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For the record: it’s Ronee Blakely, Bobby Neuwirth, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Joan Baez, Rob Stoner, Mick Ronson, Ian Hunter, and Joni Mitchell, to name just a few who are doing full-time duty on Dylan’s current mysterioso mini-tour of New England clubs; while Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Janis Ian, and George Harrison are completing or scheduled for only part-time duty with the “Rolling Thunder Revue,” when they get a chance.
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
For the record: it’s Ronee Blakely, Bobby Neuwirth, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Joan Baez, Rob Stoner, Mick Ronson, Ian Hunter, and Joni Mitchell, to name just a few who are doing full-time duty on Dylan’s current mysterioso mini-tour of New England clubs; while Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Janis Ian, and George Harrison are completing or scheduled for only part-time duty with the “Rolling Thunder Revue,” when they get a chance.
But what’s this about Bette Midler being thrown off the tour after the first date for tossing a drink in Patti Smith’s face? And after Bob the D was kind enough to turn up at Secret Sound Studio to duet with the apparentiy-not-sq-Divine Miss M on his “Bucket of Rain” (produced incidentally by Moogy Klingman)?.. .It does seem like the Zim is being pretty strict with this whole jolly venture, having reportedly posted a guard outside one writer’s hotel door in order to limit that intrepid scribe’s access to Himself (i.e. no chance meetings in the hallway) and having also reportedly given certain photographers the choice of seeing the show or carrying cameras.