Who's going to the Memphis show!?

[scosby2]

So apparently Dylan's fired his lead guitarist Duke Robillard and Charlie Sexton is back playing with him now.

A friend just texted that to me. Interesting. I've followed Sexton for a long time during his Beats So Lonely period, but haven't really kept up with him as much lately.

Are we talking like fired on this tour in the last few days fired??

[Fully]

I've seen wilco probably ten times and seeing them right after Mmj just shows how great the jacket is live. So much more energy, imo.

Did Wilco play anything out of the ordinary?

[Cameron]

I've seen wilco probably ten times and seeing them right after Mmj just shows how great the jacket is live. So much more energy, imo.

Did Wilco play anything out of the ordinary?

I haven't followed them much the last few years but they played new madrid, which was cool. Also a song of the third mermaid ave.

[Fully]

So I'm guessing John Prine only played with Jacket?

[Cameron]

So I'm guessing John Prine only played with Jacket?

Yes. And sexton is with Dylan right now.

[markcel]

I've seen wilco probably ten times and seeing them right after Mmj just shows how great the jacket is live. So much more energy, imo.

Did Wilco play anything out of the ordinary?

I haven't followed them much the last few years but they played new madrid, which was cool. Also a song of the third mermaid ave.

New Madrid?!?!? Would love that or any other UT songs, but as this is my favorite Jeff UT song, am wishing to hear this.

[jonmayo15]

So apparently Dylan's fired his lead guitarist Duke Robillard and Charlie Sexton is back playing with him now.

A friend just texted that to me. Interesting. I've followed Sexton for a long time during his Beats So Lonely period, but haven't really kept up with him as much lately.

Are we talking like fired on this tour in the last few days fired??

Yep. There's a whole thread about it on this Dylan forum: http://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76228

[Mahgeetah34]

34, I think if you would explain it the way you just did instead of seeing so much negative after each show it would make more sense why you follow the band and were so excited to get your picture made with Jim. No harm done. I just get very passionate about this band and supporting them.

I understand being passionate. MMJ is the ONLY band/musician/performer that I MUST see whenever they get within a 150 mile radius. Since i discovered the band almost three years ago, the only show i missed was Beale St. and that was due to my sister's graduation. I just wanna see different songs, thats all. My ears are eager to hear more of their catalog in person. Anyways, back on topic to the Memphis show.   

[rjlemons]

Uhh, so I checked this thread earlier and was surprised  to see such activity! Wish I could have met you Cameron. I almost felt like the only fan in Memphis on Carl's side rail.

Real time updates would've been rough, Seth, I had to represent.

The boys were tight and I was pleased with the setlist. Especially Phone....again...it doesn't get old. The John Prine surprise was quite a treat. And for the record, I never get tired of Circuital or really anything they decide to play. I love it all. I'm just stoked out of my head that they actually came to Memphis. I don't blame them at all for trying to embrace new fans with mass appeal. This town efffing needs it and they know how to do it. Some of the folks around me that weren't familiar were dumbfounded at times. They ended up loving it!

Props to the boys. Keep those vibes flowing....wherever you may be.

[rjlemons]

So apparently Dylan's fired his lead guitarist Duke Robillard and Charlie Sexton is back playing with him now.

A friend just texted that to me. Interesting. I've followed Sexton for a long time during his Beats So Lonely period, but haven't really kept up with him as much lately.

I heard about this at the show. And it made a difference. I think Dylan and his band sounded better tonight than Atlanta & Nashville.

[Fully]

So apparently Dylan's fired his lead guitarist Duke Robillard and Charlie Sexton is back playing with him now.

A friend just texted that to me. Interesting. I've followed Sexton for a long time during his Beats So Lonely period, but haven't really kept up with him as much lately.

Are we talking like fired on this tour in the last few days fired??

Yep. There's a whole thread about it on this Dylan forum: http://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76228

The best comments:

"Dylan just unfriended Duke on Facebook."

And

"I didn't know artists of this caliber handled this thing like teenage girls."

Thanks for pointing me in that direction, Jonmayo.

[johnnYYac]

AmericanaDramA

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AmericanaDramA

hey oh! 

[johnnYYac]

AmericanaDramA

hey oh! 

Truth be told, credit goes to a post on the Dylan forum.

[JerseyDan]

can we all take a second here to remember that while bands are our PLEASURE, touring is their JOB. there is a reason MMJ & Wilco are on this tour with Dylan in venues each band respectively can (and has) headlined on their own. older fans of Dylan will go to "kiss the ring" and hopefully go buy the support band's recordings! if a new fan who was there just for Dylan went to his FYE or Amazon and tried to find O Is The One or PWW he/she may not find it and move on. if they hear songs from the LATEST RELEASE, even if its old to us mega-fans, its NEW TO THEM...and translates to a sale of some sort.

i hate to be Mr. Business, but you have to think about it like that sometimes. MMJ is playing 2nd out of 4 in rooms they have HEADLINED before. why? because they are getting exposure to new humans who they hope will join the team. touring is also a CYCLE. for every Port Chester or Wiltern there has to be 30+ Circuital dates.

regardless if this is the business of art, in the end of the day a successful band has to look at touring with a focus on the art of business.

[mahg33ta]

AmericanaDramA

hey oh! 

Truth be told, credit goes to a post on the Dylan forum.

I thought the best post on the dylan thread was "based on the reviews, Bob needs to worry more about his own performance, less about Duke's"

ps. it's fun to be back on the forum posting again.   been forever!

[Colfax]

I think setlists and complaints from hardcore fans drive a band to get better and have their room in any discussion.  But for another side of the coin, I took a pair of Wilco fans to the Atlanta show and their house has been filled with MMJ's music since Saturday.

I prepped them for the show by playing OBH and Wordless Chorus which are really great, yet really accessible songs for a first timer. I'm glad they played both of those songs in our set.

[Shug]

So apparently Dylan's fired his lead guitarist Duke Robillard and Charlie Sexton is back playing with him now.

A friend just texted that to me. Interesting. I've followed Sexton for a long time during his Beats So Lonely period, but haven't really kept up with him as much lately.

This, to me, is awesome news! Charlie Sexton is a very good guitarist and he'll probably take the energy up a notch in Dylan's show, so I'm thrilled.  I am still over the moon about his 2007 solo album Cruel and Gentle Things, he's a great songwriter and singer as well.   I don't know that Beats So Lonely stuff, though.  Was that in the 80s? 

[Fully]

So apparently Dylan's fired his lead guitarist Duke Robillard and Charlie Sexton is back playing with him now.

A friend just texted that to me. Interesting. I've followed Sexton for a long time during his Beats So Lonely period, but haven't really kept up with him as much lately.

This, to me, is awesome news! Charlie Sexton is a very good guitarist and he'll probably take the energy up a notch in Dylan's show, so I'm thrilled.  I am still over the moon about his 2007 solo album Cruel and Gentle Things, he's a great songwriter and singer as well.   I don't know that Beats So Lonely stuff, though.  Was that in the 80s?

That was recorded when he was 16. Definitely the 80's Shug.