BOB DYLAN : DETROIT 2004 FIRST EVENING

 

Disc One (54:43)

  1. Drifter's Escape
  2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
  3. Lonesome Day Blues
  4. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
  5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
  6. Floater (Too Much To Ask)
  7. Things Have Changed
  8. Tell Me That It Isn't True
  9. Highway 61 Revisited

Disc Two (54:05)

  1. Blind Willie McTell
  2. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
  3. Honest With Me
  4. Saving Grace
  5. Summer Days
  6. Cat's In The Well
  7. Like A Rolling Stone
  8. All Along The Watchtower

Label : no label

Venue : State Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Recording Date : March 15, 2004

Quality : Audience recording (A-)

Review : Excellent quality recording of Bob's first show in a row of three concerts at the intimate State Theatre in Detroit.

Concert Review (Bob Links) : The best way to see Bob and the band is in a small venue, in fact the smaller the better. The State Theatre is small, intimate, and a little rough around the edges, but perfect for a Dylan concert. It resides in the heart of downtown Detroit and proved to be the perfect venue, intimate and good acoustics. Bob came out looking like a character in a Zorro movie, dressed in black with a Spanish style Stevie Rae Vaughn hat, a lean mean fightin' machine. He played the piano all night long (sure do miss that guitar) and some harmonica. He played five songs from Love and Theft and some other well chosen numbers. The highlights of the night for me were the rockin' numbers; the band seemed to jam more on those numbers and they seemed more into it. Drifter's Escape was definitely upbeat and got your attention.. a great opener, but a little rough on the sound. Lonesome Day Blues was great, sung with a smirk and a roadhouse feel. Things Have Changed was low down and dirty, a growling statement of dissatisfaction. Blind Willie McTell was performed slow and controlled, in a style reminiscent of Robert Johnson and Son House.. a blues song from the soul. Most Likely You Go Your Way seemed true to the original. But I felt the best was Summer Day, this song was so hot and tight, I wouldn't have been surprised if the stage burst into flames. lead guitar dueling between Larry and Freddy that could not be beat. I could have watched that all night long.