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Went over to see Dylan play at the Roy Wilkins tonight. It was a packed madhouse of a circus and was a real good time. There was even like a 10-person lot scene. What a hoot.

Bob played piano on every song, which I'll admit surprised me a little bit. I had heard rumors that he was having some arthritis problems, but I didn't realize it was bad enough to keep him off the guitar for the whole show. Out of necessity, the band has added another guitar player to round out the sound and - interestingly - another drummer, presumably to appease all the old hippies in the crowd by trying to make the band look more like the Dead.

On a vocal note, I'll be the first to say that Bob is back to being nearly impossible to understand. The golden era of enunciation has come to an unfortunate end. Seriously. I know most every word to most every song he sang, and there were *tons* of times that I couldn't synch the lyrics in my head with whatever the hell it was he was saying. Shrmumpuuump bumphump eeeee HIGHWAY 61!!!

Song highlights for me included a fantastically mellow 'Girl of the North Country' and the newly reworked 'Like a Rolling Stone'. I know it's dumb to pick Rolling Stone, but this newest version is pretty neat.

Other highlights included the fact that we bailed when Rainy Day Woman started and headed over to Mickey's to get some coffee and hashbrowns. Good god I love their hashbrowns.

Big ups to Molly for the tickets.

Bob Dylan - St. Paul, MN - 3/10/2004 [execpc]
Mickey's Diner [citysearch]