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This show must have been one of the weirdest experiences I ever had at my 100+ Bob shows. The circumstances of the gig couldnt have been better: Sunshine all day, a rather small, sold out venue (2,500 capacity; the first indoor show on this trip to Europe) and Bob even attended the soundcheck, treating us to an approx. three minute harp solo on My Back Pages among other things. The show started just a minute or so after 8.00pm without a support act. There had been many speculations about the seemingly random setlist on the current tour and a friend had called the Borgholm show a couple of days earlier confused. After having seen tonights performances, I kinda know what he was talking about. When they were good, they were spectacular, but the lowpoint were really, really boring, too. But lets start at the start. (By the way: my last show was Munster last fall, so if I try to compare version it would be compared to late last year mostly). Roving Gambler (acoustic) Easily my least favorite song out of the opening selection, The band was doing an okay job, but Bob seemed to be a little behind with the delivery of some lines (maybe he did it on purpose?). He didnt move an inch during the first song and his voice was of the typical first song, still got to adjust variety. Mama You Been On My Mind (acoustic) Well, its not his best song, so I guess even the best version still would hardly categorize as amazing: This was better than some renditions I had heard previously. He tried to change the phrasing a little bit and he may have skipped a verse in favor of a pretty long and surprisingly melodic guitar solo. The Ballad Of Hollis Brown (acoustic) Wow! Now he really got started! Even though I believe he played this song less than ten times over the last ten years, this was already the 6th time I had the pleasure to hear it. What I like most about songs is songs with killer lines of the its better to burn out than to fade away variety. This song obviously has tons of lines like that and the fact that Bob pretty much concentrated on the words rather than his guitarplaying and Larry did an excellent job in providing a strong rhythmic base, made this an early contender for best tune of the night. Great! On to the first electric set. Tombstone Blues A letdown. If they wouldve done a driving, hardrocking blues version, I probably would have loved it, but the fact that Kemper used brushes on this song is a strong indication that it was no more than a pretty unconvincing blues jam going nowhere. A pity! Simple Twist Of Fate First song of the night with Larry on pedal steel. As Ray said after the show, Larry looked really tired throughout the show. The rest of the band looked great though especially Bob who looked really healthy and ON. Oh, and while Larrys still having his Im the original outlaw Gunfighter mustache, Bob got rid of his Call Me Al Capone mustache. Simple Twist was nice, without being special and sounded a bit too much like Make You Feel My Love at the beginning. The harp solo, complete with Bob holding a note for about 10 seconds, was a pleasant surprise. The crowd (a pretty enthusastic bunch for Germany) loved it and we got the first of several thank yous of the night. Ill Be Your Baby Tonight Larry still on pedal steel. This song still gives me the creeps. Sorry, I cant help it. The usual country-ish arrangement had hints of a Las Vegas Revue-vibe to it, which was the only good thing about it. Masters Of War (acoustic) The curtain they use for a couple of years now came into full effect during this song and while at first I thought the nice lighting effects would probably the best thing about this overplayed song, it turned out to be a pretty decent version with a great instrumental break (featuring David) in the middle. Boots Of Spanish Leather (acoustic) Was VERY well done, as it is most of the time. Careful delivery of the lyrics. Maybe he missed out on a couple of lines, but even if he did, he did a very decent job of covering up his mistakes(s) tonight. Bob basically took all the solos up to this point, leaving Larry and Charlie to play rhythm guitar and fill Bobs holes. They used beautiful blue backlighting on this song, so you could hardly see Bob, but when I got a glimpse at him standing almost completely in the shadow I noticed that he looked EXACTLY the way he looked in about 1975. Pretty healty, very young! A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall (acoustic) Larry on bouzouki. The arrangement was kinda different, thankfully without the backing vocals that used to turn into Charlie and Larry vs. Bob duels most of the time. Bobs performed several lines of the first verses as kind of a rap, the last verse was extremely well SUNG though and I really liked that despite the fact that its not one of my favorite songs. I know its probably a great piece of art and all, but the song never connects with me the way, say, the umpteenth renditon of Desolation Row still does. Charlie had his electric guitar in hands before switching to acoustic during the first verse. To Be Alone With You A nice choice after the rather serious acoustic set. Fast, hard rocking, with Larry taking a solo on the fiddle. A carefree time was garantueed for all! It was the next song however, that made the night. Where Teardrops Fall Exremely well done, especially when you conider that Bob played it approx. ten times over the last ten years. It still had the low and dark Oh Mercy feel to it and was in one word: lovely. The harp solo at the end (most definitely even the first EVER on this song!!!) was a nice bonus as well. Larry on pedal steel. A fairly long discussion between Tony, Bob and David followed and then David hit the drums REALLY hard for The Wicked Messenger This was another special treat. I had heard it last fall and it was alright without being special. Tonight it took really off. I guess you can compare ist evolution to the way Drifters evolved from its first performances (new arrangement) in May 2000 to the amazing renditions last fall. There was this funny moment during the closing harp solo where Bob stopped playing and turned around to David, because he expected a drumroll before he would start again. When Dylan looked back, thats exactly what he got. Band intros followed prior to: Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat Slightly different arrangement as Charlie was allowed to take his first longer solo and show us the new effect pedal he bought: It makes his guitar soundlike a hammond organ (you may have heard it [first] on the Beatles Let It Be, where George Harrison quite famously used the same effect). Apart from that it was the usual jam with a triple solo. After the formation they were gone for a few minutes (encore) Love Sick Very well done AGAIN: Highlight of the performance was the light effects though. You could see Bobs and the bands gigantic shadows projected on the curtain in the back, mimicking the wandering spirits design they used for T-shirts a few years ago. Like A Rolling Stones Was (too) slow, without energy and quite flat. A disappointment. He had played harp on Stone the show before this one and tonight he went back to pick up a harmonica as well, but before he decided on one, the song was over. If Dogs Run Free (acoustic) Was kind of a continuation of Stone with Charlie and Larry on electric guitars. The last time I heard it was when it was debuted in Munster, where it sounded fresh and funny. This was a typical we have to get through it by numbers rendition. The people in the crowd who hadnt heard it yet loved it though. All Along The Watchtower Yet another arrangement, with Charlie holding the notes during the riff and David playing harder than usual. Larry on lap steel. It was an extremely short version as well, hardly with any solos in the middle and the song now seems to end WITH rather than after the last line. It ends with Bob holding the word hoooooooowwwwwlll... Knockin On Heavens Door (acoustic) This time it was Larry on electric before switching to acoustic during verse one. Charlie on the other hand played his electric and used the organ to great effect with a lovely, lovely solo. Larry and Charlie also get to sing more and more backup, joining in on selected lines of the verses and the whole chorus. Maybe it wasnt performed to perfection, but the arrangement is the best Ive heard so far. Another unsuspected highlight. After the song the crowd started clapping rhytmically, and they didnt even stop when the band started Highway 61 Revisited Which visibly annoyed and/or confused Bob. He refused to start singing and even told the band to play quieter and only when they did and the clapping died out because of it he started singing WAY later than usual. Great Charlie solo among the usual jam mayhem. Blowin In The Wind (acoustic) I think Larry plays a different kind of rhythm on this, but I might be wrong. Another formation and then they left again. Only to come back 30 seconds later for yet another song. Even Tony seemed to besurprised. He probably thought he would be done after 20 songs and seven encores the mainset had 13 songs tonight). Anyways, they added Rainy Day Women Nos. 12&35 With Larry on lap steel. And it was every bit as good as you would expect it to be ? Then the lights came on and it was all over. Two hours, seventeen minutes, 21 songs. Not bad. Not THAT great either though, despite the above mentioned highlights. A really weird show, I think Ill need some more time (and a couple of more shows) to put it into perspective. The main set was obviously more or less random (12 new songs tonight compred to the previous show), but this laissez-faire approach also meant that any kind of red thread that you would usually have running through a set was lost. The set had absolutely no flow and went from good to bad and back within minutes. Well see what Schwbisch-Gmnd will bring us on Saturday. See ya there! Carsten Wohlfeld Review by Reinald Purman In his 1 (out of 4) rounds in Germany, the Bobcat hits a ground so well prepared: Not the birthday phoney in media-overkill ("sixtie Years, 60 Banners united,,,). but the excellent new song that gained an Oscar-Price ( "The Voice - he didnt had - that broke..") with an background-throning Statue (made of false golden matchsticks) - a somewhat new band-member - but most of all the series of marvellous concerts in his 2-step-german part of the 2000-Tour, proved in the hearts of the lucky people to be there and by the circulating records for the rest of us... So the "Stadthalle" was sold out nearly two month before, mostly to an audience in their middle years, lot of polka-shirts and families. It was the first stop of the tour in this city, but they had done excellent concerts in Hannover sometimes, what is very near. . And the 5000 people will remember this hot day. It starts few minutes after 8 with the standard announcement and the Gambler for a standard opening. All the band members in dark suits, Dylan in an black suit with white applications. He looks a little tired - or concentrated ? The band was cool and professional and the sound was excellent from the beginning. Some smoke arose to the spotlights for atmosphere. Hollis Brown came along with the bass-work of Tony G. It was all concentrated and something happened. All where waiting for tingle of the sparks, what came with the wonderful music of Simple Twist of Fate. Larry starts to hypnotize us with his special steel-thing and than Dylan starts singing. At the end oft the song, dylan went to the back of the stage - for me spontainously, roadie running to late and returns with his harp, for a long finishing solo. The audience was enthusiastic. Baby tonight follows, perfect done and than a second highlight: the Masters of W. It was changed in the arrangement, very impressing. On the background-curtain was something like a rorschach-test-picure projected . It was not followed by a slice of pie, but an excellent Spanish boots. Charlie Saxton did a lot to this. We spoke befor the concert about songs we NOT expect: One favorit was Hard Rain, the other was the Ballad of the Thin Man. (greetings to the many people out waiting for that...)And than: Hard Rain was another absolute highlight. It sounds in some moments like a waltz-music to the words of the performing Artist. Show me a setlist Germany (1978 instrumental) okay..Surprisingly in this evening.(Don't forget Thin Man) And now the highlights were delivered by the row, one after one. The wicked Messenger came with a metallic sound in his voice. Even the standard Leopard Skin was something special by thew gfuitars.. Than they stand on the stage, resting, Dylan leaves last, 21.25 time. The next 3 songs were expected, but done in a perfect and always a little new way. This Watch-Tower was a Power - Tower. Audience was melting, waving hands, lighters-swinging was stopped because heat and sweating and heat. The next real highlight was Knockin. Charlie wove a carpet of music around this and Dylan shows an impressive voice. Okay, the rest of the set-list was standard (or it was not) , buteven the RDW sounds swinging. They were cool in this heat, dylan &his band.The audience was delighted and steaming and more. Thanks to you for reading and most for theh Men, wich travellin roads ... (please return to Berlin next year). R.Purmann Review by Sven Lewandowski It was strange ! On the trip back home I sat in a car with two persons who saw Dylan for the first time. Dieter thought hed seen a fantastic show, but Mareikes statemant was very precise and short: "total scheie" (total shit). Andreas enjoyed the show and Alex (a hardcore fan and Mareikes boyfriend) argued that weve seen a good show. But I think they were all wrong in some way. Let me explain why. After being to 18 shows last year Braunschweig was going to be my only show in 2001. In the back of my mind I kept the posibility of going to Schwbisch Gmnd too, but I really wasnt able to make up my mind. So I decided not to decide unless I experienced the show and Braunschweig. But yesterdays show didnt change my mind. To me the show was neither really good nor really bad. I think the setlist was quite interessting but nearly the whole show lacked of commitment. That was especially true for Dylans vocal performance. The show started with Roving Gambler. I really like this song but in some way I was distracted by Larrys horrible new beard. But never mind. Mama, You Been On My was okay and I liked it. When they started to play Hollis Brown I thought "Oh great - thats one of the songs I came to hear". But very soon it became disappointing. On most of the verses Dylan rather mumbled in a very low voice throught the lines. You could hardly hear this voice. On some verses, especially on the first, his voice was strong. So all in all Hollis Brown might be a highlist on the setlist. But this was definitely not true for the performance of the song. The first electric set startet with Tombstone Blues and it was quite good but the perferomance didnt match last years performances (especially Cardiff). On Tombstone Blues we had once again to face the problem which to me spoiled a lot of the show: Dylans vocal performance was rather weak. The was no power in it and it lacked of both aggressivness and commitment towards the songs. But on the other hand Simple Twist Of Fate which followed was treaten in a tender way and his voice seemed to return to good form. But finally he destroyed a lot of the atmosphere with a strange harp solo at the end of the song. Theres very little to say on Ill Be Your Baby Tonight. To me it was a rather mediocre performance. Masters Of War was sure a highlight although I dont really like the song. Dylan now seemed to be more concentrated and his vocal delivery got much better. That was also true for the other two acoustic songs that follow. On Boots Of Spanish Leather his voice was tender and blue lights created a very special atmosphere. I was quite surprised that A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall followed. I didnt expect him to do such a long song with some many lines - especially after the experience that he didnt seem to be able to remember the lyrics of Hollis Brown. But on Hard Rain his memory seemed to be quite clear and so we got a good performance. This time (this year ?) there were no background vocals by Larry and Charlie and so I enjoyed the song much more than at Portsmouth last year. While Dylans vocals were good at these 3 acoustic songs the second electric set started with to old problem. At To Be Alone With You, which featured Larry on fiddle, Dylans voice was too weak to match the power of the music. There was a lack of the aggressivness in his voice that is needed for this song. Too me the highlight of the show was Where Teardrops Fall. It was the only song that I havent heared live before. But it was a great performance too. And an unexpected one... Dylans voice changed once again and commitment seemed to have returned. So we got a lovely performance. Towards the end of the song Dylan even picked up this harmonica and delivered an enjoyable solo. Wicked Messenger followed and I enjoyed it very much. But still Id argue that last years performances of the song were much stonger. He once again played the harp but it wasnt as agressive as it has been last year. Band introcuctions followed and the set was closed with Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat which was quiet boring to me. After a short break the band returned and started the encores with Love Sick. There seemed to be some kind of misunderstanding on stage and so Dylan played some strange kind of intro to the song. Love Sick was surely one of the ups in a show full of ups and downs. I enjoyed the song and I think it was a good performance. That cant be said for Like A Rolling Stone. It was one of the "downs" (theres nothing more to say on it). I have heared If Dogs Run Free once before - the debut performance at Mnster last year. While at Mnster the song was a sensation the performance at Braunschweig was much better and more interesting - another highlight. I didnt like All Along The Watchtower and I think I have to repeat myself once again: The performance lacked of commitment and Dylans vocal delivery was rather weak and poor. Knocking On Heavens Door followed and I really loved the new version. Especially Charlies electic guitar created a fantastic sound and made the song sound fresh. I think it was the best performance of Heavens Door Ive heared so far. Highway 61 Revisited: see Watchtower Blowin In The Wind: always the same Rainy Day Women: not a perrfomance to remember So all in all it was a show with a lot of ups and downs and though Im known to be very critical I think nobody can really argue that it was a perfect show. It sure had its highlights, but you cant forget about a lot of weakness. So in some way Dieter as well as Mareike werent totally wrong in their judgements. Ive one wasnt committed to Dylan before it was hard to become a fan during the show. And I think it has a lot to do with expectations too. I dont know what Dieter was told by Andreas before the show. But I can imagine what Mareike was told by Alex... I think her expectations were too high and therefore disapointment was unavoidable. I myself tried to keep the level of my expectations low and in some kind of way I was rewarded for doing so. Review by Werner Kehl A good half-dozen of Us had come from Berlin to Braunschweig to see the return of Bob & Band to a german stage for the first time since Muenster last fall. Within our own little group, opinions about last night were split right down the middle: some found the first hour better, others the second; but the consensus was that Hard Rains A-Gonna-Fall was the peak! I myself felt that was the song that gave the show the spark it had hitherto been missing. Afterwards followed what I believe were wonderful and truly inspired versions of Where Teardrops Fall, To Be Alone With You, and Wicked Messenger. What most of us find further amazing is the amount of song-reshuffling going on . We can only guess it has something to do with the new format in the first part of the concert (3 acc., 3 elec.,3 acc., 3 elec.) which leaves no room or purpose for an anchor-tune a la Tangled or trad.. This almost guarantees that if you catch 3 shows in a row, you will have been exposed to many, many different songs unlike ever before, possibly including quite a few one may or may not have witnessed live before. On a more personal note: Charlie, we loooove those funky sounds youre adding (MIDI?); Larry more pedal-steele, please; David, the new beret suits you much better than the old cowboy-hat; and Tony, youre just the back-bone be(a)st that keeps it all together!! Hey Bob, what are the chances of Return To Me north of the Alps or is that something you wanna save for Italy? Whatever You play, from the bottom of our Hearts, Thank You for a REAL good time!!! Werner Review by Stephen Cook Flew back to England from Germany last night having seen the Braunschweig concert. A night of mixed blessings! Having last seen Dylan in Cardiff in September 2000 my expectations were high. Too high? At times the delivery was over-indulgent, and other times Dylan seemed totally disinterested; sometimes it was both -during horrendous versions of "Like A Rolling Stone" and "All Along the Watchtower" for instance. When it was good on Thursday night however, it was sublime! The first two numbers were mumbled, but then Dylan turned to the microphone and sang the words: "Hollis Brown" - and there followed a thoughtful and feeling rendition of "The Ballad of Hollis Brown". Every word could be heard and Dylan was careful to give the final lines the time they needed instead of losing them: "There's seven people dead on a South Dakota farm / Somewhere in the distance there's seven new people born". The same was true of the delivery of "Boots of Spanish Leather" - Dylan carefully sharing both sides of the story before deliberately accentuating "Take heed of the stormy weather"; preparing everyone in the audience for the title and closing line "Spanish boots of Spanish leather". Having immediately warned of stormy weather, Dylan launched into "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" - probably one of the highlights of the evening. Each verse sung as though it were a new song, rising each time to a heartfelt warning-of-a-chorus. The other standout song from the main set was "Where Teardrops Fall", sung with feeling and given added depth by the pedal steel and closing harmonica solo. On a number of occasions it looked as though the set was being made up as it went along, and the performance suffered as a result. "Simple Twist of Fate" and "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" were welcome inclusions but would both have been improved tremendously if only Dylan had given them a little more care and attention. "Simple Twist of Fate", one of Dylan's best pieces of romantic nostalgia, certainly deserves better. Sadly the encore was mainly predictable: overblown and empty versions of "Like a Rolling Stone", "All Along the Watchtower", "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35". The exceptions were a mellow version of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and a marvellous outing for "If Dogs Run Free". I must be getting old - but the acoustic tracks definitely stood out on the night. They were delivered with more care and passion and still took your breath away. I wonder, is it time to exorcise the howling ghost of electricity? Or just turn it down a bit! Stephen Cook July 2001 Review by Tobias Freimueller I see that Carsten (back on the tour?!?) und Sven have been busy already, and I agree with them: This show featured some of the best Dylan and some of the worst (at least in the post-drunk-period) in one show, what make things hard to describe. I think there are 3 reasons for this extreme ups and downs: 1) The band plays so exceptionally well these days: Hardly any mistake by any of the guys. Everything depends on Bob now completely. 2) Bobs voice sounds very rough and old this year. When I listened to some of the 2001-Boots I wondered about that, in Braunschweig it turned out to be a fact. Something must have happened to his voice during the christmas-holidays propably he smokes stronger cigarettes now... On slow and epic songs like Boots and Hollis Brown his voice works very good, maybe even better than before, but on some others... 3) His guitarplaying has been strange since 1961, but now it is simply bizarre sometimes - and hes taking all the solos for himself leaving Charlie and Larry strumming chords (what is a shame). Maybe hes just getting bored of playing some of the routine-songs like ROLLING STONE and LEOPARD and is trying hard to push them in a new direction with some unusual guitar? Show started with an pretty standard ROVING GAMBLER; cant say much about this, because I was searching the moustache in Bobs face (it wasnt there) and because I was shocked by Larry looking like Ruber Hotzenplotz (just for German readers) with his new beard. MAMA YOU`VE BEEN ON MY MIND came next. Far from beeing an interesting choice, but nicely sung and played. Would have prefered BOB DYLANS DREAM in this slot ;-) When they started the next song, I was sure that it was JOHN BROWN because Bob saw me in the audience and decided to do that tune - like in Mnster 1996, Bremen 1998 and Mnster 2000 but I was wrong. It was the other brother Hollis to come. HOLLIS BROWN was the highlight of the night for me. Different arrangement staying on one level during the whole song no increasing volume like 1998. Bob was very concentrated and got all the lyrics right (Sven, the tapes will tell!) and from where I stood, one could hear every word (Sven, where have you been?). Great great performance! Now things turned around completely: TOMBSTONE BLUES was played without energy, Bob playing around with the phrasing ending up stretching some lines and words, singing on a single note. Bad. SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE is always welcome, although it means that there would be not much room for electric surprises. Fine, more spoken than sung vocals from Bob, strange, but good Harmonica at the end. I`LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT came next. This is definitly the song I dont want to hear. Bad phrasing (as always), endless jamming (as always). Puuhhhh..... Back to acoustics again with another standard choice: MASTERS OF WAR turned out to be the start of a great second acoustic set. Perfect performance, at the end Bob repeated the first verse again and the song ended with the last line of that verse. Nobody on stage looked surprised, so this must have been rehearsed before. Same thing happend later again. Now Bob saw me finally in the audience and started BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER like always ;-) Again a perfect version. Spoken lyrics, a few good guitar-licks, Great! HARD RAIN was the first song that I never heard live good performance again, although Bob changed timing in the chorus in almost every verse what make things not easier for the band. Next was the extra-song for the night: TO BE ALONE WITH YOU was same as earlier this year with Larry on violin (he looks even more like Hotzenplotz now while playing some staccato-riffs on the fiddle and grinning all the time as if he would jump off stage every second and kill somebody probably me because I was standing right in front of him). As always Bob couldnt remember much of the lyrics and played some really strange guitar for the first time. WHERE TEARDROPS FALL was a brilliant performance again. But to be honest: Its a silly song with stupid lyrics. WICKED MESSENGER was another highlight. Strange to see how Bob didnt care at all about the well rehearsed arrangement. He stayed away from the microphone when he usually sings and plays some not-so-bad guitar-parts instead. Larry, Charlie and Tony looked puzzled on some points but this brought fresh air to the song. Maybe it will sound confused on the tapes, but it was fun to see! LEOPARD SKIN PILL BOX HAT should be deleted from the set-lists indeed. Its getting slower and slower. Bobs guitar was bizzare on this. Unfortunately he didnt play HIGHLANDS for the first enchore but the usual LOVE SICK. Carsten and Sven liked it, I certainly didnt. Again Bob was searching for some new ways of phrasing without finding any... But things went downhill even more: ROLLING STONE was the worst redition I heard in years. Way too slow and played without any passion. Sounds like a highschool-band playing it so slow to learn the chord-progression. Bobs guitar sounded completely out of tune. This song needs a rest too. I was hoping for something different than Dogs now and chances were good, because he skipped it the night before for the first time since October 2000. But no way: They did it again and they did it surprisingly good. No more screamed lines, just a relaxed jazzy tune. Nice! A looooonnnng discussion between Bob and Tony made me sure that they were talking about how to play SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES ;-) but I was wrong. WATCHTOWER came next. OK-Version with Bob doing the repeating first verse-trick again like in Masters. KNOCKING ON HEAVENS DOOR was the song I hoped for, because I love the new arrangement I knew from the Melbourne-Boot. And they did it! Unfortunately Bob did his best to sing the choruses in a different timing than Larry and Charlie... Nice version nevertheless. HIGHWAY 61 was driven by great rhythm-riffs bay Larry and Charlie, Bobs vocals were not more than OK, His guitarplaying has totally lost the connection to what the others did. BLOWING IN THE WIND was again a bad version. Played on autopilot by the band, except for Larry, who tried to play a different rhythm what didnt work at all. Another song that should be skipped for some time. RAINY DAY WOMEN closed the show (when was the last show featuring 21 songs?), same as always Bobs guitarplaying sounded as if my grandma would try it for the first time... When it was over you could feel that the hardcore Fans didnt really know what to say about the show, most of the other people seemed to like it very much, hm.... Get a tape and judge for yourself its worth for HOLLIS BROWN alone. See you at Schwbisch-Gmnd Tobias =================== =================== =================== === Setlist.txt =================== =================== =================== Disc 1 1 Intro 2 Roving Gambler (acoustic) 3 Mama, You Been On My Mind (acoustic) 4 Ballad Of Hollis Brown (acoustic) 5 Tombstone Blues 6 Simple Twist Of Fate (Larry on pedal steel and Bob on harp) 7 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Larry on pedal steel) 8 Masters Of War (acoustic) (Charlie on Dobro) 9 Boots Of Spanish Leather (acoustic) 10 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (acoustic) (Larry on bouzouki) 11 To Be Alone With You (Larry on fiddle) 12 Where Teardrops Fall (Larry on pedal steel and Bob on harp) Disc 2 1 The Wicked Messenger (Bob on harp) 2 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (1st encore) 3 Love Sick 4 Like A Rolling Stone 5 If Dogs Run Free (acoustic) (Larry and Charlie on electric guitars) 6 All Along The Watchtower (Larry on lap steel guitar) 7 Knockin' On Heaven's Door (acoustic) (Charlie on electric guitar) 8 Highway 61 Revisited 9 Blowin' In The Wind (acoustic) (2nd encore) 10 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Larry on lap steel guitar) =================== =================== ===================