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Seeing Bob Friday, low expectations with this minimalistic band and stage setting but hopefully he will surprise us in some way.

Why low expectations? Have you seen him within the last 2-3 years? He and the band are fantastic!

I've watched YouTube footage, highlights are Into The Mystic and Stella Blue, but i would prefer some more guitar action onstage to make up for Bob not playing guitar.

I understand that. The last 3 times I’ve seen him (all within the last 3 years; at the Ryman once and Brooklyn Bowl Nashville 2x) have all been at least 9/10. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Yes I'm looking forward to tomorrow, I'll let you know what i thought of the show over the weekend.
I'm just amazed to see Bob again, it's virtually on my doorstep and my Mum ( age 83 ) and i are huge fans so we just had to see him for possibly the last time.

Enjoy the concert with your Mum, Keefriffards, it will probably be very good. Of course Bob Dylan is not a strong man anymore, but the core of his art is glowing.

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Enjoy the concert with your Mum, Keefriffards, it will probably be very good. Of course Bob Dylan is not a strong man anymore, but the core of his art is glowing.

Thank you, it was very good, Bob was great vocally, he seemed particularly animated and into it last night, the band were perfect too.
He finished with Every Grain Of Sand ( highlight for me ) and I've never seen thousands of people jump to their feet with such rapturous applause, don't think anyone went home disappointed, incredible, beyond expectations.

Mixed emotions at the Liverpool gig, like me some people in tears at what I was hearing vocally from an 83 year old but also his harmonica playing and piano was as good as ever.

That wasn't enough for some so called fans that wanted to film with their phones and expected better lighting.
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Liverpool.
EVERY GRAIN OF SAND.
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Saw Edinburgh first night. Guy Faulks Day and US presidential election combined. Some historical significance there — good or bad.

I had seen His Bobness in Japan 21 times 1978-2023 but never done abroad, which contributed another if personal significance to the show.

The Rough And Rowdy Way World Wide Tour 2021-2024 is now entering its last phase. Multi instrumentalist Donnie Herron gone, and drum legend Jim Keltner joining the force, Dylan’s combo delivered a different sound texture from what I had heard in Osaka and Nagoya last year, punchier and pushing. Desolation Row led by Keltner’s heavy-hitting and marching style of drumming garnered the biggest cheer of the night, the undoubted highlight.

I prefer 2023’s softer and jazzier approach if you ask me, but it is no more than a personal preference. Both are great in their own right.

The crowd that filled the elegant 2,200 seater was very focused and keen to listen throughout the evening, helped by the phone-free setting utilizing the Yondr pouch. It greatly enhanced the atmosphere of the show. And there were no chatterers, at least around me. I was reminded how a concert used to be before a camera phone entered our life.

The Liverpool Every Grain of Sand is gorgeous.
I loved the Palladium shows a couple of years back with Drayton et al, and I doubt I'll score a ticket to this tour, but the recordings sound great on the songs I really like(I could without ever hearing again the revamped Baby Tonight and the other minor songs from yesteryear) but R&RW seems to be the gift that keeps giving on stage, and suits his spoken word singing voice. What an artist!! What a final song!!!

Strange to some folks perhaps...but I never get the urge to go see Bob live.

..spend hours listening avidly to his records... but he's an artist who somehow speaks better to me in my own home.

Weird, but there you go.



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Great article! Nice one Terry!!!

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every Dylan cover is better than its original !

Ian hunter is much better than Dylan

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every Dylan cover is better than its original !

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Liverpool.
EVERY GRAIN OF SAND.
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Magic when Tony looks at Bob during "....I hear the angel's footsteps....."-lines....
I wonder what goes through his mind..? These are the last days of Rock n Roll indeed!

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Last time he smiled... in public. 1995

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Last time he smiled... in public. 1995

I saw him smiling in Seville last year

He smiled quite a lot during the three Royal Albert Hall shows, but you had to be pretty close to see it on the darkly lit stage.

Dylan and Sony have done it again. This year's copyright collection is now available on Spotify (only accessable in Europe). It features all (audience) live recordings from the 1974 that were not included in live 1974 released in September.

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Dylan and Sony have done it again. This year's copyright collection is now available on Spotify (only accessable in Europe). It features all (audience) live recordings from the 1974 that were not included in live 1974 released in September.

Thanks slewan. Please let us know if you find anything worth grabbing from that new dump.

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Dylan and Sony have done it again. This year's copyright collection is now available on Spotify (only accessable in Europe). It features all (audience) live recordings from the 1974 that were not included in live 1974 released in September.

Thanks slewan. Please let us know if you find anything worth grabbing from that new dump.

hard to tell – it depends on what you want/need/like.
But I guess it's a safe bet to go for the rare songs that are not on the live 1974 box. Especially those song that have only been performed once in 1974:

Visions of Johanna (Denver Feb, 6th, afternoon show)
Fouth Time Around (Memphis Jan. 23th)
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As I Went Out One Morning (only performance ever, Toronto Jan. 10th)

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hard to tell – it depends on what you want/need/like.
But I guess it's a safe bet to go for the rare songs that are not on the live 1974 box. Especially those song that have only been performed once in 1974:

Visions of Johanna (Denver Feb, 6th, afternoon show)
Fouth Time Around (Memphis Jan. 23th)
and – of course –
As I Went Out One Morning (only performance ever, Toronto Jan. 10th)

Cool, thanks much for that.

My wife and I just got back from an evening showing of A Complete Unknown, the new Bob Dylan bio-pic. I really liked this movie. Very well acted by the entire ensemble. But special kudos to Timothee Chalamet who does a remarkable job of capturing Dylan and his music. It's no surprise that this movie is already garnering Oscar buzz. But my ultimate hope is that the movie will re-introduce a new audience to and/or be the catalyst for a Dylan resurgence. Definitely worth checking out for Dylan fans who visit this site.



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I'm reading reviews and background articles. From what I hear, people who've seen it enjoyed it very much, like you, Sighunt.

I have plans to go Jan.1st.

~"Love is Strong"~

I saw it last week and I thought it was great. I was expecting to hate it, but went because a friend wanted to see it.
I was glad I went and I would see it again.

Bob Dylan - Mick Taylor- Eric Clapton - Santana - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - 1984

Not sure if this has been posted here before?
Fire performance!

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Tombstone Blues

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Thanks so much for that, spikenyc!

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I saw the movie "a complete unknown" last night; it is very good.

This afternoon’s fun - ‘The Dylan movie’ A Complete Unknown. Agree with all the rave reviews - it’s excellent. The thing that hit me most, is just the absolute avalanche of timeless masterpieces that poured out of the guy.
I could talk about the one time I tried to meet Dylan getting off his tour bus and only got to see the Johnny Cash box set on the console, before being shooed away like a raccoon. Or I could again tell my favorite, The Time I talked to Joan Baez on the Phone story. Maybe next time. For now - yeah, great film.