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On a whim backed by logistical muscle, Bob Dylan slipped into London this week for three shows at Hammersmith Apollo (7,8,9th of February 1993). Mr. Dylan strolled on stage with his band, took off his cowboy hat and picked up his guitar. And he performed with a fire, tenderness, playfulness and ornery charm that have surfaced only fitfully in recent years; he didn’t hold back his smiles. For those who have heard him mumbling his best songs or reducing their melodies to one note, the concert was a welcome reminder that one of America’s greatest musical minds is nowhere near retirement. Mr. Dylan’s recent solo albums bring him back to the kinds of songs that first inspired him: rural blues and ballads that commemorate ordinary people with resonant but plain-spoken poetry. They’re songs about love, death, war, poverty, desolation and faith, and they seem to have recharged Mr. Dylan. He sings like his folk sources, disdainful of well-tempered tunings, full of breaks and rasps, at once stylized and natural; a true American syncretist, he has pulled together blues and country and gospel styles to sound both deeply rooted and utterly individual. And on these gigs, he made all of his idiosyncrasies say something. Mr. Dylan didn’t treat the songs with any sort of muted reverence; he rasped, he syncopated, he moved from defiance to gentleness. His improvisations remade his own songs and the traditions they came from, helping his audience to rediscover them one more time.

Track list:
1. Maggies Farm-Apollo 9th of February
2. Every Grain Of Sand-Apollo 9th of February
3. Lenny Bruce-Apollo 7th of February
4. All Along The Watchtower-Apollo 7th of February
5. Tangled Up In Blue-Apollo 9th of February
6. I Don’t Believe You-Apollo 9th of February
7. Positively 4th Street-Apollo 7th of February
8. Memphis Blues-Apollo 9th of February
9. She Belongs To Me-Apollo 9th of February
10. Tomorrow Night-Apollo 9th of February
11. Jim Jones-Apollo 8th of February
12. Mr. Tambourine Man-Apollo 8th of February
13. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright-Apollo 8th of February
14. Cats In The Well-Apollo 8th of February
15. I And I-Apollo 8th of February
16. Simple Twist Of Fate-Apollo 8th of February
17. The Times They Are A-Changin-Apollo 9th of February
18. Highway 61 Revisited-Apollo 8th of February
19. Ballad Of A Thin Man-Apollo 9th of February
20. Everything Is Broken-Apollo 9th of February
21. It Ain’t Me Babe-Apollo 9th of February