Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Tour - Aftermath

Aftermath

While the shows were received with great enthusiasm, Dylan would later claim to have hated every minute, though most evidence suggests this to be an exaggerated claim. Regardless, Levon Helm echoed those sentiments, writing in his autobiography that "the tour was damn good for our pocketbooks, but it just wasn't a very passionate trip for any of us."

The live album Before the Flood was released in June 1974, and contained a representative sample of the tour, drawn primarily from shows in New York City, Seattle, Oakland, and Inglewood.

Tour ticket sales proved to Dylan that his commercial prospects were still strong on the road. Furthermore, his critical status was once again growing after years of minimal activity; it would bound far higher with the next year's release of Blood on the Tracks.