I couldn’t believe what I was hearing when this record came out. The way on Goodbye Jimmy Reed it’s like he’s shaking hands with the guy from Highway 61 one last time… and MMF one of his greatest songs dropping as it did right in the early midst of Covid-19… I wasn’t expecting to get such a vital Dylan moment in my time, so long after the 60s and 70s, in such a different world..Saw him a few years later, 2023 in.a semi full theatre in Seville. Phenomenal band, they ended on a deeply felt version of every grain of sand. Choked up a bit. My dad passed in 2018. I know how much he would have loved this record. Thanks Bob, wherever, whoever you are.
This album from Dylan surprised the heck out of me and then got me through Covid... I immersed myself fully in it and listened to very little else that whole summer. As good as anything he's ever done imho.Long may he reign...
I paid for a front-row seat at his June show in Redding, and he was smiling all night. He even stood up behind his piano and applauded back at a guy in the audience who'd given him a one-man standing ovation.
Last night proposed in a las Vegas piano bar all Dylan songs over 10 minutes. Finally got an average version of Mr. Tambourine Man. Still, the best song during the whole evening. Mr. Bob, thank you very much for your great music during the last several decades!
Thank you so much for this Artur Amazing - look at him ! This is so close up and personal. Terrific insight , almost as good as being there!! Warms my heart to see him smiling and enjoying himself. Wouldn't have happened without you(and Dylan) of course. This is so much appreciated!
Thanks for letting me know how much you’re enjoying the video! I’ve loved Bob Dylan since the moment I heard the first couple of bars of “If Not For You” from the album “New Morning” in 1971 when I was 14. It’s one of the great pleasures of my life to be able to share these records of Dylan’s performances with other fans who appreciate him like I do. 😊
@@ArturArtist My heart sings for you to be able to find such pleasure in immersing yourself in the songs , the lyrics the events and the life of this incredibly gifted being and then be able to pass along all this neverending happiness and enjoyment Dylan has so uniquely created. Thank you again!
I love you! The concert was amazing and I didn’t know how to get a more personal message to you. Your harmonica gave me tears and you truly speak your heart through your mouth. ❤️
Yes. I also saw the 3 shows at the Beacon Theatre the weekend before. All were excellent - but Dylan seemed a bit more subdued than in Providence, and also seemed to be less comfortable standing, which may have been a factor as well. He definitely seemed to be having more fun at this Providence show right after Thanksgiving.
man, great Dylan "who cares" energy and delivery. When it shows a front view of him at piano -- the lighting or whatever makes him look like a young man -- almost. only he shuffled to piano -- hey, I'm a shuffler, now. So what. We lived. jmho
Thank you, what great moments..and I read your thoughts behind- interesting..think it too- at most convincing he is on stage..full of energy and always new ideas which surprises us about 60 years
You got a great video. Between how far back he was, how dark it was, and that awful haze, you can see him perfectly. Seriously, I couldn’t see his face at all and I was front row center. Center aisle seat. The man in back of me fell asleep. So people know, not only was he set back, but then the pit wasn’t sold and that was covered so he was doubly set back.
Thanks and welcome! I’m busy taking care of some of life’s necessities right now but will be adding more fresh videos in the not-to-distant future. What’s up currently is just a small sample of what’s still to come. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy watching what’s here so far. 😊
Thank you sooooo much for this amazing capture. Decent videos have been hard to get by lately and yours are definitely of the most outstanding quality. Thanks to you, the RRW tour is well documented. I can't wait for your next release.
Thanks so much for lettjng me know how much you’re enjoying them. Bob Dylan has been a HUGE part of my life since I first discovered him in 1971 at the age of 14. It’s one of my great pleasures in life to be able to share these with other fans who love him, too. 🥰
I love the older version of Bob. 💖 Obviously still loves his embroidered/sequined clothing, and he's still got his skinny legs but doesn't look emaciated anymore. I'm probably really weird, but when I watch him in the early 2000's during his 'cowboy phase' or in his mid 20's, all I want to do is feed him some kind of nourishing food so that he puts a little meat on! 😂
Great stuff, he ran back towards to crowd (ok only a few steps) and gave a priceless smile at the end of the Chicago show near the start of the tour...it wasn't captured as far as I know. Would that it twere!
To me it felt like the band surprised itself w/ its boisterous bouncy jam and Bob cracked up over it -- whatever the source, fantastic footage, thank you Artur
Interesting observation! You’re very welcome. If you’re not familiar with my channel, it features all videos that I filmed myself. None of the footage ever circulated until I started posting a few clips on RUclips about 6 years ago. Altogether I have about 100 hours from more than 75 shows that I filmed from 1989-2002, plus 2 from 2021. I’m currently going through the footage, editing and posting clips as quickly as I can manage, but I do a fair amount of work upgrading picture and sound quality as best I can, so it takes a while. I hope you’ll check out some of the other content, and keep coming back for more! 😁
So well done that if you had not mentioned the difficulties, I would never have known. That is the “Mark of Excellence”. You made something very difficult appear effortless. I will treasure this always along with so much of your work I enjoy. Yep, you captured him hook, line with stoned needle in hand🥳🤙❤
Thanks, Sherrie! I've always been too much of a perfectionist and usually my own worst critic. But I LOVE Bob Dylan so much - I want to do the very best I possible can to document his incredible performances.
I see a lot of comments below that look like just stupid criticisms by spoiled adults who aren't getting what they want. they have nothing to do with the high quality of the music here.
Glad you’re enjoying the video. I hope you get the chance to see Bob in concert on his current 3-year Grand World Tour. But either way, you can see lots of videos from Dylan concerts here, from recent as well as past shows. And I will be adding many more regularly.
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met him and talked with him. he shook my hand. it takes a strange guy to fill his shoes. big hands. blue eyes. ha ha.
I’m sure that could have been great. But I’m more than happy to have him still creating exciting new work and playing lots of concerts at this stage in his life. It’s pretty special.
@@ArturArtist I indeed am ✨💯🎉🎀. ... Love the description write-up as well 👌. Fantastic all around. Sncerely appreciate all your time and efforts 🙏👍. ... Do hope you're enjoying the Holiday season as well. Best wishes 😃
That’s great! Did you see any earlier RARW concerts? I saw 4 in ‘21 and 4 in ‘23. In all I’ve seen Dylan 200+ times since 1974 and I can honestly say this tour includes some of the best of his shows I’ve ever seen.
Depending on the venue, front row often isn’t the best place to be. Unless your short and a lot of people stand up much of the show. 😉 But esp. these days with Bob sitting behind that upright piano. And sound right up front center is often not good either, because the sound is focused further back. 4-5 or 6 rows back is often better for watching than 1st row. And sound is often best about 8-10 rows back in the center of the orchestra. You can be further forward on the side. Right in front of one of speaker stacks a couple of rows or more back can sound really good - but you should probably bring ear plugs if you don’t want to damage your hearing over time. 😵💫 For seeing Bob up close, your best bet is sitting just about anywhere with a good zoom. 😅
@@ArturArtist I’m that short person. Haha 4’11” I can NEVER see over heads. Even worse when folks stand. Forget it. I’m done. Haha.I know there’s not much standing during these shows.
@@milkcow Hi - would have replied sooner but it's been busy. I've seen Dylan at this Providence theater a bunch of times, under different names - Ocean State Theater originally I think, then Performing Arts Center, then The Strand. First time was during 1980 gospel tour. Then a few times in the 1990s. Probably later, too. Most memorably at the 1980 gospel show, Dylan stopped at some point during his set and said, "I can tell you one thing for sure. There aren't going to be any altar calls tonight. There's a big pit in front of the stage." So I guess he noticed the same pit back then and didn't much like it either. Still, I thought it was a funny remark for him to make - because even without the pit, I really don't think Bob was going to be inviting people to make "altar calls." I didn't hear about him doing anything like that at earlier shows, starting with the 1979 Warfield Theater shows in San Francisco and on through the previous shows in 1980. He certainly didn't invite anyone to come up at the show the night or 2 before in Worcester. That show in 1980 I think was the only time I sat in the orchestra. Every other time I've been in the mezzanine - partly for obvious reasons after 1989. But I've learned over the years that if you're short, (I'm 5'2") and if people are possibly going to stand for long periods of the show, it's a much better view. Some theaters' upper sections are further back. But a lot of them including Providence, the mezzanine hangs pretty far forward over the orchestra, and it's not that high up, so you can get a better view than from more than half the orchestra seats for sure. The other memorable thing I witnessed at this theater was in April 1996. It was weirdly a general admission show, and I had my camcorder so I tear-assed it up to the mezzanine as soon as I got in. There were a couple rows mostly full already, but still good seats. But the best seats - the front 2-3 rows that were a step down past a little aisleway, I think, and right up against the mezzanine rail -- which is where I was headed (I sat in the front row there in 1994) - they were roped off so no one could sit in them. I wondered why, if they were reserved, who for. Just before the show started, a few minutes before the theater went dark, a whole procession of beefy young guys in suits and ties, and their girlfriends dressed to the nines in fancy cocktail dresses, lots of jewelry, hair done, lots of make-up, etc. - looking like they were halfway going to a fancy prom, a wedding, or a nightclub - all marched in a line to those seats and filled them up. I swear some of the guys were wearing pinky rings. It was pretty clear to me after a minute who they were -- high school and/or college age, and maybe a bit older also, sons and daughters of connected mafia people in Providence. It has been a BIG mafia city for a long time. The way the guys and girls was pretty unmistakable. The special treatment. There were even some tiny cocktail like tables placed between the seats in the front, and they had waitresses coming during the show delivery drinks to them and them only. For most of the show, they watched fairly politely, not too excited, talked a little, whatever. Then near the end of the show, next to last song before the encore, Dylan launched into "Joey." And I could see a few of the guys start pointing and elbowing each other a bit, smiling and winking a bit. Dylan didn't do the song at any other show during that spring tour. It showed up a exactly 2 fall dates that year, but was definitely not a regular selection on that year's setlists. I've always wondered if Dylan chose the song on his own, knowing these mafia princes and princesses were going to be there by some kind of special arrangement, or if someone had asked him to do it! I figure the theater owner and/or local promoter had to be "connected' in some way. Anyway, it was memorable.
@@ArturArtist yeah the state was pretty crooked back then. Could have been political connections too. Who knows. It’s all the same crap. We’ve probably been at a lot of the same shows over the years. I joined the Dylan thing in 2004 at the end of the year. My first show was URI. I’m usually in the front row. I love seeing his face. That’s my thing. That’s why this tour was such a dud for me. 2019 was fun. Lowell mass was great. Did you go?
@@ArturArtist I saw that and thought maybe it was a button. So I didn’t realize you could zoom in now so far on RUclips. 😂 🤦♀️ this makes for a whole new viewing experience. Yes. There is a necklace and a pendant there. Zoom in. What is that? It almost resembles a cross. 😂
Bob kinda has his shirt open A LOT... Has anyone else noticed? I'm thinking he's one of those people who don't like anything tight around their neck. It's an aspie thing... Also it looks sexy and he probably knows it. 😂
I think Bob forgot the lyrics and that’s why he ran back to the piano, probably has lyric sheets back there for the new songs. If I had to guess, that’s what he was laughing about at the end
I don’t think Dylan was having trouble remembering lyrics. He stood less long than this while performing hthis song at the 3 immediately preceding shows, which I also saw. Whether due to back problems as some have suggested, or a remnant of the vertigo Dylan recently mentioned that started in 2019 and continued through the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020, he clearly was having trouble standing or walking for any length of time during most of the shows he performer in 2021; certainly at the 4 I saw in Nov 2021 - those were the 3 at the Beacon Theatre in NY, 11/19-21, preceding this one in Providence a few days later on 11/26. Bob actually stood longer and more frequently during this Providence concert than he did at any of the 3 in NY. But, except for one short number - Melancholy Mood - he never stood up for a whole song. Either he stayed seated at the piano the whole time, or he’d get up to sing a couple of the first lines - not even a whole verse like he does here. Then he’d quickly retreat to the piano where mostly stayed seated for the rest of the number. He never seemed to be having any trouble remembering lyrics to any song he performed at this show or the others I saw. Any problems he’s having seem strictly physical, not any issue with his memory.
Hi Ameer - There are quite a few songs already up on my channel from the November 21, 2021 show at the Beacon Theatre in NY, plus one other from Providence that I uploaded before this one - "I'll Be Your Baby, Tonight." Clicking on the icon at the top right of the video page should take you to the channel home page, where you can find all the videos I've posted so far -- including from older tours. And there will be many more coming. I have about 100 hours of footage I'm going through, editing to upload. If you don't see the icon (with Orpheum Theater marquis showing "Bob Dylan") you can also use this link to get there: www.youtube.com/@ArturArtist
@@ArturArtist yes..thats real good... I was thinking how rare its been for anyone to get any decent, complete songs on vid since "21 tour started. Seems they cracked down harder than they used to.
They did. I went to 4 shows last November - the 3 at the Beacon in NYC and the 1 in Providence, RI. Security was tougher getting in than it once was. I had to experiment with new ways just to get stuff in. In 2022 they started taking everyone's cellphones and putting them in pouches to be retrieved after the show, to stop people taking pix with their phones. I'm not sure if that might have made my thing actually easier rather than harder, but didn't get a chance to get to any 2022 shows to see. I'm hoping I'll get to some more in 2023. 2021 was actually the first time I shot a concert in 17 years. I used to get to lots of shows, but during those years of "retirement" only managed to see 6 shows total, and never more than one at a time. So I wasn't going to mess up my few rare opportunities to see Dylan during that period. But with the opportunity to see a few shows in a row again, I couldn't resist giving it another try.
@@ArturArtist I got to Shreveport La. in March I think it was... Great venue. I can be heard on the recording with a quick proclamation during a quiet in between song moment
Umm, Weren't all📲 Bannished & locked 🔐 away in Bullet proof, sound proof canteens, how did this video get past Dylan's, prying eyes, it was almost lying on his upright 🎹
The use of the "Yondr" pouches began in 2022. Great video! I had good seats at the three 2021 NYC concerts plus Wash. DC, and then in 2022: the tour opener in Phoenix, the three Los Angeles concerts, plus the tour closer in Dublin. This video is just as impressive and with a better view.
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing when this record came out. The way on Goodbye Jimmy Reed it’s like he’s shaking hands with the guy from Highway 61 one last time… and MMF one of his greatest songs dropping as it did right in the early
midst of Covid-19… I wasn’t expecting to get such a vital Dylan moment in my time, so long after the 60s and 70s, in such a different world..Saw him a few years later, 2023 in.a semi full theatre in Seville. Phenomenal band, they ended on a deeply felt version of every grain of sand. Choked up a bit. My dad passed in 2018. I know how much he would have loved this record. Thanks Bob, wherever, whoever you are.
the artist
This album from Dylan surprised the heck out of me and then got me through Covid... I immersed myself fully in it and listened to very little else that whole summer. As good as anything he's ever done imho.Long may he reign...
I paid for a front-row seat at his June show in Redding, and he was smiling all night. He even stood up behind his piano and applauded back at a guy in the audience who'd given him a one-man standing ovation.
That’s Brian Styble
That's so awesome!
Now you are broke
I think the guy is played out. I almost fell asleep at his concert. He has a strong band though!
I love this
Obviously some people just don't get it. This is excellent, pure class from Bob Dylan
Thats beautiful. Great to see him happy and in such great form
Great seeing him smiling and having such a good time. Especially that smile at the end
Last night proposed in a las Vegas piano bar all Dylan songs over 10 minutes. Finally got an average version of Mr. Tambourine Man. Still, the best song during the whole evening. Mr. Bob, thank you very much for your great music during the last several decades!
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Attended the show. He and the band brought soul that night! He has slowed down considerably, but still delivers! Thank you Bob!
He’s the Best. Ever. And still is. (Just saw him in Waterbury.) Period!
stoic sound
He has always had a beautiful smile.
I agree ❤
Montreal last year..never seizes to amaze❤❤ Keep on keepin' on Mr.Dylan.
Thank you so much for this Artur Amazing - look at him ! This is so close up and personal. Terrific insight , almost as good as being there!! Warms my heart to see him smiling and enjoying himself. Wouldn't have happened without you(and Dylan) of course. This is so much appreciated!
Thanks for letting me know how much you’re enjoying the video! I’ve loved Bob Dylan since the moment I heard the first couple of bars of “If Not For You” from the album “New Morning” in 1971 when I was 14. It’s one of the great pleasures of my life to be able to share these records of Dylan’s performances with other fans who appreciate him like I do. 😊
@@ArturArtist My heart sings for you to be able to find such pleasure in immersing yourself in the songs , the lyrics the events and the life of this incredibly gifted being and then be able to pass along all this neverending happiness and enjoyment Dylan has so uniquely created.
Thank you again!
I love you! The concert was amazing and I didn’t know how to get a more personal message to you. Your harmonica gave me tears and you truly speak your heart through your mouth. ❤️
Thancks so much for fantastic song Wonderfull Bob Dylan!💎🌺❣️🌟💯
Man. Dylan smiles and it's news. Everyone else it's just being nice!
god be with you, brother dear.
BOB IS REMARKABLE & A-MAZING AS HECK!! 💖 Him SO MUCH xixox
I was there, GREAT show
Yes. I also saw the 3 shows at the Beacon Theatre the weekend before. All were excellent - but Dylan seemed a bit more subdued than in Providence, and also seemed to be less comfortable standing, which may have been a factor as well.
He definitely seemed to be having more fun at this Providence show right after Thanksgiving.
man, great Dylan "who cares" energy and delivery. When it shows a front view of him at piano -- the lighting or whatever makes him look like a young man -- almost. only he shuffled to piano -- hey, I'm a shuffler, now. So what. We lived. jmho
Thank you, what great moments..and I read your thoughts behind- interesting..think it too- at most convincing he is on stage..full of energy and always new ideas which surprises us about 60 years
Brilliant capture as always, Bravo Indeed !
btw I have amended all previous uploads as promised, apologies for the delay.
Thanks! No problem on the time - I understand
Bob looked like he was laughing pretty hard at the end looking perhaps at a band member - thanks for posting this great clip!
You’re very welcome. My pleasure! 😀
Looking at Tony Garnier, most likely. He's been with Dylan longer than anyone.
you mean like in relationship with him? lol just kidding @@TonyWud
You got a great video. Between how far back he was, how dark it was, and that awful haze, you can see him perfectly. Seriously, I couldn’t see his face at all and I was front row center. Center aisle seat. The man in back of me fell asleep.
So people know, not only was he set back, but then the pit wasn’t sold and that was covered so he was doubly set back.
The best part is the head scratching while laughing.
Just came across this site today, amazing. Subscribed straightaway..
Thanks and welcome! I’m busy taking care of some of life’s necessities right now but will be adding more fresh videos in the not-to-distant future.
What’s up currently is just a small sample of what’s still to come.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy watching what’s here so far. 😊
Thank you sooooo much for this amazing capture. Decent videos have been hard to get by lately and yours are definitely of the most outstanding quality. Thanks to you, the RRW tour is well documented. I can't wait for your next release.
Thanks so much for lettjng me know how much you’re enjoying them. Bob Dylan has been a HUGE part of my life since I first discovered him in 1971 at the age of 14. It’s one of my great pleasures in life to be able to share these with other fans who love him, too. 🥰
A true artist at work
Michael McLoughlin
This is great,He does this so well.
I love the older version of Bob. 💖 Obviously still loves his embroidered/sequined clothing, and he's still got his skinny legs but doesn't look emaciated anymore. I'm probably really weird, but when I watch him in the early 2000's during his 'cowboy phase' or in his mid 20's, all I want to do is feed him some kind of nourishing food so that he puts a little meat on! 😂
Not weird at all.. Im sure I would have felt the same ! ❤️
@@maryoconnor9360 Maybe we should start a charity to feed Bob... 😂
Great stuff, he ran back towards to crowd (ok only a few steps) and gave a priceless smile at the end of the Chicago show near the start of the tour...it wasn't captured as far as I know. Would that it twere!
great video and amazing Bobby thanks again and again ♥♥♥
You could understand Dylan like this song naturally he sparkling laugh and smile
To me it felt like the band surprised itself w/ its boisterous bouncy jam and Bob cracked up over it -- whatever the source, fantastic footage, thank you Artur
Interesting observation! You’re very welcome. If you’re not familiar with my channel, it features all videos that I filmed myself. None of the footage ever circulated until I started posting a few clips on RUclips about 6 years ago. Altogether I have about 100 hours from more than 75 shows that I filmed from 1989-2002, plus 2 from 2021.
I’m currently going through the footage, editing and posting clips as quickly as I can manage, but I do a fair amount of work upgrading picture and sound quality as best I can, so it takes a while.
I hope you’ll check out some of the other content, and keep coming back for more! 😁
Please, can we have the likes of Dylan,McCartney,Starr,Jagger,Richards,Mclaughlin FOREVER?
So well done that if you had not mentioned the difficulties, I would never have known. That is the “Mark of Excellence”. You made something very difficult appear effortless. I will treasure this always along with so much of your work I enjoy. Yep, you captured him hook, line with stoned needle in hand🥳🤙❤
Thanks, Sherrie! I've always been too much of a perfectionist and usually my own worst critic. But I LOVE Bob Dylan so much - I want to do the very best I possible can to document his incredible performances.
I see a lot of comments below that look like just stupid criticisms by spoiled adults who aren't getting what they want. they have nothing to do with the high quality of the music here.
Great performance and video! Thanks a lot for this happy posting
You’re VERY welcome. It’s one of my great pleasures in life to be able to share these videos with other Dylan fans who appreciate him the way I do. 😄
@@ArturArtist thanks for your kindness and great job done here! Happy New Year for you! 💯🎶🎵🎹
Loved it and yes the smiles end Great❣️🌺 Thanks Carol🌺🌷 well taken👌
Thanks, Olga. So glad to know you’re enjoying it. 😁
So now im in Las Végas?
Thank you o much ARTHUR
Never have participate to any Bob Dylan concert this looks very intimate friendly one
Glad you’re enjoying the video. I hope you get the chance to see Bob in concert on his current 3-year Grand World Tour. But either way, you can see lots of videos from Dylan concerts here, from recent as well as past shows. And I will be adding many more regularly.
met him and talked with him. he shook my hand. it takes a strange guy to fill his shoes. big hands. blue eyes. ha ha.
Love you Boob Dylan Greatest musician artist poet and writer ever God has given us. You live in my heart ❤️ forever Elizabeth
Was that a Freudian slip there Liz?
Bobbyyyyy,Please come to Germany again...
Just Awesome
Love that smile
I know that Bob is old now but i would love to hear him playing it with harmônica or even a eletric sete like late 1990s. Would be awesome!
I’m sure that could have been great. But I’m more than happy to have him still creating exciting new work and playing lots of concerts at this stage in his life. It’s pretty special.
Thanks for this & all the others. .. They're great
Thanks, Old Henry. I'm glad to know you're enjoying them. ☺
@@ArturArtist I indeed am ✨💯🎉🎀. ... Love the description write-up as well 👌.
Fantastic all around.
Sncerely appreciate all your time and efforts 🙏👍. ... Do hope you're enjoying the Holiday season as well. Best wishes 😃
So stoked to see him for the 5th time in Fort Lauderdale next month!
That’s great! Did you see any earlier RARW concerts? I saw 4 in ‘21 and 4 in ‘23. In all I’ve seen Dylan 200+ times since 1974 and I can honestly say this tour includes some of the best of his shows I’ve ever seen.
@@ArturArtist Nope, haven’t been able to see him since 2018 in Saint Augustine. Very excited to catch this tour though!
Indeed he did smile.👍
A lot! 😄
Love you ...Bob..
Wow!
Omg I was front row center for this show.
Great video, thanks appreciate it
You're VERY welcome. It's one of my great pleasures in life to be able to share these with other fans☺
J 'adore
Hi DYLAN INIANS!
Lovely! ❤
Bless him.X
05:33 big smile Bob
I have a better view of him on your video than I did sitting front row. Seriously!!
Depending on the venue, front row often isn’t the best place to be. Unless your short and a lot of people stand up much of the show. 😉
But esp. these days with Bob sitting behind that upright piano.
And sound right up front center is often not good either, because the sound is focused further back.
4-5 or 6 rows back is often better for watching than 1st row. And sound is often best about 8-10 rows back in the center of the orchestra. You can be further forward on the side. Right in front of one of speaker stacks a couple of rows or more back can sound really good - but you should probably bring ear plugs if you don’t want to damage your hearing over time. 😵💫
For seeing Bob up close, your best bet is sitting just about anywhere with a good zoom. 😅
@@ArturArtist I’m that short person. Haha 4’11”
I can NEVER see over heads. Even worse when folks stand. Forget it. I’m done. Haha.I know there’s not much standing during these shows.
@@ArturArtist not a fan of this venue. They pretty much KILL any vibe. Boston was the following night. It was better.
@@milkcow Hi - would have replied sooner but it's been busy. I've seen Dylan at this Providence theater a bunch of times, under different names - Ocean State Theater originally I think, then Performing Arts Center, then The Strand. First time was during 1980 gospel tour. Then a few times in the 1990s. Probably later, too.
Most memorably at the 1980 gospel show, Dylan stopped at some point during his set and said, "I can tell you one thing for sure. There aren't going to be any altar calls tonight. There's a big pit in front of the stage." So I guess he noticed the same pit back then and didn't much like it either.
Still, I thought it was a funny remark for him to make - because even without the pit, I really don't think Bob was going to be inviting people to make "altar calls." I didn't hear about him doing anything like that at earlier shows, starting with the 1979 Warfield Theater shows in San Francisco and on through the previous shows in 1980. He certainly didn't invite anyone to come up at the show the night or 2 before in Worcester.
That show in 1980 I think was the only time I sat in the orchestra. Every other time I've been in the mezzanine - partly for obvious reasons after 1989. But I've learned over the years that if you're short, (I'm 5'2") and if people are possibly going to stand for long periods of the show, it's a much better view. Some theaters' upper sections are further back. But a lot of them including Providence, the mezzanine hangs pretty far forward over the orchestra, and it's not that high up, so you can get a better view than from more than half the orchestra seats for sure.
The other memorable thing I witnessed at this theater was in April 1996. It was weirdly a general admission show, and I had my camcorder so I tear-assed it up to the mezzanine as soon as I got in. There were a couple rows mostly full already, but still good seats. But the best seats - the front 2-3 rows that were a step down past a little aisleway, I think, and right up against the mezzanine rail -- which is where I was headed (I sat in the front row there in 1994) - they were roped off so no one could sit in them. I wondered why, if they were reserved, who for.
Just before the show started, a few minutes before the theater went dark, a whole procession of beefy young guys in suits and ties, and their girlfriends dressed to the nines in fancy cocktail dresses, lots of jewelry, hair done, lots of make-up, etc. - looking like they were halfway going to a fancy prom, a wedding, or a nightclub - all marched in a line to those seats and filled them up. I swear some of the guys were wearing pinky rings. It was pretty clear to me after a minute who they were -- high school and/or college age, and maybe a bit older also, sons and daughters of connected mafia people in Providence. It has been a BIG mafia city for a long time. The way the guys and girls was pretty unmistakable. The special treatment. There were even some tiny cocktail like tables placed between the seats in the front, and they had waitresses coming during the show delivery drinks to them and them only.
For most of the show, they watched fairly politely, not too excited, talked a little, whatever. Then near the end of the show, next to last song before the encore, Dylan launched into "Joey." And I could see a few of the guys start pointing and elbowing each other a bit, smiling and winking a bit.
Dylan didn't do the song at any other show during that spring tour. It showed up a exactly 2 fall dates that year, but was definitely not a regular selection on that year's setlists. I've always wondered if Dylan chose the song on his own, knowing these mafia princes and princesses were going to be there by some kind of special arrangement, or if someone had asked him to do it! I figure the theater owner and/or local promoter had to be "connected' in some way.
Anyway, it was memorable.
@@ArturArtist yeah the state was pretty crooked back then. Could have been political connections too. Who knows. It’s all the same crap. We’ve probably been at a lot of the same shows over the years. I joined the Dylan thing in 2004 at the end of the year. My first show was URI. I’m usually in the front row. I love seeing his face. That’s my thing. That’s why this tour was such a dud for me. 2019 was fun. Lowell mass was great. Did you go?
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You’re very welcome. It’s a great pleasure for me to be able to share these videos with other fans who love Bob Dylan like I do. 😁
@@ArturArtist Thank you, Artur.🙏🙏🌻🌻😘😘
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Wow, never seen Dylan with lyrics sheets on stage before.
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Oh his shirt was open. No bolo or tie thing 😂 who knew 😂
It looks like he’s wearing some kind of chain with a small pendant visible where his shirt is open, tho.
@@ArturArtist let me look. 😂
@@ArturArtist I saw that and thought maybe it was a button. So I didn’t realize you could zoom in now so far on RUclips. 😂 🤦♀️ this makes for a whole new viewing experience. Yes. There is a necklace and a pendant there. Zoom in. What is that? It almost resembles a cross. 😂
Bob kinda has his shirt open A LOT... Has anyone else noticed? I'm thinking he's one of those people who don't like anything tight around their neck. It's an aspie thing... Also it looks sexy and he probably knows it. 😂
I think Bob forgot the lyrics and that’s why he ran back to the piano, probably has lyric sheets back there for the new songs.
If I had to guess, that’s what he was laughing about at the end
I don’t think Dylan was having trouble remembering lyrics. He stood less long than this while performing hthis song at the 3 immediately preceding shows, which I also saw.
Whether due to back problems as some have suggested, or a remnant of the vertigo Dylan recently mentioned that started in 2019 and continued through the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020, he clearly was having trouble standing or walking for any length of time during most of the shows he performer in 2021; certainly at the 4 I saw in Nov 2021 - those were the 3 at the Beacon Theatre in NY, 11/19-21, preceding this one in Providence a few days later on 11/26.
Bob actually stood longer and more frequently during this Providence concert than he did at any of the 3 in NY. But, except for one short number - Melancholy Mood - he never stood up for a whole song. Either he stayed seated at the piano the whole time, or he’d get up to sing a couple of the first lines - not even a whole verse like he does here. Then he’d quickly retreat to the piano where mostly stayed seated for the rest of the number.
He never seemed to be having any trouble remembering lyrics to any song he performed at this show or the others I saw.
Any problems he’s having seem strictly physical, not any issue with his memory.
Is there any other footage this complete and steady since Rough Rowdy started?
Hi Ameer - There are quite a few songs already up on my channel from the November 21, 2021 show at the Beacon Theatre in NY, plus one other from Providence that I uploaded before this one - "I'll Be Your Baby, Tonight." Clicking on the icon at the top right of the video page should take you to the channel home page, where you can find all the videos I've posted so far -- including from older tours. And there will be many more coming. I have about 100 hours of footage I'm going through, editing to upload. If you don't see the icon (with Orpheum Theater marquis showing "Bob Dylan") you can also use this link to get there:
www.youtube.com/@ArturArtist
@@ArturArtist yes..thats real good...
I was thinking how rare its been for anyone to get any decent, complete songs on vid since "21 tour started.
Seems they cracked down harder than they used to.
They did. I went to 4 shows last November - the 3 at the Beacon in NYC and the 1 in Providence, RI. Security was tougher getting in than it once was. I had to experiment with new ways just to get stuff in. In 2022 they started taking everyone's cellphones and putting them in pouches to be retrieved after the show, to stop people taking pix with their phones. I'm not sure if that might have made my thing actually easier rather than harder, but didn't get a chance to get to any 2022 shows to see. I'm hoping I'll get to some more in 2023. 2021 was actually the first time I shot a concert in 17 years. I used to get to lots of shows, but during those years of "retirement" only managed to see 6 shows total, and never more than one at a time. So I wasn't going to mess up my few rare opportunities to see Dylan during that period. But with the opportunity to see a few shows in a row again, I couldn't resist giving it another try.
@@ArturArtist I got to Shreveport La. in March I think it was...
Great venue.
I can be heard on the recording with a quick proclamation during a quiet in between song moment
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Umm, Weren't all📲 Bannished & locked 🔐 away in Bullet proof, sound proof canteens, how did this video get past Dylan's, prying eyes, it was almost lying on his upright 🎹
It’s not from a cellphone. 😉
The use of the "Yondr" pouches began in 2022.
Great video! I had good seats at the three 2021 NYC concerts plus Wash. DC, and then in 2022: the tour opener in Phoenix, the three Los Angeles concerts, plus the tour closer in Dublin. This video is just as impressive and with a better view.
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