1981 US Summer Tour

Still On The Road

1981 US SUMMER TOUR

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June

10	Chicago, Illinois	Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates
11	Clarkston, Michigan	Pine Knob Music Theatre
12	Clarkston, Michigan	Pine Knob Music Theatre
14	Columbia, Maryland	Marjorie Merriweather Post Pavilion

6190	Poplar Creek Music Theater
	Hoffman Estates
	Chicago, Illinois
	10 June 1981

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Rev. James Cleveland/Cassietta George)

11.

Abraham, Martin And John (Dick Holler)

12.

Lenny Bruce

13.

Covenant Woman

14.

Solid Rock

15.

Just Like A Woman

16.

Watered-Down Love

17.

What Can I Do For You?

18.

When You Gonna Wake Up

19.

Forever Young

20.

In The Garden

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21.

Blowin' In The Wind

22.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

First concert of The US Summer Tour 1981. First 1981 concert.

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Willie Smith (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Carolyn Dennis, Regina Havis, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals).

4 Regina Havis (vocal).

11 Bob Dylan (piano & vocal), Clydie King (shared vocal).

17, 19 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

22 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

Note. Live debuts of Dead Man, Dead Man and Watered-Down Love.

BobTalk

Thank you. This is a song we just recorded. Should be out in a couple of months, a couple of years maybe. Anyway, it's called Dead Man Dead Man When Will You Arise.

This is also a new song (....). You've never heard it before, called Watered Down Love.

All right we gotta get out of here now. I hope we played something that you wanted to hear. Anyway, on lead guitar tonight, Steve Ripley. On the other guitar, the other lead guitar, he's a little bit taller than Steve Ripley, that's Fred Tackett. On the keyboards tonight, Willie Smith. On the drums, Jim Keltner. Jimmy Lee Keltner. Playing bass tonight is Mr. Tim Drummond. All right, and over there is Clydie King. Put the spotlight over there, Clydie King. Regina McCreary and Madelyn Quebec and Miss Carolyn Dennis. I wanna say hello to Clark Mathias if he's here, still here. Clark, stand up and take a bow. (before In The Garden)

Mono audience recording, 105 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6200	Pine Knob Music Theatre
	Clarkston, Michigan
	11 June 1981

	Soundcheck

1.	Unidentified instrumentals
2.	Two Ways (?)
3.	Please Be Patient With Me (?)
4.	Unidentified instrumentals

3 Clydie King, Carolyn Dennis, Regina Havis, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

Mono recording, 45 minutes

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6210	Pine Knob Music Theatre
	Clarkston, Michigan
	11 June 1981

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger)

12.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Rev. James Cleveland/Cassietta George)

13.

Abraham, Martin And John (Dick Holler)

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Covenant Woman

16.

Solid Rock

17.

Just Like A Woman

18.

Watered-Down Love

19.

What Can I Do For You?

20.

When You Gonna Wake Up

21.

Forever Young

22.

Masters Of War

23.

In The Garden

—

24.

Blowin' In The Wind

25.

It Ain't Me, Babe

Second concert of The US Summer Tour 1981. Second 1981 concert.

4 Regina Havis (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan (piano & vocal), Clydie King (shared vocal).

19, 21 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. This is a new song we just recorded about, about, about a couple of weeks ago. Should be out in a couple of years. Called Dead Man Dead Man When Will You Arise.

Thank you! This is an old thing, we just recently recorded, called Watered Down Love.

Thank you. You're really a, really very nice and very kind. We're not used to that. Anyway, on backing vocals tonight, Clydie King, Regina McCreary, Madelyn Quebec and Miss Carolyn Dennis. On the keyboards, Willie Smith. On the guitars, Fred Tackett and Steve Ripley. On the drums, Jim Keltner. On bass guitar, Tim Drummond. Thank you. (at the end of In The Garden)

4 new songs (16%) compared to previous concert. 4 new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 120 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6220	Unidentified Location
	Chicago, Illinois
	12 June 1981


	Interview by Tim Blackmore.

Note. Broadcast by Capitol Radio, London, England, 15 June 1981 in “The Roger Scott Programme”.

Reference. The Fiddler Now Upspoke, Volume 2, Desolation Row Promotions, pages 469-471..

Bootleg

The Shelter From The Storm. FISK 004.

Mono radio broadcast, 6 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6230	Unidentified Location
	Detroit, Michigan
	12 June 1981


	Interview by Yves Bigot.

Note. Broadcast in part by Radio Europe 1, Paris, France, 22 and 23 June 1981 in the Dylan special “Rock A My My”.

Reference. The Fiddler Now Upspoke, Volume 1, Desolation Row Promotions, pages 235-238.

Bootleg

The Shelter From The Storm. FISK 004.

Mono radio broadcast, 11 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6240	Unidentified Location
	Detroit, Michigan
	12 June 1981


	Interview by Paul Gambaccini.

Note. Broadcast by BBC Radio 1, London, England, 20 June 1981 in the “Rock On” program.

Reference. The Fiddler Now Upspoke, Volume 1, Desolation Row Promotions, pages 239-240.

Mono radio broadcast,, 5 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6250	Pine Knob Music Theatre
	Clarkston, Michigan
	12 June 1981

	Soundcheck

1.	Unidentified Song
2.	Masters Of War
3.	Masters Of War
4.	Heart Of Mine
5.	Heart Of Mine
6.	Let's Begin (Jim Webb)
7.	Let's Begin (Jim Webb)
8.	Unidentified Song
9.	Unidentified Song

Bob Dylan (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Willie Smith (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Carolyn Dennis, Regina Havis, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals).

5 Bob Dylan (vocal).

6 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocals).

Mono audience recording, 40 minutes

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6260	Pine Knob Music Theatre
	Clarkston, Michigan
	12 June 1981

Dennis-King-Havis-Quebec:	Come On In This House (?)
	It's Gonna Rain (C Johnson)
	Show Me The Way Lord (?)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Fever (Johnny Davenport/Eddie Cooley)

Ballad Of A Thin Man

10.

Girl From The North Country

11.

Dead Man, Dead Man


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Rev. James Cleveland/Cassietta George)

12.

Rise Again (Dallas Holm)

13.

Mary From The Wild Moor (trad.)

14.

Slow Train

15.

Lenny Bruce

16.

Watered-Down Love

17.

Just Like A Woman

18.

Solid Rock

19.

Forever Young

20.

Masters Of War

21.

What Can I Do For You?

22.

When You Gonna Wake Up

23.

In The Garden

—

24.

Blowin' In The Wind

25.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Third concert of The US Summer Tour 1981. Third 1981 concert.

4 Regina Havis (vocal).

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

19, 25 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

Note. Live debut of Lenny Bruce.

BobTalk

Thank you. (…..). Here’s Regina McCreary. She’s gonna sing for you. Keep On Falling In Love Until I Get It Right.

Thank you. All right, that was all about animals. Here’s a farm song. (before Maggie’s Farm)

We’re gonna try something new. We haven’t done it for a while. It’s a request. (…..) people all the way from San Francisco, they want to hear this one song. (…..). (before Fever)

Well, here’s a song we recently recorded called Dead Man, Dead Man, When Will You Arise.

Carolyn Dennis is gonna sing a song for you now called Walking Around Heaven All The Day.

We'll put all the dance music and do an old song. Anyway, this is a song I used to sing. This is real old. I used to sing this before I wrote any songs. Just to satisfy all those people who wanna hear the old songs. (before Mary From The Wild Moor)

Thank you. We just like to do a song just recently recorded called Watered-Down Love. You don’t want a love that’s pure, you wanna drown love, you want a watered-down love.

Thank you. Singing over there on the left is Miss Carolyn Dennis. You met her earlier. Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec, Regina McCreary, Clydie King. I can assure you they’re all worth waiting for. Then…keyboards the one and only (…..), Willie Smith. Playing guitars tonight, Fred Tackett, Steve Ripley. On the drums, Jimmy Lee Keltner. Playing bass of course is Tim Drummond. I sincerely hope that you heard something that you came to hear tonight. It’s hard to tell, these things. Thank you. (at the end of In The Garden).

4 new songs (16%) compared to previous concert. 4 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

Audience video recording, 120 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6270	Marjorie Merriweather Post Pavilion
	Columbia, Maryland
	14 June 1981

	Soundcheck

1.	Unidentified Instrumental
2.	Unidentified Instrumental
3.	Unidentified Instrumental
4.	Unidentified Instrumental
5.	Please Be Patient With Me (?)
6.	Let's Begin (Jim Webb)
7.	Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One

Bob Dylan (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Willie Smith (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums),

5 Clydie King, Carolyn Dennis, Regina Havis, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

6 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocals).

7 Regina Havis (vocal).

Mono recording, 40 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6280	Marjorie Merriweather Post Pavilion
	Columbia, Maryland
	14 June 1981

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Rev. James Cleveland/Cassietta George)

11.

Abraham, Martin And John (Dick Holler)

12.

Lenny Bruce

13.

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

14.

We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger)

15.

Solid Rock

16.

Watered-Down Love

17.

Just Like A Woman

18.

Forever Young

19.

When You Gonna Wake Up

20.

In The Garden

—

21.

Blowin' In The Wind

22.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Fourth and last concert of The US Summer Tour 1981. Fourth 1981 concert.

4 Regina Havis (vocal).

10, 11 Bob Dylan (piano & vocal), Clydie King (shared vocal).

18, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

22 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

Note. Live debut of In The Summertime.

BobTalk

Thank you. (…..). This is Regina McCreary. She's gonna sing a song, Keep On Falling In Love Till I Get It Right. I know some of you out there feel just that way.

Thank you. (…..) song about a farm. (before Maggie’s Farm)

Thank you. (…..), I wrote this song, you hear that’s a new country song. I was country before it was cool. (…..). I was country before it was cool. I was a whole lot of things before it was cool. By that I'm not saying I'm proud of that. Anyway, I wrote this song in some kind of mood one night. (…..), certain kind of pressure. (after Simple Twist Of Fate)

Thank you. This is a new song we just recently recorded. It should be out…I don't know when they're releasing my records these days. But whenever they do release another one it should be on it. Called Dead Man, Dead Man, When Will You Arise.

Thank you. I'm gonna take a break and change my shirt. In the meantime I wanna introduce Carolyn Dennis. She's gonna sing a song called Walking Around Heaven All Day.

Here’s one we also just recorded by the way. (before Lenny Bruce)

Thank you. That was Solid Rock. By the way, there's a woman out here tonight who's very, very, very (…..). She's writing an autobiography with me. I don't think I've ever met her. Anyway now, you tell the truth somewhere in your work, whoever you are. This is a new song we just did a while back…recorded. Should be our next single. I don't know, if anybody wants to know when it really gonna come out you could call the record company and they can tell you more specifically. Anyway, this is called Watered-Down Love. You don't want a love…you don't want a love that's pure, you wanna drown love, you want a watered-down love. Yes, Ma’am.

Thank you. We gotta go now. I sincerely hope we played something that you came to hear. Clap if we played something that you came to hear. Clap louder. If we played something that you came to hear you clap louder. (Take care), I'm being confused. Anyway, on the left over there is Miss Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. Next to her is the girl who sang for you, Regina McCreary. Next to her is Clydie King. On the keyboards tonight, Mr. Willie Smith. Remember now, if you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything. On the guitars tonight, Steve Ripley and Fred Tackett. On the drums, Jim Keltner. Boy, it’s hot tonight. Well, I hope you drive home safely. (This is) some place here, we had to drive to get here. On the bass guitar tonight, give him a hand, Tim Drummond. All right, thank you now. (at the end of In The Garden)

3 new songs (13%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 105 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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