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

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 101: Kiss

 

 

 

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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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

12 October 2013

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

13 October 2013

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

5 October 2015

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

6 October 2015

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

1 April 2017

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

2 April 2017

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

26 June 2019

Globe Arena

 

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 15 July 2019.

 

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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 Charley 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

12 October 2013

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

13 October 2013

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

5 October 2015

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

6 October 2015

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

1 April 2017

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

2 April 2017

Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium

26 June 2019

Globe Arena

 

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

 

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

 

Session info updated 15 July 2019.

 

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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

Rolf Harris

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport

1945

Tex Ritter

Froggy Went A Courtin'

1948

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Barnyard Boogie

1986

Waylon Jennings

Will The Wolf Survive?

1957

Sonny Boy Williamson II

Fattening Frogs for Snakes

1929

Lesley Sarony with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

Jollity Farm

1968

The Kinks

Animal Farm

 

Selected BobTalk

I like to think of myself as a glass half full kinda guy. I don’t like to think about all the people that drowned in the great flood, I like to think about all the animals Noah saved. So this week we’re gonna climb aboard Noah’s Ark and take a look around. It’s gonna be a marvelous musical menagerie as we listen to songs about, for and by the many members of the animal kingdom. Come on! Watch where you step.

D. Bartholomew has a writing credit on this song, but I think the lyrics go back a lot further. I have a postcard with a poem on it from at least the 30’s; but Dave did put a distinctive, driving guitar beat behind it. Anything that gets this type of thought across, I’m all in favor of…A tale of morality and monkey business.

It’s not totally politically correct but we must remember it was a different time. (about Hold That Critter Down).

It sounds like she’s singing it to the man she loves but no, she’s singin’ to an elephant! (about Bonnie Raitt)

Orginially the song was a satire. Queen Elizabeth had a habit of referring to her ministers with animal nicknames. She called Sir Walter Raleigh her fish. The French Ambassador Simier was her ape. And the Duc d’Alencon was her frog. So this song wasn’t just about marriage in the barnyard, but it was a scathing political satire. I didn’t get that the first time I heard it.

One of the few R & B records I know that has as steel guitar solo in it. (about Barnyard Boogie)

Ya know, like when you take a gal out to dinner and then at the end of the night she gives you a little peck on the cheek, and then she calls me to come over? You know what you were doing buddy? You were fattening frogs for snakes!

 

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: Family Circle

Next episode: Noah's Ark: Part 2

 

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

 

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30920

Spektrum

 

Oslo, Norway

 

25 March 2009

 

 

1.

Watching The River Flow

2.

When I Paint My Masterpiece

3.

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

4.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

5.

Just Like A Woman

6.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

7.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

8.

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

9.

The Levee's Gonna Break

10.

When The Deal Goes Down

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

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 # 2109 of The Never-Ending Tour. Third concert of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. Third 2009 concert.

 

Concert # 380 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).

 

8 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 3-7. 9-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 6, 7, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

4 Donnie Herron (banjo).

9, 12 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Oslo, Norway:

29 June 1995

Spektrum

18 July 1996

Spektrum

7 June 1998

Frognerbadet

19 May 2000

Spektrum

7 April 2002

Spektrum

13 October 2003

Spektrum

18 October 2005

Spektrum

30 March 2007

Spektrum

30 June 2011

Spektrum

1 October 2015

Oslo Konserthus

2 October 2015

Oslo Konserthus

3 October 2015

Oslo Konserthus

4 April 2017

Spektrum

29 June 2019

Spektrum

 

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 8 new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 16 July 2019.

 

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30930

Kinnarps Arena

 

Jönköping, Sweden

 

27 March 2009

 

 

1.

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

2.

When I Paint My Masterpiece

3.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

4.

The Levee's Gonna Break

5.

Just Like A Woman

6.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

7.

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

8.

Million Miles

9.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

10.

This Wheel's On Fire (Bob Dylan/Rick Danko)

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Make You Feel My Love

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 # 2110 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 4 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 4.

 

Concert # 381 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-9,11-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

4 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

6 Donnie Herron (banjo).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Note. First Bob Dylan concert in Jönköping, Sweden.

 

6 new songs (35%) compared to previous concert. 4 new songs for this tour.
                         

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 8 May 2009.

 

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30940

Malmö Arena

 

Malmö, Sweden

 

28 March 2009

 

 

1.

Maggie's Farm

2.

The Man In Me

3.

Watching The River Flow

4.

When The Deal Goes Down

5.

High Water (For Charley Patton)

6.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

7.

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

8.

Just Like A Woman

9.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

10.

Beyond The Horizon

11.

Summer Days

12.

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

13.

Highway 61 Revisited

14.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

15.

All Along The Watchtower

16.

Spirit On The Water

17.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2111 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 5 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 5.

 

Concert # 382 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 6, 8, 10, 12, Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Malmö, Sweden:

25 July 1996

Slottsmöllan

6 June 1998

Sibbarps strand

3 November 2011

Malmö Arena

10 October 2015

Malmö Live

 

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 6 new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 105 minutes.

 

Session info updated 7 November 2015.

 

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30950

Forum

 

Copenhagen, Denmark

 

29 March 2009

 

 

1.

Gotta Serve Somebody

2.

When I Paint My Masterpiece

3.

Watching The River Flow

4.

Simple Twist Of Fate

5.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

6.

I Believe In You

7.

'Til I Fell In Love With You

8.

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

9.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

10.

Desolation Row

11.

Honest With Me

12.

When The Deal Goes Down

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 # 2112 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 6 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 6.

 

Concert # 383 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

9 Donnie Herron (banjo).

10 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Copenhagen, Denmark:

12 July 1981

Brøndby-Hallen

10 June 1984

Idraetsparken

21 September 1987

Valby Hallen

23 July 1996

Den Grå Hal

24 July 1996

Den Grå Hal

11 June 1998

Forum

8 April 2002

Forum

16 October 2003

Forum

2 April 2007

Forum

15 October 2013

Falconer Salen

16 October 2013

Falconer Salen

8 October 2015

Falconer Salen

9 October 2015

Falconer Salen

6 April 2017

Den Kongelige Opera

7 April 2017

Den Kongelige Opera

 

First live performance of Gotta Serve Somebody since St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida 30 July 2003.

 

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 3 new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

Session info updated 17 August 2020.

 

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30960

AWD Hall

 

Hannover, Germany

 

31 March 2009

 

 

1.

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

2.

The Man In Me

3.

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

4.

Chimes Of Freedom

5.

The Levee's Gonna Break

6.

Sugar Baby

7.

John Brown

8.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

9.

Masters Of War

10.

Shooting Star

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Nettie Moore

13.

Summer Days

14.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

15.

All Along The Watchtower

16.

Dignity

17.

Thunder On The Mountain

 

 

Concert # 2113 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 7 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 7.

 

Concert # 384 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).

 

1, 3-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 16 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

7 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Hannover, Germany:

20 September 1987

Messehalle 20

18 February 1993

Musik Halle

3 July 1995

Musik Halle

12 May 2000

Stadionsporthalle

13 April 2002

Stadionsporthalle

26 October 2005

AWD Hall

6 November 2011

TUI Arena

18 October 2013

Swiss Life Hall

26 October 2005

 

 

14 new songs (82%) compared to previous concert. 7 new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

 

Session info updated 13 May 2017.

 

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30965

Studio B

 

The Abernathy Building

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

1 April 2009

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 98: Noah's Ark: Part 2

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

A cop runs a license plate

I never tell the truth.”

 

 

1975

The Meters

They All Ask'd For You (The Audobon Zoo Song)

1958

Roddy Jackson

There's A Moose On The Loose

1967

Jefferson Airplane

White Rabbit

1930

Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell

Carried Water For The Elephant

1972

Randy Newman

Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear

1971

The Country Gentlemen

Fox On The Run

1964

Nina Simone

See Line Woman

1976

Joni Mitchell

Coyote

1947

Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston

and his Orchestra

Possum Song

1969

The Maytals

Monkey Man

1953

Dick 'Two Ton' Baker

Bert The Turtle (The Duck And Cover Song)

1955

Lazy Bill Lucas & the Blues Rockers

Calling All Cows

1941

Memphis Minnie and Little Son Joe

Black Rat Swing

1960

Ferlin Husky

On The Wings Of A Snow White Dove

 

Selected BobTalk

Don’t be a jackass! We’re gonna go ape. Take the bull by the horns. Play a little cat and mouse. Shoot some fish in a barrel. And go hog-wild. ‘Cause I’m crazy like a fox, proud as a peacock. So unless you’re ugly as a toad I’m ready to talk turkey. There’ll be no weaseling out as we have as much fun as a barrel of monkeys.

One of my three favorite songs about meese. (about There’s a Moose on the Loose).

Telling us to feed our heads. That’s not a direct quotation from the dormouse, by the way. (about The Jefferson Airplane)

Here’s another strong-willed woman, and I mean that in the best possible way… (Coyotes are) a very vocal animal… use short barks to warn of danger…whine and whimper when they are establishing bonds. They produce high pitched barks to summon puppies and sometimes, late at night when they’re all relaxing, they sing Joni Mitchell songs.

I think that might have been produced by the Chinese-Jamaican producer, Leslie Kong. Chinese-Jamaican…that’d be a good kinda food. Get myself some General Tso’s Jerk Chicken! (about Monkey Man)

This is Theme Time Radio Hour, your home for barking dreams, roaring themes, and slithering schemes. Climb aboard Noah’s Ark with us. It’s a musical menagerie, animalistically speaking.

 

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: Noah's Ark: Part 1

Next episode: Clearance Sale

 

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

 

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30970

Max Schmeling Halle

 

Berlin, Germany

 

1 April 2009

 

 

1.

The Wicked Messenger

2.

When I Paint My Masterpiece

3.

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

4.

The Levee's Gonna Break

5.

My Back Pages

6.

Things Have Changed

7.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

8.

Beyond The Horizon

9.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

10.

Love Sick

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Workingman's Blues #2

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 # 2114 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 8 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 8.

 

Concert # 385 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-6, 8-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 4, 5, 7-9, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 4, 10 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

6, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Berlin, Germany:

29 June 1978

Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin

13 June 1984

Waldbühne, West Berlin

17 September 1987

Treptower Festwiese, East Berlin

5 July 1990

Internationales Congress Centrum, West Berlin

4 July 1995

Tempodrome

17 June 1996

Tempodrome

3 June 1998

Waldbühne

23 May 2000

Arena

11 April 2002

Arena

20 October 2003

Arena

25 October 2005

Arena Treptow

3 May 2007

Max Schmeling Halle

29 October 2011

O2 World

2 July 2012

Zitadelle Spandau

24 October 2013

Tempodrom

25 October 2013

Tempodrom

26 October 2013

Tempodrom

13 October 2015

Tempodrom

14 October 2015

Tempodrom

4 April 2019

Mercedes-Benz Arena

 

11 new songs (64%) compared to previous concert. 3 new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

 

Session info updated 27 July 2020.

.

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

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30980

Messehalle

 

Erfurt, Germany

 

2 April 2009

 

 

1.

Cat's In The Well

2.

Man In The Long Black Coat

3.

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

4.

Can't Wait

5.

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

6.

Beyond The Horizon

7.

High Water (For Charley Patton)

8.

Girl From The North Country

9.

Honest With Me

10.

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Ain't Talkin'

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 # 2115 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 9 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 9.

 

Concert # 386 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).

 

3, 5, 8, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

7 Donnie Herron (banjo).

10 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

 

Notes

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Erfurt, Germany:

6 November 2005

Messehalle

9 July 2019

Messehalle

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 5 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 4 August 2019.

 

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30990

Zenith

 

Munich, Germany

 

4 April 2009

 

 

1.

Maggie's Farm

2.

One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

3.

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

4.

Things Have Changed

5.

Just Like A Woman

6.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

7.

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

8.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

9.

Sugar Baby

10.

Highway 61 Revisited

11.

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

12.

Workingman's Blues #2

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 # 2116 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 10 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 10.

 

Concert # 387 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-2, 4-7,9-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 5, 8, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

4, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

6, 7 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

 

Notes

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Munich, Germany:

19 July 1981

Olympiahalle

20 July 1981

Olympiahalle

3 June 1984

Olympia Stadion

30 September 1987

Olympiahalle

21 June 1991

Zirkus Krone

8 July 1995

Terminal 1

2 May 1999

Olympiahalle

17 April 2002

Olympiahalle

29 October 2003

Olympiahalle

8 November 2005

Zenith

26 October 2011

Olympiahalle

1 July 2014

Tollwood, Olympiapark

11 new songs (64%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

 

Session info updated 4 August 2014.

 

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31000

Saarlandhalle

 

Saarbrücken, Germany

 

5 April 2009

 

 

1.

Gotta Serve Somebody

2.

Lay Lady Lay

3.

The Levee's Gonna Break

4.

Every Grain Of Sand

5.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

6.

Beyond The Horizon

7.

Honest With Me

8.

Sugar Baby

9.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

10.

Po' Boy

11.

Summer Days

12.

I Believe In You

13.

Highway 61 Revisited

14.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

15.

All Along The Watchtower

16.

Spirit On The Water

17.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2117 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 11 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 11.

 

Concert # 388 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-2,4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

1, 4, 9, 10, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

3 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes

First Bob Dylan concert in Saarbrücken, Germany. Next concert:

17 October 2015

Saarlandhalle

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 105 minutes.

 

Session info updated 8 November 2015.

 

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31010

Palais des Congrès de Paris

 

Paris, France

 

7 April 2009

 

 

1.

Cat's In The Well

2.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

3.

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

4.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

5.

John Brown

6.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

7.

Chimes Of Freedom

8.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

9.

Masters Of War

10.

Honest With Me

11.

Beyond The Horizon

12.

Highway 61 Revisited

13.

Po' Boy

14.

Thunder On The Mountain

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2118 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 12 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 12.

 

Concert # 389 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-2,4-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 8, 13, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 18 Donnie Herron (violin).

5 Donnie Herron (banjo).

6 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Paris, France.

8 new songs (44%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

 

Session info updated 4 May 2019.

 

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31015

Studio B

 

The Abernathy Building

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

8 April 2009

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 99: Clearance Sale

 

 

 

“It's night time in the Big City.

Everything must go, and we pass the savings onto you.”

 

 

1930

Clarence Ashley

Little Sadie

1949

Clarence Garlow

Bon Ton Roula

1957

Rex Griffin

You Got To Go To Work

1937

Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra

When You're Smiling

1956

Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

Ain't Got No Home

1973

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Big Balls In Cowtown (We'll Dance Around)

1931

Walter 'Kid' Smith

My Evolution Girl

1988

Steve Earle

Copperhead Road

1956

Jerry Lee Lewis & His Pumping Piano

End Of The Road

1988

Van Morrison & The Chieftains

Raglan Road

1960

Clarence White & Roger Bush

Bury Me Beneath The Willow

1968

Dusty Springfield

Son Of A Preacher Man

1971

O.V. Wright

A Nickel And A Nail

1966

Anita Harris

Somebody's In My Orchard

1953

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown

Boogie Uproar

1945

Big Joe Turner

Rock Of Gibraltar

1935

Cripple Clarence Lofton

Strut That Thing

1934

The Lion

Bing Crosby

1987

Ben Vaughn Combo

Jerry Lewis In France

1954

Jimmy Heap & The Melody Masters

You're Nothing But A Nothin'

1963

Ike & Tina Turner

You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had

1972

Jim Ford

Go Through Sunday

1968

Clarence Carter

Too Weak To Fight

1955

Annisteen Allen

Fujiyama Mama

1957

Wanda Jackson

Fujiyama Mama

2007

Rilo Kiley

15

1960

Johnny Cash

Mean Eyed Cat

1969

Clarence Reid

Fools Are Not Born

1928

Mississippi John Hurt

Candy Man

1970

The Wailers

Sugar Sugar

1956

Clarence Palmer & the Jive Bombers

Bad Boy

1963

Betty Carter

'Round Midnight

1969

The Rolling Stones

Let It Bleed

 

Selected BobTalk

Here’s a guy as far away from the prodigal son as you can imagine. (about Steve Earle)

He sings this song, he pounds the piano. He says he wrote it and that’s good enough for me.” (about Jerry Lee Lewis)

A traditional song, but in the hands of someone like Van Morrison you can see how hard it is to separate the performer from the performance. It’s like a great jazz musician bringing a new interpretation to a song you’ve heard dozens of times.

Born with the name Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien – a lovely Jewish name.” (about Dusty Springfield)

Let’s wander over to the succulent fruit department…ya know I better get out of the peach orchard before I get myself in trouble.” (about Somebody’s In My Orchard)

 “He had a loud guitar and a swingin’ band…you hear this (trombone) solo and you can’t believe that Al (Grey) played with Duke Ellington’s band…it’s pure gutbucket!...We don’t play a lot of instrumentals all the way through, but that one was so swingin’ we had to play the whole thing. (about Clarence Gatemouth Brown

We don’t often play two versions of one song, but these two are so different, and Wanda’s rocks so hard, that we got to play both of them. (about Fujiyama Mama)

The sweet, gentle sounds of Mississippi John Hurt. You can hear elements of the songster tradition, the music that came before the blues, carrying elements of minstrel songs and other native American forms.

In a crypt near his birthplace, buried along with him, were his Gibson Les Paul guitar, a ring he wore every day that was given to him by Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia, a marijuana bud, a soccer ball, and a bible. His needs were simple.” (about Bob Marley)

Known as Betty Bebop, but she hated that name. She thought that bebop was limited and she wanted to do more, and she did. (about Betty Carter)

 

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, 120 minutes.

 

Previous episode: Noah's Ark: Part 2

Next episode: Goodbye

 

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

 

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31020

Palais des Congrès de Paris

 

Paris, France

 

8 April 2009

 

 

1.

The Wicked Messenger

2.

Lay Lady Lay

3.

Things Have Changed

4.

When The Deal Goes Down

5.

'Til I Fell In Love With You

6.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

7.

Sugar Baby

8.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

9.

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

10.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

11.

Beyond The Horizon

12.

Highway 61 Revisited

13.

The Times We've Known (Charles Aznavour)

14.

Thunder On The Mountain

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2119 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 13 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 13.

 

Concert # 390 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 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 3-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

4-6, 10, 17-18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 9 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

3, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

8 Donnie Herron (banjo).

 

Notes.

Second live performance of The Times We've Known, the first was in New York City, New York 1 November 1998.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Paris, France.

9 new songs (50%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 4 May 2019.

                                                     

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31030

Heineken Music Hall

 

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

10 April 2009

 

 

1.

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

2.

When I Paint My Masterpiece

3.

Watching The River Flow

4.

Boots Of Spanish Leather

5.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

6.

Po' Boy

7.

Honest With Me

8.

Workingman's Blues #2

9.

High Water (For Charley Patton)

10.

Love Sick

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Nettie Moore

13.

Summer Days

14.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

15.

All Along The Watchtower

16.

Spirit On The Water

17.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2120 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 14 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 14.

 

Concert # 391 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-2, 4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 6, 9, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5, 10 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

9 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Amsterdam, The Netherlands:

10 November 2003

Heineken Music Hall

11 November 2003

Heineken Music Hall

8 April 2007

Heineken Music Hall

9 April 2007

Heineken Music Hall

11 April 2009

Heineken Music Hall

12 April 2009

Heineken Music Hall

30 October 2013

Heineken Music Hall

31 October 2013

Heineken Music Hall

5 November 2015

Koninklijk Theater Carré

6 November 2015

Koninklijk Theater Carré

7 November 2015

Koninklijk Theater Carré

16 April 2017

Heineken Music Hall

17 April 2017

Heineken Music Hall

18 April 2017

Heineken Music Hall

 

12 new songs (70%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 11 May 2017.

 

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31040

Heineken Music Hall

 

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

11 April 2009

 

 

1.

Maggie's Farm

2.

Mr. Tambourine Man

3.

Man In The Long Black Coat

4.

The Levee's Gonna Break

5.

When The Deal Goes Down

6.

Things Have Changed

7.

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

8.

Tough Mama

9.

Workingman's Blues #2

10.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

11.

Just Like A Woman

12.

Highway 61 Revisited

13.

Nettie Moore

14.

Thunder On The Mountain

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2121 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 15 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 15.

 

Concert # 392 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).

 

4 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-3, 5-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 11, 13, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

4, 7 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

6, 18 Donnie Herron (violin).

10 Donnie Herron (banjo).

13 Donnie Herron (viola).

 

Notes.

First performance of Tough Mama since New York City, New York 28 April 2005.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Amsterdam, The Netherlands:

10 November 2003

Heineken Music Hall

11 November 2003

Heineken Music Hall

8 April 2007

Heineken Music Hall

9 April 2007

Heineken Music Hall

10 April 2009

Heineken Music Hall

12 April 2009

Heineken Music Hall

30 October 2013

Heineken Music Hall

31 October 2013

Heineken Music Hall

5 November 2015

Koninklijk Theater Carré

6 November 2015

Koninklijk Theater Carré

7 November 2015

Koninklijk Theater Carré

16 April 2017

Heineken Music Hall

17 April 2017

Heineken Music Hall

18 April 2017

Heineken Music Hall

 

11 new songs (61%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.
                         

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

 

Session info updated 11 May 2017.

 

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31050

Heineken Music Hall

 

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

12 April 2009

 

 

1.

Gotta Serve Somebody

2.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

3.

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

4.

Million Miles

5.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

6.

Sugar Baby

7.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

8.

Beyond The Horizon

9.

Desolation Row

10.

Tough Mama

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Ain't Talkin'

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 # 2122 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 16 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 16.

 

Concert # 393 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).

 

1-6, 8-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

9 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Amsterdam, The Netherlands:

10 November 2003

Heineken Music Hall

11 November 2003

Heineken Music Hall

8 April 2007

Heineken Music Hall

9 April 2007

Heineken Music Hall

10 April 2009

Heineken Music Hall

11 April 2009

Heineken Music Hall

30 October 2013

Heineken Music Hall

31 October 2013

Heineken Music Hall

5 November 2015

Koninklijk Theater Carré

6 November 2015

Koninklijk Theater Carré

7 November 2015

Koninklijk Theater Carré

16 April 2017

Heineken Music Hall

17 April 2017

Heineken Music Hall

18 April 2017

Heineken Music Hall

 

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

 

Session info updated 11 May 2017.

 

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31060

St. Jakobshalle

 

Basel, Switzerland

 

14 April 2009

 

 

1.

Cat's In The Well

2.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

3.

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

4.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

5.

John Brown

6.

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

7.

Masters Of War

8.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

9.

Visions Of Johanna

10.

Honest With Me

11.

Girl From The North Country

12.

Highway 61 Revisited

13.

Beyond The Horizon

14.

Thunder On The Mountain

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2123 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 17 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 17.

Concert # 394 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).

 

1, 2, 4-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 18 Donnie Herron (violin).

5 Donnie Herron (banjo).

9 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

 

Notes

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Basel, Switzerland:

23 July 1981

Sporthalle, St. Jakob

2 June 1984

St. Jakob Stadion

10 September 1987

St. Jakobshalle

13 November 2015

Musical Theater

14 November 2015

Musical Theater

8 new songs (44%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 15 November 2015.

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31065

Studio B

 

The Abernathy Building

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

15 April 2009

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 100: Goodbye

 

 

1965

Elmore James

Goodbye Baby

1930

Charlie Poole

Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane

1964

Bessie Banks

Go Now

1964

The Clancy Brothers

The Leaving Of Liverpool

1964

The Ovations

Adios Senorita

1972

Slim Smith

(If It Don't Work Out) Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

1953

Les Paul and Mary Ford

Vaya Con Dios

2006

Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris

If This Is Goodbye

1952

Little Caesar

Goodbye Baby

1957

Weldon Rogers and The Teen Kings

So Long, Good Luck and Goodbye

1983

Los Lobos

Let's Say Goodnight

1947

Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy

Troubles Goodbye

1967

Buffalo Springfield

Go and Say Goodbye

1940

Slim Gaillard

Splogham

1955

Bobby Charles

See You Later Alligator

1956

Jackie Brenston

Much Later For You Baby

1957

Warren Smith

So Long, I'm Gone

1954

Peppermint Harris

Bye Bye, Fare Thee Well

1973

Jamaican Duke & The Mento Swingers

Jamaica Farewell

1939

Ivie Anderson and Duke Ellington

I'm Checkin' Out Go'om Bye

1934

Leadbelly

Goodnight Irene

1965

Lee Dorsey

So Long

1940

Woody Guthrie

Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good To Know You)

 

Selected BobTalk

It's one thing to make an entrance, it's another thing entirely to get out alive.  So for the next hour we'll be checking all the exits, finding our way outta here…and this show might run a little long this week, but that's OK.  What are they gonna do, fire me?

Great loose sounding record.  Really sounds like he's in it.  You know what drives me crazy?  I see all these pictures of rock bands in the studio, and they're very careful to make sure you can see the bottle of whiskey they have with them.  They want you to know they're on the edge.  You listen to their records, they don't sound like that.  What's up with that?  This guy, Peppermint Harris, probably just had a couple nips before he went into the studio and he sounds lose as a goose.

And it has been good to know you this year and here we are at the end of another season. May you have warm words on a cool evening, a full moon of a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door. I'm going to head on down to Elmo's Lounge.  We’re having our wrap party there.  Sampson's Diner is catering.  If you happen to be driving by and the light is still on, come in and have a drink. It'd be good to see ya.  In the mean time, see ya later, so long, and don't ever forget, every goodbye is the birth of a memory.

 

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, 120 minutes.

 

Previous episode: Clearance Sale

Next episode: Kiss

 

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

 

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31066

Studio B

 

The Abernathy Building

 

Washington, District Of Columbia

 

15 April 2009

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 101: Kiss

 

 

 

It’s night time in the big city.

Someone in the building is making popcorn.

A waitress returns home, happy to take her shoes off.

I wish people would curb their dogs.

This is Theme Time Radio Hour with your host, Bob Dylan.

 

1964

Betty Everett

 The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)

1951

Lefty Frizzell

 Always Late with Your Kisses

1988

Lucinda Williams

 Passionate Kisses

1957

Billy Boy Arnold

 Kissing At Midnight

1986

Prince

 Kiss

1953

Memphis Minnie

 Kissing in the Dark

1962

Danny White

 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1960

Huelyn Duvall

 Pucker Paint

1959

Connie Francis

 Lipstick on Your Collar

1959

The Everly Brothers

 ‘Til I Kissed You

1963

The Falcons

 Let’s Kiss and Make Up

1958

Roy Head and The Traits

 Baby, Let Me Kiss You One More Time

1964

J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers

 Last Kiss

1951

Louis Armstrong

 A Kiss to Build a Dream On

 

BobTalk

Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Today we’re going to take a musical look at one of my favorite pastimes. It’s an act of intimacy, the thing that Mae West called a man’s signature. And I’m guessing she knows what she was talking about.

You can call it a lip lock, or, as our friends across the pond call it, “snogging.” I call it good old-fashioned kissing. You can kiss up, kiss off, kiss the Blarney Stone, or kiss my ass.  So, for the next hour, we’re going to play a little musical game of “spin the bottle.” This is your kissing bandit welcoming you to the osculatory edition of Theme Time Radio Hour.

Here’s a little lady from Chicago way, though she was actually born in Mississippi. She made her name in Chicago, recording for local labels like Vee-Jay, Cobra, and Wonderful. Wasn’t till she went to Vee-Jay that she made her mark. Here’s Betty Everett and the Shoop Shoop Song, “It’s in His Kiss.”

If it’s in his kiss, perhaps it’s mononucleosis, commonly known as the “kissing disease.” It’s a viral infection, most often the Epstein-Barr virus. It’s carried in saliva and is usually spread by kissing. But you can get it from sneezes and coughs also. Personally, I’d prefer to get it from kissing.

Doctor Joyce Brothers reports that before marriage the average American woman has kissed 79 men, which means that 79 men have kissed Doctor Joyce Brothers.

Blackie Crawford had a band called the Western Cherokees. His singer in that band became much more famous. His name was Lefty Frizzell and he’s a big favorite here around the Abernathy Building. Blackie and Lefty wrote this song together and it spent 12 weeks at #1 on the country charts. Here’s the always punctual Lefty Frizzell, “Always Late with Your Kisses.”

There’s being late with your kisses and there’s even the worse experience of being left at the altar. That’s what happened to Nicole Contos. In 1997 she was due to marry a shipping broker by the name of Tasos Michael. She was in a packed church in Manhattan and he left her. He didn’t even show up. But she went on with the wedding by herself. The wedding cost $65,000 and she wasn’t going to waste it. Her friends rallied around her, enjoyed the $175-a-plate dinner and afterwards cheered her on when she danced to the disco hit, “I Will Survive.” Nicole Contos, a resilient woman.

This is Theme Time Radio Hour. We’re talking about kissing, which means we’re centering on cupidity and not stupidity. Lucinda Williams wrote a song all about passionate kisses. Lucinda’s father was a poet, and a literature professor, and they traveled extensively when she was a child through Mexico and Chile as well as the American South.  All that travel was good for her, ‘cause she soaked up a lot of culture. A lot of people know this song because it was a big hit for Mary Chapin Carpenter. A #5 smash. It got Lucinda her first of three Grammy awards. So, let’s listen to Lucinda’s version from her 1988 album, here’s “Passionate Kisses.”

That was Lucinda Williams, “Passionate Kisses” here on Theme Time Radio Hour, where we’re reminding you that a one-minute kiss burns about 26 calories. Deep, passionate kissing burns up to 600 calories per hour. If anyone listening needs a workout, I’m available.

Billy Boy Arnold was born in 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. And like Betty Everett, he recorded for the Vee-Jay record label. But he had his start playing harmonica with Bo Diddley. After a couple of records, though, he struck out on his own. You probably know his song, “I Wish You Would.” But this one is all about kissing at a particular time. Here’s Billy Boy Arnold, “Kissing at Midnight.” [BBC version]

If you’re kissing at midnight, better be careful and not do it where the blue laws are in effect. You can find blue laws in the United States and Canada and they’re meant to protect the Sabbath as a sacred day. These laws would prohibit breaches in family discipline, public drunkenness, public displays of affection and excesses in dress. They’re called “blue laws” because of the blue paper they were originally printed on.

Let’s move from blue laws to a purple artist, Minneapolis native, Prince, or as I call him, “The Artist formerly known as the Artist formerly known as Prince.”

Here’s a song of his that was recorded by Tom Jones, The Art of Noise, and a whole bunch of other people. But I’ve always liked the original. It’s a funk record that doesn’t have any bass on it. Here’s Prince. [BBC version]

That was Prince, and “Kiss.” I always thought KISS should have recorded a song called, “Prince.” I’ll have to call Gene Simmons and ask him about that.

One place a lot of people kiss is under the mistletoe. Well, it's an interesting legend. According to Scandinavian myth, the Norse god Baldur was the best loved of all the gods. Frigga was his mother, the goddess of love and beauty. She wanted to make sure no harm would ever come to her beloved son. She went through the entire world getting promises from everything that sprang from the four elements that they would not harm her beloved Baldur.

The evil trickster Loki was able to find the one thing that could harm Baldur, and that was mistletoe. He made an arrow from the wood of the mistletoe. To be even crueler, he took the arrow to Baldur’s blind brother Hodor. Loki guided Hodor’s hand and shot the arrow at Baldur’s heart. He fell dead, and Frigga's tears changed the red mistletoe berries to white. But the gods gave mercy on Frigga and Baldur was restored to life. Frigga was so grateful that she showed no hatred for the offending mistletoe plant, making it a symbol of love and promising to bestow a kiss upon anyone who passed beneath it. [BBC version]

I'm sure some of those kisses happened in the dark.] Here’s Memphis Minnie, one of the great guitarist and singers, “Kissing in the Dark” . [BBC version]

That was Memphis Minnie, “Kissing in the Dark,” written by her husband at the time, Ernest Lawlars, who was known as “Little Son Joe.”

The average person spends 336 hours of their life kissing. It doesn’t seem like enough.

Another popular “Kiss” was made by Milton Hershey, a candy maker in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1894 he started the Hershey Company, and they produce chocolates to this day. In 1907 they produced a flat-bottomed, cone-shaped candy. One kind of kiss you definitely want more of is a French Kiss. A lot of people think that the French Kiss originated in France. Actually, the term became slang in 1923 as a slur to the French. People thought that the French were overly infatuated with sexual matters as anyone who knows the complete version of the poem that begins….“The French, they are a funny race”… can tell you. [kiss sound] Somehow I wish I didn’t know that.

In France, there’s no such thing as a “French Kiss.” They probably just call it a “kiss,” just like they call French Fries “fries.” In French what it’s called “embrasser avec la langue,” which means literally, “to kiss the tongue.” Or as some prefer to say, “rouler un pelle,” which means, “to roll the blade.”

Here’s a song out of New Orleans, kind of a local hit, but didn’t make a lot of noise anywhere else. I always enjoyed it though, and I thought this would be an opportunity to share it with you. It’s by a singer named Danny White, this is the closest he ever had to a hit, and it was in 1963. “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye.”

[BBC version]The closest thing he had to another hit was the next year with a cover version of Earl King’s ballad, “Loan Me a Handkerchief,” an admonitory song to say the least.]

Let's continue our kissing show with a guy who didn't have a hit, but he had the last word on a hit. I'll explain it after I play the song. Here’s Huelyn Duvall, “Pucker Paint.” [BBC version]

He never had a hit of his own, but back in 1958 he was asked to sit in on a recording session. He didn't play guitar on that record, but he added some "oohs" and "aahs" to the A-side, a song called "Train to Nowhere". The B-side was an instrumental, and he didn't play on it at all. However, he did yell the title out on the end, and sometime every day you can hear Huelyn Duvall yell out "Tequila" at the end of the Champs record.” [BBC version].

Connie Francis was a very popular artist who had a very sad life. [BBC version] But that’s not how I choose to remember her. Let’s remember Connie Francis in happier times with a light-hearted look at marital infidelity. Here she is: “Lipstick on Your Collar.”

Her father tried to get her to make a living playing and teaching the accordion. She was on a competition at age 9 on Arthur Godfrey’s “Talent Scouts.” Even then, Arthur Godfrey could tell how beautiful her voice was and convinced her to give up the accordion. She recorded a series of singles that went nowhere. She was on her way to a pre-med scholarship at New York University. But first, one last recording session, which included a song that she hated, but that her father wanted her to record. She sang it quickly, only doing one take. America fell in love with it, and “Who’s Sorry Now” was the first of a long string of hits. She knew a lot of different languages, and recorded her songs in Italian, Hebrew, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese. She starred in the movies in “Where the Boys Are,” “Looking for Love,” and “When the Boys Meet the Girls.”

She retired for awhile, but in 1974 her third husband convinced her to go back on the stage. She had only done four performances when she checked into a motel on Long Island. The motel lock was faulty, and she was raped. Her marriage fell apart. Shortly thereafter she was bouncing back, but in 1981 her brother was brutally murdered. It was only during therapy for all these events that she discovered that she was maniac-depressive and had been addicted to pills for maybe as long as 25 years.

She sued the hotel she got raped in for negligence and received 2.5 million dollars, which at the time was the largest personal injury settlement in history. It doesn't seem enough for the amount of pain she went through. But that’s not how I choose to remember her. Let’s remember Connie Francis in happier times with a light-hearted look at marital infidelity. Here she is: “Lipstick on Your Collar.”

That was Connie Francis with a story of trouble told in color on the collar of your shirt.

You know how people sign letters with “X”s , that mean little kisses? Well, here’s where that came from. Hundreds of years ago when clergy and priests wrote letters they would sign their name, and then they would add a cross. That’s because a cross has many interpretations. One of the primary meanings is “love.” So it was nice to sign off a letter with that. ‘Bout three hundred years after that, people who were writing love letters started adopting the cross symbol as a shorthand for “love.” But they rotated it ‘bout 45 degrees, so when you take a cross and turn it 45 degrees you get an “X” and they say this rotation was to imitate the way you turn your head when giving a kiss. So the “X” at the end of a letter became the sign of a kiss.

[Radio Eins version] Now, it seems like I know a lot about kissing.] Here’s Don and Phil with a song written by Don. It’s from 1959 on the Cadence record label, and if you have to ask, “Don and Phil who?” you’re not a regular listener of this show. Here are the Everly Brothers, “Til I Kissed You.”

The tradition of lifting the veil and kissing the bride is a combination of two old customs. Lifting the veil was a part of the ancient wedding ritual. See, marriages used to be arranged by family members. The newlyweds quite often had never met. These arranged marriages had large sums of money riding on them, and sometimes there was the fear that if the groom didn't like the bride’s looks he might refuse to marry her and her family would lose a great dowry. This is why the father of the bride gave the broad away at the wedding ceremony, only after they lifted her veil would he see her face for the first time.

In ancient Rome, couples became betrothed by kissing passionately in front of a group of people and that’s why we have kissing at the end of the modern wedding ceremony.

You’re listening to Theme Time Radio Hour, your home for themes, dreams, and smooching schemes. So pucker up and listen.

If you got to kiss, people do it different ways in different places. For example, in the Middle East, cheek kissing between a male and female is usually considered inappropriate, unless it’s within the same family. Some cultures in the Himalayas don’t kiss at all. They know that saliva has a lot of bacteria and I guess they’re afraid of mono. Some cultures in Africa don’t kiss on the mouth because they consider it a portal to the soul. So someone that kisses you could take your soul.

And in the South Pacific’s Trobriand Islands kissing is highly erotic and very aggressive. It begins with gentle hugging and kissing, then progresses until you’re biting each other’s lips and bleeding commences. It concludes with biting off each other’s eyelash tips.

I know it sounds weird, but it’s pretty good! Trust me.

Some kisses can get you into trouble, but just as easily you can use them to make up. Here are The Falcons, with a very young Wilson Pickett. Right after he recorded this record with the Falcons, he went off on a solo career. From 1963, on the Atlantic label, “Let’s Kiss and Make Up,” The Falcons.

That was The Falcons, here on Theme Time Radio Hour, “Let’s Kiss and Make Up,” not to be confused with KISS and makeup.

A second email, I got one here, that’s perfect for today’s show. Comes to us from Lawrence P. Boar from Sheepshead Bay, Long Island. Lawrence writes,

“Dear Theme Time Gang. I heard through the grapevine that you’re doing a show about kissing. I could sure use your help. My girlfriend says I’m a bad kisser. We get along great, but I’m afraid this one problem is going to ruin the whole thing. Please help! Anxious in Sheepshead Bay, Long Island, Lawrence P. More.”

Well, Lawrence, kissing is an important part of a relationship, and it’s one of those things that you have to be relaxed to do. So the fact that you’re getting anxious about it isn’t helping you one bit. However, I can give you a few tips. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll feel a little more confident and be able to set things right. First of all, make sure your lips are moist. Run your tongue over your lips once before you kiss her. No one likes to kiss sandpaper. Stand close to your partner, you don’t want her to have her reach too far. Tilt your head slightly to one side. Close your eyes just before your lips meet. Just close them! Some people like to leave their eyes open during a kiss, but until you understand your partner’s preference, better to play it safe and close your eyes.

Open your lips slightly, not like you’re going to swallow her whole head, just a little bit and hold your breath, breathe through your nose. Press your partner’s lips gently, move your lips in a slow, circular motion. Be gentle but firm. And finally, and I can’t stress this enough, have a pocketful of mints. There’s no underestimating the attractiveness of good breath.

Good luck and happy kissing. I hope it won’t be until long that your hear your girl say, “Baby, let me kiss you just one more time.”

Hey, that sounds like a song cue! Why, golly, it is. Here’s Roy Head and The Traits.

That was Roy Head and The Traits and “Baby Let Me Kiss You Just One More Time.” Everybody talks about how great cow bells sound on records, but they forget how good a tambourine can sound. That record will remind you. Roy was only 16 years old when he recorded that. It was his first record and was in the Top Ten locally, and by “locally” I mean Three Rivers, Texas, which is where Roy is from.

You all know Roy from his big hit “Treat Her Right,” and he’s still out there performing. I saw him two years ago at the Ponderosa Stomp and they tore the place up.

We’re getting up near the end of the show, and almost time for a kiss goodnight.

Well, we’ve got time for a couple more songs. Here’s a song written by a guy whose got the best hair in show business. If you don’t believe me , Google him right now. The writer’s name was Wayne Cochran. We’ll tell you about him on the other side of the song. But first I want to tell you about the guy who sang it.

J. Frank Wilson had only one hit. He was the vocalist with a band called “The Cavaliers,” who played around local Texas clubs. This record came out and became a huge hit. Unfortunately J. Frank Wilson didn’t know how to deal with it. He thought he was a superstar. He filled himself up with sex and booze and stayed up night and day. It was so bad that the band left him behind after just a few shows. He never had another hit. He died before his 50th birthday, an alcoholic, alone in a nursing home.

The song, however, had a longer life. Pearl Jam recorded it in 1999, and it became their biggest chart hit, going all the way up to #2. One of the saddest songs in pop history.

That was J. Frank Wilson, “Last Kiss,” written by the man with the platinum pompadour, Wayne Cochran.

Let me tell you how the song was written. On December 22nd, 1962 16-year-old Janet Clark was out on a date. She was with a group of friends in a Chevrolet on Highway 341. The car collided with a trailer truck. Janet, the driver, and another teenager were killed. Two other kids in the car had serious injuries. It was a terribly gory accident. So bad, in fact, that a local gas station attendant who helped in recovery of the bodies did not recognize his own daughter. Fifteen miles away, Wayne Cochran was paying $20 a month rent for an old shack. He saw many accidents on that stretch of highway, so many that he started writing a song about them. But he could never finish it. The death of Janet Clark was a horrible inspiration for him to finish that song. He called it “Last Kiss.”

Wayne went on to have a career as a dynamic rhythm and blues performer, but eventually he left it all behind to join the clergy, preaching in Miami.

Well, we can’t end the show with such a sad kiss, so let’s listen to one of the masters, the fountainhead from which all music flows. Louie Armstrong and a song that was a signature piece of his live performances in the later period of his life. This is a version he recorded in 1951 with “A Kiss to Build a Dream On.”

That was Louie Armstrong, from the movie, “The Strip,” “A Kiss to Build a Dream On.” If that song sounds familiar, maybe you recognize it from the movie “Sleepless in Seattle.”

Before we go, I want to share some words with you written by Robert Burns. It’s called “[Ode] to a Kiss”

 

Humid seal of soft affections,

Tend'rest pledge of future bliss,

Dearest tie of young connections,

Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.

 

Speaking silence, dumb confession,

Passion's birth, and infants' play,

Dove-like fondness, chaste concession,

Glowing dawn of brighter day.

 

Sorrowing joy, adieu's last action,

Ling'ring lips, -- no more to join!

What words can ever speak affection

Thrilling and sincere as thine!

 

Robert Burns, kissable poet.

Thanks for listening and I’m going to leave you with the words of Albert Einstein. Albert said, “Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.” I agree with him totally. [Radio Eins version: We’ll see you next week.] Go kiss someone you love.

 

References

Theme Time Radio Hour - The Annotated "Kiss" Show Transcript -- Episode 101

Theme Time Radio Hour Archive. Episode 101 “Kiss”

 

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 not the original broadcast date.

“A waitress returns home, happy to take her shoes off.” Ellen Barkin, Theme Time’s Lady in Red, says this line in another TTRH intro, episode 40, “Laughter.” It appears that the Lady in Red’s intros are compilations, as there are several examples during the show’s run of one of her lines being re-used. While the Lady in Red’s intros sometimes had something to do with the show’s theme, there are many intros that don’t, and even one or two shows where there’s no intro at all.

 

Comment by Fred Bals:

The 101st episode of Theme Time Radio Hour, “Kiss” also known as “The Kiss Show” and “Kissing,” was originally released on February 11, 2015 by Berlin radio stationRadio Eins as a special episode of its “Friendly Takeover” series. Like TTRH, the “Friendly Takeover” show features musicians acting as deejay and playing cuts that they’ve selected.

Advertised by Radio Eins as previously “unknown” and “never broadcasted,” “Kiss” seems to have been recorded during TTRH’s third season, which ran from late 2008 to April 2009. Why "Kiss" never aired until six or seven years later is unknown. Perhaps the TTRH team was unhappy with the sound quality. Much of Our Host’s commentary sounds as if it was recorded in a cavern, especially in the early half of the show. Maybe the grim stories about Connie Francis and J. Frank Wilson gave the producers second thoughts about airing a dark show with the light-hearted theme of “Kiss.”

If either of those are right, it leaves open the question as to why the producers didn’t go back and re-record or re-edit “Kiss” and then release it.

So, maybe the producers recorded back-up episodes in case of emergency and the need to replace a scheduled show? Maybe Season 3 was originally going to run longer than the 25 episodes that were aired? Maybe they were planning a fourth season?

We’ll probably never know.

How the show ended up with Radio Eins in 2015 is another question. Possibly “Friendly Takeover” solicited Mr. D.’s office to have him do a show a la the old TTRH and in due course the answer came back, “No, but we do have this unaired episode of the original TTRH that you can use. Interested?”

Shortly after Radio Eins aired “Kiss” the show was broadcast on Sirius XM and later on the BBC, which leads into the curious problem of the different “Kisses.”

There are at least two versions of “Kiss” online: the Radio Eins “original,” and a version broadcast by the BBC. The most glaring differences are that the Radio Eins version drops a full segment – Billy Boy Arnold and “Kissing at Midnight” – while the BBC version drastically edits Our Host’s commentary on Connie Francis and drops the closing credits. There are several other differences between the two which I note in the transcription.

Both versions were probably edited for time reasons. “Friendly Takeover” is normally a 55-minute show, and the producers needed to make cuts to fit the show within the time they had. The BBC “Kiss” episode includes a news segment, as well as an ID and promo, all of which eat into the show’s allotted time.

The BBC editor appears to have been more of a fan of TTRH than his Radio Eins counterpart, making the Solomonic choice to keep “Kissing at Midnight” while losing most of the overly long and very depressing Connie Francis commentary as well as editing out Our Host’s “see you next week.” Sadly, there has been no “next week,” at least not yet.

Of the two, the BBC version is probably the “better” version, including intros and outros for Prince’s “Kiss” and Huelyn Duvall’s “Pucker Paint” as well as a segment on mistletoe missing in the Radio Eins version. Yet, completists will want both, of course, if for no other reason than for Our Host’s full commentary on Connie Francis, as bleak as it is.

 

Previous episode: Goodbye

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

 

Session info updated 14 August 2018.

 

 

 

 

31070

Forum di Assago

 

Assago

 

Milan, Italy

 

15 April 2009

 

 

1.

The Wicked Messenger

2.

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

3.

Just Like A Woman

4.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

5.

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

6.

High Water (For Charley Patton)

7.

Sugar Baby

8.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

9.

Blind Willie McTell

10.

Desolation Row

11.

Honest With Me

12.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

13.

When The Deal Goes Down

14.

Thunder On The Mountain

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2124 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 18 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 18.

 

Concert # 395 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).

 

1, 3-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2 Bob Dylan (guitar).

3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 5, 10 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

6, 9 Donnie Herron (banjo).

18 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Milan, Italy:

24 June 1984

Stadio San Siro

4 October 1987

Arena Civica di Milano

19 June 1989

PalaTrussardi di Milano

8 June 1991

Arena di Milano

27 June 1993

PalaTrussardi di Milano

8 July 1994

Parque Acuatico

28 May 2000

Palavobis

20 April 2002

Forum di Assago, Assago

2 November 2003

Forum di Assago, Assago

12 November 2005

Forum di Assago, Assago

27 April 2007

Forum di Assago, Assago

22 June 2011

Alcatraz

14 November 2011

Forum di Assago, Assago

2 November 2013

Teatro degli Arcimboldi

3 November 2013

Teatro degli Arcimboldi

4 November 2013

Teatro degli Arcimboldi

21 November 2015

Teatro degli Arcimboldi

22 November 2015

Teatro degli Arcimboldi

9 April 2018

Teatro degli Arcimboldi

 

11 new songs (61%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

Session info updated 27 July 2020.

 

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31080

PalaLottomatica

 

Rome, Italy

 

17 April 2009

 

 

1.

Cat's In The Well

2.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

3.

Things Have Changed

4.

Boots Of Spanish Leather

5.

The Levee's Gonna Break

6.

Sugar Baby

7.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

8.

Make You Feel My Love

9.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

10.

Beyond The Horizon

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Love Sick

13.

Thunder On The Mountain

14.

Return To Me (C. Lombardo/D. DiMinno)

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2125 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 19 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 19.

 

Concert # 396 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).

 

1, 2, 5, 6, 8-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

3, 4 Bob Dylan (guitar).

2, 7, 8, 10, 14, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 18 Donnie Herron (violin).

5, 12 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

9 Donnie Herron (banjo).

14 Donnie Herron (viola).

 

Notes.

First live performance of Return To Me, a song recorded at Sony Music Studios, New York City, New York, 17 December 2000 and later released Sopranos. Peppers & Eggs, Sony Music Soundtrax C2K 85453, 8 May 2001.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Rome, Italy:

19-21 June 1984

Roma Palaeur

3 October 1987

Roma Palaeur

20 June 1989

Gradinate

6 June 1991

Roma Palaeur

5 July 1998

La Scalinata

1 November 2003

Roma Palaeur

16 July 2006

Cavea dell'Auditorium Parco della Musica

12 November 2011

PalaLottomatica

6 November 2013

Atlantico

7 November 2013

Atlantico

29 June 2015

Terme di Caracalla

3 April 2018

Auditorium Parco della Musica

4 April 2018

Auditorium Parco della Musica

5 April 2018

Auditorium Parco della Musica

 

12 new songs (66%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

Session info updated 27 July 2020.

 

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31090

Nelson Mandela Forum

 

Florence, Italy

 

18 April 2009

 

 

1.

Maggie's Farm

2.

Mr. Tambourine Man

3.

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

4.

Man In The Long Black Coat

5.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

6.

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

7.

'Til I Fell In Love With You

8.

Workingman's Blues #2

9.

Highway 61 Revisited

10.

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

11.

Po' Boy

12.

Summer Days

13.

Return To Me (C. Lombardo/D. DiMinno)

14.

Thunder On The Mountain

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2126 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 20 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 20.

 

Concert # 397 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).

 

4 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-3, 5, 6, 8-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5, 6 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

18 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concert in Florence, Italy:

30 May 2000

Palasport

11 November 2011

Nelson Mandela Forum

7 April 2018

Nelson Mandela Forum

 

11 new songs (61%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

Session info updated 17 August 2020.

 

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31100

Geneva Arena

 

Geneva, Switzerland

 

20 April 2009

 

 

1.

Watching The River Flow

2.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

3.

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

4.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

5.

Million Miles

6.

Tough Mama

7.

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

8.

The Levee's Gonna Break

9.

When The Deal Goes Down

10.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

11.

Beyond The Horizon

12.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

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 # 2127 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 21 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 21.

 

Concert # 398 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 2, 4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

8 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

10 Donnie Herron (banjo).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Geneva, Switzerland:

25 April 2007

Geneva Arena

15 November 2011

Geneva Arena

28 October 2013

Geneva Arena

 

12 new songs (70%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 2 November 2013.

 

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31110

Zénith

 

Strasbourg, France

 

21 April 2009

 

 

1.

Cat's In The Well

2.

Masters Of War

3.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

4.

Lonesome Day Blues

5.

Under The Red Sky

6.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

7.

Beyond The Horizon

8.

John Brown

9.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

10.

This Wheel's On Fire (Bob Dylan/Rick Danko)

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Just Like A Woman

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 # 2128 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 22 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 22.

 

Concert # 399 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).

 

10 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-9, 11-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

3, 9, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

6, 8 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

 

Notes.

Previous Bob Dylan concert in Strasbourg, France:

25 April 2002

Hall Rhenus

 

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

 

Session info updated 8 May 2009.

 

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31120

Vorst Nationaal

 

Brussels, Belgium

 

22 April 2009

 

 

1.

The Wicked Messenger

2.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

3.

Man In The Long Black Coat

4.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

5.

Blind Willie McTell

6.

Desolation Row

7.

Honest With Me

8.

Sugar Baby

9.

Highway 61 Revisited

10.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

11.

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

12.

Ain't Talkin'

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 # 2129 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 23 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 23.

 

Concert # 400 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 2, 4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 6 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

5 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Brussels, Belgium:

7 June 1984

Stade de Schaerbeek Stadion

8 October 1987

Vorst Nationaal

11 June 1989

Vorst Nationaal

30 January 1991

Vorst Nationaal

23 March 1995

Vorst Nationaal

22 June 1996

Vorst Nationaal

17 June 1998

Vorst Nationaal

2 October 2000

Vorst Nationaal

28 April 2002

Vorst Nationaal

12 November 2003

Vorst Nationaal

1 November 2005

Vorst Nationaal

6 April 2007

Vorst Nationaal

10 November 2013

Vorst Nationaal

1 November 2015

Vorst Nationaal

 

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

Session info updated 17 August 2020.

 

 

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31130

Sheffield Arena

 

Sheffield, England

 

24 April 2009

 

 

1.

Cat's In The Well

2.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

3.

Things Have Changed

4.

Boots Of Spanish Leather

5.

The Levee's Gonna Break

6.

Sugar Baby

7.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

8.

Po' Boy

9.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

10.

Make You Feel My Love

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Love Sick

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 # 2130 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 24 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 24.

 

Concert # 401 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).

 

4 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-3, 5, 6, 8-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 4, 7, 10, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 3, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

5, 12 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

 

Notes.

Previous Bob Dylan concerts in Sheffield, England:

16 maj 1966

Gaumont Theatre

23 June 1998

The Arena

22 September 2000

Sheffield Arena

20 November 2003

Sheffield Arena

14 April 2007

Hallam FM Arena

 

9 new songs (52%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 105 minutes.

 

Session info updated 8 May 2009.

 

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31140

O2 Arena

 

London, England

 

25 April 2009

 

 

1.

Maggie's Farm

2.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

3.

Things Have Changed

4.

Chimes Of Freedom

5.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

6.

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

7.

'Til I Fell In Love With You

8.

Workingman's Blues #2

9.

Highway 61 Revisited

10.

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

11.

Po' Boy

12.

Honest With Me

13.

When The Deal Goes Down

14.

Thunder On The Mountain

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2131 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 25 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 25.

 

Concert # 402 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).

 

1-6, 8-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 6, 7, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

3, 18 Donnie Herron (violin).

5, 6 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

 

Notes.

Bob Dylan concerts in London, England.

 

10 new songs (55%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

1-16, 18 soundboard recording, 110 minutes.

 

Session info updated 23 November 2011.

 

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31150

Roundhouse

 

London, England

 

26 April 2009

 

 

1.

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

2.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

3.

Tangled Up In Blue

4.

Million Miles

5.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

6.

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

7.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

8.

Sugar Baby

9.

High Water (For Charley Patton)

10.

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

11.

Po' Boy

12.

Highway 61 Revisited

13.

Ain't Talkin'

14.

Summer Days

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2132 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 26 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 26.

 

Concert # 403 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).

 

1-6, 8-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 11, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

9 Donnie Herron (banjo).

13 Donnie Herron (viola).

18 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Bob Dylan concerts in London, England.

 

11 new songs (61%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

 

Session info updated 23 November 2011.

 

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31160

Cardiff International Centre Arena

 

Cardiff, Wales

 

28 April 2009

 

 

1.

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

2.

Mr. Tambourine Man

3.

Lonesome Day Blues

4.

Under The Red Sky

5.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

6.

John Brown

7.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

8.

Tangled Up In Blue

9.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

10.

Masters Of War

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Nettie Moore

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 # 2133 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 27 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 27.

 

Concert # 404 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).

 

1-6, 8-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 4, 7, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

6 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Cardiff, Wales:

11 May 1966

Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales

27 March 1995

Cardiff International Centre Arena

3 October 1997

Cardiff International Centre Arena

23 September 2000

Cardiff International Centre Arena

6 May 2002

Cardiff International Centre Arena

18 June 2004

Cardiff International Centre Arena

27 June 2006

Cardiff International Centre Arena

13 October 2011

Motorpoint Arena

29 October 2015

Motorpoint Arena

3 May 2017

Motorpoint Arena

 

9 new songs (52%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 13 May 2017.

 

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31170

National Indoor Arena

 

Birmingham, England

 

29 April 2009

 

 

1.

The Wicked Messenger

2.

It Ain't Me, Babe

3.

High Water (For Charley Patton)

4.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

5.

Man In The Long Black Coat

6.

Desolation Row

7.

Honest With Me

8.

Workingman's Blues #2

9.

Highway 61 Revisited

10.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

11.

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

12.

Ain't Talkin'

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 # 2134 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 28 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 28.

 

Concert # 405 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 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 3-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

4, 6, 10, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 6 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

3 Donnie Herron (banjo).

13 Donnie Herron (viola).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Previous Bob Dylan concerts in Birmingham, England:

12 maj 1966

Odeon Theatre

4 July 1981

International Arena, National Exhibition Center

5 July 1981

International Arena, National Exhibition Center

10 October 1987

International Arena, National Exhibition Center

11 October 1987

International Arena, National Exhibition Center

12 October 1987

International Arena, National Exhibition Center

7 June 1989

National Exhibition Center

2 April 1995

Aston Villa Leisure Centre

24 June 1998

National Exhibition Center

20 September 2000

National Exhibition Center

10 May 2002

National Exhibition Center

21 November 2003

International Arena, National Exhibition Center

18 November 2005

National Exhibition Center

17 April 2007

National Indoor Arena

 

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

Session info updated 8 May 2009.

 

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31180

Echo Arena

 

Liverpool, England

 

1 May 2009

                     

 

1.

Watching The River Flow

2.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

3.

Things Have Changed

4.

Boots Of Spanish Leather

5.

The Levee's Gonna Break

6.

Sugar Baby

7.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

8.

Po' Boy

9.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

10.

Just Like A Woman

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Something (George Harrison)

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 # 2135 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 29 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 29.

 

Concert # 406 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).

 

4 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-3, 5-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 8, 16,17  Donnie Herron (violin).

5 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

9  Donnie Herron (banjo).

 

Notes.

Second live performance of Something, the first being in Madison Square Garden, New York City 13 November 2002.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Liverpool, England:

14 May 1966

Odeon

26 June 1996

Empire

27 June 1996

Empire

12 July 2001

King's Dock

8 May 2017

Echo Arena

 

11 new songs (64%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 105 minutes.

 

Session info updated 13 May 2017.

 

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31190

Hall 4

 

Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

 

Glasgow, Scotland

 

2 May 2009

 

 

1.

Maggie's Farm

2.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

3.

'Til I Fell In Love With You

4.

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

5.

The Levee's Gonna Break

6.

Workingman's Blues #2

7.

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

8.

Visions Of Johanna

9.

Honest With Me

10.

Every Grain Of Sand

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Ain't Talkin'

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 # 2136 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 30 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 30.

 

Concert # 407 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).

 

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5, 8, 9 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Glasgow, Scotland:

19 May 1966

Odeon

6 June 1989

Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

2 February 1991

Hall 3, Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

3 February 1991

Hall 3, Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

9 April 1995

Hall 3, Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

21 June 1998

Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

17 September 2000

Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

23 June 2004

Hall 4, Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

24 June 2004

Barrowland

17 November 2005

Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

11 April 2007

Scottish Exhibition And Conference Center

8 October 2011

Braehead Arena

9 October 2011

Braehead Arena

18 November 2013

Clyde Auditorium

19 November 2013

Clyde Auditorium

20 November 2013

Clyde Auditorium

7 May 2017

Clyde Auditorium

 

9 new songs (52%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

 

Session info updated 13 May 2017.

 

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31200

Edinburgh Playhouse

 

Edinburgh, Scotland

 

3 May 2009

 

 

1.

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

2.

Lay Lady Lay

3.

Tangled Up In Blue

4.

When The Deal Goes Down

5.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

6.

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

7.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

8.

Sugar Baby

9.

High Water (For Charley Patton)

10.

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

11.

Po' Boy

12.

Highway 61 Revisited

13.

Ain't Talkin'

14.

Summer Days

15.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

Just Like A Woman

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2137 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 31 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 31.

 

Concert # 408 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, 9, 10, 17 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 3-8, 11-16, 18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

3, 6, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

13 Donnie Herron (viola).

18 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes.

Previous Bob Dylan concerts in Edinburgh, Scotland:

20 May 1966

ABC Theatre

6 April 1995

Edinburgh Playhouse

7 April 1995

Edinburgh Playhouse

 

13 new songs (72%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

 

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

 

Session info updated 6 October 2009.

 

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31210

The O2

 

Dublin, Ireland

 

5 May 2009

 

 

1.

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

2.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

3.

Lonesome Day Blues

4.

Just Like A Woman

5.

Rollin' And Tumblin'

6.

John Brown

7.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

8.

Under The Red Sky

9.

Honest With Me

10.

Masters Of War

11.

Highway 61 Revisited

12.

Ain't Talkin'

13.

Thunder On The Mountain

14.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

15.

All Along The Watchtower

16.

If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob Dylan–Robert Hunter/Bob Dylan)

17.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2138 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 32 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 32.

 

Concert # 409 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, 8 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 3-7, 9-16 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

4, 7, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

6 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

 

Notes

First live performance of If You Ever Go To Houston. Also the first song from Together Through Life to be played live.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Dublin, Ireland:

5 May 1966

Adelphi Theatre

3 June 1989

R.D.S.

4 June 1989

R.D.S.

5 February 1991

The Point Depot

5 February 1993

The Point Depot

6 February 1993

The Point Depot

11 April 1995

The Point Depot

13 September 2000

Vicar Street

14 September 2000

The Point Depot

17 November 2003

The Point Depot

26 November 2005

The Point Depot

27 November 2005

The Point Depot

6 May 2009

The O2

6 October 2011

The O2

17 June 2014

The O2

11 May 2017

3Arena

8 new songs (47%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

 

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

Session info updated 27 July 2020.

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31220

The O2

 

Dublin, Ireland

 

6 May 2009

 

 

1.

The Wicked Messenger

2.

Girl From The North Country

3.

Man In The Long Black Coat

4.

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

5.

Blind Willie McTell

6.

Desolation Row

7.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

8.

Po' Boy

9.

Highway 61 Revisited

10.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

11.

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

12.

Ain't Talkin'

13.

Summer Days

14.

Like A Rolling Stone

 

15.

All Along The Watchtower

16.

If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob Dylan–Robert Hunter/Bob Dylan)

17.

Spirit On The Water

18.

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

Concert # 2139 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 33 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 33.

 

Concert # 410 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, 3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

6, 8, 10, 11, 16-18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 18 Donnie Herron (violin).

5, 6 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

7 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

 

Notes

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Dublin, Ireland:

5 May 1966

Adelphi Theatre

3 June 1989

R.D.S.

4 June 1989

R.D.S.

5 February 1991

The Point Depot

5 February 1993

The Point Depot

6 February 1993

The Point Depot

11 April 1995

The Point Depot

13 September 2000

Vicar Street

14 September 2000

The Point Depot

17 November 2003

The Point Depot

26 November 2005

The Point Depot

27 November 2005

The Point Depot

5 May 2009

The O2

6 October 2011

The O2

17 June 2014

The O2

11 May 2017

3Arena

11 new songs (61%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

 

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

Session info updated 27 July 2020.

 

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