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5.9       Summary

5.9.1        Statistics

5.9.2        Show Statistics - Summary

5.9.3        Album statistics

5.9.4        Alphabetical song list

5.9.5        Ten most played songs in 2000

5.9.6        Live debuts

5.9.7        Played only once in 2000

 

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5.9          Summary

5.9.1                     Statistics

 

Abbreviations

es   early songs, 1961-1966

ap   songs from the "amnesia period", 1967-1972

70   songs from the middle seventies, 1973-1978

gp   songs from the "gospel years", 1979-1982

ls    songs later than 1982

co   covers

 

 

Tot #

# of songs from

songs

es

ap

70

gp

ls

co

US Spring Tour

426

201

56

31

2

61

75

47%

13%

7%

0%

14%

17%

Europe Spring Tour

356

198

45

35

4

41

33

55%

12%

9%

1%

11%

9%

US Summer Tour with

547

280

103

43

3

45

73

Phil Lesh & Friends            

51%

18%

7%

0%

8%

13%

Europe Fall Tour

344

155

60

28

1

64

36

45%

17%

8%

0%

18%

10%

US Fall Tour

321

140

75

21

0

49

35

43%

23%

6%

0%

15%

10%

2 0 0 0

1994

974

339

158

10

260

252

48%

17%

7%

0%

13%

12%

 

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5.9.2                     Show Statistics - Summary

                                                                                                                                            

1.     US Spring Tour

2.     Europe Spring Tour

3.     US Summer Tour with Phil Lesh & Friends

4.     Europe Fall Tour

5.     US Fall Tour

 

1

2

3

4

5

S

Number of shows

25

19

33

18

17

112

Number of circulating shows

Number of circulating & complete shows

Number of unique shows[1]

25

19

3

18

17

112

Number of different shows[2]

25

19

3

18

17

112

Number of different songs[3]

79

67

83

74

62

126

Number of unique songs[4]

79

67

83

74

62

126

Number of performed songs

426

356

547

344

321

1994

Mean number of performed songs

17

18

16

19

18

17

Variation[5]

4.6

3.6

5.0

3.9

3.3

7.1

 

5.9.3                     Album statistics

 

# of

# of

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

1

  1.0%

18

  1.1%

Freewheelin'

5

  5.0%

181

 10.9%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

4

  4.0%

45

  2.7%

Another Side

5

  5.0%

88

  5.3%

Bringing It All Back Home

7

  7.0%

141

  8.5%

Highway 61 Revisited

8

  8.0%

273

 16.4%

Blonde On Blonde

7

  7.0%

190

 11.4%

Basement Tapes

4

  4.0%

18

  1.1%

John Wesley Harding

7

  7.0%

120

  7.2%

Nashville Skyline

6

  6.0%

131

  7.9%

Selfportrait

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

New Morning

3

  3.0%

32

  1.9%

Greatest Hits Vol 2

4

  4.0%

47

  2.8%

Pat Garrett

1

  1.0%

2

  0.1%

Planet Waves

2

  2.0%

28

  1.7%

Blood On The Tracks

4

  4.0%

124

  7.5%

Desire

1

  1.0%

1

  0.1%

Street-Legal

2

  2.0%

5

  0.3%

Slow Train Coming

1

  1.0%

7

  0.4%

Saved

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Shot Of Love

2

  2.0%

3

  0.2%

Infidels

1

  1.0%

1

  0.1%

Empire Burlesque

1

  1.0%

5

  0.3%

Knocked-Out Loaded

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Hearts Of Fire

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Down In The Groove

2

  2.0%

4

  0.2%

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Oh Mercy

5

  5.0%

11

  0.7%

Under The Red Sky

3

  3.0%

10

  0.6%

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol. 1

1

  1.0%

12

  0.7%

Bootleg Series Vol. 2

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol. 3

1

  1.0%

7

  0.4%

Biograph

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Good As I Been To You

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

World Gone Wrong

1

  1.0%

4

  0.2%

Greatest Hits Vol. 3

1

  1.0%

10

  0.6%

MTV Unplugged

1

  1.0%

1

  0.1%

Time Out Of Mind

9

  9.0%

145

  8.7%

 

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5.9.4                     Alphabetical song list

 

op

opener

US Spring Tour

ac

acoustic set

Europe Spring Tour

en

electric set

US Summer Tour with Phil Lesh & Friends

en

encores

Europe Fall Tour

US Fall Tour

 

Song

op

ac

el

en

S

1

2

3

4

5

'Til I Fell In Love With You

1

1

1

10,000 Men

1

1

1

All Along The Watchtower

21

19

40

8

8

3

7

14

Ballad Of A Thin Man

4

8

12

2

6

3

1

Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest

AB

11

11

8

2

1

Big River

1

1

1

Blind Willie McTell

7

7

2

1

2

2

Blowin' In The Wind

AB

89

89

21

16

18

18

16

Blue Bonnet Girl

AB

1

1

1

Boots Of Spanish Leather

AB

7

7

1

3

2

1

Born In Time

2

2

1

1

Can't Wait

11

11

9

2

Cat's In The Well

4

2

6

1

1

4

Chimes Of Freedom

AB

3

3

3

Cold Irons Bound

22

22

3

7

7

5

Country Pie

1

103

104

20

17

32

18

17

Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)

11

11

10

1

Dark As A Dungeon

AB

2

2

2

Dear Landlord

1

1

1

Delia

AB

4

4

2

1

1

Desolation Row

AB

42

42

5

4

20

5

8

Dignity

10

10

4

2

4

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AB

10

30

40

8

11

11

5

5

Down Along The Cove

2

2

2

Drifter's Escape

38

38

1

8

18

5

6

Duncan And Brady

AB

47

47

1

6

19

8

13

Every Grain Of Sand

2

2

1

1

Everything Is Broken

1

1

2

2

Forever Young

AB

27

27

1

11

4

9

2

Fourth Time Around

AB

3

4

7

5

2

Gates Of Eden

AB

8

8

5

3

Girl From The North Country

AB

8

16

24

6

5

9

2

2

God Knows

2

2

2

Gotta Serve Somebody

6

1

7

1

3

2

1

Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go

AB

14

14

7

1

2

3

1

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

AB

3

1

4

1

1

1

1

Highlands

2

2

1

1

Highway 61 Revisited

25

56

81

20

6

21

18

16

I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man

1

1

1

House Of The Risin' Sun

1

1

1

I Am The Man, Thomas

AB

12

12

5

5

2

I Don't Believe You

8

8

8

I Shall Be Released

1

1

1

I Shall Be Released

AB

14

14

8

6

I Threw It All Away

2

2

2

If Dogs Run Free

AB

22

22

5

17

If Not For You

8

8

7

1

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

7

1

8

2

2

2

1

1

It Ain't Me, Babe

AB

1

24

25

9

6

6

3

1

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train

3

3

1

2

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AB

18

18

3

7

7

1

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

AB

37

37

12

4

2

10

9

Joey

1

1

1

John Brown

AB

1

1

1

Just Like A Woman

12

12

3

3

3

3

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

6

1

7

2

4

1

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

AB

2

2

1

1

Lay Lady Lay

3

3

2

1

Lenny Bruce

1

1

1

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

77

2

79

6

14

32

15

12

Like A Rolling Stone

105

105

19

19

33

18

16

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

AB

3

1

4

1

1

2

Long Black Veil

AB

4

4

4

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AB

20

20

4

5

6

3

2

Love Sick

1

42

43

23

14

4

2

Maggie's Farm

16

8

24

4

9

5

3

3

Make You Feel My Love

8

8

5

1

1

1

Mama, You Been On My Mind

AB

12

12

3

3

3

1

2

The Man In Me

2

2

1

1

Man In The Long Black Coat

1

1

1

Man Of Peace

1

1

1

Masters Of War

AB

24

24

7

10

7

Most Likely You Go Your Way

1

3

4

3

1

Mr. Tambourine Man

AB

22

5

27

13

3

5

2

4

My Back Pages

AB

17

2

19

6

4

3

3

3

Not Dark Yet

29

29

15

7

4

3

Not Fade Away

38

38

25

12

1

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

AB

7

7

1

5

1

One Too Many Mornings

AB

6

4

10

2

3

2

2

1

Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour

AB

3

3

3

Positively 4th Street

14

14

1

2

8

3

Queen Jane Approximately

2

2

2

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

3

50

53

17

17

13

4

2

Rank Strangers To Me

AB

3

3

3

Ring Them Bells

AB

4

4

1

2

1

Rock Of Ages

AB

7

7

7

The Roving Blade

AB

1

1

1

Roving Gambler

AB

23

23

9

11

3

Searching For A Soldier's Grave

AB

52

52

19

16

17

Seeing The Real You At Last

3

2

5

1

1

2

1

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

4

4

1

1

2

She Belongs To Me

7

7

1

1

4

1

Shelter From The Storm

2

2

1

1

She's About A Mover

1

1

1

Shooting Star

2

2

2

Silvio

1

1

1

Simple Twist Of Fate

9

9

3

2

2

1

1

Somebody Touched Me

AB

9

9

2

1

4

2

Song To Woody

AB

18

18

4

1

10

3

Standing In The Doorway

12

12

2

7

3

Stone Walls And Steel Bars

AB

4

4

4

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Mem …

29

29

11

5

5

3

5

Tangled Up In Blue

AB

111

111

24

19

33

18

17

Tears Of Rage

3

3

3

Tell Me That It Isn't True

16

16

6

2

5

2

1

That Lucky Old Sun

AB

1

1

1

Things Have Changed

13

57

70

6

5

26

16

17

This Wheel's On Fire

AB

3

3

1

1

1

This World Can't Stand Long

AB

15

15

11

3

1

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AB

21

3

24

2

12

3

5

2

To Be Alone With You

1

1

2

1

1

To Ramona

AB

33

33

1

5

12

7

8

Tombstone Blues

21

21

2

1

6

6

6

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

AB

10

1

11

1

3

2

2

3

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

4

4

4

Tough Mama

1

1

1

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

17

17

1

7

9

Under The Red Sky

2

2

1

1

Visions Of Johanna

AB

6

6

2

2

2

Watching The River Flow

17

3

20

11

3

1

3

2

We Better Talk This Over

1

1

1

When I Paint My Masterpiece

1

1

1

The White Dove

AB

1

1

1

The Wicked Messenger

20

20

8

6

6

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

1

1

1

You're A Big Girl Now

2

2

1

1

 

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5.9.5                     Ten most played songs in 2000

 

Tangled Up In Blue [6]

111

Like A Rolling Stone

105

Country Pie

104

Blowin' In The Wind

89

Highway 61 Revisited

81

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

79

Things Have Changed

70

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

53

Searching For A Soldier's Grave

52

Duncan And Brady

47

 

5.9.6                     Live debuts

 

a)    Dylan songs

 

Tell Me That It Isn’t True

Anaheim, California 10 March, Early show

Things Have Changed

Anaheim, California 10 March, Early show

Country Pie.

Anaheim, California 10 March, Late show

Standing In The Doorway

Portland, Oregon, 15 June

If Dogs Run Free.

Münster, Germany, 1 October

10,000 Men

South Kingston, Rhode Island, 12 November

 

b)    Covers

 

Blue Bonnet Girl

Bloomington, Indiana, 1 November

Searching For A Soldier's Grave

Portland, Oregon, 15 June

 

5.9.7                     Played only once in 2000

 

10,000 Men

South Kingston, Rhode Island, 12 November

Big River

Santa Cruz, California, 16 March

Blue Bonnet Girl

Bloomington, Indiana, 1 November

Dear Landlord

Visalia, California, 14 March

I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man

Santa Cruz, California, 15 March

House Of The Risin' Sun

George, Washington, 18 June

Joey

Moline, Illinois, 12 July

John Brown

Münster, Germany, 1 October

Lenny Bruce

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 3 April

Man In The Long Black Coat

Reno, Nevada. 17 March, Late show

Man Of Peace

Newcastle, England, 19 September

She's About A Mover

Portland, Oregon, 15 June

Silvio

Santa Cruz, California, 15 March

That Lucky Old Sun

Irvine, California, 29 June

The Roving Blade

Reno, Nevada, 17 March, Late show

The White Dove

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 3 April

'Til I Fell In Love With You

Dublin, Ireland, 13 September

Tough Mama

George, Washington, 17 June

We Better Talk This Over

Anaheim, California, 10 March, Late show

When I Paint My Masterpiece

Salina, Kansas, 5 April

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 3 April

 

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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 ratio between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs.

[6]  Tangled Up In Blue was not played in Anaheim, California 10 March, Late show!