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...many a college-aged fan, “Rainy Day Women #12 &35.” Despite Dylan’s command that “everybody must get stoned,” the audience remained subdued and only under the influence of Dylan’s fantastic band...
...largest musical figures in America, the current Dylan persona has a less-than-domineering presence on the stage. The 5’5” mysterious man in a cowboy hat stood to the extreme left of the stage, crouching over his piano and harmonica allowing his four-piece band to take focus on the center of the stage. Dylan’s expressionless face and his band’s stoic cool while performing (except for one humorous break in countenance during “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright...
...face at every pound of the piano and the perfection of the multi-talented Larry Campbell (guitar, cittern and pedal steel), bassist Tony Garnier and lead guitarist Stu Kimbell demonstrated both a well-rehearsed tour and the musicians’ passion for absolute effort in their performance. The band and singer interacted so well on stage, with virtually no eye contact or communication with the audience, it was as if the 3500 ticket holders had been privileged to walk into a jam session of master musicians...
...Sugar Baby” (a lesser known but fabulous song from Love and Theft) and the bluesy “Summer Days” (also of Love and Theft) were excellent closing songs for a set that was largely toned by the blues/rock orchestration of Dylan’s band. While it is enjoyable to hear Dylan sing older pieces like “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again,” the extreme differentiation from the recorded versions can be jarring for some Dylanistas. The once-solo folk artist should emphasize his recent blues-influenced...
...Along the Watchtower” truly clinched an exceptional performance. In a song so popular and so-often played, there was not a hint of ennui in the delivery: it was a heart-stopping rendition of one of the greatest imaginative ballads of all time. Bob Dylan and his Band played the song, as they did most of their set, with the energy of a first-performance but the mastery of four decades of experience, proving to audiences of all ages that the music of Dylan is as immortal as the man himself...