Thanks for the review, never seen Willie and would love to. Sounds like a great gig.
Lake On 19 July, 05:49, D-Squared <[email protected]> wrote: > My wife & I traveled up to the hinterlands of North America yesterday > (Essx Junction, VT) to see Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, & Willie Nelson > play at a county fairground. It was a fried dough, cow flappin', > Americana experience if there ever was one. > > Loved Willie's schtick, thought Mellencamp was absolutely great, and > I'm wondering if I'll ever see Dylan again. His voice is absolutely > shot now - his band carries him - hate to say it. We packed it up as > he was starting Highway 61, as we were getting soaked - heavy rain. He > may have had 3 tunes left. > > For those who may proclaim Brian Wilson's vocals can be weak at times, > he is Pavarotti compared to Dylan. I'm not trying to do a Wilson- > Dylan comparison here by any means. But, I have seen both many times > in the last few years, and I just think it's notable how BWs live > vocals seem to improve, and IMO, are pretty good now relatively > speaking, while Dylan's are taking on the sound of somebody gargling. > I mean, I was wondering if there was a spittoon nearby in case he had > to hack up a good one. > > We had real close seats, and Zimmy had his Oscar for Wonder Boys, or > whatever the fuck that movie was, prominently displayed on his piano. > Big gray fedora he was wearing too - very cool. > > OK, that't it. Long drive back home today, and I have to go clean the > mud and cowshit out from under my toenails. See ya soon, Headz. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/michaellenz?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
