![]() ![]() The audience sings along to the chorus of “Just Like a Woman.” The encore is “Like a Rolling Stone,” and an enormous cheer greets the iconic opening notes, followed by general confusion as the new arrangement goes hither and tither while Dylan grunts the lyrics. The setlist has some Time Out for Mind and some Modern Times, as well as some classics, the majority of which I don’t recognize. ![]() Dylan stands behind a keyboard at the side of the stage for the entire concert wearing an enormous cowboy hat that obscures all but a sliver of his face from our vantage point. ![]() We’re in some crummy seats in a side balcony. I’m not deeply immersed in Dylan lore, although I have seen both Don’t Look Back and No Direction Home, and know enough to know that Dylan is an ornery man who is not necessarily a crowd pleaser. I’m well-enough versed in the classic albums - your Highways 61s, your Blood on the Tracks - as well as the more recent Modern Times, which I gave my parents as a Christmas gift. I’m 19 years old and finished my first year of undergrad, where I downloaded much of Dylan’s discography from my dorm’s file-sharing network. My first Bob Dylan concert, attended with my parents. 20 August 2008 - Hamilton, Ontario - Copps Coliseum ![]()
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