Like Bob Dylan once said, “All I can do is be me, whoever that is.” Turns out, Timothée Chalamet might be able to be you, too.
The Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” hits theaters on Wednesday, Dec. 25, so we went searching for ties between him and Derby City.
The Last Refuge
From Dylan’s whiskey brand, Heaven’s Door, this NuLu bar opened earlier this year in a former church — you can knock, knock, knock on their door Wednesday through Sunday.
Bonus: Stop by The Last Refuge on Wednesday, Dec. 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. for a chance to win tickets to a special screening of “A Complete Unknown” later that night at Baxter Avenue Filmworks — transportation to the theater from the bar will be provided if you win.
Woody Guthrie Mural
Dylan’s admiration for the acclaimed folk singer is well documented: Dylan released “Song to Woody” on his debut album in 1962 and recorded a poem, called, “Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie” in 1963.
A mural of Guthrie, by Louisville artist Damon Thompson, overlooks Goss Avenue on an exterior wall of The Pearl of Germantown bar.
No Direction Home
Just like the movie, this vintage furniture store near Cherokee Park takes it’s name from Dylan’s, “Like A Rolling Stone.” It’s open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
“Lily of the West”
In 1973 Dylan recorded a rendition of “Lily of the West,” which features a Louisville reference in the first two lines: “When first I came to Louisville some pleasure there to find. A damsel there from Lexington was pleasing to my mind.”
Bonus: It’s one of 10 songs we found about Derby City — check out the playlist.
Copper & Kings pot stills
Three pot stills at this Butchertown brandy distillery are named in reference to Dylan songs: Isis, Maggie, and Sara.
Bonus: Those stills were built by Vendome Copper and Brass Works, which LOUtoday readers think is worth a historical marker.
