The Bob Dylan Show III

August 17, 2010

Desmond vs. Me and Bob Dylan

Deer Valley, Park City, Utah

(And happy anniversary to my lovely, patient, and tolerant wife!)

Another side of Bob Dylan concerts


Set List:

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. This Wheel's on Fire
3. I'll Be your Baby Tonight
4. Things Have Changed
5. Under the Red Sky
6. Honest With Me
7. Tangled Up in Blue
8. Cold Irons Bound
9. Masters of War
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Nettie Moore
12. Thunder on the Mountain
13. Ballad of a Thin Man
14. Like a Rolling Stone
15. Jolene
16. All Along the Watchtower

The Dylan concert trip was a hoot!  We arrived at the venue around 7 pm and seemingly had horrible seats, however, this proved very wrong.  The people at this concert were very nice and we could walk up to the stage front several times from our base in the back of the crowd.  The people were so nice, in fact, I observed a woman give an extra ticket to some young men begging to "throw the bums a dime" on the way in.  The lady was in her prime (once upon a time)!  There were no searches and I had to ask somebody to take my ticket, even.  We were able to bring a cooler of beer and wine in with snacks for the kids, as well.  Much better than $5/beer at the other places.  The people were so nice down there that we were able to walk right up to the front to take pictures of the band and Bob.  Those pictures are precious and will be cherished forever.  Lynnet wants me to build a wall so we can display some of them.  Even Bob Dylan seemed to be quite relaxed and laughed frequently with his band members and the crowd.  I have a picture of that.

Bob Chuckles

And we have dozens more!

The night was indeed a special night, my anniversary to Lynnet.  Too bad I couldn't request one of the songs at our wedding, the most beautiful love song ever written:

Wedding Song by Bob Dylan

I love you more than ever, more than time and more than love
I love you more than money and more than the stars above
Love you more than madness, more than waves upon the sea
Love you more than life itself, you mean that much to me

Ever since you walked right in, the circle’s been complete
I’ve said goodbye to haunted rooms and faces in the street
To the courtyard of the jester which is hidden from the sun
I love you more than ever and I haven’t yet begun

You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live
When I was deep in poverty you taught me how to give
Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the hole
Quenched my thirst and satisfied the burning in my soul

You gave me babies one, two, three, what is more, you saved my life
Eye for eye and tooth for tooth, your love cuts like a knife
My thoughts of you don’t ever rest, they’d kill me if I lie
I’d sacrifice the world for you and watch my senses die

The tune that is yours and mine to play upon this earth
We’ll play it out the best we know, whatever it is worth
What’s lost is lost, we can’t regain what went down in the flood
But happiness to me is you and I love you more than blood

It’s never been my duty to remake the world at large
Nor is it my intention to sound a battle charge
’Cause I love you more than all of that with a love that doesn’t bend
And if there is eternity I’d love you there again

Oh, can’t you see that you were born to stand by my side
And I was born to be with you, you were born to be my bride
You’re the other half of what I am, you’re the missing piece
And I love you more than ever with that love that doesn’t cease

You turn the tide on me each day and teach my eyes to see
Just bein’ next to you is a natural thing for me
And I could never let you go, no matter what goes on
‘Cause I love you more than ever now that the past is gone

I'll be your baby tonight!

My chess game for the concert was with Desmond.  With all the distractions and Bob singing "close your eyes, close the door, Adam should resign, he shouldn't play annnyyymoorre" - I just had to after hanging my queen!

I forgot to close the garage door!

In Jackson Hole we attracted some college age spectators, in Boise we had some older gentlemen, and here in Park City, a little boy from Turkey named Kaan.  Funny how little kids are not afraid to ask to play.  So Desmond and Kaan played, however, his mom wanted more of a tutorial.  Des showed him some basic openings and how to avoid some common traps seen in scholastics.  They were so nice, I hope to hear from them again.

Our new Turkish friend!

Play online chess

The fun didn't stop there!  We were staying at the Westgate on a deal that I secured by agreeing to sit in a time share sales pitch.  The saleswoman really made timeshares more understandable compared to the others I have been to.  The Westgate is a nice resort with nice people, nice rooms, and nice facilities at the base of The Canyons ski area.  They even had a giant chess set that was occupied every time we went to the pool area.  We were able squeak a game in.  We spent some time also watching the games that others were playing.  Kids vs. kids, kid vs. dads, kids vs. moms.  But never a Mom vs. Dad game?

Even Pawns must hold a grudge!

We then went to a SLC Real Soccer Game at the new Rio Tinto Stadium.  Unfortunately, I left the board in the car so no soccer chess game.  Good thing I did anyway because it was a very active game with 2 red cards and several yellow cards.  I would have blundered easily.  The Real won 2-1 against a team from Panama.

Real Salt Lake

We had a great time playing chess, watching Bob, swimming, camping, watching soccer, playing other games, hiking around Jackson Hole, Boise, and Park City.  More trips should be like this.