Charley The Lonesome Cougar

In the early weeks and months of the pandemic, confined to my Brooklyn apartment in the silenced city, I dreamed of wide-open spaces and the freedom to roam. I started researching “trail songs,” drawn to their lyrics about pale dawns, slumbering shadows, and other evocative imagery. What heaven, to saddle up a reliable horse and wander, unworried and unhurried, under a vast Western sky!

The 1974 live recordings celebrates the 50th anniversary of bob dylan’s return to touring that year. Featuring all professionally recorded shows from the artist’s 1974 performances backed by the band, the collection will be available as a deluxe box set across 27 cds. The 1974 live recordings offers fans 417 previously-unreleased bob dylan live tracks – including 133 recordings newly mixed from 16-track tape, and every single surviving soundboard recording – along with new liner notes by journalist and critic elizabeth nelson.