Bob Dylan opened a week-long series Thanksgiving concerts at the Beacon Theatre in New York City Monday Night. His opening act was Mavis Staples, who took no prisoners with her enthusiastic performance, which bridged her civil rights marches with Dr. Martin Luther King to the era of Trump.
One thing was very new at a Dylan concert, at least for me. Everyone had to pass through a metal detector — the first time in more than 40 years of attending Dylan concerts that I’ve seen that level of security. Younger people may be used to this security, but to me and some other old timers there, it was a sad commentary on the dark times in which we live i
Photos by Frank Beacham
