Video: Rise Against – Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Bob Dylan)

Rise Against’s video for their Bob Dylan cover “Ballad of Hollis Brown” can be seen below.

The track is featured on Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, which was released on January 24th. Lead singer Tim McIlrath explained the motivation behind the video:

“The Ballad of Hollis Brown” was about one farmer who falls on hard times, but I don’t think anyone from that time period could imagine how our entire agricultural system would fall on hard times. We wanted to make a video that would let the audience know that these problems aren’t exclusive to the time period Bob Dylan was singing about, and in fact they’ve grown exponentially. A farmer’s enemies aren’t just drought or floods anymore, they are now everything from over-powerful corporations to short-sighted immigration policies.”

Rise Against recently wrapped up the first leg of a North American headlining tour and will head out again starting April 15th in San Diego, CA (see below for complete schedule). A Day To Remember and Title Fight will serve as openers on the tour.

 

 

April 15th San Diego, CA Viejas Arena 
April 16th Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Theater
April 17th San Jose, CA Event Center at SJSU
April 19th Kent, WA ShoWare Center
April 20th Boise, ID Century Link Arena
April 21st Salt Lake City, UT Saltair
April 23rd Rio Rancho, NM Santa Ana Star Center
April 26th Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Music Center
April 27th St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
April 28th Boca Raton, FL Sunset Cove 
April 30th Tampa, FL Stadium Green Iguana
May 1st Atlanta, GA Masquerade Music Park
May 2nd Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Uptown
May 4th Indianapolis, IN The Lawn at White River State Park
May 5th Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music
May 6th Pittsburgh, PA Trib Total Media Amphitheatre 
May 8th Syracuse, NY New York State Fairgrounds
May 10th Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre