Two stories from the Poughkeepsie Journal this morning. “City site hosted Dylan’s rehearsal:”

Music icon Bob Dylan spent four days at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie last week, privately rehearsing and writing music for an album he is set to record this week in Manhattan.
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Dylan and five musicians played new music last week.

“It was experimental, all kinds of different licks,” said Silva, who watched the sessions. “They would get into one thing and they would go over it and over it, then they would change gears.”

And a more personal angle on what a thrill it was for the theater’s director, in “Dylan fan sees dream come true:”

Last week’s sessions began with a mass e-mail sent in December to theaters within 90 miles of New York City from the Creative Artists Agency in Manhattan, which books acts and represents Dylan. The e-mail said the agency had an artist looking for rehearsal space. Silva has previously received similar e-mails regarding Dylan.

“As soon as I saw that, I said, ‘I think it’s Dylan again.’ It was Dylan’s agent and they weren’t naming the artist,” he said.

Silva started playing games with his contact at the agency. He sent an e-mail reply, “Should I think twice about this or is it alright,” a play on a Dylan song, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright.”

A furious exchange of faxes and phone calls continued for weeks. “I was on pins and needles,” Silva said. “I was like, I’ve got to make this happen. Sometimes these things just fall apart at the last minute for reasons we never know.”

But Silva ended up getting a whole lot of Dylan, a possible public concert and a “Thank you” from the man himself.

“The master,” Silva said, “was creating new masterpieces in my theater.”

Of-course, we all know Dylan does recording sessions sometimes that don’t go anywhere, but this sounds serious to me – not some kind of random fooling around. Sounds like Dylan is locked in on something that’s going to bear fruit. Just this fan’s perspective. Fingers crossed. New Broadway musical, new satellite radio show, and a new album. What a way to celebrate your 65th birthday.

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