Bob Dylan
One Leg At A Time: 25 Years of the NET (1988-2012)
Vol. 7: 2004-2006

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1. Cry A While (3/16/04 – Detroit, MI)
2. I Believe In You (6/4/04 – Gilford, NH)
3. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (6/29/04 – Bonn, Germany)
4. If You See Her, Say Hello (8/4/04 – Poughkeepsie, NY)
5. Lonesome Day Blues (11/13/04 – Rochester, NY)
6. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) (4/2/05 – Chicago, IL)
7. Summer Days (7/1/05 – Memphis, TN)
8. John Brown (7/26/05 – Great Falls, MT)
9. Tell Me That It Isn’t True (10/21/05 – Gothenburg, Sweden)
10. Like A Rolling Stone (4/7/06 – Las Vegas, NV)
11. Ballad Of A Thin Man (6/25/06 – Cork, Ireland)
12. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (8/23/06 – Reading, PA)

17th NET Band (track 1): Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Freddie Koella (guitar), Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile & Richie Hayward (drums & percussion) 18th NET Band (tracks 2-5): Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Stu Kimball (guitar), Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion) 19th NET Band (track 6): Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, pedal steel guitar), Elana Fremerman (violin), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion) 20th NET Band (tracks 7-12): Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, pedal steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion)

NOTES: The first NET leg of 2004 saw Freddy Koella getting into a deeper groove with the band, which was augmented by a second drummer (Little Feat’s Richie Hayward) for the first time since 1992. However, immediately after this explosive leg of touring, Koella departed and was swiftly replaced with Boston blues-rock guitarist Stu Kimball, who would ultimately become Bob’s longest-serving guitarist.

Initially, Stu assumed lead guitar duties while Larry Campbell filled the multi-instrumentalist role on pedal steel and mandolin, although his departure at the end of 2004 led for another major band shakeup in early 2005 – which included two replacements for Larry as well as the first (and to date, only) female band member of the NET.
Larry’s two replacements were lead guitarist Denny Freeman and versatile pedal steel player Donnie Herron, who also shined on electric mandolin and violin. However, this didn’t stop Bob from adding another violinist – Elena Fremerman, a country-rock “fiddle and bow” player who fit Bob’s style perfectly and was an instant fan favorite.
This also proved to be a short stint however, soon leaving the band as a solid six-man lineup that would remain constant for the next four years. After this, Bob embarked on a tour of minor league baseball stadiums with Willie Nelson, as he had the previous summer.

Along with his employment of country-rock musicians like Herron and Fremerman and joint tour with Merle Haggard in the spring of 2005, this seemed to be a move meant to emphasize his country leanings rather than his associations with rock and folk.

But for all of his efforts, Bob’s embracement of a calliope setting on his electric keyboard (rather than the straight piano sound he had been favoring for the past two years) added a circus-like atmosphere to the proceedings and further frustrated efforts to categorize the ever-wandering musician.

2006 also saw the release of a heavyweight documentary about Bob’s past (No Direction Home, directed by Martin Scorsese) while the publicity machine for his next album was also set in motion. Those who saw him in concert heard songs both old and new, but the organ guaranteed that they would remain unable to pin down what it was that was actually happening at Bob Dylan’s concerts.