Bob Dylan's "Jokerman" dances 'neath the stagelights in Hiroshima, Japan, February 16, 1994.
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In 1994 Bob Dylan returned to Japan for his third tour, including his first ever concert in Hiroshima. He'd last played Japan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1986; before that for the first time in 1978 which yielded his recently re-celebrated live release, "Bob Dylan at Budokan."
Despite returning to tour Japan five more times, Dylan played only one other concert in the city of Hiroshima, in March 2001 at the same Kosei Nenkin Kaikan concert hall where he performed this 1994 show.
"Jokerman" opened every show in Japan in 1994, but this was an extremely rare, lucky capture for me. It always took some time after the lights went down for me to get everything situated, so I almost never caught the opening number of any show I filmed.
I don't recall why this one was different, but somehow I managed to get rolling only a minute into Dylan's performance.
The start is rocky as I was still getting everything where it needed to be, but about two minutes in the video settles down nicely.
After Dylan, the undoubted star of this clip is Winston Watson on drums behind him. Between his hyper-energized physical style slapping those skins and his wildly dancing hair, he can't help being a major focal point whenever he's on screen.
Watson joined the band in September 1992 as second drummer alongside Ian Wallace. In 1993 he took on solo drumming duties and continued touring with Dylan until 1996.
His hard-driving, bashing, crashing style on drums was what Bob seemed to be looking for at the time, Watson comments in "Pledging My Time," Ray Padgett's fascinating collection of interviews with band members and other musicians who played with Dylan over his career.
"...he wanted to rock. Neil (Young) was out with Pearl Jam. Rock was the thing at that time.
"The fact that we were rocking and rolling, that we could do Woodstock '94 and 'Unplugged' and all that stuff, that was speaking to a generation that hadn't even heard him, really."
At some of the shows, a plexiglass wall separated Watson's drums from Dylan and the rest of the band to help temper the loudness a bit. Here there's no such barrier to get in the way. Near the end of the song, Dylan turns his back to the audience to play directly with Watson for a while. He certainly seems to be enjoying their close interplay.
Aurally, Waton's drumming plays an even bigger starring role in another number from this show: a rare performance of "Series of Dreams." Dylan has only played the song live 10 times, all within a seven-month period from September 1993 to April 1994. Six were during this Japanese tour and a seventh right after in Singapore.
I was lucky enough to capture three of the ten. The Hiroshima performance of "Series of Dreams" will be our next video release, scheduled for next week. Another renditio, from one night earlier in Kokura, Japan, will also be coming soon.
Enjoy!
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You are helping me see glimpses of light during very dark times in the world and my personal challenges. Thank you so much.
Same here
❤
Muchas gracias 😊
@@user-bs7fk8nl8s De nada! Glad you enjoy it. 😊
Grand, my favo spheric song 🌺🎶💥❣️🌷🌹 What a view: DearBob singing his superb ways.. with Joyful Drumming Winston Watsons’ jumping hair…on this superb rhythmic Mystery Poetry Song. Thank Youu Bob Dylan🌹🌺❣️💥Thanks Arthur Artistttttt💥👍
@@0otee You’re very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
@@ArturArtistIts my favorite in total, a trance-like song.. I take it, cuz of the rhythm.
On repeat ! Sometimes…
@@0otee I have songs, too, that I always have to play at least twice in a row, they’re so good!
@@ArturArtist Thanks for all your work on great video’s of Caspar Collection🌺🎶🌺
Truly wonderful performance by Bob and his band ❤
I am Japanese.I'm very happy to see this video. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video.
Awesome Carol! We love you!!!
Back at you! Nice to hear from you again. 🥰
Thank you , you make my day better...
@@lucianoaraujo953 Thanks! Knowing that makes my day better, too. 😊
Oh my, that is wonderful footage from my favourite NET year. Can't wait to see the full show hint, hint
Sound and visuals are brilliant. Thanks so much for sharing.
You are a legend!
I'm so glad to know you're enjoying the clips. I've been working harder on remastering the audio tracks recently - it's very helpful to know that the results seem to be successful.
Hi Arthur I love this Jokerman with sound superb… I always love Jokerman its a total diff. song than others….. it gets you into its Bobsphere. Winston Watson’s hair loves the drumming too.
Great. Lovely music. Guitaring and the end is so beautiful wow❤
@@ArturArtist sound is A1. Was listening with a big set of headphones the other morn and the sound is fantastic. The Bass really kicks. Savage stuff !!
@@ErinScope You’ll have to let me know what you think of the sound on Series of Dreams, which I’m going to upload within the next few hours. 🙂
Excellent. Sounds & looks great.
Thanks so much for your time & efforts putting this together. ... Very much appreciated 🤠
Thanks! As I've often said most sincerely, it's my pleasure to share these. Good to hear from you!
@@ArturArtist Always nice to have an exchange with you. ... Hope all's well & life's been good
Very glad you captured this.
Glad to hear it. I love knowing people are enjoying the videos.
So good! Thanks a lot!!!
You’re VERY welcome.
This is so wonderful and energetic! I’ve been in a funk for days, filled with worries about my family’s future… and hearing this just got me out of my negative headspace. Music has this effect. Bob has this effect.
I’m really grateful you shared this!
Thank you for letting me know! Among my great pleasures in life is sharing these videos, especially after so many years when they just sat on my shelves because I didn't know how to make them accessible to other fans without risking legal problems. It's always wonderful to hear that people appreciate them. It's a rough time for lots of people, with all kinds of worries weighing a lot of us down. I hope things look up for you and your family soon, and so glad to hear this performance by Bob helped lighten that load for you some.
Thanks for your kind words!
Thank you for posting this. Fantastic version of Jokerman!
Glad you enjoyed it
Grand Version by the one and only Bob Dylan🌹🌺❣️💃🕺🎶🌹🌺💥
Wonderful
Thank you
Fantastic ❤
Awesome...!!
Thanks ✌️
Fantastic, thx so much!
You're very welcome, as always. So glad to know you're enjoying it.
😀😀😀
Fantastic. Thank you so much.
You're very welcome. I think I get as much pleasure from being able to share these with other fans as folks get from watching them. It's always nice to hear from people who enjoy them!