St. Annie wrote:
Indoors at the new arena -- pretty good place to spend a hot
Thursday
night. Elvis was super, that loud rich voice in full cry. He
opened
with "Angels Wanna Wear my Red Shoes" -- lots of yowls
and yawps,
alternately shouting and then backing off from the mic to fade
himself. Crashing, slashing acoustic guitars wired for maximum
sound. The versions he did of Veronica and Alison could have made
you
weep. Crowd was completely into him, singing out responses and
choruses as he cued them. His talk (about his sons, about life on
the
road) was nice and not too much; his condemnation of the war (and
war
in general) not strident but intense and to the point.
Bob & Co. came on almost immediately after -- new Theme Music
(no more
Copland!). Leopardskin Pillbox was LOUD -- wish someone would
disconnect George's drums from any/every amp they're hooked up to.
But Bob looked great -- in the blackout, before they started, he
was
moving swiftly and elegantly, flipping off his hat and tossing on
his
guitar, setting the hat back smoothly and without a touch of the
jerky
edge that's so much of his in-the-spotlight persona. Just like an
actor in the wings before he walks on.
The guitar portion was good and it's great to see him playing
again.
Standouts from the keyboard set were Tangled Up (word changes and
all: rhyming Delacroix with destroyed, as New Orleans now is),
Thin
Man, and interestingly Watchtower. Thank heavens for Donnie H;
he's a
fabulous musician and is spot on in sync with Bob, as well as
shining
on his solo strolls (last night he helped make Tangled Up really
memorable).
At the end they took a really long bow in front of a huge group of
yelling, cheering UVA students (two boys who looked young enough to
be
kids of mine kept hugging me and saying giddily, "He's SO
GREAT").
Bob never cracked a smile, but he did a lotta waving, and the
hands-as-
pistols move. Good times in historic rural Virginia.
Writing this in Fall of 2024, prayers for the people of North
Carolina.
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