Reply #106: That was 1965, not 68. Dylan didn't play any live shows, save for [View All]

[RandomKoolzip]

a Woody Guthrie Tribute concert (using The Band as backup), that year.

Furthermore, Dylan only played one show with Mike Bloomfield on guitar - the famous Newport Folk Festival (which did NOT take place in Philadelphia) of 1965.

Dylan DID play in Philadelphia (where there was no venue called the Academy of Music - there WAs one in New York City, however; it later became The Palladium) in 1965 - March 5, 1965, at the Convention Hall, he played acoustically, with Joan Baez.

So MAYBE the show you're thinking of took place in either New Jersey or New York and happened in either October or November of 1965. However, Al Kooper (with a "K") had left Dylan's band by then (he was backed by the Hawks, soon to be The Band, on this tour.)

So, I'm honestly flummoxed. I don't understand how you could get so much of this information incorrect, especially if you attended such a landmark, historic concert in person. I mean, I know it was the 60's, but jeez....

(Sorry. You're talking to a hardcore Dylanologist here who also happens to be an obsessive fact-checker)