June 27, 2008
Review by A Madrinha Asociados Ltd. & Tedhead
It doesn´t fit any doubt, June 27, 2008, is already a date that will be remembered in Vigo forever.
The day dawned radiant, it couldn´t be in another way. The Tour´s Staff stayed 2 days before in the
city, with the cattering prepared in the fairground, checking sound and testing the band in order that
nothing was out of order. And certainly, it was obviously by the way things later happen. A bad
news crossed the city as a gunpowder: " Mr Tony Garnier has problems of back and the presence
of a doctor has been needed " someone said. Doc "Paco" rose at the instant to the fairground and
solved matter but: " Tony, will play sat down" (bad pressage?). Maria - one of the 3 "runners" of the
local promotion - was near to Bob " He looks great " said the brown skin " gipsy face " girl. "I have
a feeling that tonight its gonna be a mythical concert, she sighed. At 21:35 the band went out for
the stage with Bob behind with his already classic gray hat with feather included. All dressed in
impeccable black suits with the covered heads, something that in Europe doesn´t stop being
calling us the attention for the foreign of the apparel. Anyway, great.
" Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat " started strongly unusual, with Bob dedicated and singing with clear
and bright voice. The sound only can be qualified as exceptionally. Mr. Garnier sat in a high stool,
was accompanying on the double-bass without a symptom of decay. Doc "Paco" did undoubtedly a
good work. The band was sounding compact, powerful and total. Then Bob attacked " Lay Lady
Lay ", followed by " Lonesome Day Blues " and " Girl of the North Country ". More than 5.000
people there, vibrated with the classic ones revisited and the reinterpretation of the new song. The
tears were starting showing. We were prepared for a great concert, but not for one a spectacular
night. The versions of the songs full of hues & shades, were recreating perfectly with their own
architecture, leaving free field to Bob with his melodic & expressive lines. Bob never had been so
intensive in the last 3 concerts he played in Galicia since 1992. " The leeve's gonna break " gave
the step to the impeccable interpretation of " Stuck inside of Mobile " in which the public was out of
themselves. When we begun to believe that concert had come already to climax, it returned again
with "Moonlight" and " It's allright, Ma " simply genial. Then, " Spirit on the water " and " Things
have changed ". We were astonishing, every song was there for sure. Perfectly constructed and
tested songs, with precise arrangements and a Bob delivered with pure and crystalline voice. And
then came, it couldn´t be in another way. The song of the night that noone of us recognized until
the sound of the celular phone with a sms told us" Handy Dandy, i´ve got you? Je ". The great
"Pelda" (bassist also suffering from the evil´s back of the day) had recognized the great version,
which of any form already it had filled us with enthusiasm. The sound was precise, exact, acuratte.
The acoustic guitar and the banjo was listened perfectly with brightness, over the sonorous
electrical base. Tony by moments, stand up & turning the double-bass, we can saw him happy and
that was transmitted for sure. Everything seemed like in a dream, almost unreal, and then started
the most powerful version that we had heard before of "Highway 61 Revisited ". The fairground
almost broke down, it was really great. The lighting returned to go down and there sounded "
Beyond the Horizon " & " Summer days " to give the final step to " Ain't talkin " with a low lighting,
projecting their shades on the backdrop. Bob's voice was magic, sounding cozy and frightening at
the same time. A farewell without precedents that leave us petrified. The public applauded nonstop
and after 5 minutes the band returned to the stage to dazzle with " Thunder on the mountain "
while the curtain was spreading out with the logo of the tour. Bob presented the musicians and
they said bye with the brilliant grand ending " Like a Rolling' Stone " & the audience can sang at
last. After a while and for a moment it seemed that the band was going to return to the scene, but
sincerely, it had been a rudeness to ask for more. If we had to qualify last night event in Vigo, we
can say one thin g for sure: to certain science that there will be one before and one after this day.
Now the public already knows what Rock and Roll is, and where are the artistic levels who only the
chosen ones can show us. The popular music of the last two centurys has reached to the top
yesterday in Vigo.
A Madrinha Asociados Ltd. & Tedhead
remolca@remolca.com
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