It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry

Bent Fender & the Moonglows
Zoomer Roberts: vocal, harmonica, guitar
Tony Custer: piano
Bill Owen: bass
recorded June 1973 at the King's X

This arrangement was lifted directly from the Concert for Bangla Desh album. Bob Dylan rarely performed live in the years between his 1966 and 1974 tours (he was at home raising kids), so it was revelatory when he emerged for a day and performed six of his classic songs with a fresh voice, accompanied by his own acoustic guitar, Leon Russell and two members of the Beatles. I committed every nuance of that set to memory. Today, it's not unusual for Bob to be playing in your town, and everybody knows he doesn't sound like his old records -- and doesn't want to. But in those long ago days, it was a bolt from the blue.