{"id":5264,"date":"2026-07-19T11:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5264"},"modified":"2026-07-19T11:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:07:26","slug":"at-leader-bank-pavilion-bob-dylan-proves-hes-still-painting-his-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5264","title":{"rendered":"At Leader Bank Pavilion, Bob Dylan proves he\u2019s still painting his masterpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first real revelation during Bob Dylan\u2019s latest foray into Boston came midway through his Leader Bank Pavilion show on Thursday. Letting his two guitarists tease out a Cuban rhythm on a song Dylan wrote as a kind of exercise in red-dirt Americana more than 50 years ago, the 85-year-old enigma toyed with his lyrics: \u201cEverything gonna be beautiful,\u201d he warbled, \u201cwhen I paint my masterpiece.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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That song, \u201cWhen I Paint My Masterpiece,\u201d first recorded in 1971 by The Band, has become a staple of Dylan\u2019s ever-changing setlists in recent years. It\u2019s an acknowledgment that, for him, it\u2019s not about the achievements of the past, but the constant striving for an illuminating moment that has yet to reveal itself. You could call it trusting the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By the end of the evening, those two guitarists who helped Dylan with his brush strokes would prove to be consummate fellow travelers. Chicago-based Joel Paterson, who joined Dylan\u2019s rotating band lineup in June, played a vintage Gibson hollow body to perfection, segueing seamlessly from jazz to blues and Western swing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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