Audio Example 12.6: "Hard Rain," live (1986, Sacramento)
Chapter 12
Audio Example 12.6
Page 295
"Hard Rain," live (1986, Sacramento)
Sacramento, CA (Cal Expo Amphitheatre) — June 12, 1986
Dylan in 1986 brings more melodic invention to the song than he had on the 1984 tour. Here, notice how he finds a new three-note snip in the upper register, repeating and varying it to create a new plateau of energy. Strikingly, this figure traverses a major third, a striking departure from the bluesy renditions of the gospel years.