--- 1 9 6 9 --- 1. CALENDAR February 13-14 The NASHVILLE SKYLINE sessions in Nashville February 17-18 The Johnny Cash sessions in Nashville March 15 Brief telephone interview by Jann Wenner published in Rolling Stone April 9 Release of NASHVILLE SKYLINE April Release of 'I threw It All Away/Drifter's Escape' May 1 Three songs for the Johnny Cash show are recorded in Nashville and broadcast June 7 Early May First SELF PORTRAIT session in Nashville Early July Release of 'Lay Lady Lay/Peggy Day' July 14 Guest appearance as "Elmer Johnson" during the encore of The Band's concert at the Mississippi River Festival in Ewardsville. They perform four songs, three are known: I Ain't Got No Home, Slippin' and Slidin' and In The Pines. No recording has survived. August 9 The Daily Mirror publishes interview by Don Short August 16 The Evening Standard publishes interview by Ray Connolly August 27 Isle of Wight press conference August 31 Isle of Wight concert September An interview by Ian Brady is published in 'Top Pops' September-November SELF PORTRAIT recording sessions in Nashville and Los Angeles. October Release of 'Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You/Country Pie' November 29 Jann Wenner interview published in Rolling Stone 2. RECORDINGS Feb 13: NASHVILLE SKYLINE sessions Feb 14: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Columbia Studio A, Nashville 1. Nashville Skyline Rag 2. To Be Alone With You 3. I Threw It All Away 4. Peggy Day 5. Lay Lady Lay 6. One More Night 7. Tell Me That It Isn't True 8. Country Pie 9. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You Kenny Buttrey (drums), Charles McCoy (bass), Pete Drake (steel guitar), Charlie Daniels (guitar), Bob Wilson (piano). All tracks released on NASHVILLE SKYLINE April 9, 1969. 5 also released on: GREATEST HITS VOL 2, Nov 17, 1971. MASTERPIECES (CBS/Sony), 1978 in Japan and Australia. DYLAN ON DYLAN (Westwood One, Radio Station Discs), Nov 17, 1984. This session was also recorded in quadrophonic stereo. Feb 17: The Johnny Cash sessions Feb 18: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Columbia Studios, Nashville 1. One Too Many Mornings 2. One Too Many Mornings 3. Mountain Dew (Bascar Lamar Lundford/Scott Wiseman) 4. I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash/Roy Cash jr) 5. Careless Love (trad,) 6. Matchbox (Carl Perkins) 7. That's All Right Mama (Arthur Cruddup) 8. Big River (Johnny Cash) 9. I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) 10. You Are My Sunshine (Jimmy Davis/Charles Mitchell) 11. Guess Things Happen That Way (Jack Clement) 12. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (trad.) 13. T For Texas (Blues Yodel No 1) (Jimmie Rodgers) 14. Blues Yodel No 5 (Jimmie Rodgers) 15. Girl From The North Country 16. Ring Of Fire (June Carter/Merle Kilgore) Shared vocals with Johnny Cash. Backed by Johnny Cash (guitar), Carl Perkins (guitar), Bob Wotton (guitar), Marshall Grant (bass), W.S. Holland (drums). 15 released on NASHVILLE SKYLINE April 9, 1969. 1 and 15 broadcast in 'Johnny Cash Documentary', National Education TV, May 16, 1969. 1 released on the video 'The Other Side Of Nashville', July 1984. Rumored tracks from this session: 'Wanted Man' and 'Understand Your Man'. May 1: The Johnny Cash Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ryman Auditorium, Nashville 1. I Threw It All Away 2. Living The Blues 3. Girl From The North Country 1-2 backed by Kenny Buttrey (drums), Charles McCoy (bass), Pete Drake (steel guitar), Charlie Daniels (guitar), Norman Blake (guitar), Bob Wilson (piano). 3 with Johnny Cash (vocal, guitar). Broadcast by ABC-TV, June 7, 1969. Early First SELF PORTRAIT sessions May: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Take A Message To Mary (Felice and Boudlaux Bryant) 2. Blue Moon (Hart/Rodgers) 3. Let It Be Me (Pierre Delanoe/Gilbert Becaud/M. Curtis) 4. Living The Blues 5. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (Cecil A. Null) 6. Take Me As I Am (Boudlaux Bryant) 7. A Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) 8. Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark) 9. Folsom Prison Blues 10. Ring Of Fire Backed by Kenney Buttrey (drums and percussion), Bob Moore (bass), Bill Pursell (piano), Norman Blake (guitar), Fred Carter jr (guitar), Pete Drake (pedal steel guitar). 2 Doug Kershaw (fiddle). 1-8 Background vocals by June page, Dolores Edgin, Carol Montgomery, Millie Kirkham, Dottie Dillard. These vocals were probably recorded and overdubbed in Oct/Nov. 1-6 released on SELF PORTRAIT June 8, 1970. 7-8 released on DYLAN, November 16, 1973. Aug 27: Isle of Wight Press Conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hailand Hotel, Seaview Excerpts shown on TV South, England, Jan 5, 1982 and late 1983. Incomplete recording: ca 1 minute! Aug 31: Isle of Wight concert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Woodside Bay, Nr. Ryde, Isle of Wight, England 1. She Belongs To Me 2. I Threw It All Away 3. Maggie's Farm 4. Wild Mountain Thyme 5. It Ain't Me Babe 6. To Ramona 7. Mr Tambourine Man 8. I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 9. Lay Lady Lay 10. Highway 61 Revisited 11. One Too Many Mornings 12. I Pity The Poor Immigrant 13. Like A Rolling Stone 14. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 15. Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) 16. Minstrel Boy 17. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 1-3 and 8-17 Bob Dylan backed by The Band. 4-7 Bob Dylan solo. 1, 13, 15, 16 released on SELF PORTRAIT June 8, 1970. 13 and 15 released on MASTERPIECES (CBS/Sony), 1978 in Japan and Australia. Sep ??: SELF PORTRAIT session Oct-Nov:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Columbia Studios, Nashville or Los Angeles 1. It Hurts Me Too (Tampa Red, arr. Elmore James) 2. The Boxer (Paul Simon) 3. Days Of 49 (trad.) 4. In Search Of Little Sadie (trad.) 5. Little Sadie (trad.) 6. Copper Kettle (Frank Bedoe) 7. Belle Isle 8. All The Tired Horses 9. Wigwam 10. Woogie Boogie Backing probably: Charlie Daniels (guitar and dobro), Pete Drake (pedal steel guitar), Charlie McCoy (bass and marimbas), Fred Foster (guitar), David Bromberg (guitar), Bob Wilson (piano), Kenney Buttrey (drums) except 9: Karl T. Himmel (drums). A lot of other musicians added on some tracks. 9-10 instrumental. All tracks released on SELF PORTRAIT June 8, 1970. 3. DYLAN SONGS 1968-1969 Fall 68 Lay Lady Lay (1) Nov 68 I Threw It All Away (2) ?? I Don't Wanna Do It (3) February Champaign Illinois (4) Country Pie Nashville Skyline Rag One More Night Peggy Day Tell Me That It Isn't True To Be Alone With You (5) Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (6) Wanted Man (8) April Living The Blues August Minstrel Boy (9) Notes: ~~~~~~ (3) No lyrics published, recorded by George Harrison on 'Porky's Revenge' (Columbia). No Dylan recording known. (4) Co-written with and recorded by Carl Perkins on the album 'On Top' (Columbia) and reissued on 'The Songs Of Bob Dylan' No Dylan recording known. Lyrics published in 'Country Song Hall Of Fame No 16: Bob Dylan (Southern Music, England). (8) Probably recorded February 18 on the Johnny Cash recording session. Performed live by Johnny Cash at San Quentin just a week later, this performance is released on 'Johnny Cash At San Quentin' (Columbia). No Dylan recording known. Live performances: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) First: Chicago Jan 3, 1974; Most recent: London Jan 5, 1990- (2) During the Rolling Thunder Revue tours and the 1978 world tour. (5) First: Upper Darby, October 15, 1989 !! (6) During the Rolling Thunder Revue tours and then once during the London shows in January this year, Feb 7 ! (9) At the Isle of Wight concert. No studio recording known. 4. REFERENCES The Isle of Wight concert is well documented in the standard biographies. The third (and last!) issue of the British fanzine Fourth Time Around is a special issue devoted to the Isle of Wight Festival.