In one of the best scenes from the 1967 film Don’t Look Back, a classic documentary that follows Bob Dylan’s 1965 UK tour, Scottish folk star Donovan visits the poet laureate of rock in a hotel room, performs an innocuous little ditty and is then promptly upstaged by Dylan’s great “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” The significance of the scene to Dylan’s ambitions, Donovan’s perceived humiliation, and other subjects has been debated for years, but in a new interview featured on the Blu-ray edition of the film (below), director D.A. Pennebaker reveals an intriguing bit of context to the story…

As previously reported, late Rolling Stones pianist and tour manager Ian Stewart will be honored come April 19 via Boogie for Stu, an 11-track tribute record featuring brand new recordings by PJ Harvey and all four current Stones — Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and Charlie Watts — that was helmed by pianist Ben Waters. All proceeds for the project, which was mixed by the great producer/recent Ryan Adams collaborator Glyn Johns, will be donated to the British Heart Foundation. A few weeks ahead of the drop date, however, you can get a solid preview of the project via 60-second samples here or the shorter clips below. Standouts so far include PJ Harvey’s take on the Doc Pomus-penned Ray Charles classic “Lonely Avenue,” recorded on Stewart’s piano, and the Stones covering Bob Dylan’s “Watching the River Flow.”

After hearing the sad news this morning that, as the Village Voice reports, Suze Rotolo died at 67 years old on Friday following a long illness, I immediately took to my copy of Bob Dylan’s memoir, Chronicles, Volume One, to revisit the influence Rotolo had on her iconic boyfriend of 3 years in the early ’60s. It’s fascinating to read about how Rotolo, who famously appeared alongside Dylan on the cover of 1963’s The Freehweelin’ Bob Dylan, helped introduce the poet laureate of rock to the civil rights movement, the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud, theater, Picasso, Cézanne, Bertolt Brecht, and many more artists. In short, Rotolo’s taste, experience, relationships, and voice during this period inspired the “Voice of a Generation.”

We’re planning to get started on her memoir, A Freewheelin’ Time: A Memoir in Greenwich Village in the Sixties, this afternoon, but in the meantime, enjoy 3 choice quotes from Dylan’s book alongside a few songs he wrote about Rotolo:

Forgotten on the shelf of Rolling Stone co-founder Ralph J. Gleason for over four decades was a soundboard-quality 7” reel-to-reel tape of Bob Dylan’s pre-fame 1963 performance at Brandeis Unversity “until it was found last year in the clearing of the house after my mother died,” said Gleason’s son, Toby. Now the rare recording, which documents Dylan’s live repertoire just two weeks before The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan launched him into the stratosphere, will be officially released for the first time as a standalone (i.e. non-limited reissue) LP on vinyl and in digital formats.

Whenever Bob Dylan agrees to appear on a televised event it makes for a memorably unusual segment, so Bob only knows what’s in store this weekend at the Grammy Awards, during which he will reportedly share the night’s stage with Arcade Fire, Muse, and some — more unlikely — pop stars (Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, etc.) for a solo live performance. LA Times’ Pop & Hiss reports that the ceremony’s producer Ken Ehrlich has recruited Dylan for a possible “three-act suite” alongside the Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons on Sunday night. Said medley is still pending “a certain person’s approval,” but, either way, the poet laureate of rock is expected to sing… something.

*Update: The Grammys formally announced the Dylan performance this morning.

Here’s hoping this all pans out, but in the meantime, we’ll be enjoying his past memorable Grammy moments — including Dylan’s debut Grammy appearance, back in 1980 (the first night of Ehrlich’s 30-year run as the show’s producer), and the infamous “Soy Bomb” stunt — via the video collection below:

Bob Dylan has not only inked a deal to publish the highly anticipated second and third volumes in his trilogy of memoirs, Chronicles, but the poet laureate of rock has even more books on the way, as well. Crain’s New York Business reports that Dylan’s literary agent sought an 8-figure deal with publishing house Simon & Schuster for the iconic singer-songwriter, which would include the Chronicles follow-ups, a book of dialogue from his “Theme Time Radio Hour” show on Sirius/XM, and 3 more to-be-revealed efforts.

As Rolling Stone points out, Dylan discussed Chronicles: Volume Two back in 2006: “I think I can go back to the Blonde on Blonde album — that’s probably about as far back as I can go on the next book,” he said, adding that he plans to reflect on the period of time in which he was simultaneously recording with the Traveling Wilburys supergroup for their second LP and laying down tracks for his 1990 Don Was-produced Under the Red Sky album.

While on the subject of music from the children of legends and “Pale Blue Eyes” covers… Fistful of Mercy, the new rootsy supergroup consisting of George Harrison’s son Dhani, Ben Harper, and Joseph Arthur, have not only proven they’re greater than the sum of their parts with new original material, but with a few famous covers added to the live repertoire as well. While it remains hard to pin down exactly how their unlikely concoction of talents works so effectively, watching these guys bring their collective passion for music to the table for every single jam is undeniably endearing. Here’s hoping they follow up As I Call You Down with a sophomore record.

Until then, enjoy Fistful of Mercy covering Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks closer, “Buckets of Rain,” PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love title track, and Velvet Underground classic “Pale Blue Eyes” live:

Ian Stewart, the late Rolling Stones pianist and tour manager, will get a tribute album this spring, complete with new recordings by the Stones themselves, PJ Harvey (whose family was friends with Stewart), Jools Holland, and legendary rock producer Glyn Johns.

In addition to helming and performing on the project, Spinner reports that solo artist/session pianist Ben Waters has recorded songs for the album, dubbed — presumably after Led Zeppelin’s famous 1971 Stewart-led jam, “Boogie with Stu” — Boogie for Stu, with all four current Stones, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and Charlie Watts, as well as former bassist Bill Wyman. On one cut, the band covers Bob Dylan’s “Watching the River Flow.” Johns, who has been semi-retired for a number of years, will produce the star-studded effort, set to include “a few more special guests.”