Olof's Files. Volume 1: Bob Dylan 1958-1969

Still On The Road

1976 EARLY SESSIONS

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January

22	Los Angeles, California	Instrumental Rentals Studio, Rehearsals
23	Los Angeles, California	Instrumental Rentals Studio, Rehearsals
23	Los Angeles, California	The Troubadour
25	Houston, Texas	Houston Astrodrome, Night Of The Hurricane 2
28	Austin, Texas	Unidentified Venue

March

30	Malibu, California	Shangri-La Studios
	Malibu, California	Shangri-La Studios

3240	Instrumental Rentals Studio
	Los Angeles, California
	22 January 1976

	Rehearsals for the second Hurricane Carter Benefit concert.

1.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
2.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
3.	Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
4.	Sara
5.	Mozambique (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)

Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal), Bob Neuwirth (guitar), Scarlet Rivera (violin), T-bone J. Henry Burnett (guitar), Roger McGuinn (guitar), Mick Ronson (guitar), Rob Stoner (bass), Steven Soles (guitar), David Mansfield (steel guitar, mandolin, violin, dobro), Howie Wyeth (drums).

Note. 1 is only a fragment.

Bootlegs

Days before the Hurricane (Come One! Come All!). No Label 93-BD-023.

Going Going Guam. White Bear / wb05/06/07/08.

Reference. Les Kokay: Songs of the Underground. Rolling Thunder Revue. Private publication 2000, page 67.

Stereo studio recording, 20 minutes.

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3245	Instrumental Rentals Studio
	Los Angeles, California
	23 January 1976

	Rehearsals for the second Hurricane Carter Benefit concert.

1.	Just Like A Woman
2.	Just Like A Woman
3.	Just Like A Woman
4.	Just Like A Woman
5.	Just Like A Woman
6.	Just Like A Woman
7.	Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Don Hunter/Stevie Wonder)
8.	Mad Man (Steven Soles/J. Henry Burnett)
9.	It Makes No Difference (Robbie Robertson)
10.	Unidentified Song
11.	Ride'Em Jewboy (Kinky Friedman)
12.	Unidentified Song
13.	Silver Mantis (J. Henry Burnett/Fleming)
14.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
15.	Maggie's Farm
16.	Maggie's Farm
17.	Maggie's Farm
18.	Maggie's Farm
19.	Maggie's Farm
20.	One Too Many Mornings
21.	One Too Many Mornings
22.	One Too Many Mornings
23.	One Too Many Mornings
24.	Romance In Durango (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
25.	Isis (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
26.	Isis (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
27.	Isis (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
28.	Isis (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
29.	Positively 4th Street
30.	Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
31.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
32.	Sara
33.	Just Like A Woman
34.	Hurricane (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
35.	Lay Lady Lay
36.	Lay Lady Lay
37.	Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)

Bob Dylan (guitar), Bob Neuwirth (guitar), Scarlet Rivera (violin), T-bone J. Henry Burnett (guitar), Roger McGuinn (guitar), Mick Ronson (guitar), Rob Stoner (bass), Steven Soles (guitar), David Mansfield (steel guitar, mandolin, violin, dobro), Howie Wyeth (drums).

1, 3, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28-37 Bob Dylan (vocal).

7, 9 Rick Danko (vocal).

8 Steven Soles (vocal).

10 T-bone J. Henry Burnett (vocal).

Notes

· 2-6, 15, 17-20, 22, 23, 25-27 are fragments only.

· 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25 are instrumentals.

· 12 sometimes to referred to as Eating Ice-chrome at a Spaceball Game.

· Bob Dylan’s involvement in tracks 7-13 is uncertain.

Bootlegs

Days before the Hurricane (Come One! Come All!). No Label 93-BD-023.

Going Going Guam. White Bear / wb05/06/07/08.

Reference. Les Kokay: Songs of the Underground. Rolling Thunder Revue. Private publication 2000, page 68.

Stereo studio recording, 56 minutes.

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3247	The Troubadour
	West Hollywood
	Los Angeles, California
	23 January 1976

1.	Lay Lady Lay
2.	Romance In Durango (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)

Notes

· Performed during the encores of a Roger Miller and Larry Gatlin concert.

· There is no tape in circulation.

Reference. Les Kokay: Songs of the Underground. Rolling Thunder Revue. Private publication 2000, page 69.

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3250	Houston Astrodrome
	Houston, Texas
	25 January 1976

1.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
2.	Maggie's Farm
3.	One Too Many Mornings
4.	Romance In Durango (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
5.	I Threw It All Away
6.	Isis (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
7.	Positively 4th Street

8.	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
9.	Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
10.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
11.	Sara
12.	Lay Lady Lay
13.	Just Like A Woman
14.	Hurricane (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
15.	Ride 'Em Jewboy (Kinky Friedman)

1-7, 9-15 Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal), Bob Neuwirth (guitar), Scarlet Rivera (violin), T-bone J. Henry Burnett (guitar), Roger McGuinn (guitar), Mick Ronson (guitar), Rob Stoner (bass), Steven Soles (guitar), David Mansfield (steel guitar, mandolin, violin, dobro), Howie Wyeth, Ringo Starr and Joe Vitale (drums).

8 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, guitar & harmonica).

1 Bob Neuwirth (shared vocal).

15 Kinky Friedman (vocal).

BobTalk

Thank you, we want to introduce you to someone in our band, he’s come here from England, a fine person and a very good guitar player, Mr. Mick Ronson. (after Isis).

Everybody recognize this is Scarlet Rivera standing over here on our right, giver her a hand … we also have three drummers, Howie Wyeth, this is Ringo Starr. (before I Threw It All Away).

This is an underground song, underground … (before One More Cup Of Coffee).

Notes

· This is a show in transition between the first and the second Rolling Thunder Revue tours. Some arrangements will be used later in 1976 and some remain from the 1975 tour.

· Dylan starts I Threw It All Away before switching to One Too Many Mornings, who has the additional lyrics “I’ve no right to leave and you’ve no right to stay, we’re just one too many mornings and a thousand miles away.”

· First known live version of Positively 4^th Street since Sydney 13 April 1966!

· This show featured many more acts than The Rolling Thunder Revue, among them Stevie Wonder and Isaac Hayes.

References

Article in Rolling Stone 24 February 1975.

Les Kokay: Songs of the Underground. Rolling Thunder Revue. Private publication 2000, pages 70-71.

Mono audience recording, 75 minutes.

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3260	Unidentified Venue
	Austin, Texas
	28 January 1976

1.	From Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
2.	Girl From The North Country

Bob Dylan & Joni Mitchell (vocal & guitar).

Notes

· Dylan joins Joni Mitchell in concert.

· There is no tape in circulation.

Reference. Les Kokay: Songs of the Underground. Rolling Thunder Revue. Private publication 2000, page 72.

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3265	Shangri-La Studios
	Malibu, California
	30 March 1976

1.	Stormy Monday Blues (Aron T. Walker)
2.	Unidentified Song
3.	Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark)
4.	Adelita (trad.)
5.	The Water Is Wide (trad.)
6.	When The Ship Comes In
7.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
8.	Idiot Wind
9.	Idiot Wind
10.	Idiot Wind
11.	Idiot Wind
12.	Big River (Johnny Cash)
13.	Steppin' Out (James Bracken)
14.	Steppin' Out (James Bracken)

1-12 Bob Dylan (piano & vocal), Eric Clapton (guitar), unidentified guitarist and drummer.

4, 12 Eric Clapton (shared vocal).

6 Eric Clapton (vocal).

9-10 Eric Clapton (guitar & vocal), Bob Dylan (guitar), unidentified guitarist and drummer.

Notes

· 6, 7 fragment sonly.

· The second song is the same as the second song performed with "Chopped Liver" on Chabad TV 24 September 1989!

· Bob Dylan may not be present on track 1, 2, 9 and 10, which may originate from a different session.

Bootlegs

Acetates on the Tracks 3. Howlin Wolf / BDAT03

Happy Birthday Eric! Dandelion / DL 017

Legend In His Time. Montserrat 1927/28/29

Stereo studio recording, 25 minutes.

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3270	Shangri-La Studios
	Malibu, California
	March - April 1976

1.	Sign Language
2.	Sign Language
3.	Sign Language

Eric Clapton (guitar & vocal), Bob Dylan (guitar & shared vocal), Robbie Robertson (guitar).

Note. Tracks 1 and 2 are not in circulation.

Official release

3 released on ERIC CLAPTON: NO REASON TO CRY, Polydor RSO RSI-3004, September 1976.

Incomplete stereo studio recording, 5 minutes

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