FALL 1990 - PART TWO ==================== From: BUCK@vax.museum.upenn.edu The Beacon New York, New York October 18, 1990 Well, not that much to say about the fourth show. The plaid jacket's back, the fedora remains. A "Dylan of guitarists" as Ian Woodward calls it, abounds. This night there was John DeStaley (we think, still) on songs 1 through 4. And he wasn't too good at all. Then it occurred to a friend that G.E. was certainly leaving because Dylan would never let him ham it up and take over like he did last night (spinning around in the acoustic set type-of-stuff) if he was staying. They've had their little tiffs about G.E.'s upstaging before. The music was, otherwise, solid, and there was a surprise treat for two of the songs, Masters and Serve, during which a sax player appeared, we think he's from Lenny Kravitz's band. Not a great musician, but it added a lot of breadth and the crowd went crazy. Dylan did a crab-walk during Serve Somebody! Way from stage-left back to the microphone, grinning and wiggling along. Best song of the night, I Believe In You. He bares his heart, he puts it on the line. The New York crowd has been the most supportive I've seen in a long time. Incredible series of shows. 1 Dixie 2 Subterranean Homesick Blues 3 I'll Remember You 4 Ballad Of A Thin Man Dylan, Garnier, Parker, DeStaley, Diaz G.E. enters on 4. 5 Gotta Serve Somebody 6 Masters Of War De Staley not on these songs, sax player is. 7 Joey Dylan, Garnier, Parker, Diaz, Smith 8 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 9 Gates Of Eden 10 Desolation Row 11 It Ain't Me Babe Smith, Garnier standup, Parker, Dylan 12 Wiggle Wiggle 13 Shooting Star 14 All Along The Watchtower 15 I Believe In You 16 Like A Rolling Stone Dylan, Smith, Garnier, Parker, Diaz 17 Times They Are A-Changing Smith, Garnier acoustic bass, Parker, Dylan 18 Highway 61 Revisited And all the stops are pulled. Rebecca >From: BUCK@vax.museum.upenn.edu New York, New York Beacon Theater October 19, 1990 87 Minutes Smith, Garnier, Parker, Diaz, DeStaley, Carl Denson (sax), plus Lenny Kravitz and the band for the last song. G.E. Smith vocals on Dark As A Dungeon and Highway 61 Revisited 1 Dixie 2 To Be Alone With You 3 Joey 4 Silvio 5 Masters Of War 6 Under The Red Sky 7 Wiggle Wiggle Dylan, Smith, Parker, Garnier, Diaz, DeStaley DeStaley on stage for first four songs. G.E. for first two and last three. 8 Dark As A Dungeon 9 She Belongs To Me Dylan, Smith, Garnier standup, Parker 10 It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 11 Love Minus Zero, No Limit DeStaley replaces Smith 12 T.V. Talking Song 13 Shooting Star 14 Tight Connection To My Heart 15 Gotta Serve Somebody 16 All Along The Watchtower 17 Like A Rolling Stone Dylan, Smith, Parker, Garnier, Diaz, Denson (sax) on 15 and 16 18 It Ain't Me Babe Dylan, Smith, Garnier acoustic bass guitar, Parker 19 Highway 61 Revisited 20 Maggie's Farm Two girls managed to get on stage, one ran and kissed G.E. before security got to her, the other belly danced from the side speaker almost to the stage center before being escorted off. Dylan invited everyone except DeStaley out for Maggie's Farm, there were ten musicians, with two drummers and two bass players. Carl Denson (sp?) from the Lenny Kravitz band, joined and played tenox sax on Gotta Serve Somebody and All Along The Watchtower (and of course Maggie's). Love Minus Zero was the worst song, Dylan got into a rut quickly and sang line after line with the same intonations. The best? I guess Shooting Star, Gotta Serve Somebody and definitely Dark As A Dungeon. Richmond, Virginia October 21, 1990 Richmond Mosque 3500 people, just about sold out. G. E. wasn't there, and it was sort of like having no lead guitarist. But the show was really good. Security was tight, so the crowd didn't/didn't get a chance to react much. They were kept in their seats, unlike in New York, where people swarmed. Musicians: Bob Dylan, Cesar Diaz, John DeStaley, Tony Garnier, Christopher Parker. Dylan played a new guitar, electric, a big silver thing 1 Dixie 2 Subterranean Homesick Blues 3 I'll Remember You 4 Ballad Of A Thin Man 5 Gotta Serve Somebody 6 Masters Of War 7 Joey De Staley left, Ceasar on acoustic guiar 8 Don't Think Twice 9 Gares of Eden De Staley back: 10 Desolation Row De Staley with electric guitar. Then Dylan brought out Ceasar, and both were on electric guitar for: 11 It Ain't Me Babe Tony Garnier was on standup bass the whole time. 12 Wiggle Wiggle 13 Shooting Star 14 Al Along The Watchtower 15 I Belive In You 16 Like A Rolling Stone 17 Times They Were A-Changing 18 Highway 61 Revisited Ceasar played slide. I didn't see the Richmond show, just heard it was fine. But the five New York shows? Well, they crescendoed, each one individually and all as a group. Somewhere during each evening, I'd actually stop thinking and just enjoy the entire scene. It takes a lot to do that, and Dylan managed it this time around. Rebecca >From: anthony@unix.cis.pitt.edu (M. Kapolka) Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA October 22, 1990 Opening band was Wire Train. Not bad, not bad. The place was packed. Even the bad seats somehow sold at the last minute. 1. Marine Hymn Dylan looked regal as I have ever seen, black and white jacket, black fedora, flanked by a matched set of guitar slinging gentlemen in dark suits and hats. 2. Tangled Up In Blue Harmonica playing, sans hat, Dylan looked and sounded great. The crowd was with him right away. Hat back on, then 3. Positively Fourth Street 4. All Along the Watchtower That blond guitarist comes out and joins the band... 5. Shelter From the Storm 6. Masters of War Who says Dylan starts weak and builds? This was all excellent. Masters of War sounded so dark. Acoustic now, there's a bass fiddle onstage 7. Song to Woody 8. Hollis Brown 9. To Ramona 10. Mr Tambourine Man There was a decided lack of a strong guitarist, but Dylan seemed to compensate well by working his harmonica, peppering brief solos all through the concert. The crowd seemed to really get into this set- cheering as Dylan cocked his hat forward for Mr Tambourine Man. Back to Electric Guitars for the sidemen 11. Just Like a Woman 12. Wiggle Wiggle not exactly the words on the album, I am sure. The audience loved the song. 13. TV Talkin' Song Here the guitarists really lost it- Dylan's precise delivery contrasting with the wandering guitar chords. 14. Joey I don't like this song, but Dylan can play it any time he wants as long as he plays it like this. He was smiling.... smiling... laughing (!?!)... smiling... Gads this song made him happy. (I turned to my wife and said 'Time for a religious song.' Did Dylan leave me down? No.) 15. In the Garden 16. Like a Rolling Stone The audience was on their feet, clapping, cheering, and it went on and on... Dylan took off his guitar, walked around the stage, and put his guitar back on to play 17. Blowin in the Wind 18. Maggie's Farm At the end, he received a standing ovation- he started clapping enthusiastically and pointing to the audience, clapping and pointing, and saying "Thank you". No covers this concert, lots of harmonica, and an occasional comment from Bob. I wouldn't have picked all these songs, but I tell you, Dylan turned in one hell of a good concert this evening. Tonight, he was on. Charleston Municipal Auditorium October 23 1990 Before the concert there was a long reheasal... the whole band except Dylan. They even started "Its Unbelievable" but cut it off pretty quickly. I discovered one intrepid taper outside recording the session for posterity. Place holds ca 3200 people. One fellow was outside, by himself, he explained that "this was a really bad time for a concert, in the middle of hunting season and all". Still, the place was pretty full, maybe even sold out. Wire Train opened. This band is probably the best I have seen open for Dylan. Tonight Dylan was wearing a black and blue striped jacket, and kept his hat on the whole show. 1. Old MacDonald's Farm (instr) 2. Absolutely Sweet Marie Poor Dylan: the guitar he started with didn't suit him, and he changed guitars back and forth, fiddling with knobs, looking somewhat cross. 3. You're a Big Girl Now Well sung. Put Dylan in a slightly better mood. 4. All along the Watchtower Then, that other guitarist enters. 5. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again I think he might have even sung all of it. Could that be? Most of it anyhow. 6. Man in the Long Black Coat 7. Rainy Day Women #12,35 He did a good imitation of a broken record here- singing "everybody... everybody... everybody... everybody... EVerybody... EVERYbody... must get stoned..." The crowd ate it up. Acoustic, Bass fiddle: 8. It's Alright Ma 9. Wagoneer's Lad He started this out with a harmonica solo, and I was sure it was Dark as a Dungeon... so it surprised me quite a bit. The fellow sitting next to me turned and said "this is a great song- which album is it on?" And Bob looses a record sale for sure... 10. Don't Think Twice 11. Gates of Eden I didn't recognise this until Dylan started singing- the music was really off- I don't think everybody was playing the same songto begin with. Back to Electric: 12. Everything is Broken "kids are sleeping on broken cots"... excellent rendition! Check out the words on this performance if you get a chance. At this point, I was beginning to think Dylan was promoting the Oh Mercy instead of UtRS. 13. My Back Pages Some harmonica playing here. 14. TV Talking Song This song just isn't making it live. In the review of the Pittsburgh concert, the newspaper critic didn't even list it in his set list - and this version isn't going to turn many heads... 15. Under the Red Sky This, however, was excellent. 16. Knocking on Heaven's Door 17. Like a Rolling Stone Rushing the stage had quite an effect on the hereto sedate audience- soon they were an their feet, swaying, clapping, etc. 18. It Ain't Me, Babe 19. Highway 61 Dylan was less enthusiastic then he was in Pittsburgh, but he did thank the crowd a couple of times. Only 3 songs were repeated from last night, so he is putting his band through quite a workout. (No wonder half of them look nervous!) This was a good show, played to a fair audience. >From: BUCK@vax.museum.upenn.edu Oxford, Mississippi October 24, 1990 1 My Heart's In Mississippi (ZZ Top song) 2 Tangled Up In Blue 3 My Back Pages 4 Silvio 5 Queen Jane Approximately 6 Masters Of War 7 Gotta Serve Somebody 8 Oxford Town 9 Mr. Tambourine Man 10 Barbara Allen 11 Boots Of Spanish Leather 12 Joey 13 Every Grain Of Sand 14 Wiggle Wiggle 15 All Along The Watchtower 16 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 17 I Shall Be Released 18 Like A Rolling Stone 19 Blowing In The Wind 20 Highway 61 Revisited Tuscaloosa, Alabama October 26, 1990 1 Hey Good Lookin' (Hank Williams song) 2 Subterannean Homesick Blues 3 My Back Pages 4 Joey 5 Knocking On Heaven's Door 6 Ballad Of A Thin Man 7 You're A Big Girl Now 8 She Belongs To Me 9 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 10 Mr. Tambourine Man 11 Two Soldiers 12 TV Talking Song 13 Positively Fourth Street 14 Wiggle Wiggle 15 Under The Red Sky 16 All Along The Watchtower 17 In The Garden 18 Like A Rolling Stone 19 Blowing IN The Wind 20 Maggie's Farm >From: olof@enea.se (Olof Bj|rner) Vanderbuilt University, Memorial Hall Nashville, October 27 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 My Head's In Mississippi 2 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 3 My Back Pages 4 Lay Lady Lay 5 Masters Of War 6 Queen Jane Approximately 7 Gotta Serve Somebody 8 John Brown 9 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 10 Desolation Row 11 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 12 Wiggle Wiggle 13 Joey 14 Silvio 15 What Good Am I? 16 All Along The Watchtower 17 In The Garden 18 Like A Rolling Stone 19 Blowin' In The Wind 20 Maggie's Farm Fox Theater, St Louis November 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 Silvio 2 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 3 Ballad Of A Thin Man 4 You're A Big Girl Now 5 All Along The Watchtower 6 Gotta Serve Somebody 7 It Ain't Me Babe 8 Desolation Row 9 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 10 Boots Of Spanish Leather 11 Under The Red Sky 12 Joey 13 Everything Is Broken 14 T.V. Talkin' Song 15 Wiggle Wiggle 16 In The Garden 17 Like A Rolling Stone 18 The Times They Are A-Changin' 19 Highway 61 Revisited About the London rumors: the road crew have been asked to stay standby for shows sometime in February/March..... The CD-set is now apparently down to a triple. This info comes from Ian Woodward, editor of The Wicked Messenger newsletter. Ian sends his regards and thanks to all contributing networkers! =============================================================================== | ___ __ | Olof Bjorner, olof@enea.se | | / ) / __ / | Murkelvagen 12, S-184 34 AKERBERGA, SWEDEN | | / / / /:-) /_ | Tel: +46 76461318 | | (___/ (__ (__/ / | Enea Data AB, Box 232, S-183 23 TABY, | | / | SWEDEN, Tel: +46 87922500 | =============================================================================== >From: BUCK@vax.museum.upenn.edu Here are three more setlists: Lexington, Kentucky November 2, 1990 1 Montezuma(?) 2 Subterranean Homesick Blues 3 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 4 Man In The Long Black Coat 5 Positively Fourth Street 6 All Along The Watchtower 7 Gotta Serve Somebody 8 Hollis Brown 9 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 10 Mr. Tambourine Man 11 Girl From The North Country 12 Under The Red Sky 13 Joey 14 Everything Is Broken 15 TV Talking Song 16 Wiggle Wiggle 17 I Shall Be Released 18 Like A Rolling Stone 19 Blowing In The Wind 20 Highway 61 Revisited Carbondale, Illinois SIU Arena November 3, 1990 1 Old McDonald 2 To Be Alone With You 3 Masters Of War 4 What Was It You Wanted 5 My Back Pages 6 I Believe In You 7 Gotta Serve Somebody 8 Love Minus Zero/No Limit 9 Gates Of Eden 10 Mr. Tambourine Man 11 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 12 Under The Red Sky 13 Joey 14 Wiggle Wiggle 15 What Good Am I 16 TV Talking Song 17 I Shall Be Released 18 Like A Rolling Stone 19 Blowing In The Wind 20 All Along The Watchtower St. Louis, Missouri The Fox Theater November 4, 1990 1 Shenandoah (Instrumental) 2 Silvio 3 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 4 Ballad Of A Thin Man 5 You're A Big Girl Now 6 All Along The Watchtower 7 Gotta Serve Somebody 8 It Ain't Me Babe 9 Desolation Row 10 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 11 Boots Of Spanish Leather 12 Under The Red Sky 13 Joey 14 Everything Is Broken 15 TV Talking Song 16 Wiggle Wiggle 17 In The Garden 18 Like A Rolling Stone 19 The Times They Are A-Changing 20 Highway 61 Revisited A couple of notes on DeKalb. Only 17 songs, but there were two that were on the set list that he didn't do: Joey and Frankie Lee and Judas Priest. Rebecca >From: jlhaferman@l_eld09.icaen.uiowa.edu (Jeff Haferman) November 8, 1990 Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa 1. Marine Hymn (aka Montezuma) 2. Most Likely You Go Your Way 3. Lay Lady Lay 4. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 5. Silvio 6. Simple Twist of Fate 7. Gotta Serve Somebody 8. Desolation Row 9. One Too Many Mornings 10. John Brown 11. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright 12. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 13. Everything is Broken 14. Joey 15. Under the Red Sky 16. T.V. Talkin' Song 17. All Along the Watchtower 18. I Shall Be Released 19. Like A Rollin' Stone -- encore -- 20. Blowin' in the Wind 21. Maggie's Farm All the gorey details from 11/8/90 Iowa City, IA: The weather was TERRIBLE, sleet, cold, and rain. The show was NOT sold out. Carver-Hawkeye (Carver-Hockey :-)) holds about 15,000; I would say there were about 9,000 in attendance. Wire Train opened. They were interesting. They had the 80s sound of U2 and REM, but were much more psychedelic sounding. They played 5 songs, from 8:00 to about 8:30. The 3rd song ("If ya see her go") had an accordian. Reminded me of Norwegian Wood or some of the Band's accordian stuff. The next song was introduced as "A Psycho-Sexual Song." The lead singer sounded very Jim Morrison-ish in this one. They closed with a song dedicated to Jim and Tammy Baker ("Tin Jesus"?) Sounded a little bit like Pink Floyd. --- BOB came on about 9:00 with the red-feathered fedora and the blue plaid coat everyone has mentioned. I don't know the band members. The tickets and newspaper said Smith, Garnier, and Parker. The lead guitarist had long blond hair and was tall, but didn't look like the G.E. Smith I've seen on Saturday Night Live. The whole band looked a bit like what I imagine Al Capone's gang to have looked like - black suits and black hats. ELECTRIC ======== 1. Marine Hymn (aka Montezuma) 2. Most Likely You Go Your Way started out pretty rough on this one, the band wasn't together and the sound was off. 3. Lay Lady Lay 4. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight the bad started to sound good on this one. Bob's voice started to settle in. 5. Silvio Bob must really like this one - seems like it has popped up in almost every setlist I've seen of late. 6. Simple Twist of Fate 7. Gotta Serve Somebody These last two were definitely the best up to this point. The band seemed to sturggle through the first 3 songs, and then got it together. ACOUSTIC ======== 8. Desolation Row a lot of deadheads TRYING to dance to this, though Bob's tempo really made it difficult for them. 9. One Too Many Mornings 10. John Brown this was the highlight of the show for me. Bob seemed to really put a lot into this one, which I have never heard him sing before. The crowd seemed to be mesmerized. Killer song. The band seemed to fall apart at the end. 11. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright Bob really took control on this one, doing some good improvising on his guitar and playing a little question and answer with the other musicians. Again, he sort of fell apart right at the end. 12. Knockin' On Heaven's Door crowd very sedate up to this point. ELECTRIC ======== 13. Everything is Broken crowd came to its feet; lot of dancing. Everyone seemed to like this one. 14. Joey Good version. After it was over, Bob said "That was a song about a guy named Joey." Okay Bob. 15. Under the Red Sky 16. T.V. Talkin' Song I still haven't learned to like these UtRS songs! 17. All Along the Watchtower 18. I Shall Be Released 19. Like A Rollin' Stone didn't walk off stage - only the lights went out. Bob drank some water. -- encore -- 20. Blowin' in the Wind (acoustic) 21. Maggie's Farm (electric) Bob said "Ya'll be careful now..." Show over at 9:45. 105 minute show (more or less). It went very fast. Band started out sluggish, but really got into it eventually. Crowd seemed pretty pleased. Bob tipped his hat at the end of one song, but I can't remember what it was.. Maybe Don't Think Twice. Overall some good interplay between the musicians. A fair amount of improvisation, but there were many songs where they fell apart at the end. Once again, Bob sang them like I've never heard him sing them before. Jeff Haferman internet: jlhaferman@icaen.uiowa.edu Department of Mechanical Engineering DoD 0186 BMWMOA 44469 AMA 460140 University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52240 >From: BUCK@vax.museum.upenn.edu There are a couple of possibilities coming up. One is for a week of shows in the United States in either December or January. This will, if it happens, most likely be a Dylan stand at a theater in L.A. or San Francisco. That should be a week preceding the trip to England. Oh, and one of the guys on the tour said they might be doing some more new songs for the last few shows. Fingers crossed, I travel to Columbus on Friday. We're getting almost caught up with these play list things, I believe: November 6 DeKalb, Illinois, Chick Evans Fieldhouse This is the show where Joey and Frankie Lee/Judas Priest appeared on the set lists but were not played. 1 My Head's In Mississippe (ZZ Top song) 2 Seeing The Real You At Last 3 I Believe In You 4 Positively Fourth Street 5 Gotta Serve Somebody 6 She Belongs To Me 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 8 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 9 Visions Of Johanna 10 Under The Red Sky 11 TV Talking Song 12 I'll Remember You 13 Wiggle Wiggle 14 I Shall Be Released 15 Like A Rolling Stone 16 The Times They Are A-Changing 17 All Along The Watchtower November 8 Iowa City, Iowa, Carver Hawkeye Arena 1 Marine Hymn 2 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 3 Lay Lady Lay 4 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 5 Silvio 6 Simple Twist Of Fate 7 Gotta Serve Somebody 8 Desolation Row 9 One Too Many Mornings 10 John Brown 11 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 12 Knocking On Heaven's Door (electric) 13 Everything Is Broken 14 Joey 15 Under The Red Sky 16 TV Talking Song 17 All Along The Watchtower 18 I Shall Be Released 19 Like A Rolling Stone 20 Blowing In The Wind 21 Maggie's Farm I see this one has been posted a couple of times, but what the heck. November 9 Chicago, Illinois 1 Marine Hymn (instrumental) 2 Tangled Up In Blue 3 Lay Lady Lay 4 What Was It You Wanted 5 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 6 My Back Pages 7 I Believe In You 8 Gotta Serve Somebody 9 Song To Woody 10 It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 11 It Ain't Me Babe 12 Mr. Tambourine Man 13 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 14 Joey 15 TV Talking Song 16 Shooting Star 17 All Along The Watchtower 18 Knocking On Heaven's Door 19 Like A Rolling Stone 20 Blowing In The Wind 21 Highway 61 Revisited November 10 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Riverside Theater 1 Marine Hymn (instrumental) 2 Subterranean Homesick Blues 3 Lay Lady Lay 4 All Along The Watchtower 5 Positively Fourth Street 6 Masters Of War 7 Gotta Serve Somebody 8 Boots Of Spanish Leather 9 Desolation Row 10 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 11 Mr. Tambourine Man 12 Under The Red Sky 13 Joey 14 TV Talking Song 15 Every Grain Of Sand 16 Wiggle Wiggle 17 I Shall Be Released 18 Like A Rolling Stone 19 The Times They Are A-Changing 20 Maggie's Farm That's it until next time, Rebecca