ROCK OF AGES
Wild Wolf 5CD
(1) Civic Auditorium (Santa Cruz, CA); March 15, 2000
(2) Civic Auditorium (Santa Cruz, CA); March 16, 2000
(3) Civic Auditorium (Santa Cruz, CA); March 15, 2000
(4) Civic Auditorium (Santa Cruz, CA); March 16, 2000
(5) US Tour, March-April 2000
(6) Five Seasons Center (Cedar Rapids, IA); April 3, 2000
(7) miscellaneous, November 1999-June 2000
Tracklist: (1) Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie, Mr Tambourine Man, Masters Of War, Don't Think Twice, Tangled Up In Blue, Pass Me Not Oh Gentle Saviour, Hootchie Cootchie Man, Positively Fourth Street, Drifter's Escape, Things Have Changed, Not Dark Yet, Highway 61 Revisited, Love Sick
(2) I Am The Man Thomas, Song To Woody, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), One Too Many Mornings, Tangled Up In Blue, Rock Of Ages, Big River, Highlands, Memphis Blues Again, You're A Big Girl Now, Highway 61 Revisited, Love Sick, Maggie's Farm
(3) Silvio, It Ain't Me Babe
(4) Blowin' In The Wind, Not Fade Away
(5) Dignity (3/12, Bakersfield); Duncan And Brady (3/17 early, Reno); Newry Highwayman (3/17 late, Reno); This World Can't Stand Long(3/31, Rochester); Man In Me (3/30, Fargo); Tell Me That It Isn't True (3/10 early, Anaheim); We Better Talk This Over (3/10 late, Anaheim); Cat's In The Well (3/14, Visalia); Things Have Changed (3/12, Bakersfield); Country Pie (3/10 early, Anaheim); Dear Landlord (3/14,Visalia); Tomorrow Is A Long Time (3/10 early, Anaheim)
(6) Roving Gambler, Song To Woody, Desolation Row, Mama You Been On My Mind, White Dove, Gotta Serve Somebody, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Tombstone Blues, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, Lenny Bruce, Leopardskin Pillbox Hat, Love Sick, Like A Rolling Stone, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Don't Think Twice
(7) Somebody Touched Me (3/22, Missoula); Hallelujah I'm Ready To Go (3/24, Bozeman); Delia (5/6, Zurich); Ring Them Bells (11/18/99, Baltimore); Blind Willie McTell (3/14, Visalia); Seņor (11/17/99, Durham); If You See Her Say Hello (11/17/99, Durham); Simple Twist Of Fate (3/16, Casper); Every Grain Of Sand (11/17/99, Durham); Born In Time (3/21, Pullman); Standing In The Doorway (6/15, Portland); Boots Of Spanish Leather (3/29, Bismarck); Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (4/4, Omaha); Searching For A Soldier's Grave (6/15, Portland)
NOTE: Not recommended. Reportedly attractively packaged, but incoherently organized. None of the three shows from which the bulk of the set is drawn is completely presented, and only the Cedar Rapids tracks are presented consecutively. The fifth, filler, disc, includes tracks not from the spring of 2000; but quite a few songs performed during the spring are omitted -- one even cut from the Cedar Rapids show. A botched job in a pretty box.
rmd: While no one show may be completely covered, it's worth getting for the music that is in there. In jazz, the mighty Duke himself said about music, " if it sounds good, it is good." This sounds good.
