1 A SHORT SUBJECTIVE RETROSPECTIVE
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A SHORT SUBJECTIVE RETROSPECTIVE
1988 was
sort of a come back year (yet another one!) for Bob Dylan. After the disastrous
mini tour with The Grateful Dead and the erratic tour in Europe with Tom Petty
And The Heartbreakers, Dylan seemed to "recover" when he teamed up
with George Harrison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison, also known as The
Traveling Wilburys. This resulted in three new songs and a generally delightful
album. In June Dylan embarked on what turned out to be the first leg of the
"The never-ending tour". This tour has no official name, but is
generally referred to as "Interstate 88" after the design of the back
stage passes.
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The Year at a glance
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CALENDAR
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20 January |
Bob Dylan
is inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. |
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January |
Release
of first promotional cassette of Down
In The Groove |
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February |
Release
of second promotional cassette of Down
In The Groove |
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Late winter |
Dylan
joins U2 during their recording of Rattle And Hum in Los Angeles and plays Hammond
organ on Hawkmoon 289. |
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3 April |
Handle With Care is recorded by the future Traveling Wilburys
in Bob Dylan's garage in Malibu. |
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17-20 May
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The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 is recorded in Dave Stewart’s studio in Los
Angeles. |
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Spring |
Dylan
plays a small acting role as an artist protecting murder witness Jodie Foster
in a Vestron Pictures Production called 'Backtrack'. Neil Young also has a
small role. |
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May |
Rehearsals
for the upcoming tour in New York includes Marshall Crenshaw on bass. He is
later replaced by Kenny Aaronson. |
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29 May |
Guest
appearance at a Levon Helm
concert at Lone Star Café in New York City. |
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31 May |
Release
of Down In The Groove |
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June |
Release
of Silvio/Driftin' Too Far From Shore
single. |
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7 June |
The
Interstate 88 tour starts with a 13 song show at the Concord Pavilion in
Concord, Cal. The Alarm is the support act. Neil Young plays guitar on
all electric songs on this and a few more shows in California. |
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August |
There's a
ten day break in the tour between August 8 and 18. Dylan attends the wedding
of his oldest daughter Maria. |
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24 August |
Folkways: A Vision Shared is released. The Dylan
contribution is an acoustic version of Woody Guthrie's Pretty Boy Floyd. |
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13-14
October |
Two
"warm-up" shows are given in Upper Darby,
Pennsylvania. The first show is the longest in 1988, 21 songs, and contains a
live debut "Bob Dylan's 115 Dream". |
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16-19
October |
Four
highly acclaimed shows at the Radio City Music Hall
in New York. The set is almost identical, giving raise to rumours of a
planned live album. Most likely just a Bobcat's pipe dream. |
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October |
Release
of Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 |
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December |
Dylan performs 6 acoustic songs with G. E. Smith at the Bridge Benefit
Concert at the Oakland Coliseum. |
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RECORDINGS
Here’s a
list of other known recordings from 1965. For details please refer to the
corresponding session pages in Still On The Road.
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20 January |
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame,
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, New York. |
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17-20 May |
The Traveling Wilburys Session,
Dave Stewart’s Studio, Los Angeles, California. |
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May |
The Rattle & Hum Sessions,
A & M Studios, Los Angeles, California. |
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29 May |
Guest appearance at Levon Helm
concert, Lone Star Cafe, New York City, New York |
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Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
The Traveling
Wilburys were:
Lucky Wilbury Bob Dylan (guitar,
keyboards, vocals),
Lefty Wilbury Roy
Orbison (guitar, vocals),
Nelson Wilbury George
Harrison (guitar, vocals),
Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. Tom
Petty (bass, guitar, vocals), and
Otis Wilbury Jeff
Lynne (guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals).
For details
please refer to the Still On
The Road session page.
Song by song:
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Lead vocal |
Written by |
Live
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Handle With
Care |
Harrison,
Orbison |
Harrison |
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Dirty World |
Dylan |
Dylan |
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Rattled |
Orbison |
Orbison |
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Last Night |
Petty |
Petty |
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Not Alone
Any More |
Orbison |
Orbison |
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Congratulations |
Dylan |
Dylan |
Glasgow,
Scotland 6 June 1989 Birmingham,
England 7 Jun1989 New
Haven, Conn. 12 Jan 1990 |
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Heading For
The Light |
Harrison |
Harrison |
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Margarita |
Dylan, Petty |
Petty |
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Tweeter And
The Monkey Man |
Dylan |
Dylan |
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End Of The
Line |
All |
Harrison |
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Jeff Lynne and
George Harrison overdubbed some vocals on a later occasion in 1988.
There are no
out-takes from this session but Handle With Care, Dirty World, Rattled, Last Night,
Congratulations, and End Of The Line are circulating as basic tracks before
overdubbing. Heading For The Light circulates as a basic instrumental track.
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