good news folks!

after all this time, i'm finally warming up to the basement tapes. could john wesley harding be next?

BrendanD wrote on Nov 1^st, 2009 at 7:18pm:


I've enjoyed those three discs immensely and

if you ask Gazza- it is ALL worth aquiring..


So Bucky- are you ever gonna make it to the Rolling Thunder years, do you think?

There is a great cover of "Girl From the North Country"  here by my favorite new super group Monsters of Folk..

http://www.chromewaves.net/2009/11/monsters-of-folk-cover-bob-dylan/

BrendanD wrote on Nov 1^st, 2009 at 7:18pm:



I own it. Theres some fine stuff on it, and its on a par with discs 1 & 2, but not to the extent where its worth the ridiculous price tag for the 3-CD version.

As far as i know, the price HAS come down quite a bit if you look around enough, but overall, you're best to try and get disc 3 from a  file sharing site.

And last' night's set.....

Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University
IU Auditorium
November 2, 2009

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
2.      The Man In Me (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on trumpet)
3.      Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on trumpet)
4.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5.      It's All Good (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
6.      If You Ever Go To Houston
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
7.      The Levee's Gonna Break
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
8.      San Diego Serenade (1 verse) (song by Tom Waits)
(Stu on vocals and acoustic guitar, Charlie on acoustic guitar, Bob did not perform on this song)
9.      This Dream Of You (Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin,
Stu and Charlie on acoustic guitars, Tony on standup bass)
10.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
11.      Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
12.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
13.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
14.      Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
15.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
16.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
17.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
18.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Jayne Watson for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar, vocals
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel, trumpet

Set will be going up anytime now! 

Got 2 calls from Meg.   

Bob's harp pierced right through the cell phone garble and sent me to heaven! 

She got Desolation Row!!!!

xoxoxoxo

Hi Lazy!  Your show is coming up fast!

Great set!  Yay Meg!!!!

Good show last night!  Sexton {or something) has awakened Bob!  Must admit Sexton did it for me!!  There was much more movement on stage.  Bob was actually gesturingwhile singing  and even coming front without a guitar strapped on. Musically, I thought the last performance in Dayton was probably tighter than this one,  but there is much more interplay between musicians, which makes it much more interesting.  Desolation Row and Ballad of a Thin Man were much enjoyed by me, but Gonna Change My Way of Thinking and Jolene were the best performances of the night though!

I just have one complaint.  Why did every damn  over 6 foot giant come out to see Bob last night?!!  I've never seen so many giants in a room and every last one of them decided they had to get right in front of me!!!

Gazza wrote on Nov 4^th, 2009 at 6:27am:


no Tom Waits unfortunately. that would have been fun! 

yes..playing name that tune over a phone line 4000 miles away is a little tricky!

Martha wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2009 at 9:42pm:


... 3 days, Martha!

I'm always excited for a Dylan show, but this one is extra special -- my hometown; great setlists AND renditions; Charlie's back plus this is my first TTL show.

Canton, Ohio
Memorial Civic Center
November 5, 2009

1.      Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
2.      Girl Of The North Country
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
3.      Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
4.      Love Minus Zero/No Limit
(Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5.      High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
6.      If You Ever Go To Houston
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
7.      Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
8.      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
10.      Workingman's Blues #2
(Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
12.      Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Jayne Watson for the phone call


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - viola, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

he's doing "the man in me" these days???

cool!

My personal notes of the set from the show...

I was beat by a phone call to Pagel...clearly, I was out performed 

My absolute favourite was my first ever Hattie Carroll! Great renditions of Million Miles and Hollis Brown (tour debuts for both, I think). Disappointed w/ Cats (think my 3rd opener with that); a poor Thunder on the Mountain -- sung way too fast, imo; only Jolene from TTL. Nice to see him with guitar on Lay Lady Lay which, along with Hwy 61, were the crowd favs.

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Bob Dylan
7 November, 2009
Kitchener, ON, CANADA

Cats in the well (organ)
Lay lady lay (guitar)
Most likely (org)
Million miles (org)
Hattie carroll (org) tony upright bass
Cold irons bound (front w harp)
Every grain of sand (org)
Spirit on the water (org) tony upright
Ballad of hollis brown (front harp)tony uprt
Deal (org) tony upright
Hwy 61 (org)
Aint talkin (org)
Thunder on the mountain (org)
Ballad of a thin man (front harp)
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LARS (org)
Jolene
Watchtower