Re: Charlottesville

 > St. Annie wrote:
 > Indoors at the new arena -- pretty good place to spend a hot
Thursday
 > night.  Elvis was super, that loud rich voice in full cry.  He
opened
 > with "Angels Wanna Wear my Red Shoes" -- lots of yowls
and yawps,
 > alternately shouting and then backing off from the mic to fade
 > himself.  Crashing, slashing acoustic guitars wired for maximum
 > sound.  The versions he did of Veronica and Alison could have made
you
 > weep.  Crowd was completely into him, singing out responses and
 > choruses as he cued them.  His talk (about his sons, about life on
the
 > road) was nice and not too much; his condemnation of the war (and
war
 > in general) not strident but intense and to the point.
 > Bob & Co. came on almost immediately after -- new Theme Music
(no more
 > Copland!).  Leopardskin Pillbox was LOUD -- wish someone would
 > disconnect George's drums from any/every amp they're hooked up to.
 > But Bob looked great -- in the blackout, before they started, he
was
 > moving swiftly and elegantly, flipping off his hat and tossing on
his
 > guitar, setting the hat back smoothly and without a touch of the
jerky
 > edge that's so much of his in-the-spotlight persona.  Just like an
 > actor in the wings before he walks on.
 > The guitar portion was good and it's great to see him playing
again.
 > Standouts from the keyboard set were Tangled Up (word changes and
 > all:  rhyming Delacroix with destroyed, as New Orleans now is),
Thin
 > Man, and interestingly Watchtower.  Thank heavens for Donnie H;
he's a
 > fabulous musician and is spot on in sync with Bob, as well as
shining
 > on his solo strolls (last night he helped make Tangled Up really
 > memorable).
 > At the end they took a really long bow in front of a huge group of
 > yelling, cheering UVA students (two boys who looked young enough to
be
 > kids of mine kept hugging me and saying giddily, "He's SO
GREAT").
 > Bob never cracked a smile, but he did a lotta waving, and the
hands-as-
 > pistols move.  Good times in historic rural Virginia.


Writing this in Fall of 2024, prayers for the people of North
Carolina.
 

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