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BOB DYLAN : IRVING 2018 |
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Disc One (55:29)
Disc Two (52:47)
Label : Zion Records Venue : Toyota Music Pavilion, Irving, Texas, U.S.A. Recording Date : October 10, 2018 Quality : Audience Recording (A+) Review (BobLinks) : Lights dim suddenly. Gone was Stu Kimball's intro on acoustic... In fact Stu was gone as well! Instead we had ruffles and flourishes similar to the shows that began with the Aaron Copeland overtures. Things Have Changed had a bossa nova type vibe to it. Through binoculars from just six rows away Bob DID look old. Lots of wrinkles around squinting eyes. Crazy composer bed hair! As the show went on he seemed to age backwards though. His face and eyes relaxing although remaining very concentrated throughout every song. My first real thrill was Cry Awhile. There was a real taught beat and bass line to which Bob told his tale. Midway through he began to crash the piano keys furiously while standing and leaning over the keyboard writhing like some Ray Charles or Professor Longhair incarnation. It was awesome! Different lyrics to Masterpiece... "the lions with that mean and hungry look in their eyes." But what punched my ticket was the surprise midway through the show of the new version of Like A Rolling Stone. Slowing softly down at the end of the verses. Lightly tickling the ivories."Do you want to... make a... deal?" Everyone came to their feet at the end! Truly cathartic! Several great harmonica solos sprinkled throughout. New lyrics to Gotta Serve Somebody. 'You may be hallucinating..you may be seeing ghosts! but you still gotta serve somebody!" Great version of Love Sick also with new twists on the vocals. Finally closing with Thin Man. Ending with first soft harmonica then building to a wailing crescendo. With harp to his mouth and his hair in back lit halo the years melt away. He suddenly is Bobby! Again Forever Young! "May God Bless and Keep You Always!" |