Post Show Banter >>>>

America is not ready for a Jewish president…

Side-Voxel wrote:
reviews were that Bernie sounded a little flat…

Well done.

Side-Voxel wrote:
reviews were that Bernie sounded a little flat…

lol

Dylan was in rare form last night at UMBC.  He played both guitar and piano and his harmonica playing never sounded better.  Surprisingly, the sound was good at the event center.  The seasoned veterans Sexton and Garnier are the core of the band.  A violinist/pedal steel player  added atmosphere to ballads like Girl From the North Country.  Most importantly, his vocals were strong and some of the arrangements were breathtaking i.e. Simple Twist of Fate…He kind of shuffles around the stage now, often rising from the piano bench to grab the harmonica and continue the song while standing.  What a treat.  Long live the King!

Bagley wrote:
Dylan was in rare form last night at UMBC.  He played both guitar and piano and his harmonica playing never sounded better.  Surprisingly, the sound was good at the event center.  The seasoned veterans Sexton and Garnier are the core of the band.  A violinist/pedal steel player  added atmosphere to ballads like Girl From the North Country.  Most importantly, his vocals were strong and some of the arrangements were breathtaking i.e. Simple Twist of Fate…He kind of shuffles around the stage now, often rising from the piano bench to grab the harmonica and continue the song while standing.  What a treat.  Long live the King!

Very cool. Going to see him tonite in the booming metropolis of Petersburg, VA.

Bagley wrote:
Dylan was in rare form last night at UMBC.  He played both guitar and piano and his harmonica playing never sounded better.  Surprisingly, the sound was good at the event center.  The seasoned veterans Sexton and Garnier are the core of the band.  A violinist/pedal steel player  added atmosphere to ballads like Girl From the North Country.  Most importantly, his vocals were strong and some of the arrangements were breathtaking i.e. Simple Twist of Fate…He kind of shuffles around the stage now, often rising from the piano bench to grab the harmonica and continue the song while standing.  What a treat.  Long live the King!

Is Donnie Herron from BR549 still the fiddle/pedal steel player? When Dylan took him away from BR549, it pretty much killed that band. Poor Chuck Mead, he never recovered. But I guess if Dylan calls, you don't say no.

Great review…thanks


I knew I should have gone

Space wrote:
Is Donnie Herron from BR549 still the fiddle/pedal steel player? 

Yup

Bagley wrote:
Dylan was in rare form last night at UMBC.  He played both guitar and piano and his harmonica playing never sounded better.  Surprisingly, the sound was good at the event center.  The seasoned veterans Sexton and Garnier are the core of the band.  A violinist/pedal steel player  added atmosphere to ballads like Girl From the North Country.  Most importantly, his vocals were strong and some of the arrangements were breathtaking i.e. Simple Twist of Fate…He kind of shuffles around the stage now, often rising from the piano bench to grab the harmonica and continue the song while standing.  What a treat.  Long live the King!

Excellent.
I have seen Dylan twice in the past maybe 10 years, and skipped this show because the previous shows were so bad that I walked out both of those times. The event center is so new and clean, parking is free and easy, and the sound was also great for Avett Bros.

Regretting slightly not going to Dylan, but my post show banter is that I got to see Will Johnson from Centro-Matic (and a bunch of other bands), play a living room show, and then I got to hang with him for more than an hour afterwards of old-guys trading "what bands they saw when" stories. That was pretty fun.

Managed to make it up to NJ to see the Feelies play their first 2 LPs. Damn, that was a good show. Great venue too…White Eagle Hall. I highly recommend it.

Skegss at RNR Hotel.  High energy lots of fun.

88. Dino Jr. was a joyful experience, and not near the loudest that I have experienced with them. Lou was particularly animated.

Agreed. Great show but nowhere near as loud as expected. Weird crowd, too.

StoneTheCrow wrote:
Agreed. Great show but nowhere near as loud as expected. Weird crowd, too.

Crowd was different, more biker/heavy-metaller than indie rock record store clerkish. Place had a "fist-fight may break out at any moment" vibe.

Brawltimore

I don't typically listen to podcasts but a friend, who was also at the Dylan show in Baltimore last week, turned me on to this.  I think it's spot on-

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVmaW5pdGVseWR5bGFuLmNvbS9saXN0ZW4_Zm9ybWF0PXJzcw&episode=NWI3YWRlYWMzNjA5OWIyOGJjYjdhNzgyOjViN2Q4NDhhYjhhMDQ1MGE4MDRlYjdhNjo1ZGQxOWU3NTdmOTYwODBlNGFkNmQ4OTE&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjOk_qz1fnlAhWDslkKHeahA_8QieUEegQIBRAE&ep=6&at=1574283254408

89.
Titus Andronicus was a reminder that, among other things, Chris Wilson is a beast of a drummer. Saw him play 6 times this year: 3x in Titus, 2x in Hammered Hulls, and 1x in Ted Leo Rx.  Patrick was his usual deadpan funny, sweaty, bearded frontman. Show seemed well attended to me, but he (joked?) that it was the smallest attendance at Blackcat show ever for the band.

challanged wrote:
89

So…less than 40 days to get 11 shows in…going for 100?

That's wrote:

challanged wrote:
89

So…less than 40 days to get 11 shows in…going for 100?

I only have through 12/14 probably for shows….will probably top out in the 94-96 range.

challanged wrote:

That's wrote:

challanged wrote:
89

So…less than 40 days to get 11 shows in…going for 100?

I only have through 12/14 probably for shows….will probably top out in the 94-96 range.

I believe in you.