World of Bob Dylan attendees – don’t worry if you don’t have anything planned for the evening of July 26th! The Bob Dylan Center will celebrate its newest exhibition Going Electric: Bob Dylan ’65 presented by Founding Members Bob and Debbie Russell, on Saturday, July 26, with two special performances by The Million Dollar Bashers, an ad hoc supergroup featuring Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth; John Doe of X; Nels Cline and Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco; Ethan Miller of Howlin Rain; singer-songwriter Sunny War; three-time U.S. Poet Laureate and Bob Dylan Center artist-in-residence Joy Harjo, accompanied by Doug Keith; dream-pop duo Dean & Britta of Luna; singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock; and singer-songwriter Emma Swift. Ranaldo will serve as musical director for the evening. These shows will feature an exciting array of well-known indie-rock musicians and kindred artists coming together to perform a set-list of Dylan songs from 1965, when he shocked fans at the annual Newport Folk Festival by playing an electrified rock-and-roll set with members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. The same year saw the release of Dylan’s landmark albums “Bringing It All Back Home” and “Highway 61 Revisited.” The set lists for both shows will be identical and will draw heavily from these albums.
The 6:30 pm early show will be seated, with both reserved and general admission tickets available. The 9:00 pm late show will be all-standing general admission.
World of Dylan conference registrants will have exclusive access to purchase tickets to both shows on Thursday, June 26 (following a presale for Bob Dylan Center members on Wednesday, June 25; memberships are available here).