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Bob Dylan 1988: Interstate 88 Tour, part 1

1988 TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA

Interstate 88 Tour, part 1: Summer Tour of North America.

JUNE

7 Concord, California Concord Pavilion

9 Sacramento, California Cal Expo Amphitheatre

10 Berkeley, California Greek Theatre, University Of California

11 Mountain View, California Shoreline Amphitheatre

13 Salt Lake City, Utah Park West, Park City

15 Denver, Colorado Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre

17 St Louis, Missouri The Muny, Forest Park

18 East Troy, Wisconsin Alpine Valley Music Theatre

21 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Blossom Music Center

22 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverbend Music Center

24 Holmdel, New Jersey Garden State Performing Arts Center

25 Holmdel, New Jersey Garden State Performing Arts Center

26 Saratoga Springs, New York Saratoga Performing Arts Center

28 Canandaigua, New York Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center

30 Wantagh, New York Jones Beach Theater, Jones Beach State Park

JULY

1 Wantagh, New York Jones Beach Theater, Jones Beach State Park

2 Mansfield, Massachussetts Great Woods Performing Arts Center

3 Old Orchard Beach, Maine Old Orchard Beach Ballpark

6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Frederick Mann Music Center

8 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Forum de Montréal

9 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ottawa Civic Centre Arena

11 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Copps Coliseum

13 Charlevoix, Michigan Castle Fares Music Theatre

14 Chicago, Illinois Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates

15 Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana State Fairground Grandstand

17 Rochester, Michigan Meadowbrook Music Theatre, Oakland University

18 Rochester, Michigan Meadowbrook Music Theatre, Oakland University

20 Columbia, Maryland Marjorie Merriweather Post Pavilion

22 Nashville, Tennessee Starwood Amphitheatre

24 Atlanta, Georgia Troy G. Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheatre

25 Atlanta, Georgia Troy G. Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheatre

26 Memphis, Tennessee Mud Island Amphitheatre

28 Dallas, Texas Starplex Amphitheatre

30 Mesa, Arizona Mesa Amphitheater

31 Costa Mesa, California Pacific Amphitheatre


AUGUST

2 Los Angeles, California Greek Theatre, Hollywood



6 Carlsbad, California Sammis Pavilion, Batiquitos Lagoon

7 Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara County Bowl


9100 Concord Pavilion

Concord, California

7 June 1988

1. Subterranean Homesick Blues

2. Absolutely Sweet Marie

3. Masters Of War

4. You're A Big Girl Now

5. Gotta Serve Somebody

6. In The Garden

7. Man Of Constant Sorrow (trad. arr. by Bob Dylan)

8. Lakes Of Pontchartrain (trad.)

9. Boots Of Spanish Leather

10. Driftin' Too Far From Shore

11. Gates Of Eden

12. Like A Rolling Stone

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13. Maggie's Farm

First concert of The Never-Ending Tour. First concert of the Interstate 88 Tour, part 1: Summer Tour of North America.

First concert with the first Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G. E. Smith (guitar), Kenny Aaronson

(bass), Christopher Parker (drums).

7-9 Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G.E. Smith (guitar).

1 G.E. Smith (backup vocal)

1-6 and 10-13 Neil Young (guitar).

Notes.

1, 2, 8, 10 live debuts.

7 first live performance since 1961.

11 first electric version ever.

BobTalk:

Alright, thank you! We got Neil Young here playing tonight! (after You're A Big Girl Now)

Thank you! That's Neil Young on the guitar. Give him a hand! (after Like A Rolling Stone)

Oh, thank you people for being so nice! (before Maggie's Farm)

Stereo audience recording, 70 minutes.

Session info updated 15 October 1993.


9110 Cal Expo Amphitheatre

Sacramento, California

9 June 1988


2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

3. The Man In Me

4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

5. I Shall Be Released

6. Ballad Of A Thin Man

7. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Eric von Schmidt)

8. Two Soldiers (trad.)

9. Girl From The North Country

10. Had A Dream About You, Baby

11. Just Like A Woman

12. Maggie's Farm

Second concert of The Never-Ending Tour. Second concert of the Interstate 88 Tour, part 1: Summer Tour of North

America.

Second concert with the first Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G. E. Smith (guitar), Kenny Aaronson


7-9 Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G.E. Smith (guitar).


Notes.

8, 10 live debuts.

No encores!

10 new songs (83%) compared to previous concert. 10 new songs for this tour.




9120 Greek Theatre

University Of California

Berkeley, California

10 June 1988


2. Joey (Bob Dylan & Jacques Levy)


4. Watching The River Flow

5. Tangled Up In Blue

6. Masters Of War

7. San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)



10. The Times They Are A-Changin'

11. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

12. In The Garden

13. Gates Of Eden


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15. Rank Strangers To Me (A. Brumley)

16. Everybody's Movin' (Glen Trout)

17. Maggie's Farm

Third concert of The Never-Ending Tour. Third concert of the Interstate 88 Tour, part 1: Summer Tour of North America.

Third concert with the first Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G. E. Smith (guitar), Kenny Aaronson


7-10 and 15 Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G.E. Smith (guitar).


11 Bob Dylan (harmonica).


BobTalk:

Thank you all, you're so very kind! We've got Neil Young playing with us tonight. (after Like A Rolling Stone)

Notes

15, 16 live debuts.

7 first live performance since 1961.



Session info updated 12 June 2013.


9130 Shoreline Amphitheatre

Mountain View, California

11 June 1988


2. My Back Pages

3. I'll Remember You


5. Simple Twist Of Fate


7. Man Of Constant Sorrow (trad. arr. Bob Dylan)

8. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

9. Blowin' In The Wind

10. I Want You

11. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine

12. Shelter From The Storm

13. Maggie's Farm

⎯

14. It Ain't Me, Babe


16. In The Garden

Concert # 4 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 4 of the Interstate 88 Tour, part 1: Summer Tour of North America.

Concert # 4 with the first Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G. E. Smith (guitar), Kenny Aaronson



1, 6 G.E. Smith (backup vocal)


BobTalk:

Everything's all right? (after My Back Pages)

Thank you. I don't think that's an obscure song, do you? I got an obscure song?? I don't think so! (after I'll Remember You).

Everything's all right? Everything's OK? (before I Want You)


Stereo audience recording. 90 minutes

Session info updated 22 August 2000.


9140 Park West

Park City

Salt Lake City, Utah

13 June 1988


2. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight


4. All Along The Watchtower




8. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

9. Barbara Allen (trad.)

10. Maggie's Farm

11. Gates Of Eden

12. License To Kill


⎯







BobTalk:

OK! Everything's alright? Everything's OK? (after I'll Be Your Baby Tonight)





9150 Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre

Denver, Colorado

15 June 1988


2. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)





7. Mama, You Been On My Mind

8. Eileen Aroon (Carolin O'Daly, arr. Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem)

9. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right


11. Seeing The Real You At Last



⎯


15. Maggie's Farm





BobTalk

Everything's OK? Yeah... I guess so. (after Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again)

Notes

2 first performance since 1978.

7 first performance since 1975.

8 live debut.


Stereo PA recording, 85 minutes.

Session info updated 30 December 2020.


9160 The Muny

Forest Park

St. Louis, Missouri

17 June 1988


2. I Want You

3. The Man In Me

4. My Back Pages

5. John Brown

6. In The Garden





11. Highway 61 Revisited


13. Masters Of War



⎯



18. Nadine (Chuck Berry)





7-10 and 16-17 Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G.E. Smith (guitar).

1 G. E. Smith (backup vocal).

11 G. E. Smith (electric slide guitar).

BobTalk:

Thank you! Sometimes I feel that I should be down there. You should be up here! (after Highway 61 Revisited)

Thank you! We're gonna play this as a request tonight. Somebody asked us to play it, and we're gonna play it. (before

Nadine).


Stereo audience recording, 95 mnutes.

Session info updated 6 September 2013.


9170 Alpine Valley Music Theatre

East Troy, Wisconsin

18 June 1988



3. The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest

4. Maggie's Farm

5. Gates Of Eden



8. Ballad Of Hollis Brown







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1 G.E. Smith (backup vocal).

Notes.

3 first of three 1988 performances.

8 only 1988 performance.


Stereo audience recording, 90 minutes

Session info updated 1 February 1994.


9180 Blossom Music Center

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

21 June 1988










10. Silvio (Bob Dylan & Robert Hunter)

11. The Man In Me


⎯


14. Across The Borderline (Ry Cooder/John Hiatt/Jim Dickinson)

15. Maggie's Farm










9190 Riverbend Music Center

Cincinnati, Ohio

22 June 1988




4. My Back Pages

5. Clean-Cut Kid


7. Wild Mountain Thyme (trad.)






⎯







1, 3 G.E. Smith (backup vocal).

Note. 5 is the only 1988 performance





9200 Garden State Performing Arts Center

Holmdel, New Jersey

24 June 1988



3. Masters Of War










⎯


14. Maggie's Farm





5, 10 G.E. Smith back-up vocal.

BobTalk:

Thank you! Everythings OK? Everythings OK? (after The Times They Are A-Changin')

10 new songs (71%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.




9210 Garden State Performing Arts Center

Holmdel, New Jersey

25 June 1988


2. Gates Of Eden





7. Trail Of The Buffalo (trad. arr. Woody Guthrie)






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10, 11 G.E. Smith back-up vocal.

Note 7 first performance since 1967, since The Basement Tapes sessions.

9 new songs (64%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.




9220 Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Saratoga Springs, New York

26 June 1988



3. My Back Pages










13. Tomorrow Is A Long Time

14. Maggie's Farm

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10, 11 G.E. Smith (back-up vocal).

6 G.E. Smith (electric slide guitar).

Note: The only Tomorrow Is A Long Time during 1988!





9230 Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center

Canandaigua, New York

28 June 1988


2. I Want You



5. Maggie's Farm


7. Give My Love To Rose (Johnny Cash)


9. San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)



12. In The Garden


⎯



16. Everybody's Movin' (Glen Trout)






Note. Live debut of Give My Love To Rose.





9240 Jones Beach Theater

Jones Beach State Park

Wantagh, New York

30 June 1988


2. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues



5. Masters Of War








13. Gates Of Eden


⎯



17. Maggie's Farm






Note. First performance of Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues during Never-Ending Tour. One of only three performances 1988.

BobTalk:

How am I doing, babe? (after I Shall Be Released)


Stereo PA recording, 95 minutes.



9250 Jones Beach Theater

Jones Beach State Park

Wantagh, New York

1 July 1988












12. In The Garden


⎯



16. Maggie's Farm





3, 11 G. E. Smith (backup vocal).

BobTalk:

How am I doing, baby? (after Barbara Allen)





9260 Great Woods Performing Arts Center

Mansfield, Massachusetts

2 July 1988


2. Pretty Peggy-O (trad. arr. Bob Dylan)

3. Had A Dream About You, Baby




7. Mr. Tambourine Man

8. Love Minus Zero/No Limit





⎯


14. Maggie's Farm







Notes.

Live debut of Pretty Peggy-O.

First Never Ending Tour performances of Mr. Tambourine Man and Love Minus Zero/No Limit.


PA recording, 75 minutes.


9270 Old Orchard Beach Ballpark

Old Orchard Beach, Maine

3 July 1988






6. Masters Of War


8. To Ramona


10. Maggie's Farm



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14 G.E. Smith back-up vocal.

Note. First Never Ending Tour performance of To Ramona.





9280 Frederick Mann Music Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6 July 1988









9. To Ramona





⎯


15. Maggie's Farm






11 G.E. Smith back-up vocal.





9290 Forum de Montréal

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

8 July 1988




4. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)







11. In The Garden


⎯







1 G.E. Smith (back-up vocal).


Note. First of two live performances of Hallelujah.





9300 Ottawa Civic Centre Arena

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

9 July 1988



3. Masters Of War

4. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues





9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)




⎯


14. Maggie's Farm





1, 5, 11 G.E. Smith (back-up vocal).

Note. First Never-Ending Tour performance of It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), one of only three 1988 renditions.





9310 Copps Coliseum

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

11 July 1988








8. To Ramona





⎯



15. Maggie's Farm





1, 11 G.E. Smith (back-up vocal).

Notes

G. E. Smith plays a little bit of In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg just before the end of Maggie's Farm.



Session info updated 17 March 2014.


9320 Castle Farms Music Theatre

Charlevoix, Michigan

13 July 1988




4. I Want You









⎯


14. Maggie's Farm






1, 10, 11 G. E. Smith (backup vocal).





9330 Poplar Creek Music Theater

Hoffman Estates

Chicago, Illinois

14 July 1988





5. In The Garden


7. Song To Woody


9. To Ramona




⎯


14. Maggie's Farm







Note. First Never-Ending Tour performance of Song To Woody, in honour of the birthday of Woody Guthrie.





9340 Indiana State Fairground Grandstand

Indianapolis, Indiana

15 July 1988



3. John Brown

4. Masters Of War









⎯












9350 Meadowbrook Music Theatre

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

17 July 1988






6. Gates Of Eden







⎯


14. Maggie's Farm











9360 Meadowbrook Music Theatre

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

18 July 1988



3. Masters Of War






9. To Ramona




⎯










Session info updated 22 August 2000.


9370 Marjorie Merriweather Post Pavilion

Columbia, Maryland

20 July 1988




4. Masters Of War









⎯


14. Maggie's Farm












9380 Starwood Amphitheatre

Nashville, Tennessee

22 July 1988



3. Masters Of War








11. In The Garden


⎯









Note. False start of Maggie's Farm before All Along The Watchtower





9390 Troy G. Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheater

Atlanta, Georgia

24 July 1988



3. John Brown








11. In The Garden


⎯







7-9, 13, 14 Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G.E. Smith (guitar).





Session info updated 26 January 2011.


9400 Troy G. Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheater

Atlanta, Georgia

25 July 1988





5. Masters Of War






11. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat




⎯


16. Forever Young

17. Maggie's Farm







Note. First Never-Ending Tour appearances of Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat and Forever Young.

BobTalk:

Thank you. (after both Just Like A Woman and Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat!).



Session info updated 26 January 2011.


9410 Mud Island Amphitheatre

Memphis, Tennessee

26 July 1988





5. Masters Of War








13. In The Garden


⎯


16. Forever Young

17. Maggie's Farm







16-17 Joe Walsh (guitar).

BobTalk:

Thank you. (after Absolutely Sweet Marie).





9420 Starplex Amphitheatre

Dallas, Texas

28 July 1988


2. My Back Pages


4. Every Grain Of Sand

5. Masters Of War









⎯

14. To Ramona









Note. First Never-Ending Tour performance of Every Grain Of Sand.





9430 Mesa Amphitheater

Mesa, Arizona

30 July 1988















⎯

15. Forever Young


17. Maggie's Farm











9440 Pacific Amphitheater

Costa Mesa, California

31 July 1988



3. Masters Of War




7. Song To Woody







⎯


15. To Ramona












9450 Greek Theatre

Hollywood

Los Angeles, California

2 August 1988












12. Every Grain Of Sand


⎯

14. She Belongs To Me

15. Maggie's Farm







Note. First of three 1988 performances of She Belongs To Me.

BobTalk

Is anybody out there? Is anybody alive out there? Is anybody alive at all? (laughs) If you're alive come down front! (before

Silvio).





9460 Greek Theatre

Hollywood


3 August 1988




4. Seeing The Real You At Last

5. Gates Of Eden







12. In The Garden


⎯


15. I'm In The Mood For Love (Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh)








Note. Last electric version of Gates Of Eden during Never-Ending Tour (as of rev. date).

Bob Talk

Thank you. (after Highway 61 Revisited).





9470 Greek Theatre

Hollywood


4 August 1988


2. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

3. Masters Of War




7. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)



10. I’m Glad I Got To See You Once Again (Hank Snow)



13. In The Garden


⎯



17. Knockin' On Heaven's Door







17 Mike Peters (shared vocals), Dave Sharp (guitar) and Eddie McDonald & Nigel Twist (backing vocals).

Notes.

Second and last performance of Hallelujah (as of rev. date).

Only known performance of I’m Glad I Got To See You Once Again (as of rev. date).

First Never-Ending Tour version of Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

BobTalk

Thank you. (after You're A Big Girl Now).





9480 Sammis Pavilion

Batiquitos Lagoon

Carlsbad, California

6 August 1988



3. Masters Of War











⎯

14. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) (Robertson/Cogane/Myalls)


16. Maggie's Farm







Notes.

First acoustic version of Knockin' On Heaven's Door during Never-Ending Tour.

Only Never-Ending Tour performance of We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) (as of rev. date).

BobTalk

Thank you. (after Masters Of War).





9490 Santa Barbara County Bowl

Santa Barbara, California

7 August 1988




4. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat





9. One Too Many Mornings





⎯



16. Big River (Johnny Cash)

17. Maggie's Farm



Concert # 40 with the first G. E. Smith band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar),

G. E. Smith (guitar), Kenny Aaronson (bass), Christopher Parker (drums).



18 Mike Peters (shared vocals), Dave Sharp (guitar) and Eddie McDonald & Nigel Twist (backing vocals).

Note. First Never-Ending Tour performance of One Too Many Mornings.




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