The Best Is Yet To Come

5 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES. 1

5.1 Introduction. 1

5.2 The musicians. 1

5.3 The show.. 1

5.4 US Spring Tour. 2

5.4.1 Dates and venues. 2

5.4.2 The songs. 3

5.4.3 Statistics. 8

5.4.4 Comments. 9

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5 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.1 Introduction

The Never-Ending Tour rolled on with 112 new shows. This year there were five "legs":

March – April	US Spring Tour	25 shows
May – June	Europe Spring Tour	19 shows
June – July	US Summer Tour with Phil Lesh & Friends	33 shows
September – October	Europe Fall Tour	18 shows
October – November	US Fall Tour	17 shows

5.2 The musicians

The band was the same as in 1999:

Larry Campbell	electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic slide guitar, dobro, bouzouki, mandolin.
Charlie Sexton	electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal.
Tony Garnier	bass
David Kemper	drums

5.3 The show

Main set: 5-6 acoustic songs

5-6 electric

Encores: 2-4 acoustic

1-3 electric

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5.4 US Spring Tour

5.4.1 Dates and venues

MARCH

10	Anaheim, California	Sun Theatre, early show
10	Anaheim, California	Sun Theatre, late show
11	San Luis Obispo, California	Rec Center, Cal Poly University
12	Bakersfield, California	Bakersfield Centennial Garden
14	Visalia, California	Visalia Convention Center
15	Santa Cruz, California	Civic Auditorium, early show
16	Santa Cruz, California	Civic Auditorium, late show
17	Reno, Nevada	Reno Hilton Amphitheater
17	Reno, Nevada	Reno Hilton Amphitheater
19	Pocatello, Idaho	Holt Arena
20	Nampa, Idaho	Idaho Center Arena
21	Pullman, Washington	Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Washington State University
22	Missoula, Montana	Harry Adams Event Center, University Of Montana
24	Bozeman, Montana	Brick Breeden Field House, Montana State University
25	Billings, Montana	Shrine Auditorium
26	Casper, Wyoming	Casper Events Center
27	Rapid City, South Dakota	Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
29	Bismarck, North Dakota	Civic Center Arena
30	Fargo, North Dakota	Civic Memorial Auditorium
31	Rochester, Minnesota	Taylor Arena, Mayo Civic Center

APRIL

1	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Sioux Falls Arena
3	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Five Seasons Center
4	Omaha, Nebraska	Omaha Civic Arena
5	Salina, Kansas	Bicentennial Center Arena
6	Denver, Colorado	Fillmore Auditorium

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5.4.2 The songs

AB acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

		March
		10	10	11	12	14	15	16	17	17	19	20	21	22
Roving Gambler	AB	1								1
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	AB	2
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AB	3		3	3	3		3		3	3	3		3
Tangled Up In Blue	AB	4		4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
This World Can't Stand Long	AB	5	5	5	6	6			6					6
Dignity		6	6	6	7
Tell Me That It Isn't True		7		8						8
Things Have Changed		8	9	9	11		10							8
Not Dark Yet		9	10	10	12	11	11				11	11	11	11
Highway 61 Revisited		10	11	11	13	12	12	11	11		12	12	12	12
Love Sick		11		12	14	13	13	12	12		13	13	13	13
Not Fade Away		12	13	15	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16
Blowin' In The Wind	AB	13		16	16	15		14		14	17	17	17	17
I Am The Man, Thomas	AB		1	1	1	1		1
My Back Pages	AB		2			2				2
Desolation Row	AB		3										3
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AB		4
Country Pie			7	7	8	7			7		7	7	7	7
We Better Talk This Over			8
Ballad Of A Thin Man			12									8
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB		14	14			15				15	15
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat			15							7
Song To Woody	AB			2				2						2
Like A Rolling Stone				13					13	13	14	14	14	14
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB				2		2		2		2	2	2
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB				4
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis					9	9		9		9	9		8
Just Like A Woman					10
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35					15						18	18	18	18
Girl From The North Country	AB					4			14				15
Blind Willie McTell						8
Dear Landlord						10
Cat's In The Well						14
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	AB						1
Masters Of War	AB						3		3
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB						4			4				15
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour	AB						6						6
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man							7
Positively 4th Street							8
Drifter's Escape							9
Silvio							14
One Too Many Mornings	AB							4	4
Rock Of Ages	AB							6			6	6
Big River								7
Highlands								8
You're A Big Girl Now								10
Maggie's Farm								13		11				10
Duncan And Brady	AB								1
Lay Lady Lay									8
All Along The Watchtower									9
Simple Twist Of Fate									10
The Roving Blade	AB									6
Make You Feel My Love										10
Man In The Long Black Coat										12
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go	AB										1	1	1
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB										4			4
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)											8
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight											10
To Ramona	AB											4
Seeing The Real You At Last												9
Watching The River Flow												10	10	9
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AB												4
Born In Time													9
Somebody Touched Me	AB													1
Total # of songs		13	15	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	18	18	18	18

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		March							April
		24	25	26	27	29	30	31	1	3	4	5	6	S
Roving Gambler	AB					1		1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	AB													1
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AB	3			3		3							12
Tangled Up In Blue	AB	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	24
This World Can't Stand Long	AB							4	4			6	4	11
Dignity														4
Tell Me That It Isn't True								8	8				11	6
Things Have Changed														6
Not Dark Yet		11			11		11				11	11		15
Highway 61 Revisited		12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12					20
Love Sick		13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	23
Not Fade Away		16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	25
Blowin' In The Wind	AB	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17		17	17	17	21
I Am The Man, Thomas	AB													5
My Back Pages	AB		2					2	2					6
Desolation Row	AB									3	3		3	5
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AB		4							4				3
Country Pie		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7		7	7	7	20
We Better Talk This Over														1
Ballad Of A Thin Man														2
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB	15		15					15			15		9
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat										12	12	12	12	6
Song To Woody	AB									2				4
Like A Rolling Stone		14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB	2		2	2	2	2					2	2	13
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB			4	4		4							4
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis		10		10							10	10	10	11
Just Like A Woman		9				11								3
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35		18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Girl From The North Country	AB	4					15	15						6
Blind Willie McTell													8	2
Dear Landlord														1
Cat's In The Well														1
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	AB													1
Masters Of War	AB		3	3		3		3	3					7
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB		15		15	15				17	15			8
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour	AB					6								3
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man														1
Positively 4th Street														1
Drifter's Escape														1
Silvio														1
One Too Many Mornings	AB													2
Rock Of Ages	AB	6			6		6				6			7
Big River														1
Highlands														1
You're A Big Girl Now														1
Maggie's Farm					10									4
Duncan And Brady	AB													1
Lay Lady Lay						8								2
All Along The Watchtower		8		8	8	9	9	9	9					8
Simple Twist Of Fate				9	9									3
The Roving Blade	AB													1
Make You Feel My Love			11	11				11	11					5
Man In The Long Black Coat														1
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go	AB	1	1	1	1									7
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB											4		3
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)														1
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight										10				2
To Ramona	AB													1
Seeing The Real You At Last														1
Watching The River Flow			9			10	10	10	10		9	9	9	11
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AB										2			2
Born In Time														1
Somebody Touched Me	AB						1							2
Gates Of Eden	AB		6	6				6	6				6	5
She Belongs To Me			8											1
Tombstone Blues			10							9				2
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AB					4								1
The Man In Me							8							1
The White Dove	AB									6				1
Gotta Serve Somebody										7				1
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere										8				1
Lenny Bruce										11				1
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	AB									15				1
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	AB										4			1
This Wheel's On Fire											8			1
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AB											3		1
When I Paint My Masterpiece												8		1
Forever Young	AB												15	1
Total # of songs		18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	426

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ALPHABETIC SONG CHART

		March
		10	10	11	12	14	15	16	17	17	19	20	21	22
All Along The Watchtower									9
Ballad Of A Thin Man			12									8
Big River								7
Blind Willie McTell						8
Blowin' In The Wind	AB	13		16	16	15		14		14	17	17	17	17
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AB
Born In Time													9
Cat's In The Well						14
Country Pie			7	7	8	7			7		7	7	7	7
Dear Landlord						10
Desolation Row	AB		3										3
Dignity		6	6	6	7
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB						4			4				15
Drifter's Escape							9
Duncan And Brady	AB								1
Forever Young	AB
Gates Of Eden	AB
Girl From The North Country	AB					4			14				15
Gotta Serve Somebody
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go	AB										1	1	1
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AB
Highlands								8
Highway 61 Revisited		10	11	11	13	12	12	11	11		12	12	12	12
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man							7
I Am The Man, Thomas	AB		1	1	1	1		1
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight											10
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB		14	14			15				15	15
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB										4			4
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AB	3		3	3	3		3		3	3	3		3
Just Like A Woman					10
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	AB
Lay Lady Lay									8
Lenny Bruce
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat			15							7
Like A Rolling Stone				13					13	13	14	14	14	14
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	AB
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB				4
Love Sick		11		12	14	13	13	12	12		13	13	13	13
Maggie's Farm								13		11				10
Make You Feel My Love										10
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AB		4
The Man In Me
Man In The Long Black Coat										12
Masters Of War	AB						3		3
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB				2		2		2		2	2	2
My Back Pages	AB		2			2				2
Not Dark Yet		9	10	10	12	11	11				11	11	11	11
Not Fade Away		12	13	15	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	AB						1
One Too Many Mornings	AB							4	4
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour	AB						6						6
Positively 4th Street							8
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35					15						18	18	18	18
Rock Of Ages	AB							6			6	6
The Roving Blade	AB									6
Roving Gambler	AB	1								1
Seeing The Real You At Last												9
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)											8
She Belongs To Me
Silvio							14
Simple Twist Of Fate									10
Somebody Touched Me	AB													1
Song To Woody	AB			2				2						2
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis					9	9		9		9	9		8
Tangled Up In Blue	AB	4		4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Tell Me That It Isn't True		7		8						8
Things Have Changed		8	9	9	11		10							8
This Wheel's On Fire
This World Can't Stand Long	AB	5	5	5	6	6			6					6
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AB												4
To Ramona	AB											4
Tombstone Blues
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	AB	2
Watching The River Flow												10	10	9
We Better Talk This Over			8
When I Paint My Masterpiece
The White Dove	AB
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
You're A Big Girl Now								10
Total # of songs		13	15	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	18	18	18	18

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		March							April
		24	25	26	27	29	30	31	1	3	4	5	6	S
All Along The Watchtower		8		8	8	9	9	9	9					8
Ballad Of A Thin Man														2
Big River														1
Blind Willie McTell													8	2
Blowin' In The Wind	AB	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17		17	17	17	21
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AB					4								1
Born In Time														1
Cat's In The Well														1
Country Pie		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7		7	7	7	20
Dear Landlord														1
Desolation Row	AB									3	3		3	5
Dignity														4
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB		15		15	15				17	15			8
Drifter's Escape														1
Duncan And Brady	AB													1
Forever Young	AB												15	1
Gates Of Eden	AB		6	6				6	6				6	5
Girl From The North Country	AB	4					15	15						6
Gotta Serve Somebody										7				1
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go	AB	1	1	1	1									7
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AB											3		1
Highlands														1
Highway 61 Revisited		12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12					20
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man														1
I Am The Man, Thomas	AB													5
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight										10				2
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB	15		15					15			15		9
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB											4		3
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AB	3			3		3							12
Just Like A Woman		9				11								3
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	AB									15				1
Lay Lady Lay						8								2
Lenny Bruce										11				1
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat										12	12	12	12	6
Like A Rolling Stone		14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	AB										4			1
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB			4	4		4							4
Love Sick		13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	23
Maggie's Farm					10									4
Make You Feel My Love			11	11				11	11					5
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AB		4							4				3
The Man In Me							8							1
Man In The Long Black Coat														1
Masters Of War	AB		3	3		3		3	3					7
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB	2		2	2	2	2					2	2	13
My Back Pages	AB		2					2	2					6
Not Dark Yet		11			11		11				11	11		15
Not Fade Away		16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	25
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	AB													1
One Too Many Mornings	AB													2
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour	AB					6								3
Positively 4th Street														1
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35		18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Rock Of Ages	AB	6			6		6				6			7
The Roving Blade	AB													1
Roving Gambler	AB					1		1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Seeing The Real You At Last														1
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)														1
She Belongs To Me			8											1
Silvio														1
Simple Twist Of Fate				9	9									3
Somebody Touched Me	AB						1							2
Song To Woody	AB									2				4
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis		10		10							10	10	10	11
Tangled Up In Blue	AB	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	24
Tell Me That It Isn't True								8	8				11	6
Things Have Changed														6
This Wheel's On Fire											8			1
This World Can't Stand Long	AB							4	4			6	4	11
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AB										2			2
To Ramona	AB													1
Tombstone Blues			10							9				2
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	AB													1
Watching The River Flow			9			10	10	10	10		9	9	9	11
We Better Talk This Over														1
When I Paint My Masterpiece												8		1
The White Dove	AB									6				1
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere										8				1
You're A Big Girl Now														1
Total # of songs		18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	426

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5.4.3 Statistics

Number of shows	25
Number of circulating shows
Number of circulating & complete shows
Number of unique shows[1]	25
Number of different shows[2]	25
Number of different songs[3]	79
Number of unique songs[4]	79
Number of performed songs	426
Mean number of performed songs	17
Variation[5]:	4.6

	# of		# of
	songs	%	perf.	%
Electric	43	54.4	236	55.4
Acoustic w band	36	45.6	190	44.6
Albums	61	77.2	341	80.0
Singles	1	1.3	1	0.2
Outtakes	3	3.8	9	2.1
Covers	14	17.7	75	17.6

5.4.4 Comments

Sun Theatre, Anaheim, California, 10 March Early show	Live debuts of Tell Me That It Isn’t True and Things Have Changed. First rendition of Dignity since Manchester, UK, 4 April 1995.
Sun Theatre, Anaheim, California, 10 March, late show	Live debut of Country Pie. First rendition of We Better Talk This Over since Hollywood, Florida 16 December 1978!
Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, California, 14 March	First version of Dear Landlord since Sarasota, Florida, 9 November 1992.
Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, California, 15 March	First version of Drifter’s Escape since Pistoia, Italy, 7 July 1996.

Selected BobTalk

Thank you all hungry people out there! (after Country Pie in San Luis Obispo, California, 11 March).

One of my older songs! For St. Patrick’s Day. (after The Roving Blade in Reno, Nevada, late show, 17 March).

David’s been here before, he …, he got a bicycle for his wife a while back. That was a really good trade! (during band intro before Highway 61 Revisited in Rapid City, South Dakota, 27 March).

I wanna say hello to ????, good friend, world champion boxer “Mouse” Strauss. Mouse, get out there, stand up and take a bow! Aah, he’ll do it later. (after Country Pie in Omaha, Nebraska, 4 April).

(for more BobTalk please refer to the session pages)

Guests

Jason Roberts (fiddle) from the support act Asleep At The Wheel joined on the following songs:

One Too Many Mornings, Tangled Up In Blue, This World Can't Stand Long, 17 March, early show.

Ray Benson (guitar and backup vocal) from the support act Asleep At The Wheel joined on the following songs:

	17 March	24 March	6 April
Highway 61 Revisited	X
Like A Rolling Stone	X		X
Not Fade Away	X	X	X
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35		X
Forever Young			X

Recommended shows

Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, California, 15 March.

Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 21 March.

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[1] a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order.

[2] a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order

[3] electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs

[4] a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed

[5] variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs