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I'm seeing Dylan in Madison, Wisc. on Halloween night and, naturally, I've been following his setlists on this current tour. I've never followed a tour of his this closely but i've followed his career close enough to think that this might be one of the most prolific arrangements of his songs that he has ever attempted to play in a single tour. It's like he wants to play every song he ever recorded at least once...

 

Anyone agree/disagree/know this for a fact?

 

How does the man remember all those damn lyrics?!

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He doesn't! :lol

"One last note. Bob kept messing up the vocals - it was pretty funny.

The band was just watching him trying to figure out where he was going

next. But he always recovered - pretty cool. "

That's from a review of his San Diego show. From Bob Pagel's site, of course.

I hope he wears his Bob Dylan mask at your show. :cheers

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He was in Denver Tues. night (had to dump my tix last minute to watch the kids) and he got a very good review from a local music critic who's opinion I respect. His only "gripe" was that the show was relatively short. He apparently did "Joey," a song I dig a bunch. The reviewer made it seem as if Dylan doesn't do this one much these days and said it seemed a lot of folks in the crowd did not expect it/know. Apparently, the tunes that got the most response from the crowd were 3 tracks off the new album.

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He opened with "Lenny Bruce" the other night. I don't think I've ever actually heard that song.
Not briliant but okay.....(I wonder if he is going to do the Catfish Hunter song....)

 

 

ABSOLUTLEY SWEET MARIE AND SENOR!?!?!?!?!

 

thats what i'm talking about!

Yea...that is worth getting excited about..two of my personal faves as well.

 

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Although he is my own personal JC, I saw him back in November 14, 2001 and that was enough. I just watch clips of the 75/76 tour on youtube now - and I wish I could have seen one of those shows.

 

Somebody Touched Me (acoustic)

It Ain't Me, Babe (acoustic) (Bob on harp)

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (acoustic)

Searching For A Soldier's Grave (acoustic) (Larry on mandolin)

(song by Johnnie Wright, Jim Anglin and Jack Anglin)

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

Just Like A Woman (Larry on pedal steel and Bob on harp)

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Larry on pedal steel)

High Water (For Charley Patton) (Larry on banjo and Charlie on slide guitar)

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (acoustic) (Bob on harp)

Tangled Up In Blue (acoustic)

John Brown (acoustic) (Larry on bouzouki)

Summer Days (Tony on standup bass)

Sugar Baby (Tony on standup bass)

Drifter's Escape (Bob on harp)

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Larry on steel guitar)

(encore)

 

Country Pie

Like A Rolling Stone

Forever Young (acoustic)

Honest With Me (Larry on slide guitar)

Blowin' In The Wind (acoustic)

All Along The Watchtower

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Apparently, the tunes that got the most response from the crowd were 3 tracks off the new album.

I think its great the crowd also knows and loves his new stuff, there not just there for a best of Dylan show.

 

Well he is mixing up the 1st 13 a lot more then he used to... People want to here songs like Rolling Stone and Watchtower so he plays them. I mean people are paying $50+ to see him, they want to see the classics live.

 

 

Considering the fact that the last three songs appear to be ...

 

14. Thunder On The Mountain

 

15. Like A Rolling Stone

 

16. All Along The Watchtower

 

... for every show, my answer would be "not really."

Give it up he is mixing up the 1st 13 a lot more then he used to. Look people are paying good money to see him and they want to see Rolling Stone and Watchtower so he plays them.

 

I saw him back in November 14, 2001

Love the recordings from that tour, the acoustic stuff is great.

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yeah, they've been quite varied lately compared to the static sets of a few months. and noty forgetting the 'day of the week' sets last year.

 

some of those tunes from the last couple of shows are very rarely played and he threw them all in one show :thumbup

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He opened with "Lenny Bruce" the other night. I don't think I've ever actually heard that song.

There's a good version of that on the '86 Petty/Dylan Australian Tour.I think it was the HBO thing (I have on VHS in the archives somewhere!).

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the 86 one is from the Hard to handle VHS

That's the one! I saw a couple shows on the summer tour & I thought the HB's were a superb backing band.

Do you have the '86 Farm Aid telecast? 7/4/86.

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I don't have a shitload of DVDs,but the VHS is an entirely other story.I have way too much shit from the early-mid '80's that NEEDS to be transferred to a different medium.They've been well taken care of but 20-25 years...tape..I need to sit down & watch em more often.

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he was great here in the fort a few months back.

 

lots of singalongs but some surprises too.

 

i would love to hear reports back on the shows coming up. of course, i could go to a dylan fan site, but i love my VC peeps.

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I don't have a shitload of DVDs,but the VHS is an entirely other story.I have way too much shit from the early-mid '80's that NEEDS to be transferred to a different medium.They've been well taken care of but 20-25 years...tape..I need to sit down & watch em more often.

 

 

I started taping in 91 - and I have all of mine cataloged.

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How does the man remember all those damn lyrics?!

 

How do we know he remembers the lyrics? I saw him last weekend in San Diego and he was VERY hard to understand. The show was great though. He played a bunch of Highway 61 and some great new songs. It was a short show and I didn't think the setlist was much different than the last couple times I've seen him. Glad I went though.

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He opened with "Lenny Bruce" the other night. I don't think I've ever actually heard that song.

"He never burned any churches

or cut off any babies heads"

One of bob's lesser IMO

Good album though Shot of Love,1981 Ron Wood is great on "Heart of mine"

Watered Down Love

In the Summertime

Every Grain Of Sand :thumbup

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what an awesome show last night. definitly worth the trip. had great seats and it sounded pretty good. the set list was great.

 

1. Maggie's Farm

2. She Belongs To Me

3. Lonesome Day Blues

4. Positively 4th Street

5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

6. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

7. Rollin' And Tumblin'

8. Ballad Of Hollis Brown

9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

10. Joey

11. Highway 61 Revisited

12. Workingman's Blues #2

13. Summer Days

 

(encore)

14. Thunder On The Mountain

15. Like A Rolling Stone

 

16. All Along The Watchtower

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