Tuesday, January 07, 2025
A Complete Unknown
Last weekend I went to see the new Bob Dylan movie, "A Complete Unknown." I liked it a lot, and more than anything it made me remember a lot of great music. It does reveal Dylan to be kind of a jerk sometimes, and I'm a bit surprised that he approved of the movie. But... I suppose he knows he can be kind of a jerk sometimes, and prizes honesty.
I've seen Dylan perform twice. Once, Larry Bates and I traveled from Waco to Sioux Falls SD to see him play at the Canary Cage (the home field of the minor league baseball stadium). You wouldn't expect it, but he was fantastic-- a great and lengthy show. He's known to be kind of hit-or-miss, and this was a hit. The other time was in Detroit, with Tom Petty. They spotted Bob Seger in the audience and pulled him up to do "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," and that was fantastic.
But I learned something new with this movie, and I'm still taking it in...
