On the Road//2 minute learn
On This Day: 25 July 1965
When performing on the Newport Folk Festival, Bob Dylan was booed by the gang, who objected to his electrical guitar and band. (July 25)
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How does it really feel to be a Rolling Stone?
Find out Monday, Feb. 12, on the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank as indie rocker Cat Power begins the U.S. leg of her “Cat Power Sings Dylan” tour.
Cat Power, aka Atlanta native Chan Marshall, lately launched the critically acclaimed “Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert,” which re-interprets Dylan’s well-known UK live performance the place he went electrical.
“Opening in Red Bank is particularly special — just like in 1966 when Bob played those songs at (Manchester) Free (Trade) Hall, the night before he played them at Royal Albert Hall,” said Cat Power via email. “It’s an absolute nod to that initial gesture. New Jersey has soooo much soul.”
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It’s a quirk of rock ‘n’ roll historical past — and a mislabeled bootleg document — that the present is recognized as taking place on the Royal Albert Hall. It truly went down on the Manchester Free Trade Hall simply previous to the Royal Albert Hall present. Deeper nonetheless, Dylan truly first went electrical on the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
“Some of the greatest people in life and people in rock ‘n’ roll history are from New Jersey!” stated Cat Power. “The earnestness of my New Jersey fam is similar to when people say the nicest people are from the Midwest. True, but give New Jersey the bone for once! I’m honored to begin my tour with the Red Bank crew. They know how to get down!!”
The similar can’t be stated of 1966 “Royal Albert Hall” live performance crowd. They infamously known as Dylan “Judas” for going electrical. Cat Power recorded her album on the precise Royal Albert Hall in 2022.
No cries of “Judas!” lately, however loads of soulful, prairie-whirled rock ‘n’ roll and the craving echoes of Al Cooper’s organ, performed by Jordan Summers, will ring into the night time.
Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” sounds particularly implausible on the album.
“Taking this album out on the road is a perfect storm. I had no intention of recording the live show at Royal Albert Hall in London,” Cat Power stated. “I was so honored to be able to actually do something like this — that recording the show was purely an afterthought.
“I hope I can deliver these songs with the same resonance, clarity and presence for every night,” she added. “I am so grateful to have this job. I am so grateful to Bob as the Mount Everest of American songwriters to basically create my job for me. I can’t say I would even be alive today if I hadn’t become a songwriter. I feel certain Bob had a lot to do with it.”
Go: Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, $49.40 to $99.50; thebasie.org.
Jaheim returns
What do Jaheim and Bruce Springsteen have in frequent?
They have two issues. First, each are from New Jersey. Second, they each lined the William Bell soul basic “I Forgot to Be Your Lover.” The monitor was re-interpreted by Jaheim on his 2002 hit “Put That Woman First”; Springsteen lined it on his 2023 soul album, “Only the Strong Survive.”
Jaheim, aka Jaheim Hoagland of New Brunswick, makes a uncommon live performance look in his home state Friday, Feb. 9, on the “A Night of Love” with Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz and Ok. Michele. It’s the primary present of “The Love Hard Tour,” which crosses the nation February by April.
“Wait Jaheim??? OMG! Welcome back!” commented a fan on Jah’s Instagram.
Go: Jaheim, Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz and Ok. Michele, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, 25 Lafayette St., Newark, $155.50 and up; prucenter.com.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers leisure and options for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; [email protected]
