Bob Dylan 4-28-99 Ljubljana, Sloveia

Bob Dylan
4-28-99 (April 28, 1999 / 1999-04-28)
Hala Tivoli
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
Larry Campbell (guitar)
Tony Garnier (bass)
David Kemper (drums & percussion)

Friend Of The Devil
Mr. Tambourine Man
Masters of War
Mama, You Been On My Mind
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Tangled Up In Blue
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Can't Wait
Every Grain Of Sand
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Not Dark Yet
Highway 61 Revisited
Love Sick
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Blowin' In The Wind
Not Fade Away
Like A Rolling Stone

LB-6422
Taper: "Bach"
Lineage: OKM II Rockversion > Sony DAT TCD-D8 (48 kHZ - 16 bit) > TASCAM DA-40 professional > ssrc convert to 44.1 kHz  >WaveTerminal > HD > WaveLab 6 > 
convert to flac dBpowerAMP > md5summer

Sounds like a soundboard . . . most of the time. When there's no one screaming, when there's no semi-nearby conversation (6 or 7 times, quiet and brief,) when there's no moron screaming for Bobby (thru much of one song,) this sounds simply awesome.  There are a dozen or so minor sound fluctuations that are so short before it bounces right back to where it was and a half dozen pops throughout the whole show (all quick and quiet,) and David Kemper's bass drum causes noticeable distortion on several songs, but when it's good it's REALLY GOOD!!!  This is purely an A+ recording for a good 85% of it! The crowd distractions really aren't that bad and honestly didn't take away from my enjoying the show over two listens.  This coulda been one of the best audience recordings of the Dylan year but I gotta knock it down a small bit because of people's mouth's and the recording levels not able to take that full bass drum.  Still it's gotta earn a 9.7 for a high A grade!

Speaking of David Kemper, I wonder if he thinks of his dear friend Jerry Garcia when Friend Of The Devil gets played by Bob.  David was the drummer for Jerry's non-Grateful Dead projects for Jerry's last 11 years playin', from about 1984 to 95.  I so do love hearing Bob playing Jerry since Jerry played Bob for . . . well, for just about ever!

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