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Concert # 821 of The Never-Ending Tour
Concert # 7 of the 1996 US Fall Tour
1996 concert # 65
Concert # 7 with the 10th Never-Ending Tour Band:

Bob Dylan (vocals & guitar)
Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
John Jackson (guitar)
Tony Garnier (bass)
David Kemper (drums & percussion)

7-9, 14 acoustic with the band
5, 6, 12 and maybe 15 John Jackson, Bucky Baxter (backup vocals)
10-13, 15 Charlie Sexton (electric guitar)

(Note. First Man Of Peace since Bologna 7 June 1991)

The photo of His Bobness is not from this show, but from the 1996 Lida Festival in Stockholm, Sweden (photo by Henryk Kotowski).

Two reviews posted in Expecting Rain

1 "Seems the addition of the new drummer has changed the feel of the shows quite a bit. I'll echo earlier reviews in that the sound is cleaner, crisper, and has more of a folk/country edge to it. Though a few of the arrangements/timings seem off from the Winston version of the band, all of the songs have some changes. Dylan seems to be going more for that locomotive, train track rhythm throughout, most evident tonight on Man of Peace and the new Maggie's Farm-- NOOOOOOOOOOOOO more. The highlight was easily Baby Blue, with Dylan really leaning into the vocals. The acoustic arrangements have more of a backbeat, and more of a sing-songy rhythm to them--this seemed especially true with Tambourine Man, but Baby Blue benefitted the most from this new approach. It Ain't Me Babe also was folksier somehow, with Dylan really making this one feel like some back porch singalong.

The second electric set rung some major (these days at least) changes, with a rearranged, very bluesy sounding Man of Peace, a real surprise. It sounded like it had been rehearsed quite a bit-- virtually flawless. Where Teardrops Fall was even better--almost like a lullaby, with Bucky playing some unreal, ethereal steel parts--a very intoxicating song...

All in all, a very good show, slow to start, but absolutely stunning from midway of the acoustic set to the end. Perhaps there could be some more surprises tomorrow? I wouldn't be surprised to see quite a few more rarely played songs for the rest of the tour--the new drummer and chemistry in the band almost demands a bit of a rethink.
Peace."

2 "I attended last night's Austin show, much to my surprise! I had flown into Austin the day before to simply see the town (my first trip there). And lo and behold Dylan was playing. So I of course had to see him..

Regarding the set list: The last three songs were all done as separate encores, Dylan and the band returning each time. Very generous show. I hadn't seen Dylan since the S.F. shows last year, and some new wrinkles were apparant to me:
1) A different drummer--some skinny white guy. Very uninspired drummer. Almost irrelevent.
2) The show took a few numbers to heat up. "If Not For You" was very ragged and lackluster. Unfocused. They didn't have an ending worked out for the song, either. "Silvio" actually got everyone together.
3) Another arrangement for "Mr. Tambourine." No longer the ethereally paced rendition of last year, this new version involves the whole band in an acoustic-electric mode, doing a rather jaunty, uptempo version. A lot of fun.
4) "Masters of War" perhaps the emotionally sung highpoint of the evening. Very ominious and low. Dylan's repeating guitar figure seemed new to me and, although sometimes awkwardly performed, was a great touch.
5) The rarity of "When Teardrops Fall" did not belie the tame, superficial version of the song. Charlie Sexton kind of snuck in and simply appeared.
6) Sexton didn't really make his presence known until a phenomenal guitar solo in "Like a Rolling Stone." This song, in fact, was an artistic triumph, with a completely new ending (to me) of mandolin & steel guitar-accented slow magestic rises and falls. Simply gorgeous.
7) "Maggie's Farm" was also reconfigured and featured wonderful guitar signature from Dylan. Thumbs up.
8) Dylan scratched his head several times throughout the show, apparantly perplexed as how to finish songs which had no endings. The rock jam mode of many of the songs was a hit-n-miss affair, particularly early in the evening. (It was a 2-hour show)
9) The sound was very good and clear. Unfortunately, the Music Hall is a pit, a big ugly room that's uncomfortable and -- typical for Austin, no doubt -- reeking terribly of cigarette smoke. (The other kind of smoke was practically absent.) The crowd was a genuine mix of old and new Bobfans,
from moms and dads to babies. This was the big show for a Saturday night in Austin and even some alt.teens were in evidence. I hope they had their mind expanded.

I know I did."

I have cut the first review a little. Both here: https://www.expectingrain.com/dok/set...