HIGHWAY 61 – Bob Dylan 2002

6 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES. 1

6.1 Introduction. 1

6.2 The musicians. 1

6.3 The show.. 1

6.4 US Winter Tour. 3

6.4.1 Dates and venues. 3

6.4.2 The songs. 4

6.4.3 Statistics. 8

6.4.4 Comments. 8

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6 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

6.1 Introduction

The Never-Ending Tour rolled on with 107 new shows. There was only four legs this year due to the filming of Masked And Anonymous:

January – February	US Spring Tour	18 shows
April – May	Europe Spring Tour	29
August – September	US Summer Tour	23
October – November	US Fall Tour	37

6.2 The musicians

George Recile replaced David Kemper on drums. The last part of the Europe Tour he in turn was replaced temporarily by Jim Keltner.

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
George Recile	drums, US Spring, parts of Europe, US Summer and Fall
Jim Keltner	drums, parts of Europe Tour

6.3 The show

The first three legs:

Main set: 4 acoustic songs

4 electric

3 acoustic

4 electric

Encores: 2 electric

1 acoustic

1 electric

1 acoustic

1 electric (some shows)

1 acoustic (some shows)

Starting with the Fall tour, it became increasingly difficult to categorize performances as either “electric” or “acoustic”. Many songs were performed with a mix of acoustic and electric instruments and the purely acoustic songs were played almost randomly. The main set consisted of 18 songs followed by a two or three song encore.

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6.4 US Winter Tour

6.4.1 Dates and venues

JANUARY

31

Orlando, Florida

TD Waterhouse Centre

FEBRUARY

1	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	National Car Rental Center, Sunrise
2	Tampa, Florida	Ice Palace Arena
5	Jacksonville, Florida	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6	Charleston, South Carolina	North Charleston Coliseum
8	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena
10	Charlotte, North Carolina	Cricket Arena
11	Charleston, West Virginia	Civic Center
13	Greenville, South Carolina	BI-LO Center
15	Augusta, Georgia	Augusta Richmond County Civic Center
16	Birmingham, Alabama	BJCC Arena
17	New Orleans, Louisiana	Senator Nat Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena, University Of New Orleans
18	Tupelo, Mississippi	BancorpSouth Center
20	Houston, Texas	Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Reliant Astrodome
22	Dallas, Texas	Reunion Arena
23	Bossier City, Louisiana	Centurytel Center
24	Austin, Texas	Frank Erwin Center, University of Texas at Austin

6.4.2 The songs

AB acoustic with the band

IN ORDER PLAYED

	January										February
			31	1	2	5	6	8	9	10		11	13	15	16	17	18	20	22	23	24	Σ
Wait For The Light To Shine		AB	1																			1
Girl From The North Country		AB	2										9	9								3
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)		AB	3	3	3		3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	16
Searching For A Soldier's Grave		AB	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4					4	4	4	3	4	4	4	15
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum			5		5		5	5		5						5	5					7
Just Like A Woman			6					6									6					3
Lonesome Day Blues			7	8		7		7	5			5	7	7	7		7				7	11
High Water (For Charley Patton)			8	7	8		8	8	8	8		8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	17
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right		AB	9			9				11					9		9	2	2			7
John Brown		AB	10	10																		2
Tangled Up In Blue		AB	11	11	11	11	11	11	11			11	11	11	11	11	11		11	11	12	16
Summer Days			12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12		12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	13	18
Sugar Baby			13	13	13		13	13	13			13			13	13	13		13	13	14	13
Drifter's Escape			14			14			14				14			14				14		6
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35			15	15	15		15	15	15	15		15	15	15	15			11	15	15	16	15
Love Sick			16		16		16	16				16	16				16					7
Like A Rolling Stone			17	17	17	17			17	17			17	17	17	15	15		16	16	17	14
Forever Young		AB	18		18		18		18					18			18					6
Honest With Me			19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19		19	19	19	19	17	17		17	17	18	17
Blowin' In The Wind		AB	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20		20	20	20	20	20	20		18	18	19	17
I Am The Man, Thomas		AB		1	1		1	1	1							1	1	1				8
To Ramona		AB		2									2									2
Gotta Serve Somebody				5		5																2
Tell Me That It Isn't True				6								6			6							3
It Ain't Me, Babe		AB		9			2		9			9										4
The Wicked Messenger				14			14			14				14			14				15	6
Things Have Changed				16					16					16	16							4
Knockin' On Heaven's Door		AB		18						18					18							3
Mr. Tambourine Man		AB			2			2		2				2			2			2		6
Lay Lady Lay					6				6									10			8	4
Cry A While					7		7			7						7		7	7	7		7
Boots Of Spanish Leather		AB			9					9									10		2	4
Masters Of War		AB			10	10	10		10				10		10		10					7
Cold Irons Bound					14			14				14			14				14			5
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go		AB				1				1												2
The Times They Are A-Changin'		AB				2						2			2							3
Desolation Row		AB				3																1
Floater (Too Much To Ask)						6			7					6								3
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues						8							5		5							3
Mississippi						13				13			13	13								4
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat						15																1
Country Pie						16				16						16						3
I Shall Be Released		AB				18						18	18			18						4
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You							6											5				2
One Too Many Mornings		AB					9									9				10	11	4
Highway 61 Revisited							17	17				17						4				4
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue		AB						9														1
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall		AB						10				10		10		10				9		5
If Dogs Run Free		AB						18														1
My Back Pages		AB							2							2						2
Positively 4th Street										6										6		2
Visions Of Johanna		AB								10									9		10	3
All Along The Watchtower										21		21	21	21	21	19	19	12	19	19	20	11
Duncan And Brady		AB										1	1	1	1				1	1	1	7
This World Can't Stand Long		AB										4	4	4								3
Most Likely You Go Your Way												7										1
I Threw It All Away													6									1
Tombstone Blues														5								1
Simple Twist Of Fate																6						1
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight																		6			6	2
Maggie's Farm																			5	5	5	3
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere																			6			1
Total # of songs			20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21		21	21	21	21	20	20	12	19	19	20	355

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IN SONG ORDER

	January										February
			31	1	2	5	6	8	9	10		11	13	15	16	17	18	20	22	23	24	Σ
All Along The Watchtower										21		21	21	21	21	19	19	12	19	19	20	11
Blowin' In The Wind		AB	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20		20	20	20	20	20	20		18	18	19	17
Boots Of Spanish Leather		AB			9					9									10		2	4
Cold Irons Bound					14			14				14			14				14			5
Country Pie						16				16						16						3
Cry A While					7		7			7						7		7	7	7		7
Desolation Row		AB				3																1
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right		AB	9			9				11					9		9	2	2			7
Drifter's Escape			14			14			14				14			14				14		6
Duncan And Brady		AB										1	1	1	1				1	1	1	7
Floater (Too Much To Ask)						6			7					6								3
Forever Young		AB	18		18		18		18					18			18					6
Girl From The North Country		AB	2										9	9								3
Gotta Serve Somebody				5		5																2
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go		AB				1				1												2
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall		AB						10				10		10		10				9		5
High Water (For Charley Patton)			8	7	8		8	8	8	8		8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	17
Highway 61 Revisited							17	17				17						4				4
Honest With Me			19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19		19	19	19	19	17	17		17	17	18	17
I Am The Man, Thomas		AB		1	1		1	1	1							1	1	1				8
I Shall Be Released		AB				18						18	18			18						4
I Threw It All Away													6									1
If Dogs Run Free		AB						18														1
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight																		6			6	2
It Ain't Me, Babe		AB		9			2		9			9										4
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue		AB						9														1
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)		AB	3	3	3		3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	16
John Brown		AB	10	10																		2
Just Like A Woman			6					6									6					3
Knockin' On Heaven's Door		AB		18						18					18							3
Lay Lady Lay					6				6									10			8	4
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat						15																1
Like A Rolling Stone			17	17	17	17			17	17			17	17	17	15	15		16	16	17	14
Lonesome Day Blues			7	8		7		7	5			5	7	7	7		7				7	11
Love Sick			16		16		16	16				16	16				16					7
Maggie's Farm																			5	5	5	3
Masters Of War		AB			10	10	10		10				10		10		10					7
Mississippi						13				13			13	13								4
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)												7										1
Mr. Tambourine Man		AB			2			2		2				2			2			2		6
My Back Pages		AB							2							2						2
One Too Many Mornings		AB					9									9				10	11	4
Positively 4th Street										6										6		2
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35			15	15	15		15	15	15	15		15	15	15	15			11	15	15	16	15
Searching For A Soldier's Grave		AB	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4					4	4	4	3	4	4	4	15
Simple Twist Of Fate																6						1
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues						8							5		5							3
Sugar Baby			13	13	13		13	13	13			13			13	13	13		13	13	14	13
Summer Days			12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12		12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	13	18
Tangled Up In Blue		AB	11	11	11	11	11	11	11			11	11	11	11	11	11		11	11	12	16
Tell Me That It Isn't True				6								6			6							3
Things Have Changed				16					16					16	16							4
This World Can't Stand Long		AB										4	4	4								3
The Times They Are A-Changin'		AB				2						2			2							3
To Ramona		AB		2									2									2
Tombstone Blues														5								1
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You							6											5				2
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum			5		5		5	5		5						5	5					7
Visions Of Johanna		AB								10									9		10	3
Wait For The Light To Shine		AB	1																			1
The Wicked Messenger				14			14			14				14			14				15	6
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere																			6			1
Total # of songs			20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21		21	21	21	21	20	20	12	19	19	20	355

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6.4.3 Statistics

Number of shows	18
Number of circulating shows	18
Number of circulating & complete shows	18
Number of unique shows[1]	18
Number of different shows[2]	18
Number of different songs[3]	62
Number of unique songs[4]	62
Number of performed songs	355
Mean number of performed songs	19
Variation[5]:	3.1

	# of		# of
	songs	%	perf.	%
Electric	34	54.8	202	56.9
Acoustic w band	28	45.2	153	43.1
Albums	54	87.1	313	88.2
Singles	1	1.6	2	0.6
Outtakes	1	1.6	4	1.1
Covers	6	9.7	36	10.1

6.4.4 Comments

Same band, same show, same songs.

Recommended show

Dallas 22 February.

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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