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25. APRIL 2006
Memphis / Tennessee - Orpheum Theatre
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Review by John Maynard Sometimes Dylan concerts are memorable for what happens off stage. A couple of elderly couples sat nearby, surrounded by mostly younger folks and a few stoners and some on harder stuff.. One guy fell behind me and bashed his head open on the cement stairs, which broke my concentration on Dylan for a bit... One elderly couple was really into the show, swaying even to the hard rock thunderous Like a Rolling Stone and All Along the Watchtower (which seems to get louder, harder and more Hendrix-like every time I hear it), and this is one Dylan song regular I never get tired of, a perfect way to end every concert. I was thinking the older folks were a little too old for this song, until I realized they were probably about Dylan¹s age! All in all, another very good Dylan concert, probably my last, but I got want I wanted. Hattie Carroll and Blind Willie were worth the price of my tickets! (Bob Links) |
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24. APRIL 2006
Memphis / Tennessee - Orpheum Theatre
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Review by Howard Weiner TBest place I’ve ever seen a concert, nuff said. We were treated to the standard Maggie’s Farm show for the first six songs. It was fantastic. Catching She Belongs To Me and Queen Jane is special. I can still hear Dylan jabbing at his organ during Queen Jane. The organ gives the proceedings a spooky feel, kind of like Augie Meyers’ work on Time Out Of Mind. A plethora of distinctive American musical genres have been born in the Fourth Chicksaw Bluff (Memphis), but this was a heavy poetry slam set to arcane musical compositions. The only time I’ve ever heard anything like this was two weeks ago when I experienced “The Bob Dylan Show” in Vegas. Positively Fourth St. in the seventh spot was brilliant. Bob’s vocal phrasing will forever be etched in my brain. I can’t wait to go to the audio tape on this one. It was another all-time great Dylan moment. Standing inside his shoes, he was draped from head to toe in black with a puffy white pirate shirt, and a circle of silver rhinestones on his top hat. Donnie Herron’s the man; perched behind his pedal steel, he was loving his role in life. He savored every moment. Dylan delivered the knockout blow in round eleven with A Hard Rain’s A- Gonna Fall. Is there anything more moving? Hard Rain and Blind Willie blow me away every time. It’s hard to describe being in that moment. Of all his early acoustic masterpieces that have been rearranged, Hard Rain is the most satisfying. How bout that Dylan top 100 of all time list in Mojo Magazine? Can anybody explain how Hard Rain ended up at number 24? Fact: Hard Rain is the second greatest song. As expected, Dylan encored with the greatest song. something bout this city and venue made it extraordinary on this night. A young guy standing next to me was bitten by Dylan mania. After the show he said “I wanna go meet him, awesome man!” I informed him Dylan probably wouldn’t be entertaining random guests on his tour bus. This youngster who has probably grown up on shows like MTV’s Pimp My Ride was genuinely awe struck by his Bobness. It was gratifying to see Bob connecting with yet another generation. I can’t believe all this Dylan paraphernalia I gotta schlep home. In 24 hours in Memphis I’ve acquired A Love & Theft poster, a ’65 poster from the Daniel Kramer collection, a shirt with an ’87 Dylan photo, a book of someone’s insights on Dylan and religion (yawn), and I’ve yet to hit the beefed up Dylan souvenir stand. I don’t know what I’m going to do with this stuff; maybe I’ll have a garage sale when I get back to Manhattan. After the show it was off to karaoke night at Alfred’s on Beale. I thrilled the booze hounds with Like a Rolling Stone, and I’m probably gonna give Tangled up in Blue a go tonight. It’s free drinks for anyone who comes down to cheer me on after Dylan’s state of the union address this evening. I celebrated with all the pretty young ladies hanging out on Beale. I’m ready to go back Jack and do it again. Until tomorrow, good luck, I hope you all make it. (Bob Links) |
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