Last year, Tulsa’s Bob Dylan Center presented a 50th anniversary concert for Bob Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks at Cain’s Ballroom. Last night, a celebration for 60 years of Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde took place at the venue. The evening, MC’d by comedian Jordan Klepper, featured Natalie Merchant, Craig Finn, Hamilton Leithauser, and more performing tracks from the classic album in addition to some non-Blonde songs from Dylan’s discography.
Merchant covered “Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands” and Oh Mercy‘s “Ring Them Bells,” Finn took on “Stuck Inside Of Mobile” and Street-Legal‘s “Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat),” and Hamilton Leithauser performed “One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)” and Highway 61 Revisited‘s “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry.”
Other performers included Nellie McKay, the McCrary Sisters, La Marisoul, Fantastic Negrito, the Cactus Blossoms, Willie Nile, Chuck Prophet, Robyn Hitchcock, X’s John Doe and Exene, and Chatham County Line. Along with Blonde On Blonde renditions, the Cactus Blossoms also played New Morning‘s “If Not For You,” while Doe and Exene did Bob Dylan‘s “Baby, Let Me Follow You Down,” and everyone came together for Bringing It All Back Home‘s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” Watch clips below.
