Harold Lepidus blogged about Dylan's changing setlists the other day on his Bob Dylan Examiner site - and in the midst of his rumination he wrote this:
Dylan rarely plays the same set twice. In fact, when he does, that is considered news. Last year, people commented that when Dylan played "Masters Of War" at certain locations, interpreting the selection as some sort of political statement. Sean Curnyn (a.k.a. "Right Wing Bob"), however, noted that the song was routinely played every Tuesday.
Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteIt made me think of the following exchange between Christopher Ricks and Dylan when the two met some years ago before a performance. The conversation inevitably got round to The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll:
Dylan: You like that song?
Ricks: It’s perfect.
Dylan: We won’t be playing it tonight.
It would be nice to get a good audio of this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3YF2K14ElI
Sounds like one of the best live takes of BWMcT ever.
Patrick Ford