Just got home from a Dylan concert


The band that Dylan has now is one hell of a band and Bob is not so bad either. Willie Nelson opened and was great although his band is nothing special. Why is Dylan only playing the keyboard these days. I've seen him 3 times in the last 3 years and he sets up on the side of the stage and plays keyboard only. Is there an explanation for this, or is it just Dylan.
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I've seen Dylan live some 11 or so times in the last 16 years.
I'm no apologist as his vocals can be terrible at times ( the early 90's were particularly bad) .
Since the mid 90's he has imho got a better,much better grip on things.
However he clearly would not be for everybody as his voice has clearly aged and it was never that palatable to many people anyway.

He hasn't hit Europe this tour but I saw him three times a year ago at the keyboards and his singing was clear pretty much 99% of the time.
Garebear states it's all ego now somehow that doesn't tie in with anything I've ever seen Dylan do in a live context.

He may be hitting a bad patch but I doubt ego has much to do with it, as for his age Jsujo you are right it is irrelevant and no excuse for sub par performances.
I think you've taken one opinion (apparently not your own) and turned it into a bigger thing than it actually is.