The ever-astute culture critic James Wolcott covered the fans, the stars, the ephemera, the merch, and the meaning of it all, live from the Statler Hilton in Midtown.
"This walking crystallization of cankerous cynicism possesses such legendary anticharisma that there's something princely about him, something perversely impressive"
With the Stones holding out at MSG, Patti Smith and her band at the Other End, and Bob Dylan making visitations to both events, New York was once again the world’s Rock and Roll Republic.
