Audio Example 12.15: "Hard Rain," live (2003, New Orleans)
Chapter 12
Audio Example 12.15
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"Hard Rain," live (2003, New Orleans)
New Orleans, LA (Municipal Auditorium) — April 25, 2003
For the first time in decades, Dylan has changed the song's key. It is now in B-flat, which is a great key on the piano, his main instrument in these years. The key also pitches his voice lower, leaving room for upsinging to bell-like target pitches, as in the very opening line: "where have you beennnn..."