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At the Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, The Spencer Davis Group turns out to see Bob Dylan play.
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Graham Ashton (fan) : The show was late starting … Dylan came on dressed completely in black, and someone even screamed. By the time he reached the mike he was already into She Belongs To Me. … He didn’t speak between the songs until just before Desolation Row, when he suddenly stopped, looked down and, in slow motion, picked something up, stared at it, and drawled into the mike : “Dirt… Dirt on the STAGE.” Everybody hooted. Dylan grinned.
Muff Winwood (bassist, Spencer Davis Group) : While we were backstage after the show, he was telling me and my brother Steve how he was really into ghosts … and we knew of a very old, massive house in Worcestershire, near Kidderminster, that had been burnt and blackened. And we told him how the guy that had lived in the house had died with his dog and how, if you went there, you could see him walking around with his dog. He was absolutely fascinated and he said “You’ve got to take me to this place.”
Well, we got there - Dylan, the band, girlfriends and hangers-on in four bloody stretch Princess limos - and we started wandering around. The house looked absolutely magnificent - it was a clear night with a great moon and everything … and of course, somewhere a dog barked! Now, this is likely to happen in the countryside in Worcestershire at gone midnight, but Dylan is convinced he’s heard the ghost of the dog. He was like a kid… Really child-like enjoyment of the whole thing. It was great fun.
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Muff Winwood (bassist, Spencer Davis Group) : While we were backstage after the show, he was telling me and my brother Steve how he was really into ghosts … and we knew of a very old, massive house in Worcestershire, near Kidderminster, that had been burnt and blackened. And we told him how the guy that had lived in the house had died with his dog and how, if you went there, you could see him walking around with his dog. He was absolutely fascinated and he said “You’ve got to take me to this place.”
Well, we got there - Dylan, the band, girlfriends and hangers-on in four bloody stretch Princess limos - and we started wandering around. The house looked absolutely magnificent - it was a clear night with a great moon and everything … and of course, somewhere a dog barked! Now, this is likely to happen in the countryside in Worcestershire at gone midnight, but Dylan is convinced he’s heard the ghost of the dog. He was like a kid… Really child-like enjoyment of the whole thing. It was great fun.