Author: Leigh Banks

The first review to mention Dylan and the rigours of age… Mitchell writes: I feel that the reworking of the set list was more than just publicity for the new album. All of the song selections were clearly pointing to the past (high points and regrets) and looking to the future-a future not in this… Continue reading Reviews rocket as Ol’ Bob lands on Moon Township…but is age beginning to tell?

Six more reviews of Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways tour… the reason we keep sharing them is because these are the voices of real people saying what they really think about Bob at 80. Yep, he spends a lot of time behind the piano now and hangs on to it when he steps out to… Continue reading Bob is still strutting his stuff as he points at the sky in Charleston …

‘I finish my shift and now the work begins … time for my referral. My heart is pounding‘ Over the next few weeks The Society is publishing the true story of a woman who went to hell and back because of breast cancer. This is Kaye Howarth’s story in her own words. Thank you for… Continue reading KAYE’S LIFE … THE POWERFUL STORY OF A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR

Bob hit the home of Muhammed Ali and fried chicken – and while reviews had been thin on the ground from his performance in Johnnie’s Knoxville, Laurette Maillet made a circuitous and frustrating journey – caused mainly by Greyhound bus delays – to end up in Louisville for his November 11 show. Laurette write in… Continue reading Laurette muses over Bob’s ‘mother’ of a show in city of Muhammed Ali

And now he can out rock the mountains and out croon the moon It looks like the reviewers are having a bit of a rest, which is sad really. It’s been fab keeping up with Bob’s shows, his performances, what he’s wearing, how he’s singing and what songs he has been choosing. More than anything… Continue reading Knacksville in Knoxsville! Well, who said Ol’ Bob doesn’t talk to his audience … he’s got the knack!

More thoughts and insights into Bob on his almost-never ending tour – and this time, what does Dylan wear boys, what does Dylan wear? Ol’ Bob has had some sartorial disasters over the years – his almost Elvis-style suits in the late 70s should have been made street-illegal. In the 60s though he was a… Continue reading Bob, the man in black, suits them perfectly down in Cincinnati

More thoughts and insights into Bob on his almost-never ending tour – and we’ve found a Press review! Well, we found one … by Curtis Schieber  who is described as Special to The Columbus Dispatch. I’m sure he is very special to them! |He has also had a very ‘special’ and successful music review show,… Continue reading Floored by the lighting – a democratic focus on Bob’s new band and songs

Over the next few weeks The Society is publishing the true story of a woman who went to hell and back because of breast cancer. This is Kaye Howarth’s story in her own words. Thank you for wanting to share with us and the world Kaye. Biography … Bald Bird Surviving Breast Cancer Part 2… Continue reading Kaye’s life … the heart-breaking and inspirational story of a true survivor

More reviews and insights into Bob on his almost-never ending tour – but where’s the Press coverage? We are reviewing the reviews as Dylan, at 80, gets ‘rough and rowdy’ on the road … but why are so few appearing in the traditional media? There have been a few, of course, but generally its like… Continue reading Indiana wants Bob – and he was blooming(ton) brilliant again!

More updated insights into Bob on his almost-never ending tour … and an important question We are reviewing the reviews as Dylan, at 80, gets ‘rough and rowdy’ on the road … and we also have the first audience recordings we’ve seen and heard. Somehow they have survived the robots of internet control. The first… Continue reading From Milwaukee to Cleveland, Bob keeps on rolling to rave reviews