Changing Times

Guess who Phillyist is going to see Saturday night? BOB FREAKING DYLAN, that's who!! Sure, he's getting old, and we hear he's not always the best live performer anymore, what with his froggy voice and all, but the guy is a living legend - one of the greatest, if not the greatest, songwriters of our time; a man who changed rock and roll and folk music forever; whose protest songs actually made things happen; whose discography is a litany of classic albums. We've got his CD from this year, Modern Times, and while it's no Blonde on Blonde or Blood on the Tracks, it's definitely a good album, and in the same sort of wry, old-fashioned, bluesy style as his recent releases.

Oh, and hey, guess who's opening for Dylan? The Raconteurs, that's who!! We love this pairing of the old master and the young upstarts, and we love Jack White and The Raconteurs. Their first full-length, Broken Boy Soldiers, was released earlier this year, and it's also quite a fine disc with some great tracks on it. We can't wait to see the weird boys of indie sharing the stage with the weird old gentleman of folk. And amazingly enough - as of this writing, anyway - there still appear to be tickets available for this show, so why not come and join us?

Bob Dylan w/The Raconteurs
Wachovia Spectrum (3601 S. Broad St.)
Sat, 11/18, 7:30PM
$39.50-$69.50
Tickets online

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