7 the never-ending tour CONTINUES

7.1 Introduction

For the seventh year in a row Bob Dylan spent a good deal of his time on the road. This is also the fifth year of the Never-Ending Tour. Rumours in late 1991 had it that Dylan would take a long break. In the end he decided to give it another year. This year he played 92 concerts that kept getting longer and longer despite the fact that the number of songs remained constant. The shows were in general of a much greater quality compared to 1991, mostly due to Dylan's apparent renewed interest in both singing and playing guitar. Maybe as a consequence he became less and less talkative. Some of the late 1992 shows rank as the best ever from the Never-Ending Tour!

The 1992 tour consisted of five new "legs":

1	March-April	Australia & New Zealand	20 shows
2	April-May	US West Coast	21 shows
3	June	Europe	11 shows
4	August-Sept	US and Canada	20 shows
5	October-November	US East Coast	20 shows

7.2 The Musicians

The addition of Bucky Baxter on a steel guitar and other guitar variants also meant a fuller sound and a greater diversity in arrangements. During the spring tour Dylan also added an extra drummer, making the backing band a quintet.

		1	2	3	4	5
John Jackson	guitar	X	X	X	X	X
Bucky Baxter	pedal steel guitar	X	X	X	X	X
	lap steel guitar
	electric & acoustic
	slide guitar, dobro
	electric mandolin
Tony Garnier	bass	X	X	X	X	X
Ian Wallace	drums	X	X	X	X	X
Charlie Quintana	drums		X	X	X
Winston Watson	drums				X	X

7.3 The show

After the first show in Australia, which had the 1991 format, all shows were structured as follows:

Main set: 7 electric songs

4 acoustic

2 electric

1 acoustic with the band/1 electric

1 electric

Encores: 2 electric

1 acoustic solo

All in all 18 songs. Exceptions were summer festival shows, which were generally shorter and some shows with fewer or no encores, due to either bad weather or sound problems.

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7.4 Australian Tour

7.4.1 The dates

MARCH

18	Perth, West Australia, Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre
21	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
23	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	State Theatre
24	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	State Theatre
25	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	State Theatre
28	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Entertainment Centre
29	Canberra, Australian Capitol Territory, Australia	Royal Theatre, National Convention Centre

APRIL

1	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Palais Theatre
2	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Palais Theatre
3	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Palais Theatre
5	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Palais Theatre
6	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Palais Theatre
7	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Palais Theatre
10	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	Silver Dome
11	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	Derwent Cemtre
13	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	State Theatre
14	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	State Theatre
15	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	State Theatre
16	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	State Theatre
18	Auckland, New Zealand	Mount Smart Supertop

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7.4.2 The songs

AC acoustic with John Jackson

AB acoustic with the band

SONG CHARTS

		March
		18	21	23	24	25	28	29
Maggie's Farm		1	7	7	7	7	7	7
Lay Lady Lay		2
All Along The Watchtower		3	3	3	3	3	1	1
I'll Remember You		4	13	13	13			13
Watching The River Flow		5				17		17
Dolly Dagger		6
Simple Twist Of Fate		7				13	13	2
When I Paint My Masterpiece		8
Mr. Tambourine Man	AC	9
Gates Of Eden	AC	10						10
Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	AB	11					11
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB	12
Cat's In The Well		13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Little Maggie		14
West L.A. Fadeaway		15
Highway 61 Revisited		16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Ballad Of A Thin Man		17