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Bob Dylan's "Jokerman" dances 'neath the stagelights in Hiroshima, Japan, February 16, 1994.

In 1994 Bob Dylan returned to Japan for his third tour, including his first ever concert in Hiroshima. He'd last played Japan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1986; before that for the first time in 1978 which yielded his recently re-celebrated live release, "Bob Dylan at Budokan." Despite returning to tour Japan five more times, Dylan played only one other concert in the city of Hiroshima, in March 2001 at the same Kosei Nenkin Kaikan concert hall where he performed this 1994 show. "Jokerman" opened every show in Japan in 1994, but this was an extremely rare, lucky capture for me. It always took some time after the lights went down for me to get everything situated, so I almost never caught the opening number of any show I filmed. I don't recall why this one was different, but somehow I managed to get rolling only a minute into Dylan's performance. The start is rocky as I was still getting everything where it needed to be, but about two minutes in the video settles down nicely. After Dylan, the undoubted star of this clip is Winston Watson on drums behind him. Between his hyper-energized physical style slapping those skins and his wildly dancing hair, he can't help being a major focal point whenever he's on screen. Watson joined the band in September 1992 as second drummer alongside Ian Wallace. In 1993 he took on solo drumming duties and continued touring with Dylan until 1996. His hard-driving, bashing, crashing style on drums was what Bob seemed to be looking for at the time, Watson comments in "Pledging My Time," Ray Padgett's fascinating collection of interviews with band members and other musicians who played with Dylan over his career. "...he wanted to rock. Neil (Young) was out with Pearl Jam. Rock was the thing at that time. "The fact that we were rocking and rolling, that we could do Woodstock '94 and 'Unplugged' and all that stuff, that was speaking to a generation that hadn't even heard him, really." At some of the shows, a plexiglass wall separated Watson's drums from Dylan and the rest of the band to help temper the loudness a bit. Here there's no such barrier to get in the way. Near the end of the song, Dylan turns his back to the audience to play directly with Watson for a while. He certainly seems to be enjoying their close interplay. Aurally, Waton's drumming plays an even bigger starring role in another number from this show: a rare performance of "Series of Dreams." Dylan has only played the song live 10 times, all within a seven-month period from September 1993 to April 1994. Six were during this Japanese tour and a seventh right after in Singapore. I was lucky enough to capture three of the ten. The Hiroshima performance of "Series of Dreams" will be our next video release, scheduled for next week. Another renditio, from one night earlier in Kokura, Japan, will also be coming soon. Enjoy!