Easy to pick out in the Johannisnacht crowds.

Dressed against the weather. Barbour, Timberland, Jack Wolfskin et al.

All streaming in the same direction down the Augustinerstrasse as we grabbed an espresso before joining them.

Off to see His Bobness at his open air concert in Mainz last Saturday.

Taciturn as ever –  the last documented greeting supposedly dates back to Seattle in 1974 when he acclaimed the late Jimi – but his music speaks for itself.

Superb.

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Things Have Changed
Girl Of The North Country
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
Summer Days
Tangled Up In Blue
The Levee’s Gonna Break
Ballad Of Hollis Brown
Highway 61 Revisited
Desolation Row
Thunder On The Mountain
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
All Along The Watchtower
Blowin’ In The Wind

And for your Edification and Listening Pleasure – The Mainz Mix [Listen] 1:23:51, 120MB, takes ages and a day to load..

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – Bob Dylan
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Elvis Presley
Things Have Changed – Barb Jungr
Girl From the North Country – Rosanne Cash
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ – Bob Dylan
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – Mason Jennings
Summer Days – Bob Dylan
Tangled Up in Blue [Live] – Bob Dylan & the Rolling Thunder Review
The Levee’s Gonna Break – Bob Dylan
Ballad of Hollis Brown – Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited – Karen O & The Million Dollar Bashers
Desolation Row – Bob Dylan
Thunder On The Mountain – Bob Dylan
Ballad of a Thin Man – Grand Panda feat. Dawn
Allan Wia a Stan – Wolfgang Ambros
All Along the Watchtower – Bryan Ferry
Blowin’ in the Wind – Joan Baez

Some of it doesn’t sound like the original, you say?

Well, I’ll let you into a secret.

Neither do Bob’s versions these days, either…

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