It was the winter of 1976. Novelist Agatha Christie passed away, the first Concorde flight took off, and Bob Dylan went on one of his most famous concert tours.
The Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door singer hit the road with several other musicians including Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Bob Neuwirth, T-Bone Burnett, Mick Ronson, David Mansfield, and Steven Soles, in what has become known as the Rolling Thunder Revue.
Not all of Dylan’s fans were around between ’75 and ’76 to experience the tour, but Netflix has their backs.
The streaming service will be producing a documentary on the 57 show tour, with none other than Martin Scorsese directing.
The Oscar winner previously worked with Dylan on the 2005 film, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, which focused on the musician’s “going electrical” period circa 1965-66.
Netflix has said described the new film as follows: “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year. Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, Rolling Thunder is a one of a kind experience, from master filmmaker Martin Scorsese.”
The piece is scheduled for release sometime this year.
