Larry Campbell on [Insert Stringed Instrument Here]

2000-09-28, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Listening to the “My Back Pages” in this Hamburg show, one thing jumped out to me: Larry Campbell’s violin. It takes an already beautiful arrangement to the next level, and it made me miss having someone in Dylan’s band with that utility-player role. Donnie Herron did it for two decades (albeit sticking mostly to the steel in later years), but he left l…