WITH ONE HAND WAVING FREE BOB DYLAN 1995 by Olof Bjorner A summary of recording & concert activities. New releases, tapes & books. Copyright (c) 1996 by Olof Bjorner All Rights Reserved This article may be reproduced, retransmitted, redistributed and otherwise propagated at will, provided that this notice remains intact and in place. Part 3 of 8 CONTENTS: ========= 1. INTRODUCTION \ | 2. THE YEAR AT A GLANCE | | 3. CALENDAR | | 4. RECORDINGS |-- part 1 of 8 4.1 New releases | 4.1.1 MTV Unplugged | 4.1.2 Highway 61 Interactive | 4.1.3 Greatest Hits Volume 3 CD+ | 4.2 Recordings from 1995 | 4.3 New tapes | / 5. THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES \ 5.1 Introduction | 5.2 The Musicians | 5.3 The show | 5.4 Europe Spring Tour | -- part 2 of 8 5.4.1 Dates and venues | 5.4.2 The songs | 5.4.3 Statistics | 5.4.4 Comments / 5.5 US Spring Tour \ 5.5.1 Dates and venues | 5.5.2 The songs | -- part 3 of 8 5.5.3 Statistics | =========== 5.5.4 Comments / 5.6 Europe Summer Tour \ 5.6.1 Dates and Venues | 5.6.2 The songs | -- part 4 of 8 5.6.3 Statistics | 5.6.4 Comments / 5.7 The Fall Classics Tour \ 5.7.1 Dates and Venues | 5.7.2 The songs | -- part 5 of 8 5.7.3 Statistics | 5.7.4 Comments / 5.8 The Paradise Lost Tour \ 5.8.1 Dates and Venues | 5.8.2 The songs | -- part 6 of 8 5.8.3 Statistics | 5.8.4 Comments / 5.9 Summary \ 5.9.1 Show statistics | 5.9.2 Alphabetical song list | 5.9.3 Song statistics | -- part 7 of 8 | 6. NEW BOOKS | | 7. REFERENCES & SOURCES / APPENDIX: THE SET-LISTS -- part 8 of 8 5.5 The US Spring Tour ---------------------- 5.5.1 Dates and venues ---------------------- MAY 10 San Diego, California Embarcadero Amphitheater, Embarcadero Marine Park South 12 Las Vegas, Nevada The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel 13 Las Vegas, Nevada The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel 15 Palm Desert, California McCallum Theatre 17 Los Angeles, California Hollywood Palladium Theater 18 Los Angeles, California Hollywood Palladium Theater 19 Los Angeles, California Hollywood Palladium Theater 20 Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara County Bowl 22 San Francisco, California The Warfield Theater 23 San Francisco, California The Warfield Theater 25 Berkeley, California Berkeley Community Theatre 26 Berkeley, California Berkeley Community Theatre 27 Monterey, California Laguna Seca Daze 28 Reno, Nevada Reno Hilton Amphitheater 30 Eugene, Oregon Hult Center 31 Eugene, Oregon Hult Center JUNE 2 Seattle, Washington Paramount Theater 3 Seattle, Washington Paramount Theater 4 Seattle, Washington Paramount Theater 6 Portland, Oregon Schnitzer Concert Hall 7 Spokane, Washington Riverfront Park 15 Highgate, Vermont Franklin County Airport 16 Boston, Massachusetts Harborlights Pavilion 18 East Rutherford, New Jersey Giants Stadium 19 East Rutherford, New Jersey Giants Stadium 21 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Theater Of Living Arts 22 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Theater Of Living Arts 24 Washington, D. C. RFK Stadium 25 Washington, D. C. RFK Stadium 5.5.2 The songs --------------- AB acoustic with the band In order played: May 10 12 13 15 17 18 19 20 22 23 25 26 27 28 30Crash On The Levee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1I Want You 2 2 2 2 All Along The Watchtower 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Just Like A Woman 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Silvio 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 6Shooting Star 6 Mr. Tambourine Man AB 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 8 8 8 8 Don't Think Twice, It's All RigAB 9 9 9 9 9 Seeing The Real You At Last 10 10 10 6 6 10 6 10 10 6 10 6 10Man In The Long Black Coat 11 2 5 Highway 61 Revisited 12 12 12 12 12Like A Rolling Stone 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 It Ain't Me, Babe AB 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 If Not For You 2 2 Simple Twist Of Fate 4 11 4 Most Likely You Go Your Way 5 4 Shelter From The Storm 6 Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB 9 9 Joey 11 Lay Lady Lay 2 2 2 Tombstone Blues 6 6 5 6 6 6 Gates Of Eden AB 8 8 8 I Shall Be Released 11 15 Ballad Of A Thin Man 12 13 13 13I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 5 2 2Masters Of War AB 8 8 8 8 8 8 8It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 9 9 9 9 God Knows 10 10 10 10 Never Gonna Be The Same Again 11 11 11 Obviously Five Believers 12 12 12 12 12 12 The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 14 14 14 14Pledging My Time 5 5 Positively 4th Street 4 12 Ring Them Bells 11 I Don't Believe You 4 Lonesome Death Of Hattie CarrolAB 9 She Belongs To Me 11 11 11 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 16 15 Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) 2 2 Watching The River Flow 6 It Takes A Lot To Laugh 12 2 My Back Pages AB 14 14 Tears Of Rage 5 Desolation Row AB 8 Lenny Bruce 13 Queen Jane Approximately 4 Jokerman 5 10 Stuck Inside Of Mobile 13 10 12 To Ramona AB 9 9 9I And I 11 Born In Time 4 I'll Remember You 11 Knockin' On Heaven's Door 13 13 13 One Too Many Mornings AB 14 Every Grain Of Sand 11 You're A Big Girl Now 4Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 5In The Garden 11Total # of songs 14 14 14 14 14 14 16 14 14 14 14 14 13 15 14 May June 31 2 3 4 6 7 15 16 17 19 21 22 24 25 TotCrash On The Levee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 26I Want You 2 2 6All Along The Watchtower 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 29Just Like A Woman 4 4 4 4 11Silvio 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 23Shooting Star 5 2Mr. Tambourine Man AB 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 27Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 8 5Don't Think Twice, It's All RiAB 9 9 9 8 9Seeing The Real You At Last 10 10 10 10 9 11 10 20Man In The Long Black Coat 3Highway 61 Revisited 13 12 12 11 12 10Like A Rolling Stone 13 13 13 12 13 15 11 14It Ain't Me, Babe AB 14 14 9If Not For You 2 2 2 5Simple Twist Of Fate 4 4 5Most Likely You Go Your Way 5 3Shelter From The Storm 11 4 3Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB 9 8 4Joey 11 10 3Lay Lady Lay 3Tombstone Blues 9 7Gates Of Eden AB 8 8 7 6I Shall Be Released 15 13 4Ballad Of A Thin Man 12 12 6I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 5 2 5Masters Of War AB 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 14It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 9 9 8 7God Knows 10 10 10 9 8Never Gonna Be The Same Again 11 11 5Obviously Five Believers 12 12 12 12 11 11The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 14 14 6Pledging My Time 2 3Positively 4th Street 5 5 4 5Ring Them Bells 1I Don't Believe You 4 4 3Lonesome Death Of Hattie CarroAB 1She Belongs To Me 10 4Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 13 10Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) 2 2 4Watching The River Flow 2 2It Takes A Lot To Laugh 6 2 2 12 6My Back Pages AB 14 14 14 14 6Tears Of Rage 4 2Desolation Row AB 7 2Lenny Bruce 1Queen Jane Approximately 1Jokerman 2Stuck Inside Of Mobile 10 9 5To Ramona AB 9 8 5I And I 1Born In Time 4 2I'll Remember You 11 11 10 4Knockin' On Heaven's Door 15 13 13 11 7One Too Many Mornings AB 9 8 3Every Grain Of Sand 1You're A Big Girl Now 1Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 5 5 5 4In The Garden 1Under The Red Sky 4 1If You See Her, Say Hello 2 2 2I Believe In You 11 11 10 3Cat's In The Well 13 12 2Dignity 4 1License To Kill 4 1Visions Of Johanna AB 8 1Girl From The North Country AB 9 7 2Unbelievable 12 1Tangled Up In Blue AB 14 6 2Drifter's Escape 1 1 1 3What Good Am I? 11 10 2Mama, You Been On My Mind AB 6 1Maggie's Farm 9 1Total # of songs 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 12 12 15 15 12 13 408 Alphabetic song chart: May 10 12 13 15 17 18 19 20 22 23 25 26 27 28 30All Along The Watchtower 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Ballad Of A Thin Man 12 13 13 13Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 8 8 8 8 Born In Time 4 Cat's In The Well Crash On The Levee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Desolation Row AB 8 Don't Think Twice, It's All RigAB 9 9 9 9 9 Drifter's Escape Every Grain Of Sand 11 Gates Of Eden AB 8 8 8 Girl From The North Country AB God Knows 10 10 10 10 Highway 61 Revisited 12 12 12 12 12I And I 11 I Believe In You I Don't Believe You 4 I Shall Be Released 11 15 I Want You 2 2 2 2 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 5 2 2I'll Remember You 11 If Not For You 2 2 If You See Her, Say Hello In The Garden 11It Ain't Me, Babe AB 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 It Takes A Lot To Laugh 12 2 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 9 9 9 9 Joey 11 Jokerman 5 10 Just Like A Woman 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 5Knockin' On Heaven's Door 13 13 13 Lay Lady Lay 2 2 2 Lenny Bruce 13 License To Kill Like A Rolling Stone 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 Lonesome Death Of Hattie CarrolAB 9 Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB 9 9 Maggie's Farm Mama, You Been On My Mind AB Man In The Long Black Coat 11 2 5 Masters Of War AB 8 8 8 8 8 8 8Most Likely You Go Your Way 5 4 Mr. Tambourine Man AB 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7My Back Pages AB 14 14 Never Gonna Be The Same Again 11 11 11 Obviously Five Believers 12 12 12 12 12 12 One Too Many Mornings AB 14 Pledging My Time 5 5 Positively 4th Street 4 12 Queen Jane Approximately 4 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 16 15 Ring Them Bells 11 Seeing The Real You At Last 10 10 10 6 6 10 6 10 10 6 10 6 10Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) 2 2 She Belongs To Me 11 11 11 Shelter From The Storm 6 Shooting Star 6 Silvio 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 6Simple Twist Of Fate 4 11 4 Stuck Inside Of Mobile 13 10 12 Tangled Up In Blue AB Tears Of Rage 5 The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 14 14 14 14To Ramona AB 9 9 9Tombstone Blues 6 6 5 6 6 6 Unbelievable Under The Red Sky Visions Of Johanna AB Watching The River Flow 6 What Good Am I? You're A Big Girl Now 4Total # of songs 14 14 14 14 14 14 16 14 14 14 14 14 13 15 14 May June 31 2 3 4 6 7 15 16 17 19 21 22 24 25 TotAll Along The Watchtower 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 29Ballad Of A Thin Man 12 12 6Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 8 5Born In Time 4 2Cat's In The Well 13 12 2Crash On The Levee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 26Desolation Row AB 7 2Don't Think Twice, It's All RiAB 9 9 9 8 9Drifter's Escape 1 1 1 3Every Grain Of Sand 1Gates Of Eden AB 8 8 7 6Girl From The North Country AB 9 7 2God Knows 10 10 10 9 8Highway 61 Revisited 13 12 12 11 12 10I And I 1I Believe In You 11 11 10 3I Don't Believe You 4 4 3I Shall Be Released 15 13 4I Want You 2 2 6I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 5 2 5I'll Remember You 11 11 10 4If Not For You 2 2 2 5If You See Her, Say Hello 2 2 2In The Garden 1It Ain't Me, Babe AB 14 14 9It Takes A Lot To Laugh 6 2 2 12 6It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 9 9 8 7Joey 11 10 3Jokerman 2Just Like A Woman 4 4 4 4 11Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 5 5 5 4Knockin' On Heaven's Door 15 13 13 11 7Lay Lady Lay 3Lenny Bruce 1License To Kill 4 1Like A Rolling Stone 13 13 13 12 13 15 11 14Lonesome Death Of Hattie CarroAB 1Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB 9 8 4Maggie's Farm 9 1Mama, You Been On My Mind AB 6 1Man In The Long Black Coat 3Masters Of War AB 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 14Most Likely You Go Your Way 5 3Mr. Tambourine Man AB 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 27My Back Pages AB 14 14 14 14 6Never Gonna Be The Same Again 11 11 5Obviously Five Believers 12 12 12 12 11 11One Too Many Mornings AB 9 8 3Pledging My Time 2 3Positively 4th Street 5 5 4 5Queen Jane Approximately 1Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 13 10Ring Them Bells 1Seeing The Real You At Last 10 10 10 10 9 11 10 20Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) 2 2 4She Belongs To Me 10 4Shelter From The Storm 11 4 3Shooting Star 5 2Silvio 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 23Simple Twist Of Fate 4 4 5Stuck Inside Of Mobile 10 9 5Tangled Up In Blue AB 14 6 2Tears Of Rage 4 2The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 14 14 6To Ramona AB 9 8 5Tombstone Blues 9 7Unbelievable 12 1Under The Red Sky 4 1Visions Of Johanna AB 8 1Watching The River Flow 2 2What Good Am I? 11 10 2You're A Big Girl Now 1Total # of songs 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 12 12 15 15 12 13 408 5.5.3 Statistics ---------------- Shows: Number of shows: 29 Number of circulating shows: 29 Number of circulating & complete shows: 29 Number of unique shows: 29 (1) Number of different shows: 29 (2) Number of different songs: 73 (3) Number of unique songs: 73 (4) Number of performed songs: 408 Mean number of performed songs: 14 Variation: 5.2 (5) (1) a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order (2) a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order. (3) electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs. (4) a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed; (5) variation is computed as the ratio between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs. Songs: # of # of songs % perf. % Electric 55 75.3% 298 73.0% Acoustic 18 24.7% 110 27.0% Albums 72 98.6% 403 98.8% Singles 1 1.4% 5 1.2% Covers 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5.5.4 Comments -------------- Palm Desert 5/15: Live debut of Obviously Five Believers. Second live version of Never Gonna Be The Same Again. The only previous version is from Melbourne, Australia, February 21, 1986. Los Angeles 5/17: First live version of Pledging My Time since September 9, 1990 in Austin, Texas. Philadelphia 6/21: First Vision Of Johanna since Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 3, 1992. Philadelphia 6/22: First Drifter's Escape since November 11, 1992 at Clearwater, Florida. Guests ------- Los Angeles 5/19 Sheryl Crow guitar & shared vocal on I Shall Be Released. Washington 6/25 Jerry Garcia guitar on It Takes A Lot To Laugh & Rainy day Women. BobTalk ------- San Diego 5/10: "Thank you! We're getting out of here right now. I want to introduce the drummer. Everybody thinks he is Ice-T, but he's not! That's Winston Watson now playing drums. On steel guitar it's Bucky Baxter, he also drives the bus. On bass guitar Tony Garnier. We're gonna get out of here right now. Places to be and things to do!" (band credits before Highway 61 Revisited). Santa Barbara 5/20: "I want to say hello to my buddy Hoyt Axton, who is here tonight. He's one of the best songwriters and singers of all times. (after Love Minus Zero/No Limit). Portland 6/6: "Thank you. Guitar player over here on the right, he's from ... I'm not gonna tell you how old he is, he's from Memphis, that ought to give you some kind of clue, J.J. Jackson! Playing the drums tonight it's Winston Watson. It's cold up here, it's cold up here, my motel room was really cold, Winston called me in the middle of the night, said his shirt, eh.. his sheets had turned blue. Anyway, on the steel guitar, mandolin and a bunch of other things back there, he's a child prodigy actually former mayor of Bluefield, West Virginia, Bucky Baxter. On bass guitar, ha-ha, bass guitar tonight, Tony Garnier. I'm not gonna say nothin' about Tony except that he once tried to milk a cow with a monkey wrench. I'm not gonna tell you what sign he is either. (before Highway 61 Revisited). Philadelphia 6/21: "On the guitar tonight, I'm not gonna tell you how old he is though, he lives in Memphis, that ought to give you some clue, J.J. Jackson. On the drums Winston Watson. I thought that guy was Ice-T when I hired him. Anyway, he's so good, so I simply didn't care about it. Over on the steel guitar and a bunch of other stuff, former mayor of Bluefield, West Virginia, Bucky Baxter. He was a fine looking, fine looking young man when he joined me, and there's a lot of miles on him now. On bass guitar tonight, Bucky Baxter. I'm not gonna tell you anything about Tony either. I don't know anything about him. I know he milked a cow with a monkey wrench. Alright, we're gonna do this one and get out of here, it is in A. (before Unbelievable). Recommended shows ----------------- Los Angeles 5/19, Philadelphia 6/21, Washington 6/25. Tapes ----- There are good and complete audience tapes from all shows. The Monterey show also circulates as PA-tapes.