The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack unclear how much, if any, influence "Chronicles" may have had on "No Direction Home". Though raw material was being gathered for the project, Rosen needed someone to edit and shape it into a quality picture, and celebrated filmmaker Martin Scorsese was approached to "direct" the documentary planned from the project. Scorsese eventually agreed and came aboard in 2001. In the meantime, Dylan's office gathered hundreds of hours of historical film footage dating from the time covered in "No Direction Home". These included a scratchy recording of Dylan's high school rock band, his 1965 screen test for Andy Warhol, and newly
When the Ship Comes In Dylan performed the song during Live Aid on July 13, 1985, accompanied by Keith Richards and Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones. When the Ship Comes In "When the Ship Comes In" is a folk music song by Bob Dylan, released on his third album, "The Times They Are a-Changin'", in 1964. Joan Baez states in the documentary film "No Direction Home" that the song was, more or less, inspired by a hotel clerk who refused to allow Dylan a room due to his "unwashed" appearance (he was not famous outside of the folk movement at this time). The song