HIGHWAY 61 – Bob Dylan 2002

6 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES. 1

6.1 Introduction. 1

6.2 The musicians. 1

6.3 The show.. 1

6.4 US Winter Tour. 3

6.4.1 Dates and venues. 3

6.4.2 The songs. 4

6.4.3 Statistics. 8

6.4.4 Comments. 8

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6 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

6.1 Introduction

The Never-Ending Tour rolled on with 107 new shows. There was only four legs this year due to the filming of Masked And Anonymous:

January – February	US Spring Tour	18 shows
April – May	Europe Spring Tour	29
August – September	US Summer Tour	23
October – November	US Fall Tour	37

6.2 The musicians

George Receli replaced David kaemper on drums. The last part of the Europe Tour he in turn was replaced temporarily by Jim Keltner.

Larry Campbell	electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic slide guitar, dobro, bouzouki, mandolin.
Charlie Sexton	electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal.
Tony Garnier	bass
George Receli	drums, US Spring, parts of Europe, US Summer and Fall
Jim Keltner	drums, parts of Europe Tour

6.3 The show

The first three legs:

Main set: 4 acoustic songs

4 electric

3 acoustic

4 electric

Encores: 2 electric

1 acoustic

1 electric

1 acoustic

1 electric (some shows)

1 acoustic (some shows)

Starting with the Fall tour, it became increasingly difficult to categorize performances as either “electric” or “acoustic”. Many songs were performed with a mix of acoustic and electric instruments and the purely acoustic songs were played almost randomly. The main set consisted of 18 songs followed by a two or three song encore.

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6.4 US Winter Tour

6.4.1 Dates and venues

JANUARY

31

Orlando, Florida

TD Waterhouse Centre

FEBRUARY

1	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	National Car Rental Center, Sunrise
2	Tampa, Florida	Ice Palace Arena
5	Jacksonville, Florida	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6	Charleston, South Carolina	North Charleston Coliseum
8	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena
10	Charlotte, North Carolina	Cricket Arena
11	Charleston, West Virginia	Civic Center
13	Greenville, South Carolina	BI-LO Center
15	Augusta, Georgia	Augusta Richmond County Civic Center
16	Birmingham, Alabama	BJCC Arena
17	New Orleans, Louisiana	Senator Nat Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena, University Of New Orleans
18	Tupelo, Mississippi	BancorpSouth Center
20	Houston, Texas	Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Reliant Astrodome
22	Dallas, Texas	Reunion Arena
23	Bossier City, Louisiana	Centurytel Center
24	Austin, Texas	Frank Erwin Center, University of Texas at Austin

6.4.2 The songs

AB acoustic with the band

IN ORDER PLAYED

	January										February
			31	1	2	5	6	8	9	10		11	13	15	16	17	18	20	22	23	24	Σ
Wait For The Light To Shine		AB	1																			1
Girl From The North Country		AB	2										9	9