Bob Dylan in concert in Ontario

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No press credentials were issued for the Bob Dylan-John Mellencamp concert Thursday at Citizens Business Bank Arena, preventing our music writer and a photographer from attending, but as a fan I bought a ticket on my own dime and, from my seat in the third row, did the best I could with a digital camera (motion made most of my photos blurry, I’m afraid).

Dylan alternated between guitar and organ. Other band members seen in these photos are, from left, bassist Tony Garnier, guitarist Charlie Sexton and drummer George Recile. Out of camera view were rhythm guitarist Stu Kimball and multi-instrumentalist Donnie Herron, who played banjo, mandolin and pedal and lap steel.

Mellencamp had a similarly eclectic band, which included a violinist and an accordionist. He strode around the stage, which sometimes, such as at right, put him within about 20 feet of me.

Look for more about the concert in Sunday’s column. Click below for Dylan’s set list, taken from the excellent Bob Links website. That’s where you can see Dylan’s 2010 itinerary, which so far has ranged from Tokyo, Japan to Sturgis, South Dakota.

1. Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35

2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit

3. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again

4. Just Like a Woman

5. Rollin’ and Tumblin’

6. Tangled Up in Blue

7. High Water (for Charley Patton)

8. Love Sick

9. Highway 61 Revisited

10. Workingman’s Blues No. 2

11. Thunder on the Mountain

12. Ballad of a Thin Man

(encore)

13. Like a Rolling Stone

14. All Along the Watchtower

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