This traditionally opener shows Bob and the band with good energy, but at
the end the act was plain. However the second tune, It ain´t me, babe,
repeats itself as the second song in Rio´s last presentation in 2008: Bob on
guitar, this time with Charlie Sexton on his side, start a conversation that
would turn out brilliantly some songs later.

Next, a beatiful version of Tangled up in blue. Bob singing loud and clear,
always starting the chorus out of time, and pleasing the audience with
harmonica solos. After a flat version of Things Have Changed, the band did
it´s best in The levee´s gonna break. Tony e Charlie facing Bob all the time,
while he beat his Korg keyboard, giving a quicker rhythm than the original
version, and stretching the instrumental part. A great performance, but not
so pleasing to the local audience, apparently not so familiar with Together
Through Life tunes. Beyond Here lies nothin´ showed his great power when
played live, and following, one of the highlights of the night; with a great
voice, clean as ever, Bob chanted from beginning to end, Desolation Row,
uttered every silable in a stressed way at the last chorus (“de-so-la-tion-row”!),
and conducting the song in a very similar (but better!!) way to the famous
Mtv Unplugged register of 1994.

On Summer Days, Bob gave the control to the band for a few minutes, like
he has done before, and just observed enigmatically from the corner,
sometimes seeming to want to blow up the band at any moment, while
impatiently tapping his fingers (Was he roll playing?). Then he went back to
the guitar, this time to make solos with Charlie on an amazing version of
Simple twist of fate, another highlight, as moving as the original, but maybe
not as dramatic, and undoubtedly less mellow. Perhaps as a result of the
almost forty years of distance of the pain that gave birth to the song.

The moment to please the audience, as usual, with Highway 61, a little pause
with Forgetful Heart, and Thunder on The Mountain was a warm up for the
last highlight of the night. A provocative, enthusiastic, bizarre performance of
Ballad of a Thin Man, with Bob swinging between the two microphones, in the
center and on the left side of the stage, facing the band while his apocalyptical
voice echoed with sound effects. After that, he suddenly starts and hastily
finishes Like a Rolling Stone and a too noise All Along the Watchtower, with
no encore, both performances don´t live up to the grandeur of those
monumental songs.

At the end, a great, but not fantastic concert that left us with great
expectations, curiosity and yearning for the next shows. Tomorrow is a long
time, but let´s will see what happens a mile away from the beaches of Rio,
at “Teatro Nilson Nelson” in the Brazillian backlands on Tuesday night

Ja, richtig, danke für den Hinweis!

Marius Ebert

Wann ich habe geklickt ist gekommen:
“Dieses Video wurde vom Nutzer entfernt. Das tut uns leid”.

Liebe Grüße,
Alexandra Lorenz

P.S. Gestern ich habe ein Arbeitsvertrag unterschieben. Ab 2.1.2012 darf ich arbeiten. Ich kann kaum warten. Ich werde dann in Ihre Shop bestellen können.