Jad Tariq performed as part of Bob Dylan’s band last night at Cincinnati, Ohio’s PNC Pavilion At Riverbend. The 29-year-old, Connecticut-bred, Memphis-based guitarist is the latest personnel change Dylan has made during his current summer tour. Tariq describes himself as “a Memphis-based R&B guitarist/vocalist” on his Bandcamp page. The rest of Dylan’s current combo includes bassist Tony Garnier, drummer Anton Fig and guitarist Joel Paterson.

As previously reported, Dylan surprised fans by bringing on Julian Lage to replace Doug Lancio–who had been on the road with The Bard since the Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour opened in November of 2021–for a June 17 gig at California’s Santa Barbara Bowl. Lage and Bob Britt, a member of Dylan’s band since October 2019, shared guitar duties until June 26, at which point Britt departed the tour after making a cryptic Facebook post that seemed to confirm that he quit. By the time Dylan took the stage at Austin’s Moody Amphitheater on June 29, Chicago-based guitarist Joel Patterson had joined the group. Lage was not at the June 29 show as he had a prior commitment at Brooklyn, NY’s National Sawdust and then remained in New York for a set at The Stone.

Dylan then led a four-piece outfit with only Patterson on electric guitar for five performances from June 29 through July 4 , but Lage returned to play alongside Patterson in Shakopee, MN on July 6 and Chicago on July 8. However, Lage’s tenure with Dylan was always meant to be short lived due to a string of European engagements and Tariq swapped in with the quintet last night without any announcement.

This evening, Dylan will perform at Pittsburgh, PA’s Stage AE while Lage will kick off his European run with Christian McBride at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. Despite so many changes to his band this summer, Dylan’s setlists have remained relatively static.