An Elegy for a Lost America- Bob Dylan live in New England 2019
Episodes 6 and 7 of THE BOSTON HAROLD, chronicling the two recent Bob Dylan shows I attended - in Lowell and Providence - have been posted.
Episode 6 was a quick review of the November 19 concert at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. You can access it here.
Episode 7 - An Elegy for a Lost America- Bob Dylan live in New England 2019 - has just been posted. It's a more in-depth analysis of the 19 songs Dylan chooses to play night after night. Here's the link.
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Photo: Mark Scalise
SET LISTS: (Courtesy Bob Links)
| 1. | Things Have Changed (Bob center stage on guitar, Donnie on violin) |
| 2. | It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on piano, Donnie on violin) |
| 3. | Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel) |
| 4. | Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on piano then center stage on harp, Donnie on violin) |
| 5. | Can't Wait (Bob center stage, Donnie on lap steel |
| 6. | When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on piano then center stage with harp, Donnie on violin) |
| 7. | Honest With Me (Bob on piano, Donnie on violin) |
| 8. | Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on piano, Donnie on violin, Tony on standup bass) |
| 9. | Make You Feel My Love (Bob center stage, Donnie on violin) |
| 10. | Pay In Blood (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel) |
| 11. | Lenny Bruce (Bob on piano, Donnie on violin) |
| 12. | Early Roman Kings (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass) |
| 13. | Girl From the North Country (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel, Bob Britt guitar with bottleneck, Tony on standup bass) |
| 14. | Not Dark Yet (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel) |
| 15. | Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel) |
| 16. | Soon After Midnight (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel) |
| -- | Band introduction |
| 17. | Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on piano, Donnie on pedal steel) |
| (encore) | |
| 18. | Ballad of a Thin Man (Bob center stage on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel) |
| 19. | It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Bob on piano, Donnie on pedal steel) |
Two are being reproduced here, and thanks to the original transcribers!
Original: Copyright © 1981 by Special Rider Music
Lenny Bruce is dead
But his ghost is living on and on
He never did make it to the promised land
Never made it out of Babylon
He was an outlaw
So sad but true
More of an outlaw
Than even he ever knew
Lenny Bruce is gone
But his spirit's living on and on
Maybe he had some problems
Some things that he just couldn't work out
But he sure was funny, and he sure told the truth
And he knew what he was talking about
Never robbed any churches
Or cut off any babies' heads
He just took the folks in high places
And he shined a light in their beds
He went to some distant shore
He didn't wanna live anymore
Lenny Bruce is dead
But he didn't commit any crime
He just had the insight to rip off
The lid before its time
I rode with him
In a taxi once
Only for a couple a miles
Seemed like it took a couple of months
Lenny Bruce moved on
Like the ones that killed him are gone
They said that he was sick
Cause he didn't play by the rules
Well he just showed the wise men of his day
To be nothing more than fools
They stamped him and they labeled him
Like they do with pants and shirts
He fought a war on a battle field
Where every wound still hurts
Lenny Bruce was bad
He was the brother that you never had
Original copyright:© 1979 by Special Rider Music
You might be an ambassador to England or France
You might like to gamble,
Might like to dance
Maybe in Las Vegas
Having lots of fun
Or hiding in the bushes
Holding a smoking gun
But you got to serve somebody
Serve somebody
Might be the devil,
May be the Lord
But you gotta to serve somebody
You may be in a honky-tonk
In a nursing home
Picking thru the rubble
With a fine tooth comb
They may call you Peter
They may call you Paul
You might even have a name
Or maybe not at all
You have to serve somebody
Serve somebody
Might be the devil
Might be the Lord
You'll have to serve somebody
Maybe in a hallway
Down at the coast
Maybe hallucinating
Think you'd seen a ghost
They may call you mystic
Call you Mister Soul
You might be on the wagon
You may be on a roll
You got to serve somebody
Serve somebody
Might be the devil
May be the Lord
You have to serve somebody
You know you could be someone's neighbor
Some sweet mother's son
Someone's jealous husband
Someone on the run
You might be on the borderline
Holding down the fort
Or maybe your a lawyer
Having your day in court
You got to serve somebody
Serve somebody
Might be the devil
Maybe the Lord
You'll have to serve somebody
2014 review of BOB DYLAN at the PPAC:
2014 review of BOB DYLAN at the PPAC:
In Providence, Bob Dylan transcends both space and time, does it his way
All original content © Harold Lepidus 2019
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