero, Carine Attias, Louis Renza, Peter Schermann, Niels Andersen, Eivind Preus, stefano bardini, Hilda Irene Fernhout, Willie Ryan, Nicholas J Percival, David Rydin, Jane Seff, Billy Nordin, Peter Umland, Philip Martin, Leighton Grist, Alan Forsyth, Sveinbjorn K Thorkelsson, Ramon Dorca Mercader, Peter Brookart, Magne Karlstad, Michael Groth, James Salvucci, Richard Christ, Eike Schallehn, Bernhard Seuser, Norbert Schmidt, Ed Grazda, Thomas Backner, Robert Cataliotti, Ulrike Mallin-Roebbecke, Domingo Pereira Santana, John Duncan, Enoch Hendry, Moe Magid, Joachim Dersch, Robert Schlochoff, Richard Pearlman, Mark Forrester, Stan Damen, Edward Wierenga, David Woodger, Roger Moseng, Scott Johnson, Donald Smith, Christopher Dunn, Sigrid Trumpy, Phillip Long, Tom Garvey, Steven Nixson, Marco Chemello, Hrvoje Jeregovic, Brian Ahlborn, Etchings by Zalon, Michael Anderson, Grainne Boyle, Rainer Maria Vesely, Richard Paddock, Rochus Ensslin, Paula Jones, John Flynn, Karen Moulton, Montague Street Journal, Harry Reeser, stephen goldberg, Kristian Skoglund, Dan Levy, Barry Isenstein, Peter White, Thomas Gallati, Bob Sagerer, Darren Hirst, Sam Trumpold, Mark Osipow, Robert Hudson, Marcus Gerlach, Eric Asimov, Liam O Meara, Bruce Allardice, Matt Fletcher, David Fulton, Jeffery Wilday, Joseph Jennings, Martyn Pass, Sean Finn, Robert Grasing, Peter Labella, Randall B. Davis, Matt Hagele, Robert Harwood, John Stokes, Denis Grilliat, Tom Wilkins, Terry Gans, Arthur Lieb, Robbert van der Vos, Barry Ollman, Joan Muntanyola, Neil Clark, Hans Borsje, Effric Smith, Klaus Danielowski, Paul Wolters, William Perkins, Marc Percansky, Andrew Baldwin, Alan Dubow, Jeremy Schildcrout, BennieB Promotions, Keith Venturoni, Theodore Raikin, Shane O'Brien, Leif Hansson, Brian Boyd, Reid Vaccari, Sebastian Grüber, Jeff Beresford-Howe, Michael Garrett, Ron Mura, Stephen Rapposelli, Jon Lasser, Thomas Bourgeron, Erik Magnusson, Dave Cox, John Wise, John Collins, Peter Callas, Donald Tine, Timothy Burns, William Rigby, Coral Press, Casey Martin, Curtis Lindsay, Roland Pabst, Aleko Djankov, David Farr, Elyse Buffenbarger, Bernard von Bothmer, Michael Sobsey, Anthony Jones, Alex Linden, Henry Swanick, David Thoburn, Michael Gold, Keith Smith, Daniel Fyfe, Orjan Gerhardsson, Boundary Books, Christer Sandberg, Knut Nergaard, Nigel Gittoes, Tomas Pütter

Saturday:
Christoph Wegmann, Winston Berry, Ivan Forgac, Paul Ryles, Elke Vogelsänger, Martin Burger, roger griffiths, Graham Cole, Ryan Emanuel, Thomas Schreck, KThomas Mayr, Werner Auernhammer, Jürg Bollinger, Dave Ely, Stefan Pauleit, The Bigstockbroker, Richard Stombres, Richard Zahnhausen, Daniel Martin, Manfred Baumgartner, Matthew MacCann, Jesús Castro Ruiz, Knut-Arne Wensaas, Kim Larsen, Susan Scarberry-García, Thomas Waldherr, Justin Bond, Howard Trafford, Graley Herren, Craig Stolow, James Klagge, Ernesto Spinelli, Will Atkinson, Michele Stroppa, Jack Gibson, Alan Gordon, Dan Jordan, Gregory Byrne, Niels J Dinnesen, Hans Kuliew, Jose Ignacio Barbero, Oliver Trager, Benoît Narinx, Eric Tolchin, Richard Fox, Markus Siebler, Jean-Pierre Roosen, Fundación para la preservación del Dylanismo, Aceite 69, Jeffrey Harrison, Robert Polito, Klaus Kiesheyer, anonymous, Richard Winpenny, Erhard Grundl, Liamy Mac Nally, Richard Larson, Charles Silver, Reidar Løfaldli, Jokerman1979, Chris Gregory, Niall Carroll, Henner Menz, William Mitchell, Kim Hannisdal, Leif Sandtner, Richard Sonnecken, Joshua Nelson, Carol Bertolotti, Lammert van Raan, Riccardo Creutzburg, Thomas Brislin, Liam Laurence Smyth, Frank Cipriano, Peter Gregory, Gerald Williams, Ernest Pancsofar, Nick Train, geert langendries, schrader, Alan Goldsmith, James Pilewski, james odonnell, Lee Kaufman, Cadena Studios, Leo Mellon, Peter Shanks, Steinar Utne, Monika Hedwig, William Fugate, Regine Coy

Sunday:
Thomas Kalcher, Massimo Fontana, bernhard mueller, Richard Reiter, Norman Yamada, Thomas Michalzik, Peter Holst, Richard Hillier, james joughin, Ronald Lamars, Andrew Bell, Robert J Bostock, Jonas Näsvall, Craig Danuloff, Paul Robert Thomas, Klaus Hornischer, Kenneth Kurzweil, Robert Schilling, Peter Ashbrook, Patrick Eady, Christian Noack, Sean McArdle, Joshua Martin in memory of Bobby Martin, Manfred Lieb, George Walsh, Ola Holmgren, Robert Yountz, Douglas Coon, Reimund Belling, Rolf Lie, Steinar Gismerøy Olafsen, Alfred Masciocchi, Philip Bruno, Richard Boselmann, Adrian Cusack, David Forquer, Hans-Guenther Pawelcik, Daniel McCaffrey, Mario Bernardes, Hugh McMichael, Kaj Borum, Donald Jensen, Leo Ensel, Michael Grabmeier, Carsten Weigelt, Marsh Birchard In Memoriam Reverend Jamie Gripton 20 years, Michael Lawson, Carmen Fernandez, Michael Moors, Peeter Mark, Mario Schmidt, William McGuire, Edward Mulhall, Joe Reubens, Christoph Nahrgang, Douglas Kamholz, Arthur Henderson, David Bond, Simon McAslan, Edward Sludden, Jorgen Lindstrom, Juhani Heino, Robert Wright, Greg Brodsky, Alan Berg, George Ballantyne, Robin Smith, Otto Thompson, David Mandel, Olaf Kalemba, Michael Schoppik

Monday:
Rüdiger Willmer, Markus Basten, Søren Mørch Jensen, Oscar Rinaldi, Angus Macswan, A C C Ashford, Jasper van Scheltt, Ferdinand Lubberts, Jürgen Rosch, David Murray, Robert Fischer, Ulf Gyllenspetz, Lewis Radin, M.R.A. Bressers, Quint Buchholz, Guido Drexlin, John Hanley, Jerry DeCicca, arcadian, Gary Baughn, Nigel Russell, Arnie Bernstein, Chris Henry, Per Harald Nilsen, Alan Campbell, Jon Maatta, Chris Rushby, Carolyn Curry, David Thomas, Groeber Michael, Justin Bairamian, Glenn William Johannesen, Mitchell Bigel, Joseph Deschenes, Craig McCoy, Jeffrey Poushter, Richard Genz, Howard Davidson, Krister Olsson, Martin McGowan, Andrew Hirsch, Paul Summergrad, Simon Olivier, Peter Rice, David Lawson, Geoff Ashby

Monday, December 8, 2025
at 0600 CET

    Dylan related
  1. Bob Dylan Announces 2026 Tour (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
  2. On Tour (bobdylan.com)
  3. The Advance Man Who Announced Rolling Thunder to Small-Town America "Bob came after me. He was restrained by a couple of security people." (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett

    Other
  4. Willie Nelson is 92 and Feeling Lucky ... writing new material with Bob Dylan: “I can’t read your mind. The letters are too small.” (GQ)

    Audio/Video
  5. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "Bob, Beatles, Wilburys and remembering John Lennon" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm EST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
  6. Remembering the life and legacy of guitarist Steve Cropper, who died at age 84 (abc News) from psamdancin s
  7. 10 Bob Dylan Songs That Feel Like Short Stories (NSF) from Ugur Oral
  8. Geese - "Tombstone Blues" (Bob Dylan cover), May 24, 2024, Bloomington, IN (YouTube) from Mike Smith
  9. A rare "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from back when it wasn't rare: June 2, 1990, at NAC, Ottawa, ON (YouTube) from Carol Casper

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  10. Bob Dylan Announces Extensive 2026 United States Tour (Rolling Stone/ Yahoo) from Cliff Warnken
  11. Highway of Diamonds - Black America Sings Bob Dylan. CD: amazon.com - .co.uk - .de, Vinyl: amazon.com - .co.uk - .de. from Harold Lepidus 1600
  12. The Byrds’ ‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’ Offered a Message of Hope in Troubled Times (Something Else!) from Cliff Warnken

Sunday, December 7, 2025
at 0600 CET

    Dylan related
  1. A Legal Journalist Remembers Covering the Rolling Thunder Prison Show—And Helping Set 'Hurricane' Free (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
  2. Bob Dylan: With God On Our Side (Here Comes the Song) from Scott Miller
  3. Bob Dylan: Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts – A Spiritual Transformation (Spirit-Rockmusic.eu) from Scott Miller
  4. A Complete Bob Dylan Delray Beach, FL, Feb 4 (Delray Beach House) from Cliff Warnken
  5. bob. An interpretation of Dylan Charleston Pour House, Charleston SC, Thu Dec 11 (eventbrite) from Scott Miller
  6. bob. An Interpretation of Bob Dylan featuring Al & Vinnie from moe. Decatur, GA, Fri Dec 12 (Eddie's Attic) from Scott Miller

    Other
  7. Before “Turn! Turn! Turn!”, The Byrds Were About to Cover Another Bob Dylan Song Before It Was Ultimately Rejected (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
  8. Why is Timothée Chalamet suddenly everywhere? Seven things you need to know – from Oscars to puppies (theguardian) from Scott Miller
  9. Paul McCartney’s Lost Album: The Story Of Cold Cuts, book Nov 23 from amazon.com - .co.uk - .de. from Harold Lepidus
  10. The Who’s Debut Album, ‘My Generation’: Sharks Circling in the Water (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky

    Audio/Video
  11. The Dylan Hours: Streams live every Sunday, 9 - 11 am Pacific Standard Time. Today: ANGELS ꒰♡꒱ (thesocalsound.org) from Lisa Finnie
  12. Nick Cave’s Veiled World: the starry tale of how sometimes the devil doesn’t have the best tunes (theguardian) from Scott Miller
  13. The Wainwrights – If We Make It Through December (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  14. Rig Rundown: Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  15. Billy Strings w/Michael Cleveland!! 🔥 “Sally Goodin / My Rose of Old Kentucky” Louisville Ky 12/5/25 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  16. DWIGHT YOAKAM - "Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room" (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  17. Bob Dylan and his band Swansea 9.11.2025 Watching The `Music` River Flow (YouTube) from Scott Miller

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  18. I Can’t Play Harmonica with Bob Dylan Center Feb 21, free, online also (Tulsa Community College) from Cliff Warnken
  19. Skalgubbar Cut out people for visualizations of unbuilt architecture (Skalgubbar.se) 1600
  20. Theme Time Radio Hour: The Annotated Christmas & New Year Episode (Medium) by Fred Bals 1700

Saturday, December 6, 2025
at 0600 CET

    Dylan related
  1. Bob Dylan played two gigs at INEC and we’ll never see a video of it! (Killarney Advertiser) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
  2. 60 Years Ago, Bob Dylan Released the Greatest Rock Song Ever Written From His Album 'Highway 61 Revisited' (Collider) from Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
  3. When Bob clearly said, “Songs don’t have to mean anything:” The Whiffenpoof Song. (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  4. John Sebastian describing Bob Dylan (Facebook) from Scott Miller
  5. Garth Brooks Made a Bob Dylan Song Legendary (Parade) from Cliff Warnken
  6. My book on Bob Dylan, freshly reviewed (Christopher Rollason) from Chris Rollason

    Other
  7. Spotify Wrapped Says My Listening Age Is 79 – and One Coworker's Is 100 (cnet) from Scott Miller
  8. John Sebastian Wants You to Know ‘He Was There’ in New Doc About the ‘Zelig’ of Rock (Rolling Stone/ Yahoo) from Scott Miller, Harold Lepidus
  9. Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96 Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller
  10. The value of physical media, finding old records. A time capsule for humanity (The Stute) from Cliff Warnken
  11. Little Richard: Awopbopaloobop alopbamboom!s (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
  12. The Story Behind the Beatles’ ‘We Can Work It Out’ (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Scott Miller
  13. From this moment on Some thoughts on the Beatles' new/old/new "Real Love" and the trippiness of time (No Such Thing As Was) from Martin Cowan
  14. Hanif Abdurraqib on Ellen Willis’s Review of Elvis in Las Vegas (New Yorker) from Scott Miller
  15. The Mavericks’ Saxophonist Max Abrams and the Art of ‘Seeing Things’ (American Blues Scene) from Jacob Daniel
  16. Grateful Dead still making musical mark at 60, gets Guinness record (USA Today) from Jacob Daniel
  17. Meet the Orpheists Chapter Four - What’s the Story with Those Two? (Muddy Water) by William Routhier
  18. John Sebastian Returns To Bethel Woods, New Documentary Premiere (NYS Music) from Scott Miller
  19. That first phone call...to a girl Seinfeld episode "The Phone Message" sparks a memory (John's Substack) by John Nogowski

    Audio/Video
  20. Bob Dylan — Killarney, Ireland. November 23, 2025. Recording of the full show (YouTube) from Steve Lockwood
  21. The Damned - See Emily Play (Visualizer) | New Album "Not Like Everybody Else" Out 23rd Janaury (YouTube) from Harold Lepidus
  22. Steve Cropper Stories - Levon Helm, Jeff Beck & John Prine (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  23. Leoni Jansen & Izaline Calister - Blowin' In The Wind (YouTube) from John Spoor
  24. Make You Feel My Love Pembroke College Chapel Choir (YouTube) 1100
  25. This Made My Head Spin. Vocal ANALYSIS of The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" (YouTube)

    More 1500
  26. Last Gathering at 60: Jerry Cimino Museum maestro casts some further light (Rock and the Beat Generation) from Cliff Warnken
  27. Bob Dylan – Asheville 2001 Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
  28. “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough (Guitar Player) from Cliff Warnken 1700


Archives

Number of Dylan concerts a year, according to Olof's Files
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 60s
 0  36  33  19  45  67  48   0   2   2 252
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 70s
  0   1   1   0  40  31  26   0  114  26 239
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 80s
 70  54   0   0  27  0  60  36  71  99 417
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 90s
 93 101  92  80 104 116  86  94 110 119 995
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 00s
112 106 107  98 111 113  99  98  97  98 1039
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 10s
102 89 86 85 92 87 75 82 84 77 859
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 20s
00 22 82 75 78 82 27       366
Never Ending Tour, from 7 June 1988 -                     3388
Total 4123
Last update 08.12. 2025