Rolling Thunder Logbook

Autumn, 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue - a rag-tag variety show, a travelling gypsy circus - swept across the Northeast US. Bob Dylan helmed the chaotic caravan, gathering a host of stars in his wake: Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Ramblin'' Jack Elliott, T-Bone Burnett, Joni Mitchell and others.

The Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard was invited to write a Fellini-esque film out of the chao...