Tell Me, Momma Dylan in concert. The song was shown played live by Dylan and The Band during his 1966 U.K.Tour in D. A. Pennebaker's documentary "Eat the Document". The same video of Dylan and the Hawks shown in Eat the Document was shown in Martin Scorsese's 2005 Documentary No Direction Home. Tell Me, Momma Tell Me Momma is a song written by Bob Dylan and performed exclusively during his 1966 World Tour with the Band (then known as the Hawks). It was used to introduce the second half of a concert, when Dylan switched from an acoustic solo performance to an electric
Bob Dylan (album) At the same time, Dylan was borrowing and listening to a large number of folk, blues, and country records, many of which were hard to find at the time. Dylan claimed in the documentary "No Direction Home" that he needed to hear a song only once or twice to learn it. The final album sequence of "Bob Dylan" features only two original compositions; the other eleven tracks are folk standards and traditional songs. Few of these were staples of his club/coffeehouse repertoire. Only two of the covers and both originals were in his club set in September 1961. Dylan stated