Bob Dylan 980331 in Miami Beach, Florida, Cameo Theater
Subject: 3/31/98 Cameo; Miami From: YazooSt (yazoost@aol.com) Date: 2 Apr 1998 13:13:48 GMT Well, my plane was an hour and fifteen minutes late, so I missed To Be Alone, Senor, Can't Wait and the first half of Big Girl. Not a great way for me to start the show! When I did get there, we were able to get all the way to the front of the balcony right above Bucky, so we ended up with pretty good "seats" anyway. I didn't think the show up to the end of the acoustic set was all that great- Bob looked like he was just going through the motions ( a good, but not great performance). It's tough to screw up One too Many Mornings, and he didn't, up through that point it was the highlight for me- seemed a little faster than older acoustic verisons, but still very sweet. The post acoustic electric numbers were great though. All three (Million Miles, Memphis Blues, Jokerman) were extremely well played and sung better than average. The encores were typical, but again well played. THe show seemed to really pick up steam after the acoustic set, it just apeared like Bob needed a little more time to warm up tonight than usual. Richard YazooSt@aol.com
Subject: Cameo Theater March 30-31, 1998 (repost) From: Richard Batey (rsbatey@herald.infi.net) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 12:24:14 GMT I posted the following Wed morning to hwy61-l, but have not seen it on rec.music.dylan (Thurs. morning) so here it is a day late (if somehow I missed it on rmd, pardon - it'll probably show up a few minutes after I send this, & hope the sentence formating/layout isn't screwed up): Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:26:55 -0500 From: Richard Batey (rsbatey@HERALD.INFI.NET) Subject: Cameo Theater March 30-31, 1998 How do I start this post about Bob at the Cameo? Thankful to have had tickets for both shows, definitely. The Cameo Theater was a delightful venue in which to see Bob: small crowd, hospitable & mellow staff and audience, & a setting that was comfortable like an old, favorite garment. My companions outside on the sidewalk (at the head of the line) were a caring bunch. Perhaps Carsten will give names, but thanks go out to Randy for taking on the sgt-at-arms role of line control. Inside, primarily standing-only on the floor with a few stools and a handicapped section on the sides. The stage is about 3 feet away from those at the front - Bob's mic about eight feet away. The balcony wraps around both sides all the way to the stage. There was a single line of folding chairs wrapping the balcony railing on the sides with the side walls about 14 feet from the railing. Center and back of balcony had some tables and more chairs. Bars were within easy reach for the thirsty. There was not a stage rush. Very little space was not filled! The lighting was very-well done during the performances, e.g., 6 or 8 yellow-green spotlights arcing down with a purple-hued background. No incense on stage. Bob had an open collared shirt both nights and no hat. The soundcheck for the Tuesday show included these: All Along The Watchtower, Jokerman, Born In Time, Peggy-O, Not Dark Yet, a blues number that I can't name which sounded like Eric Clapton- "When you see me moving . . . too young to die," ?, Shooting Star, Absolutely Sweet Marie, Can't Wait, ?, ?, some country-flavored tune, Tangled Up In Blue. Both for convenience and to save you from reading a review from a non-review writer, I'll defer to Carsten's soon-to-appear reviews. However, a few subjective points: I felt Tuesday's show was stronger. Monday's openers: "To Be Alone With You" and "If You See Her, Say Hello" were welcome, as was "Born In Time." The arrangement on Watchtower was slower and for lack of a more precise description, seemed TOOMesque. Tuesday's show: Senor, You're A Big Girl Now, One Too Many Mornings, Million Miles, Jokerman. Thanks. Remember when Larry first joined the band and some said his talent was not being fully utilized as just a background rhythm player? Well, Larry really pulled-out the stops on "Million Miles" Tuesday. I don't know if he has played this song with such a blues attack previously. It would be fitting to say on April 1 that the highlight of the evening was when Bob brought out Fred Neil and they did "Everybody's Talking," "Blues On The Ceiling," and "Little Bit Of Rain." Bob on harp & acoustic, of course. I wish!!! Web J-cards are in the works. Tapes will be *very much* appreciated from you. Richard
Subject: Re: Cameo Theater March 30-31, 1998 (repost) From: MrETramp (mretramp@aol.com) Date: 2 Apr 1998 15:31:16 GMT >The soundcheck for the Tuesday show included these: All Along The >Watchtower, Jokerman, Born In Time, Peggy-O, Not Dark Yet, a blues >number that I can't name which sounded like Eric Clapton- "When you >see me moving . . . too young to die," ? Could this have been "Down In the Bottom," the classic Howlin' Wolf tune? If so, what a great choice. Hope it makes it into the set, and soon. David Bachman
Subject: Re: Cameo Theater March 30-31, 1998 (repost) From: Richard Batey (rsbatey@herald.infi.net) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 22:13:10 GMT On 2 Apr 1998 15:31:16 GMT, mretramp@aol.com (MrETramp) wrote: >Could this have been "Down In the Bottom," the classic Howlin' Wolf tune? If >so, what a great choice. Hope it makes it into the set, and soon. Hey David, thanks for that nudge in the right direction. Yes, I just listened to that song as sung by John Hammond on 'So Many Roads.' That is the song I heard at the sound check. Hammond's lp & CD give authorship to Willie Dixon, but perhaps that is a mistake. I know that Howlin' Wolf recorded that song. I asked one of the personel at the Cameo (whether on Dylan's crew or Cameo, I don't know) about who was doing the vocals on that song - it sounded very good. He said something like, oh that was a CD to test the sound. Hmmmm. Did Eric Clapton do that on his "recent" blues tribute CD? But yeah, it would be a good one in the set. It could replace . . . Richard
Subject: Re: Cameo Theater March 30-31, 1998 (repost) From: Peter Stone Brown (peterb@erols.com) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 18:38:56 -0500 Richard Batey wrote: > Hey David, thanks for that nudge in the right direction. Yes, I just > listened to that song as sung by John Hammond on 'So Many Roads.' That > is the song I heard at the sound check. Hammond's lp & CD give > authorship to Willie Dixon, but perhaps that is a mistake. I know that > Howlin' Wolf recorded that song. Howlin' Wolf recorded the song, but Willie Dixon wrote it. Dixon wrote many songs that Wolf as well as Muddy Waters and every other Chicago blues singer recorded. And for those RMD-ers interested, that John Hammond album (as well as Howling Wof) is well worth picking up. It is available on CD on Vanguard. The musicians include Jaime Robbie Roberston, guitar; Mark Levon Helm, drums, Eric Garth Hudson, organ; Michael Bloomfield, piano; Charlie Musselwhite harp and Jimmy Lewis on bass. In other words, most of the Hawks recorded a few months before they started working Bob. There is another Hammond album called I Can Tell on Atantic recorded not too long after "So Many Roads" that again features Robertson, but this time Rick Danko plays bass, along with a great blues and R&B drummer Charles Otis. Bill Wyman replaces Danko on two cuts. And while I'm at it, Howling Wolf's influence can be felt on quite a few of Bob's records. Several of the grooves on TOOM, most noticeably "Cold Iron Bounds" have a "Wolf" quality to them, as do earlier songs like "10,000 Men" as well as "Trouble." -- "I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity." --Bob Dylan Peter Stone Brown e-mail: peterb@erols.com http://songs.com/psb
Subject: Re: Cameo Theater March 30-31, 1998 (repost) From: Tim Mallery (tmallery@telenet.net) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 22:55:06 GMT rsbatey@herald.infi.net (Richard Batey) wrote: >Hey David, thanks for that nudge in the right direction. Yes, I just >listened to that song as sung by John Hammond on 'So Many Roads.' That >is the song I heard at the sound check. Hammond's lp & CD give >authorship to Willie Dixon, but perhaps that is a mistake. I know that >Howlin' Wolf recorded that song. Many of the songs we associate with Howling Wolf were written by Willie Dixon - Little Red Rooster, Wang Dang Doodle, Spoonful, etc. Dixon plays bass on many of Wolf's Chicago recordings.
Subject: Re: Cameo Theater March 30-31, 1998 (repost) From: Richard Batey (rsbatey@herald.infi.net) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 23:52:08 GMT On Thu, 02 Apr 1998 22:55:06 GMT, tmallery@telenet.net (Tim Mallery) >Many of the songs we associate with Howling Wolf were written by >Willie Dixon Right, but who wrote "Down In The Bottom?" Hammond credits Willie Dixon so I'll go with that until shown otherwise. Richard
