Comments on: Review: Dave Rawlings Machine – High Noon Saloon

By: eugene

eugene — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:16:12 +0000

Is “Spottie Ottie” an original or cover?

By: uwmryan

uwmryan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:52:11 +0000

“The night started out like a borrowed page from the Grateful Dead’s Reckoning, opening with “Monkey And The Engineer” and segueing the second song into “Candyman.”

I guess “the second song” was another Dylan tune, nice.

By: fs

fs — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:46:41 +0000

Actually the opener in your review is incorrect; they did not segue into Candyman. They did Dylan’s Dear Landord and segueing into The G. Dead’s Candyman and then back to Landlord. It was one of the highlights!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:56:38 +0000

You nailed the show. An amazing evening.

By: uwmryan

uwmryan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:34:03 +0000

the night owl -

thanks for the info. I think Rawlings actually made mention of doing a “cowboy song” right before going into “Diamond Joe” – wish you could have seen the show, I know you would have loved it.

By: the night owl

the night owl — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:02:01 +0000

“Diamond Joe” is from the all-covers Dylan album from 1992 “Good As I Been To You.” The origin of the song is unknown (it has been identified as an old cowboy ballad or a derivative of another folk song called “State of Arkansas”); Dylan most likely first heard it sung by Cisco Houston, who dueted regularly with Dylan’s hero Woody Guthrie.

Great post and review. Too bad the band couldn’t squeeze in Milwaukee as a stop.

By: cerca trova

cerca trova — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:05:41 +0000

What an incredible show. There were at least five times throughout the evening where I told myself, “it can’t get any better than this”. It did every time.

Now if they’ll just follow through on their idea of staying here a few more nights to avoid the snow storm, I’ll have an early Christmas present.