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BLOOMINGTON — Arguably the most influential musician of the 20th century paid a visit to central Illinois over the weekend as part of a "music for the ages" tour. | |||
Bob Dylan stands alone as a performer who has run the table: a Woody Guthrie-devotee who electrified folk music, brought poetry to the masses, rearranged rock 'n' roll and, like the Energizer bunny, just keeps on going. | Bob Dylan stands alone as a performer who has run the table: a Woody Guthrie-devotee who electrified folk music, brought poetry to the masses, rearranged rock 'n' roll and, like the Energizer bunny, just keeps on going. | ||
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A word on the Bloomington crowd: the all-white cross-section of straights, bikers, college kids and flower children long gone to seed drank a lot of beer and moved around quite a bit and generally had a good time. | A word on the Bloomington crowd: the all-white cross-section of straights, bikers, college kids and flower children long gone to seed drank a lot of beer and moved around quite a bit and generally had a good time. | ||
It wasn't all a trip down memory lane as Dylan blended in material from recent albums including last year's | It wasn't all a trip down memory lane as Dylan blended in material from recent albums including last year's ''Modern Times'' with the selection, "When the Levee Breaks," an old blues song last covered by Led Zeppelin. | ||
The concert may have been best defined by the show closers, "Masters of War," the 1963 statement about military excess, and "All Along the Watchtower," first heard on the easygoing 1967 release | The concert may have been best defined by the show closers, "Masters of War," the 1963 statement about military excess, and "All Along the Watchtower," first heard on the easygoing 1967 release ''John Wesley Harding'' but later made famous by Jimi Hendrix. It's the Hendrix version that came to mind with Dylan's hard-rocking aggregation. | ||
Overall, the show was a study in contrasts. From Amos Lee, things started with Lee's interesting songs backed by a good band blessed with a wonderful keyboard player. | Overall, the show was a study in contrasts. From Amos Lee, things started with Lee's interesting songs backed by a good band blessed with a wonderful keyboard player. | ||
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Combine all that with the icon and you had a big night of music in the heartland. And an inspiring one: Now I want to get out that "Highway 61 Revisited" album and actually hear what Dylan had to say. | Combine all that with the icon and you had a big night of music in the heartland. And an inspiring one: Now I want to get out that "Highway 61 Revisited" album and actually hear what Dylan had to say. | ||
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[[Steve Tarter]] reviews [[Bob Dylan]], Elvis Costello and [[Amos Lee]], Saturday, [[Concert 2007-10-20 Bloomington|October 20, 2007]], US Cellular Coliseum, Bloomington, IL. | |||
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