Bob Weir’s first take on “Ballad Of A Thin Man”… and its a great one.
This is not an easy song to cover, but I do feel Grateful Dead did capture the spirit of the song.. and it feels right.
Hampton Coliseum
March 27, 1988
Hampton, VA US
Another live version was released on the album “Postcards of the Hanging“:
April 1, 1988 at Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, NJ:
-Egil
And yet to have been present at the best of the 1984 shows (Paris, Barcelona, Vienna, Offenbach), particularly if one was somewhere towards the front of the sea of humanity, able to see the man and hear him, must have been an unforgettable experience. Here is Dylan offering himself – through his singing; he does almost no talking between songs – openly and enthusiastically and warmly.
… Paris (July 1) is my favorite show of the tour (based on the tapes).
~Paul Williams (BD Performing artist 1974-86)
Great 1984 show.
Concert #23 of the 1984 Europe Tour.
Check out -> Bob Dylan concerts @ JV
“There must be some way out of here,” said the joker to the thief
“There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth”
#3 – All Along The Watchtower