Jeeze what a start for the fall tour..

4 debuts! A band in spectacular form (and this is the first show of this leg) & Bob in great spirits, some downers as expected, but brilliant in between.

Oslo, Norway

Oslo Konserthus

October 1, 2015

Bob Dylan (vocal, grand piano & keyboard)

Stu Kimball (guitar)

Charlie Sexton (guitar)

Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar)

Tony Garnier (bass)

George Recile (drums & percussion)



Setlist, our thoughts & some audio:

I’m A Fool To Want You:



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Egil Hallgeir 1 Things Have Changed 4/6. Great start.. Not a surprise, tight band, good vocal.. 4 2 She Belongs To Me 4/6. Solid version. Vocal lacking a bit punch. 4 3 Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ 5/6 Lovely performance. Dylan more alive, band rising.. Sexton shining 4 4 The Night We Called It A Day 5/6 Great performance overall. AND a debut!! 4 5 Duquesne Whistle 3/6 Dylan lacking energy, band performing good. 5 6 Why Try To Change Me 4/6 Another debut!! (Shadows) Lively Dylan, good band. Exciting. 4 7 Pay In Blood 4/6 Solid PIB.

.. another politician pumping out the piss.. indeed. 5 8 I’m A Fool To Want You 5/6 The Shadows material are great so far. Band & Bobby shining. 4 9 Tangled Up In Blue 5/6 Great 2015 version of TUIB! Lovely. Bob’s vocal loosing his edge last ~3min.. 5 10 High Water (For Charley Patton) 4/6 Slow start.. nice finish. 5 11 Full Moon and Empty Arms 4/6 Nice perfomance. Again Shadows material shining. 4 12 Early Roman Kings 3/6 Jeeze.. bright lights on stage. OK performance of an OK song.

Some nice licks from Sexton. 5 13 Come Rain or Come Shine 3/6 (shadows outtake). Surprise, another debut.. short.. BUT this time neither the band nor Dylan convinced me.

My initial grade was 2.. but listening to the audio today, it sounds better. 5 14 Spirit On The Water 3/4 Solid, good, yes, .. but.. 5 15 Scarlet Town 6/6 Here we are!! FANTASTIC version! Crisp vocal.. no shit. Band shining. They really nailed this one.

Hallelujah! 6 16 All Or Nothing At All 3/6 (Shadows outtake) Yet another debut! But again didn’t convince me. 4 17 Long And Wasted Years 4/6 Can’t go wrong on this one. Not a Great LAWY, but still.. 5 18 Autumn Leaves 6/6 WONDERFUL version. Everthing clicked, band, vocal, audience.. my body started shaking..

Best performance today. 6 19 Blowin’ In The Wind 4/6 Solid.. as always. 5 20 Love Sick 5/6 Slow start (3/6), but grew to a spectacular finish. Great arrangement.. Brilliant band performance.

Dylan shining in the last couple of minutes. 5

Debuts:

4. The Night We Called It A Day

Debut in concert – also played publicly 5/19/2015 (New York City, USA, Letterman show)

6. Why Try To Change Me

Debut – (from Shadows)

13. Come Rain or Come Shine

Debut – Shadows outtake

16. All Or Nothing At All

Debut – Shadows outtake

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First 9 songs:

Last 11 songs:

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-Egil & Hallgeir