Bob Dylan in Kansas City, Missouri / USA (All Shows)

28. AUGUST 2008
Kansas City / Missouri - Uptown Theater

Review by John Pruski
I really liked the way the band (only) started Leopard Skin, with Bob ambling out to great applause about half a minute later. Being a general admission show, most of us crowded down into the hot, steamy, and closely-packed front, from where, when Bob played harp, I could see clearly his huge diamond ring on his wedding-ring-finger. For me the concert peaked during Chimes and the immediately following Till I Fell In Love With You, which featured some great unison guitar-organ riffs. During Till I Fell I found myself think of Spoonful, so similar was a phrasing or two and so get-down was the arrangement. Till I Fell was truly another highlight, something akin to a Dr. John show-stopping version of Wang Dang Doodle.

Review by Jerry Willis
Thanks Bob. Anyway...other highlights included a great, albeit almost unrecognizable, It's All Right Ma. Just Like A Women was delivered with a '50's torch balled feel and is my favorite version that I've seen. Thunder On The Mountain closed the main set and boy did it rock. The ending was fantastic. They were jamming, and I mean *jamming, *when on Bob's cue they just stopped dead in their tracks. Bob gave the audience a rye smile and they ended with the little crescendo like on the album. The crown went nuts. Bob was in a great mood and was very animated throughout the show. My poor wife, who I've dragged to so many Dylan concerts proved what a Dylan veteran she is. She turned to me and said, "He's smiling a lot tonight!" My only complaints, Girl From The North Country was so re-worked that it was almost unrecognizable. I totally understand re-tooling songs but to change it so much that the melody has to be altered...might as well just write new lyrics and then you've got a new song. The encores, LARS and Watchtower, were pretty pedestrian in there delivery. I might be good to change these up once and a while Bob.
(Bob Links)

HIGHLIGHTS
Chimes of freedom
´Till I fell in love with

REVIEWS
Bob Links

Review by Jack
Every song was really a highlight, but by the time the band was finishing up “Summer Days” they'd reached an incredible peak that I’m not even sure was matched during the Cambell/Sexton band era. And then they kicked into “Thin Man”. As far as I’ve seen that’s the only time he’s played that on this tour- we’ll never know what made him pull it out to end the set last night but it was one of the single greatest Dylan performances I’ve ever witnessed or heard.

Review by Mike Mahoney
I'm not gonna go thru every song, but I wanted to bring this up. Shelter From the Storm. I saw this in New England last summer. I thought it sucked. It sounded like an old crooner's love song from the 1950's. What I heard--I now realize---was a song in the re-making. Tonight's 'Shelter' was wonderful! He has turned the BOT account which is almost a blow by blow of a love affair gone by---into a sad, sad remorseful account of a love slipped through his fingers. The line 'Suddenly I turned around..." was a pleading, mournful cry. The song is a heartbreaker. Perhaps one of the most emotional versions of a Bob Dylan song I've EVER HEARD (35-40 shows) It was brilliant!
(Bob Links)

HIGHLIGHTS
Lay lady lay
Shelter from the storm
Ballad of a thin man

BOOTLEG

wanted!!

ARTWORK
Lewis & stewART CD Artwork 2007

SETLIST

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
(Bob on electric guitar)
2. Lay Lady Lay
(Bob on electric guitar)
3. Watching The River Flow
(Bob on electric guitar)
4. Girl Of The North Conuntry
(Bob on electric guitar)
5. The Levee´s Gonna Break
6. Shelter From The Storm
7. High Water
(For Charly Patton)
8. Just Like A Woman
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile
With The Memphis Blues Again
10. Spirit On The Water
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. When Deal Goes Down
13. Summer Days
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man
15. Thunder On The Mountain
16. All Along The Watchtower

MUSICIANS

Bob Dylan
Guitar, Harp, Vocals

Bob Dylan
Harp, Guitar
Piano, Vocals

Stu Kimball
Guitar

Denny Freeman
Guitar
Donnie Herron
Violine, Mandoline
Pedal Steel

Tony Garnier
Bass, Stand up Bass

George Recile
Drums

SOME PICS

Dylanpool Gallery 2007

REVIEWS
Bob Links

Review by Stephen Darjeeling
There was a strange situation with the stage setup and Bob could possibly have billed this one as Bob Dylan and the Stranger, the Stranger being Stu Kimball. Picture the stage as a rectangle with Denny Freeman, Tony Garnier, George Recile, and Donny Herron on the back side with Bob in front of Donny, the six of them in a relatively tight grouping. Now picture Stu up front in the corner, stage left, by himself several feet away from Bob. His monitors are turned toward him and away from the rest of the band. He is playing rhythm guitar all night, watching Donny take nearly all of the leads and rarely getting the nod from Bob. At one point my rider, an astute musician in her own right, says to me, “Somebody is seriously out of tune.” Stu is then seen furiously trying to tune his guitar, stomping on the foot control and shutting down twice before literally throwing the guitar into the rack and grabbing another. He was obviously distressed. Was this a setup, could he have picked up the wrong guitar? Who knows, but I will venture to make a bet that he does not finish this current tour with the band. The weird thing was that he was so very out of tune but nobody in the band, Bob included, acknowledged the fact..
(Bob Links)

HIGHLIGHTS
Watching the river flow
Blind Willie Mctell
Rainy day women

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
Kansas City
18th April 2006

Bob Dylan in Kansas City 18. 07. 2007 - Bootlegcover

2 CDR
M & A Recording
Complete show

ARTWORK
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 2006

SETLIST

1. Most likely you go your wa
(and I´ll go mine)
2. Mr. Tambourine Man
(Bob on harp)
3. Down along the cove
4. This wheels on fire
(Bob on harp)
5. Absolutely sweet Mary
6. Masters of war
7. Watching the river flow
8. The lonesome death of Hattie Carroll
9. Honest with me
10. Don´t think twicew, it´s all right
11. Blind Willie Mctell
12. Rainy day women
13. Like a rolling stone
14. All along the watchtower

SOME PICS

Dylanpool Gallery 2006

REVIEWS
Bob Links

Review by Cortney Mc Key
At this point another prominent lighting change occurred. The backdrop had what looked like a bunch of blue stars shown on the curtain as the rest was pretty much black, thus it was like the night. I was like, alright, he is going to play "Shooting Star." Actually, though it turned out to be "Lay, Lady, Lay." One of my favorite songs, it is simplistic, easy to follow, and heartfelt. I guess I have high standards for this song because the "Nashville Skyline" version blows me away every time and the "Hard Rain" version with alternate lyrics has to be one of his "sexiest songs." Though this night it was not either of those, smooth or sexy, it truly measured up to everything a good song is. The couple next to me (married in 1967) finally stood up from their seats and started to dance, actually most of the place stood up for this one. I suppose a lot of the older people recognized it and found it sweet, which lets face it, it is.
(Bob Links )

HIGHLIGHTS
Love sick
Ballad of a thin man
All along the watchtower

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
Kansas City
17th April 2007

Bob Dylan in Kansas city 17. 04. 2006

2 CDR
unidentified label
Complete show

ARTWORK
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 2006

SETLIST

1. Things have changed
2. The times they are a - changin´
3. Tweedle dee & tweedle dum
4. To Ramona
(Bob on harp)
5. Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again
6. Love sick
7. I´ll be your baby tonight
8. Ballad of a thin man
9. I´don´t belive you
(She acts like we never have met)
10. Cold irons bound
11. Lay lady lay
12. Cat´s in the well
13. Like a rolling stone
14. All along the watchtower

MUSICIANS

Bob Dylan
Harp, Guitar
Piano, Vocals

Stu Kimball
Guitar

Denny Freeman
Guitar
Donnie Herron
Violine, Mandoline
Pedal Steel

Tony Garnier
Bass, Stand up Bass

George Recile
Drums

SOME PICS

Dylanpool Gallery 2006

REVIEWS
Bob Links

Review by Anne Marvin
Amazingly, from this vantage I could actually understand the quickly-mumbled words emanating from the master's lips. With the Stetson crammed down on his greying curls, skinny face a mass of dainty wrinkles, sweat dripping from his forehead onto the mike, he leaned down over that keyboard and played and sang with a wrenching intensity that had us all sighing and swooning. Then in the middle of "Positively 4th Street," I plainly heard him sing "if just one time you could stand inside my shoe----not just one of them, but both of them. . .". Did I really hear that? Well, yes, I must have, because he grinned a barely visible little grin to himself and he and the band seamlessly patched in a few measures and played back around to where he could try that line again. In that very moment lay the essence of his charm--that those fine songs, even the reverently-worshipped classics, are alive and evolving and can take an unexpected turn at any time, and that this clever, cranky-looking man can laugh at and play with his own mis-speakings. He's a sphinx all right, but a darned funny one. And, oh, can that band play!.
(Bob Links )

HIGHLIGHTS
???

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
Kansas City, Kansas
4th September 2004

Bob Dylan in Kansas City 2004

2 CDR
unidentified label
Complete show

ARTWORK
Dustyoldfairgrounds.com 2004
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 2004

SETLIST

1. Maggie's Farm
2. Tonight I'll Be Staying
Here With You
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile
With The Memphis Blues Again
4. Heartland
(with Willie Nelson and his 2 sons)
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6. Positively 4th Street
7. Highway 61 Revisited
(Elana Fremerman on violin)
8. / Tryin' To Get To Heaven
(Elana Fremerman on violin)
9. High Water
(For Charley Patton)
10. Honest With Me
11. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
12. Summer Days
13. Like A Rolling Stone
14. All Along The Watchtower

MUSICIANS

Bob Dylan
Harp, Guitar
Piano, Vocals

Stu Kimball
Guitar

Denny Freeman
Guitar

Donnie Herron
Violine, Mandoline
Pedal Steel

Tony Garnier
Bass, Stand up Bass

George Recile
Drums

SOME PICS

Dylanpool Gallery 2004

REVIEWS
Bob Links

Review by Matt Fulco
?The opening notes of "Absolutely Sweet Marie" hit my ears. Granted, this was not the "Not Fade Away" that blew me away as the opener in Hartford last April, but it was the best version of this song I have heard in concert. Dylan and his band were tight, and he crooned the lyrics wryly, singing them with a newfound subtelty. Next was "Senor", exploring a theme Dylan would follow up on throughout the night, one humorous and or sarcastic song, followed by something decidedly more apocalyptic. Ice-like chills traveled through me as he delivered the line "Can you tell me where I'm headin', Lincoln County or Armageddon?" I expected to hear "Cold Irons Bound" in the third slot, but instead we got "Can't Wait." Powerfully delivered, this tune is continuing to evolve. Bob sang the lyrics more precisely and more convincingly than in Columbus last November. After "Can't Wait" came the first of several highlights, "Simple Twist of Fate." Bob and his band came close to perfection with this song. Dylan sang it beautifully, softly delivering the line "And wished that he'd gone strayyyyyt..." He gave it new meaning. It shared the eloquence of the album version, but Bob sang it in a sadder and more reflective manner, which was greatly aided by Bucky Baxter's phenominal work on the pedal steel.??
(Bob Links )

HIGHLIGHTS
???

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
Kansas City 2000

Bob Dylan in Kansas City 2002 - Bootlegcover

2 CDR
Crystal Cat Records CC 680/81
Complete show

ARTWORK
Dustyoldfairgrounds.com 2002
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 2002

SETLIST

1. To Be Alone With You
2. In The Summertime
3. Tombstone Blues
4. Accidentally Like A Martyr
5. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
6. Brown Sugar
7. Girl Of The North Country
8. It's Alright Ma
(I'm Only Bleeding)
9. The Times They Are A-Changin'
10. Drifter's Escape
11. It's All Over Now Baby Blue
12. Old Man
13. Honest With Me
14. Simple Twist Of Fate
15. High Water
16. Mutineer
17. Bye And Bye
18. Summer Days
19. Blowin' In The Wind
20. All Along The Watchtower

MUSICIANS

Bob Dylan
Guitar, Harp, Vocals

Larry Campbell
Electric & Akustikgitarre,
Slide Gitarre,
Back - up Gesang

Tony Garnier
Bass, Stand up Bass

Bucky Baxter
Pedal Steel Guitar
Electric- and
Acoustic Guitar,
Slide Guitar, Dobro,
electric Mandoline

David Kemper
Drums

SOME PICS

Dylanpool Gallery 2002

31. AUGUST 1997
Kansas City / Missouri - Liberty Park / Main Stage, Spirit Fest

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
Kansas City 1997

Bob dylan in Kansas City 1997 - Bootlegcover

2 CDR
Off - DAT - Masters
Complete show

ARTWORK
Dustyoldfairgrounds.com 1997
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 1997

SETLIST

1. Absolutely Sweet Marie
2. It Takes A Lot To Laugh,
It Takes A Train To Cry
3. Tough Mama
4. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
5. Silvio
6. Stone Walls And Steel Bars (A)
7. Mr. Tambourine Man (A)
8. Tangled Up In Blue (A)
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile
With The Memphis Blues Again
10. Tears Of Rage
11. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
12. Like A Rolling Stone
13. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (A)
14. Highway 61 Revisited

MUSICIANS

Bob Dylan
Guitar, Harp, Vocals

Larry Campbell
Guitar

Tony Garnier
Bass, Stand up Bass

Bucky Baxter
Pedal Steel Guitar
Electric- and
Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar
Dobro , electric Mandoline

David Kemper
Drums

SOME PICS

Bob Dylan Picture Archive 1997

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
Live in Kansas City

Bob Dylan in Kansas City 1992 - Bootlegcover

2 CDR
PDub Master Recording
Complete show

ARTWORK
Dustyoldfairgrounds.com 1992
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 1992

SETLIST

1. Everything Is Broken
2. I'll Remember You
3. All Along The Watchtower
4. Friend Of The Devil
5. Tangled Up In Blue
6. Silvio
7. Simple Twist Of Fate
8. Little Moses (A)
9. Boots Of Spanish Leather (A)
10. Gates Of Eden (A)
11. Mr. Tambourine Man (A)
12. Unbelievable
13. Positively 4th Street
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man
15. Maggie's Farm
16. What Good Am I?
17. Highway 61 Revisited
18. It Ain't Me, Babe (A)

MUSICIANS

Bob Dylan
Guitar, Harp, Vocals

John Jackson
Guitar

Tony Garnier
Bass, Stand up Bass

Winston Watson
Drums

Bruce Springsteen
Guitar, Vocals

SOME PICS

Bob Dylan Picture
Archive 1992

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan

wanted!!

2 CDR
unidentified label
Complete show

ARTWORK
Dustyoldfairgrounds.com 1991
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 1991

SETLIST

1. New Morning
2. One Irish Rover
3. Shelter From The Storm
4. The man in me
3. All Along The Watchtower
5. Gotta Serve Somebody
6. Simple twist of fate
7. Watching the river flow
8. Two Soldiers (A)
9. Bob Dylan´s dream (A)
10. Answer me (A)
11. It ain´t me, babe (A)
12. Lenny Bruce (A)
13. Everything Is Broken
14. Man in the long black coat
15. Highway 61 Revisited
16. Rainy day women #12 & 35
17- I´ll be your baby tonight

MUSICIANS

Bob Dylan
Guitar, Harp, Vocals

John Jackson
Guitar

Tony Garnier
Bass, Stand up Bass

Ian Wallace
Drums

SOME PICS

Bob Dylan Picture
Archive 1991

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
Kasas - January 29th, 1980

Bob Dylan in Kansas City / Missouri 29.01.1980 - Bootlegcover

2 CDR
unidentified label
Complete show

ARTWORK
Dustyoldfairgrounds.com 1980
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 1980

SETLIST

1. Gotta Serve Somebody
2. I Believe In You
3. When You Gonna Wake Up
4. When He Returns
5. Man Gave Names To All
The Animals
6. Precious Angel
7. Slow Train
8. Covenant Woman
9. Gonna Change My Way
Of Thinking
10. Do Right To Me Baby
(DoUnto Others)
11. Solid Rock
12. Saving Grace
13. Saved
14. What Can I Do For You?
15. InThe Garden
16. Blessed Be The Name
17. Pressing On

MUSICIANS

Bob Dylan
Guitar, Harp,
Vocals

Fred Tackett
Guitar

Spooner Oldham
Keyboards

Terry Young
Keyboards

Tim Drummond
Bass

Jim Keltner
Drums

Background Vocals
Mona Lisa Young
Regina Harris
Helena Springs

SOME PICS

Bob Dylan Picture
Archive 1980

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
Kansas City

Bob Dylan in Kansas City 1980 - Bootlegcover

2 CDR
unidentified label
Complete show

ARTWORK
Dustyoldfairgrounds.com 1980
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 1980

SOME PICS

Bob Dylan Picture
Archive 1980

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
Kansas City

Bob Dylan in Kansas City 1980 - Bootlegcover

2 CDR
unidentified label
Complete show

ARTWORK
Dustyoldfairgrounds.com 1980
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 1980

SOME PICS

Bob Dylan Picture
Archive 1980

BOOTLEG

Bob Dylan
(Kansas City)

???

CDR
unidentified label
Complete show

ARTWORK
Dustyoldfairgrounds.com 1978
Bob Dylan CDR Artwork Guide 1978

SETLIST

1. My Back Pages (instrumental)
2. She's Love Crazy
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. Shelter From The Storm
5. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
6. Tangled Up In Blue
7. Ballad Of A Thin Man
8. Maggie's Farm
9. I Don't Believe You
10. Like A Rolling Stone
11. I Shall Be Released
12. Señor
(Tales Of Yankee Power)
13. The Times They Are A-Changin'
14. It Ain't Me, Babe (A)
15. Am I Your Stepchild?
16. One More Cup Of Coffee
(Valley Below)
17. Blowin' In The Wind
18. Girl From The North Country
19. Where Are You Tonight?
20. (Journey Through Dark Heat)
21. Masters Of War
22. Just Like A Woman
23. To Ramona
24. All Along The Watchtower
25. All I Really Want To Do
26. It's Alright, Ma
(I'm Only Bleeding)
27. Forever Young
28. Changing Of The Guards

MUSICIANS

Bob Dylan
Harp, Guitar, Vocals

Billy Cross
Guitar

Steven Soles
Guitar

David Mansfield
Violine, Mandoline

Alan Pasqua
Keyboards

Steve Douglas
Horns

Bobbye Hall
Percussion

Background Gesang
Helena Springs
Jo Ann Harris
Caroyn Dennis

SOME PICS

Bob Dylan Picture
Archive 1978