Loading...
forgottenspace's Collection

Bob Dylan Compilations   ??/??/1939

The Denny Freeman Collection, Vol. 1, Various, Various
Source Various
Media CD   2 discs
Tech Notes Bob Dyan - Million Miles
The Denny Freeman Collection, Vol. 1

A LostChords compilation, September 2009

Many thanks for support & artwork to Stew
Many thanks to all the tapers for their great work

This compilation is a little tribute to Denny Freeman, who played guitar for Bob Dylan from March 2005 to August 2009.

I've included some of my favourite performances from this era, for example:

- All Along The Watchtower (2006) where he makes the wildcat not growl but how;
- an impressive "Boots Of Spanish Leather" (2006) including some of the most tasteful guitar playing I've ever heard on a Dylan live recording, it is in fact a duet of electric guitar and voice;
- "Spirit On The Water" was always Denny's song and here he plays a beautiful solo and quotes both "Blue Moon" and "You Made Me Love You" (Vol. 2 will include another version of this song from the same year where a plays a different solo part);
- a subdued version of "Most Likely You Go Your Way" with excellent instrumental parts and close interplay between electric guitar and Donnie Herron's lap steel;
- a raucous "Thunder On The Mountain" (2008);

There are also some fine ensemble performances, for example the 2009 versions of "Something" (the solo here is by Stu Kimball), "Love Sick" and "Man In The Long Black Coat" as well as "Just Like A Woman" in Zaragoza 2008 where everybody plays with the utmost care to support Dylan's voice (and Denny closes the song with an excellent solo).

I've added some rarely performed songs like "Po'Boy" (2005, with a flawless performance by the band including nice solos by electric guitar and Donnie Herron on fiddle; only Dylan unfortunately forgets some of the lyrics);"Country Pie" (2007), a very slow "Queen Jane" (2006) and "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" (2005, including an acoustic guitar solo after the second verse as well as a duet of electric guitar and harmonica at the end of the song)

Three tracks are from early 2005 when the band included Elana Fremerman playing the violin: "Saving Grace" with fine solo parts by pedal steel, electric guitar, violin and Bob Dylan himself on harmonica, a swinging "Sunmmer Days" and a spirited rendition of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"

The 26 songs are from 24 shows from 2005 to 2009 and I've mixed the tracks as much as possible to show all the changes of style (in 2005 the band sounded completely different from this year; Donnie Herron's pedal steel was at first much more audible than in recent years and he did a lot of solos), the development of the band and Denny Freeman's versatility. He rarely did something the same way twice and - more than any other guitarist in a Bob Dylan band - he played around and with Dylan's voice and harmonica.

Volume 2: "Ain't Talkin'" is ready, too and will be torrented soon. Maybe I'll do a third volume.


The band:

Bob Dylan, vocals, keyboards, harmonica
Denny Freeman, guitar
Stu Kimball, guitar
Donnie Herron, steel guitars, violin, mandolin
Tony Garnier, bass
George Receli, drums
Elana Fremerman, violin (on disc 1, track 2 & 5; d2, track 1)


lineage:
flac filesets from BT download > wav (dbPowerAmp) > normalisation & crossfades with Music Cleaning lab 2005 > flac (dbPowerAmp) > HC

Tracklist:

disc 1 (77:40)

1) All Along The Watchtower
17.08.2006, Augusta, GA (M&A, LB-3945)

2) Saving Grace
11.04.2005, Mt. Pleasant, MI (M&A, LB-3056)

3) Boots Of Spanish Leather
17.11.2006, Fairfax, VA (soomlos, LB-4296)

4) Spirit On The Water
11.08.2007, Auckland, NZL (soomlos, LB-5346)

5) Summer Days
12.03.2005, Portland, OR (LB-2623)

6) Just Like A Woman
23.06.2008, Zaragoza, Spain (condor, LB-6322)

7) Ballad Of A Thin Man
26.10.2007, Omaha,NE (LB-5473)

8) Tell Me That It Isn't True
26.11.2005, Dublin, Ireland (soomlos, LB-3371)

9) Most Likely You Go Your Way
11.08.2007, Auckland, NZL (soomlos, LB-5346)

10) Man In The Long Black Coat
11.04.2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands (zimmy, LB-7398)

11) Million Miles
22.06.2008, Encamp, Andorra (Condor, LB-6322)

12) Po' Boy
30.04.2005, New York City, NY (soomlos, LB-2761)

13) Country Pie
28.03.2007, Stockholm, Sweden (spot, LB-4664)


disc 2 (75:53)

1) Folsom Prison Blues
18.03.2005, Reno, NE (soomlos, LB-3449)

2) Shooting Star
30.10.2005, Wetzlar, Germany (LB-3330)

3) When The Deal Goes Down
19.04.2007, Duesseldorf, Germany (zimmy 21, LB-4751)

4) Thunder On The Mountain
23.06.2008, Zaragoza, Spain (soomlos, LB-6307)

5) Queen Jane Approximately
03.04.2006, Stockton, CA (LB-3680)

6) I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
17.04.2005, Boston, MA (soomlos, LB-3655)

7) Something
01.05.2009, Liverpool, England (spot, LB-7508)

8) This Wheel's On Fire
06.04.2007, Brussels, Belgium (zimmy 21, LB-4681)

9) Cat's In The Well
09.11.2006, Portland, ME (UMM,LB-4247)

10) Love Sick
23.03.2009, Stockholm, Sweden (romeo, LB-7310)

11) Shelter From The Storm
26.06.2007, Florence, MA (M&A, LB_5133)

12) Stuck Inside Of Mobile
08.11.2006, Montreal, Canada (LB-4258)

13) Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat
09.11.2008, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada (romeo, LB-6960)


------------------------------------------------

For more performances from this era see my other compilations:

Do You Mr. Jones. Fall 2006 Revisited
My Boots And Sombrero. From Maine To Spain 2008, Vol. 1
My Saddle And Spurs. From Maine To Spain 2008, Vol. 2

And there are also some excellent StewArt compilations collecting live versions of the songs from "Modern Times" from 2006 to 2008 that offer some more examples of Denny Freeman's fine guitar playing.
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation ENVY, 6.028
Lists Other · Bob Dylan Compilations · Bob Dylan Audio
Owned by forgottenspace · Last Updated May 23, 2023