April 12, 2018
Review by Achim Hanreich
Here is a short review of the show in Neu-Ulm. I saw Bob last year in
the very large Festhalle in Frankfurt. I enjoyed it a lot. Now it was
even better. This time it was a medium-sized (3.800 people) and modern
arena. We had seats on the stands left of the stage with a great view.
Sound was not perfect, but ok.
I liked the show a lot. Although you could see by his movements that he
really got old Dylan was in great form, his voice really, really good.
Since 2002 I have not hear him singing better. The reduction of the number
of “Sinatra”-numbers was a a good decision. Now it is three and they
give the set some kind of structure and variety. Especially “Once Upon A
Time” sounded great, Dylan really putting a lot of emotion into his
voice.
Highlights for me was “Simple Twist Of Fate” and nearly all the newly
arranged songs. Especially “Tangled Up in Blue” is great, this
stripped-down version reminds me in some kind of way of 1987. Another
highlight was the rocking “Thunder On the Mountain”, giving George
Recile even the chance of a short drum solo!
“Blowin´ In the Wind” as an encore was some kind of crowd-pleaser,
not more. On the other hand “Thin Man” was very intense and a great
end to this wonderful show. The reaction of the crowd was very positive.
Not that frenetic as in Madrid but ... hey, we are in Germany …
My wishes for the future: maybe Bob should give the musicians some more
room. Especially Charlie Sexton would profit from that. And I missed the
harmonica from Dylan and please more center-stage moments without piano.
Achim Hanreich
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