NEARER TO THE FIRE – Bob Dylan 1981

 

5      The Shot Of Love Tours 1981

5.6        Third Shot Of Love Tour – US and Canada October-November

5.6.1     The dates

5.6.2     The songs

5.6.3     Statistics

5.7        1981 tour summary

5.7.1     The songs

5.7.2     Statistics

6      Songs 1981

7      SOURCES

8      Bibliography

9      Suggested Readings

9.6        Articles

9.7        Interviews

9.8        Lyrics

9.9        Reviews of Shot Of Love

 

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5                                 The Shot Of Love Tours 1981

5.6                           Third Shot Of Love Tour – US and Canada October-November

5.6.1                       The dates

October

16

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mecca Auditorium, University Of Wisconsin

SA

17

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mecca Auditorium, University Of Wisconsin

MA

18

Madison, Wisconsin

Dane County Memorial Coliseum

MA

19

Merrillville, Indiana

Holiday Star Music Theater

MA

21

Boston, Massachusetts

The Orpheum Theatre

SA

23

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Spectrum

SA

24

State College, Pennsylvania

Recreation Building, Pennsylvania State University

SA

25

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Stabler Arena, Lehigh University

SA

27

East Rutherford, New Jersey

Meadowlands Brendan T. Byrne Sports Arena

SA

29

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Maple Leaf Gardens

SA

30

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Forum de Montreal

MA

31

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Kitchener Arena

MA

November

  2

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Civic Centre

MA

  4

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati Music Hall

MA

  5

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati Music Hall

MA

  6

West Lafayette, Indiana

Elliot Hall Of Music, Purdue University

MA

  7

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Hill Auditorium, University Of Michigan

MA

  8

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Hill Auditorium, University Of Michigan

MA

10

New Orleans, Louisiana

Saenger Theater, Saenger Performing Arts Center

SA/PA

11

New Orleans, Louisiana

Saenger Theater, Saenger Performing Arts Center

SA

12

Houston, Texas

The Summit

SA

14

Nashville, Tennessee

Municipal Auditorium

SA

15

Atlanta, Georgia

The Fox Theater

SA

16

Atlanta, Georgia

The Fox Theater

MA

19

Miami, Florida

Sunrise Musical Theater

MA

20

Miami, Florida

Sunrise Musical Theater

SA

21

Lakeland, Florida

Civic Center Theatre

SA

 

PA

soundboard recording

MA

mono audience recording

SA

stereo audience recording

 

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5.6.2                       The songs

In order played

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

17

18

19

21

23

24

25

27

29

30

31

Gotta Serve Somebody

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

I Believe In You

 

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Like A Rolling Stone

 

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

I Want You

 

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

 

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

Maggie's Farm

 

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Girl From The North Country

 

7

7

8

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

8

8

9

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

In The Summertime

 

9

9

 

 

9

9

9

 

 

 

 

 

All Along The Watchtower

 

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

11

10

10

10

10

Forever Young

 

11

11

12

11

11

11

11

 

13

12

12

12

The Rose

 

12

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

13

13

14

13

13

13

13

13

15

14

14

14

Let's Begin

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

Heart Of Mine

 

15

18

18

20

21

18

19

 

23

 

9

9

Masters Of War

 

16

17

 

19

17

19

 

16

18

17

17

16

Mr. Tambourine Man

 

17

19

 

17

18

16

 

17

19

18

18

21

Solid Rock

 

18

20

 

18

19

17

17

18

20

19

19

20

Just Like A Woman

 

19

21

17

 

20

20

18

19

22

 

21

19

Gypsy Blood

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

21

14

15

14

14

 

14

14

16

15

15

15

Watered-Down Love

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

17

16

16

17

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

23

23

19

21

22

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

When You Gonna Wake Up

 

24

24

20

22

23

22

20

20

24

22

22

22

In The Garden

 

25

25

21

23

24

23

21

21

25

23

23

23

Blowin' In The Wind

 

26

26

22

24

25

24

22

22

26

24

24

24

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AC

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

28

28

24

 

 

26

24

25

28

26

27

28

Slow Train

 

 

15

16

16

16

15

16

 

 

 

 

 

It's All In The Game

 

 

16

11

15

15

14

15

 

 

 

 

11

Just A Little Bit

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

 

27

23

25

26

25

23

 

 

25

26

 

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

9

9

9

 

 

Gamblin' Man

 

 

 

13

12

12

12

12

12

14

13

13

13

We Just Disagree

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Money Down

 

 

 

 

26

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

11

11

11

 

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

AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

27

 

25

26

Happy Birthday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

Dead Man, Dead Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

21

 

18

Let It Be Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

20

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

Are You Ready?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

Total # of songs

 

28

28

24

26

27

26

24

25

28

26

27

28


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

4

5

6

7

8

10

11

12

14

15

16

19

20

21

S

Gotta Serve Somebody

 

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

26

I Believe In You

 

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

27

Like A Rolling Stone

 

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

27

I Want You

 

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

 

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

27

Maggie's Farm

 

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

27

Girl From The North Country

 

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

7

7

8

7

7

7

7

27

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

8

8

9

8

8

9

8

27

In The Summertime

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

All Along The Watchtower

 

10

11

10

10

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

10

11

11

10

27

Forever Young

 

12

13

12

12

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

12

26

The Rose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

14

15

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

14

27

Let's Begin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Heart Of Mine

 

9

10

9

9

9

9

9

10

10

10

10

11

10

10

21

25

Masters Of War

 

16

20

18

 

20

22

19

19

21

21

21

21

21

22

20

24

Mr. Tambourine Man

 

18

 

 

20

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Solid Rock

 

19

21

19

19

21

21

 

21

20

20

20

20

20

20

19

25

Just Like A Woman

 

20

22

20

18

19

20

20

20

19

19

19

19

19

19

18

25

Gypsy Blood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

15

16

15

15

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

15

26

Watered-Down Love

 

17

17

16

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

16

21

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

 

24

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

When You Gonna Wake Up

 

21

25

21

21

22

24

23

24

22

22

22

23

22

 

22

26

In The Garden

 

22

26

22

22

23

25

24

25

23

23

23

24

23

23

23

27

Blowin' In The Wind

 

23

27

23

23

24

26

25

26

24

 

24

25

24

24

24

26

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AC

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

26

30

26

26

27

29

28

29

27

26

27

28

27

27

29

25

Slow Train

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

It's All In The Game

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

10

Just A Little Bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

 

29

25

25

26

28

27

28

26

25

26

27

26

26

27

22

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

 

9

 

 

10

10

10

7

9

9

7

9

9

21

4

16

Gamblin' Man

 

13

14

13

13

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

25

We Just Disagree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

No Money Down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

11

12

11

11

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

19

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

AC

24

28

 

24

25

27

26

27

25

24

25

26

25

25

26

18

Happy Birthday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Dead Man, Dead Man

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Let It Be Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Are You Ready?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Saved

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Jesus Is The One

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

2

When He Returns

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Shot Of Love

 

 

 

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

17

13

Thief On The Cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

4

4

4

4

4

 

6

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

1

Every Grain Of Sand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

1

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

1

Total # of songs

 

26

30

26

26

27

29

28

29

27

26

27

28

27

27

29

729

 

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In song order

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

17

18

19

21

23

24

25

27

29

30

31

All Along The Watchtower

 

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

11

10

10

10

10

Are You Ready?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

8

8

9

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

Blowin' In The Wind

 

26

26

22

24

25

24

22

22

26

24

24

24

Dead Man, Dead Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

21

 

18

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

Every Grain Of Sand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forever Young

 

11

11

12

11

11

11

11

 

13

12

12

12

Gamblin' Man

 

 

 

13

12

12

12

12

12

14

13

13

13

Girl From The North Country

 

7

7

8

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

Gotta Serve Somebody

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Gypsy Blood

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

21

14

15

14

14

 

14

14

16

15

15

15

Heart Of Mine

 

15

18

18

20

21

18

19

 

23

 

9

9

I Believe In You

 

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

I Want You

 

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

11

11

11

 

In The Garden

 

25

25

21

23

24

23

21

21

25

23

23

23

In The Summertime

 

9

9

 

 

9

9

9

 

 

 

 

 

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

 

27

23

25

26

25

23

 

 

25

26

 

It's All In The Game

 

 

16

11

15

15

14

15

 

 

 

 

11

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AC

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

27

 

25

26

Jesus Is The One

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just A Little Bit

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just Like A Woman

 

19

21

17

 

20

20

18

19

22

 

21

19

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

28

28

24

 

 

26

24

25

28

26

27

28

Let It Be Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

20

 

Let's Begin

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

Like A Rolling Stone

 

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maggie's Farm

 

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

 

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

Masters Of War

 

16

17

 

19

17

19

 

16

18

17

17

16

Mr. Tambourine Man

 

17

19

 

17

18

16

 

17

19

18

18

21

No Money Down

 

 

 

 

26

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rose

 

12

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

23

23

19

21

22

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shot Of Love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

9

9

9

 

 

Slow Train

 

 

15

16

16

16

15

16

 

 

 

 

 

Solid Rock

 

18

20

 

18

19

17

17

18

20

19

19

20

Thief On The Cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

13

13

14

13

13

13

13

13

15

14

14

14

Watered-Down Love

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

17

16

16

17

We Just Disagree

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When He Returns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When You Gonna Wake Up

 

24

24

20

22

23

22

20

20

24

22

22

22

Total # of songs

 

28

28

24

26

27

26

24

25

28

26

27

28

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

4

5

6

7

8

10

11

12

14

15

16

19

20

21

S

All Along The Watchtower

 

10

11

10

10

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

10

11

11

10

27

Are You Ready?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

8

8

9

8

8

9

8

27

Blowin' In The Wind

 

23

27

23

23

24

26

25

26

24

 

24

25

24

24

24

26

Dead Man, Dead Man

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Every Grain Of Sand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

1

Forever Young

 

12

13

12

12

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

12

26

Gamblin' Man

 

13

14

13

13

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

25

Girl From The North Country

 

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

7

7

8

7

7

7

7

27

Gotta Serve Somebody

 

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

26

Gypsy Blood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Happy Birthday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

15

16

15

15

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

15

26

Heart Of Mine

 

9

10

9

9

9

9

9

10

10

10

10

11

10

10

21

25

I Believe In You

 

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

27

I Want You

 

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

11

12

11

11

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

19

In The Garden

 

22

26

22

22

23

25

24

25

23

23

23

24

23

23

23

27

In The Summertime

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

 

29

25

25

26

28

27

28

26

25

26

27

26

26

27

22

It's All In The Game

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

10

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AC

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

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

AC

24

28

 

24

25

27

26

27

25

24

25

26

25

25

26

18

Jesus Is The One

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

2

Just A Little Bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Just Like A Woman

 

20

22

20

18

19

20

20

20

19

19

19

19

19

19

18

25

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

1

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

26

30

26

26

27

29

28

29

27

26

27

28

27

27

29

25

Let It Be Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Let's Begin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Like A Rolling Stone

 

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

27

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

4

4

4

4

4

 

6

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

1

Maggie's Farm

 

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

27

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

 

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

27

Masters Of War

 

16

20

18

 

20

22

19

19

21

21

21

21

21

22

20

24

Mr. Tambourine Man

 

18

 

 

20

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

No Money Down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

The Rose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Saved

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

 

24

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Shot Of Love

 

 

 

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

17

13

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

 

9

 

 

10

10

10

7

9

9

7

9

9

21

4

16

Slow Train

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Solid Rock

 

19

21

19

19

21

21

 

21

20

20

20

20

20

20

19

25

Thief On The Cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

14

15

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

14

27

Watered-Down Love

 

17

17

16

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

16

21

We Just Disagree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

When He Returns

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

When You Gonna Wake Up

 

21

25

21

21

22

24

23

24

22

22

22

23

22

 

22

26

Total # of songs

 

26

30

26

26

27

29

28

29

27

26

27

28

27

27

29

729

 

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5.6.3                       Statistics

Show statistics

Number of shows

27

Number of circulating shows

27

Number of circulating & complete shows

27

Number of unique shows[1]

26

Number of different shows[2]

25

Number of different songs[3]

52

Number of unique songs[4]

50

Number of performed songs

729

Mean number of performed songs

27

Variation[5]

1.9

 

Song statistics

 

# of

 

# of

 

 

songs

%

perf.

%

Electric

47

 90.4

685

 94.0

Acoustic solo

5

 9.6

44

 6.0

 

 

 

 

 

Albums

40

 76.9

679

 93.1

Singles

0

 0.0

0

 0.0

Outtakes

2

 3.8

3

 0.4

Covers

10

 19.2

47

 6.4

 

Recommended shows:

East Rutherford, 27 October.

New Orleans 10 November.

Houston, 12 November.

Lakeland, 21 November.

 

Rare songs

Happy Birthday was sung by Dylan and the girls for Howard Alk, co-editor of Eat The Document and Renaldo And Clara.

Thief On The Cross - the last gospel song? Only one live performance, in New Orleans 10 November.

 

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5.7                           1981 tour summary

5.7.1                       The songs

 

 

 

US June

Europe

US Fall

S

Abraham, Martin And John

 

3

2

 

5

All Along The Watchtower

 

 

8

27

35

Are You Ready?

 

 

 

1

1

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

4

23

27

54

Barbara Allen

 

 

2

 

2

Blowin' In The Wind

 

4

23

26

53

City Of Gold

 

 

1

 

1

Covenant Woman

 

2

 

 

2

Dead Man, Dead Man

 

4

16

5

25

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AC

2

7

1

10

Every Grain Of Sand

 

 

 

1

1

Fever

 

1

 

 

1

Forever Young

 

4

19

26

49

Gamblin' Man

 

 

 

25

25

Girl From The North Country

 

4

23

27

54

Gotta Serve Somebody

 

4

15

26

45

Gypsy Blood

 

 

 

1

1

Happy Birthday

 

 

 

1

1

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

 

 

26

26

Heart Of Mine

 

 

12

25

37

Here Comes The Sun

 

 

1

 

1

I Believe In You

 

4

23

27

54

I Don't Believe You

 

 

1

 

1

I Want You

 

 

 

20

20

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

 

 

19

19

In The Garden

 

4

23

27

54

In The Summertime

 

 

12

6

18

Instrumental Jam

 

 

1

 

1

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

1

2

22

25

It Ain't Me, Babe

 

 

7

 

7

It's All In The Game

 

 

 

10

10

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AC

1

4

2

7

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

AC

 

2

18

20

Jesus Is The One

 

 

8

2

10

Just A Little Bit

 

 

 

1

1

Just Like A Woman

 

4

23

25

52

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

1

1

1

3

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

 

21

25

46

Lenny Bruce

 

4

22

 

26

Let It Be Me

 

 

1

2

3

Let's Begin

 

 

16

2

18

Like A Rolling Stone

 

4

23

27

54

 


 

 

 

US June

Europe

US Fall

S

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

 

 

6

6

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AC

 

1

1

2

Maggie's Farm

 

4

23

27

54

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

 

4

23

27

54

Mary From The Wild Moor

AC

1

1

 

2

Masters Of War

 

2

9

24

35

Mr. Tambourine Man

 

 

23

13

36

No Money Down

 

 

 

2

2

Rise Again

 

1

 

 

1

The Rose

 

 

 

2

2

Saved

 

 

10

1

11

Saved By The Grace Of Your Love

 

 

6

 

6

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

 

 

8

8

She Belongs To Me

AC

 

1

 

1

Shot Of Love

 

 

6

13

19

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

4

14

16

34

Slow Train

 

2

22

6

30

Solid Rock

 

4

23

25

52

Thief On The Cross

 

 

 

1

1

Till I Get It Right

 

4

23

 

27

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AC

 

2

 

2

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

 

10

27

37

Unidentified Instrumental

 

 

1

 

1

Watered-Down Love

 

4

16

21

41

We Just Disagree

 

2

3

1

6

What Can I Do For You?

 

3

9

 

12

When He Returns

 

 

 

1

1

When You Gonna Wake Up

 

4

22

26

52

Total # of songs

 

94

590

729

1413

 

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5.7.2                       Statistics

Show statistics

tour

1

2

3

S

Number of shows

4

23

27

54

Number of circulating shows

4

23

27

54

Number of circulating & complete shows

4

23

27

54

Number of unique shows[6]

4

23

26

53

Number of different shows[7]

4

23

25

52

Number of different songs[8]

31

51

52

70

Number of unique songs[9]

31

49

50

68

Number of performed songs

94

590

729

1413

Mean number of performed songs

23

25

27

26

Variation[10]

1.3

2.0

1.9

2.7

 

Song statistics

 

# of

 

# of

 

 

songs

%

perf.

%

Electric

62

 88.6

1344

 95.1

 

2

 2.9

2

 0.1

 

8

 11.4

69

 4.9

 

 

 

 

 

Albums

45

 66.2

1285

 90.9

Singles

0

 0.0

0

 0.0

Outtakes

3

 4.4

12

 0.8

Covers

20

 29.4

116

 8.2

 


 

The Albums

 

 

# of

 

# of

 

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Freewheelin'

5

 11.1%

178

 13.9%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

2

 4.4%

45

 3.5%

Another Side

2

 4.4%

33

 2.6%

Bringing It All Back Home

6

 13.3%

120

 9.3%

Highway 61 Revisited

3

 6.7%

111

 8.6%

Blonde On Blonde

2

 4.4%

72

 5.6%

Basement Tapes

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

John Wesley Harding

2

 4.4%

54

 4.2%

Nashville Skyline

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Selfportrait

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

New Morning

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Greatest Hits Vol. 2

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Pat Garrett

1

 2.2%

46

 3.6%

Planet Waves

1

 2.2%

49

 3.8%

Blood On The Tracks

1

 2.2%

34

 2.6%

Desire

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Street-Legal

1

 2.2%

8

 0.6%

Slow Train Coming

6

 13.3%

236

 18.4%

Saved

6

 13.3%

132

 10.3%

Shot Of Love

7

 15.6%

167

 13.0%

 

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6                                 Songs 1981

March

Angelina

 

April

Ah Ah Ah

2

 

All The Way Down

2

 

Almost Persuaded

1

 

Be Careful

1

 

Blue T/L

1

 

Bolero

1

 

Borrowed Time

1, 2

 

Child To Me

2

 

Cold Cold Heart

1

 

Dead Man, Dead Man

 

 

Don't Ever Take Yourself Away

 

 

Fur Slippers

1, 8

 

Gonna Love You Anyway

1, 2, 4

 

Heart Of Mine

 

 

I Want You To Know I That Love You

1

 

I Wish It Would Rain

1

 

In The Summertime

 

 

Is It Worth It?

2

 

It's All Dangerous To Me

2

 

Lenny Bruce

 

 

Magic

6

 

More To This Than Meets The Eye

2

 

Movin'

1

 

My Girl (It's Growing)

1, 5

 

My Oriental House

2, 3, 5

 

Need A Woman

2, 7

 

Property Of Jesus

 

 

Reach Out

1

 

Rockin' Boat

1, 2

 

Shot Of Love

 

 

Singing This Song For You

1

 

Straw Hat

2

 

The Girl From Louisville

1

 

The King Is On The Throne

1

 

Trouble

 

 

Walking On Eggs

2

 

Watered-Down Love

 

 

Well Water

2

 

Wind Blowin' On The Water

2

 

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

2

 

You Changed My Life

 

May

Don't Let Her Know

1

 

Glory Of Love

1

 

In A Battle

1

 

Let Me See

2

 


 

July

Jesus Is The One

1

November

Thief On The Cross

1

 

Notes

1.      no studio version is circulating.

2.      submitted to the Copyright Office as "Special Rider Music Compilation #2 - 1985", registered 29 January 1985.

3.      also called My Oriental Home.

4.      also called Gonna Love Her Anyway.

5.      instrumental

6.      present on the first sequenced tape of Shot Of Love but later removed.

7.      recorded by Ry Cooder and released on his album The Slide Area with one additional verse, probably penned by Cooder himself. The lyrics of the outtake differs from the published lyrics.

8.      recorded by B.B. King and released on the MCA soundtrack album Shake, Rattle & Roll 26 October 1999.

 

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7                                 SOURCES

 

William J. Clinton

The Bob Dylan CD & CDR Field Recordings Guide Of William J. Clinton
www.angelfire.com/wa/monicasdude

Tim Dunn

I Just Write 'Em As They Come.
Annotate
d Guide to the Writings of Bob Dylan
A Not-A-Ces Publishing Venture 1990.

Glen Dundas

Tangled Up In Tapes — 4th Edition

A Recording History of Bob Dylan

SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999. Softcover 334 pages.

Clinton Heylin

A Life In Stolen Moments. Bob Dylan Day By Day 1941-1995.

Schirmer Books 1996, 404 pages.

Clinton Heylin

Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994

St. Martin's Press, 1995, 233 pages.

Michael Krogsgaard

Positively Bob Dylan
A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991.
Popular Culture, Ink. 1991. 500 pages.

Michael Krogsgaard

Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 3).
The Telegraph #55, Summer 1996, pp. 111–142.

Craig Pinkerton

Bob's Boots
www.bobsboots.com/

Ray Stavrou

A Vinyl Headstone Almost In Place
Loose leaf binder, 530 pages.

 


 

8                                 Bibliography

John Baldwin

The fiddler now upspoke, Volumes 1–5.

A collection of Bob Dylan interviews and press conferences.

Desolation Row Promotions, 1995.

Carl Benson (ed)

The Bob Dylan Companion — Four Decades of Commentary.

Schirmer Books, New York 1998. Softcover 306 pages.

Michael Gray

Song & Dance Man III. The Art Of Bob Dylan

Cassell 1999. Hardback 918 pages.

Clinton Heylin

Behind The Shades. A Biography.

Summit Books 1991, 500 pages.

Daniel Kramer

Bob Dylan. Citadel Press (hardback) or Pocket Books. Great photo book from 1964-1965.

Craig McGregor (ed)

Bob Dylan. A Retrospective.

William Morrow 1972

Anthony Scaduto

Bob Dylan. An intimate biography. New American Library 1973

Robert Shelton

No Direction Home. The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. New American Library 1986.

Howard Sounes

Down The Highway. The Life Of Bob Dylan. Groove Press 2001.

Elizabeth M. Thomson (ed)

Conclusions On The Wall. New Essays On Bob Dylan.

Thin Man 1980

Paul Williams

Watching The River Flow

Observations on Bob Dylan's Art-in-Progress, 1966-1995.

Omnibus Press 1996, 255 pages.

Paul Williams

Performing Artist – The Middle Years: 1974-1986
Underwood Miller 1992, 334 pages.

 

9                                 Suggested Readings

9.6                           Articles

Angelina & Foot Of Pride by Jim Heppell – Homer, the Slut #6

Bob Dylan as seen by a Critic by Ralph J. Gleason in Occasionally #3

Bob Dylan In North America, late 1981 Endless Road #3

Caribbean Wind – by Dave Thomas, Dignity #21, 22, 23

A Critical Look Back On Bob Dylan in 1981 by Jeff Stevens in Endless Road #2

Dylan In Stockholm by Anders in Endless Road #1

Every Grain Of Sand: A Perfect Finished Plan – by Dave Thomas, Dignity #6

Fred Tackett Interview – by Masato Kato, The Bridge No.4. Summer 1999

Impressions Of A Concert by Carl Bonn in Endless Road #2

Some Impressions Of A Concert by Roger Wass in Endless Road #1

To See The World In A Grain Of Sand: The Reality Of Man – by Terry Bell, Dignity #6

 

 

9.7                           Interviews

Europe I Interview Fourth Time Around #2

The Paul Vincent Interview Endless Road #2

The Travemünde Press Conference Endless Road #7

Tim Blackmore Interview Fourth Time Around #1

 

9.8                           Lyrics

Caribbean Wind The Telegraph #1

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar The Telegraph #6

Need A Woman The Telegraph #19

 

9.9                           Reviews of Shot Of Love

Endless Road #2

Everything Passes article by George Webber in Endless Road #3

Look Back #10

Some Other Kinds of Blues article by John Hinchey in The Telegraph #22

Shot Of Love Patrick J. Webster in Isis #20

 

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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] electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs.

[4] a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed.

[5] variation is computed as the ratio between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs.

[6] a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order

[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 ratio between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs.