Tequila Cowboy wrote:StevieRay wrote:TC - can you tell me why Empire Burlesque makes your top ten?
A few reasons; one the musicianship is impeccable. How can you not love Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench and Howie Epstein, along with the excellent Don Heffington (Lone Justice)as a backing band? Second, it's the songs. Every single song on side 1 is a favorite, especially
Tight Connection to my Heart & I'll Remember You and
When the Night Comes Falling From The Sky from side 2 can be a top ten Dylan song for me on the right day. On the downside the record is a little slick and has the eighties drum sound that I truly wish didn't exist but unfortunately did. I can't balms the songs or the musicians for that though. Also I saw several shows on the tour for that record where TP & the Heartbreakers were Bob's band and it was glorious. All those things leave me loving that record.
I'll give it a spin. In truth I was dismissive about the record and didn't even realize it was most of the The Heartbreakers backing him.
Hey bud - remember this show:
June 11, 2004 - Manchester, TN
Down Along The Cove
Tell Me That It Isn't True
Samson And Delilah
Watching The River Flow
You Win Again
Cold Irons Bound
Sing Me Back Home
Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
Highway 61 Revisited
Pancho And Lefty
Seeing The Real You At Last
Blind Willie McTell
Honest With Me
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Summer Days
Cat's In The Well
Like A Rolling Stone
Was anyone else there?
What a terrific
Never-ending Tour setlist. He mixes in what he feels like hearing and doesn't bludgeon you with his latest music. His band is just as satisfying of a group of guys to listen to as you will ever find. If I remember correctly he took the stage after Wilco. I think the musicians (at the time) were:
Bob Dylan — vocals, piano, harmonica
(if he picked up the guitar it was sparingly)Stu Kimball — rhythm guitar
Larry Campbell — pedal steel, lap steel, electric mandolin, banjo, violin
Charlie Sexton — lead guitar
Tony Garnier — bass guitar
George Receli — drums, percussion
I remember being just floored to hear
Down Along The Cove as an opener. And - it was because of this show that I learned
Sampson & Delilah was not a Grateful Dead song. The version Dylan played that day had a kind of ragtime blues/boogie feel to it... and, who even knew a fascinating character named Blind Willie Johnson wrote that one?