Heartbreak Hotel
source: Remastered Soundboard
Tracks:
Disc one
Intro
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [Be]
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)[Be]
Tangled Up In Blue [Bp]
Rollin' And Tumblin' [Bp / Dm]
Spirit On The Water [Bp]
High Water (For Charley Patton) [Bp / Db]
'Til I Fell In Love With You [Bh]
Po' Boy [BpBh]
Highway 61 Revisited [Bp]
Ballad Of A Thin Man [Bp]
Stuck Inside Of Mobile [Bp]
Disc two
Nettie Moore [Bp / Dv]
Thunder On The Mountain [Bp]
Like A Rolling Stone [Bp]
Jolene [Bp]
All Along The Watchtower [Bp]
Blowin' In The Wind [BpBh / DV]
Bonus:
TheYankee Doodle Boy (7/04/09)
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (7/04/09)
If You See Her, Say Hello (7/04/09)
This Dream Of You (7/02/09)
I Feel A Change Comin' On (7/31/09)
Forgetful Heart (7/31/09)
Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (8/09/09)
If You Ever Go To Houston (8/09/09)
Heartbreak Hotel (8/16/09)
Review:
It's a rarity for Crystal Cat to release a Dylan show from the USA,
but here we have one. There are a few commercial Labels that have
released this show that closes out the 2nd annual Rothbury Festival. All
have their good and bad points. This one presents a great audio and
incredible bonus tracks. It is a soundboard tape that has been
remastered by CC. Of course it also
includes CC's
flair for packaging. There are great photos from the event, and the
discs are custom silk screened. As an added bonus, the Cat includes
highlights of Dylan performing Together
Through Life tunes, covers and songs from other shows around the
same time period. Altogether, the discs present two and a half hours of
listening pleasure. The theme of the venue is jam-bands, so the band
pulls out all the stops and cranks out some great solos. This is one of
the better set lists of the tour, and there is a bit of magic woven in
to each tune. Speaking of magic, during the concert there was a light
misty rain that began to fall at the beginning of High Water, and ended just as the
song did. Just another one of those magical moments. Check out Chasing a Shadow
for an indepth review of the Rothbury songs. While that was the first
release, this version has been remastered and has a different sound
that many agree is the better sound
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2010 CD Pinkerton bobsboots.com
Legend
[Be] -Bob
on electric guitar
[Bh] -Bob
on harp
[Bp] -Bob
on electric piano
[Db]
-Donnie
on banjo
[Dm]
-Donnie on mandolin
[DV]
-Donnie on violin
[Dv]
-Donnie on viola
Band Members
Bob Dylan - electric
guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony
Garnier
- bass, band leader
Denny Freeman - lead
guitar
Stu Kimball - lead /
rhythm
guitar
Donnie Herron -
banjo,
mandolin, violin, pedal & lap steel
George Recile - drums
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Information:
Source / Venue:
Rothbury Music Festival, MI July 5, 2009
Bonus:
TheYankee Doodle Boy by George M.
Cohan is often referred to as Yankee
Doodle Dandy. It was written in 1904 for the Broadway musical Little
Johnny Jones. It is often regarded in the USA as a patriotic
song, so
Bob opens with it on this patriotic 4th of July holiday show at Coveleski Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 and If You See Her, Say Hello were the
next two songs performed at South Bend. These three songs that begin
the show give one a feel of how the night went. A good solid show that
was part of the 2009 Minor League Baseball stadium tour with Willie Nelson and John Cougar Mellencamp.
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2010 CD Pinkerton bobsboots.com
This Dream Of You is presented from
the show in Sauget, Illinois at GCS Ballpark. Bob proves he is ever the
poet with lines like: From a
cheerless room in a curtained gloom, I saw a star from heaven fall. I
turned and looked again but it was gone. Of course he's rhymed
gloom and room before in a much better and more poetic song, but
there's still a hint of magic in the overall line. When you've produced
the volume of poetry that Dylan has, redundant rhymes are
inevitable. Jolene was also performed at Sauget, but the Cat made a
good decision of leaving it off, as a great version is already included
in Rothbury.
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2010 CD Pinkerton bobsboots.com
I Feel A Change Comin' On, from the
new album, was performed on Jul 31, 2009 at The Amphitheater at the Wharf in Orange Beach, Alabama. I love it
when Bob writes about influences in his life. In the next to last
verse, we are treated with: I'm
listening to Billy Joe Shaver and I'm reading James Joyce.
Shaver is one of my favorite country artists. His gritty voice
juxtaposed to some powerful lyrics often made me think of Dylan. I'm
happy to see that Bob's a fan as well, and I'm sure that Billy Joe is
blown away. How much more honor could there ever be in the life of an
artist?... to have their name forever recorded in time by one of the
greatest poets who have ever lived. Of course, Joyce doesn't need the
publicity. Ulysses is
regarded by many as the best modern novel of all time, but it's
incredible to hear Bob write about the things that interest him. Then
to complete the rhyme, Dylan thrills and chills with the line that sums
it all up: Some people they tell me
I got the blood of the land in my voice.
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Forgetful Heart was also performed
at Orange Beach,
Alabama. In the wake of a storm, the night was sultry as a local might
have described it. One not accustomed to the heat and humidity pouring
from the Gulf of Mexico would more likely use the term miserable. On this night, Dylan
took center stage to perform a song that was obviously
heart-wrenchingly miserable for him to write. This one is not so much
the pure poetry and imagery that Dylan can evoke as it is a revelation
of a bleeding heart. I lay
awake and listen to the sound of pain. The door has closed forevermore,
if indeed there ever was a door. Anyone who has ever lost at
love can easily identify with every line. If that's the case, it is a
sad song indeed. It's not entirely clear, however, whether Bob is
writing to a female, or as he did in Heart
of Mine, to his own heart. Should it prove the latter, There
could be no more shattering or devastating lyrics ever put to paper.
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Beyond Here Lies Nothin' comes from
the Aug 9, 2009 concert at the Journal Pavilion in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I can never hear the word Albuquerque without thinking of the 1970 Tony
Romeo song recorded by the Partridge Family. In the year that gave us Bridge Over Troubled Water, and Let It Be, I found myself drawn
more to a sad little album cut that garnered little attention from the
industry. It's called Point Me in
the Direction of Albuquerque... Oh, yes... we were talking about
Dylan... Beyond Here is one of the "hits" from the album.
It has a catchy melody and great lyrics. It had only been performed
once before. The debut was in Dayton, Ohio a month earlier. For reasons
known only to Dylan, another twenty shows would pass before it was
played again. It's a great version that features Donnie on trumpet.
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If You Ever Go To Houston is from
the same show. The song pays homage to the traditional "Midnight
Special". Leadbelly recorded that song in 1934 (while incarcerated in
Angola prison for attempted murder) for Alan Lomax, who gave him credit
as songwriter. While Leadbelly certainly added some of his own lyrics,
the song had been around from at least the beginning of the century.
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Heartbreak Hotel was performed for
the first time ever on the last day of the summer tour at Harveys Lake
Tahoe Outdoor Arena in Stateline, Nevada. This is the first show
that Dylan had ever played in Stateline, and what a treat for the first timers. It is a
rocking version close to the original Elvis one. After stealing his
thorny crown, this was the Jester's final tribute to the King. Elvis
Presley died on this date, August 16, 1977.
Heartbreak Hotel was the first song released by Elvis on the RCA
Label. It's January 1956 release was the song that introduced the world
(including a fresh faced fourteen year old by the name of Robert
Zimmerman) to Presley-mania. Even though this song is but a bonus
track, it was rightly chosen as the title track for this release.©
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Manufacturer
/ Catalog No.
Crystal Cat / CC 957-58
Released: Dec. 2009
Quality: 10
stars
Bob's Boots ref. # BB-h27
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