Description
Drummer Winston Watson performed 400 shows with Bob Dylan over five
years, traveling the world 10 times over. Watson energized Dylan
fans and Bob Dylan himself with his joyful and dynamic drumming
style, as he helped launch Dylan's "Never Ending Tour" in 1992 that
continues to this day.Winston Watson chronicled his incredible
5-year journey with Bob Dylan in daily personal diaries and in home
video footage with his Video 8 camera. Now Watson shares it all in
a never-before-told insider account, revealing behind-the-scenes
details of the thrilling and challenging journey as drummer for the
legendary Bob Dylan. A skilled storyteller, Watson paints an
intimate portrait of Bob Dylan's band, life on tour, Dylan's music,
and the mercurial, brilliant Bob Dylan himself.Watson lived a "rock
and roll dream" as celebrity guests joined Dylan on stage,
including Bruce Springsteen, George Harrison, Neil Young, The
Rolling Stones, Santana, and The Grateful Dead. However, Van
Morrison's appearances would prove fatal to the journey of the
unknown drummer from Arizona. From his unlikely story of joining
Dylan's band, to rehearsals, stadiums, MTV Unplugged, and Woodstock
'94, to the hardship of family separation, Watson holds nothing
back, inviting us along on his incredible journey from continent to
continent as a warrior in Bob Dylan's "Never Ending Band." In this
in-depth, often humorous portrayal of his years with Dylan, Winston
Watson emerges as an ordinary guy who experienced the
extraordinary. Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries is the personal
tale of a starry-eyed drummer who reached the mountain top, and how
it changed him forever!
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