I would like first before writing this review state that I am a disabled person and, it is hard for me to travel to Dylan’s shows these days, so I would like to thank my dear friend of many years Pat N for taking me to this one.

It was a sultry summer South Alabama night and, as romantic as some may think that sounds, for many it was a bit too sultry. The afternoon storms which had come and gone by show time left the air so thick with humidity that audience discomfort level was excruciating to say the least. All this aside the “show” itself was sensational. I am writing of Bob of course.
As for Willie, he talked many of his lyrics however, at age seventy-six I’ll take that and mark it as well done and entertaining. I have seen Willie many times and although he doesn’t sound exactly as he once did, he and guitar "Trigger" still evoke the hauntings of the smoky pool halls, the horses trot on the Western Plains, and the silent inner tears of cowboys as their lady loves come and go. Willie is to be commended for staying true to the outlaw art within country music he created, he doesn’t sell out and let’s hope he remains on the road for a long time.
John Melloncamp, who performed after Willie, I did not come to see. To my surprise many of the folks around me did. It is not that I dislike him I’ve just never been swept away by his music. I suppose it’s safe to say I have been indifferent to it over the years. It is also safe to say that John "rocked the house" as they say, but it just didn’t seem to fit in a Dylan show. For many older Dylan fans, it prolonged the evening to the point of being tiresome. So Melloncamp on his own for his fans: wonderful. As part of a Dylan show: No
Then there is Bob…Bob,Bob,Bob……I have seen this man perform many times all over our country and in Europe. I have studied his work and life in depth, and even had writings of my own about him published. He never disappoints and in spite of the fore mentioned sultry heat, and lengthiness of the night, he didn’t disappoint this time either. To see Dylan in concert is simply to witness history. He is the biggest icon on the planet. He is a walking, talking relic from another time and yet still remains a visionary creating art still for the
present.
Fridays show was rich and vibrant
It just plain sounded good.
Remaining on the subject of what the ears hear, I wish to state to many out there who are perhaps like one young man I heard as we exited the show say “Dylan's voice is weird. He can’t sing”……Well to you who agree with that you should try and understand listening to Bob. First, Dylan’s voice's, all of them, match his words. Truth shouldn’t be delivered in a pretty package. Even Bob himself has said that the words come first, before the sound. Second, Dylan's’s art has never been just about entertaining. His words have lived to not only move hearts and souls, witch is where many good artist stop but, they are sent to shake our brain and make us exercise it once and awhile. So to that young man out there somewhere and those of you like him please know and note, that to be a Bob Dylan fan he requires some deeper living from you. That is what makes him like no other artist of his time.