Clark Gilmour aka Tangled Up In Dylan performed a superb tribute to the music of folk singer, poet and music legend, Bob Dylan supported by four piece band, Carousel.
From the start Clark’s easy
friendly rapport with the audience confirmed he had them in the palm of his
hand. He chose to replicate the set list from the gig Dylan played at the Liverpool
Odeon in February 1966, 60 years ago. Not surprisingly, many of the audience
were around at the time and remembered the gig, myself being one of them. It
was a full house and many of the audience were tourists, some sporting Beatle
caps and Newport Festival tee shirts.
The first half, an acoustic set, started
with ‘She Belongs To Me’ which brought loud cheers and whoops from the audience,
followed by two tracks from the Blonde on Blonde album, one of which ‘Visions Of
Johanna’ kept the audience mesmerised; it was brought to an end with ‘Mr
Tambourine Man,’ a firm favourite of those watching.
After a short interval Clark
revisited the stage sporting a change of outfit and dark glasses, with backing band, Carousel, which consist of Kaitie
Storm (Vocals, Organ, and Percussion), Craig LW (Vocals and Electric Guitar), Jim
Sharrock/Liam “The Kid” and Gardner (Drums and Vocals).
The second half started with ‘Highway
61’ which had the audience joining in singing and clapping, followed by lead
guitarist, Craig LW singing, ‘If You Gotta Go, Go Now’, covered to great acclaim
by Manfred Mann in the 1960’s.
A couple of country style Dylan songs
followed, ‘I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight’ and ‘North Country Fair’ which Clark duetted
with keyboard player, Katie on, followed by another duet with her on ‘Don’t Think
Twice, It’s Alright’. Both voices blend well together and they did a grand job
with ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’, much appreciated by the audience.
The set finished with ‘Tangled Up
In Blue’, the track Clark took inspiration from for the name of his act, telling
the audience it is his favourite song from his favourite Dylan album, Blood on
the Tracks.
Katie delivered a fine rendition
of ‘All Along The Watchtower’ and her enjoyment of singing it was evident as was
with all of Clarks songs he sang throughout the show.
The crowd wanted more, and they
finished with an encore of ‘Things Have Changed’.
There are so many Dylan songs to
choose from, it must have been a difficult choice for the show but they were delivered
with genuine passion and appreciation for Dylan and his musical talents.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable
way to spend two hours listening to classic Dylan songs and celebrating his
career live on stage, do catch Clark and Carousel if you can, you won’t be
disappointed.
Clark is Artist Liaison at The
Cavern Club. He is also one of the organisers of International Beatleweek
festival in Liverpool, booking many of the bands that appear at the event in
Liverpool every August.
He is appearing at The Epstein Theatre,
Liverpool on 25th September, see details and ticket info at https://purchase.epsteintheatre.com/Events
For more information about Clark,
see https://www.cavernclub.com/resident-bands/clark-gilmour/
and https://www.cavernclub.com/events/event/tangledupindylan/
For information about Carousel,
see https://www.cavernclub.com/resident-bands/carousel/
Reviewer – Anne Pritchard
On – 14th May 2026
