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who gathered in. Montreal * and this; . along; with the- fact ;that, his per- ..’. '. for man ce was so splendidly conceived and executed, seemed to work the .7?v.audience into a kind of religious ec- * . stacy,..one more sincere than the^ . ; £}*■■,*hysterical variety, such as the Beatles ;..could produce, at Shea Stadium.At the outset of die evening Dylan and The Band moved together through several; famous compositions such asAlong the. WatdHtower,” “Lay .Ladyt Lay,” and a particularly moving, . . f.bluesy: version of. ^Ballad of a'Thfin their own music, and constituted ideal Wind,” “It Ain’t Me Babe”, “Juk Like Vour Way and I’ll Go Mine/’ TheMan” ^ith Dylan shifting from eleetrii , .1' bacidng for the Master himself-. a Woman” , and extraordinarily • concert was, in the strictest sense of theguitar to piano. Subsequently, he left . - poignant versions of' “TheGates of word^incomparable.• the sthge while The Band offered ' Eden” and “It’s All Right Ma (I’m • Bob Dylan’s reappearance on thebeautifully played versions of their best . Following The Band’s: set came the , Only BleediU’) ”. These two numbers in stage was by no means a: mere bit oftunes, inching “Stage Fright,”‘‘King concert’s highest point, in the forip of a ° particular impressed Upon me Dylan’s nostalgia. It was raither, a distinct •'Harvest,” “The Weight”,-“Rag Maiiia solo performance fay -Dylan Cumgijitar superb arid lasting artistry. ' reaffirmation of an ©gen propheticRag”, “IShallBe Released’/, and “The and harmonica. Alone with the light in fhe evemng wound t» an end with genius. For those ofus .wjho were fbihNight They'Drove Old Dixie Down/.” the niidst of the cavernous Forum, another shor/set by The Band, then .lunateenough to see him on January The fact that they were overshadowed Dylan, in vintage voice, called one aiid ? uyian and The'.Baird pla^ihf; “Tike a ' 'fy. .tifsij' together an important -• . on this evening is hardly to The Band’s all clown to behold in rarest gems of Rolling Stone” and finishing, as they segment of the last decade, and in sodiscredit. They were well received for perception. He played “Blowin’ in the had begun, with “Most Liley You Go dcyjgijnoyed us ahead refreshed.
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Canton Hill News
Canton, New York, US
Thu, Jan 24, 1974
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