BOB DYLAN : VANCOUVER 2005 SECOND EVENING

 

Disc One (47:04)

  1. Maggie's Farm
  2. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
  3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
  4. Lay, Lady, Lay
  5. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
  6. Blind Willie McTell
  7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
  8. I Want You

Disc Two (63:50)

  1. High Water (For Charley Patton)
  2. Absolutely Sweet Marie
  3. Love Sick
  4. Highway 61 Revisited
  5. Desolation Row
  6. Summer Days
  7. Girl Of The North Country
  8. All Along The Watchtower

Label : no label

Venue : The Orpheum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Recording Date : July 20, 2005

Quality : Audience recording (A+)

Review (Boblinks) : Another great Bob performance at the beautiful Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver. Dylan came out to a loud standing ovation wearing a western style black suit with silver stars down the arms. (A bit Michael Jacksonesque.) The boys were appointed in their matching black suits tonight. Every song was solid and enthusiastically sung. Highlights for me were Blind Willie, I Want You, Absolutely Sweet Marie, Highwater, Girl From The North Country, Love Sick, and a bring the house down epic version of Desolation Row. During this song a throng rushed close to the stage to get closer and stood there to me appearing caught up in the moment of the song. The sound was impeccable. It might have helped that I was 13 rows back from a bank of speakers, Dylan side of the stage. Although on this night I was looking at his back/and side the sound, the acoustics and brilliant Bob delivery, made it the best B.C. performance so far. Danny Herron was again a stand out on pedal steel, banjo and violin. A friend who had different seats, so I don't know if he heard it the same way I did, thought the band was too tense and stiff. Bob has put them on too short of a leash and that they were intensely focused on him for clues as to what to do next. I agree that they are a bit stiff but to me Bob is really focused on achieving certain sounds and song arrangements. He wants complete control over the performance. By the crowd response I think Bob's present project is working and I'll be sorry to see him go after tonight.