mardi 7 avril 2009

Bob Dylan @ Palais des Congres Paris April 7th 2009

UPDATED APRIL 9TH : Carla Bruni Sarkozy was at the gig ( with her husband ? ) , i've been told about it yesterday but as i didn't noticed it myself on the night I didn't talked about it. According to the press Carla even get Bob's Harmonica. BITCH

Bob Dylan @ Palais des Congres Paris
1st show April 7th 2009

1st show in Paris , it was sold-out a long time ago and many people were looking for tickets outside , you could get one from the scalpers for 250 Euros.
Patrice Guino, our photographer, who has connections all over the world could get us invitations on the 20th row , not the best seats in the house but who's gonna complain ?
Well... maybe him as he couldn't do any decent pictures.

Anyway , Bob is still stuck to his keyboards most of the time , only playing the guitar for a couple of songs ,and he's playing on all but 3 songs almost in complete dark ( " a fucking nightmare for me" dixit Patrice )
Of course when you go to a Bob Dylan concert don't expect the best , you go to see a Legend.
His glory days are long behind him and the poor sucker just CANNOT sing anymore at all.
Some songs , the most well-known ones , are barely recognizable.
Nevertheless there are some very good moments when the band is playing an extended version or solo and Bob is NOT singing.
Overall good 2 hour show.

SETLIST :
  1. Cat's In The Well
  2. The Times They Are A-Changin'
  3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
  4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
  5. John Brown
  6. Rollin' And Tumblin'
  7. Chimes Of Freedom
  8. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
  9. Masters Of War
  10. Honest With Me
  11. Beyond The Horizon
  12. Highway 61 Revisited
  13. Po' Boy
  14. Thunder On The Mountain
  15. Like A Rolling Stone
  16. All Along The Watchtower
  17. Spirit On The Water
  18. Blowin' In The Wind

Bob Dylan did a photo session for Rolling Stone US between 1PM & 3PM today in a private building next to the Parc Monceau in Paris.

" All along the watchtower" :


See you tomorrow .
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