Tell Me Momma
Encyclopedia
Tell Me Momma is a song written by Bob Dylan
and performed exclusively during his 1966 World Tour
with The Band
(then known as the Hawks). It was used to introduce the electric, second half of a concert. A live recording was released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert.
. The performance was captured on tape by an audience member, but never officially released. Dylan continued to perform this song throughout the tour; but when he had finished, the song was not recorded on a studio album.
's documentary Eat the Document
. The same video of Dylan and the Hawks shown in Eat the Document was shown in Martin Scorsese
's 2005 Documentary No Direction Home
.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
and performed exclusively during his 1966 World Tour
Bob Dylan World Tour 1966
The Bob Dylan World Tour 1966 was a concert tour undertaken by American musician Bob Dylan, from February to May 1966. Dylan's 1966 World Tour was notable as the first tour where Dylan employed an electric band backing him, following his "going electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival...
with The Band
The Band
The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...
(then known as the Hawks). It was used to introduce the electric, second half of a concert. A live recording was released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert.
History
The first known performance of "Tell Me, Momma", was on February 5, 1966, at Westchester County Center, White Plains, New YorkWhite Plains, New York
White Plains is a city and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in south-central Westchester, about east of the Hudson River and northwest of Long Island Sound...
. The performance was captured on tape by an audience member, but never officially released. Dylan continued to perform this song throughout the tour; but when he had finished, the song was not recorded on a studio album.
In popular culture
The song was shown played live by Dylan and The Band during his 1966 U.K.Tour in D. A. PennebakerD. A. Pennebaker
Donn Alan Pennebaker is an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema/Cinéma vérité. Performing arts and politics are his primary subjects.-Biography:...
's documentary Eat the Document
Eat the Document
Eat the Document is a documentary of Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of the United Kingdom with the Hawks. It was shot under Dylan's direction by D. A. Pennebaker, whose groundbreaking documentary Dont Look Back [sic] chronicled Dylan's 1965 British tour...
. The same video of Dylan and the Hawks shown in Eat the Document was shown in Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
's 2005 Documentary No Direction Home
No Direction Home
No Direction Home is a documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th century American popular music and culture. The film does not cover Dylan's entire career; it concentrates on the period between Dylan's arrival in New York in January 1961 and his...
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