BOB DYLAN 2 ORIGINAL 1966 UNUSED FULL CONCERT GIG TICKETS SYRIA MOSQUE The Band

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BOB DYLAN
Over 54 Years ago, At age 24
2 RARE ORIGINAL VINTAGE UNUSED TICKETS
FEBRUARY 6, 1966
At THE SYRIA MOSQUE
PITTSBURGH,  PENNSYLVANIA U.S.A.
This was the third stop on a momentous tour, the first in which a
24 year old Dylan
employed an electric backing group,
The Hawks
( you may know them as
The Band
)
Dylan had "gone electric" in 1965 at Newport to the dismay of his folkie fans but to the delight of the rockers.
This concert had both acoustic and electric sets, and came at a time when he finished up the sessions for his
Blonde on Blonde
album.
This particular concert was released in 2016 as Disc 33 of
The 1966 Live Recordings
Box Set
Dylan's 1966 Tour ended with his motorcycle accident on July 29, 1966.
Subsequent to Dylan's withdrawal to Woodstock, he refrained from undertaking a major tour until 1974
Dylan's set at this concert included: She Belongs To Me, To Ramona, Visions Of Johanna, Desolation Row, Love Minus Zero/No Limit, Mr. Tambourine Man, Positively 4th Street, Like A Rolling Stone.
February 1966 saw Dylan working on what would become "Blonde on Blonde" (Rolling Stones 9th Greatest Album of All Time).
J
ournalist Nora Ephron also announced for the first time the 1965 wedding of Bob Dylan to Sara Lownds in February 1966.