On April 12, 1963, I was an 8th-grade student at JHS 190 while He's So Fine by the Chiffons was the number one song. At that time I hadn't yet heard of Bob Dylan played his first major concert at Town Hall on West 43rd Street in Manhattan. The original concert is archived at https://archive.org/details/BobDylanLiveNYCCityHall4121963
The songs played at that concert were "re-imagined" last night at the same venue as stated by Steven Bernstein, the musical director of the performer. Back then Dylan just played with an acoustic guitar and a harmonica, but last night's show was done by an ensemble with over 12 musicians. I always feel that when a performer covers one or many of Dylan's songs the new version should be different from the original. This was certainly the case last night. I do feel that a few of the songs were overdone as the words were masked by ornate music, but in most cases, the musical arrangement
enhanced the song.
Setlist
- Ramblin’ Down Thru The World
- Bob Dylan’s Dream
- Talkin’ New York
- Ballad Of Hollis Brown
- Walls Of Red Wing
- All Over You
- Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
- Boots Of Spanish Leather
- Hero Blues
- Blowin’ In The Wind
- John Brown
- Tomorrow Is A Long Time
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Dusty Old Fairgrounds
- Who Killed Davey Moore?
- Seven Curses
- Highway 51
- Pretty Peggy-O
- Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Hiding Too Long
- With God On Our Side
- Masters Of War
- Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
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