Bob Dylan at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium

The only time I ever attended a concert at the Forest Hills Stadium was in the summer of 1967 when I saw Simon and Garfunkel and the Doors when the latter act was almost booed off the stage by the S&G fans,  As I stated in a previous journal entry I did not see Dylan there in August 1965.

As we exited the Continental Avenue subway station it was raining.  We met my old friend Roy by the Midway Theater and walked over to the Tennis Stadium.  Open act Mavis Staples started promptly at 7 PM in the light rain.  It rained very heavily at the Paul Simon concert last Friday and I certainly did not want to get soaked.  Fortunately, the rain stopped by the end of Mavis's set.

At 8:05 Dylan came out in a black suit wearing a white hat.  I could not see his face from where we were sitting.  He played mostly newer music from the recent adult standard albums and the Tempest which was released in 2012 and the last album with Dylan compositions.  I was disappointed that he did not talk to the audience at all and didn't even introduce the members of his band.  It would have been nice if he had related his experience with the August 1965 concert at Forest Hills.  He sang the songs as he has done on several concerts on this leg of the Never Ending Tour.  Do musicians get board performing the same songs over and over?

Below is his singing Blowin' in the Wind.  I thank reader Frank D'Agostino for bringing this to my attention.

Set List from Bill Pagel's Boblinks Page

Queens, New York Forest Hills StadiumJuly 8, 2016

1.	Things Have Changed (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
2.	She Belongs To Me (Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on pedal steel)
3.	Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on piano, Donnie on electric mandolin)
4.	The Night We Called It A Day (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
5.	Pay In Blood (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel)
6.	Melancholy Mood (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on stndup bass)
7.	Duquesne Whistle (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
8.	That Old Feeling (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass) (written by Sammy Fain with lyrics by Lew Brown) (published in 1937)
9.	Tangled Up In Blue (Bob center stage with harp then on piano, Donnie on pedal steel)
	(intermission)
10.	High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob center stage, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
11.	Why Try To Change Me Now (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
12.	Early Roman Kings (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
13.	I Could Have Told You (Bob Center Stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
14.	Spirit On The Water (Bob on piano, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
15.	Scarlet Town (Bob center stage, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
16.	All Or Nothing At All (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
17.	Long And Wasted Years (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
18.	Autumn Leaves (Bob center stage, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
	(encore)
19.	Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on piano, Donnie on violin, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
20.	Love Sick (Bob center stage, Donnie on electric mandolin)