#25:2012.11.09 Chicago, IL, United Center, USA # SPOILER AHEAD

[jbaent]

#25:2012.11.09 Chicago, IL, United Center, USA



http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=64

http://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=72974

AMIT attendees:


Setlist
Different from previous show in RED


Mark Knopfler
1.What It Is
2.Corned Beef City
3.Privateering
4.Kingdom of gold
5.I Used to Could
6.Song for Sonny Liston
7.Done With Bonaparte
8.Hill Farmer's Blues
9.Haulaway
10.Marbletown
11.So Far Away



Bob Dylan
1. Watching The River Flow
2. To Ramona (with Mark Knopfler on guitar)
3. Things Have Changed (with Mark Knopfler on guitar)
4. Tangled Up In Blue (with Mark Knopfler on guitar)
5. Blind Willie McTell  [EDIT-thanksjbob627] (with Mark Knopfler on guitar)
6. Make You Feel My Love
7. The Levee's Gonna Break
8. Desolation Row
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Forgetful Heart
11. Thunder On The Mountain
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
13. Like A Rolling Stone
14. All Along The Watchtower

(encore)
15. Blowin' In The Wind

[El Macho]

Mark played on Blind Willie Mc Tell, that's all that's been said on ER

[twm]

 According to this report, Mark didn't play on Blind Willie - sadly:

1. Watching The River Flow (Instrumental - Bob on guitar)
2. To Ramona (with Mark Knopfler on guitar) 
3. Things Have Changed (with Mark Knopfler on guitar)  
4. Tangled Up In Blue (with Mark Knopfler on guitar) 
5. Blind Willie McTell
6. Make You Feel My Love
7. The Levee's Gonna Break
8. Desolation Row
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Forgetful Heart
11. Thunder On The Mountain
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
13. Like A Rolling Stone
14. All Along The Watchtower
   
  (encore)
15. Blowin' In The Wind

NOTE: The report may be amended later, of course.

[Pottel]

Why oh why,... Why no blind Willie....

[dmg]

Why oh why,... Why no blind Willie....

So close!

[superval99]

Why oh why,... Why no blind Willie....

So close!

Part of a review of last night's Chicago gig from an ER fan who was there:

        "......Blind Willie had Bob in a hat, cake-walking along the stage as Mark Knopfler added tasteful bits."

There are a couple of other references to MK playing on Blind Willie too, so perhaps it was played afterall!   

[theTwinWithin]

At www.setlist.fm Yoda33 gives:

      1.  What It Is
      2.  Corned Beef City
      3.  Privateering
      4.  Kingdom Of Gold
      5.  I Used To Could
      6.  Song For Sonny Liston
      7.  Done With Bonaparte
      8.  Hill Farmer's Blues
      9.  Marbletown
     10.  So Far Away

[twm]

You may be right, as I indicated. This is on Dylan's official site ....

http://www.bobdylan.com/us/home#us/tour/2012-11-09-united-center

... but I don't think the website people get any special information from the touring party. I suspect that they just grab information from the net, like most of us.

[jbob627]

Mark also played Haul Away prior to Marbletown.  Marbletown was terrific - wish he played longer with 2 days off ...

[superval99]

Mark also played Haul Away prior to Marbletown.  Marbletown was terrific - wish he played longer with 2 days off ...

jbob627 - Can you confirm if MK played on Blind Willie, please?   

[theTwinWithin]

www.setlist.fm gives now, after an edit, Brothers In Arms between Hill Farmer's Blues and Marbletown...

And then, Troubadour64 at ER says:
Blind Willie - ! yes! been waiting to hear this arrangement for two years. and Mark supplied the syrup for this hot stack of pancakes. I think it's one of the best songs he does with them. not quite as tight as the TV performance, but the same sort of presence. AWESOME trick ending. Sometimes, i feel Dylan's little harmonica swings are attached to an invisible whip that lashes over the heads of the audience, don't you?

[jbob627]

Yes, Blind Willie was great to hear w/Mark.  After Mark left, Bob seemed to drop off.  Also, no BIA - it was Haul Away.

[scupperman]

I thought Mark's set was fantastic, HFB a highlight, CBC, great new addition. He seemed upbeat and energetic, the band really jelled.

Here is a review snippet from the Chicago Tribune main rock critic Greg Kot, his review is only of Dylan, he didn't review MK's set:

Early on, opener Mark Knopfler abetted the guitar front line of Charlie Sexton and Stu Kimball, embroidering Dylan

[twm]

I'm pleased to hear that MK was on Blind Willie.

I'd like to think that the number of songs in the Dylan show that include Mark continues to go up.

Also that Bob plays more TEMPEST songs as the tour draws to a close.

[twm]

The listing that I included earlier has been amended:

1. Sweet Home Chicago (Instrumental - Bob on guitar)
2. To Ramona (with Mark Knopfler on guitar) 
3. Things Have Changed (with Mark Knopfler on guitar) 
4. Tangled Up In Blue (with Mark Knopfler on guitar)  
5. Blind Willie McTell (with Mark Knopfler on guitar) 
6. Make You Feel My Love
7. The Levee's Gonna Break
8. Desolation Row
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Forgetful Heart
11. Thunder On The Mountain
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
13. Like A Rolling Stone
14. All Along The Watchtower
   
  (encore)
15. Blowin' In The Wind

Mark, as per previous posts herein, is now shown as being on Blind Willie and the opening instrumental has changed, too. We've had something similar before, when Dylan opened in Glasgow with an instrumental (February 1991). In some lists, it's given as the "Mountains of Mourne" but it never sounded like that to me and I was there. And the song has no link with Glasgow that I'm aware of. At least "Sweet Home Chicago" relates to the city in which he was playing.