Talkin’ New York
Bob Dylan in New York City in 1964, the year he moved away from protest music and delved into more personal, introspective subjects.
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Don’t Ya Tell O’Henry
Image Credit: Daniel Kramer/Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery © MHG IP Holdings, LLC Dylan in 1965 at O’Henry’s Steak House on West 4th Street and Sixth Avenue, just around the corner from his original New York apartment.
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The Weight
Image Credit: Daniel Kramer/Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery © MHG IP Holdings, LLC Robbie Robertson, Sally Grossman, Bob Dylan & Albert Grossman backstage at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium on August 28, 1965. Sally Grossman is the woman on the cover of ‘Bringin’ It All Back Home.’ And Robertson is about to perform live with Dylan for the first time.
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Pluggin’ In
Image Credit: Daniel Kramer/Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery © MHG IP Holdings, LLC When Dylan recorded his first electric songs for 1965’s ‘Bringin’ It All Back Home’ at Columbia’s Studio A, Daniel Kramer was present to document the historic occasion.
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Goin’ Up The Country
Image Credit: Daniel Kramer/Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery © MHG IP Holdings, LLC Dylan in Woodstock in 1964. His manager, Albert Grossman, had a house in the tiny upstate hamlet, and Dylan spent much of his free time there, eventually buying a home of his own.
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Ballad of a Thin Man
Image Credit: Daniel Kramer/Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery © MHG IP Holdings, LLC Kramer tagged along to a New York City clothing store with Dylan in 1965. It’s clear Dylan was drawing some fashion inspiration from Phil Spector, even if he never admitted it.
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Before The Locusts
Image Credit: Daniel Kramer/Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery © MHG IP Holdings, LLC Dylan playing a solo acoustic set at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey on November 7, 1964. Six years later, Dylan received an honorary doctorate from Princeton. He chronicled the experience in his song “Day of the Locusts.”
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It Ain’t Me, Babe
Image Credit: Daniel Kramer/Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery © MHG IP Holdings, LLC On October 31, 1964, Dylan played a concert at New York’s Philharmonic Hall. “It’s just Halloween,” he told the crowd. “I have my Bob Dylan mask on. I’m masquerading.” Baez came out to sing “Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind,””Silver Dagger,” “With God On Our Side,” and “It Ain’t Me Babe.” This photo shows them backstage before the show.
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What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’round?
Image Credit: Daniel Kramer/Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery © MHG IP Holdings, LLC Dylan’s growing fame made it difficult for him to move about freely in New York City. The seclusion of Woodstock, where he’s seen in this 1964 photo, became very alluring. Three years later, he’d record ‘The Basement Tapes’ in the nearby town of Saugerties, New York.
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Goin’ Electric
Image Credit: Daniel Kramer/Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery © MHG IP Holdings, LLC Daniel Kramer’s final photo session with Dylan took place August 28, 1965, at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Forest Hills, New York. It was only the second time Dylan played with electric backing following the Newport Folk Festival a month earlier. This is a candid, offstage shot from that day.