I'm a believer

2th of September 1995

Reprint from DAN # 18/19

It wasn't an ordinary day. We went to pick up Philipp, Silvio, Jerry,
Manuel and Angy at the airport. It was September the 2nd and it was the
day of the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame Concert in Cleveland. We met Dave
Marsh and had a blast. We went to some Springsteen-meeting in a bar
and I met a dorky old friend of mine. We really hadn't much to tell each
other, but Marsh was great. He got me a ticket in the field. We stood in
line for a while to get in and I found my place. All by myself I couldn't
enjoy the show. Nobody to share the fun. Then Marsh came and had
three tickets in the 20th row for my friends and me. I went to get them
and we found our seats. It was in the middle of the journalists. By 9 p.m. I
had the three boys down there too.  Bruce was absolutely terrific. I loved
every minute of the show.

A couple of hours later Bruce got on stage again and said: "One of my
favorites, Bob Dylan". I felt like the floor had been taken away. He was
the greatest of the great! He walked on stage wearing a tasteless golden
shirt and black trousers. Ugly and old but a legend after all. He began to
sing and I felt like falling on my knees and pray! He was so intense,
incredible, so wholesome and so wonderful I just couldn't believe it was
only Dylan. My breathe was gone, my heart beated fast and I felt it. What
everybody tried to tell me for years was standing right here on stage. I
was stunned, I was past away. Bob Dylan reached my heard and my soul
there and then. All I could do was stare and listen. I was lost in the
legend of folkmusic when Bruce joined him for "Forever Young". I loved
every moment of Bob Dylan, and since that show (only five songs) I am a
believer.
by Käthy Werder