Bob Dylan Mistaken for Hobo 40 Years after Woodstock

Carvill John johncarvill at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 18 08:24:59 CDT 2009


A funny story, but kinda frightening that those gun-toting, power-posessing young cops had *never heard  of* DYlan.
 
 
Reminds me of the story from a few years back of Dylan, having gotten fed up with security breaches, or just feeling grumpy, issued an edict that nobody, but nobody, was to be allowed backstage. Shortly after, he was himself denied entry by an overzealous security guard!
 
 
Saw Bob in concert (yet again) at Liverpool in May, me and a mate had been out around Penny Lane etc. revisiting old haunts (ours and teh Beatles') and decided not to take the tour of Lennon's house on Menlove Avenue - cos we'd been there before, albeit not inside, and we were pushed for time and felt we'd be better just doing our own thing. Imagine my glee on hearing that, that very afternoon, Dylan had joined the tourists on the bus to Lennon's old house and taken the tour, apparently without security. A near miss. That night, Dylan played 'Something' and the crowd went nuts.
 
 
Towards the end of his set, an idiot jumped onstage and managed to get his arms round Bob's neck, before being bundled off to (hopefully) receive a serious beating. Although there are unreliable reports that he actually ended up getting to chat with Bob backstage....
 
 
 
 
 
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