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Dylan and then McGuinn in Michigan - May 15 and May 16, 2015

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Roger McGuinn at the Michigan Theater, May 16, 2015 How often do we get to see the master and arguably his greatest interpreter back-to-back? Not too often, I don't think. So off we were Friday to see Bob Dylan at the Fox Theater in Detroit , and Roger McGuinn at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor the next evening. Dylan, of course, has been charting his own path as a performer for... well, forever. These days, he's not altering his setlists, so a quick look at his most recent performances on his official website  -- even though it was two weeks out of date -- gave a fairly precise idea of what he was going to play. I was "busted" for taking this snapshot of Bob and the band. As with the last time I saw Dylan at the Fox in 2012 , the stage was dark, dark, dark. "Photography is Strictly Prohibited" signs were posted approximately every 3 feet, and the staff were instructed to enforce just as strictly (I was "busted" after taking a pictu...