Bob Dylan’s Former Guitarist Shares Assertion Relating to His Latest Exit

Bob Britt, the guitarist who was previously a part of Bob Dylan’s stay band, has addressed his current exit.

On June 27, Britt, who had served as Dylan’s acoustic guitar participant since 2019, posted a message on social media that stated “Sayonara Bobby” and featured the picture of a airplane route from Austin to Nashville. Followers rapidly assumed this meant Britt was out of the band. His publish was later taken down, however not earlier than screenshots had been shared in Dylan-related boards everywhere in the web.

Now, Britt has issued his first direct assertion on the matter.

“Apparently there are fairly a couple of threads on the market with individuals speculating about my departure from the Bob tour,” he wrote on Fb. “I’d prefer to clear it up. I used to be not fired however left of my very own accord for causes I would favor to maintain non-public. I’ll miss my band mates and crew.”

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Britt famous that he was “wanting ahead to getting again to doing periods,” whereas leaving the door open considerably concerning touring. “We are going to see what the longer term holds,” he wrote. “In the meantime, I’ve some flower beds to weed.”

Who Is Bob Dylan’s New Guitarist?

Tonight (June 29), Dylan performed his first present since Britt’s departure, a efficiency on the Moody Amphitheater in Austin, Texas. The guitarist was changed by Joel Paterson, an acclaimed jazz and blues musician out of Chicago. There was no official affirmation that Paterson is now a everlasting fixture in Dylan’s band.

Britt isn’t the one one in all Dylan’s guitarists to lately depart. Earlier this month, electrical guitarist Doug Lancio additionally quietly departed the band. He was changed at a number of gigs by fashionable jazz guitarist Julian Lage, nonetheless Lage appears to have solely been a short lived stop-gap (he didn’t carry out at tonight’s Austin gig).