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First setlist from Bob’s Eurotour…
Stockholm, Sweden
March 22, 20091. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
2. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
3. I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
5. Tryin’ To Get To Heaven
6. Things Have Changed
7. Watching The River Flow
8. Blind Willie McTell
9. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. I Believe In You
11. Honest With Me
12. Billy
13. Summer Days
14. All Along The Watchtower(encore)
15. Cry A While
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. Forever YoungOh, that wacky Bob, deciding to play one from “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid” – – one of my favorite flicks.
You & I will meet up one day at a NEIL! concert, tony, and get to ride in NEIL’s hydrogen/solar-powered Winnebago. Yeah, we’ll show them! Just you wait!
Seriously, TNT – – You win our “Post of the Week” (Month?) Award. Congratulations!
March 19, 2009, 9:30 AM
SXSW: Nine O’Clock Services, With M. Ward
By DAVID CARR (NY Times blog)At South by Southwest, the Central Presbyterian Church is almost always going to be a tough ticket. The bookings are carefully curated, the acoustics are great and the space is finite. But it was a whole order of tough outside the M. Ward gig last night. Wristbands and badges, the coin of the realm here, were all nigh useless as a crowd surrounded the church like a moat. And as it turned out, there was good reason to try and fight your way in. The violinist and vocalist Anni Rossi, who was signed by 4AD Records out of Minnesota – embraced the churchy vibe, sending ethereal sounds up into the rafters as people sat quietly before exploding with applause. And the reverence went up a notch when M. Ward came out. A huge cross was the only splash of light in the dimly lit church, apart from the flashes of cameras. The singer said very little, but played an exquisite set, including a Neil Young cover and guitar work that demonstrated that all those great words come from a very musical place. On “Sad, Sad Song,” he sang, “the hardest thing in the world to do is to find somebody believes in you.” Less hard, it should be pointed out, when you are in a church full of believers.
Did 2 Bob ballpark shows…Cooperstown, NY, ’04 & Rochester, NY, ’05. They were A-OK.
If JM, the Bobster & Grampa Willie do one of those in your vicinity, CB, you’d best attend.Dr O: Good on ya!, as we say in cow country.
swisschris: Your ship has come in!
🙂Btw, full reports from across the pond, please!
SXSW: Go Big or Stay Home
By David Carr (NY Times blog)“Some people freeze when they get their big shot here and others just step up and take it.”
– Louis Black, a founder of South by SouthwestIt’s a safe bet that many of the people at the stage behind Stubb’s last night were waiting for the Decemberists, who came to the event sponsored by NPR with a promise to debut their new album, “Hazards of Love,” a folk opera, in its entirety. But more than 2,000 people got a treat they perhaps weren’t expecting. The Heartless Bastards, a great rock band with an even greater singer, Erika Wennerstrom, took the stage and knocked everybody down. The Ohio band recently moved to Austin and it’s gotten mighty comfortable, playing the kind of set that landed with as much impact at the back of the throng as in front. The last time I saw the Heartless Bastards, they played to about 75 people at Maxwell’s in New Jersey, and Ms. Wennerstrom seemed taken aback by the faithful pressing in around her.
Not last night. A tiny figure behind a giant guitar, she stepped up and sang in a way that could make bloggers weep, then check their thesauri. I won’t fall into that trap, but I will reach for the dreaded analogue in rock history. The only singer I can remember who could find something that sounded both ancient and new is Patti Smith. Holding forth at the biggest gig of the night, Ms. Wennerstrom used a declarative instrument that pleads but does not beg. She is her own darn thing.
THAT’S MY GIRL! 8)
Simply sporting of you to suggest such, stoger!
A question for you: During the Rochester version of “Well,Well,Well,” Butch was tapping on what looked like a section of ventilator shaft. Was he playing that at other shows you attended?
Btw, I bought a “Buick Six” shirt from the Friendly Forum’s famous friend Susannah last Sat. No discount on that one. I plan to wear it at my next Dylan show, knowing full well that Bob won’t play that song live ever again.
Excellent pix, Blu. Especially like the black+whites. Thanks for posting.
Can’t help you on the guitar question, baba. I’m sure somebody will come along here who can. Welcome aboard.
http://www.therestisnoise.com/2009/03/new-dylan.html
http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/blogs/home.cfm?uid=80
Willem Maker – New Moon Hand (Big Legal Mess Records, distributed by Fat Possum Records)
This guy literally came out of the woods…
“In the hills of East Alabama, Willem Maker has been honing his skills in virtual secrecy for the past decade, deciding to step beyond the bedroom demos and occasional acoustic performances. Recorded at several different locations including Memphis’ Electraphonic Recordings and at Mark Nevers’ Nashville studio, The Beech House, New Moon Hand has a full guest cast of legendary Southern musicians such as Jim Dickinson, Cedric Burnside, Alvin Youngblood Hart and many others.”
http://biglegalmessrecords.com/willem2.htm
http://realdeepblues.blogspot.com/2008/07/willem-maker-stars-fall-on.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB3DojVBdAw
“South takes you down. East takes you back. West takes you out. Due North takes you up.”
