He Remembered Him

From the desk of Ned P. Rauch:

The best news to come from Bob Dylan since, well, since before he decided to release a Christmas album (that was not great news): Charlie Sexton is back in the band! Sexton was an essential component of Dylan's late-1990s/early-2000s resurgence, a deft guitar player who gave Dylan's songs sonic depth, nuance and energy they hadn't had before and haven't had since. Sexton did his best work with Dylan when he was paired with Larry Campbell. You can hear their handiwork all over Love and Theft get a glimpse of it here, in this clip from Masked and Anonymous, which was a strange—and enjoyable—film. Sexton's the one over Dylan's right shoulder. Alas, Campbell's not back in the mix. Still, Sexton's top-shelf, and he'll give the band a kick it's been missing for a while.