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Apos

2011-11-01 05:34:20 PM

Thought Dylan Jr. was in theater now. Or something.

rudemix

2011-11-01 05:39:43 PM

So is the headline saying the only difference that we'll see is they're exactly the same as they used to be?

MrEricSir

2011-11-01 05:47:14 PM

Oh yeah, that one band that had that one song. How did it go again?

Walker

2011-11-01 05:49:43 PM

Uzzah

2011-11-01 05:50:51 PM

Hey. Hey! HEEEEEEEYYYY-EEEAAAAaaaahhhyyy!

FlashHarry

2011-11-01 05:53:50 PM

cool story:

i was running sound at a club when cracker came through, supported by the wallflowers. cracker was guaranteed something like $2k and the wallflowers were guaranteed a hundred bucks (this is before they broke, obviously). the cracker guys show up in a van. the wallflowers show up in a full-on florida coaches tour bus.

bonus: the contract said we couldn't mention bob dylan anywhere on any marketing materials - yet when they started, the band sounded like rolling thunder 1975.

still, they were pretty good live, i must say. and dylan seemed to be a decent guy.

Clete Orris

2011-11-01 06:11:20 PM

Onkel Buck

2011-11-01 06:15:41 PM

"With One Headline...."

/got nothing just wanted to get in early

Car_Ramrod

2011-11-01 06:23:06 PM

I like "Bringing Down the Horse". I think it's a good, solid album. So there.

ParadisePornoTheater

2011-11-01 06:25:42 PM

Heard that Only Difference song when I was in the checkout aisle yesterday. Reminded me how exciting they were back in 97.

I also like Jakob's solo set from last year.

zato_ichi

2011-11-01 06:26:40 PM

FlashHarry: cool story:

i was running sound at a club when cracker came through, supported by the wallflowers. cracker was guaranteed something like $2k and the wallflowers were guaranteed a hundred bucks (this is before they broke, obviously). the cracker guys show up in a van. the wallflowers show up in a full-on florida coaches tour bus.

bonus: the contract said we couldn't mention bob dylan anywhere on any marketing materials - yet when they started, the band sounded like rolling thunder 1975.

still, they were pretty good live, i must say. and dylan seemed to be a decent guy.

Hehe, I saw that tour. Would have been about '96 or so? Both bands were good.

SavvyLemur

2011-11-01 06:52:17 PM

rudemix: So is the headline saying the only difference that we'll see is they're exactly the same as they used to be?

i see what you did there.

zephman

2011-11-01 06:58:50 PM

Cool story time.

My first big concert where I got to go backstage was The Wallflowers opening up for The Counting Crows at Jones Beach. It rained that night and the show was delayed for like two hours, but while everyone else was waiting at their cars, I was playing basketball with Bob Dylan's grandson. I was 8 and I think he was around 5.

/Also met Jakob...whom I was in love with at the time.
//Sweetest guy ever.

FlashHarry

2011-11-01 07:12:18 PM

zato_ichi: Hehe, I saw that tour. Would have been about '96 or so? Both bands were good.

sounds about right. maybe a bit earlier. in any case, yeah, both bands were pretty great. cracker especially brought the house down.

TravisBickle62

2011-11-01 07:21:06 PM

I used to party with them back in the 60's

skochtaype

2011-11-01 07:42:34 PM

The only difference
that i see
is they're exactly the same
as they used to be.

skochtaype

2011-11-01 07:45:05 PM

Dammit, beaten at two.

MisatoNERV

2011-11-01 09:39:35 PM

Listen to any 90s themed channel on Sirius. They play them like they were relevant.

Balchinian

2011-11-01 09:50:10 PM

Who?
Seriously, who?

exploding pork

2011-11-01 10:51:59 PM

Car_Ramrod: I like "Bringing Down the Horse". I think it's a good, solid album. So there.

This.

moothemagiccow

2011-11-01 10:57:31 PM

The Wallflowers made middling records for like 8 years but their last one, Rebel Sweetheart is an incredibly awesome rockfest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJdVe500zo

Farkomatic

2011-11-01 11:37:56 PM

Well, it's nice to see Jakob "DON'T CALL ME BOB DYLAN'S SON ASSHOLE!!" Dylan is back making a name on his own.

FDR Jones

2011-11-02 12:44:23 AM

Love the Wallflowers... their first three albums are great. The first record featured almost all different band members, but it's the one that really has the most emotional resonance for me, though I heard it after Bringing Down the Horse. I was like 16-17 at the time and to tell you the truth, they were the reason I started buying Bob Dylan records... which of course changed my life inexorably... so there's that.

Dwight_Yeast

2011-11-02 07:50:41 AM

Apos: Thought Dylan Jr. was in theater now. Or something.

I think you're thinking of Jacob's older brother, who's an on-again-off-again director. Bob Dylan has something like four or five kids by his first wife and two by his second.

mechgreg

2011-11-02 03:32:11 PM

Saw The Wallflowers when they opened for Pearl Jam in 1998. Unfortunatly their brand of of mellow easy-listening rock totally sucked the energy out of the crowd by the time PJ took the stage. It was to the point where it took quite awhile before people really started getting into Pearl Jam's set.

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