(posted to rec.music.dylan on Oct. 2, 1995 by Keith Brewster)

Thought I would give my personal review of Saturdays show in Tampa.  I 
won't post the set list because it has already been posted by Bill Pagel 
and I'm to lazy to do it.
The show was held at the USF Sun Dome, which is a domed basketball 
arena.  It holds about 10,000 when configured for a concert.  There were 
approx. 5,000 in attendance for the show.  This created a lot of empty 
space in the upper portions of the arena which seemed to cause a slight 
echo on the vocals, at least from where I was sitting.

Bob was wearing his gold lame' shirt, black pants with strip down the 
leg; no hat, no glasses.

Here is some thoughts on the songs that stick out in my mind, 2 days 
after the fact.

Watchtower::  Still in the number 3 slot.  This is where the concert 
really kicked into gear.  Version similar to the R-N-R HoF show.  They 
really have this song on auto pilot, very good and hard rockin.

Man the Long Black Coat::  A spooky, haunting musical arrangement with a 
deep, heavy bass that entered through your chest and really grabed hold.  
Bob sang in a smooth, flowing voice; a really great version, the best 
I've heard; although I've only heard 2 other versions.  One of the 
highlites of the show.

Silvio::  Song rocked from the opening and just kept building.  By the 
end they were REALLY ROCKING.

Mr. Tambourine Man (a)::  Crowd let out a roar when Bob sang first line.  
I wasn't really into the song until the end when Bob pulled out the 
harmoncia.  With his guitar hanging from his neck, one hand holding 
harmonica and mic, and one hand waving free he played a great run that 
started slowly and kept building to the finish.

Obviously 5 Believers::  With Dicky Betts.  This was an outstanding 
version of that song.  Crowd was rocking, band was rocking, guitars 
wailing.  This was the point where the concert started to turn into a 
guitar fest.

Ramblin' Man::  With Dicky Betts.  (1st encore)  The crowd roared when 
Betts played the opening guitar rif to this song.  Bob and Dicky 
sang together on the opening verse, Dicky sang alone in the middle, and 
both together again to finish the song.  The whole band singing the 
chorse throughout.  Betts played an awesome lead guitar solo in the 
middle, followed by an equaly great solo by John Jackson.  John was very 
gracious in allowing Betts plenty of room for guitar solos and leads 
during all there numbers together, they both appeared to be having a 
great time playing off of each other.  A guitar feast extrodinair.

It ain't me Babe::  (a) (2nd encore)  Bobs playing gave the song somewhat 
of a banjo sound.  A very uplifting sound.  With the band still playing, 
Bob takes off his guitar, strolls back to pick up a harminca off of one 
of the amps, walks up and removes the mic and starts to play an 
incredible 3-4 minute harmonica run.  He was really playing with 
everything had.  He must have sold his sole to the harmonica god.  That 
ended the 2nd encore.  I felt that the show was over right there, nothing 
could have toped that.  If the house lights had come on I would have been 
completly satisfied, but that was not to be.

Rainy Day Woman::  (3rd encore)  Betts returns.  Bob only sang 2 verses 
of the song with the crowd shouting out Every-Body-Must-Get-Stoned with 
fists pumping into the air.  The rest of the song was an all out guitar 
battle, absolutely screaming.  It felt like they were going to tear the 
roof off the place.

Concert ended almost exactly 2 hours after its start.

A truely fantastic show.  Having Dicky Betts sit in really turn the 
intensity level up a notch.  I hope they bring him along for the Orlando 
show on Thursday.