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1978 World Tour – US: DECEMBER

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1	Memphis, Tennessee	Mid-South Coliseum
2	Nashville, Tennessee	Municipal Auditorium
3	Birmingham, Alabama	Jefferson Civic Center
5	Mobile, Alabama	Municipal Auditorium
7	Greensboro, North Carolina	Greensboro Coliseum
8	Savannah, Georgia	Civic Center Arena
9	Columbia, South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum
10	Charlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte Coliseum
12	Atlanta, Georgia	The Omni
13	Jacksonville, Florida	The Coliseum
15	Lakeland, Florida	Civic Center
16	Hollywood, Florida	Hollywood Sportatorium

4890	Mid-South Coliseum
	Memphis, Tennessee
	1 December 1978

1.	My Back Pages
2.	She’s Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
3.	Mr. Tambourine Man
4.	Shelter From The Storm
5.	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
6.	Tangled Up In Blue
7.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
8.	Maggie's Farm
9.	I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10.	Like A Rolling Stone
11.	I Shall Be Released
12.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15.	It Ain't Me, Babe
16.	Am I Your Stepchild?
17.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18.	Blowin' In The Wind
19.	Girl From The North Country
20.	Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
21.	Masters Of War
22.	Just Like A Woman
23.	To Ramona
24.	All Along The Watchtower
25.	All I Really Want To Do
26.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
27.	Forever Young
	—
28.	Changing Of The Guards
29.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

Concert # 54 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 103

Concert # 80 with the 1978 World Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Billy Cross (lead guitar), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Ian Wallace (drums), Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.

3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.

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

BobTalk

Thank you. I don't know how many of you remember those old time carnivals that used to come through. In the 50’s, remember them? Every one of them used to have what they called a geek. Remember the geek? You know what a geek is? I’ll tell you. He’s a man, you pay 25 cents to see a geek in a sideshow. The man eats a live chicken. He bites its head off, finishes that. Then he proceeds to eat the rest of the live chicken. Heart, blood and everything. (voice in audience: Oh my God!). Anyway, this man, most people who travel in the carnival don't pay too much attention to him. He usually eats by himself, stays by himself. Anyway, I was talking one morning to the bearded lady. (…..). And she’s telling me that this geek...Charlie was his name…he was really very strange, but he used to think of other people as being very freaky. And she told me that and that just freaked me out. Anyway, that has always given me a lot of encouragement as I travel around the world, thinking what this person thinks and what that person thinks. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Thank you. I was riding on a train one time from Mexico, up to San Diego. Anyway, I fell asleep on this train I woke up…at the time I woke up the train had stopped at a place called Monterey. And there was a family with about 15 children getting off the train and this old man was stepping up to get on to the train. So he was coming down the aisle, I was watching him through the glass, like a mirror. I’d seen him get on and watched this figure moving up the aisle. And he takes a seat across the aisle from me. I just couldn’t (…..) turned to look at him, he was about 150 years old and he was wearing a blanket. That's all he was wearing was a blanket. And I turned to look at him and I see his eyes were burning like they was on fire and there was smoke coming out of his nostrils. And I think, this is a man I wanted to talk to. (before Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

Thank you. They sang that so sweet. (after Rainy Day Women #12 & 35)

Thank you. All right, a few years ago I went over to the South of France. The day I was born it happens to be a high holy gypsy holiday. The gypsies all get together on that particular day and they, they have a party for about a week. It’s like Christmas time. And I went over and checked it out. And I was fortunate enough to meet the king of the gypsies over there. A young man with 16 wives and 125 children, I swear. And a lot of girlfriends too. Anyway, he took me under his wing and I stayed with them about a week and partied with them. At the end of that week I just…I’ve done just about everything two or three times and it was time for me to go, and they were going back home, where gypsies go. So he said, "What would you like?" as we were both going in different directions. He said "What would you like, Bob, (…..)?" I couldn't think of anything beside….I asked for one more cup of coffee (‘cause) I’d drunk so much of, that week. So they give it to me black. So I took it and headed on down the road to the valley below.

Ladies and gentlemen, on the drums tonight, give him a warm hand, from Kingston, Jamaica, Ian Wallace. On the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards, from Trinidad, the one and only Alan Pasqua. All right. On the lead guitar, the oldest member of this group, born in 1921, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Billy Cross. The youngest member of this group, on the violin and the mandolin, sometimes electric lead guitar. Only fifteen years old, he's been with me now for five years. He doesn't smoke dope, drink whiskey, chase women. All that's gonna change tonight. David Mansfield. All right. On the rhythm guitar, a man from Bogota, Colombia. Doesn't speak any English, but he plays his heart out on the guitar, doesn't he? Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Steven Soles. He gave up a career as a racing car driver to join this band. Now he drives the bus. On the tenor saxophone, a legend in his own time. A man who made many of Phil Spectors’ great records. Used to play with Duane Eddy. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Steve Douglas. On the backup vocals tonight, three young ladies I just don't think I could do without anymore. They make me sound so good. I know I don't have the greatest voice in the world, but they make it better than it is. Anyway, Jo Ann Harris. All three of these girlfriends are my girlfriends. In the middle, Helena Springs. And on the left, Miss Carolyn Dennis. From Detroit, on the conga drums, also a legend in her own time, the most amazing Miss Bobbye Hall. We gotta get out of here pretty soon, so thank you for coming. (before It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding))

Thank you very much. We'll be back soon. I'm not ready to be put out to pasture yet, so we may be back sooner than you think. In the meantime, thanks for coming. Goodnight. (after Forever Young)

All right, thank you. Here's a song I took off an old Memphis Minnie record. (before I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight)

1 new song (3%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 155 minutes.

Session info updated 31 March 2003.

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4900	Municipal Auditorium
	Nashville, Tennessee
	2 December 1978
	Soundcheck before concert.

1.	Unidentified Song
2.	This Way That Way
3.	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
4.	Slow Train

Bob Dylan (guitar), Billy Cross (lead guitar), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Ian Wallace (drums).

2, 4 Bob Dylan (vocal) and Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

3 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals).

Mono recording, 20 minutes.

Session info updated 31 March 2003.

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4905	Municipal Auditorium
	Nashville, Tennessee
	2 December 1978

Interview by a female reporter. from Jacksonville, Florida.

Mono recording, 18 minutes.

Session info updated 31 March 2003.

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4910	Municipal Auditorium
	Nashville, Tennessee
	2 December 1978

1.	My Back Pages
2.	She’s Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
3.	Mr. Tambourine Man
4.	Shelter From The Storm
5.	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
6.	Tangled Up In Blue
7.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
8.	Maggie's Farm
9.	I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10.	Like A Rolling Stone
11.	I Shall Be Released
12.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15.	It Ain't Me, Babe
16.	Am I Your Stepchild?
17.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18.	Blowin' In The Wind
19.	Girl From The North Country
20.	We Better Talk This Over
21.	Masters Of War
22.	Just Like A Woman
23.	To Ramona
24.	All Along The Watchtower
25.	All I Really Want To Do
26.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
27.	Forever Young
	—
28.	Changing Of The Guards
29.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

Concert # 55 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 104

Concert # 81 with the 1978 World Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Billy Cross (lead guitar), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Ian Wallace (drums), Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.

3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.

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

27 Peter Drake (guitar)

Note. 2, 19 and partly 27 broadcast 1979 by Italian TV in the TV special “Il Profeta E Stanco”.

BobTalk

You remember those carnivals we used to have those carnivals? I remember those carnivals we had in the 50’s. Every carnival that came through town, or I traveled to, had what you called a geek. You know what a geek is? A geeek is a name ...., in those days it cost a quarter to see him. These days it’s probably about 5:50, but back then it cost a quarter to see him. He'd eat a live chicken. He’d bite the head off, he’d eat that. Then he'd continue till he was finished with the whole chicken. Heart, blood everything. Anyway, then he'd sweep the feathers up with a broom. One day I was talking to the bearded lady after breakfast. And she said that this man wasn't funky, but he was low down. As low down as you can get. People would always be insulting him for no good reason really. But she told me that he used to look at everybody else as being very freaky. Without having to stop to think about it. Anyway, as I travel around the world, that idea has given me a ot of encouragement as I go here and there. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Thank you. This is a song I played at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963. And they booed me out of town, for playing that then. Anyway, it hasn't stopped me now. I keep playing it night after night. It's called I Ain't Gonna Work On Maggie's Farm No More. (before Maggie's Farm)

I was riding on a train one time to Mexico, going up north to San Diego. I fell asleep on the train and woke up and it was about midnight. And the train had stopped at a place called Monterey. You know where Monterey is, right? There was a bunch of children getting off the train. There must have been about 17 children and the mother and the father. And they was getting off the train and at the time I was watching it all through the glass. It was like the whole side of the train was like a mirror. So I was watching it all happen and I saw this old man stumble onto the train. He was getting on and was walking down to the seat right across the car from me. So, I felt a vibration in the air, it was certainly the time. So I turned to look at him, and I could see he wasn't dressed in anything but a blanket. He was just wearing a blanket, and he must have been 150 years old. I took another look at him an I could see that both his eyes were burning out. They was on fire. And there was smoke coming out of his nostrils. Ah, well this is a man that I want to talk to. (before Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

Thank you. I was over in France for about four or five weeks, I don’t remember how long. My particular, ah the day I was born just happens to be the high holy gypsy holiday. I know it sounds strange but it's true. Anyway, I went over there to see what they were doing on my birthday, seeing it was some kind of holiday. So, they all meet, all the gypsies from all over Europe. From France, England, Holland, and ah, Romania, all these different countries come and meet in the South of France. So I stayed over there with them for about a week, they partied for a week. I was fortunate enough to meet a young man who was the king of the gypsies. A young man who had 16 wives an 120 children and a whole lot of girlfriends. He held court every day, and he kind of took me under his wing, but sooner or later it got time to go, so I was heading off this way and he was going down that way. He said, "Well Bob, we have to go our separate ways, what would you like?" And I had done everything that week at least twice. Anyway I said, "Just One More Cup Of Coffee". He said , "All right, black?" And he put it in a bag for me and give it to me, and I headed off down the road.

Thank you, all right. The first girl I ever loved, she broke my heart, left me for an older man, way back then. A few years later I wrote a song about her. (before Girl Of The North Country)

Thank you! Ladies and gentlemen, on the drums tonight, give him a warm hand, Mr. Ian Wallace. On the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards, from Trinidad, the one and only Alan Pasqua. On the lead guitar, the oldest member of this group, born in 1921, ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing he hasn’t done, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Billy Cross. On he violin, electric violin, electric mandolin, sometimes electric lead guitar, the youngest member of this group, fifteen years old, been with me for five years. Doesn't smoke dope, drink whiskey or chase women. All that's gonna change tonight. David Mansfield! On the rhythm guitar, a man from Bogota, South America. Doesn't speak any English, but he plays his heart out doesn't he? Mr. Steven Soles. Gave up a career as a racing car driver to join this band. When he stops playing guitar he’s gonna have to drive the bus. On the tenor saxophone, a man who is actually a legend in his own life time. He made many of Phil Spector’s greatest records. He used to play with Duane Eddy. Ladies and gentlemen, the phenomenal Steve Douglas. All right, on the backup vocals, three young ladies who make me sound so good. I know I haven't got the greatest voice in the world, but they make it sound even worse than it is! My three girlfriends. I don't have to look very far to chase some women. On the right, Jo Ann Harris. In the middle, Helena Springs. An on the other side, Miss Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums from Detroit City, the most amazing Miss Bobbye Hall. (before It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding))

Thank you! Well, thank you very much! We’ll be back soon, we gotta go now, but we’ll be back. I’m not ready to be put out in the pasture just yet, so ... Anyway. I made some records in this town. I think I'm gonna come back and do some more. But, until then, thanks for coming. Here’s a song I wrote for one of my babies when he was a baby. He's not a baby anymore and he's not here, but I wanna play it anyway. (before Forever Young)

1 new song (3%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 150 minutes.

Session info updated 31 March 2003.

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4920	Jefferson Civic Center
	Birmingham, Alabama
	3 December 1978

1.	My Back Pages
2.	She’s Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
3.	Mr. Tambourine Man
4.	Shelter From The Storm
5.	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
6.	Tangled Up In Blue
7.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
8.	Maggie's Farm
9.	I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10.	Like A Rolling Stone
11.	I Shall Be Released
12.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15.	It Ain't Me, Babe
16.	Am I Your Stepchild?
17.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18.	Blowin' In The Wind
19.	Girl From The North Country
20.	Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
21.	Masters Of War
22.	Just Like A Woman
23.	To Ramona
24.	All Along The Watchtower
25.	All I Really Want To Do
26.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
27.	Forever Young
	—
28.	Changing Of The Guards

Concert # 56 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 105

Concert # 82 with the 1978 World Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Billy Cross (lead guitar), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Ian Wallace (drums), Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.

3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.

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

BobTalk

You know they used to have these carnivals come through town in the 50’s. I don't know if they still have them. Everyone had someone called a geek. You know what a geek is? A geek is somebody who eats a live chicken. Right out front he bites the head off, eats that. Then he pretends to eat the rest of it. The whole thing used to cost a quarter, now it would cost 5-6 dollars. But then it cost a quarter. Anyway, he was a pretty little ..., what you call low down, you know, nobody wants to talk to him eat with him, bother with him, hang out with him. But I was talking to the bearded lady one day at breakfast. She told me that this man was so awful that he used to think that everyone else was strange and that he was straight. Anyway, that kind of shocked me at first but I can remember that years later people, were looking at me in a funny way so. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

I first played this song at the Newport Folk Festival, and they booed me out of town. But it didn't bother me none. I've played it ever since. (before Maggie's Farm)

Thank you. I was riding on a train one time from Durango, Mexico to San Diego. I fell asleep once and I woke up and the train was parked outside Monterey. I was a little bit groggy, so I stared into the window which was a like a long mirror. An I saw about one family get off the train. About 17 or 18 kids, I saw them get off the train, and I saw this old man step up to the train. Anyway, in the mirror he looked, all he was wearing was a blanket. Must have been about 150 years old at least. Anyway, he came up the aisle and he sat down next to me on the other side of the aisle. And finally I just couldn't stand it anymore, I just had to turn and look at him. I looked at him, I could see that both his eyes were on fire, were burning, and his nostrils had smoke coming out. I figured this was the man I wanted to talk to. (before Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

A few years ago I went to a high holy gypsy holiday. It happened to be on the same day that I was born on. So, I knew about this for years, anyway. A few years back I went over to see what the gypsies did on the day that I was born on. It turned out that their holy day was like Christmas for them. They celebrate for a week in a place in the south of France. Like they party for a week. And they throw some (....)down the street. Anyway I was fortunate to meet the king of the gypsies over there. And, ... very interesting, the king of the gypsies had 16 wives and 125 children, and a few friends on the side. Anyway, that kind of changed my way of thinking on all this. So, I stayed with them for about a week. I did everything twice. Anyway, it was time to go. I told the king it was time to go now. “What would you like (....) I couldn’t think of anything I hade done except drink coffe, so I said just give me one more cup Of coffee for the road. He put it in a bag and I went down the road to the valley below.

Thank you! Ladies and gentlemen, on the drums tonight, give him a warm hand, from Kingston, Jamaica, Mr. Ian Wallace. Yes, that's him. Alright, on the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards, from Trinidad, Alan Pasqua. On the lead guitar, the oldest member of this group, was born in 1921., ladies and gentlemen Mr. Billy Cross. He's just beginning to live. The youngest member of this group, fifteen years old, he's been with me five years. Doesn't smoke dope, drink whiskey, chase women. All that's gonna change tonight, David Mansfield. Oh yeah, he plays the violin, mandolin and the dobro. All right, on the rhythm guitar, a man from Bogota, Colombia, doesn't speak any English, but he does play his heart out doesn't he? Gave up a career as a sports car driver to join this band. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Steven Soles. If he stops playing, he’s gonna start driving the bus. On the tenor saxophone a man who's really actually a legend in his own lifetime. He used to play with Duane Eddy. On one of Duane Eddy's tours. He made many of Phil Spectors greatest records. Steven Douglas. He's gonna blow something for you now all by himself. Gotta give him his credit. On the backup vocals tonight, three young ladies I can't really do with out anymore. I know I don't have the greatest voice in the world, but they make it sound just a little bit better. On the right, Jo Ann Harris. In the middle, Helena Springs. And on the other side is Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums, can you hear the conga drums out there? From Detroit City, the most amazing Miss Bobbye Hall. We're about to get out of here. But we may be back I'm not ready to be put out in the pasture just yet. (before It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding))

All right, thank you very much for coming. We're gonna get out of here now. I wrote this song for one of my babies when he was a baby. He's not a baby anymore and he's not here, but I wanna play it anyway. (before Forever Young)

1 new song (3%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 140 minutes.

Session info updated 31 March 2003.

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4930	Municipal Auditorium
	Mobile, Alabama
	5 December 1978

1.	My Back Pages
2.	She’s Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
3.	Mr. Tambourine Man
4.	Shelter From The Storm
5.	Love Minus Zero/No Limit
6.	Tangled Up In Blue
7.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
8.	Maggie's Farm
9.	I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10.	Like A Rolling Stone
11.	I Shall Be Released
12.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
13.	One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
14.	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15.	It Ain't Me, Babe
16.	Am I Your Stepchild?
17.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18.	Blowin' In The Wind
19.	Girl From The North Country
20.	Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
21.	Masters Of War
22.	Just Like A Woman
23.	To Ramona
24.	All Along The Watchtower
25.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
26.	Forever Young
	—
27.	Changing Of The Guards

Concert # 57 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 106

Concert # 83 with the 1978 World Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Billy Cross (lead guitar), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Ian Wallace (drums), Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.

3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.

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

BobTalk

Thank you. All right, thank you. This next song is about the story of my life, just about. (before Shelter From The Storm)

[recording breaks here] back then. Now it’d probably cost about eleven bucks, but back then it was cheaper, you know. Anyway, I used to know this one particular geek. Not very well, I never did get too tight with him. But I was having breakfast one day with a lady with a beard. I swear she had a beard. Anyway, she said, this (…..) geek he's the low-downiest man in this show. But just to give you an idea of how strange he really is, he thinks of everybody else as being freaks. He thinks he's very straight. Anyway, years later I remember that story when I started moving around a bit and people started looking at me in a funny way. So, somewhere along the line I wrote this song. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Thank you. This is the song here that got me booed out of the Newport Folk Festival, 1963. I never would believe that a song could cause so much disturbance, but it did. (before Maggie's Farm)

I was riding on a train one time deep in the heart of Mexico. A place called Durango, up to San Diego. Anyway, the train was passing a town called Monterey. Anyway, I'd fallen asleep before that, I was waking up when the train was pulling into the station and stopped. And I was gazing into the window which was like a long mirror, you know. And I saw this family of about fifteen children get off the train. And this old man step on up to the platform to get on the train. He was wearing nothing but a blanket and he come down the aisle and took a seat across the aisle from me. About…I don't know how long a time that went by, but finally I couldn’t help it, I had to turn to look at him. And when I turned to look at him I swear both his eyes were on fire, they were so hot, burning up. And there was smoke coming out of his nostrils. I turned around and glanced back into the mirror. I turned to look at him again, I figured that this was the man that I wanted to talk to. When I finally could get it together I turned around and he had disappeared. (before Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

A few years ago I was over in the South of France where the gypsies have their high holy day. Kind of like Christmas to them. Anyway, they have…the High Holy Day that the gypsies do celebrate just happens to be the particular day I was born. So I went over there to check out what they were up to. So I did get over there and I did manage to meet the king of the gypsies. A young man who impressed me a great deal. He…this man had 16 wives and 125 children, I swear. He also had girlfriends on the side. He was the sole commander in chief of all the gypsies. Anyway, they just partied for a week [recording breaks here] so I was there with them [recording breaks here] one more cup of coffee for the road. Black. They put it in a bag and they give it to me. And I drifted away.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. On the drums tonight, give him a warm hand, Mr. Ian Wallace. On the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards, Alan Pasqua. Lead guitar, Billy Cross. On the violin and the mandolin, David Mansfield. On the rhythm guitar, Steve Soles. Tenor saxophone, Steve Douglas. On the background vocals, my three favorite young ladies, Jo Ann Harris, Helena Springs, Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums, from Detroit, Miss Bobbye Hall. (before It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding))

2 new songs (7%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 140 minutes.

Session info updated 31 March 2003.

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4940	Greensboro Coliseum
	Greensboro, North Carolina
	7 December 1978

1.	My Back Pages
2.	She’s Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
3.	Mr. Tambourine Man
4.	Shelter From The Storm
5.	Love Minus Zero/No Limit
6.	Tangled Up In Blue
7.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
8.	Maggie's Farm
9.	I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10.	Like A Rolling Stone
11.	I Shall Be Released
12.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15.	It Ain't Me, Babe
16.	Am I Your Stepchild?
17.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18.	Blowin' In The Wind
19.	Girl From The North Country
20.	Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
21.	Masters Of War
22.	Just Like A Woman
23.	All Along The Watchtower
24.	To Ramona
25.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
26.	Forever Young
	—
27.	Changing Of The Guards

Concert # 58 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 107

Concert # 84 with the 1978 World Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Billy Cross (lead guitar), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Ian Wallace (drums), Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.

3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.

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

BobTalk

You remember those carnivals that used to come through with geeks in them? Remember the geeks? I remember the carnivals in the Midwest in the 50’s, everyone had a geek. You know what a geek is? A geek is a man, if you don't know, that eats a live chicken. Bites the head off, eats that, then continues to eat the rest of it. He sweeps the feathers up with a broom. In them days it cost a quarter to see him. Nowadays I guess it must be about 10, 15 bucks, but back then it cost a quarter. So, no one paid too much, ha ha ha, no one would hang out with the geek as I remember. No one ever did get too tight with him. Anyway, I was speaking one day to this bearded lady at the breakfast table. She said to me that this man was low down, lower than low. He thought everybody else was freaky except him. Maybe he was down on his luck, but he weren't nothing to be ashamed about. Anyway, years later that came back to me as I was wondering around and people used to look at me in a strange way. I used to think about that. That one particular incident caused me to write this song. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Thank you. All right. I was taking a train one time through Mexico, from (…..) up to San Diego. Anyway, I fell asleep on this train and I think it was about midnight, and the train had stopped outside a place called Monterey. And as I was just waking up from this sleep I was looking through the window, which was like a long mirror. And I was watching a whole family get off the train and one old man stepped up onto the train. This old man gets up onto the train wearing nothing but a blanket and he came down the aisle and took a seat across the aisle from me. I was just watching through the mirror of this train. Anyway, the pressure (…..) better of me as the train was just stopping at the station. I turned to look at him and I could see that his eyes were on fire and there was smoke coming out of his nostrils, but I tried not to pay too much attention to that. I turned around and I was thinking to myself that this was the man that I wanted to talk to. Anyway, when I turned around to talk to him he disappeared. (before Señor (Talkes Of Yankee Power))

Thank you. (…..). Anyway, this is a new song I wrote about six months ago about a horrible love affair. (before Am I Your Stepchild?)

Thank you. A few years back, it happened to…my particular day, the day I was born there happens to be a particular high holy gypsy holiday. It’s true. It’s just a coincidence, I guess but it’s still true. Anyway, that particular day gypsies from all over Europe, they'd go to one special place and party for a week. Yeah, it’s like Christmas time. So, one year I decided to go over there and check it out. I'd heard about it before. Anyway, I went over there and I did manage to meet the king of the gypsies. A young man who had 16 wives and 125 children and girlfriends on the side too. Anyway, he kinda took me under his wing, for at least that week. But after the end of that week I had done just about everything twice and stayed up the whole week, and there was time to leave, so he asked (…..) we all go our separate ways, “what would you like?” I was so tired all I could think of was “give me one more cup of coffee for the road.” And they give it to me, black.

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, on the drums tonight, give him a warm welcome, Mr. Ian Wallace. On the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the organ and all the rest of the keyboards, Alan Pasqua. On the lead guitar Billy Cross. On the violin and mandolin, David Mansfield. Rhythm guitar, Steve Soles. On the tenor saxophone, the phenomenal Steve Douglas. On the backup vocals, my ex-girlfriend, Jo Ann Harris. My new girlfriend, Helena Springs. And my fiancée, Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums, from Detroit, the most amazing Miss Bobbye Hall. (before It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding))

Thank you. We're about ready to go now. Anyway, we may be back. I'm not ready to put out to pasture just yet. (before Forever Young)

1 new song (3%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 155 minutes.

Session info updated 31 March 2003.

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4950	Civic Center Arena
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