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DAYS OF ‘49 BOB DYLAN 1990

by

Olof Björner

A SUMMARY OF RECORDING & CONCERT ACTIVITIES,

RELEASES, TAPES & BOOKS.

© 2001 by Olof Björner

All Rights Reserved.

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Days of ‘49 — Bob Dylan 1990

CONTENTS

1 A SHORT SUBJECTIVE RETROSPECTIVE.......................................................................................................... 3

2 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE ....................................................................................................................................... 3

3 CALENDAR .................................................................................................................................................................. 4

4 RECORDINGS ............................................................................................................................................................. 8

5 NEW TAPES ................................................................................................................................................................. 8

6 UNDER THE RED SKY .............................................................................................................................................. 9

7 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR: THIRD YEAR ........................................................................................................ 9

7.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 7.2 THE MUSICIANS ................................................................................................................................................... 10 7.3 THE SHOW ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 7.4 THE FASTBREAK TOUR ........................................................................................................................................ 11

7.4.1 The dates......................................................................................................................................................... 11 7.4.2 The songs ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 7.4.3 Statistics.......................................................................................................................................................... 16 7.4.4 Comments ....................................................................................................................................................... 16

7.5 SPRING TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA ...................................................................................................................... 18 7.5.1 The dates......................................................................................................................................................... 18 7.5.2 The songs ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 7.5.3 Statistics.......................................................................................................................................................... 22 7.5.4 Comments ....................................................................................................................................................... 22

7.6 SUMMER FESTIVAL TOUR OF EUROPE .................................................................................................................. 24 7.6.1 The dates......................................................................................................................................................... 24 7.6.2 The songs ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 7.6.3 Statistics.......................................................................................................................................................... 27 7.6.4 Comments ....................................................................................................................................................... 27

7.7 LATE SUMMER TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA .......................................................................................................... 29 7.7.1 The dates......................................................................................................................................................... 29 7.7.2 The songs ........................................................................................................................................................ 30 7.7.3 Statistics.......................................................................................................................................................... 38 7.7.4 Comments ....................................................................................................................................................... 38

7.8 1990 US FALL TOUR ............................................................................................................................................ 40 7.8.1 The dates......................................................................................................................................................... 40 7.8.2 The songs ........................................................................................................................................................ 41 7.8.3 Statistics.......................................................................................................................................................... 49 7.8.4 Comments ....................................................................................................................................................... 49

7.9 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................ 51 7.9.1 Show statistics ................................................................................................................................................ 51 7.9.2 Album statistics ............................................................................................................................................... 52 7.9.3 Song statistics ................................................................................................................................................. 53

8 SONGS 1990 ................................................................................................................................................................ 58

9 SOURCES ................................................................................................................................................................... 58

10 SUGGESTED READINGS ........................................................................................................................................ 59

10.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................... 59 10.2 ARTICLE COMPILATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 59 10.3 ARTICLES ............................................................................................................................................................. 59

11 APPENDIX: SET-LISTS ........................................................................................................................................... 60

Days of ‘49 — Bob Dylan 1990 page 3

1 A SHORT SUBJECTIVE RETROSPECTIVE

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!

2 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE


3 CALENDAR

Early January Under The Red Sky recording sessions in Los Angeles with Stevie Ray

Vaughan results in four songs.

12 January 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.

14 January 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 very hard to

believe at the time.

15 January 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.

18 January 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.

25 January Sambodromo, Rio de Janero, Brazil. Five songs from this show are

broadcast on Brazilian TV.

29 January Release of single Political World/Ring Them Bells.

29 January A four night residence starts at the Rex Theater, Paris, France.

30 January 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 John Cougar Mellencamp during the fall Political World video

sessions.

30 January 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.

1 February Dylan and Leonard Cohen meet in a café in the 14th

Arrondissment. When

talking about songwriting, Dylan claims to have written I And I in 15

minutes!

3-8 February Six nights at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England concludes this part

of the Never-Ending Tour, appropriately called "The Fastbreak Tour".

24 February 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).

1 March Bob Dylan makes another surprise appearance at a Tom Petty concert at The

Forum in Los Angeles.

2 March According to Edna Gundersen in USA Today, Oh Mercy now nears 1

million sold copies worldwide.

8 March Rolling Stone Magazine devotes a full page to give a positive review of

Dylan's club date at Toad's.

16 March Backed by David Lindley 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.

March – April Under The Red Sky recording sessions in Los Angeles.

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 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.

27 May 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 entire band is on stage for the whole show. The set contains an

acoustic version of Desolation Row. Last but not least, Dylan starts talking

between songs again, first time since 1986 really!

11 June Release of Nobody's Child single.

19 June 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.

24 June Shooting of the Unbelievable promo video in the Mojave desert with Molly

Ringwald and Sally Kirkland.

27 June 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.

26 July Release of the Romanian Angel Appeal album including Traveling

Wilbury's Nobody's Child.

Summer Michael Bolton and Dylan write Steel Bars in Malibu.


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!

12 August 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.

23 August The Zimmerman house in Hibbing, Minnesota is sold to anonymous party

for an undisclosed amount.

27 August 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!

11 September Release of Under The Red Sky.

12 September Late Summer Tour ends with a show in Mesa, Arizona. At this time Dylan's

guitar technician César 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.

14 September 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.

Release of Unbelievable/10,000 Men single.

Release of CD-single with Unbelievable, 10,000 Men, with In The

Summertime and Jokerman, the last two in 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.

8-10 October 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.

11 October 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 César 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.

12 October 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.

13 October 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.

15-19 October 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 César 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.

25 October 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!

30 October Release of Traveling Wilburys Vol. III.

7 November Edna Gundersen from USA Today again manages to interview Dylan, this

time about the Wilbury's new album.

18 November 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".


4 RECORDINGS Here’s a list of recordings from 1990 other than concerts. For details please refer to the

corresponding session pages in Still On The Road.

Early January First Under The Red Sky Sessions

24 February Roy Orbison Tribute

1 March Guest appearance at a Tom Petty concert

16 March Shooting of Most Of The Time promo video

March–April Second Under The Red Sky Sessions

April The Traveling Wilburys Sessions

5 NEW TAPES

Below is a list of new "old" tapes that surfaced during 1990:

20 January 1973 Mexico City 60 minute session tape featuring the long rumoured song

Goodbye Holly, and two new versions of Billy.

30 January 1974 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 September 1978 New Haven A new more complete soundcheck tape containing Thisaway,

Thataway and an unidentified song.

10 November 1981 New Orleans “The Lanois PA-tape” contains the show at the Saenger

Performing Arts Center with 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 July 1984 Paris A new PA version including a complete version of Every Grain

Of Sand.

July 1984 Paris, London The so called "Real Live Outtakes", mixed at Slane. PA tracks

from the last part of the 1984 tour.

24 July 1984 One track, 'Honey Wait', from an unidentified session with Al

Green.

10 or 11 July 1985 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 From The North Country and Blowin' In The

Wind by Bob, Ron & Keith. At one time Dylan even starts

playing Trouble!

19 October 1988 New York City First 90 minutes of the last of the four glorious Radio City Music

Hall concerts in great PA-quality.


6 UNDER THE RED SKY

Please refer to the Still On The Road session pages above for session details and participating

musicians.

Att but one of the songs on Under The Red Sky have been performed live:

Song Debut

Wiggle Wiggle New Haven 12 January 1990

Under The Red Sky Brookville 11 October 1990

Unbelievable Ottawa 22 August 1992

Born In Time Belfast 25 February 1993

T.V. Talkin' Song Brookville 11 October 1990

10,000 Men South Kingston 12 November 2000

2 x 2 Correggio 5 July 1992

God Knows Zurich 28 January 1991

Handy Dandy —

Cat's In The Well Perth 18 March 1992

7 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR: THIRD YEAR

7.1 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 on 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

César 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. César 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 César Diaz, neither playing lead guitar!

The structure of the shows stayed the same till the end of the fall tour.

7.2 The Musicians

Fastbreak

tour

Summer

tour

European

tour

Late

summer

tour

US Fall

tour

G.E. Smith (guitar, backup vocal) X X X X X

Tony Garnier (bass) X X X X X

Christopher Parker (drums) X X X X X

Steve Bruton (guitar) X X

John Staehely (guitar) X X

Miles Joseph (guitar) X

Steve Ripley (guitar) X

César Diaz (guitar) X X

7.3 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.

7.4 The Fastbreak Tour

7.4.1 The dates

JANUARY

12 New Haven, Connecticut Toad's Place

14 Penn State, Pennsylvania Recreation Hall, State College

15 Princeton, New Jersey McCarter Theater, Princeton University

18 Sao Paolo, Brazil Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo

25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sambodromo

29 Paris, France Le Grand Rex



FEBRUARY

1 Paris, France LeGrand Rex

3 London, England Hammersmith Odeon






All shows are stereo audience recordings.


7.4.2 The songs

AC acoustic with G.E. Smith

AE starts acoustic, ends electric

SONG CHART January February

12 14 15 18 25 29 30 31 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Σ

Walk A Mile In My Shoes 1 1

One More Cup Of Coffee 2 3 2 3

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 3 15 21 21 22 21 7 20 8

Trouble No More 4 1

I've Been All Around This World 5 14 20 23 6

Political World 6 2 10 3 17 14 14 5 3 4 4 6 6 6 7 19

Where Teardrops Fall 7 5 6 17 6

Tears Of Rage 8 5 2

I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 9 1

It Takes A Lot To Laugh 10 9 8 12 15 16 15 16 8

Everybody's Movin' 11 1

Watching The River Flow 12 1 1 3

What Was It You Wanted 13 4 10 7 4 6 6 8 8 9

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 14 1

Lenny Bruce 15 19 14 3

I Believe In You 16 12 5 3

Man Of Peace 17 15 2

Across The Borderline 18 11 2

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 19 8 7 7 5 5

All Along The Watchtower 20 13 18 5 3 3 4 11 7 8 8 3 3 9 14

Tight Connection To My Heart 21 8 17 17 16 16 3 7 15 9

Political World 22 -

What Good Am I? 23 11 15 14 4

Wiggle Wiggle 24 15 2

Stuck Inside Of Mobile 25 4 4 3 6 1 1 4 5 7 10

Pay The Price 26 1

Help Me Make It Through The Night 27 1

Man In The Long Black Coat 28 17 15 16 16 17 2 7

Congratulations 29 1

Dancing In The Dark 30 1

Lonesome Whistle Blues 31 1 2

Confidential 32 1

In The Garden 33 18 18 15 17 16 6

Everything Is Broken 34 16 7 8 15 17 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 13

So Long, Good Luck And Goodbye 35 1

Where Teardrops Fall 36 -


Pretty Peggy-O 38 12 2 3

I'll Remember You 39 14 16 3

Key To The Highway 40 1

Joey 41 1

Lay Lady Lay 42 16 2 2 12 13 6

I Don't Believe You 43 2 2

When Did You Leave Heaven? 44 1

Maggie's Farm 45 19 10 3 18 20 18 19 8

I've Been All Around This World 46 -

In The Pines 47 1

Highway 61 Revisited 48 9 5 5 7 20 20 20 24 9

Precious Memories 49 1

Like A Rolling Stone 50 20 21 19 19 19 20 16 17 18 19 17 18 18 21 15

You Angel You 6 8 2

Ballad Of A Thin Man 7 7 2 4 4

Gotta Serve Somebody 10 11 2

Knockin' On Heaven's Door 21 20 2


January February

12 14 15 18 25 29 30 31 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Σ

It Ain't Me, Babe AC 2 11 10 18 19 22 6

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AC 3 8 9 10 4

Gates Of Eden AC 4 8 10 12 10 5

Lakes Of Pontchartrain AC 5 1

Forever Young AE 6 20 20 21 19 12 6

Positively 4th Street 8 3 2

Simple Twist Of Fate 13 17 17 3

Most Of The Time 14 2 2

Seeing The Real You At Last 16 7 7 13 15 18 6

Most Likely You Go Your Way 1 1 1 3

Forever Young 2 1

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 4 4 2

I Want You 6 2 6 3

Just Like A Woman 9 13 2 15 4

Mr. Tambourine Man AC 12 11 10 17 19 20 11 13 8

Blowin' In The Wind AC 13 14 9 3

Don't Think Twice AC 14 12 9 3

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall AC 15 9 11 3

I Shall Be Released 18 18 19 5 17 5

Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 1 1 3

You're A Big Girl Now 6 6 16 5 15 5

Ballad Of Hollis Brown 9 2 3 3

One Too Many Mornings AC 12 11 12 3

Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AC 13 11 11 11 4

Love Minus Zero/No Limit AC 9 9 2

Man Gave Names To All The Animals 16 1

The Times They Are A-Changin' AC 9 8 2

It's Alright, Ma 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

Girl From The North Country AC 10 11 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

Knockin' On Heaven's Door AE 13 1

Dark As A Dungeon AC 19 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 14 1

Every Grain Of Sand 19 1

Total # of songs 50 21 21 20 21 21 22 18 20 20 21 19 20 20 24 338


ALPHABETICAL SONG CHART January February

12 14 15 18 25 29 30 31 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Σ

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall AC 15 9 11 3


Across The Borderline 18 11 2

All Along The Watchtower 20 13 18 5 3 3 4 11 7 8 8 3 3 9 14


Ballad Of Hollis Brown 9 2 3 3

Barbara Allen AC 18 1

Blowin' In The Wind AC 13 14 9 3

Boots Of Spanish Leather AC 12 10 10 3

Confidential 32 1

Congratulations 29 1

Dancing In The Dark 30 1

Dark As A Dungeon AC 19 1


Don't Think Twice AC 14 12 9 3

Every Grain Of Sand 19 1

Everybody's Movin' 11 1

Everything Is Broken 34 16 7 8 15 17 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 13

Forever Young AE 6 20 20 21 19 12 6

Forever Young 2 1

Gates Of Eden AC 4 8 10 12 10 5

Girl From The North Country AC 10 11 2

Gotta Serve Somebody 10 11 2

Help Me Make It Through The Night 27 1

Highway 61 Revisited 48 9 5 5 7 20 20 20 24 9


I Don't Believe You 43 2 2

I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 9 1

I Shall Be Released 18 18 19 5 17 5

I Want You 6 2 6 3

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 4 4 2

I'll Remember You 39 14 16 3

In The Garden 33 18 18 15 17 16 6

In The Pines 47 1

It Ain't Me, Babe AC 2 11 10 18 19 22 6

It Takes A Lot To Laugh 10 9 8 12 15 16 15 16 8

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AC 3 8 9 10 4

It's Alright, Ma AC 10 10 2

I've Been All Around This World 5 14 20 23 6

I've Been All Around This World 46 -

Joey 41 1

John Brown 4 5 2

Just Like A Woman 9 13 2 15 4

Key To The Highway 40 1

Knockin' On Heaven's Door 21 20 2

Knockin' On Heaven's Door AE 13 1

Lakes Of Pontchartrain AC 5 1

Lay Lady Lay 42 16 2 2 12 13 6

Lenny Bruce 15 19 14 3

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 19 8 7 7 5 5

Like A Rolling Stone 50 20 21 19 19 19 20 16 17 18 19 17 18 18 21 15

Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AC 13 11 11 11 4

Lonesome Whistle Blues 31 1 2

Love Minus Zero/No Limit AC 9 9 2

Maggie's Farm 45 19 10 3 18 20 18 19 8

Mama, You Been On My Mind AC 9 9 2

Man Gave Names To All The Animals 16 1


Man Of Constant Sorrow AC 12 1

Man Of Peace 17 15 2


January February

12 14 15 18 25 29 30 31 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Σ

Masters Of War 18 4 2

Most Likely You Go Your Way 1 1 1 3

Most Of The Time 14 2 2

Mr. Tambourine Man AC 12 11 10 17 19 20 11 13 8

My Back Pages 3 1

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 14 1

One More Cup Of Coffee 2 3 2 3

One Too Many Mornings AC 12 11 12 3

Pay The Price 26 1

Pledging My Time 5 1

Political World 6 2 10 3 17 14 14 5 3 4 4 6 6 6 7 19



Positively 4th Street 8 3 2

Precious Memories 49 1

Pretty Peggy-O 38 12 2 3


Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 3 15 21 21 22 21 7 20 8

Seeing The Real You At Last 16 7 7 13 15 18 6

She Belongs To Me AC 12 1

Shelter From The Storm 6 1


So Long, Good Luck And Goodbye 35 1

Song To Woody AC 12 1

Stuck Inside Of Mobile 25 4 4 3 6 1 1 4 5 7 10

Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 1 1 3

Tears Of Rage 8 5 2

Tight Connection To My Heart 21 8 17 17 16 16 3 7 15 9

The Times They Are A-Changin' AC 9 8 2

To Be Alone With You 1 1 2

To Ramona AC 11 1

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You 13 1

Trouble No More 4 1

Walk A Mile In My Shoes 1 1

Watching The River Flow 12 1 1 3

What Good Am I? 23 11 15 14 4

What Was It You Wanted 13 4 10 7 4 6 6 8 8 9

When Did You Leave Heaven? 44 1

Where Teardrops Fall 7 5 6 17 6

Where Teardrops Fall 36 -

Wiggle Wiggle 24 15 2

Visions Of Johanna AC 8 1

You Angel You 6 8 2

You're A Big Girl Now 6 6 16 5 15 5

Total # of songs 50 21 21 20 21 21 22 18 20 20 21 19 20 20 24 338


7.4.3 Statistics

Number of shows: 15

Number of circulating shows: 15

Number of circulating & complete shows: 15

Number of unique shows 1: 15

Number of different shows 2: 15

Number of different songs 3: 101

Number of unique songs 4: 101

Number of performed songs: 338

Mean number of performed songs: 22

Variation 5: 4.6

# of # of

songs % perf. %

Electric 75 75.0 271 80.2

Acoustic 25 25.0 67 19.8

pure 23 23.0 60 17.8

ac → el 2 2.0 7 17.8

Albums 80 80.0 310 91.7

Singles 1 1.0 2 0.6

Outtakes 1 1.0 2 0.6

Covers 18 18.0 24 7.1

7.4.4 Comments

Recommended shows

Paris 31 January, London 6 and 8 February.

Songs

Dancing In The Dark - the Boss hit from 1984 causing Brooces from the audience at Toad's

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 Babe 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 - a new Dylan song? Yes!

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 quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs.


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.


7.5 Spring Tour of North America

7.5.1 The dates

MAY

29 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Sporting Uditorium, University Of Montreal

30 Kingston, Ontario, Canada Community Memorial Arena, Kingston Memorial Centre

JUNE

1 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ottawa National Arts Center Opera

2 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ottawa National Arts Center Opera

4 London, Ontario, Canada Alumni Hall, University of Western Ontario

5 Toronto, Ontario, Canada O'Keefe Centre For The Performing Arts



9 East Troy, Wisconsin Alpine Valley Music Theater

10 Davenport, Iowa Adler Theater

12 La Crosse, Wisconsin Civic Center

13 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls Arena, Municipal Auditorium

14 Fargo, North Dakota Civic Center

15 Bismarck, North Dakota Civic Center

17 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Centennial Centre Concert Hall

18 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Centennial Centre Concert Hall


7.5.2 The songs

AB = acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

May June

29 30 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 Σ

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

The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 6 18 18 3

Desolation Row AB 7 8 8 11 11 9 10 7

Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AB 8 9 9 12 11 10 6

Girl From The North Country AB 9 17 8 10 9 5

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 Way 1 1 1 1 1 1 6

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/No Limit 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 AB 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


In The Garden 13 18 16 17 4

Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 1 1 1 4

Tight Connection To My Heart 4 4 2

It Ain't Me, Babe AB 7 20 19 12 12 5

Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 11 12 10 10 11 9 6

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, It's All Right AB 9 11 8 9 4

Tomorrow Is A Long Time AB 7 1

John Brown AB 10 9 9 10 4

Barbara Allen AB 17 1

Early Morning Rain 2 1

I've Been All Around This World AB 10 17 2

What Was It You Wanted 14 12 14 13 13 14 6

One More Night 15 1

I Believe In You 4 2 2

Shooting Star 15 14 14 15 14 5

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 9 8 11 8 8 5

To Be Alone With You 1 1

Political World 13 13 2


May June

29 30 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 Σ


Total # of songs 19 20 16 19 18 19 21 18 20 19 19 20 20 20 19 18 305


ALPHABETICAL SONG CHART

May June

29 30 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 Σ

Absolutely Sweet Marie 1 1 1 1 1 5

All Along The Watchtower 12 16 13 14 14 16 14 16 15 15 16 16 15 15 14 15

Ballad Of A Thin Man 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 7

Ballad Of Hollis Brown AB 10 7 9 3

Barbara Allen AB 17 1


Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 11 12 10 10 11 9 6

Desolation Row AB 7 8 8 11 11 9 10 7


Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 9 11 8 9 4

Early Morning Rain 2 1

Everything Is Broken 11 14 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 13 13 12 13 12 15


Girl From The North Country AB 9 17 8 10 9 5

Gotta Serve Somebody 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 15

Highway 61 Revisited 5 20 16 19 18 19 21 20 19 19 20 20 19 18 14

I Believe In You 4 2 2

I Shall Be Released 16 15 15 15 15 17 16 17 17 16 16 15 12

I'll Remember You 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 7

In The Garden 13 18 16 17 4

It Ain't Me, Babe AB 7 20 19 12 12 5

It Takes A Lot To Laugh 10 1


It's Alright, Ma AB 8 8 10 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 13

I've Been All Around This World AB 10 17 2

John Brown AB 10 9 9 10 4

Just Like A Woman 4 4 14 3

Lay Lady Lay 2 2 2

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 15 1

Like A Rolling Stone 17 18 14 17 16 16 19 16 18 17 17 18 18 18 17 16 16

Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AB 8 9 9 12 11 10 6

Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB 7 7 8 8 8 8 6


Masters Of War 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 15

Most Likely You Go Your Way 1 1 1 1 1 1 6

Mr. Tambourine Man AB 18 12 15 11 10 10 11 11 12 9

No More One More Time 14 14 2

One More Night 15 1

One Too Many Mornings AB 11 10 11 9 4



She Belongs To Me AB 9 9 2

Shooting Star 15 14 14 15 14 5

Simple Twist Of Fate 15 16 13 13 4 5

Stuck Inside Of Mobile 19 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 16

Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 1 1 1 4

Tears Of Rage 4 4 4 4 4

Tight Connection To My Heart 4 4 2

The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 6 18 18 3


To Ramona AB 10 1

Tomorrow Is A Long Time AB 7 1

What Good Am I? 13 17 14 17 13 15 6

What Was It You Wanted 14 12 14 13 13 14 6

Where Teardrops Fall 13 1

You're A Big Girl Now 4 5 4 4 4

Total # of songs 19 20 16 19 18 19 21 18 20 19 19 20 20 20 19 18 305


7.5.3 Statistics

Number of shows: 16



Number of unique shows 6: 16

Number of different shows 7: 16

Number of different songs 8: 56

Number of unique songs 9: 56



Variation 10

: 2.9

# of # of

songs % perf. %

Electric 35 62.5 205 67.2

Acoustic w band 21 37.5 100 32.8

Albums 52 92.9 296 97.0

Singles


Covers 3 5.4 5 1.6

7.5.4 Comments

Guest appearances

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.

Recommended shows

Montreal 29 May, La Crosse 12 June, Bismarck 15 June.

6 a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order. Cuyahoga Falls, July 9 and Harrisburg, July

11 are identical! 7 a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order.

8 electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs.

9 a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed.

10 variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs.


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.

Selected BobTalk

Somebody told me this is Groucho Marx's birthday ... This is for you Groucho wherever you are.

(before Highway 61 Revisited in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 29 May 1990).

Well, here's another song where the harmonica is played at the end. There used to be a bunch of

girls that sang with me. Instead of the harmonica. They decided that we tried to play the harmonica

for a while and they stayed home! Anyway, there was an article written in the paper about me

saying that the girls should come back and the harmonica should go! (booing from the audience)

Well, nobody showed me that, but they sure told me about it though. Anyway, the girls might be

back next time, ... but I should be able to play harmonica on this one, right? (YEEAAAH!) (before

Boots Of Spanish Leather in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2 June 1990).

There are empty seats down here if you want to get up close. ...Yeah, they're comin' up now, they're

comin' up now! (before One Too Many Mornings in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 5 June 1990).

Thank you! This is my version of a Leonard Cohen song called Suzanne. (before What Was It You

Wanted in East Troy, Wisconsin, 9 June 1990).

Thank you! Nice to be here in Winnipeg! Winnipeg's got to be an incredible city. Any place Neil

Young grew up in has got to be an incredible place. (after Tears Of Rage in Winnipeg, Manitoba,

Canada, 17 June 1990).

For more BobTalk please consult the session pages for this tour.


7.6 Summer Festival Tour of Europe

7.6.1 The dates

JUNE

27 Reykjavik, Iceland Laugardalshöll

29 Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde Rock Festival, Dyrskuepladsen

30 Kalvøya, Sandvika, Norway Kalvøya-Festivalen

JULY

1 Turku, Finland Ruisrock, Ruissalon Kansanpuisto

3 Hamburg, Germany Stadtpark

5 Berlin, Germany Internationales Congress Centrum

7 Torhout, Belgium Torhout-Werchter Rock Festival

8 Werchter, Belgium Torhout-Werchter Rock Festival

9 Montreux, Switzerland Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino de Montreuz


7.6.2 The songs


SONG CHART

June July

27 29 30 1 3 5 7 8 9 Σ

Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 1 2


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


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 9 7 8 7

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


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


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




Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 10 1

In The Garden 16 1

Most Likely You Go Your Way 1 1

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AB 10 1

No More One More Time 13 1

Old Rock & Roller 15 1

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 3 1

Shelter From The Storm 4 3 3 3

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

Total # of songs 19 19 19 19 20 19 15 15 19 164



June July

27 29 30 1 3 5 7 8 9 Σ

Absolutely Sweet Marie 1 1 2

Across The Borderline 12 1

All Along The Watchtower 14 15 15 15 16 15 15 7





Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 11 10 10 11 9 7 8 7

Everything Is Broken 12 12 10 13 4

Gates Of Eden AB 10 8 8 9 4


Gotta Serve Somebody 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 9


Highway 61 Revisited 19 19 20 19 15 15 19 7


I Shall Be Released 16 16 16 17 16 12 12 16 8

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 3 1

I'll Remember You 4 1

In The Garden 16 1

It Ain't Me, Babe AB 11 11 11 3



It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) AB 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 9


Lay Lady Lay 2 1

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 12 12 12 3

Let's Learn To Live And Love Again 14 1


The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AB 10 1



Masters Of War 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 9


Mr. Tambourine Man AB 11 9 11 9 9 10 6

No More One More Time 13 1

Old Rock & Roller 15 1


Political World 13 13 13 13 14 13 6



Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 12 10 2

Shelter From The Storm 4 3 3 3

Shooting Star 15 14 14 14 4

Silvio 1 1 2



Stuck Inside Of Mobile 3 3 3 3 3 3 6

Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 1 2


You're A Big Girl Now 2 1

Total # of songs 19 19 19 19 20 19 15 15 19 164


7.6.3 Statistics

Number of shows: 9



Number of unique shows 11

: 9

Number of different shows 12

: 9

Number of different songs 13

: 49

Number of unique songs 14

: 49



Variation 15

: 2.7

# of # of

songs % perf. %

Electric 35 70.0 112 68.3

Acoustic w band 15 30.0 52 31.7

Albums 45 90.0 159 97.0

Singles 1 2.0 1 0.6

Outtakes

Covers 4 8.0 4 2.4

7.6.4 Comments

Recommended shows

Hamburg 3 July and Montreux 9 July.

Guests

Flaco Jiménez from the Ry Cooder band plays accordion on Across the Borderline at the Montreux

Jazz Festival show.

Selected BobTalk

Wouldn't be so bad to die by guillotine, lots of worse ways to go... (after It's Alright, Ma in

Sandvika, Norway, 30 June 1990).

Thank you!! Danke Schön! A lot of people in America, they're concerned about Germany reuniting,

but when you think about it, why should they ever been disunited, really? A lot of people, they don't

know that Hitler wasn't German anyway! (before Gotta Serve Somebody in Hamburg, Germany, 3

July 1990).

11

a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order. 12

a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order. 13

electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs. 14

a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed. 15

variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs.


In case you're wondering what happens to people like me, here's a song that's gonna tell you about

it. (before Old Rock & Roller in Hamburg, Germany, 3 July 1990).



7.7 Late Summer Tour of North America

7.7.1 The dates

AUGUST

12 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Jubilee Auditorium

13 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Jubilee Auditorium

15 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Centennial Hall

16 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Centennial Hall

18 George, Washington Champs de Brionne Music Theater

19 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Memorial Arena

20 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Pacific Coliseum

21 Portland, Oregon Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

24 Pueblo, Colorado Colorado State Fair Grandstand

26 Des Moines, Iowa State Fair Grandstand

27 Merrillville, Indiana Star Theatre

28 Merrillville, Indiana Star Theatre

29 Falcon Heights, Minnesota Minnesota State Fair

31 Lincoln, Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Arena, State Fair Park

SEPTEMBER

1 Lampe, Missouri Swiss Villa Amphitheater

2 Hannibal, Missouri Riverfront Theater

4 Tulsa, Oklahoma Riverpark Amphitheater

5 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Civic Center

6 Dallas, Texas Fair Park Music Hall

8 San Antonio, Texas Sunken Garden Theater

9 Austin, Texas Palmer Auditorium

11 Santa Fé, New Mexico Paola Solerli Amphitheater

12 Mesa, Arizona Mesa Amphitheater


7.7.2 The songs


SONG CHART

August

12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 24 26 27 28 29 31

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


Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 10 10 7 9 8 8 8 10 9

Everything Is Broken 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 11 11



In The Garden 14 15

Like A Rolling Stone 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 17 16 16 16 16

Blowin' In The Wind AB 16 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 18 17 17 17

All Along The Watchtower 17 14 18 13 13 14 14 12 13 12 14 3 14 13

No More One More Time 3

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) AB 7 7 10 9 7 9

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 8 11 8 7

Mr. Tambourine Man AB 10 9 10 7 9 10

Queen Jane Approximately 12

I Shall Be Released 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 16 15 15 15

Highway 61 Revisited 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 19 18 18 18 18

Simple Twist Of Fate 2 3 15

Early Morning Rain 3

Girl From The North Country AB 8 10 8

Desolation Row AB 9 9 9 7

Tears Of Rage 12 5

Lay Lady Lay 2 4

Ballad Of A Thin Man 3 3 5


I Believe In You 12 12 13 13 2

What Good Am I? 14 14 14

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay 3

Man Of Constant Sorrow AB 7 7 7

Shooting Star 14 15 14 14


Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 11

Subterranean Homesick Blues 1

I Want You 2 3 2

You're A Big Girl Now 3

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 5

John Brown AB 7 8

Song To Woody AB 8 7 10

Lakes Of Pontchartrain AB 9

It Ain't Me, Babe AB 10 10 10

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 11 11 11 11 11

I'll Remember You 13 2 13

Silvio 1 4 2 3


Let's Learn To Live And Love Again 15

Man Of Peace 6 6

Moon River 12

Friend Of The Devil 13 12

To Be Alone With You 1


August

12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 24 26 27 28 29 31

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AB 10

I've Been All Around This World 12 12

Stand By Me 14

Barbara Allen AC 17

Marine Hymn IN 1 1

The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 8

Joey 13

Tangled Up In Blue 2

Total # of songs 17 18 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 19 18 18 18 18


SONG CHART continued September

1 2 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 Σ

Maggie's Farm 19 16 11

Shelter From The Storm 6

Stuck Inside Of Mobile 4 13 12

Nowhere Man 1

Masters Of War 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 2 22

Gotta Serve Somebody 7 7 7 7 16

Ballad Of Hollis Brown AB 2



Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 11 11 11

Everything Is Broken 12 10

Political World 3

It Takes A Lot To Laugh 3

In The Garden 14 16 4



All Along The Watchtower 14 4 14 14 14 14 14 14 22


It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) AB 8 8 8 8 10

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 7 8 6

Mr. Tambourine Man AB 10 11 10 10 10


I Shall Be Released 16 15 14 16 16 16 17

Highway 61 Revisited 18 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 20





Tears Of Rage 13 3

Lay Lady Lay 2


One Too Many Mornings AB 11 9 4




Man Of Constant Sorrow AB 7 4

Shooting Star 15 16 6

Positively 4th Street 2

Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 10 11 3


I Want You 3 4 6 6



John Brown AB 8 3




Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 12 11 12 12 12 10


Silvio 4 13 2 2 2 12 10

Just Like A Woman 6 15 4


Man Of Peace 6 6 7 7 7 7

Moon River 1

Friend Of The Devil 15 4 4



I've Been All Around This World 2

Stand By Me 1


September

1 2 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 Σ

Barbara Allen AC 1

Marine Hymn IN 1 1 1 1 1 7

The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 17 2

Joey 1

Tangled Up In Blue 2 2 2 4



Tomorrow Is A Long Time 2 3 3 3

Trail Of The Buffalo AB 8 9 9 9 4

Mama, You Been On My Mind AB 9 1

Pledging My Time 11 12 2



Every Grain Of Sand 12 13 13 13 13 5

Ol' Mac Donald IN 1 1 2

Willing 4 4 4 15 4

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 15 1


Watching The River Flow 5 1

Total # of songs 19 18 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 421



August

12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 24 26 27 28 29 31

Absolutely Sweet Marie

All Along The Watchtower 17 14 18 13 13 14 14 12 13 12 14 3 14 13


Ballad Of Hollis Brown AB 7 7

Barbara Allen AC 17

Blowin' In The Wind AB 16 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 18 17 17 17

Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 11


Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 10 10 7 9 8 8 8 10 9


Every Grain Of Sand

Everything Is Broken 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 11 11

Friend Of The Devil 13 12


Girl From The North Country AB 8 10 8

Gotta Serve Somebody 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall AB

Highway 61 Revisited 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 19 18 18 18 18

I Believe In You 12 12 13 13 2

I Shall Be Released 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 16 15 15 15

I Want You 2 3 2



In The Garden 14 15




It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) AB 7 7 10 9 7 9

I've Been All Around This World 12 12

Joey 13

John Brown AB 7 8


Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues


Lay Lady Lay 2 4


Like A Rolling Stone 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 17 16 16 16 16


Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB

Maggie's Farm 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Mama, You Been On My Mind AB

Man In The Long Black Coat

Man Of Constant Sorrow AB 7 7 7

Man Of Peace 6 6

Marine Hymn IN 1 1

Masters Of War 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 3 4

Moon River 12

Most Likely You Go Your Way



Nowhere Man 4

Ol' Mac Donald IN


Pledging My Time




Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 11 11 11 11 11

Shelter From The Storm 2 2 2 2 2 3

Shooting Star 14 15 14 14


August

12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 24 26 27 28 29 31

Silvio 1 4 2 3



Song To Woody AB 8 7 10

Stand By Me 14

Stuck Inside Of Mobile 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5


Tangled Up In Blue 2

Tears Of Rage 12 5

The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 8



Tomorrow Is A Long Time

Trail Of The Buffalo AB

Watching The River Flow


Willing


Total # of songs 17 18 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 19 18 18 18 18


ALPHABETICAL SONG CHART – continued September

1 2 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 Σ


All Along The Watchtower 14 4 14 14 14 14 14 14 22


Ballad Of Hollis Brown AB 2

Barbara Allen AC 1


Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 10 11 3


Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 11 11 11


Every Grain Of Sand 12 13 13 13 13 5

Everything Is Broken 12 10

Friend Of The Devil 15 4 4



Gotta Serve Somebody 7 7 7 7 16


Highway 61 Revisited 18 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 20


I Shall Be Released 16 15 14 16 16 16 17

I Want You 3 4 6 6



In The Garden 14 16 4


It Takes A Lot To Laugh 3

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 7 8 6

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) AB 8 8 8 8 10

I've Been All Around This World 2

Joey 1

John Brown AB 8 3

Just Like A Woman 6 15 4

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 15 1


Lay Lady Lay 2





Maggie's Farm 19 16 11

Mama, You Been On My Mind AB 9 1


Man Of Constant Sorrow AB 7 4

Man Of Peace 6 6 7 7 7 7

Marine Hymn IN 1 1 1 1 1 7

Masters Of War 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 2 22

Moon River 1


Mr. Tambourine Man AB 10 11 10 10 10


Nowhere Man 1

Ol' Mac Donald IN 1 1 2

One Too Many Mornings AB 11 9 4

Pledging My Time 11 12 2

Political World 3

Positively 4th Street 2


Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 12 11 12 12 12 10

Shelter From The Storm 6

Shooting Star 15 16 6


September

1 2 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 Σ

Silvio 4 13 2 2 2 12 10




Stand By Me 1




Tears Of Rage 13 3

The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 17 2



Tomorrow Is A Long Time 2 3 3 3

Trail Of The Buffalo AB 8 9 9 9 4



Willing 4 4 4 15 4


Total # of songs 19 18 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 421


7.7.3 Statistics

Number of shows: 23



Number of unique shows 16

: 23

Number of different shows 17

: 23

Number of different songs 18

: 78

Number of unique songs 19

: 78



Variation 20

: 4.3

# of # of

songs % perf. %

Electric 54 69.2 304 72.2

– instrumental 2 2.6 9 2.1

Acoustic 24 30.8 117 27.8

– solo 1 1.3 1 0.2

– w band 23 29.5 116 27.6

Albums 58 74.4 378 89.8

Singles 1 1.3 2 0.5


Covers 17 21.8 37 8.8

7.7.4 Comments

Recommended shows

Des Moines 26 August and Merrillville 27 & 28 August.

Auditioning guitarists

John Staehely 12-18 August

Steve Bruton 19-29 August

Miles Joseph 31 August – 3 September

Steve Ripley 4-9 September

César Diaz 11-12 September

Songs

A number of new covers were played

Nowhere Man Beatles

16

a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order. 17

a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order. 18

electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs. 19

a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed. 20

variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs.


Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding

Moon River dedicated to Stevie Ray Vaughan

Friend Of The Devil The Grateful Dead

Stand By Me old spiritual (?)

Willing Little Feat

Blame It On Me ??

Starting in Falcon Heights in Minnesota, many shows opened with a short instrumental, during this

leg Marine Hymn and in one case Ol' MacDonald.

Other notable selections:

Joey second time in 1990, common during the fall tour

Tomorrow Is A Long Time unusual electric version

Mama, You Been On My Mind first time acoustic with band

Selected BobTalk

Thank you! This song Joan Baez always used to like. She said "keep singing this song, boy, and

you're gonna be a star". (before Blowin' In The Wind in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 15 August

1990).

Everybody's told that the Devil is buried in Stonehenge. That's what has inspired this song. (before

Gotta Serve Somebody in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 16 August 1990).

Everybody here knows about Stevie so ... So this one's for Stevie. Wherever you are Stevie. (plays

Moon River, Merrillville, Indiana. 27 August 1990).



7.8 1990 US Fall Tour

7.8.1 The dates

OCTOBER

11 Brookville, New York Tilles Center, C.W. Post College

12 Springfield, Massachusetts Paramount Performing Arts Center

13 West Point, New York Eisenhower Hall Theater

15 New York City, New York The Beacon Theatre





21 Richmond, Virginia Richmond Mosque

22 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Syria Mosque

23 Charleston, West Virginia Municipal Auditorium

25 Oxford, Mississippi Ted Smith Coliseum, University of Mississippi

26 Tuscaloosa, Alabama Coleman Coliseum

27 Nashville, Tennessee Memorial Hall, Vanderbilt University

28 Athens, Georgia Coliseum, University of Georgia

30 Boone, North Carolina Appalachian State College, Varsity Gymnasium

31 Charlotte, North Carolina Ovens Auditorium

NOVEMBER

2 Lexington, Kentucky Memorial Coliseum

3 Carbondale, Illinois SIU Arena

4 St. Louis, Missouri Fox Theater

6 DeKalb, Illinois Chick Evans Fieldhouse, University of Northern

Illinois

8 Iowa City, Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Auditorium

9 Chicago, Illinois Fox Theater

10 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Riverside Theater

12 East Lansing, Michigan Wharton Center, University of Michigan

13 Dayton, Ohio University of Dayton Arena

14 Normal, Illinois Brayden Auditorium

16 Columbus, Ohio Palace Theater

17 Cleveland, Ohio Music Hall

18 Detroit, Michigan The Fox Theater


7.8.2 The songs


SONG CHART

October

11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 25 26 27 28

Marine Hymn IN 1 1 1 1

Masters Of War 2 4 3 6 5 6 6 6 5

Tomorrow Is A Long Time 3 6

Man In The Long Black Coat 4 3 13 3 2 6



Gotta Serve Somebody 7 6 5 15 5 7 7 5

John Brown AB 8 9 8




Under The Red Sky 12 11 11 12 6 6 15 15

T.V. Talkin' Song 13 5 4 12 13 14 12 15

Friend Of The Devil 14

I Shall Be Released 15 15 15 17 17

Like A Rolling Stone 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 17 18 18 18 18


Maggie's Farm 18 18 20 18 20 20 16


Lay Lady Lay 3 4

All Along The Watchtower 4 14 15 14 16 14 4 4 15 16 16 20


Highway 61 Revisited 6 18 18 18 18 18 19 18 19 20 7




It Ain't Me, Babe AB 10 11 11 18 11 18 11

Wiggle Wiggle 12 12 7 6 12 7 12 12 14 14 12 13

Seeing The Real You At Last 13

Willing 14 3

In The Garden 15 15 15 17 17


I Want You 2 14

It's Alright, Ma AB 7 8 10 8

Don't Think Twice AB 9 10 8 8 10 11

Trail Of The Buffalo AB 10


Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 2 7

Joey 4 13 12 7 3 7 14 12 4 13 12

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