January 14, 2005

A previously uncirculated tape of a pre-fame Bob Dylan performing folk songs in a Minneapolis apartment has been donated to the Minnesota Historical Society Library. The recordings have been in the possession of Minneapolis resident Cleve Pettersen since 1960.

At the time, Pettersen was a teenager who frequented the coffeehouses in Minneapolis’ Dinkytown neighborhood, which brought him into contact with the fledgling Dylan. Dylan later agreed to perform some tunes for posterity after Pettersen purchased a reel-to-reel tape recorder.

Taped in an apartment on Minneapolis’ 15th Ave. S.E., the recordings feature Dylan performing “Blues Yodel No. 8,” “Come See Jerusalem,” “San Francisco Bay Blues,” “I’m a Gambler,” “Talkin’ Merchant Marine,” “Talkin’ Hugh Brown,” “Talkin’ Lobbyist,” “Red Rosey Bush,” “Johnny I Hardly Knew You,” “Jesus Christ,” “Streets of Glory” and “K.C. Moan.”

Interested parties can listen to the recordings at the library but are not permitted to make copies.

Source billboard.com.

Ben Folds has announced a series of U.S Tour dates that will take place at colleges and universities across the U.S. Dates and venues are listed below:

1/16/05 nashville, tn
vanderbilt university blair school of music
“conversation series”
ben will be speaking at 7pm

1/27/05 durham, nc
duke university – page auditorium
on sale now

1/28/05 carlisle, pa
dickinson college – anita tuvin schlechter auditorium
rescheduled show

1/29/05 syracuse, ny
syracuse university – goldstein auditorium
ages 18+
on sale 1/16

2/10/05 norman, ok
university of oklahoma – lloyd noble center
rescheduled show

2/12/05 crawfordsville, in
wabash college – allen center
on sale now

2/17/05 storrs, ct
university of connecticut – jorgensen center