Earl Minnis Presents and Lobero LIVE will present Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6.
In November in London, Cat Power took the stage at Royal Albert Hall and delivered a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled live sets of all time.
Held at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966 (long known as the Royal Albert Hall Concert due to a mislabeled bootleg), the original performance saw Bob Dylan switching from acoustic to electric midway through the show, drawing ire from an audience of folk purists and forever altering the course of rock-and-roll.
In her own rendition of that historic night, the artist otherwise known as Chan Marshall, inhabited each song with equal parts conviction and grace, and a palpable sense of protectiveness, ultimately transposing the anarchic tension of Dylan’s set with a warm and luminous joy.
Now captured on the live album “Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert,” Marshall’s performance honors her hero’s imprint on history and brings a new vitality to many of his most revered songs.
As a song interpreter, Marshall’s catalog includes three acclaimed cover albums (2000’s The Covers Record, 2008’s Jukebox, 2022’s Covers).
She holds an especially strong affinity for the songwriter-poet. Like the original concert (and all of Dylan’s 1966 world tour), Marshall kept the first half of her set entirely acoustic, then went electric for the second half with the help of a full band: guitarist Arsun Sorrenti, bassist Erik Paparozzi, multi-instrumentalists Aaron Embry (harmonica, piano) and Jordan Summers (organ, Wurlitzer), and drummer Josh Adams.
Tickets for Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert are on sale now at Lobero.org and at the Lobero Box Office 805-963-0761.
VIP tickets are $131 (includes premier seating and a pre-show reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvres); Section A tickets are $85. Reserved seating. Ticket prices include a per ticket Lobero Facility Fee; other fees may apply.