Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Eric Anderson in October 1975

The Rolling Thunder Revue was a tour headed by Bob Dylan in the fall of 1975 and the spring of 1976. The release of his album Desire fell between the two legs of the tour. Image File history File links Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Eric Andersen, October 1975 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Eric Andersen, October 1975 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Portrait photograph of Bob Dylan taken by Daniel Kramer Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941) is widely regarded as one of Americas greatest popular songwriters. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Desire is an album by folk-rock musician Bob Dylan, released in 1976. ...

Among those featured in the revue were Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Rambling Jack Elliott, Kinky Friedman, Joni Mitchell and Bob Neuwirth, who assembled the backing musicians (including T-Bone Burnett, Mick Ronson and David Mansfield and, from the Desire sessions, violinist Scarlet Rivera, bassist Rob Stoner and drummer Howie Wyeth). Poet Allen Ginsberg, accompanied the tour for most of its 1975 run, but his planned recitations (as well as some performances by other Revue members) were cut before the opening date to keep the concerts at a manageable length. Joan Baezs 1975 bestseller Diamonds & Rust. ... Joseph Roger McGuinn (July 13, 1942 - ) is an American singer-songwriter, born in Chicago, Illinois. ... Ramblin Jack Elliott Ramblin Jack Elliot (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer. ... Richard F. Kinky Friedman, (born October 31, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter and novelist. ... Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod, Alberta), is a legendary Canadian musician and painter. ... Bob Neuwirth is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and visual artist. ... Cover of Proof Through the Night, 1983. ... Mick Ronson (May 26, 1946 – April 29, 1993), born in Hull, Yorkshire, was a lead guitarist who rose to fame with David Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust album. ... David Mansfield is an American violinist, mandolin player and guitarist. ... Scarlet Rivera is a solo violinist. ... Allen Ginsberg in San Francisco. ...

Dylan's 1978 symbolist-romance-cum-concert-film Renaldo and Clara was filmed on the 1975 tour. Selections from this leg, which covered the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, make up the album Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5), while the 1976 tour (of the American south) produced the NBC television special Hard Rain, along with an album of the same name. This article needs cleanup. ... Hard Rain is a live album by American musician Bob Dylan, captured during the second - and less successful - leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour. ...