This is a cool and creative 'review' in poem form of a show sent in by Fan Club member, April Melody - thanks, April!
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Under The Blue-Marbled Sky
April Melody
November 13, 2008
Revised *1/12/11 *1/13/11
A cat fell in the well
The crowd began to yell
He takes the stage to everyone’s delight
The show had just begun
We were ready for some fun
We all knew it was our election night
The times about to change
After years and years of blame
And wickedness that bloodied out the sky
The crowd was choked with cheers
So many wasted years
And now we hoped to leave it all behind
He sang a summer’s song
Where somethin’s still goin on
While we swung our hips and soared into the heights
And when that song was done
The next thing that he sung
Started with a spark that set this wheel on fire.
The tempo settled down
And he charmed the swayin’ crowd
The harp pierced the opening night sky
The next thing that I knew
You were tanglin’ us in blue
The nine year-old girl looked up at me and smiled.
He told us strong and plain
That war is still a game
A Master’s game that has no happy end
He’s sung it all these years
And it penetrates our ears
Pointin’ toward the path that we must tend.
The stage was a brilliant hue
And we got those Memphis Blues
Oh my, the crowd will never be the same
You drove us down the road
With a travelin’ tempo...of hope
That our dignity can be regained.
John Brown marched off to war
To get some medals for his Ma
Comes back to her a-beatin’ by war’s horrors
She hadn’t been able to
Stand in her dear son’s shoes
He hands her his medals as the proof.
Strolling beyond the horizon
Where the sky has turned deep blue
The entire world is waltzing now, and right in time with you
Highway 61’s a-hummin’
Not far from this venue
How our hearts were a-beatin’ in times we swore we’d never knew.
In the North Star State of MN
Where His Band shot at the stars
The crowd whistled, whooped and hollared when Bob picked up his guitar
The banjo howled it’s Alright Ma
She’s knows what we must do
The band bore down like a birthin’ Mother chantin’ to her youth.
The red, red sky was glowin’ now
A brilliant shade of blue
Little boys and girls standin’ at your feet, baked in a pie of truth
The thunder of Mtn. Recile
Erupted in the Northrop balcony
Bob pounded on his keyboard, it felt like a revelation to me.
Suddenly you weren’t talkin’
Just walkin’ out of plain sight
Felt like the heavens opened, fear drifted off into the night
Your mystic garden never looked so luscious
And all the fruit was ripe
The crowd was now bathed and mesmerized in a beautiful white light.
We were havin’ so much fun
That’s the reason I had come
There was nothing else I’d ever want to do
You’ve made me stop and think
How we all stand at the brink
And this is why I’ve always had the blues
“How does it feel?”
It felt surreal
You ask us in a rhyme
To be alone
With no direction home
The crowd pondered this in time
“Since 1941”
The darkness lasted oh so long
That’s what you said, I know you meant it true
Tony stood upright and strong
With his Obama button on
The blowin’ wind had always spelled the truth
“A brand new time has come
The Age of Light now dawned”
That’s what you said before the last encore
The crowd was so alive
We were so happy that we cried..
and danced with one another all night long.
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copyright 2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Northrop AuditoriumNovember 4, 2008
1. Cat's In The Well
2. The Times They Are A-Changin'
3. Summer Days
4. This Wheel's On Fire
5. Tangled Up In Blue
6. Masters Of War
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. John Brown
9. Beyond The Horizon
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Shooting Star
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
13. Under The Red Sky
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Ain't Talkin'(encore)
16. Like A Rolling Stone
( Band Introductions Election announcement!)
17. Blowin' In The Wind