Seven Days: Nov 12 - 18, 2023 (Bonus Edition)

This Week in Bob Dylan

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Tour News

Bob’s on the road.

• Dylan’s Rolling New England Revue: An Analysis of Dylan’s Fascinating Six-Show Run (Bostoncom) [5]

  • "I was nervous at first when I couldn’t make out one word of “River” — I can usually at least pick up a phrase from his gruff first song — but he quickly warmed up. By his third song, he was clear-voiced on the close-to-the-bone “I Contain Multitudes” (“I’m a man of contradictions and a man of many moods”) and by his fourth, “False Prophet,” he was standing at the piano, cowboy hat firmly on."

• Last Night in Springfield (Flagging Down The Double E's) [8]

  • "As I’ve noted several times, Bob’s playing has taken huge strides this tour. He sounds great, but seeing his hands illustrates how idiosyncratic his playing remains. He never spreads his fingers much, whether by choice or necessity. As a result, he doesn’t really play normal piano chords. It looks like he’s hammering away with two little claws, but it doesn’t so…