1993 ON THE RISING CURVE

 

 

7         the never-ending tour CONTINUES

7.1           Introduction

7.2           The Musicians

7.3           The show

7.4           Europe Winter Tour

7.4.1            The dates

7.4.2            The songs

7.4.3            Statistics

7.4.4            Comments

 

 

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7              the never-ending tour CONTINUES

7.1             Introduction

For the eight year in a row Bob Dylan spent a good deal of his time on the road. This is also the sixth year of the Never-Ending Tour. Rumours in late 1992 had it that Dylan would take a long break. In the end he decided to give it another year. This year he played 80 concerts that up till the joint tour with Santana in the Fall kept getting longer and longer, some over 2 1/2 hours.

The artistic quality from 1992 was maintained and in general the shows got better and better during the year. Seasoned Dylan followers characterized the last show of the year at The Supper Club as Dylan's best show ever!

The 1993 part of The Never-Ending Tour consisted of five new "legs":

1

February

Europe

15 shows

2

April

US

9 shows

3

June-July

Europe

21 shows

4

August-October

US and Canada

31 shows

5

November

New York City

4 shows

 

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7.2             The Musicians

The drummer Ian Wallace left after the New York rehearsals in January, leaving the following band to back Dylan during all the shows in 1993:

 

John Jackson

electric and acoustic guitar, banjo

Bucky Baxter

pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic slide guitar, dobro, electric mandolin

Tony Garnier      

bass              

Winston Watson   

drums

                 

7.3             The show

The shows were structured as follows:

 

Main set:          6-7 electric songs

3-4 acoustic with the band

2-4 electric

Encores:            1-2 electric

1 acoustic with the band

 

The lower figures apply the shorter sets played during the fall tour with Santana.

 

7.4             Europe Winter Tour

7.4.1          The dates

 

FEBRUARY

 

5

Dublin, Ireland

 The Point Depot

7

London, England

 Hammersmith Apollo

8

London, England

 Hammersmith Apollo

9

London, England

 Hammersmith Apollo

11

London, England

 Hammersmith Apollo

12

London, England

 Hammersmith Apollo

13

London, England

 Hammersmith Apollo

15

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Vredenburg

16

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Vredenburg

17

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Muziekcentrum Frits Philips

18

Hannover, Germany

Musik Halle

20

Wiesbaden, Germany

Rhein-Main-Halle

21

Petange, Luxembourg

Centre Sportif

23

Paris, France

Le Zenith

25

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Maysfield Leisure Center

 

 

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7.4.2          The songs

AB   acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

7

8

9

11

12

13

15

16

17

18

20

21

23

25

Maggie's Farm

 

1

1

1

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

7

Lenny Bruce

 

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

All Along The Watchtower

 

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

15

Tangled Up In Blue

 

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

15

Positively 4th Street

 

5

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

3

Stuck Inside Of Mobile

 

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

15

She Belongs To Me

 

7

7

7

7

7

7