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Classic DVD Review: Bob Dylan | World Tours 1966 – 1974

This came out in 2005 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


In this transfixingly bizarre documentary, a Bob Dylan impersonator from L.A. travels to New York City, Woodstock and elsewhere to talk to a few of Bob’s old cronies like photographer Barry Feinstein, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker and drummer Mickey Jones.

He sifts through a bunch of Feinstein’s old tour snaps (hence the title), everybody reminisces and we hear a bunch of stuff we already knew about Bob. So what’s the bizarre part? Well, that comes when the guy starts acting less like a devoted fan and more like an obsessed (if harmless) kook by skulking around Dylan’s former homes, hanging out in Woodstock signing autographs with Bob’s name, and — no fooling — recreating his 1966 motorcycle crash. Oh, and get this: He interviews that guy who used to steal Bob’s garbage — and hassles him over his fixation with Dylan! Um, kettle? This is pot. You’re black.