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Rolling Thunder Revue
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<p>The Rolling Thunder Revue was a 1975–76 concert tour by American singer-songwriter <a href="/facts/Bob_Dylan/WcaUqWBj">Bob Dylan</a> with numerous musicians and collaborators. The purpose of the tour was to allow Dylan, who was a major recording artist and concert performer, to play in smaller auditoriums in less populated cities where he could be more intimate with his audiences. </p><p>Some of the performers on the tour were <a href="/facts/Joan_Baez/qQRcaSXy">Joan Baez</a>, <a href="/facts/Roger_McGuinn/bKyBTlHL">Roger McGuinn</a>, <a href="/facts/Joni_Mitchell/BzoEuUpT">Joni Mitchell</a>, <a href="/facts/Ronee_Blakely/v1Xv04db">Ronee Blakely</a> and <a href="/facts/Ramblin%27_Jack_Elliott/wmSfNwMX">Ramblin' Jack Elliott</a>. <a href="/facts/Bob_Neuwirth/YCNm47Q2">Bob Neuwirth</a> assembled backing musicians from the recording sessions for Dylan's <a href="/facts/Desire_(Bob_Dylan_album)/hXe4PIS1"><i>Desire</i></a> album, including violinist <a href="/facts/Scarlet_Rivera/szu8cYel">Scarlet Rivera</a>, bassist <a href="/facts/Rob_Stoner/ymJj9BjW">Rob Stoner</a>, and drummer <a href="/facts/Howie_Wyeth/NIe6qvX8">Howie Wyeth</a>, plus <a href="/facts/Mick_Ronson/yBerWQKe">Mick Ronson</a> on guitar. The tour included 57 concerts in two legs—the first in the American northeast and Canada in the fall of 1975, and the second in the <a href="/facts/Southern_United_States/ppnGuAtB">American South</a> and southwest in the spring of 1976. </p><p>The release of <i>Desire</i> in January 1976 fell between the two legs of the tour, with many of the songs performed in the first leg taken from that yet-to-be-released album. The tour was thoroughly documented through <a href="/facts/Renaldo_and_Clara/uzeyDRtu">film</a>, sound recording, and in print. A documentary about the tour, directed by <a href="/facts/Martin_Scorsese/WcboUwcB">Martin Scorsese</a>, titled <i><a href="/facts/Rolling_Thunder_Revue:_A_Bob_Dylan_Story_by_Martin_Scorsese/kcMTVPLw">Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese</a></i>, was released by Netflix and in select theaters in June 2019. </p>