Woody Guthrie died on October 3, 1967, and Dylan made his first live appearance in twenty months at a Guthrie memorial concert held at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1968, where he was backed by the Band.
Nel maggio del 1969 partecipò alla prima puntata del nuovo programma televisivo di Johnny Cash, duettando con lui le canzoni "Girl from the North Country", "It Ain't Me Babe" e "Living the Blues".