Charlie Sexton

...muscular, junkyard-blues-rock groove early on, courtesy of a tight, five-piece band that, despite some stellar solos from guitarist Charlie Sexton, never stole Dylan's spotlight. When he left his Hammond organ to play harmonica or take the...

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...organ, not guitar. His voice was ragged, sure, but no worse for wear than ever. He and his backing quintet, featuring guitarist Charlie Sexton, proved they could turn most anything into a blues-based shuffle. The first half of the set...

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...Hampton Beach, N.H., tomorrow (603-929-4100). Advance word is that Mr. Zimmerman is in good shape, and that returning guitarist Charlie Sexton has revitalized the band. No Christmas songs, in case you were worried. At the Citi Wang...

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...and--if you can believe it--tickets are still available as of Monday morning. Dylan is touring with blues guitar master Charlie Sexton again, and the tour comes in lieu of his just-released holiday album "Christmas in the Heart. " The...

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...with "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat," a "Blonde On Blonde" classic, and from the first note it was obvious that having guitarist Charlie Sexton back in the group was going to make this a special night. Sexton added lots of stinging and sinuous...

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...an' Leadbelly too, an' to all the good people that traveled with you." ("Song to Woody") It's good news that hotshot guitarist Charlie Sexton is back with Dylan's band on this fall tour, which just launched (if Dylan is ever actually off...

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...and sloppier, without an appreciable increase in soulfulness. The current tour marks the return of Austin, Texas, guitarist Charlie Sexton, one of Dylan's best-ever sidemen, and a big reason why those '90s shows were so fiery. But the...

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...singer instead had disaster on his mind, rage in his heart and "the blood of the land" in his voice. And in virtuosic guitarist Charlie Sexton, who just rejoined the bard's group after an extended hiatus, the 68-year-old icon had a worthy...

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...Bob Dylan was unusually chipper and spry, with a solid sound to match. Some credited the return of former touring guitarist Charlie Sexton, and it seemed rightly so. The pair's chemistry was electric. Watching Dylan lean around his...

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...My Way of Thinking," from his first gospel album, "Slow Train Coming." Backed by a crack quintet, including Texas-born ace guitarist Charlie Sexton, he spent the next half-hour doling out rote boogie blues jams - tight, sure, but the Highway...

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