Dylan at the Palace- April 28, 2013

Last night's show at the Palace found Dylan and Company in fine form, movin' through a total of sixteen tunes.

Legendary blues artist Duke Robillard, who figured in heavily on Dylan's 1997 release "Time Out Of Mind", has assumed lead guitar duties with the tourin' band. As might be expected, his presence gave the entire set a strong bluesy feel. Major reworkin' of nearly every song made for a fresh, extremely cohesive night of music.

Dylan spent a great deal of the early part of the show singin' and droppin' in some of the best harp work I have seen from him. The band appeared to be enjoyin' themselves and this came through in the performances. It was evident by the end of the first selection, "Things Have Changed", that this was gonna be a Good One.

The latter portion of the evenin' had Dylan stayin' mostly at the piano. Robillard's guitar gave Dylan a few opportunities to step out in a bit of a different fashion from his usual approach.

Not once did Dylan pick up the guitar. (A minor disappointment for me- I like Dylan's guitar playin'...)

A number of songs had such radically different arrangements from what I was used to hearin', that there were times the band would be well into the intro before I could pin down what they were playin'. A couple times I wasn't even certain what they had begun until the lyrics started.

This show has made on to my Short List of Favorite Dylan Shows.

Damn Good Time...

Fish

Set List:

Things Have Changed*
Love Sick
High Water (For Charlie Patton)*
Soon After Midnight
Early Roman Kings*
Tangled Up In Blue
Pay In Blood
Visions Of Johanna*
Spirit Of The Water
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'*
Blind Willie McTell*
What Good Am I?
Thunder On The Mountain
Scarlet Town
All Along The Watchtower*
Ballad Of A Thin Man*

*Tough, but these are some of the highlights of the evenin' for me...

Of course, it would be wrong not to mention the venue- the Louisville Palace is hands down the most beautiful venue we have here in Louisville. Probsbly the coolest place I have ever had the pleasure to see a show. Breathtakin', exceptional sound, and loaded with history. We should consider ourselves lucky to have such a place.

Thanks, once again, to the Fine Folks at WFPK, without whose complimentary ticket giveaways I would have certainly been unable to attend last night's excellent show!