Audio Example 12.3: "Hard Rain," live (1980, San Francisco)
Chapter 12
Audio Example 12.3
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"Hard Rain," live (1980, San Francisco)
San Francisco, CA (Fox Warfield Theater) — November 22, 1980
Listen now for the interaction between Dylan and his gospel backup singers. On this performance—the first of the Musical Retrospective Tour—Dylan sings the refrain in the every-two rhythm, which doesn't leave room for the backup singers to answer him in call-and-response fashion.