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Yes, dear downvoters, I too enjoy the live aspect of concerts where they don't just lip-sync to the studio versions of their music. And yes, he did play some of

Yes, dear downvoters, I too enjoy the live aspect of concerts where they don't just lip-sync to the studio versions of their music. And yes, he did play some of his hits in otherwise unrecognizable form. My point was it still wasn't enjoyable. He looked completely miserable: it was not entertaining. Musically it was not a quality product. It was exactly what Steven Stills told him when Dylan first played through the Blood on the Tracks album: He's a fine songwriter, but he's not a very good musician.

jhayward 6y ago
Just for context, let's include the complete text of that anecdote from https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-oral-history-of-csnys-infamous-doom-tour-110505/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-oral-histo... Nash: “Somewhere in the Midwest, I think in Minneapolis, we were at the hotel after the show and Bob Dylan came by. Stephen and Tim Drummond immediately corralled him into a different room and shut the door. That wasn’t nice.” Drummond: “He played us all the songs from Blood on the Tracks on acoustic guitar. We were on twin beds, across from each other. Oh God, I can’t tell you how great it was. At one point Stephen said something to him about the songs not being good. I was so Goddamn embarrassed. He was probably coked out. Dylan, being the arrogant man that he was said, ‘Well, Stephen, play me one of your songs.’ That was the end of it. Stephen couldn’t even find one string from another at that point.” Nash: “Stephen walked out of the room and said to me, ‘Bob’s no musician.’ In the back of my mind, I also remember Stephen buying a Precision bass for Paul McCartney and telling him it was time to start playing a ‘real’ instrument and not his old Höfner. He’s saying this to one of the greatest bass players in the world.”

jhayward 6y ago

Just for context, let's include the complete text of that anecdote from https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-oral-history-of-csnys-infamous-doom-tour-110505/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-oral-histo... Nash: “Somewhere in the Midwest, I think in Minneapolis, we were at the hotel after the show and Bob Dylan came by. Stephen and Tim Drummond immediately corralled him into a different room and shut the door. That wasn’t nice.” Drummond: “He played us all the songs from Blood on the Tracks on acoustic guitar. We were on twin beds, across from each other. Oh God, I can’t tell you how great it was. At one point Stephen said something to him about the songs not being good. I was so Goddamn embarrassed. He was probably coked out. Dylan, being the arrogant man that he was said, ‘Well, Stephen, play me one of your songs.’ That was the end of it. Stephen couldn’t even find one string from another at that point.” Nash: “Stephen walked out of the room and said to me, ‘Bob’s no musician.’ In the back of my mind, I also remember Stephen buying a Precision bass for Paul McCartney and telling him it was time to start playing a ‘real’ instrument and not his old Höfner. He’s saying this to one of the greatest bass players in the world.”