Bob Dylan Hammerstein Ballroom, New York 12 August 2003

Bob Dylan and his band took the stage around 9:15, Dylan wearing a dark red almost maroon western suit

It was a reasonably mellow scene both outside the Hammerstein in line and inside. Of course there were the typical hassles that come with any standup general admission show such as the 7 foot human wall in the grey Springsteen shirt with a 7 on the back who wouldn't let people who he could easily see over stand in front of him, but so it goes. However then I happened to meet a couple of very nice guys, one named Israel and I'm not sure if I got the other one's name and they invited us to come and stand with them.

The Waifs came on around 8 pm and delivered their usual excellent set and they know just how to keep it short and sweet but interesting at the same time.

Bob Dylan and his band took the stage around 9:15, Dylan wearing a dark red almost maroon western suit and started into the current version of "Silvio." "I Don't Believe You" was an okay surprise, but then "Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum" followed and it seemed like it was going to be a typical show with the new "It Ain't Me Babe…