I Spent Bob Dylan's Birthday at a "Covers Concert" at Town Hall

On April 12, 1963, I was an 8th-grade student at JHS 190 while He's So Fine by the Chiffons was the number one song.  At that time I hadn't yet heard of Bob Dylan played his first major concert at Town Hall on West 43rd Street in Manhattan.  The original concert is archived at https://archive.org/details/BobDylanLiveNYCCityHall4121963

The songs played at that concert were "re-imagined" last night at the same venue as stated by Steven Bernstein, the musical director of the performer.  Back then Dylan just played with an acoustic guitar and a harmonica, but last night's show was done by an ensemble with over 12 musicians.  I always feel that when a performer covers one or many of Dylan's songs the new version should be different from the original.  This was certainly the case last night.  I do feel that a few of the songs were overdone as the words were masked by ornate music, but in most cases, the musical arrangement
enhanced the song.

Setlist

• Ramblin’ Down Thru The World
• Bob Dylan’s Dream
• Talkin’ New York
• Ballad Of Hollis Brown
• Walls Of Red Wing
• All Over You
• Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
• Boots Of Spanish Leather
• Hero Blues
• Blowin’ In The Wind
• John Brown
• Tomorrow Is A Long Time
• A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
• Dusty Old Fairgrounds
• Who Killed Davey Moore?
• Seven Curses
• Highway 51
• Pretty Peggy-O
• Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag
• Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
• Hiding Too Long
• With God On Our Side
• Masters Of War
• Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie