Review by Bernhard Roth
This is my Dylan show #35 since Nuremberg 1978.
I did not know too much of Düsseldorf, so I booked a hotel for
three nights and drove by train from my home area around Stuttgart.
One evening the show, two days for sightseeing.
The Franz Marc exhibition is one of the things to see,
along with "Little Tokyo". I think the latter with a lot of
Japanese restaurants should be interesting because I worked for
14 years for a Japanese company, flew over there several times
and learnt to love the Japanese cuisine.
Now the show.
From previous reviews I lalready learnt that Bob lately showed up
like a dwarf in a hoodie, vanished behind his piano and controlled
the show from there, often standing, sometimes sitting.
Strange view from the side audience space.
A bit unusual was the the light was only slightly dimmed, not off,
you could see the whole hall with all the people.
But... it's the music which counts, doesn't it?
And this was excellent. Superb band, two great guitarists
and a really good sound for such a hall.
Again, it took some time even for me to recognize the songs.
My personal highlights were Love Sick, Masterpiece and Million Miles.
As far as I remember Bob played the harmonica on two songs.
All in all a great show (again) and I'm looking forward
to the Stuttgart event in a couple of weeks.
Bernhard Roth
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