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						7		7		8
Tomorrow Night	AB	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	15
Jim Jones	AB	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB	10	10	10	10		10	10	10	10		10	10	10	10	10	13
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB	11	11	11	11		11	11	11	11			11		11	11	11
Cat's In The Well		12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15
I And I		13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AB	14	14		14				14		14		14				6
Highway 61 Revisited		15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Ballad Of A Thin Man		16	16	16	16				16		16						6
Everything Is Broken		17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17		17	17	17		17		12
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB	18		18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	14
Pretty Peggy-O				2				2									2
Under The Red Sky				5													1
Simple Twist Of Fate				14		14	14	14		14		14			14		7
Every Grain Of Sand					2												1
I Don't Believe You					5		5										2
If Not For You						2			2			2					3
Watching The River Flow						5			5		5	5					4
Desolation Row	AB					10											1
Girl From The North Country	AB					11											1
What Good Am I?						16	16	16		16		16		16	16		7
Just Like A Woman							2										1
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35								1		17				17	1		4
Shooting Star								5					5				2
It Takes A Lot To Laugh								7	7	7				7		7	5
I'm Moving On									1	1						1	3
The Man In Me										2	2		2	2	2		5
I'll Remember You										5			16				2
Folsom Prison Blues											1	1	1	1			4
Silvio											7						1
Gates Of Eden	AB										10						1
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB										11	11		11			3
Knockin' On Heaven's Door												7		14		14	3
Shelter From The Storm														5	5		2
Born In Time																5	1
Man In The Long Black Coat																16	1

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ALPHABETICAL Song chart

								February
		5	7	8	9	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	20	21	23	25
All Along The Watchtower		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	15
Ballad Of A Thin Man		16	16	16	16				16		16						6
Born In Time																5	1
Cat's In The Well		12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15
Desolation Row	AB					10											1
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB	11	11	11	11		11	11	11	11			11		11	11	11
Every Grain Of Sand					2												1
Everything Is Broken		17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17		17	17	17		17		12
Folsom Prison Blues											1	1	1	1			4
Gates Of Eden	AB										10						1
Girl From The North Country	AB					11											1
Highway 61 Revisited		15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
I And I		13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15
I Don't Believe You					5		5										2
I'll Remember You										5			16				2
I'm Moving On									1	1						1	3
If Not For You						2			2			2					3
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB	18		18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	14
It Takes A Lot To Laugh								7	7	7				7		7	5
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB										11	11		11			3
Jim Jones	AB	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15
Just Like A Woman							2										1
Knockin' On Heaven's Door												7		14		14	3
Lenny Bruce		2	2														2
Maggie's Farm		1	1	1	1		1									17	7
The Man In Me										2	2		2	2	2		5
Man In The Long Black Coat																16	1
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB	10	10	10	10