On a very special First Concert Memories we welcome two extraordinary guests to not only tell us all about a series of concerts from 50 years ago but for an upcoming show that will celebrate a very special tour in music history.
The enchanting Scarlet Rivera, a world renowned violinist who toured with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue in the 1970s's and played the haunting violin on Hurricane, is teaming up with Stu Allen to celebrate that historic tour. Stu is a veteran of jam band heavyweights in Northern California (Phil Lesh & Friends, Mars Hotel, Dark Star Orchestra) and is leading Scarlet and his friends in concert on November 4, 2025 at The Junction in Mill Valley (get tickets here www.thejunc.com/music-calendar).
Scarlet regales us with tales from the road when Bob Dylan decided he wanted to play live again but wanted to play in smaller venues and connect with people along the way. With greats like Mick Ronson onboard, Dylan also collected poets (Allen Ginsberg), playwrights (Sam Shepard), folk legends (Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Roger McGuinn) and a cast of characters to create not only incredible music on stage but to feed his own creativity and curiosity.
The scene was captured by Stefan van Dorp and Martin Scorsese created a film for Netflix in 2019 that gave context to this unique tour. Scarlet was along for the ride after Dylan flagged her down while she was crossing the street in Greenwich Village. Hear who she befriended on tour and the rock legend she was dating at the time without knowing what his stage shows were all about (she ended it after seeing him live).
If you can make it to The Junc in Mill Valley on November 4, please do and tell em The Wolf sent ya! If you can't we know you'll still love hearing from Scarlet Rivera about her fond memories of The Rolling Thunder Revue and why she's excited to play with Stu to enjoy those tunes live once again.
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