Product Details

• Actors: Bob Dylan, Winston Watson
• Directors: Joel Gilbert
• Format: Best of, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Highway 61 Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: April 7, 2009
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001QBC35W
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,947 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Pete Howard - contributed editor Rolling Stone Magazine

The successful formula lays in the charming charisma of drummer Winston Watson (who narrates the whole thing) and Gilbert's crisp production style. It's hard to imagine another Dylan sideman in the 20-year history of the Never Ending Tour being as entertaining, candid, self-effacing and likeable as Watson, who comes up with one fascinating story after another, supported by his own personal videos and Gilbert's clever art direction. Before long, you realize his string of anecdotes has exceeded an hour and you don't want the show to end. Whether it's seeing his home videos of George Harrison and Neil Young rubbing elbows with a cigarette-smoking Dylan backstage, or hearing Watson relate the one chewing-out he ever received from his boss, if you have a Dylan-esque bone in your body, you're on the edge of your seat the whole time. It would sound cliché-ish to label this film "a rare personal peak inside the touring apparatus of a true American national treasure," but that's exactly what this DVD is. Not to be missed.

Product 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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Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honest and Revealing, February 21, 2009

By	A. Peers (Panorama City, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Loved the film. Honest and revealing look at the inner working of a Rock Legend on tour through the star-stuck eyes of Watson as he lives out his rock and rol dreams. The audience is along for the ride as Watson crosses paths with countless rock celebrities. Watson is so genuine that you don't have to be big Dylan fan to really enjoy the film. Story is engaging, well-told and easy to follow with tons of priceless footage. I'd recommend it to any music fan.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific, February 23, 2009

By	Tim Out of Mind (Schenectady, NY) - See all my reviews

Excellent glimpse into the art and tour of Bob Dylan via one of his touring drummer's eyes. Watson very open and honest; insight into the world and speed of the musician's muse.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to Groupiedom, April 15, 2009

By	Michael J. Peterson (Wayzata, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Yes, Winston's kind of cute and tells a good story, imitating Dylan and cracking himself up. But you have to be a real groupie to like this. (I am, and I did.) But don't expect to see or hear Dylan, outside of a few soundless fan home movies on stage. Interesting tour and band stories, but so is Mickey Jones' home movies from the 1966 Tour. If you liked that, you'll like this. Not sure how the drummers keep selling these stories, or why Amazon isn't linking the Mickey story, which is now only $9.99.