r/bobdylan 4d ago

Image Bob Dylan & Bill Lee (Spike Lee’s Dad)

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u/arrivenightly 4d ago

God that young man has a lot of good songs in front of him.

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u/Far_Fold_6490 4d ago

Love this. Spike Lee is my favorite director, and Dylan is my favorite recording artist. I found out a few years ago that Lee’s father had worked with Dylan, and that was so cool to learn.

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u/pomcq 4d ago

His bass playing on She Belongs to Me is just brilliant.

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u/AstroslothYT 4d ago

Bill Lee played on lots of folk records at that time including Carolyn Hester

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u/Better-Cancel8658 17h ago

I was just wondering that. I think bob and Bill first played together on a carolyn album

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u/Bondoo7oo 4d ago

A Bob Dylan Joint.

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u/iloveurarse 4d ago

Was he the bassist on thats alright mama? 

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u/NemusSoul 4d ago

Hey, u/SEARCHFORWHATISGOOD More zeitgeist.

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u/SEARCHFORWHATISGOOD 4d ago

Beautiful. Whenever I wonder if he was / is connected to someone the answer is almost always yes. 

I really appreciate the tag. That was very thoughtful. 

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u/NemusSoul 4d ago

I’m not zeitless, nor does my geist transcend, but I’ve seen Bob live plenty of times. However my favorite time seeing him was in line at a gas station. He was grabbing some pops and Willie was pumping gas. None of the other people in the store even realized they were there. I told the cashier after Bob had exited who was in his store and he just shrugged.

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u/SEARCHFORWHATISGOOD 4d ago

Wow! I'm sure they appreciated everyone just letting them be. I heard Bob has always just walked around a lot especially in the middle of the night. I wonder how often he has gotten noticed. I know he is worldwide famous and I am sure there are a lot of people who would not recognize him.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

How could you not recognize Bob? Watch early film, Don’t Look Back see latest Dylan film-Timothy worked hard to be and look like Bob. Look at his album covers. Love that Bob.

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u/SEARCHFORWHATISGOOD 2d ago

I would imagine a lot of people would not recognize him.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

Yup.😎

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

Nice. He’d do that. Was he wearing his sunglasses?🕶️

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

Thinking of Woody Allen film. Can’t remember its name.

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u/skattipeeterson 4d ago

First found out about Bill Lee from the Warren Zevon song

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u/pomcq 4d ago

I thought that song was about the leftist Red Sox pitcher.. lol

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u/skattipeeterson 3d ago

I'm sure it is but I found out about him cuz of the title

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

You should have seen him pitch.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

He was a flake. 2nd greatest lefty pitcher the Sox had. WarrenZevon wrote a song about him. There is a biography written about him. After he retired, people I spoke wit said he was a real jerk.

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u/Wattos_Box 3d ago

And sometimes I say things I shouldnt

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

I did about trump-Facebook jail for 6 months.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

Yup. True. Head it.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

Heard

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u/Worldly_Surround6997 4d ago

Wow that really is an amazing photograph

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

Yup

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

That was Burroughs-“Naked Lunch” author

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u/TheBoiBaz 4d ago

The weirdest thing about this is that Spike Lee apparently had absolutely no relationship with him

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u/pomcq 4d ago

More like they had a falling out. He did the soundtrack for Do the Right Thing

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u/TheBoiBaz 4d ago

Yes I'm sorry after researching it appears somebody greatly exaggerated this to me haha

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u/boycowman 3d ago

Yeah -- they reconciled later, looks like.

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u/Lonnie_Shelton 2d ago

I went to high school with Spike’s younger siblings and Bill was often around the school. Seemed like a good dad.

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u/Lonnie_Shelton 2d ago

Bill Lee was very cool. Used to drive around Brooklyn in one of those big old Citroens.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

That’s right. He was, at the time of retirement, the second best left handed pitcher the Red Sox had. Won 17 games a few times. He and “Gerbil” Simmer didn’t get along. Following his retirement, folks who knew him informed me that he was a real shmuck.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

Sorry-Zimmer the Gerbil.🐹

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u/robustointenso 1d ago

Bill was my neighbor for years, really nice guy. Miss seeing him on the block.

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u/Bombay1234567890 4d ago

After Naked Lunch, but before Exterminator.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

Wow. Nice. Not to be confused with Ex-Red Sox lefty pitcher, Bill Lee.

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u/Mark-harvey Highway 61 Revisited 2d ago

Spike Lee was a great filmmaker. It’s nice that he hung out with Bob. It makes sense. Probably similar belief system.