Thanks to Kenny Davis for the following review: The crowd near the stage was an odd mixture of little neo-hippie chicks and their boyfriends, and people in their late 40's and 50's. Bob was making a concerted effort to be cool - you know, dancing a bit with a sly smile on - visually connecting with one or two individual faces in the crowd occasionally. Trying real hard to be mysterious, but coming up just short, once in a while, unable to hide his sense of musical joy, which came right through. I thought his vocals were pretty good. Quite crisp in fact on some of the tunes. "Cocaine" was the highlight of the night, musically - real laid back, nice harmonies between Bob and Larry. Larry's harmonies were pretty flawless, and it can't be that easy, since Bob seems to make up the phrasing as he goes along. You could see the concentration there. "Hard Rain" was also nice - seemed very in touch with the crowd. After one song (I can't remember which one, unfortunately) he said "That was my version of 'Love is a Many Splendored Thing'. I don't know how many folks got the joke. "Highway 61" shook the arena. Dylan seems to enjoy listening to Larry's guitar work. Can't blame him for that. Larry just seems like an awe-struck kid - kind of like Flounder gushing "Wow, this sure is great!" in Animal House - wait I'm dating myself - Oh well, I dated myself for years before I met the wife. Larry says that each night is just a very real reflection of how dylan is feeling at that particular time. That's his aim - to give a very real artistic performance, not just a canned approximation of something on a record. That's a very real kind of artistic integrity, I think. You have to respect the man for his continuing to laugh in the face of commercialism. Seeing him again and listening to him, thinking of the potential set list - My god, he could go on for hours and hours - DAYS - and never sing a song that is not an absolute, unimpeachable CLASSIC - who else (but perhaps the Beatles) could say that? Seeing him makes one appreciate him for what he really is, among other things - One of the most influential Americans living - possibly THE most influential. . Kenny Davis
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