--- 1 9 9 0 --- C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION 1. CALENDAR 2. RECORDINGS 3. TAPES 4. THE NEVER ENDING-TOUR CONTINUES 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The Musicians 4.3 The Show 4.4 The Fastbreak Tour 4.4.1 The dates 4.4.2 The songs 4.4.3 Comments 4.5 Spring Tour Of North America 4.5.1 The dates 4.5.2 The songs 4.5.3 Comments 4.6 Summer Festival Tour Of Europe 4.6.1 The dates 4.6.2 The songs 4.6.3 Comments 4.7 Late Summer Tour Of North America 4.7.1 The dates 4.7.2 The songs 4.7.3 Comments 4.8 US Fall Tour 4.8.1 The dates 4.8.2 The songs 4.8.3 Comments 4.9 Summary 4.9.1 Show statistics 4.9.2 Alphabetical song list 4.9.3 Song statistics 5. SONGS 1990 6. SOURCES INTRODUCTION 92 shows on three continents, two albums, two videos and a couple of guest appearances says it all! The busiest man in show business. Unfortunately it seemed that quality was sacrificed for quantity. The new record was for many people not only surprisingly different, both musically and lyrically, but also very disappointing artistically. The promotional video made for Unbelievable is virtually impossible to distinguish from the usual worthless MTV output. The shows, finally, were very uneven, from the wonderful run in Paris and London in January-February and the magnificent set of shows, mostly in Canada, in May-June to the rather bleak late summer tour with "live auditioning" with a number of different guitarists. The year ended with Dylan on the road with a band where G. E. Smith had been replaced by two guitarists, none of which could or would play lead guitar! 1. CALENDAR Early January Under The Red Sky recording sessions in New Orleans with Stevie Ray Vaughan results in four songs. January 12 Toad's Place, New Haven, Connecticut. 4 hours. Many covers, first time songs, requests taken with a smile. This is really a long public rehearsal and no acoustic set is included. January 14 Another semi rehearsal show, this time at the Recreation Hall, Penn State, State College in Pennsylvania. Again all electric. Before performing Wiggle Wiggle Dylan says "this is from the new album", which was hard to believe at the time. January 15 McCarter Theater, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ The acoustic set was played right after the opening number, an interesting variation of the old format. This was not to be repeated however, the rest of the shows were played electric - acoustic - electric as before. A pity. January 18 First show ever in South America takes places at the Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi Stadium), Sao Paolo, Brazil. Dylan and others play to 90,000 people January 25 Sambodromo, Rio de Janero, Brazil. January 29 Release of single 'Political World/Ring Them Bells'. January 30 Flashback, the soundtrack album to the movie Flashback, is released. On CD, vinyl and cassette. It contains a new version of PEOPLE GET READY, evidently done with Mellencamp during the fall POLITICAL WORLD video sessions. January 29 A four night residence takes place at the Rex Theater, Paris, France. January 30 Dylan is given the French award Commander of Arts and Letters. He reads from a piece of paper "a thousand thanks" in French and then translates. February 3-8 Six nights at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England concludes this part of the Never-Ending Tour, appropriately called "The Fastbreak Tour". February 24 At a Roy Orbison tribute at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles a rumored appearance by the Traveling Wilburys turns out to be Bob Dylan joining the re-united Byrds for three songs. February Two four track CD singles are released in the UK. The first is a picture disk and contains 'Political World', 'Carribean Wind', 'You're A Big Girl Now' and 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue'. The last three songs are all taken from Biograph. The second CD single has in addition to 'Political World' 'Ring Them Bells', 'Silvio' (from DOWN IN THE GROOVE) and All Along The Watchtower (from DYLAN & THE DEAD). March 1 Bob Dylan makes another surprise appearance at a Tom Petty concert at The Forum in Los Angeles. March 2 According to Edna Gundersen in USA Today, OH MERCY now nears 1 million sold copies worldwide. March 8 Rolling Stone Magazine devotes a full page to give a positive review of Dylan's club date at Toad's. March 16 Backed by David Lindley, Stevie Ray Vaughan and members from Was (Not Was) a new "live in the studio" version of Most Of The Time is recorded and filmed, resulting in a promotional video. The soundtrack is released on a promo CD only. Early April George Harrison gets a phone call from Bob Dylan: Bob: When are we doing another Wilburys record? George: Why? Do you want to? Bob: Yeah, don't you? George: Yeah, I do. Nothing to do Bob? April-May Recording sessions with The Traveling Wilburys, now consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. The sessions, that take place at "the Wilbury Mountain Studio" in Beverly Hills, result in fifteen tracks. One of them, 'Nobody's Child', is released as a single and is also included on the 'Romanian Angel Appeal' album. Another eleven tracks are later included in the Wilbury album released in October. May 27 The Never-Ending Tour continues with a 16-date tour of North USA and Canada. Backing band is the same but the acoustic set is augmented with Garnier on acoustic stand-up bass and Parker on "soft" drums. This means that the whole band is on stage for the entire show. The set is augmented with a acoustic version of Desolation Row. And last but not least, Dylan starts talking between songs again, first time since 1986! June 11 Release of Nobody's Child single. June 19 Shot Of Love is at last released on compact disc. The disc contains 'Groom Still Waiting At The Altar', thus being a release of the "new version" of Shot Of Love from 1986. June 27 Dylan's shortest ever tour of Europe starts with a show in Reykjavik, Iceland. The rest of the tour consists of shows that are part of summer rock and jazz festivals. Other acts include Mano Negra, Jeff Healy Band, Lenny Kravitz, Ry Cooder, Sinead O'Connor, Midnight Oil and The Cure. July 26 Release of the Romanian Angel Appeal album including Traveling Wilbury's 'Nobody's Child'. August Saved is released on compact disc. This is the only CD that does not have the original cover. Instead of the "fingers" cover the later "harmonica blowing" cover is used. Both Shot Of Love and Saved are remastered to very good result! August Together with his cousin Beth Zimmerman Dylan starts a clothing shop for children up to 10 in Beverly Hills. Name? Forever Young of course! August 12 Yet another leg of the Never-Ending Tour is kicked off with a show in Edmonton, Canada. The big news this time is that G.E. Smith prepares to leave the band after more than two years and 200 concerts. During the remainder of this "late summer tour" a number of new guitarist are auditioned live on stage, as it were. John Stahaeley, Steve Bruton, Miles Joseph and even the old cohort from 1981, Steve Ripley, are tried out together with G.E. Smith. August 23 The Zimmerman house in Hibbing, Minnesota is sold to anonymous party for an undisclosed amount. August 27 Stevie Ray Vaughan is killed in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, after having appeared as a guest at an Eric Clapton concert in Alpine Valley. In an article in USA Today, Dylan is quoted as saying: "He was a sweet guy. Something else was coming through him besides his guitar playing and singing" Preparing to play a show near Chicago, Dylan said: "It's almost like having to play the night that Kennedy died. He'll probably be revered as much as and in the same way as Hank Williams". At the show the next evening in Merrillville, Dylan dedicates 'Moon River' to Stevie! September 11 Release of UNDER THE RED SKY. September 12 Late Summer Tour ends with a show in Mesa, Arizona. At this time Dylan's guitar technician Cesar Diaz is playing guitar with G.E. Smith! With the exception of the early version of 'Wiggle Wiggle' in January, no songs from the new record had been played live at the end of this tour. September 14 Edna Gunderson (who else?) interviews Dylan in Lincoln, Nebraska. on August 31st. The cover story printed in USA Today is entitled "Rock icon is happy with his place", and quotes Dylan describing the title track of the new album as "intentionally broad and short, so you can draw all kinds of conclusions". We sure did. September Release of 'Unbelievable' Promo video and compact disc. September Release of 'Unbelievable/10,000 Men' single. September Release of CD-single with 'Unbelievable', '10,000 Men' , ~In The Summertime' and 'Jokerman', all album versions. October Bob Dylan launches his own record label. It is called "Strikin' It Rich" and the first release is apparently 'Christmas Party With Eddie G'! The label is supposed to release rare and interesting R&B material. October 8-10 Rehearsals take place at the Montana Studios, in New York City. Songs tried included: Shelter From The Storm, Wiggle Wiggle (a slow version), 10,000 Men, Under The Red Sky, 2 x 2, Masters Of War, Man In The Long Black Coat, In The Garden, The Water Is Wide, I Shall Be Released, Unbelievable (four tries), Shooting Star, Just Like A Woman, Maggie's Farm (part). October 11 This year's last, and fifth tour starts with a show at the C.W. Post College at the Long Island University. The greatest surprise time is that there are no surprises! G.E. Smith is still with the band, Steve Bruton is now second guitarist together with Cesar Diaz. As expected the audience is treated with a couple of songs from the new album: 'Under The Red Sky' and 'T.V. Talkin' Song'. October 12 At the next show at Springfield, Mass. we get to hear 'Wiggle Wiggle'. It turns out that no other songs from UNDER THE RED SKY are played during this tour, not even his single 'Unbelievable'. October 13 West Point, New York. The fact that Dylan gives a concert at this military university and also plays 'Masters Of War' creates headlines on papers all over the world, even in remote places like Carlisle and Stockholm. October 15-19 For the third year in row Dylan returns to New York City for a series of shows, again at the Beacon Theatre. Now it's G.E. Smith, John Stahealey and Cesar Diaz who are playing guitar alternately. These shows turned out to be G.E. Smiths last with the band. The rest of the tour is done with Stahealey and Diaz. October 25 At the show in Oxford, Mississippi, Dylan starts with 'My Head's In Mississippi', the current ZZ Top single! Even more astonishing, as a result from a request, we get a live debut: 'Oxford Town'! October 30 Release of TRAVELING WILBURYS VOL III. November 7 Edna Gundersen from USA Today again manages to interview Dylan, this time about the Wilbury's new album. November 18 Another year of intense, almost constant, touring ends with a show at The Fox Theater in Detroit. The show opens with another live debut, 'Buckets Of Rain'. November Dylan endorses Rabbi Mani Friedman's book "Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore? Reclaiming Intimacy, Modesty and Sexuality" and is quoted on the jacket: "Anyone who'd either married or thinking of getting married would do well to read this book". 2. RECORDINGS Early First UNDER THE RED SKY Sessions January ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Probably Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, California 1. Handy Dandy 2. 10,000 Men 3. God Knows 4. Cat's In The Well Song Artist plays 1 2 3 4 ------------------------------------------------------ Bob Dylan piano + + + + Bob Dylan vocal + + + + Jimmy Vaughan guitar + + + Jimmy Vaughan lead guitar + Stevie Ray Vaughan guitar + + Stevie Ray Vaughan lead guitar + Waddie Wachtel lead guitar + David Lindley slide guitar + + + Al Kooper keyboards + Jaimie Muhoberac organ + + + + Don Was bass + + + + Kenny Aronoff drums + + + + Paulinho Da Costa perc + + David Macmurray sax + Rayse Biggs trumpet + Sweat Pea Atkinson background vocal + Sir Harry Bowens background vocal + Donald Ray Mitchell background vocal + David Was background vocal + All tracks released on UNDER THE RED SKY, CBS 465 800 2, September 11, 1990. Stereo studio recordings. Feb 24 Roy Orbison Tribute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California. 1. Mr. Tambourine Man 2. He Was A Friend Of Mine (trad., registered as Bob Dylan) 3. Only The Lonely (Roy Orbison) Guest appearance at the benefit Roy Orbison Concert with Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn and David Crosby. Bob Dylan guitar with the reunited Byrds. 1 Bob Dylan backing vocal. 1 released on the 4-CD set THE BYRDS, Columbia Records, C4T/C4K 46773, November, 1990. Mar 1 Guest appearance at a Tom Petty concert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Forum, Los Angeles, California. 1. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 2. Everybody's Movin' (Glen Trout) 3. Travelin' Band (John Fogerty) 4. I'm Crying (Eric Burdon - Alan Price) 1 Bob Dylan vocal and guitar with Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. 2 Bob Dylan shared vocal and guitar with Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. 3 Bob Dylan vocal and guitar with Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. To my knowledge there is still no circulating tape from this event! Mar 16 Shooting of Most Of The Time promo video ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Culver City Studios, Los Angeles, California 1. Most Of The Time Probably backed by David Lindley, Stevie Ray Vaughan and members from Was (Not Was). Released on promotional CD single Columbia CSK 73326, April 1990. Stereo studio recording. March- Second UNDER THE RED SKY SESSIONS April ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Probably Record Plant, The Complex and The Sorcerer Studios, Los Angeles, California 1. Under The Red Sky 2. Unbelievable 3. Born In Time 4. T.V. Talkin' Song 5. 2 x 2 6. Wiggle Wiggle Song Artist plays 1 2 3 4 5 6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Bob Dylan vocal + + + + + + Bob Dylan guitar + + + + Bob Dylan harmonica + Bob Dylan accordion + Waddie Wachtel guitar + + Slash guitar + Al Kooper keyboards + + Don Was bass + + Kenny Aronoff drums + + + + + + David Crosby background vocal + + Bruce Hornsby piano + + Robben Ford guitar + + Randy Jackson bass + + + + Paulinho Da Costa percussion + + Elton John piano + David Lindley bouzouki + All tracks released on UNDER THE RED SKY, CBS 465 800 2, September 11, 1990. Stereo studio recordings. April- The Wilbury Sessions May ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wilbury Mountain Studio, Los Angeles, California. Produced by Spike and Clayton Wilbury. 1. She's My Baby 2. She's My Baby 3. Inside Out (George Harrison) 4. Inside Out (George Harrison) 5. If You Belonged To Me 6. The Devil's Been Busy (Jeff Lynne) 7. The Devil's Been Busy (Jeff Lynne) 8. 7 Deadly Sins 9. Poor House (Jeff Lynne) 10. Where Were You Last Night? 11. Where Were You Last Night? 12. Cool Dry Place (Tom Petty) 13. New Blue Moon (Jeff Lynne) 14. You Took My Breath Away (George Harrison) 15. You Took My Breath Away (George Harrison) 16. Wilbury Twist (Bob Dylan-Tom Petty- George Harrison-Jeff Lynne) 17. Nobody's Child (Cy Coben - Acuff Rose) [Note the composer credits for 1-16 are officially given to The Traveling Wilburys. These are just my guesses!] Boo Wilbury [Bob Dylan] (acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead and backing vocal), Muddy Wilbury [Tom Petty] (acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocal), Clayton Wilbury [Jeff Lynne] (acoustic guitar, bass, keyboards, lead and backing vocal), Spike Wilbury [George Harrison] (acoustic and electric guitar, mandolins, sitar, lead and backing vocal). The Wilburys are backed by Jim Keltner (drums & percussion) and Ray Cooper (percussion). 1 Lead vocal by Boo. 2 Lead vocal by Clayton, Muddy, Boo, Spike, Boo. 2 Gary Moore (lead guitar). 3 Lead vocal by Boo, Muddy, Boo, Muddy, Spike, Boo, Muddy 4 Lead vocal by Boo, Muddy, Boo, Muddy, Spike, Clayton, Muddy. 5 Lead vocal by Boo. 6 Lead vocal by Muddy, Spike, Clayton, Boo, Clayton 7 Lead vocal by Muddy, Clayton, Boo, Clayton. 8 Lead vocal by Boo. 8 Jim Horn (tenor saxophone). 9 Lead vocal by Clayton. 10 Lead vocal by Boo. 11 Lead vocal by Boo, Spike, Boo, Spike, Boo, Spike, Boo. 12 Lead vocal by Muddy. 13 Lead vocal by Clayton, Boo, Clayton, Boo, Clayton. 14 Lead vocal by Spike, Clayton, Spike. 15 Lead vocal by Spike, Clayton, Spike. 16 Lead vocal by Muddy, Spike, Clayton, Muddy, Boo. 17 Lead vocal by Muddy, Spike, Boo, Muddy, Spike, Boo. 5 and 9 are available as rough mixes. 2,4,5,7,8,9,11-13,15,16 released on TRAVELING WILBURYS VOL 3, Wilbury Records 7599-26324-2, October 23, 1990. 17 released on single TRAVELING WILBURYS: NOBODY'S CHILD, Warner Brothers W9773CD 7599-21756-2, June 1990. 17 released on VARIOUS ARTISTS: ROMANIAN ANGEL APPEAL, Warner Brothers 7599-26280-2, July 1990. Stereo studio recording. 3. TAPES Below is a list of new "old" tapes that surfaced during 1990: 1/20/71 Mexico City 60 minute session tape featuring the long rumoured song 'Goodbye Holly', and two new versions of 'Billy'. 1/30/74 New York City A new 90 minute PA tape from the show at the Madison Square Garden. This is the first 90 minutes including The Band's first set. 17/9/78 New Haven A new more complete soundcheck tape containing 'Thisaway, Thataway' and an unidentified song. 11/10/81 New Orleans The Lanois PA-tape. Contains the show at the Saenger Performing Arts Center, 23 out of 28 songs. Lanois did this mix when they selected 'Dead Man Dead Man' for single release with 'Everything Is Broken'. A must! 1/7/84 Paris A new PA version including a complete version of 'Every Grain Of Sand'. 7/84 Paris, London, The so called "Real Live Outtakes", mixed Slane PA tracks from the last part of the 1984 tour. 84 or 85 ? One track, 'Honey Wait', from an unidentified session with Al Green. 12/7/85 New York City The so called "Live Aid Rehearsal Tape". Twenty minutes of guitar strumming, chatting and occasional playing of 'Ballad Of Hollis Brown' 'Girl Of The North Country' and 'Blowin' In The Wind' by Bob, Ron & Keith. At one time Dylan even starts playing 'Trouble'! 8/6/86 Paso Robles Soundcheck tape. No details. 12/19/88 New York City First 90 minutes of the last of the four glorious Radio City Music Hall concerts in great PA-quality. 4. THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES 4.1 Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The never-ending tour continued 1990 with no less than five new legs: 1. The Fastbreak Tour during January and February 2. Spring Tour during May and June 3. Summer Festival Tour in Europe during June and July 4. Late Summer Tour during August and September 5. Fall Tour during October and November. The so called Fastbreak Tour was a strange series of dates in three continents. First three warm-up gigs in US (a technique Dylan has used before on two occasions, 1978 and 1981), his first ever shows in South America, one in San Paolo and one in Rio de Janeiro, then four in Paris and finally six in London. The Dylan staff T-shirts in London had "1990 World Tour" on them, so it seemed that this leg was indeed only the beginning of 1990's touring. After a break of three months, in which Dylan recorded two albums and one video, the tour started up again in late May, this time with a string of dates in Canada and the north of US. The musicians were the same once again, despite rumors that G.E. Smith had left. There are three remarkable things about this leg: 1. The acoustic set is revitalized by keeping the band on stage and having Garnier playing acoustic bass and Parker playing "acoustic drums". This is having a great effect on the more up-tempo acoustic songs like 'It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)'. 2. Dylan starts talking to the audience between songs!!! First time this happens is at the second show in Toronto as a response to extremely bad and extremely unjust reviews to the first show. Having rediscovered the delight of communicating with the audience also between songs this practice continued more or less during the remainder of the 1990 shows. 3. Dylan's singing. If playing the guitar seemed to be as important as his singing during the Fastbreak Tour, this time singing seemed to be his primary concern! Songs are sung like never before with improvised melodies and sometimes long "opera" endings. This is far from the raspy voice he's using on UNDER THE RED SKY and TRAVELING WILBURYS and, unfortunately (and strangely), very little of it is heard after this leg. With little more than a week's rest the tour continues in Europe with only nine dates, mostly at the summer rock festivals. First date is in Reykjavik, Iceland, and he has now played in all Northern European countries! The shows are the same in structure and song selection, but somewhere some of the energy and the joy seem to have been lost and the shows are with a few exceptions rather uninspired. The fourth part of the Never-Ending Tour started up with a show in Edmonton, just a month after the last European show in Montreux in Switzerland. This turned out to be one of the strangest set of showed Bob Dylan ever played. G.E. Smith had apparently given in his notice sometime during the summer and to select a replacement, a number of guitarists played with G.E. Smith and the band at a number of shows, auditioning live at stage as it were. At the last shows even his guitar technician Cesar Diaz played a couple of shows! After another month-long break, during which the new album UNDER THE RED SKY was released, the fifth and last leg started in Greenvale, New York. The replacement issue was obviously still unresolved, since the live auditioning continued with Steve Bruton and John Staehely. Cesar Diaz now seemed to be permanently in the band. G.E. Smith played his last show October 19 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City and Dylan continued touring with two guitarists, John Staehely and Cesar Diaz, neither playing lead guitar! The structure of the shows stayed the same till the end of the fall tour. 4.2 The Musicians ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fastbreak tour | Summer tour | | European festival tour | | | Late summer tour | | | | Fall tour | | | | | V V V V V G.E. Smith (g, backup vocal) X X X X X Tony Garnier (b) X X X X X Christopher Parker (dr) X X X X X Steve Bruton (g) X X John Staehely (g) X X Miles Joseph (g) X Steve Ripley (g) X Cesar Diaz (g) X X 4.3 The Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The shows were structured in the same way as in 1988-1989: 6-7 electric songs 3-5 acoustic songs 4-6 electric songs 1 acoustic encore 1 electric encore. The only exceptions to this are the three warm up shows in January before the shows in Brazil. Some shows during the last two legs started with short instrumental, often only a few bars. 4.4 The Fastbreak Tour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4.4.1 The dates All shows are stereo audience recordings. No tape from San Paolo has yet emerged and there is no known set list. Jan 12 Toad's Place, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 14 Recreation Hall, Penn State, State College, Pennsylvania, USA 15 McCarter Theater, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA 18 Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo, Morumbi Stadium), Sao Paolo, Brazil 25 Sambodromo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 29 The Rex Theater, Paris, France 30 The Rex Theater, Paris, France 31 The Rex Theater, Paris, France Feb 1 The Rex Theater, Paris, France 3 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 4 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 5 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 6 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 7 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 8 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 4.4.2 The songs The following abbreviations are used: AC acoustic with G.E. Smith + starts acoustic, ends electric PI Dylan on piano J a n u a r y 12 12 12 12 14 15 18 25 29 Total # of songs played 11 9 14 16 21 21 21 21 Walk A Mile In My Shoes 1 One More Cup Of Coffee 2 3 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 3 15 21 21 Trouble No More 4 I've Been All Around This World 5 46 14 20 Political World 6 22 37 2 10 17 14 Where Teardrops Fall 7 36 5 Tears Of Rage 8 I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 9 It Takes A Lot To Laugh 10 9 8 Everybody's Movin' 11 Watching The River Flow 12 1 What Was It You Wanted 13 4 Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie 14 Lenny Bruce 15 19 I Believe In You 16 12 Man Of Peace 17 Across The Borderline 18 11 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 19 All Along The Watchtower 20 13 18 3 3 Tight Connection To My Heart 21 8 17 16 What Good Am I? 23 11 15 Wiggle Wiggle 24 15 Stuck Inside Of Mobile 25 4 4 Pay The Price 26 Help Me Make It Through The Night 27 Man In The Long Black Coat 28 17 Congratulations 29 Dancing In The Dark 30 Lonesome Whistle Blues 31 1 Confidential 32 In The Garden 33 18 18 Everything Is Broken 34 16 7 15 17 So Long, Good Luck And Goodbye 35 Pretty Peggy-O 38 12 I'll Remember You 39 Key To The Highway 40 Joey 41 Lay Lady Lay 42 2 2 I Don't Believe You 43 When Did You Leave Heaven? 44 Maggie's Farm 45 19 10 In The Pines 47 Highway 61 Revisited 48 9 5 5 Precious Memories 49 Like A Rolling Stone 50 20 21 19 19 You Angel You 6 Ballad Of A Thin Man 7 Gotta Serve Somebody 10 Knockin' On Heaven's Door + 21 It Ain't Me Babe AC 2 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AC 3 Gates Of Eden AC 4 8 Lakes Of Pontchartrain AC 5 Forever Young 6 20 20 Positively 4th Street 8 Simple Twist Of Fate 13 Most Of The Time 14 Seeing The Real You At Last 16 7 7 Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 1 You're A Big Girl Now 6 6 Ballad Of Hollis Brown 9 Mr Tambourine Man AC 11 10 One Too Many Mornings AC 12 11 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AC 13 Blowin' In The Wind AC 14 Love Minus Zero - No Limit AC 9 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AC 12 Just Like A Woman 13 Man Gave Names To All The Animals 16 I Shall Be Released 18 J a n F e b r u ar y 30 31 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tot Total # Of songs played 22 18 20 20 21 19 21 20 24 319 Walk A Mile In My Shoes 1 One More Cup Of Coffee 2 3 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 22 21 7 20 8 Trouble No More 1 I've Been All Around This World 23 5 Political World 14 5 3 4 4 6 6 6 7 16 Where Teardrops Fall 6 17 5 Tears Of Rage 5 2 I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 1 It Takes A Lot To Laugh 12 15 16 15 16 8 Everybody's Movin' 1 Watching The River Flow 1 3 What Was It You Wanted 7 4 6 6 8 8 8 Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie 1 Lenny Bruce 14 3 I Believe In You 5 3 Man Of Peace 15 2 Across The Borderline 2 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 8 7 7 5 5 All Along The Watchtower 4 11 7 8 8 3 3 9 13 Tight Connection To My Heart 16 3 7 15 8 What Good Am I? 14 4 Wiggle Wiggle 2 Stuck Inside Of Mobile 3 6 1 1 4 5 7 10 Pay The Price 1 Help Me Make It Through The Night 1 Man In The Long Black Coat 15 16 16 17 2 7 Congratulations 1 Dancing In The Dark 1 Lonesome Whistle Blues 2 Confidential 1 In The Garden 15 17 16 6 Everything Is Broken 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 12 So Long, Good Luck And Goodbye 1 Pretty Peggy-O 2 3 I'll Remember You 14 16 3 Key To The Highway 1 Joey 1 Lay Lady Lay 12 13 5 I Don't Believe You 2 2 When Did You Leave Heaven? 1 Maggie's Farm 3 18 20 18 19 8 In The Pines 1 Highway 61 Revisited 7 20 20 20 24 9 Precious Memories 1 Like A Rolling Stone 20 16 17 18 19 17 18 18 21 14 You Angel You 8 2 Ballad Of A Thin Man 2 4 3 Gotta Serve Somebody 1 Knockin' On Heaven's Door + 13 2 It Ain't Me Babe AC 11 10 9 18 19 22 7 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AC 8 10 3 Gates Of Eden AC 10 12 10 5 Lakes Of Pontchartrain AC 1 Forever Young 21 19 12 6 Positively 4th Street 3 2 Simple Twist Of Fate 17 17 3 Most Of The Time 2 2 Seeing The Real You At Last 13 15 18 6 Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 3 You're A Big Girl Now 16 5 4 Ballad Of Hollis Brown 2 3 3 Mr Tambourine Man AC 17 19 20 11 13 7 One Too Many Mornings AC 12 3 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AC 11 11 11 4 Blowin' In The Wind AC 9 2 Love Minus Zero - No Limit AC 9 2 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AC 9 2 Just Like A Woman 2 15 3 Man Gave Names To All The Animals 1 I Shall Be Released 19 5 17 4 I Want You 2 6 2 The Times They Are A-Changin' AC 9 8 2 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) AC 10 10 2 Boots Of Spanish Leather AC 12 10 10 3 Masters Of War 18 4 2 To Be Alone With You 1 1 2 John Brown 4 5 2 Shelter From The Storm 6 1 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall AC 9 11 2 Girl From The North Country AC 10 11 2 Most Likely You Go Your Way 1 1 2 Visions Of Johanna AC 8 1 Mama, You Been On My Mind AC 9 9 2 Barbara Allen AC 18 1 Queen Jane Approximately 14 1 My Back Pages 3 1 Man Of Constant Sorrow AC 12 1 Song To Woody AC 12 1 Dark As A Dungeon AC 19 1 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 4 1 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You 13 1 Absolutely Sweet Marie 1 1 Pledging My Time 5 1 To Ramona AC 11 1 She Belongs To Me AC 12 1 Disease Of Conceit PI 14 1 You're A Big Girl Now IN 15 1 Every Grain Of Sand 19 1 4.4.3 Comments Recommended shows: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paris 1/31, London 2/6 and 2/8. Songs ~~~~~ Dancing In The Dark - the Boss hit from 1984 causing Brooces from the audience Help Me Make It Through The Night - one off cover version at Toad's I've Been All Around This World - a blue grass song, trad?? In The Pines - a terrific electric version of the Leadbelly song Key To The Highway - one off cover version at Toad's Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie - one off cover version at Toad's Pay The Price - one off cover version at Toad's Tight Connection To My Heart - live debut! Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You - first since 1976! Trouble No More - one off cover version at Toad's Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle - a new Dylan song? hopefully not! You Angel You - live debut! During this tour Dylan started playing three more songs from Oh Mercy: Political World, What Was It You Wanted and Where Teardrops Fall. 4.5 Spring Tour Of North America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4.5.1 The dates May 29 University Of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 30 Kingston Memorial Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 1 Ottawa National Arts Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2 Ottawa National Arts Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 4 Centennial Hall, London, Ontario, Canada 5 O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6 O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 7 O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 9 Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin 10 Adler Theater, Davenport, Iowa 12 Civic Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin 13 Municipal Auditorium, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 14 Civic Center, Fargo, North Dakota 15 Civic Center, Bismarck, North Dakota 17 Centennial Centre Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 18 Centennial Centre Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 4.5.2 The songs AB = acoustic with the band M a y J u n e 29 30 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 Tot Total # of songs played 19 20 16 19 18 19 21 19 20 19 19 20 20 20 19 18 306 Absolutely Sweet Marie 1 1 1 1 1 5 Lay Lady Lay 2 2 2 Maggie's Farm 3 18 20 3 You're A Big Girl Now 4 5 4 4 4 Highway 61 Revisited 5 20 16 19 18 19 21 20 19 19 20 20 19 18 14 Times Are A-Changin' AB 6 18 18 3 Desolation Row AB 7 8 8 11 11 9 10 7 Hattie Carroll AB 8 9 9 12 11 10 6 Girl From The North C AB 9 17 8 9 4 To Ramona AB 10 1 Everything Is Broken 11 14 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 13 13 12 13 12 15 All Along The Watchtower 12 16 13 14 14 16 14 16 15 15 16 16 15 15 14 15 What Good Am I? 13 17 14 17 13 15 6 No More One More Time 14 14 2 Simple Twist Of Fate 15 16 13 13 4 5 I Shall Be Released 16 15 15 15 15 17 16 17 17 16 16 15 12 Like A Rolling Stone 17 18 14 17 16 16 19 16 18 17 17 18 18 18 17 16 16 Mr Tambourine Man AB 18 12 15 11 10 10 11 11 12 9 Stuck Inside Of Mobile 19 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 16 Most Likely You Go Your 1 1 1 1 1 5 Ballad Of A Thin Man 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 7 Just Like A Woman 4 4 14 3 Masters Of War 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 15 Gotta Serve Somebody 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 15 Love Minus Zero AB 7 7 8 8 8 8 6 It's Alright, Ma AB 8 8 10 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 13 She Belongs To Me 9 9 2 Ballad Of Hollis Brown AB 10 7 9 3 One Too Many Mornings AB 11 10 11 9 4 Where Teardrops Fall 13 1 Blowin' In The Wind AB 19 18 18 19 19 19 18 17 8 It Takes A Lot To Laugh 10 1 Disease Of Conceit 11 1 In The Garden 13 18 16 17 4 Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 1 1 1 1 5 Tight Connection To My Heart 4 4 2 It Ain't Me Babe AB 7 20 19 12 12 5 Boots Of Spanish L AB 11 12 10 10 10 11 9 7 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 15 1 I'll Remember You 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 7 Tears Of Rage 4 4 4 4 4 Gates Of Eden AB 8 11 10 8 11 5 Don't Think Twice AB 9 11 8 9 4 Tomorrow Is A Long TimeAB 7 1 John Brown AB 10 9 9 10 4 Barbara Allen AB 17 1 Early Morning Rain 2 1 Been All Around This W AB 10 17 2 What Was It You Wanted 14 12 14 13 13 14 6 One More Night RH 15 1 I Believe In You 4 2 2 Shooting Star 15 14 14 15 14 5 It's All Over Now AB 9 8 11 8 8 5 To Be Alone With You 1 1 Political World 13 13 2 Queen Jane Approximately 4 1 4.5.3 Comments Recommended shows: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montreal 5/29, La Crosse 6/12, Bismarck 6/15. Songs: ~~~~~~ Desolation Row is played for the first time during the Never-Ending Tour and is kept in the set, played now and then, during the remainder of the year. Dylan always sings the first and last verse and a couple of the other verses seemingly at random. Shooting Star is the last song from Oh Mercy to be played live. Oh Mercy becomes the third album ever, from which all songs are played in concert. No More One More Time a new cover, described as a real tear-jerker giving Dylan several opportunities to try out his "new" voice. Guests: ~~~~~~~ At the second night in Toronto, Ronnie Hawkins enters the stage, hollering KEEP THE WOMEN BACK, KEEP THE WOMEN BACK! and then tries to sing One More Night, a song that the band can't play and to which the Ol' Hawk has forgotten most of the words. It is said that Dylan lip-synched the words without actually singing them. A memorable moment. 4.6 Summer Festival Tour Of Europe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4.6.1 The dates June 27 Laugardalsh|ll, Reykjavik, Iceland 29 Roskilde Rock Festival, Roskilde, Denmark 30 Kalvoya Rock Festival, Kalvoya, Norway July 1 Ruisrock, Turku, Finland 3 Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany 5 International Congress Centre, Berlin, Germany 7 Torhout Rock Festival, Torhout, Belgium 8 Werchter Rock Festival, Werchter, Belgium 9 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland 4.6.2 The songs AB = acoustic with the band June July 27 29 30 1 3 5 7 8 9 Tot Total # of songs played 19 19 19 19 20 19 15 15 19 164 Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 1 2 Ballad Of A Thin Man 2 2 2 2 4 Stuck Inside Of Mobile 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 Just Like A Woman 4 1 Masters Of War 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 9 Gotta Serve Somebody 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 9 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) AB 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 9 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 8 8 8 8 7 5 Girl From The North Country AB 9 1 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall AB 10 1 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 11 10 10 11 10 9 7 8 8 Everything Is Broken 12 12 10 13 4 Political World 13 13 13 13 14 13 6 All Along The Watchtower 14 15 15 15 16 15 15 7 Shooting Star 15 14 14 14 4 I Shall Be Released 16 16 16 17 16 12 12 16 8 Like A Rolling Stone 17 17 17 17 18 17 13 13 17 9 Blowin' In The Wind AB 18 18 18 18 19 18 14 14 18 9 Highway 61 Revisited 19 19 20 19 15 15 19 7 Absolutely Sweet Marie 1 1 2 Queen Jane Approximately 4 1 One Too Many Mornings AB 9 1 Mr Tambourine Man AB 11 9 11 9 9 10 6 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 12 12 12 3 To Be Alone With You 1 1 Lay Lady Lay 2 1 Positively 4th Street 4 1 Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB 8 1 Desolation Row AB 9 9 2 It Ain't Me Babe AB 11 11 11 3 Maggie's Farm 19 19 1 3 I Believe In You 2 4 14 3 Simple Twist Of Fate 4 2 2 3 Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 10 1 In The Garden 16 1 Most Likely You Go Your Way 1 1 No More One More Time 13 1 Old Rock & Roller 15 1 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 3 3 2 Shelter From The Storm 4 3 2 Song To Woody AB 8 1 Gates Of Eden AB 10 8 8 9 4 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 12 10 2 Let's Learn To Live And Love Again 14 1 Silvio 1 1 2 It Takes A Lot To Laugh 11 11 2 You're A Big Girl Now 2 1 I'll Remember You 4 1 Across The Borderline 12 1 4.6.3 Comments Recommended shows: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hamburg 7/3 and Montreux 7/9. Songs: ~~~~~~ Old Rock & Roller - is this a Dylan song?? Before singing it he commented: "In case you're wondering what happens to people like me, here's a song to tell about it". Let's Learn To Live And Love Again - another tearjerker! Guests: ~~~~~~~ Flaco Jiminez from the Ry Cooder band plays accordion on Across the Borderline at the Montreux Jazz Festival show. 4.7 Late Summer Tour Of North America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4.7.1 The dates August 12 Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, Alberta 13 Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, Alberta 15 Centennial Hall, Calgary, Alberta 16 Centennial Hall, Calgary, Alberta 18 Champs de Brionne, George, Washington 19 Memorial Arena, Victoria, British Columbia 20 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia 21 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon 24 State Fair, Pueblo, Colorado 26 State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa 27 Holiday Star Music Theater, Merrillville, Indiana 28 Holiday Star Music Theater, Merrillville, Indiana 29 Grandstand, State Fair, Falcon Heights, Minnesota 31 Bob Devaney Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska September 1 Swiss Villa, Lampe, Missouri 2 Riverfront Theater, Hannibal, Missouri 4 Tulsa, Oklahoma 5 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 6 Dallas, Texas 8 San Antonio, Texas 9 Austin, Texas 11 Santa Fe, New Mexico 12 Mesa Amphitheater, Mesa, Arizona 4.7.2 The songs AB = acoustic with the band A u g u s t 12 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 24 26 27 28 29 31 Total # of songs 17 18 19 18 18 18 19 18 18 19 18 18 18 18 Maggie's Farm 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Shelter From The Storm 2 2 2 2 2 3 Stuck Inside Of Mobile 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 Nowhere Man 4 Masters Of War 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 Gotta Serve Somebody 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Ballad Of Hollis Brown AB 7 7 The Water Is Wide AB 8 Gates Of Eden AB 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 Don't Think Twice, It's All R AB 10 10 7 9 9 8 10 9 Everything Is Broken 11 11 12 11 11 12 12 11 11 Political World 12 13 14 It Takes A Lot To Laugh 13 15 13 In The Garden 14 15 Like A Rolling Stone 15 16 17 16 16 16 17 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 Blowin' In The Wind AB 16 17 18 17 17 17 18 17 17 18 17 17 17 All Along The Watchtower 17 14 13 13 14 14 12 13 12 14 3 14 13 No More One More Time 3 It's Alright, Ma AB 7 7 10 9 7 9 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 8 11 8 7 Mr. Tambourine Man AB 10 11 9 10 7 9 10 Queen Jane Approximately 12 I Shall Be Released