10/10 for the music - Bob at his best, playing his finest songs in a savage, ramshackle manner that he has never bettered, before or since. Isis is phenomenal, visually as well as musically - Bob stomping around blowing into an all-but-inaudible harmonica while the band cooks up an absolute storm - and Hurricane (though subsequently revealed to be lyrically naïve, the actual wordplay and use of language is stunning) is an angry noisefest, Bob appearing to glare at violinist Scarlet Rivera (who also plays a blinder) between lines as though SHE represented the legal system. That's just a couple of nuggets.
However...I listened patiently to the dialogue between songs, I sat through the explanation about the documentary maker, Sharon Stone's involvement, etc, just thinking "OK, but when's the next song?" - only to find that it was all Scorsese's idea of a joke. Marty, if you're going to hoax us, make it a funny hoax. This was like something the irritating office comedian would do, to no-one's amusement.
Bob - next time hire Marti di Bergi, not Martin Scorsese.
Review of Rolling Thunder Revue
