Bob
Dorr and the Blue Band - “The Last Goodbye” Tour
w/
opening act Duke Tumatoe
Live
@ Riverside Casino & Resort Show Lounge
Jan
13, 2018
Riverside, Iowa
By Phillip Smith; Jan. 14,
2018
Saturday, January 13th,
Bob Dorr and the Blue Band performed
their “Last Goodbye” show at Riverside
Casino. Following a couple of
terrific sets from the wonderful Duke
Tumatoe, who captivated the crowd with “Give Me Back My Wig”, “You Don’t
Drink Enough” and “Tie You Up”, Bob Door
and the Blue Band tore through three exhilarating sets of music to the
largest audience I have ever seen at the Show Lounge.
Bob Dorr
kicked the first set off with the swinging “Don’t Sting, Bite or Bug Me” which
was followed by slough of sweet tunes of which included “3 AM Backdoor Baby”
and “Bottle in the Kitchen”. To
commemorate Bob’s sixty-sixth birthday
which fell on January 12, the band played “Happy Birthday Blues” before working
their way down the set list to hammer out splendid covers of Sam and Dave’s “Soul Man”, and Van Morrison’s “Domino”.
The second set broke open with a fabulous jam on “Not Fade Away”. Cathy Henry
gave a captivating performance singing Etta
James’s “Blues is My Business”. One of the biggest highlights for me was
hearing “Elvis in Paraguay”. It was
fabulous. Ralph Stephens joined in on washboard and Bob broke out the zydeco tie for a rousing jamboree on “They All Asked
For You”, which melted quite nicely into a medley of “Iko Iko” and “Jambalya”. The set closed out with a riveting delivery of
“Mustang Sally”. It was an instant crowd pleaser.
Set number three included fun
songs like “Drugs Drugs Drugs” and the high energy horn-heavy ska tune “Arc
Welded”. It was absolutely wonderful. Also included in this final set was “Nadine”,
which was immediately followed by “The Last Goodbye”. The performance was outstanding. Bob Dorr and the Blue Band kept the electricity
going through the night, winding down with “Bobby’s Blues”, and landing on “Mojo
and the Say So” for a grand ending. For
the encore, they returned to play “Any Ordinary Man”, which brought the show to
its final close. It was a magical
evening indeed.
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all photos by Phillip Smith
Duke Tumatoe
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| Duke Tumatoe |
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| Duke Tumatoe |
Bob Dorr and the Blue Band
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| Bob Dorr |
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| Jeff Petersen |
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| Cathy Henry, Doug Norton |
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| Jeff Petersen |
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| Jeff Petersen |
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| Bob Dorr |
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| Doug Norton |
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| Doug Norton |
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| Bob, Cathy, Doug, Jeff |
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| Bob, Cathy, Doug |
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| Nolan Schroeder, Bob Dorr |
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| Bob Dorr, Doug Norton |
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| Jeff Petersen |
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| John Rohlf |
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| Bob Dorr |
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| Jeff Petersen |
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| Bob Dorr |
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| Bob Dorr |
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| Ralph Stephens |
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| Ralph Stephens |
and Friends (guitarist
Jeff Petersen, bassist Dan ‘DJ’ Johnson, and keyboardist Tom Giblin) brought their Parlor City Jam Band out to play in a totally
different setting, at Cedar Ridge Winery
to a full house of blues fans. 
