BOB DYLAN : WINDSHIELD VIPERS

 

Disc One (63:26)

  1. Announcement
  2. Maggie's Farm
  3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
  4. Lonesome Day Blues
  5. Mr. Tambourine Man
  6. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
  7. Po' Boy
  8. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
  9. Dignity
  10. Love Sick
  11. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

Disc Two (70:27)

  1. Saving Grace
  2. Honest With Me
  3. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
  4. Summer Days
  5. Like A Rolling Stone
  6. All Along the Watchtower
    Bonus Tracks :
  7. Shooting Star
  8. Million Miles
  9. Desolation Row
  10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Label : Tambourine Man Records

Venue : Brubaker Auditorium, Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania, USA

Recording Date : November 6, 2004

Quality : Audience Recording (A+)

Review : Nice bootleg with a very good recording of Bob's concert in Grantham, 2004 with bonus tracks from West Lafayette, November 3, 2004.

Concert Review (BobLinks) : The self proclaimed song and dance man - Mr. Bobby Dylan made it to Messiah College last night. As the ticket says - In Show and In Concert. He played their gym which according to the paper only 1600 tickets were sold. It was standing room on the floor and the top half of the bleachers were the cheaper seats for the students - even though quite a few sprung the 49.50 to sit down front. The intro was a bit shorter than usual - "He started out in the 1960s - drugs and alcohol hit him hard - in the 70's he found Jesus - he faltered in the 80's but went on to make great records with Lanois in the 90's - Columbia recording artist bob Dylan." The entire band was dressed in black. Bob stood stage left at his electric piano - he wore a black suit with white buttons up the outside of the bottom part of each leg. He also wore a black cowboy hat the entire show. He had on a scarf around his neck worn like a tie - and some sort of shiny jewelry around his neck. They opened with a strong "Maggies Farm". Its the first time I saw his new guitarist Freddie - he is really good - he is the lead guitarist he has needed for years - he can play actual rock leads and his spooky fills are really good. He also must be about 6'5" - he's a big guy. "The Times they are a Changin" was next - pleasant enough country - he only partially destroyed it. "Mr. Tambourine Man" was not too good - a slow sing song pace that made no sense. His vocals were a bit harder to understand than usual. Not as bad as when he was drunk in the 80's - at least now he is trying - but he doesn't have a whole lot to work with. "Its Alright Ma" got a nice hand. The rest of the show were the usual tunes dressed up as half steps. "Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum" really shows off how tight his band is. Really nicely done. "Saving Grace" was his only born again song. "Hollis Brown" was next to last and was the only song he was really trying to emote on - I think he hit it right on the note. The band gave it a very soupy bayou kind of feel. "Summer Days" was the rave up closer. They really did kick the hell out of the guitars - they cranked up the volume a bit and let fly. For the encores it was the usual "Like a Rolling Stone" with steel guitar and "All Along the Watchtower" - Freddie really hit the Hendrix riffs really good - lots of great loud to quiet dynamics on this one.