1966 World Tour: The Home Movies

Bob Dylan

Overview

In 1965, Bob Dylan was the reigning king of the new folk music boom, but while he had earned a large and loyal audience playing earnest and elliptical songs of social protest and romantic puzzlement accompanied by his acoustic guitar, he was eager to strike out into new territory, and he shocked fans at that year's Newport Folk Festival by showing up with an electric guitar and a thrown-together rock & roll band. Later that year, Dylan took his joyous outrage on the road, with a tight, but hard-hitting, rock & roll combo, the Hawks, joining him for a series of shows in which the singer and his band (who would later rename themselves the Band) were often confronted by puzzled and vocally angry crowds. Hawks drummer Levon Helm, unhappy with the unfriendly reception, dropped out after a few dates, and after substitute timekeepers Bobby Gregg and Sandy Konikoff both vacated the drummer's seat, Mickey Jones -- a Texan transplanted to Los Angeles who had enjoyed successful gigs with Trini Lopez and Johnny Rivers -- landed the job of joining Dylan and the Hawks for a tour of Europe. A photography buff, Jones brought his home movie camera along with him, and Bob Dylan: World Tour 1966 -- The Home Movies compiles Jones' amateur footage of life on the road and off-stage with Dylan and the Hawks. In addition, Jones shares his memories of the tour, discusses his career before and after working with Dylan, and offers his own observations on what Dylan's music meant to him and to music fans everywhere. The Home Movies includes no musical performances from Bob Dylan; accompaniment for Jones' silent footage is provided by Highway 61 Revisited, a Bob Dylan tribute band.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/31/2006
UPC:	0022891452799
Original Release:	2006
Source:	MUSIC VIDEO DIST.***
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	53,068

Special Features

Charlie Daniels discusses recording with Bob Dylan on Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait and New Morning and The Johnny Cash TV Show; 1966 World Tour soundman Richard Alderson explains the tour sound and his recording of The Gaslight Tapes (1962); Johnny Rivers and Trini Lopez discuss Bob Dylan's influence on their music, the 1960's rock scene, and touring with drummer Mickey Jones; Mickey Jones tells the surprising truth about "Play F#@%ing Loud!," and discusses No Direction Home, his famous drums set and his rare Beatles photo

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bob Dylan	Primary Artist
Mickey Jones	Narrator,Narrator

Technical Credits

Mickey Jones	Director,Producer
Joel Gilbert	Director,Producer

Editorial Reviews

Director Joel Gilbert works with drummer Mickey Jones to issue a behind-the-scenes documentary of the 1966 Bob Dylan and the Band tour, as well as an inadvertent companion piece to Martin Scorsese's No Direction Home film. Well, if not a companion piece, a parallel point of view. Even filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker took some of the 8mm footage when Jones was busy working with his musician hat on, and this documentary is an impressive collection of these clips, a 1966 version of a "webcam" with tons of commentary by the man who was there and visually documented the tour. There are some great interviews with Johnny Rivers, Trini Lopez and Charlie Daniels, and '60s footage of the Beatles, Johnny Rivers, Chuck Berry and Trini Lopez. The music is provided by Highway 61 Revisited, not Bob Dylan, but you didn't come to hear the music. It's just part of the background setting for the information, which is textbook valuable, and -- just as important -- fun to listen to and watch. The disclaimer "Not affiliated with Bob Dylan" on the back of this package refers to the business side of things, this is certainly a "Dylan" release, at least as far as those who need to know everything about their hero are concerned. Scene selection is thankfully here for quick indexing along with a nice bonus photo gallery. 1966 World Tour: The Home Movies is a real treasure for fans and those interested in Bob Dylan, the Band, and this time period. ~ Joe Viglione