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10-30-2002 - 3:18 p.m.
Bob Dill, the singing Pickle
You may or may not know this, but I was raised by a tribe of hippies, complete with a magic bus that followed the Grateful Dead around. The �rents sold beads, jewelry and tie-dye in the parking lot before the shows. It wasn�t a bad way to grow up. I was exposed to a lot of good music early. According to mom, I used to entertain anyone that would listen with an interesting rendition of �Casey Jones� You know �riding that train, high on cocaine� Now days, DFS would have me removed from the family However, none of us kids liked Bob Dylan much; in fact we called him Bob Dill the singing pickle. We didn�t get Bob Dill, his voice was weird and he didn�t sing about fun stuff like Yellow Submarines or an Octopus� Garden. Bob Dill sang about politics. He was angry about something, but young JJ didn�t know what Monday night, Mysterious Mikey and I went to see Dylan play. His voice is still weird, but now I appreciate that his voice is filled with character. The Pickle has a 40 year old catalog of songs to sing and he performed a little something from every decade. In my life, I have seen dozens of long-haired granola girls perform �Blowing in the Wind� but Mikey and I have been to the mountain now. We have heard Dylan himself ask �How many deaths will it take �til we know, that too many people have died?� I didn�t think of Vietnam, I thought of the DC Sniper and Iraq and Sept 11.. Dylan�s anger is timeless. A native Minnesotan, Bob Dill, the singing pickle dedicated �The Times They are A-Changin� to Paul Wellstone. Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside And it is ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. If you want to honor Wellstone�s memory, don�t forget to vote next Tuesday Dylan ended the set with the murky �All Along the Watchtower.� Always a classic, although I like the Hendrix cover better. He didn�t play �Tangled Up in Blue� He can ROCK for an old guy.
Here's the Set List in case you are interested:
To Be Alone With You
In the Summertime
Tombstone Blues
Accidentally Like a Martyr
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Brown Sugar...the Rolling Stones tune
Girl From the North Country
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Drifter's Escape
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue...this was wonderful
Old Man, cover of the Neil Young song
Honest With Me
Simple Twist of Fate
High Water (For Charley Patton)
Mutineer
Bye And Bye
Summer Days
Blowin' in the Wind
All Along the Watchtower
BTW, Happy Birthday to Miss Grace Slick.
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