tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post5618040116270085337..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: This Reading Life (2)The Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-87125539450193134722008-03-02T14:33:00.000+00:002008-03-02T14:33:00.000+00:00The red rose reminds me of the fab video from his ...The red rose reminds me of the fab video from his Australian tour some while back - with Tom Petty, and the great Beaumont Tench on keyboards (my instrument too, but I'm not so great!)<BR/><BR/>Was very close - two rows from the rail - at Brixton Acadaemy, London, a few years back, when he gave a very rare live rendition of 'Mississippi' - but all I remember is the sweat rolling down his face..!<BR/><BR/>Love that Gospel Songs tribute album too.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-32757426145966874492008-03-01T15:59:00.000+00:002008-03-01T15:59:00.000+00:00I like the idea of revisiting quotes you have save...I like the idea of revisiting quotes you have saved from what you have read. Hope you do that again sometime. When I inherited my mother's books, the ones I have kept are those in which she had left bookmarks and notations.<BR/><BR/>When Bob Dylan became a Christian, I was bewildered but kept listening to him anyway.<BR/><BR/>I went to see him in concert during the "Slow Training Coming" time at a old theater in Seattle. The tickets that the group of us bought turned out to be for seats which were about as far from the stage as imaginable. I decided that I wanted to get as close to Bob Dylan as possible and so during one song I walked down to the left side of the front row seats. There was a place with a few steps up to the stage, and I sat down there to listen. I couldn't believe that I was about 25 feet from him. He still seemed to me to be a million miles away.<BR/><BR/>At that moment, someone from one of the front row seats threw a red rose onto the stage. The look of dismay on his face was painful to witness as he moved backwards in startled reaction. It was not that long after John Lennon had been murdered. <BR/><BR/>My guess was that he was feeling equally vulnerable. He moved from the center of the stage to the right side for an extended time, while his band continued to play.<BR/><BR/>The second time I saw him from fairly close was in Vancouver, B.C. I am guessing that that it was sometime between 1995 and 2000. I walked up as close as I could get to the stage as he was singing "Girl Of The North Country" as an encore. My impression was that of his extraordinary generosity in sharing himself in the way that he does. That was the last time I attended a Bob Dylan concert.<BR/><BR/>In closing, I especially like the tribute album from 2003, 'Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan," with him joking and then singing with Mavis Staples.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for the thought about "strengthen the things that remain."amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.com