STILL ON THE ROAD

2009 EUROPE SPRING TOUR

JANUARY

7	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 86: Work
14	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 87: Nothing
21	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 88: Something
28	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 89: Cats

FEBRUARY

4	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 90: Madness
11	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 91: Happiness
18	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 92: Cops and Robbers
18	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 93: Sugar and Candy

MARCH

4	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 94: Questions
11	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 95: Truth and Lies
18	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 96: Family Circle
22	Stockholm, Sweden	Berns Salonger
23	Stockholm, Sweden	Globen Arena
25	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 97: Noah's Ark: Part 1
25	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum
27	Jönköping, Sweden	Kinnarps Arena
28	Malmö, Sweden	Malmö Arena
29	Copenhagen, Denmark	Forum
31	Hannover, Germany	AWD Arena

APRIL

1	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 98: Noah's Ark: Part 2
1	Berlin, Germany	Max Schmeling Halle
2	Erfurt, Germany	Messehalle
4	Munich, Germany	Zenith
5	Saarbrücken, Germany	Saarlandhalle
7	Paris, France	Palais des Congrès de Paris
8	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 99: Clearance Sale
8	Paris, France	Palais des Congrès de Paris
10	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
11	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
12	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
14	Basel, Switzerland	St. Jacobshalle
15	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 100: Goodbye
15	Milan, Italy	Forum di Assago
17	Rome, Italy	PalaLottomatica
18	Florence, Italy	Nelson Mandela Forum
20	Geneva, Switzerland	Geneva Arena
21	Strasbourg, France	Zénith
22	Brussels, Belgium	Vorst Nationaal
24	Sheffield, England	Sheffield Arena
25	London, England	O2 Arena
26	London, England	Roundhouse
28	Cardiff, Wales	Cardiff International Arena
29	Birmingham, England	National Indoor Arena

MAY

1	Liverpool, England	Echo Arena
2	Glasgow, Scotland	Hall 4, SECC
3	Edinburgh, Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
5	Dublin, Ireland	The O2
6	Dublin, Ireland	The O2

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Song Charts

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30897	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	7 January 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 86: Work

1963	The Burnadettes	First, You've Got to Recognize God
1947	T-Bone Walker	Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
1969	Merle Haggard	Workin' Man Blues
1960	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man
1950	Sarah Vaughan (with Miles Davis)	Nice Work If You Can Get It
1970	Jesse Winchester	Payday
1967	Lee Dorsey	Gotta Find a Job
1926	Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser & His Orchestra with Tom Stacks)	The Coat And The Pants Do All The Work (and The Vest Gets All The Gravy)
1965	Billy Butler & The Enchanters	I Can't Work No Longer
1950	Ray Charles	I'll Do Anything But Work
1971	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Payday Blues
	Honey Cone	Want Ads
1937	Adriana Caselotti	Whistle While You Work
1965	Detroit Junior	Call My Job
1976	Tom Waits	I Can't Wait To Get Off Work (and See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)
1969	Marva Whitney & The J.B.'s	You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat)

Selected BobTalk

This week we're talking about work. We're talkin' about golden parachutes, poison pills, golden handshakes. We're talking about workin' like a dog, work around the clock, workin' 9 to 5; talking about all the workin' stiffs who're workin' for a livin', who live to work, labor intensive, doin' odd jobs, married to their job, them employee of the month hard at work.

You can't say enough about Merle Haggard.

I had a boss so mean once, his time clock punched me.

I'm gonna get outta here and see if I can beat the traffic. You know what it's like when everybody gets off work.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Numbers Eleven and Up

Next episode: Nothing

Session info updated 27 March 2011.

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30898	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	14 January 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 87: Nothing
	“It's night time in the Big City. A wealthy man terrorizes a waitress The dogs can smell rain.”

1965	The Fugs	Nothing
1963	The Cookies	Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)
1963	Sammy Davis Jr.	There Is Nothing Like a Dame
1959	Brenda Lee	Sweet Nothin's
1957	Frank Sinatra	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
1967	Harry Johnson (Sanford Clark)	It's Nothing To Me
2002	Peter Wolf (with Mick Jagger)	Nothing But The Wheel
1949	Marlene Dietrich	No Love, No Nothin'
1967	Toussaint McCall	Nothing Takes The Place Of You
1962	Mose Allison	I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
1956	Mac Curtis	That Ain't Nothin' But Right
1963	Rockin' Sidney	You Ain't Nothing But Fine
1996	Townes Van Zandt	Nothing
1970	The Velvet Underground	Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

Selected BobTalk

We’re gonna be talking about next to nothing, for nothing, nothing doing and all or nothing. We’re gonna be talking about nothing to write home about and nothing to shout about. Nothing to sneeze at, good-for-nothings, and nothing going for ya. Much ado about nothing, next to nothing, thinking nothing of it, and having nothing to do with ya.

Always enjoy a song with a story attached. It’s like getting a two for one, and he makes a good point. Mind your own business! You don’t have to get involved; you don’t know that whole story. Before you go jumping in, take a moment. Look at the situation. Ask yourself: Will I really be making this better? I guarantee ya, 9 times outta 10, the answer is nooooo. (about It’s Nothing To Me)

Boy, what can you say about that? Just fabulous. (about No Love, No Nothin’)

With a song this good, you only need one (about Nothing Takes the Place of You)

Huh-ha, that sounded like me playing harmonica. Short and sweet with a steady beat. (about You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine)

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Work

Next episode: Something

Session info updated 28 March 2011.

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30899	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	21 January 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 88: Something
	“It's night time in the Big City. A man falls asleep far from home There’s a strange car parked outside.”

1969	The Beatles	Something
1964	Earl-Jean McCrea	I'm Into Something Good
1964	Vic Damone	Something's Coming!
1950	Billy Ward and His Dominoes (with Clyde McPhatter)	Do Something For Me
1952	Jimmy Ballard	She's Got Something
	Steve Allen	This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
1964	The Velvelettes	He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'
1959	Eddie Cochran	Somethin' Else
1954	Daddy Cleanhead	Something's Goin' On In My Room
1966	Charlie Rich	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
1953	June Christy (with Pete Rugolo)	Something Cool
1960	Bobby Marchan	There's Something On Your Mind Part 2
1953	The Carlisles (with Jumpin' Bill Carlisle)	Something Different
1969	Thunderclap Newman	Something In The Air

Selected BobTalk

I think we all know there’s only one way to begin.

Ya know when I heard Herman’s Hermits sing it I thought it was just about having a piece of cake, or ridin’ on a Ferris wheel. But when I hear Earl-Jean sing it, I know exACTly what she’s talkin’ about!

Ya know, nobody sings like that anymore. He makes it sound effortless, no matter how difficult it really is. I like the elegance of a guy like Clyde McPhatter; it’s like watching Fred Astaire.

You can just tell he’s one of those guys raised on Western swing, looking forward to rockabilly. I sure would like to know more about him; if ya know anything, give us a call here at the station. (about Jimmy Ballard)

You know, sometimes I get jealous of you people listening. Some of you are hearing these songs for the first time, and that must be exciting. I remember what it was like when I first heard ‘em, and I tell ya even after all these years it’s still an amazing record – but that first rush of hearin’ it…wow! (about Somethin’ Else)

Here’s The Silver Fox, back when he still had a little bit of black in his hair. (about Charlie Rich)

A beautiful song of quiet despair…a lot of times the arranger gets ignored, but on a record like this you can’t imagine it without his touch. (about Something Cool)

Next up, part two of a two part record. Side one is kind of a straight read. Part two – it’s wild! Not surprisingly, the guy performing it is wild too. (There’s Something on Your Mind Pt. 2)

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Nothing

Next episode: Cats

Session info updated 28 March 2011.

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30900	Malibu Performing Arts Center
	Los Angeles, California
	January 2009

1.	Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie)
2.	Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie

Bob Dylan (vocal & acoustic guitar), Ry Cooder (electric guitar), Van Dyke Parks (piano).

Official releases

1 released on the soundtrack CD The People Speak, Verve B002UK6DTA, 8 December 2009.

1 released on the DVD The People Speak, 9 February 2010.

Notes.

1 broadcast by US TV History Channel in the film The People Speak, 13 December 2009.

2 is not in general circulation.

1 stereo studio recording, 3 minutes.

Session info updated 13 April 2011.

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30901	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	28 January 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 89: Cats
	“It's night time in the Big City. A man makes a promise he'll never keep. Spring just won't come.”

1959	The Coasters	Three Cool Cats
1936	Cliff Carlisle	Tom Cat Blues
1959	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone
1964	Buck Owens and His Buckaroos	I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
1970	The Mighty Sparrow	Sell The Puss-y
1941	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Put A Nickel In The Kitty
1934	Tampa Red & Georgia Tom	Dead Cats On The Line
1961	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight
1929	Walter "Kid" Smith and Norman Woodlief	The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough
1950	Emmy Oro	A Fish House Function (For A Cross Eyed Cat Named Sam)
1961	Hop Wilson & His Buddies	My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone
1968	The Rolling Stones	Stray Cat Blues
1961	Joseph Barbera (Hanna Barbera Cartoons)	The Theme From Top Cat

Selected BobTalk

Tigers have more than 100 stripes and no 2 have identical stripes, unless they're wearing the same pajamas.

A song that raises more questions than it answers... First time I heard it was on a hot summer day. I thought I was hallucinating (about A Fish House Function (For A Cross Eyed Cat Named Sam))

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Something

Next episode: Madness

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30902	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	4 February 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 90: Madness
	“It's night time in the Big City. The worst has already happened. A well-dressed couple lean on the balcony; they laugh as they sip martinis.”

1961	Patsy Cline	Crazy
1935	Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra	I’m Nuts About Screwy Music
1959	Eddie Cochran	Nervous Breakdown
1960	James Brown and The Famous Flames	I’ll Go Crazy
1947	Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie	Relaxin’ at Camarillo
1962	Prince Buster	Madness
1967	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Manic Depression
1967	Peggy Lee	You’re Driving Me Crazy
1959	Bo Diddley	Crackin’ Up
1967	Johnny Paycheck	(Like Me) You’ll Recover in Time
1952	Annie Ross	Twisted
1956	The Tibbs Brothers	I’m Going Crazy
1958	The Mighty Sparrow	The Mad Bomber
1958	Little Walter	Crazy Mixed Up World
1952	Dinah Washington	Blow Top Blues
1966	Napoleon XIV	They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!
1972	Porter Wagoner	The Rubber Room
1947	Beatrice Kay w/ Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	Hooray, Hooray, I’m Goin’ Away
1957	Redd Foxx	It’s Fun to Be Livin’ in the Crazy House
1957	Mose Allison	Lost Mind
1974	Jack Kittel	Psycho
1993	Nirvana	Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle

Selected BobTalk

I can’t imagine Jimi Hendrix writing a song called ‘Bipolar Disorder.’

A lot of people are unfamiliar with the way that Annie and other vocal lead singers would take jazz solos and put words to them; well this is one of the most famous ones.

Walter basically reinvented the harmonica. When he was growing up, he was obsessed with the Louis Jordan records, and would practice playing Louis’ saxophone solos on his harmonica.

The Thin Man from West Plains (about Porter Wagoner)

Here’s a wild record with a surprising person at the helm. (about It’s Fun To Be Living In The Crazy House)

Here’s a man that some call the William Faulkner of jazz. Now I’ve got to tell you, I’ve heard this guy play since the 60s, and I’ve never heard anybody call him the William Faulkner of jazz. But there it is in a book. I mean, somebody just wrote that; I can’t imagine anyone calling him the William Faulkner of jazz! I mean that would be like calling Garnet Mimms the Gabriel Garcia Marquez of soul music. It’s just not done. I’m getting excited over nothin’, let me just play the record. By the way, I consider William Faulkner to be the Mose Allison of literature. Here they are, together again, Mose Allison and William Faulkner, singing the Percy Mayfield song ‘Lost Mind.’

The third in our trilogy of demented country songs (about Psycho)

Few things go together as well as country & western music and crazy people.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 90 minutes.

Previous episode: Cats

Next episode: Happiness

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30903	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	11 February 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 91: Happiness
	“It's night time in the Big City. A cop runs a license plate. Ten will get you twenty.”

1938	Hot Lips Page	Feelin' High and Happy
1972	Al Green	Love and Happiness
1953	Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters	(I Wanna Go Where You Go) Then I'll Be Happy
1955	Elmore James	Happy Home
1972	The Rolling Stones	Happy
1937	Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra	I Want To Be Happy
2006	Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins	Happy
1967	Brenda Holloway	You've Made Me So Very Happy
1935	The Sons of the Pioneers	Happy Rovin' Cowboy
1979	Buzzcocks	Everybody's Happy Nowadays
1963	Judy Garland	Smile
1950	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans with Frank Worth & His Orchestra	Happy Trails

Selected BobTalk

Welcome everybody to Theme Time Radio Hour. It's good to see so many familiar faces... Yes indeed-ee-doo, I could not be happier to be with you today.

It just goes to show ya, ya leave people alone in a studio and you don't really need anyone else. Look what Keith did there! Of course, he'd been up for about four days when he came up with it. But you have to suffer for your art.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Madness

Next episode: Cops and Robbers

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30904	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	18 February 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 92: Cops and Robbers

1949	Nat King Cole Trio	Call The Police
1966	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol
1930	Blind Willie Walker	Dupree Blues
1998	Billy Bragg & Wilco	Against Th' Law
1959	The Crickets	I Fought The Law
1954	Freddie "Bama Boy" Hall and His Gadsden Band	This Crooked World
1924	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	Poor Jesse James
1968	The Byrds	Pretty Boy Floyd
1963	The Coasters	Bad Detective
1974	Los Socios De San Antonio	La Muerte De Fred Gomez Carrasco
1967	The Equals	Police On My Back
1950	Smiley Lewis	Dirty People
1966	Merle Haggard	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Selected BobTalk

We’re gonna be looking at officers and fuzz, bulls and coppers, private eyes, private investigators, police and private detectives, deputies and constables, lawmen, marshals, and meter maids, the law, and the man. But of course that’s just one side of the law. We’re also gonna turn the Theme Time spotlight on bandits and buccaneers, burglars and cheats, conmen and crooks, looters and marauders, something and pickpockets, stickup men, swindlers, thieves, thugs, gangsters, gunmen and hijackers. Bruisers and Godfathers, Mafioso and mobsters. I’m sure we have a lot of listeners on both sides-

Nat Cole Trio – Call The Police “What made their sound so swingin’ is that they didn’t use a drummer and the rhythmic pulse was carried by that big bass fiddle.”

The forgotten man of the Bakersfield sound (about Red Simpson)

Using bad as a bit of braggadocio and not casting any aspersions on his abilities. (about Bad Detective)

A man who never forgot where he came from; he’s the real deal. (about Merle Haggard)

This is Theme Time Radio Hour, your police headquarters for illicit themes, illegal schemes, and hijacked dreams.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Happiness

Next episode: Sugar and Candy

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30905	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	25 February 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 93: Sugar and Candy
	“It's night time in the Big City. The bartender wipes the counter with a damp rag That car’s been parked there all night There’s no one left to call.”

1945	Joe Liggins and The Honeydrippers	The Honeydripper
1965	Elizabeth Cotten & Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree
1970	The Grateful Dead	Sugar Magnolia
1964	Millie Small	My Boy Lollipop
1958	Lazy Lester	Sugar Coated Love
1954	Ray Batts	Stealin' Sugar
1966	Lara & The Trailers	Sugar Town
1966	Joe Tex	If Sugar Was As Sweet As You
1965	The Strangeloves	I Want Candy
1928	Harry 'Haywire Mac' McClintock	Big Rock Candy Mountain
1965	The Astors	Candy
1991	Elvis Costello	So Like Candy
1961	Cleveland Crochet	Sugar Bee
1964	Dave Van Ronk	Candy Man

Selected BobTalk

This week we’re gonna indulge our sweet tooth, go into sugar shock, look at some eye candy, meet back at the sugar shack, take some candy from a baby, give some sweets to my sweet, get sweet and low-down, and maybe even revisit the sweet bird of youth.

Listen to this and you think it’s a traditional song but it’s not – Elizabeth wrote it-

I don’t know anything about Ray Batts except for this song…another mystery man, another great record-

You play me a Nancy Sinatra record, and I’ll play you a cover of it by a band from Singapore.

Listen the drums on this record, they’re quite good. You owe me five bucks, Jim. (about So Like Candy)

Boy, when was the last time a record hit the charts with accordion or a guitar like that?! Been much too long. It’s not that I like old music, it’s just that I’m not hearing anything like that from out in left field nowadays. (about Sugar Bee)

Here’s a guy who could talk about Trotsky as well as about the Delta Blues. He could tell you about politics and literature, could identify all the French symbolist poets, and play blues and ragtime on the guitar. I could talk about Dave Van Ronk for a long time. He could totally electrify a coffee house and you could never tell when he was drawing to an inside strength. It was a privilege to know him; he was a singular individual, and hearing just one song will only give you a clue.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Cops and Robbers

Next episode: Questions

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30906	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	4 March 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 94: Questions

1956	Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love?
1955	The Robins	Whadaya Want?
1975	Allen Toussaint	What Do You Want the Girl to Do?
1961	The Everly Brothers	When Will I Be Loved?
1953	Lloyd Price	Where You At?
1966	Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys	I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
1955	Bobby Tuggle	$64,000 Question (Do You Love Me?)
1964	The Kolettes	Who's That Guy?
1964	The Isley Brothers	Who's That Lady?
1969	Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks	How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away
1971	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On?
1956	Eddie Lawrence	The Old Philosopher
1946	Billie Holiday	What Is This Thing Called Love?
1974	Brinsley Schwarz	(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?

Selected BobTalk

Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Are You havin’ a good time? Are you enjoying yourself? Are you comfortable. If it seems like I’m asking a lot of questions, then you better get used to it, cause that’s all I’ll you’re gonna be hearing for the next hour, we’ll be asking the tough questions. We’ll be raising some interrogatives. We’ll let you fill in the answers.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Sugar and Candy

Next episode: Truth and Lies

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30907	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	11 March 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 95: Truth and Lies

1955	The Chromatics	Tell A Lie
1970	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song
1951	Fats Domino	Don't Lie To Me
1950	Leon Chappel	True Blue Papa
1973	Gram Parsons	How Much I've Lied
1954	Guitar Slim	Twenty Five Lies
1957	Carl Perkins	Your True Love
1954	Faye Adams	I'll Be True
1966	Duke Reid &The Silvertones	True Confessions
1955	Willie Mabon	He Lied
1958	Conway Twitty	It's Only Make Believe
1965	Bobby Moore &The Fourmost	It Was A Lie
1966	The Who	La-La-La Lies

Selected BobTalk

Heh heh heh…Welcome to the Underground Garage. I’m Little Steven.

People think of him as just a jolly fat man from New Orleans, but they don’t realize what a bluesy piano player he is. Here he is with a song that’ll help you get down to the real nitty-gritty. (about Fats Domino)

He’s flamboyant and an artist you can’t ignore. (about Guitar Slim)

Everybody always thinks of rockabilly as being a guitar-based music, but you can’t imagine that record without Jerry Lee Lewis pumpin’ the piano all over it. During the 60’s and the 70’s the guitar hero became popular, but for my money give me that pumpin’ piano. The only reason the guitar became so popular is because you could wear it around your neck and stand in the middle of the stage. The poor guy playin’ the piano was stuck in one spot and unless you were Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis you were relegated to the background. I feel we lost something when it became all guitars and no piano. Another thing that happened is that somewhere along the line people seemed to think the solo was more important than the song. On some of my favorite blues records there isn’t even a solo at all. The guitar playing is mostly call and response to the vocals. If you’re lucky maybe there’s a one chorus guitar solo. It’s not about the length of the solo, it’s the feel, and a lot of those blues records had more feel than you could ever put in a twenty minute solo.

Here’s another one of those records that I don’t know anything about. There was more than one artist named Bobby Moore, and the records I have don’t all sound like the same guy.

Before they started making operas, The Who were one of the great singles bands of the 60’s.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Questions

Next episode: Family Circle

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30908	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	18 March 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 96: Family Circle
	“It's night time in the Big City. The city lights reflect off the Burnet River Working girls share an inside joke.”

1947	Lonzo & Oscar	I'm My Own Grandpa
1930	Memphis Jug Band	Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
1976	Clannad	Two Sisters
1965	Peter Tosh & The Wailers	Shame And Scandal (In The Family)
1960	The Olympics	I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
1961	Elvis Presley	Little Sister
1987	Boozoo Chavis	Uncle Bud
1970	The Flamin' Groovies	Second Cousin
1976	The Wild Tchoupitoulas	Brother John
2002	Rilo Kiley	A Better Son / Daughter
1955	Willie Mabon	The Seventh Son
1938	Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma
1971	Sly & The Family Stone	Family Affair

Selected BobTalk

We’re gonna take a few ticks of the clock to look at heart and hearth. We’ll look at family trees, family dinners, family planning, and family jewels. There’ll be Dutch uncles, grandfather clocks, kissing cousins, sons of a gun, and maybe a couple of SOBs. It’s all in the family. Let’s get it goin.

He was a brilliant singer and one of the best guitarists to come out of Jamaica…he was a proselytizer of the healing powers of marijuana…he was kinda like the Dr. Phil of ganja. (about Peter Tosh)

You know, people used to go into the studio when they had a song or two, when they had something to say. Nowadays, people just go into the studio ‘cause they got time to kill. They sit around, they order sushi, get some Starbucks, wait for inspiration to hit, and the records sound like that. There’s some records that take two years to make and you listen to ‘em, and there’s nothin’ on ‘em! This record, I guarantee you, took less than two hours to make, and wasn’t even the A side. You be the judge. What would you rather listen to? A whole record about nothin’ or a 45 called Little Sister?”

It’s kind of ironic: we’re doing our family show, and this is probably the least family-oriented song we’ve ever played. It is not for the pusillanimous listener, so if you’re listening with young children please send them out of the room for a few minutes. Unless you’re listening in the car. In that case turn the radio down for a while. (about Uncle Bud)

As good as that record sounds, you gotta see what they look like! That, my friends, is what I call showmanship. (about The Wild Tchoupitoulas)

The question I have is, ‘Bring WHAT on home to grandma?

A weary skeptical record, with a darkness born of drug use. This song was all over the radio and its power could not be denied. (about Family Affair)

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Truth and Lies

Next episode: Noah's Ark: Part 1

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30909	Berns Salonger
	Stockholm, Sweden
	22 March 2009

1.	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
2.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
3.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
5.	Tryin' To Get To Heaven
6.	Things Have Changed
7.	Watching The River Flow
8.	Blind Willie McTell
9.	I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10.	I Believe In You
11.	Honest With Me
12.	Billy
13.	Summer Days
14.	All Along The Watchtower
	—
15.	Cry A While
16.	Like A Rolling Stone
17.	Forever Young

Concert # 2107 of The Never-Ending Tour. First concert of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. First 2009 concert.

Concert # 378 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

6 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-5, 7-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

6 Donnie Herron (violin).

8 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

15 Donnie Herron (banjo).

Notes.

First live performance of Billy.

No songs from Modern Times!

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Stockholm, Sweden:

29 April 1966	Konserthuset
8 July 1981	Johanneshovs Isstadion
26 September 1987	Johanneshovs Isstadion
28 May 1989	Globe Arena
25 June 1991	Cirkus, Kungliga Djurgården
26 June 1991	Cirkus, Kungliga Djurgården
27 July 1996	Lida Friluftsgård, Tullinge
9 June 1998	Globe Arena
18 May 2000	Globe Arena
5 April 2002	Globe Arena
11 October 2003	Globe Arena
17 October 2005	Globe Arena
27 March 2007	Debaser Medis
28 March 2007	Globe Arena
23 March 2009	Globe Arena
4 November 2011	Globe Arena

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 5 November 2011.

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30910	Globe Arena
	Stockholm, Sweden
	23 March 2009

1.	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
2.	Lay Lady Lay
3.	Tangled Up In Blue
4.	Chimes Of Freedom
5.	High Water (for Charlie Patton)
6.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7.	Love Sick
8.	Desolation Row
9.	Rollin' And Tumblin'
10.	Make You Feel My Love
11.	Highway 61 Revisited
12.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
13.	Thunder On The Mountain
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2108 of The Never-Ending Tour. Second concert of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. Second 2009 concert.

Concert # 379 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

2, 12 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 3, 4, 6-11, 13-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

1, 3, 5-8, 10, 11, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (banjo).

7-9 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Stockholm, Sweden:

29 April 1966	Konserthuset
8 July 1981	Johanneshovs Isstadion
26 September 1987	Johanneshovs Isstadion
28 May 1989	Globe Arena
25 June 1991	Cirkus, Kungliga Djurgården
26 June 1991	Cirkus, Kungliga Djurgården
27 July 1996	Lida Friluftsgård, Tullinge
9 June 1998	Globe Arena
18 May 2000	Globe Arena
5 April 2002	Globe Arena
11 October 2003	Globe Arena
17 October 2005	Globe Arena
27 March 2007	Debaser Medis
28 March 2007	Globe Arena
22 March 2009	Berns Salonger
4 November 2011	Globe Arena

14 new songs (82%) compared to previous concert. 14 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

Session info updated 5 November 2011.

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30915	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	25 March 2009
	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 97: Noah's Ark: Part 1
	“It's night time in the Big City. A burly man sells factory-seconds tube socks out of his trunk An abandoned balloon is stuck in a tree.”

1962	Jimmy Cliff	King of Kings
1939	Cousin Emmy with Frank Moore and His Log Cabin Boys	Ground Hog
1961	Rolf Cahn & Eric Von Schmidt	Grizzly Bear
1957	Dave Bartholomew	The Monkey Speaks His Mind
1963	Joe D. Johnson	Rattlesnake Daddy
1964	The Marvelettes	Too Many Fish in the Sea
1934	The Sons of the Pioneers	Hold That Critter Down
1988	Bonnie Raitt	Baby Mine
1963