If Bob spoke more than five words to the audience, you were lucky. Patrick -----Original Message----- From: Camille Scaysbrook <verona_beach@geocities.com> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu> Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 8:44 PM Subject: Re: Sleepyheads > >> How was Bob? I've seen him twice. He amazes me . > >He was great. Dylan's band was extremely tight and he called a guitar a >gee-tar (: It would have been >nicer if he'd chatted to the audience a bit - Patti Smith was there shaking >people's hands and letting them sing into her microphone. And I think she >was the real revelation - she was truly incredible, one of those performers >that just had an indefinable brilliance that really gets to you. She was >funny, and erudite as you would imagine - even my mother (who I went with) >was mighty, mighty impressed with her. She closed with Rock and Roll Nigger >and it's >still as powerful as I imagine it was in New York in the 70's. It was worth >it just for her, but then again, few things could beat getting to hear Bob >Dylan singing `Blowing in the Wind' live, either! > >Camille >verona_beach@geocities.com >@ THE ARTS HOLE >www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 >THE INVERTED FOREST >www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest