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5        THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.1     Introduction

5.2     The musicians

5.3     The show

5.4     South Of The South Tour

5.4.1      Dates and venues

5.4.2      The songs

5.4.3      Statistics

5.4.4      Comments

 

 

5                             THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.1                        Introduction

The Never-Ending Tour rolled on with 97 new shows during these five legs:

 

February – March 

South Of The South Tour

16 shows

May

Canada Spring Tour

  7

May – July

Europe Summer Tour

30

August – September

US Summer Tour

23

October – November

Canada Fall Tour

21

 

5.2                        The musicians

Denny Freeman

guitar

Donnie Herron

violin, mandolin, pedal steel guitar

Stu Kimball

electric and acoustic guitar

Tony Garnier

bass

George Recile

drums

 

5.3                        The show

 

 

South Of The South

Canada Spring

Europe Summer

US Summer

Canada Fall

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main set:

15 songs

15 songs

12-15 songs

12-15 songs

15 songs

Encores:

2 songs

2 songs

2 songs

2songs

2 songs

 

 

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5.4                        South Of The South Tour

5.4.1                     Dates and venues

 

FEBRUARY

 

21

Dallas, Texas

House Of Blues

22

Dallas, Texas

House Of Blues

23

Dallas, Texas

House Of Blues

26

Mexico City, Mexico

Auditorio Nacional

27

Mexico City, Mexico

Auditorio Nacional

29

Monterrey, Mexico

Arena Monterrey

 

MARCH

 

  2

Guadalajara, Mexico

Auditorio Telmex

  5

São Paulo, Brazil

Via Funchal

  6

São Paulo, Brazil

Via Funchal

  8

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio Arena

11

Santiago, Chile

Arena Santiago

13

Córdoba, Argentina

Orfeo Superdomo

15

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Estadio Velez Sarsfield

18

Rosario, Argentina

Hipodromo

20

Punta del Este, Uruguay

Conrad Punta del Este Resort and Casino

25

Zacatecas, Mexico

Plaza de Zacatecas

 

 

 


Guadalajara,

Mexico

Dallas, Texas

Monterrey,

Mexico

Buenos Aires,

Argentina

Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil

Santiago, Chile

Punta del Estes,

Uruguay

 

 

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5.4.2                     The songs

 

IN ORDER PLAYED

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

22

23

26

27

29

2

5

6

8

10

13

15

18

20

25

å

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

1

 

 

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

6

It Ain't Me, Babe

2

2

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

 

 

2

7

Watching The River Flow

3

 

 

3

 

3

 

 

 

 

3

3

3

 

3

 

7

Girl From The North Country

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

2

Rollin' And Tumblin'

5

5

 

 

5

 

5

 

5

 

5

5

 

5

10

5

10

Workingman’s Blues #2

6

6

13

11

 

9

9

11

9

8

8

8

8

9

 

 

13

High Water (For Charley Patton)

7

 

 

9

8

8

 

9

 

 

 

7

 

 

7

 

7

Spirit On The Water

8

8

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

9

7

16

Can't Wait

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Highway 61 Revisited

10

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

10

12

12

12

12

10

12

10

16

Positively 4th Street

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Honest With Me

12

10

10

 

10

 

 

 

8

10

10

10

10

 

 

 

9

Nettie Moore

13

 

 

13

 

13

13

13

 

13

13

 

13

 

 

 

8

Summer Days

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

16

Ballad Of A Thin Man

15

 

15

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Thunder On The Mountain

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

 

 

5

16

14

Blowin' In The Wind

17

17

 

17

17

17

18

 

17

17

17

17

18

 

 

 

11

Cat's In The Well

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

3

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

3

 

 

3

 

3

3

3

3

 

 

 

3

 

3

8

Blind Willie McTell

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Things Have Changed

 

7

 

7

 

 

10

7

 

7

7

 

7

 

 

 

7

Visions Of Johanna

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

When The Deal Goes Down

 

11

11

8

9

11

11

8

11

11

11

11

11

11

13

11

15

Mississippi

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Masters Of War

 

15

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

4

4

 

4

4

 

4

9

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

 

 

1

1

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

1

16

16

1

9

Lay Lady Lay

 

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

7

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

The Levee's Gonna Break

 

 

5

5

 

5

 

5

 

5

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The M…

 

 

7

10

 

 

8

10

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

5

'Til I Fell In Love With You

 

 

8

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

All Along The Watchtower

 

 

17

 

 

 

17

17

 

 

 

 

17

17

17

17

7

Like A Rolling Stone

 

 

 

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

13

Love Sick

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

4

Boots Of Spanish Leather

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

My Back Pages

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Ain't Talkin'

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

13

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

3

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

Desolation Row

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

2

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

3

Tangled Up In Blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Just Like A Woman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

9

 

11

9

4

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

6

2

John Brown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

8

2

This Wheel's On Fire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

12

2

Most Likely You Go Your Way

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

13

2

Forever Young

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

1

Total # of songs

17

17

17

17

17

17

18

17

17

17

17

17

18

17

17

18

275

 

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IN SONG ORDER

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

22

23

26

27

29

2

5

6

8

10

13

15

18

20

25

å

Ain't Talkin'

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

13

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

3

All Along The Watchtower

 

 

17

 

 

 

17

17

 

 

 

 

17

17

17

17

7

Ballad Of A Thin Man

15

 

15

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Blind Willie McTell

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Blowin' In The Wind

17

17

 

17

17

17

18

 

17

17

17

17

18

 

 

 

11

Boots Of Spanish Leather

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Can't Wait

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Cat's In The Well

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

3

Desolation Row

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

2

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

Forever Young

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

1

Girl From The North Country

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

2

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

3

High Water (For Charley Patton)

7

 

 

9

8

8

 

9

 

 

 

7

 

 

7

 

7

Highway 61 Revisited

10

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

10

12

12

12

12

10

12

10

16

Honest With Me

12

10

10

 

10

 

 

 

8

10

10

10

10

 

 

 

9

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

3

 

 

3

 

3

3

3

3

 

 

 

3

 

3

8

It Ain't Me, Babe

2

2

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

 

 

2

7

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

6

2

John Brown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

8

2

Just Like A Woman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

9

 

11

9

4

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Lay Lady Lay

 

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

7

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

1

 

 

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

6

The Levee's Gonna Break

 

 

5

5

 

5

 

5

 

5

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

Like A Rolling Stone

 

 

 

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

13

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Love Sick

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

4

Masters Of War

 

15

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

4

4

 

4

4

 

4

9

Mississippi

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Most Likely You Go Your Way

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

13

2

My Back Pages

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Nettie Moore

13

 

 

13

 

13

13

13

 

13

13

 

13

 

 

 

8

Positively 4th Street

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

 

 

1

1

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

1

16

16

1

9

Rollin' And Tumblin'

5

5

 

 

5

 

5

 

5

 

5

5

 

5

10

5

10

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Spirit On The Water

8

8

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

9

7

16

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The M…

 

 

7

10

 

 

8

10

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

5

Summer Days

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

16

Tangled Up In Blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Things Have Changed

 

7

 

7

 

 

10

7

 

7

7

 

7

 

 

 

7

This Wheel's On Fire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

12

2

Thunder On The Mountain

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

 

 

5

16

14

'Til I Fell In Love With You

 

 

8

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Visions Of Johanna

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Watching The River Flow

3

 

 

3

 

3

 

 

 

 

3

3

3

 

3

 

7

When The Deal Goes Down

 

11

11

8

9

11

11

8

11

11

11

11

11

11

13

11

15

Workingman’s Blues #2

6

6

13

11

 

9

9

11

9

8

8

8

8

9

 

 

13

Total # of songs

17

17

17

17

17

17

18

17

17

17

17

17

18

17

17

18

275

 

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5.4.3                     Statistics

 

Number of shows

16

Number of circulating shows

14

Number of circulating & complete shows

14

Number of unique shows[1]

16

Number of different shows[2]

16

Number of songs

49

Number of performed songs

275

Mean number of performed songs

17

Variation[3]:

2.9

 

 

# of

 

# of

 

 

songs

%

perf.

%

Albums

46

 93.9

265

 96.4

Singles

2

 4.1

8

2.9

Outtakes

1

  2.0

2

  0.7

Covers

0

0.0

0

  0.2

 

 

 

5.4.4                     Comments

 

Recommended show

Dallas, Texas, 22 February.

 

The following shows are not in general circulation:

 

São Paulo, Brazil, 5 March

São Paulo , Brazil, 6 March

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8 March, only 60 minutes from video source

 

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