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Spirit in the Night
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I doubt I'm going to do a great job with this since, I'm still in awe, but I'll try my best. Well, the night started with Amos Lee performing for about a half hour. I'm not completely familiar with his work, but I know a few songs here and there from radio play. I was pretty happy with what he did, but my enjoyment was kind of hindered by the fact that the sound guy was off. The bass drum was drowning out everything but Lee's voice for the first half and in the second half, you couldn't hear it at all. At least that's from where I was sitting. After talking to a friend, I found out that it was the other way around from where he was sitting. Other than that, he was really great and he seemed to really be into his show and entertaining the crowd. Nothing entirely noteworthy, but I'm probably going to check him out (his keyboardist is fantastic).
After a very short break, Elvis Costello took the stage with just him and an acoustic guitar. He greeted the crowd and went into an excelent version of (Angels Want to Wear My) Red Shoes followed by Veronica. The one thing that really struck me was that in between songs he was talking and joking with the audience. One of my favorites was "This is the best school gym I've ever played in." (Our local college's concert hall doubles as a track field). And in between, he told stories about songs and how they were written, why they were written and all of that. He then closed with (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding and A Scarlet Tide, which he used as metaphors for today. As far as I'm concerned, he stole the show completely. Not even the legendary Bob Dylan could follow.
After a longer break (Bob had to set up his whole band), Bob Dylan came on to stage starting with a version of Rainy Day Woman, which I really wasn't expecting. He played a bunch of songs that I wasn't expected, actually. Since he's so lengendary, I was suprised that he didn't play all his big hits. I loved the smaller songs like Rollin' and Tumblin', Desolation Row, Meet Me in the Morning, and Highway 61 Revisited. The one thing that I really love Bob Dylan is that none of his songs sound like his old studio versions anymore and then once it becomes recognizeable, the crowd roars. The best moment had to have been when he closed with Blowin' in the Wind. Yes, I know it's argueable his best known hit, but it was still unexpected seeing as most if not all of what he played were songs from after Blonde on Blonde.
Overall, it was a great, great show and if you guys get a chance to see it, do not pass it up.
After a very short break, Elvis Costello took the stage with just him and an acoustic guitar. He greeted the crowd and went into an excelent version of (Angels Want to Wear My) Red Shoes followed by Veronica. The one thing that really struck me was that in between songs he was talking and joking with the audience. One of my favorites was "This is the best school gym I've ever played in." (Our local college's concert hall doubles as a track field). And in between, he told stories about songs and how they were written, why they were written and all of that. He then closed with (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding and A Scarlet Tide, which he used as metaphors for today. As far as I'm concerned, he stole the show completely. Not even the legendary Bob Dylan could follow.
After a longer break (Bob had to set up his whole band), Bob Dylan came on to stage starting with a version of Rainy Day Woman, which I really wasn't expecting. He played a bunch of songs that I wasn't expected, actually. Since he's so lengendary, I was suprised that he didn't play all his big hits. I loved the smaller songs like Rollin' and Tumblin', Desolation Row, Meet Me in the Morning, and Highway 61 Revisited. The one thing that I really love Bob Dylan is that none of his songs sound like his old studio versions anymore and then once it becomes recognizeable, the crowd roars. The best moment had to have been when he closed with Blowin' in the Wind. Yes, I know it's argueable his best known hit, but it was still unexpected seeing as most if not all of what he played were songs from after Blonde on Blonde.
Overall, it was a great, great show and if you guys get a chance to see it, do not pass it up.
