The Toronto Scum's review? Ha! I laugh. Mary Dickie clearly needs to become better acquainted with Bob's repertoire, so she can recognize the songs with greater ease. The only ones I had any real trouble recognizing were a couple of the newest ones off "Love and Theft". Mary is evidently unaware that Bob has been radically rearranging his songs ever since 1965 or even before that. It's one of the things that makes his shows so interesting.

For instance, the weirdest version of "Just Like A Woman" I ever heard him do was in 1974, acoustically. Last night's band version was quite reminiscent of the original cut from Blonde and Blonde in 1966.

I think the arthritis theory is worth giving consideration to, though. I've never seen Bob do a whole concert before without playing the guitar.

My description of Raptor was generous and kindly... :-)

- LH