REVIEWS
Bob Links

Review by Jon Merz
Bob's set was very, very good. I had not seen this particular incarnation of his band yet - last time I saw Bob was April '04. The guitar players are new since then, and Bob is playing some sort of combo organ instead of a piano now. Sometimes what he played made sense, sometimes it didn't, sometimes you couldn't hear it. His singing was quite good, meaning - well, you know what I mean. Good for Bob. He played what seemed to be the same three-note harmonica break in 4 or 5 of the songs, and didn't look at the audience at all - his keyboard was set up facing George Recile, so his back was to everyone in the stands to the right of the auditorium. I had a good view of him, though, and was entertained by his facial expressions and body language throughout the show. The sound of the keyboard, which reminded me a bit of rolling skating rinks of my childhood, combined with Bob's moustache to lend an unintentional but inescapable Dr. Phibes vibe to the proceedings. Bob was NOT wearing his usual cowboy hat, but his hair looked like he had been wearing it recently.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Tweedle dee & tweedle dum
Just like a woman
The lonesome death
of Hattie Carroll