DSN05570 1980 Third Gospel Tour

STILL ON THE ROAD

1980 THIRD GOSPEL TOUR

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22	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Le Theatre Saint-Denis
23	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Le Theatre Saint-Denis
24	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Le Theatre Saint-Denis
25	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Le Theatre Saint-Denis
27	Albany, New York	Palace Theater
28	Albany, New York	Palace Theater
30	Buffalo, New York	Kleinhans Music Hall

May

1	Buffalo, New York	Kleinhans Music Hall
2	Worcester, Massachusetts	Memorial Theater
3	Worcester, Massachusetts	Memorial Theater
4	Syracuse, New York	Landmark Theater
5	Syracuse, New York	Landmark Theater
7	Hartford, Connecticut	Bushnell Memorial Hall
8	Hartford, Connecticut	Bushnell Memorial Hall
9	Portland, Maine	City Hall
10	Portland, Maine	City Hall
11	Providence, Rhode Island	Ocean State Performing Arts Center
12	Providence, Rhode Island	Ocean State Performing Arts Center
14	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Stanley Theatre
15	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Stanley Theatre
16	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Stanley Theatre
17	Akron, Ohio	Civic Theater
18	Akron, Ohio	Civic Theater
20	Columbus, Ohio	Franklin County Veterans Memorial Auditorium
21	Dayton, Ohio	Memorial Hall

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5570	Massey Hall
	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	17 April 1980

	Soundcheck

1.	Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody
2.	Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody
3.	Cover Down, Pray Through
4.	Cover Down, Pray Through
5.	Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody
6.	I Will Love Him
7.	I Will Love Him
8.	Pressing On
9.	They Talk About Me (?)

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

Mono recording, 32 minutes.

Session info updated 17 November 2017.

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5580	Massey Hall
	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	17 April 1980

Bridges-Evans-King-McCrary-Young:	Can I Ride (Rev Willie Morganfield)
	(You've Got To) Hold On (?)
	Look Up And Live By Faith (Reverend Roberts Lawrence Curtis)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Freedom At The Wall (trad.)
	This Train (Traditional arranged by Sister Rosetta Tharpe)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Regina McCrary:	My Heart (Regina McCrary)
Mona Lisa Young:	Stranger In The City (Healing) (?)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

First concert of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 51. 1980 concert # 25.

First concert with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. Toronto’s a beautiful city. I’d like to say hello to a friend of mine, Gordon Lightfoot, one of my favorite songwriters. (…..). Ain’t gonna go to hell for anybody. I know Gordon feels that same way too. Anyway, (…..) pressure, Gordon Lightfoot. Been a long time. Right, Gordon? This thing here is called Cover Down, Pray Through. If you’d ever want to cover down. (after Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody)

That’s the first time we’ve ever played that. I hope we didn’t (…..). (after Cover Down, Pray Through)

[Shouts from the audience: “Hurricane!”, “Judas!”, “If Dogs Run Free!”] (after Precious Angel)

It’s far too late for this world. You better (…..) for the next one. All right. You get a lot of criticism not for seeing what you believe, you really do. [Voice from the audience: “I don’t believe you!”] That’s all right, I wanted to say it anyway. I (…..) friends to lose as it is, so (…..). (before Slow Train)

Thank you, thank you. Some of the girls been with me for a while, made my records with me, some are new. Gonna bring out a girl (…..) for a while. Gonna sing a song she wrote. Regina McCrary. (…..). (after Slow Train)

Thank you. Anybody know what time it is? Anybody know what time? [Voice from the audience: “8 o’clock!”] I saw the newspaper last night that The Who were playing in, I think it was Vancouver last night. Peter Townshend he apologized to all the fans, he said to them “we'll never leave you alone again.” You just think about that for a minute. There is one who will never leave you alone, I just don't think that it's Peter. He he. (before Saved)

We don’t have time for one more. [Someone in the band: “We have time for one more.”] The man says we can play one more. [Voice from the audience: “One more hour!”] Gordon, I want to see you after the show. Ha ha. Always have a good time here in Toronto, beautiful city. Trying to revive itself. (before In The Garden)

I wanna give you…you should give a hand to this fine supporting group up here. They travel with me everywhere I go. I know you're gonna read in the newspapers tomorrow that everybody walked out. You tell them the truth now. On the keyboards tonight, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, Terry Young. On the drums, Jim Keltner. Lead guitar, Fred Tackett. Playing bass guitar tonight, Tim Drummond. On the far left, your right, a young lady who's a legend in her own time, Miss Clydie King. Standing next to her is Mary Elizabeth Bridges. All right. Mona Lisa Young. Standing next to her is Gwen Evans. You didn't hear her sing tonight, maybe you will tomorrow night. And standing next to her of course, you met this young lady earlier, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

Live debuts of Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody and Cover Down, Pray Through.

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Session info updated 20 May 2018.

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5590	Massey Hall
	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	18 April 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train

Gwen Evans:	Lord Don't Move That Mountain (David Ackers, Mahalia Jackson)
Mary Elizabeth Bridges:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

What Can I Do For You?

13.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Second concert of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 52. 1980 concert # 26.

Second concert with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

12 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Does anybody know who Jeane Dixon is? Some psychic. Kinda interesting. She was talking about a Superman coming … she said … about three four years ago, he’s gonna be coming in like 1981 – and he was gonna settle all the world’s problems, Do you know about any of this stuff? Well, she was questioned on where she got all this information. A sbake revealed to her. She said it was a serpernt, actually. Well, we remember who the serprnt was, Anyway, the serpent will be crushed under the foot. (before Man Gave Names To All The Animals)

(…..). There is a lot of God’s people out there who don’t know that they are God’s people. (…..). He wants all the people who are God’s people to know that they belong to him. (…..). (after Do Right To Me Baby)

(…..). On the (first) set of keyboards, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, Terry Young. Playing electric bass tonight, Tim Drummond. (…..). On the drums, Jim Keltner. On the far side over there, a young lady (…..) heard on lots of records, Clydie King. Standing next to her, another young lady you met earlier, Mary Bridges. Mona Lisa Young. Standing next to her who you heard earlier, Gwen Evans. A young girl you (…..) told you the story about Jesus, remember? (…..). Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Official releases

1-4 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Five: “Best Of” Live in Toronto 1980, Columbia 88985454652-5, 3 November 2017

8, 11, 16 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Six: “Best Of” Live in Toronto 1980, Columbia 88985454652-6, 3 November 2017

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

1-4, 8, 11, 16 stereo PA recording, 39 minutes.

Mono audience recording, 90 minutes.

Session info updated 10 August 2018.

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5600	Massey Hall
	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	19 April 1980

Bridges-Evans-King-McCrary-Young:		Can I Ride (Rev Willie Morganfield)
		(You've Got To) Hold On (?)
		It’s Gonna Rain Again(Charles Johnson)
		Show Me The Way (trad.)
		Freedom (Over Me) (?)
		Freedom At The Wall (trad.)
		This Train (Traditional arranged by Sister Rosetta Tharpe)

Gotta Serve Somebody

Covenant Woman

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Precious Angel

Slow Train


Clydie King:	Calvary
Regina McCrary:	Put Your Hand In The Hand (Gene MacLellan)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

What Can I Do For You?

13.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

I Will Love Him

Third concert of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 53. 1980 concert # 27.

Third concert with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

12 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

Bootlegs

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (track 5)

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (track 16)

The Genuine Telecasts DVD (track 16)

Official releases

16 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Three: Rare and Unreleased, Columbia 88985454652-2, 3 November 2017

2, 5-7 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Five: “Best Of” Live in Toronto 1980, Columbia 88985454652-5, 3 November 2017

5 with an edit from 20 April released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

7 with an edit from 20 April released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

12, 15 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Six: “Best Of” Live in Toronto 1980, Columbia 88985454652-6, 3 November 2017

Part of 5 and 7 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017.

References

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Derek Barker: Trouble In Mind, A Peek Behind The Picture Frame, Isis #196, pages 29-30.

Notes

Live debut of I Will Love Him.

1-3, 7, 8, 10, 14 available as work tape for the unreleased live album SOLID ROCK. Cover Down, Pray Through is on the original tape but was edited out before circulation.

1-3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16 stereo PA recording, 70 minutes

Mono audience recording, 90 minutes.

Session info updated 29 January 2019.

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5610	Massey Hall
	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	20 April 1980

Bridges-Evans-King-McCrary-Young:	Can I Ride (Rev Willie Morganfield)
	(You've Got To) Hold On (?)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again(Charles Johnson)
	Look Up And Live By Faith (Reverend Roberts Lawrence Curtis)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Freedom At The Wall (trad.)
	This Train (Traditional arranged by Sister Rosetta Tharpe)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When He Returns

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Precious Angel

Amazing Grace (John Newton)

Slow Train


Mona Lisa Young:	Stranger In The City (Healing) (?)
Mary Elizabeth Bridges:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

What Can I Do For You?

13.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 4 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 54. 1980 concert # 28.

Concert # 4 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

12 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Well, I'm very happy to say we have Ronnie Hawkins here tonight. Yeah. I don't know where he is, I know he's here somewhere. Ronnie and I go back a long ways, in fact Ronnie's, I hear he's gonna be doing movies now, I think. Was it a movie a year now? Is that right, Ronnie? Well, remember, you know, actually I gave Ronnie his first part in the movies. That's right. Ronnie was in a little movie we made called, Renaldo and Clara. About…a few years back and Ronnie played the part of Bob Dylan. Interesting movie. Anyway, I guess there's no place to go but up now, hey Ron? (before When He Returns)

Thank you. Cover down, Pray Through. I wish somebody told me that when I was coming up. (after Cover Down, Pray Through)

Thank you. I’m gonna introduce a couple of young ladies to you. Mona Lisa Young and Mary Bridges are gonna sing two songs. Mona Lisa’s gonna sing a song called There’s A Stranger In The City Healing.

[Voice from the audience: “Who wrote that one, Bob?”] (Off microphone to the band) Who wrote that? I don’t have any idea. (after Walking Around Heaven All Day)

Man asked me on the street today, he said, “Well, if you believe all those things,” he said, “I just can't seem to love my enemy.” That's a tough thing to do, you know? That's an impossible thing to do actually. Cause the natural mind, you know, can't comprehend that. So if you’re in the natural mind you just can't comprehend loving your enemy. That seems like a foolish thing to do, and it is. However, the supernatural mind can comprehend that. So when Jesus says “love thy neighbor as thyself,” he wasn't exactly saying “roll over and play dead.” Actually, I wanna tell you a story here. We were playing in…about four months ago someplace, it was a college campus, I forget exactly where, Arizona, I think it was. Is that where it was? Where you there? All right. Anyway, I read the Bible a lot, you know, I mean it just happens I do and…So it says certain things in the Bible that I wasn't really aware of until just recently. And, you know, at universities, you know, it's like…they have a higher learning people there. They teach them different…like philosophies, so people they study all these different philosophies like Plato and who else now? Who? Jimmy Reed. Well, I can't remember all their names. Nietzsche and those people like that. Anyway, in the Bible it has specific…it tells you specific things and in the Book of Daniel, and in the Book of Revelation, which just might apply to these times here. And it says certain wars are gonna, soon about gonna happen. I can't say exactly when, you know, but say, pretty soon anyway and…So, at that time, you know, it mentions a country to the furthermost north and it has its symbol: the bear. It's also is spelt R O S H in the Bible, now, this is written quite a few years ago, so it can't really but apply to one country that I know. Unless you know another country that it can apply to. Maybe you do, I don't. But then there's another country called, I can't remember what the name of it is, but it's in the eastern part of the world and it's got an army of 200 million foot soldiers. Now there's only one country that that could actually be. So anyway, I was telling this story to these people. I shouldn't have been telling it to them, I just got carried away. And…I mentioned to them, “Well, you all watch now because Russia is gonna come down and attack the Middle East.” It says this in the Bible. And I been reading all kinds of books my whole life, magazines, books, whatever I could get my hands on, anywhere, and I never found any truth in any of them, if you wanna know the truth. But these things in the Bible they seem to uplift me and tell me the truth. So I said this country is gonna come down and attack, and all these people, there must have been 50,000…[voice of band member): “If there was one.”] If there was one, that’s right. No, I don’t know, there wasn't 50,000, there was, I don’t know, maybe 3,000, they all just booed. You know, like they usually do, they just booed. I said Russia's gonna attack the Middle East and they all went “boo”. They couldn't hear that, they didn't believe it. And a month, a month later Russia moved their troops into, I think, Afghanistan, it was, and the whole situation changed, you know. I'm not saying this to tell you, you know, that they was wrong and I was right or anything like that. But these things that is mentioned in the Bible I pay mighty close attention to. So it does say that, talking about this man here called Anti-Christ. Now we've had a lot of previews of what the Anti-Christ could be like. We had that Jim Jones, he's like a preview. We had Adolf Hitler, a preview. Anyway, the Anti-Christ is gonna be a little bit different than that. He's gonna bring peace to the world for a certain length of time. But he will eventually be defeated to. Supernaturally defeated. And God will intervene. But you're still gonna have to be aware of these things. You need something strong to hang on to. I don't know what you got to hang on to, but I got something called a solid rock to hang on to that was manifested in the flesh, and justified in the spirit, and seen by angels, preached on in the world. (before Solid Rock)

Well, we're gonna have to go now. The man there says we…Can we play one more? Ok, we play one more. Anyway, I want you to tell people to write to me now. I don't know if we come back here. I try and get back next year. I want you to write to me now and tell me what you're thinking. Any of you got any questions or something you just write them in there, send them in. Prayer requests, questions, any of that. (before In The Garden)

All right. The man on the keyboards right here, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, Terry Young. Playing drums tonight, Jim Keltner. Lead guitar is Fred Tackett. Man playing the bass guitar, Tim Drummond. Over on the far right, that's Clydie King. Standing next to her is Mona Lisa Young, Mary Bridges, Gwen Evans. The young lady next to her is the one who told you the story about Jesus before, remember? Somebody's got to tell you about Jesus, right? I know sometimes people say to me, "Bob, how can you believe that stuff ?" I was raised in the Church, either Methodist, Catholic, Calvinist or whatever. But there's churches and there's churches. Unless you’re in a spirit filled church you ain't in no church at all. It says that the last day God’s gonna pour his spirit out upon all flesh. And it's happening right now. (Bob starts singing Are You Ready, then realizes he forgot to introduce one member of the band). That's Regina McCrary.

Bootlegs

The Born Again Music. Flashback 03.93.0204

Gospeller. Supersonic SS 200030/31.

Last Supper Serenade. TMOQ Japan

Rock Solid. Junkyard Angel JUNK 004.

Solid Rock. Wanted Man WMM 005/006.

Official releases

Part of 3 (51 seconds) released on Interactive Music CD–ROM Highway 61 Interactive, Columbia/Graphix Zone CDAC 085700, February 1995.

Video of 3 released complete on the DVD GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY -THE GOSPEL SONGS OF BOB DYLAN, Columbia Legacy CK 89015, 24 March 2003.

3 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Five: “Best Of” Live in Toronto 1980, Columbia 88985454652-5, 3 November 2017

3, 15 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017.

5 with an edit from 19 April released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

7 with an edit from 19 April released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

8 with an edit from 30 April in Buffalo, NY, released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

9, 10, 14 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Six: “Best Of” Live in Toronto 1980, Columbia 88985454652-6, 3 November 2017

References

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Derek Barker: Trouble In Mind, A Peek Behind The Picture Frame, Isis #196, pages 29-30.

Notes

Amazing Grace is present only on the audience tape.

1-6, partly 7 ,8-16 stereo PA recording taken from promotional film, 90 minutes

Stereo audience recording.

Session info updated 10 August 2018.

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5620	Le Theatre Saint-Denis
	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
	22 April 1980

	Soundcheck

1.	Unidentified Song
2.	I Will Love Him
3.	I Will Love Him
4.	Unidentified Song
5.	I Will Sing, I Will Sing (Max Dyer)
6.	I Will Sing, I Will Sing (Max Dyer)
7.	I Will Love Him
8.	I Will Love Him
9.	I Will Love Him
10.	I Will Love Him
11.	They Talk About Me (?)
12.	They Talk About Me (?)
13.	Unidentified Song
14.	Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody
15.	Cover Down, Pray Through
16.	Cover Down, Pray Through
17.	Cover Down, Pray Through
18.	Slow Train
19.	Unidentified Song
20.	Gotta Serve Somebody
21.	Gotta Serve Somebody
22.	Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody
23.	Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Bob Dylan (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums).

5-9, 18, 20-23 Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (vocals).

10-12, 14-17 Bob Dylan (vocal), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

Mono audience recording, 65 minutes.

Session info updated 17 November 2017.

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5630	Le Theatre Saint-Denis
	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
	22 April 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Clydie King:	Calvary
Gwen Evans:	Lord Don't Move That Mountain (David Ackers, Mahalia Jackson)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 5 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 55. 1980 concert # 29.

Concert # 5 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. Last time I was here in Montreal I played a show which, I can’t remember where it was, (…..) I had a temperature of 106 that night. [Voice from the audience: “You did great anyway!”] (after Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody)

Jesus died at Calvary. You may think, why should a man have to die on Calvary? Way back when, the keys to the world was given to someone called Lucifer – or something like that. I don’t remember the exact title ,,, anyway, he’s always around. The only way for the keys to come back was by Jesus coming to the cross. Now you might think that’s a strange thing for me to say but it has been revealed to me that it is The Truth, Satan we now call Lucifer. He’s called the God of this world, prince of the power of the air. He’s called all sorts of things, but he’s really the Devil, no more, no less than that. And he’s a spiritual being. You can’t see him, but he can control you and if he can’t control you, he’ll want to destroy you. So what do we have to fight Lucifer with? What did Jesus do by going to the cross? He rendered him helpless. That is why I say “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God in pullig down strongholds, casting down imaginations against every high thing that exalts itself against God” (before Solid Rock)

Thank you. (…..), that’s Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, Terry Young. Playing lead guitar tonight, Fred Tackett. On the drums, J.D. Keltner. Playing bass guitar, Mr. Tim Drummond. The lady on the right, you met her earlier, Clydie King. Gwen Evans. Mary Bridges. Mona Lisa Young. Young girl who told you about Jesus earlier, remember? Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

Session info updated 29 January 2019.

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5640	Le Theatre Saint-Denis
	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
	23 April 1980

Bridges-Evans-King-McCrary-Young:	Can I Ride (Rev Willie Morganfield)
	(You've Got To) Hold On (?)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again(Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Freedom At The Wall (trad.)
	This Train (Traditional arranged by Sister Rosetta Tharpe)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Mary Elizabeth Bridges:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)
Mona Lisa Young:	Stranger In The City (Healing) (?)

I Will Love Him

10.

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

11.

Solid Rock

12.

Saving Grace

13.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

14.

What Can I Do For You?

15.

In The Garden

—

16.

Are You Ready?

17.

Pressing On

Concert # 6 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 56. 1980 concert # 30.

Concert # 6 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

14 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

17 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. All right. Merci beaucoup, bon soir. (after When You Gonna Wake Up)

On the keyboards tonight, from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, from Birmingham, Alabama, Terry Young. On the lead guitar from Little Rock, Arkansas, Fred Tackett. On the drums, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jimmy Keltner. On the bass guitar, from Cincinnati Ohio, Tim Drummond. On the far right, from Dallas, Texas, Clydie King. From Mobile Alabama, Gwen Evans. From Oakland, California, Mary Bridges. Standing next to her, Mona Lisa Young. From (…..). Remember the girl who told you the story about Jesus? (…..) from Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Note

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Session info updated 29 January 2019.

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5650	Le Theatre Saint-Denis
	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
	24 April 1980

Bridges-Evans-King-McCrary-Young:	Can I Ride (Rev Willie Morganfield)
	(You've Got To) Hold On (?)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again(Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Freedom At The Wall (trad.)
	This Train (Traditional arranged by Sister Rosetta Tharpe)

Gotta Serve Somebody

Covenant Woman

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Clydie King:	Calvary
Regina McCrary:	Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 7 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 57. 1980 concert # 31.

Concert # 7 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. I’m happy to say Leonard Cohen is here tonight. (…..) (before Precious Angel)

We gotta go now. Can we play one more? We will play one more. (before In The Garden)

Thank you. On the keyboards, from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, from Birmingham, Alabama, Terry Young. The bass guitar in this group…do you hear that well enough? Well, can or can’t you? He play loud enough. On lead guitar, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Fred Tackett. On drums, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jimmy Lee Keltner. And bass guitar tonight, from Cincinnati, Tim Drummond. You’re a Texan, ain’t that right? On the left over there, from Dallas, Texas, Clydie King. From Houston, Texas, Gwen Evans. From San Francisco, Mary Bridges. Also from San Francisco, Mona Lisa Young. And from Nashville, Tennessee, a young lady, told you about Jesus before, remember? Some of you may never hear that name again. So remember though, you heard it one time. One time’s enough. (…..) baptized with water. Jesus came (…..) with the Holy Ghost. That’s right. From Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Official release

4 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Two: Live, Columbia 88985454652-2, 3 November 2017

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

After Calvary there is a false start of Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others).

4 stereo PA recording, 5 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Session info updated 29 January 2019.

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5660	Le Theatre Saint-Denis
	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
	25 April 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Mary Elizabeth Bridges:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)
Gwen Evans:	Lord Don't Move That Mountain (David Ackers, Mahalia Jackson)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 8 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 58. 1980 concert # 32.

Concert # 8 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Well, good evening. (after I Believe In You)

Thank you. I Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody. Like a vision of what’s coming. Anyway, in this liberated world I wanna offer you this song. (after Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody)

Thank you. Thank you. I wanna introduce a couple of young ladies to you. The first one, Mary Bridges. I wanna introduce you to Mary Bridges. She’s gonna sing a song called Walking Around Heaven All Day. Mary? Ladies and gentlemen, Mary Bridges.

Mary Bridges. I wanna bring Gwen Evans out here. Gwen Evans’ gonna sing a song called Lord Don’t Move This Mountain.

Thank you. Hanging on to a solid rock. Jesus is that solid rock. There's a form of levity they call (…..). They got a way of (…..) all around. Make what's good seem bad and what's bad seem good. I saw a young girl the other day who just lives from orgasm to orgasm. I know that's a strange thing, but that's what she had to do because of these so called modern times. Well, she's not satisfied. (before Solid Rock)

Thank you. Thanks very much. We're gonna play one more. I guess we have to leave town tomorrow, yeah? If you want us to come back you write us some letters. Write us some letters anyway. (after What Can I Do For You).

On the keyboards tonight, give him a warm hand, Spooner Oldham. Come on, you can do better than that. Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, Terry Young. Lead guitar tonight, Fred Tackett. On the drums Jim Keltner. Playing bass guitar, Tim Drummond. On the far left, a legend in her own time, Clydie King. Standing next to her is Gwen Evans. Next to her is Mary Bridges. The young girl shaking the tambourine, that's Mona Lisa Young. Standing next to her is the young lady that told you about Jesus before, remember? You got to remember that now because you might never hear that name again. But you remember you heard it right here. From Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Session info updated 4 June 2018.

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5670	Palace Theater
	Albany, New York
	27 April 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Clydie King:	Calvary
Regina McCrary:	Put Your Hand In The Hand (Gene MacLellan)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 9 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 59. 1980 concert # 33.

Concert # 9 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

(…..). Right. We’re coming up to what? What have we got right now? The midnight hours, huh? Are we in the midnight hour? Don’t nobody know? (before When You Gonna Wake Up)

All right. You know how we always fall into that trap, expecting too much from people? When Jesus walked into Jerusalem all the people there, shouting, went off and broke branches off the trees. “Hail! Hail! The King is coming.” They just worshipped abd bowed down.. But you know it's the same people who did that who was shouting “Ccrucify him!” You may never be too sure. However Satan's getting ready to weave his masterpiece and you got to have some strong faith coming up for even the very elect will be deceived. (after Do Right To Me Baby)

Thank you. I have to say hello to my old friend from Woodstock if he’s still around…Woodstock’s still around. (…..). (after What Can I Do For You)

Thank you. We’ll all be back here tomorrow night. If you like to come and watch (…..). (after In The Garden)

Playing over at the keyboards tonight, give him a hand, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, from Birmingham, Alabama, Terry Young. Lead guitar tonight, Fred Tackett, from Little Rock, Arkansas. All right. Will you stand up? Sit-down bassmen (…..). From Cincinnati, Tim Drummond. On the drums, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jim Keltner. From Dallas, Texas, over on the far side, Miss Clydie King. From Houston, Texas, Gwen Evans. From hmm…San Francisco, I think. San Francisco. Mary Bridges. Standing next to her a girl I know is from San Francisco, Mona Lisa Young. And over on the other side is the girl who told you the story about Jesus earlier, you remember? Somebody’s gotta tell you about Jesus. (…..). You wanna beat the Devil? Jesus will do that. (…..). Manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit. Seen by angels. (…..), preach to the nations, raise up all men into glory. From Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Stereo audience recording, 90 minutes.

Session info updated 29 January 2019.

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5680	Palace Theater
	Albany, New York
	28 April 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Mary Elizabeth Bridges:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)
Gwen Evans:	Lord Don't Move That Mountain (David Ackers, Mahalia Jackson)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 10 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 60. 1980 concert # 34.

Concert # 10 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica). 16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. I ain’t gonna go to hell for anybody. (….). (before Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody)

Thank you. (…..) on a radio station. Anyhow, I don’t have time to answer all the questions in a letter (…..). Come back after the show and I’ll answer some of the questions. (…..). Am I aged 42? Something like that. (…..). (after Man Gave Names To All The Animals)

Thank you. You know we live in difficult times right now. (…..). (I know you need) something to hang on to, and I hope you got something to hang on to. I hope you got good education to hang on to. I have my life’s experience to hang on to. (…..). Cause life’s got a plan too. (…..). But I’m not gonna tell you any more about it. I’m gonna let you find out for yourself. (…..). The truth will set you free too. And once you know the truth, the truth, the light and the way, there is only one. There can be but one. (…..). But there’s only one way. Which kind do you think that is? All right, I hope you all remember the story you heard about Jesus? Well, this is called Solid Rock. Made before the foundation of the world. (…..). (before Solid Rock)

Thank you. On the keyboards tonight, Spooner Oldham. Spooner Oldham, on the keyboards tonight. (…..). On the other set of keyboards, Terry Young. On drums, Jimmy Lee Keltner. On bass guitar, Tim Drummond. Lead guitar, Fred Tackett. Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Clydie King. Standing next to her is Gwen Evans. Mary Bridges. Mona Lisa Young. Right. Remember earlier the girl who told you about Jesus? Remember that name now. Don’t matter what your friends say, it won’t be som eastern religion you never heard of before [that’ll save you]. Okay? He who is free is free indeed. Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980) and Appendix II Some alternate raps. Lesser Gods 2017.

Stereo audience recording, 95 minutes.

Session info updated 4 June 2018.

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5690	Kleinhans Music Hall
	Buffalo, New York
	30 April 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Mona Lisa Young:	Stranger In The City (Healing) (?)
Clydie King:	Calvary

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 11 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 61. 1980 concert # 35.

Concert # 11 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Well all kinds of things happening in the world today. ...the Secretay of State just resigned. What do you think about that? Is that surprising? No that's not surprising, stranger things have happened than that. Jesus is coming again though, that's the important thing. (before Slow Train)

Bob Dylan ain’t gonna save you. Ha. You're in trouble, Bob Dylan ain't gonna do anything. You need the Lord. (before Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

Thank you. Well, how many of you out there, how many of you know that Satan is called the God of this world? Who knows that. Prince of the Power of the air. He's a spiritual being nothing you can do to him. Anybody? Now Jesus Christ defeated that power at the Cross, who knows that? These are dangerous times. A lot of people think Jesus was just some kind of meek person who came around on Earth and helped others by being so meek. But that's not true. People say when under the power of Jesus can't sin but chairs and tables can’t sin either that can't be it. Sin keeps the power of God in bondage. So sometimes I go on and on and they say “Bob, don't preach so much.” Anyway Jesus did say blessed are those that mourn for they shall be comforted. Well, it doesn't say exactly that. Exactly that it says "blessed are those that mourn for only they shall be comforted." some Bibles say blessed are those that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be satisfied. But it really means only they shall be satisfied. Now we say all these things and you know if Satan is the God of this world all these things don't seem to be true. Too strong and true. They don't seem to be good principles to live by because Satan doesn't like that. Now I been talking about Satan now as a spiritual being. Not somebody you can see. But he can possess you. I didn't know none of these things 4 years ago either. I don't know why I'm up here telling you this. But I always told you the truth, I never told you to vote for nobody. Never told you to follow no guru. I never told you to buy no product. Never told you what to wear or how to cut your hair. Some of you may not get it, some of you might. But I want you to know I could die right now, this very minute. I know I still have eternal life. (before Solid Rock)

Ladies and gentlemen on the keyboards tonight, from Muscle Shoals Alabama, Spooner Oldham. From Birmingham Alabama on the other set of keyboards, Terry Young. From Little Rock, Arkansas, lead guitar Fred Tackett. On the drums from Tulsa, Jim Keltner. Playing bass guitar tonight from Cincinnati, Tim Drummond. Young lady on the side there from Dallas, Texas, Clydie King. Standing next to her, young girl from Houston Texas, Gwen Evans. Next to her from San Francisco, Mary Bridges. Also from San Francisco a young lady who's been with me a while, Mona Lisa Young. Young girl who told you the story about Jesus earlier, remember that story? Remember that name now. You might not ever hear that name again, but I know you wanna be free. We all wanna be delivered don't we? Well. Jesus will deliver ya! You wanna a doctor he'll cure you. You want a lawyer? He'll fight your battles. What ever you want he's all that. You know the Baptist he baptized with water. Jesus he baptized with fire and the Holy Spirit. From Nashville Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Official releases

8 with edit from Toronto 20 April released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

9 with an edit from Buffalo 1 May released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

10, 13 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

15 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Two: Live, Columbia 88985454652-2, 3 November 2017

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Derek Barker: Trouble In Mind, A Peek Behind The Picture Frame, Isis #196, pages 29-30.

Notes

15 stereo PA recording, 6 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 95 minutes.

Session info updated 29 January 2019.

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5700	Kleinhans Music Hall
	Buffalo, New York
	1 May 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Gwen Evans:	Lord Don't Move That Mountain (David Ackers, Mahalia Jackson)
Mary Elizabeth Bridges:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 12 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 62. 1980 concert # 36.

Concert # 12 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. (…..). I believe in a God that can raise the dead. Anyway, now it’s the only way. Anyway, I wanna introduce a few young ladies to you right now. Gwen Evans is gonna sing a song called…I’m not sure…Lord Don’t Move The Mountain.

That was Gwen Evans. Mary Bridges is gonna come and sing too. She will sing a song called Walking Around Heaven All Day. Mary Bridges.

Thank you. Yeah. Lot of people have heard that name Satan. Not too many people know who he is. Satan is the God of Self. Called the God of Self. He’s a defeated foe. But Jesus is saying there isn’t any self, it’s just a big bluff. So if you’re descended with Adam…anybody here descended with Adam? Well, Adam gave the Devil keys over you. And Jesus Christ went to the cross and took those keys back. (before Saved).

Thank you. (…..). Anyway, this is a nice place. I’ve been here before. I’ve been walking around today. I noticed there’s many tall steeples, big churches with stained glass windows. Let me tell you one thing; God’s not necessarily found in there. He can't be converted into steeples and stained glass windows. But Jesus is mighty, mighty to save. If H’s in your Heart, He’ll convert you. You don’t have to go to no church. Don't you be deceived now. There's only one Christ and we know where to find him. (before In The Garden)

The man playing keyboards over there, from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, give him a hand, Spooner Oldham. On the other keyboards, from Birmingham, Alabama, Terry Young. Lead guitar tonight, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Fred Tackett. On drums, Jim Keltner. From Cincinnati, Ohio, on bass guitar, Tim Drummond. From Dallas, Texas, Miss Clydie King. From Houston, Texas, Gwen Evans. From San Francisco, Mary Bridges. Also from San Francisco, Mona Lisa Young. Your remember the girl that told you that story about Jesus before? Remember? It was not that long ago. I know it seems like a long time ago. Can't be more than a couple of hours ago. You remember that name now, you may not hear it again. That name will save you. A lot of people you know today they don't believe in Heaven and Hell. They think you just go on forever. And when they die, that's it. But let me assure you, ladies and gentlemen, that there is a Heaven and Hell. And if you don't believe it, you just die and you'll find out. I never heard of anybody come back from Hell to tell what it's like. Anyway, Jesus will deliver you. He'll heal you. (…..). You got boyfriend/girlfriend troubles, you got drug problems, you got law problems. Jesus will sell you fame (…..). Anyway, from Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Official releases

4, 12, 16 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

9 with an edit from Buffalo 30 Apil released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

5 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Four: Rare and Unreleased, Columbia 88985454652-4, 3 November 2017.

References

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Derek Barker: Trouble In Mind, A Peek Behind The Picture Frame, Isis #196, pages 29-30.The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Four: Rare and Unreleased, Columbia 88985454652-4, 3 November 2017.

Notes

The first two songs are not in general circulation.

5 stereo PA recording, 4 minutes,

Incomplete, stereo audience recording, 80 minutes.

Session info updated 13 September 2018.

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5710	Memorial Theater
	Worcester, Massachusetts
	2 May 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Regina McCrary:	Put Your Hand In The Hand (Gene MacLellan)
Mary Elizabeth Bridges:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 13 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 63. 1980 concert # 37.

Concert # 13 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. Alright, last chance for you to come view these shows before you read the newspaper. Cause they say all kinds of things. Usually they're not true. Not too encouraging you know. Reporters they either don't know about it or some religion barrier. Or they may think they know about it. They think of God as a friend, that's as far as it goes. They don't think of any morality at all, or gender. I know some relationships have gone wrong haven't they? I know mine have. Children can't get along with their parents. Parents can't get along with their children. Can't get along with their boss Can't get along with wife or relationships. Or Satan or ..... The Bible says God gave Christ as reconciled the world to him. And got to get a relationship with God if everything else is falling o bits. Don't you worry about the country now, cause the Bible said "Blessed is the man who walks not in the council of his own country." (before Slow Train)

Well, thank you. Who knows that sometimes we expect too much of someone and they let you down? I hear a couple, just a couple. For you to trust and let you down. That's a decision. Most of you show me the side you wanna show me. But I say you're in the same position to. There's only one name that can save you. Only one person who went to the Cross for you. And you can take it or leave it. Now we don't believe in a Heaven and Hell. You just die, you'll find out, remember that. When you came into this world what did you bring. What did you bring with him when you came into this world? What are you gonna take with you when you leave. You ain’t gonna take your baggage with you. You’re not take your bags, not gonna take your attitudes, not gonna take your prejudices nor pride. None of that, you’re taking none of that with you. You go all alone. (before Solid Rock)

Alright thank you. On the keyboards tonight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Spooner Oldham. All right on the other set of keyboards from Birmingham, Alabama Terry Young. On the drums from Tulsa Oklahoma, Jim Keltner. From Little Rock, Arkansas on lead guitar Fred Tackett. On bass guitar from Cincinnati Ohio, Tim Drummond. From Dallas Texas Miss Clydie King. From Houston Texas, Gwen Evans. From San Francisco Mary Bridges. Also from San Francisco Mona Lisa Young. Remember the young girl that told you about Jesus earlier? Wasn't that long ago, about 6 hours or so? Yeah. We all got a lot of food, but you ain't missing food you need spiritual food. And you might never hear that name again but remember you heard it. Jesus is a part of yourself of anything. You got a health problem, you got a money problem, you got love problems. John the Baptist baptized with water, Jesus baptized with the Holy Spirit, it's a little different. Anyway, from Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Stereo audience recording, 95 minutes.

Session info updated 4 June 2018.

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5720	Memorial Theater
	Worcester, Massachusetts
	3 May 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Clydie King:	Calvary
Regina McCrary:	Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 14 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 64. 1980 concert # 38.

Concert # 14 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. Don't wanna hurt nobody, sometimes you know. I usually see this all the time. You see one man dressed a certain way, and another man dressed another way. And somehow your friendly to the man dressed one way an unfriendly to the man dressed the other way. Sometimes different people in positions in life say that they happen to treat some person one way, just because somebody don't have as much to do with them another way. Well you already judged that person when you called the cards. I guess some of you wonder "just what is he talking about? It don't make no sense any of this?" We live in leaderless times. I know we all agree about that. We realize that men will become lovers of their own selves. Most men are proud and arrogant one thing I know, oh yeah trials and tribulations will come. But eternal life is yours for the asking. And only God knows the secret of the Heart. God knows all the secrets, you can't keep nothing from him. All right now, don't you be deceived now by the mouthings of the truth. Lot of people pray, and wonder why they don’t get what they praying for. They’re praying all week. Praying all year. They just ain’t got it. There’s a reason for that. The Bible says "You ask amiss [and receive not] to consume it upon your ungodly lust.If that’s the only reason you’re praying, you uprobably won’t get it. Bot God got other things in store for you. And I know He’s calling his people now. Some of you out there are God’s people. Maybe some of you aren’t. I don’t know who is who. But at the last days H’s gonna pour out his spirit on all flesh. Now you know if you’re called or nor, I don’t.. (before Solid Rock)

Have you noticed how all these people are eunning for President now? They’re gona save the country. But you can’t save nothing unless you are saved! Jesus said “Woe to you when all men speak well of you ….” It’s like when people say “Well, if you accept Jesus, everything’s gonna be fine.” That’s not necessarily true. They have a a lot of different doctrines they teach… They have something called “The Prosperity Doctrine”. I don’t know if you ever heard of it. Lots of preachers going around saying “Well, it’s your right to have a Cadillac. It’s your right to have a good house. You have a right to have anything you want,” But you can’t go over to Romania and preach that way to the Christians. You can’t go to Russia and say that. As long as your doctrine is balanced, then Jesus will deliver you. From anything. Health problems, love problems, money problems. But the Bible does say “Cursed is the man thst trusteth in man, that makes flesh his strength.

Thank you, all right we got one more. What? I can't hear you? We have to leave, but you don't need me to keep believing. (before In The Garden)

Thank you. On the keyboards tonight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, a legend in his own time, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards Terry Young. Lead guitar tonight from Little Rock, Arkansas, Fred Tackett. On drums from Tulsa Oklahoma, Jim Lee Keltner. On bass guitar from Cincinnati, Ohio, any body hear of Cincinnati, Ohio? You wanna go? God spoke in Cincinnati Ohio too, you can be sure of that, Tim Drummond. This young lady over there from Dallas Texas, you probably heard her voice on many records and didn't know it. Miss Clydie King. Standing next to her from Houston Texas, Gwen Evans. Next to her from San Francisco. San-Fran-Cis-C0, Mary Bridges. Also from San Francisco, ha ha Mona Lisa Young. Girl who told you the story about Jesus before, remember? You know about 4 or 5 months ago. Anyway. Jesus is the way of Salvation. Bible says friendship wins worlds. Friend of the world is the enemy of God. I know that's a rough truth but it is the truth. Friend ship in the world, when the worlds empty be from God. Anyway from Nashville Tennessee, a preachers daughter too, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980) and Appendix II Some alternate raps.

Mono audience recording, 100 minutes.

Session info updated 29 January 2019.

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5730	Landmark Theater
	Syracuse, New York
	4 May 1980

Bridges-Evans-King-McCrary-Young:	Can I Ride (Rev Willie Morganfield)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again(Charles Johnson)
	Look Up And Live By Faith (Reverend Roberts Lawrence Curtis)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Freedom At The Wall (trad.)
	This Train (Traditional arranged by Sister Rosetta Tharpe)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Mona Lisa Young:	Stranger In The City (Healing) (?)
Mary Elizabeth Bridges:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 15 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 65. 1980 concert # 39.

Concert # 15 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. I Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody. You know maybe sometimes an evil man might die. .... long limousines, on their way to the funeral. And you know the man is evil, you just do know. And you know how the Minister always says "Lord accept this man" but by that time it's too late. They try to preach him into Heaven after he's dead. Anyway, some people may have seen me before, some may not have. You know, pop music always have been very popular. I now when I was growing up I used to listen to Hank Williams, Little Richard, Gene Vincent and all those people. And they kind of formed my style one way or another. But I can't help this type of music I play. This is the kind of type I always played. I know a lot of other people play this sort of kind of music, they tell me some strange things and the Devil’s taken rock n roll music and he's used it for his purposes. I know that some people might not believe there is a Devil at all. I'm not talking about a Devil with a pitchfork. Are you listening to me? All right, some of you might think of the Devil with a pitchfork and horns and that's not necessarily the Devil at all. I talk about the Devil that at one time was Gods chosen servant. His right hand helper, his right hand man, beautiful angel. We're talking about that Devil. He's a spiritual Devil and he's got to be overcome. He has been overcome by what Jesus did at the Cross. I just want to tell you that so you know. That's as short as I can put it. You may not have ever heard that. Well, we are living in the end times. We all agree about that. It's the midnight hour. God wants to know who his people are and who his people aren’t. So draw a line to God, he will draw a line to you. So, anyway I saw Bruce Springsteen he err, ha ha you know Bruce he's born to run. And unless he finds something, he's gonna keep a running. And he'll be chasin' him. But you can't run and you can't hide. (after Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody)

Thank you, well all right, we live in a dangerous time. I don't know what you read. All I read is the Bible, that's all I read. So you can quote me on that if you want. Once in a while I look in the newspapers and the Bible says, "Friendship with the world is enmity with God." In other words friend of the world is enemy of God. I know that sounds really strange. But sometimes the truths hard to take. But the truth will set you free. (before Solid Rock)

Thank you. On the keyboards tonight, from Muscle Shoals Alabama, give him a hand, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards from Birmingham, Alabama Terry Young. Lead guitar from Little Rock, Arkansas, Fred Tackett. On the drums tonight, from Tulsa Oklahoma, Jim Keltner. On bass guitar tonight from Cincinnati, Tim Drummond. On the far side from Dallas Texas, Miss Clydie King. Standing next to her from Houston Texas, Gwen Evans. From San Francisco Mary Bridges, also from San Francisco Mona Lisa Young. Standing next to her is a girl who’s been with me for a while. She told you the story about Jesus earlier, remember? Hasn't been that long ago, you didn't forget all about it did you? You know I never did tell you to vote for nobody. Never told you to follow no Guru, never advertised no product for you. Never told you how to dress, how to wear your hair, what to eat or what to drink. In fact I really haven't told you anything. Now I’m telling you Jesus is the way to salvation. And he is the God of this world and he's got the truth. Anyway from Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Stereo audience recording, 130 minutes.

Session info updated 4 June 2018.

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5740	Landmark Theater
	Syracuse, New York
	5 May 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Gwen Evans:	Lord Don't Move That Mountain (David Ackers, Mahalia Jackson)
Clydie King:	Calvary

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

10.

Solid Rock

11.

Saving Grace

12.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

13.

What Can I Do For You?

14.

In The Garden

—

15.

Are You Ready?

16.

Pressing On

Concert # 16 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 66. 1980 concert # 40.

Concert # 16 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Stereo audience recording, 90 minutes.

Session info updated 29 January 2019.

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5750	Bushnell Memorial Hall
	Hartford, Connecticut
	7 May 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Clydie King:	Calvary

Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One

10.

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

11.

Solid Rock

12.

Saving Grace

13.

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

14.

What Can I Do For You?

15.

In The Garden

—

16.

Are You Ready?

17.

Pressing On

Concert # 17 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 67. 1980 concert # 41.

Concert # 17 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

9 Bob Dylan and Regina McCrary (vocals).

14 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

17 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you, thank you. Alright, anybody left yet? ha ha. They tell me everybody leaves you at these shows. It’s a little hard to see out there. Middle of the road, East Coast bondage. God is waiting to set you free. I know you don’t hear to much about God these days, but we're gonna talk about him all night anyway. We’re not gonna talk about no mysticism, no meditation, none of those Eastern religions. We’re just gonna be talking about Jesus. Th demons don’t like that name. I’ll tell right now, if you got demons inside you, they’re not gonna like it. (before Slow Train)

Thank you, all right! I feel better now. I wanna introduce you to a young lady you can see in the flesh and been around a while and she sings for you called Miss Clydie King. She's gonna sing a song for you called "Calvary". Whether you know it or not you're all free. I know that some of you don't feel free, but you are. I can tell you right now that you've got an edge to be free because of what Jesus did at Calvary.

Thank you. I don't know if any of you have seen me before or not. I know I been through here before. I think it was, I think it was sometime in 1964. Anyway, I was singing some songs back then. I remember singing a song called Desolation Row, that's right! You're clapping now, you weren't clapping then! No, you weren't clapping then! I don’t know if the same people where there, but it was "What's he singing about?" You did not understand what I was singing then, I don't think I did either. Ha ha. I understand now pretty much what I'm singing about. It must have took a while for Desolation Row, Maggie's Farm, Subterranean Homesick Blues, all that stuff to really catch on. Because it wasn’t accepted very well at the time. But I’m always prepared for adversity. I was always prepared back then and now I’m even more prepared. All right, but lot of people they talk about Jesuses like they profess that they’re committed to the Lord. Well, I tell you now there's a lot of different types of Jesuses that they profess that they’re with. But there is only one Jesus. All eyes shall see him, every knee shall bow. The Jesus that have defeated the Devil. If you look onto Jesus you gotta look onto the Cross. All the Jesuses that will give you all the things you want, in your earthly life, forget about that Following Jesus is no easy trip, but it’s the only trip. I’m afraid to say, I’ve seen a lot of different kinds of other trips. You may not ever hear that name again. I know not long ago I had never heard of Him myself. Nobody ever told me that Jesus could save me. I didn't think I needed to be saved. I thought I was doing just fine. Well now, anyway, you know we live in dangerous times. Well, Jesus is prepared for that, he knew all about it. Right, I don't know what you're hanging on to. We're hanging on to a Solid Rock, made before the foundation of the world. The times´ coming when you’re gonna need something sort of like that. There’s gonna be a lot of delusion coming at you. You think what’s happening now is bad you just wait. You think it’s rough now is bad you just wait. The Bible says "Cursed is the man who trusts in man." (before Solid Rock)

On the keyboards tonight Spooner Oldham, from Muscle Shoals Alabama. On keyboards also Terry Young. From Little Rock, Arkansas Fred Tackett on lead guitar tonight. From Tulsa Oklahoma on the drums tonight, give him a warm hand, Jim Keltner. Tim Drummond from Cincinnati Ha ha. A man who's been around for a while. We been wanting to play with each other for at least 40 years now. Finally together in the same band Mr. Tim Drummond. From Dallas, Texas Miss Clydie King. From Houston Texas, Gwen Evans. From San Francisco now Mary Bridges, also from San Francisco, Mona Lisa Young. From Nashville, Tennessee, remember that girl who told you the story about Jesus before. Her dad is a preacher. She knows all about Jesus. Remember that name now. I can’t impress it upon your enough, I really can’t. If you got troubles, he'll take your troubles. You got to be delivered, he'll deliver you. If you’ve got money problems, health problems, confusion, deception, marital problems of any kind. Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Stereo audience recording, 95 minutes.

Session info updated 29 January 2019.

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5760	Bushnell Memorial Hall
	Hartford, Connecticut
	8 May 1980

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	When You Gonna Wake Up
4.	Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody
5.	Cover Down, Pray Through
6.	Precious Angel
7.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
8.	Slow Train

9.	Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
10.	Solid Rock
11.	Saving Grace
12.	Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)
13.	What Can I Do For You?
14.	In The Garden
	—
15.	Are You Ready?
16.	Pressing On

Concert # 18 of the Third Gospel Tour. Gospel concert # 68. 1980 concert # 42.

Concert # 18 with the Third Gospel Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Terry Young (keyboards), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mary Elizabeth Bridges, Regina McCrary, Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).

13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan (piano).

BobTalk

Thank you. Now we got a stage show tonight as well as we did last night. You know I talk mostly about

God, too. And the spirit of God. Afraid I might be talking about Jesus, too. And them demons that

are out now, they're not gonna like that name. You got to warn them demons right now that they will

end tonight. Anyway, we don't sing through this kind of fear — we got to defend the Works of God.

Say like you got a twenty dollar bill, and you can spend it on one ticket to the bank and get it

redeemed or you can't do it. (before When You Gonna Wake Up?)

Thank you! "Ain't Gonna Go to Hell for Anybody". Can't let nobody take you there. [Laughs] Better read those compliments. I know that right now it's not fashionable to think about Him, I know that. But God knows no fashion anyway. God is always fashionable. But it's hard not to go to hell, you know. There's so many distractions, so many influences. You start walking right, and pretty soon there's just somebody there to drag you down. As sure as the enemy is on the outside, then the enemy comes inside. They got all kinds of ways. God said, "Resist the Devil, the Devil will flea". "You got to stand to resist him". And I'll show you how you got to stand. How we got to stand? You're listening to me? Somebody knows how to stand? How do you stand?[audience]: Straight! Everybody knows? We got stay here all the time 'til tomorrow night. We'll have to come back tomorrow night anyway. Oh, Mercy! (before Cover Down/Pray Through)

All right there it is. Long time ago they used to have these Greek plays, I guess, pretty long time ago. Anyway now they have groups called actors, you know that. Back then they had actors too, but they called them hypocrites. That's right! There'd be like a play, like a play with thirty people in it, but actually there'd only be four. They all used to wear masks. They'd all come out in a mask, [Dylan says a few words in a high-pitched voice] talk in another voice. They’d just were a mask. So four people could play the part of thirty people. That's a heavy responsibility, keeps you on your toes. Never know who you are, so there's a lot of hypocrites. They're talking, you know, using Jesus' name, but don't you let that put you off, cause you're still dealing with the world. Jesus has overcome the world, that's what he did at the Cross. As simple as that. You may think it's complicated, but actually if you look at Jesus you gotta look at the Cross. Actually if you're wondering why all these things are happening these days. Joshua you know he went to, I believe it was Canaan land and God told him at certain times to destroy all the Canaanites, every man, women and children there. That's bad! He certainly hated to leave the children, but they were just all defiled. And there was some cities that he said, "oh go in there yeah" and Joshua wondered why, and God said because their iniquity is not yet full. So now, when you look around today, when we started out this tour, we started out in San Francisco. And ..., that's a ... San Francisco is a kind of a unique town these days. I think it's either one third or two thirds of the population there are homosexuals. All right! I guess they're working up to a 100 per cent, I don't know. Anyway, it’s a growing place for homosexuals, and I read they have a homosexuals politics, it’s a political party, I don't mean it's going on in somebody’s closet, I mean it's just political. All right, you know what I'm talking about. Anyway would just think ..., I guess the iniquity’s not yet full, and I don't wanna be around when it is! (before Solid Rock)

All right, thank you. All right we gotta go soon. Actually I could stay here and talk to you all night. But I tell you it's later than you think, but in truth it's sooner than you think. (before In The Garden)

Thank you. All right, on the keyboards tonight, from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, give him a hand, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, from Birmingham Alabama, Terry Young. Lead guitar tonight, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Fred Tackett. On the drums, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jim Keltner. Playing bass guitar tonight from Cincinnati, Mr. Tim Drummond. All right, from Dallas, Texas, Clydie King. From Houston, Texas, Gwen Evans. From San Francisco, ha ha, Mary Bridges. Also from San Francisco, Mona Lisa Young. Remember the girl who told us the story about Jesus quite a while ago. Remember that name. I know some of you are on the verge of committing suicide! Others here think you got it all together. Don't matter. Heaven and Earth are all gonna pass away. If you wanna be alive, go look into Jesus. He'll probably give life and life more abundant. He who sets free is free and easy. From Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 7. The Daemon Hater, (April – May 1980). Lesser Gods 2017.

Mono audience recording, 100 minutes.

Session info updated 4 June 2018.

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5770	City Hall
	Portland, Maine
	9 May 1980

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

When You Gonna Wake Up

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down, Pray Through

Precious Angel

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Slow Train


Gwen Evans:	Lord Don't Move That Mountain (David Ackers, Mahalia Jackson)