bobserve: about

ABOUT BOBSERVE (WHAT IT'S ABOUT)

I developed bobserve to provide quick and easy access to complete, accurate, and up to date Bob Dylan setlist information.

It's been a long journey, and this is only the beginning...

I have big ideas for more features, and would love to hear yours.

All bobserve's data is under active review, from standardization of place names, to incorporating the latest research on 1965 concerts, to revisiting late '70s soundcheck tapes to figure out unidentified songs. As a result, you may encounter differences compared to other reference sources.

You are absolutely encouraged to contact bobserve with any corrections, updates, new information, or questions.

AKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I very gratefully acknowledge the monumental work of Olof Björner in cataloguing Bob Dylan's musical career.

In building this site, several additional reference sources were consulted, most notably Bill Pagel's Boblinks. Also: Bob Dylan's 1965 Appearances, newspaper archives, The Copyright Files 1962-2007 (Tim Dunn), The Wicked Messenger, Day by Day, Positively Bob Dylan (Michael Krogsgaard), Tangled Up In Tapes (Glen Dundas), The Songs He Didn't Write (Derek Barker), and of course the tape recordings themselves.

Thank you to Sue Osborne for her unwavering enthusiasm and motivation that was key to getting this project off the ground and keeping it going. For site ideas and guidance, and for the highest of standards in her continual data work, most especially venues and locations.

Thank you to Dag Braathen for countless creative ideas, highly detailed data work, immense archival expertise, and invaluable critiques. Also, the home page concert ads were Dag's idea!

I am grateful to Justin Mason and Michael Jacobs for their openness in showing how their jerrybase.com site works, helping me see what could be achievable, and for steering me in the right technical direction.

Several thousand poster and ticket images were generously contributed by Mark Scalise of the legendary dylanstubs.com.

Thank you to Ray Padgett, Jim Johnson (the brains behind the luckywilbury random setlist!), Bob Stacy, and Jesse Jarnow for fact-checking, streaming links, site ideas, and for their enthusiasm and encouragement for this project.

- dylyricus