MEMORY HOLE
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out these pics from the first show in 2000.
About the Show
The Sanctuary at Old Chapel [Union College] is proud to present
"Rolling Thunder: The Fifth Annual Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration."
In the fall of 1975 Bob donned a gray felt hat and hit the New
England road with a wild and woolly cast of characters the likes
of which the rock world had never seen. Allen Ginsberg stroked
his beard and chanted at Kerouac's grave. Joan Baez donned a wedding
gown that fit her "like a snake." Roger McGuinn kept
his attaché case phone close, just in case he got shot.
And pickers and hangers-on like Ramblin' Jack Elliott, T Bone
Burnett, Ronnie Blakely, Mick Ronson and Joni Mitchell made the
scene as surreal as they could on a nightly basis. Through it
all, the thunder never stopped. As playwright and tour scribe
Sam Shepard put it, "Dylan's cowboy heel drove a hole through
the floor..."
The Sanctuary gang can't hope to recreate the visionary madness
that was Rolling Thunder, but they can damn well try.
Join a contemporary cast of freaks including Bob Neuwirth wannabe,
and your MC for the evening, Michael Eck; Los Ramblers; Rob Skane;
The Rumdummies; Bryan Thomas; Greg Haymes; Mitch Elrod; MotherJudge;
Albie; Tom Raider; Chris Busone Band; Zimmerbeat; Jonathan Cohen;
Pete Sheehan; Mario Sevayega; Outlaw
Blues Band; Carl Smith; Dana Monteith's Iowa 80; Folding Sky;
Jason Martin; Teenage Girl and others, as they celebrate the pre-bicentennial
Bob.
The Sanctuary's Dale Metzger, who was frequently seen on the
arm of Scarlet Rivera, says -- despite Ratso Sloman's protests
to the otherwise - "I gave Bob the greasepaint, and all I
got was a lousy t-shirt."
The "Rolling Thunder" festivities kick off at 7 p.m.
and continue deep into the night as music flows from the stage
of the Old Chapel.
"Rolling Thunder: The Fifth Annual Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration"
is open to the public. Admission is free, but a suggested donation
of $5 will go to the Chris Ryan Scholarship Fund. A pub menu and
pub beverages will be available. And cake, naturally, will be
served to all who sing a rousing chorus of "Happy Birthday"
to Bob (whose 63rd birthday is on May 24).
Archive
SPRING 2007
Fagbug Fundraiser. Albany.
The Orange Reunion Show. Albany.
The Last Conpirators CD Release Party.
FALL 2006
Soul Kitchen 10th Anniversary. Albany.
Why Can't I Be You 4. Albany.
SPRING 2006
Paddy Kilrain. Albany.
FALL 2005
Fashion Rock. Albany.
Hanslick Rebellion. NYC.
SPRING 2005
Brian Patneaude Quartet. Albany.
WINTER 2005
Lark Street Book Shop Songwriters. Albany.
Holiday Burlesque. Albany.
FALL 2004
Rosanne Raneri. Albany.
Gastronomic Dance. Albany.
SUMMER 2004
Shock and Awe at Firelfanz. Albany.
Marlow. Albany.
SPRING 2004
Celebrating Dylan. Schenectady.
Kamikaze Hearts. Albany.
Super 400. Albany.
Maria Zemantauski. Troy.
Why Can't I Be Eck? Albany.
WINTER 2004
Metroland at 25. Colonie.
Changing Spaces. Albany.
Ed Wood Film Festival. Albany.
FALL 2003
Why Can't I Be You, Too? Albany.
Miss Mary's at RPI's C+CC. Troy.
Loiacono and Gordon. Saratoga Springs.
Brian Patneaude Quartet. Albany.
Knotworking. Albany.
SPRING 2003
The Day Jobs. Albany.
Education activists 1. Albany.
Education activists 2. Albany.
Lark Street. Albany.
Robby Baier. Albany.
Voices and Bells. Albany.
Voices and Bells. Albany.
Motherjudge. Albany.
School of Night. Albany.
WINTER 2003
Soul Kitchen. Albany.
Erie Boulevard. Schenectady.
Van Dyck. Schenectady.
Lionheart. Albany.
A.C. Everson. Albany.
Capitol rally. Albany.
Capitol rally. Albany.
Snow snow snow. Albany.
Justin's. Albany.
Corning Tower. Albany.
Lark and Madison. Albany.
John Powhida. Albany.
FALL 2002
O.i.N.k. Albany.
Discard Avant Garb. Albany.
Kamikaze Hearts at WAMC. Albany.
Mitch Elrod. Everywhere.
Savannah's. Albany.
SUMMER 2002
Nipper. Albany.
Uncle Sam. Troy.
Hudson River Way. Albany.
SPAC. Saratoga Springs.
Lark Fest 1. Albany.
Lark Fest 2. Albany.
Lark Fest 3. Albany.
Lark Fest 4-21. Albany.
