Re: seeing Dylan tonight
Dan
location: WV➔VA➔FL➔WV➔OH
listening to: so many intros
registered: 1997.08.29
Well..I can say I saw Bob Dylan.
My wife went with me and our seats had us not too far off stage right. The opening band was a roots rock group - Dawes - from LA I think. Atleast they mentioned LA in 2 of their songs. They were pretty good and happy to be opening for Dylan.
Bob came on to a Watchtower tease which was cool and then opened with a song I didn't know (turns out it was Things Have Changed (a non-album track)) but then went into Love Sick from Time Out of Mind which I thought sounded great. This ended up being the theme of the night. If it was a track from Time Out of Mind forward - Bob's voice fit the bill, but if he dug into the further past - not so much. I had the same "what song is this" moment with Tangled Up In Blue. Freakin' Tangled Up In Blue! What I would consider one of the greatest lyrics ever written (I can't explain why) - and I didn't recognize it until Bob mumbled out "And I was standing on the side of the road - rain falling on my shoes". The set went from old to new with Watchtower closing the set - which was pretty good and high energy. The encore was Ballad of a Thin Man.
The band was pretty tight and Bob is a businessman - 4-5 second breaks in between songs - no (none) performer/audience banter. One encore and see you later.
All in all - a fun evening - although I'll probably not go see him again. But hey - I saw Bob Dylan.
Here's a snap from our seats -

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from memories the present and future can be adorned ~Andrea
Dan
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Well..I can say I saw Bob Dylan.
My wife went with me and our seats had us not too far off stage right. The opening band was a roots rock group - Dawes - from LA I think. Atleast they mentioned LA in 2 of their songs. They were pretty good and happy to be opening for Dylan.
Bob came on to a Watchtower tease which was cool and then opened with a song I didn't know (turns out it was Things Have Changed (a non-album track)) but then went into Love Sick from Time Out of Mind which I thought sounded great. This ended up being the theme of the night. If it was a track from Time Out of Mind forward - Bob's voice fit the bill, but if he dug into the further past - not so much. I had the same "what song is this" moment with Tangled Up In Blue. Freakin' Tangled Up In Blue! What I would consider one of the greatest lyrics ever written (I can't explain why) - and I didn't recognize it until Bob mumbled out "And I was standing on the side of the road - rain falling on my shoes". The set went from old to new with Watchtower closing the set - which was pretty good and high energy. The encore was Ballad of a Thin Man.
The band was pretty tight and Bob is a businessman - 4-5 second breaks in between songs - no (none) performer/audience banter. One encore and see you later.
All in all - a fun evening - although I'll probably not go see him again. But hey - I saw Bob Dylan.
Here's a snap from our seats -

–--
from memories the present and future can be adorned ~Andrea
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