I’ve always loved to travel and play my songs, meet new people and see different places. I love to roll into town in the early morning and walk the deserted streets before anybody gets up. Love to see the sun come up over the highway. Then, of course, there’s playing on the stage in front of live people, feeling hearts and minds moving. Everybody don’t get to do that. Touring to me has never been any kind of hardship. It’s a privilege.
~Bob Dylan (to Edna Gundersen, July 1988)
Creating a post called “10 best concert bootlegs” didn’t work out, so I had to adjust. I chose 12 Essential Concert Bootlegs 🙂
My rules:
only one concert from each tour
compilation bootlegs not allowed – you need to choose one concert
So this is actually more like “12 essential Bob Dylan concerts from 12 different tours”.
First I pick 12 different years & nominate some candidates:
63
April 12
October 26
July 26-27
64
July 26
October 31
66
April 20
May 14
May 16
May 17
75
October 31
November 21
December 4
December 8
76
May 3
May 16
May 23
79
Nov 6
Nov 11
Nov 16
Nov 18
81
July 10
July 25
Nov 10
87
Sept 15
Oct 5
Oct 17
93
Sept 13
Nov 16-17
95
March 11
March 27
April 2
April 3
June 21
99
Feb 27
July 26
Oct 27
Nov 14
00
Marc 10
Sept 23
Oct 6
I know I know… where are 78/88/91/94/98/…. tough choices these, but only 12 allowed.
Next up – picking only one from each year… argh.. the agony of choice again.
This was one incredibly good concert. I last saw Dylan at the final Beacon Theater concert which I thought was good but not great. The set list appears to be written in stone. But the delivery of the music by Bob and the band rose to a much higher level than I have experienced at any of the recent concerts I have attended in the past ten years. He and the band are completely in sync with one another. If you have the opportunity to see this series, you are in for a real treat.
~Arnie Bernstein (boblinks.com)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Au-Rene Theater
April 21, 2015
Bob Dylan – piano, harp
Tony Garnier – bass
George Recile – drums
Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar, maracas
Charlie Sexton on lead guitar
Donnie Herron – banjo, viola, violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel
