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16/04/2007

London (first night) review - Europe tour news (23)

Thanks to Gerald Bamford, song and dance man in Back Pages, the Norfolk-based Dylan tribute band:

“Like Saturday’s Sheffield show, London on Sunday was very enjoyable. Dylan now tours to promote the latest product - as other rockpop acts have always done.

“While promoting Modern Times and “Love And Theft”, he's sampling the classic repertoire in exactly the same style. So the new versions of old songs fit into a show with a consistent r‘n’b/rockabilly feel typical of the latest two releases, played as well as you’d hope in an arena setting.

“Highlight at Wembley: an amazing Nettie Moore. It’s a lovely ballad, and Dylan sang a beautifully arranged version which allows the emotion of the song to shine through. Denny Freeman’s guitar was remarkable.

“Blind Willie McTell, played here on the tour for the first time, was enriched by Donnie Herron’s banjo.

“This band is for bopping. You don’t get the dynamic variety you did when Dylan switched from acoustic to electric and back, as in the shows at the turn of the Millennium, so you don’t get the ever-changing emotional palette of great shows like Portsmouth in September 2000.

“Regardless: the Sheffield and London shows were an enjoyable summary of where Dylan’s peerless performance art is right now. And that’s all right with me.”

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