IT’S ALL GOOD - BOB DYLAN 2009

                           

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5.7        Summary

5.7.1        Song statistics

5.7.2        Show Statistics - Summary

5.7.3        Album statistics

5.7.4        Alphabetical song list

5.7.5        Top Ten songs 2009

5.7.6        Played only once in 2009

5.7.7        Live debuts of Dylan songs

5.7.8        Covers played in 2009

7.  NEW BOOKS

8.  REFERENCES & SOURCES

 

 

5.7                           Summary

5.7.1               Song statistics

Abbreviations:

es      early songs, 1961-1966                                     80     songs from the 80s

ap      songs from the "amnesia period", 1967-1972     90     songs from the 90s

70      songs from the middle seventies, 1973-1978      00     songs from the new millennium

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

 

 

Tot #

 

 

 

 

# of songs from

 

 

 

 

songs

es

ap

70

gp

83-89

90s

00s

co

Europe Spring Tour

572

236

67

12

8

12

33

201

4

 

 

41%

12%

2%

1%

2%

6%

35%

1%

US Summer Tour

437

138

48

6

1

5

17

219

3

 

 

32%

11%

1%

0%

1%

4%

50%

1%

US Fall Tour

559

179

56

1

13

7

45

256

2

 

 

32%

10%

0%

2%

1%

8%

46%

0%

2009

1568

553

171

19

22

24

95

676

9

 

 

35%

11%

1%

1%

2%

6%

43%

1%

 

5.7.2               Show Statistics - Summary

1. Europe Spring Tour

 

2. US Summer Tour

 

3. US Fall Tour

 

 

1

2

3

S

Number of shows

33

31

33

97

Number of circulating shows

33

28

32

93

Number of circulating & complete shows

33

28

31

92

Number of unique shows

33

30

33

96

Number of different shows

33

30

33

96

Number of songs

82

70

68

101

Number of performed songs

572

437

559

1568

Mean number of performed songs

17

14

16

16

Variation

4.7

5.0

4.0

6.2

 

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5.7.3               Album statistics

 

 

# of

 

# of

 

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Freewheelin'

5

  5.4%

82

  5.3%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

4

  4.3%

30

  1.9%

Another Side

5

  5.4%

32

  2.1%

Bringing It All Back Home

5

  5.4%

39

  2.5%

Highway 61 Revisited

5

  5.4%

255

 16.5%

Blonde On Blonde

6

  6.5%

106

  6.9%

Basement Tapes

2

  2.2%

9

  0.6%

John Wesley Harding

3

  3.3%

112

  7.3%

Nashville Skyline

1

  1.1%

15

  1.0%

Selfportrait

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

New Morning

1

  1.1%

12

  0.8%

Greatest Hits Vol 2

2

  2.2%

22

  1.4%

Pat Garrett

1

  1.1%

1

  0.1%

Planet Waves

2

  2.2%

5

  0.3%

Blood On The Tracks

3

  3.3%

7

  0.5%

Desire

1

  1.1%

2

  0.1%

Street-Legal

1

  1.1%

5

  0.3%

Slow Train Coming

3

  3.3%

17

  1.1%

Saved

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Shot Of Love

1

  1.1%

5

  0.3%

Infidels

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Empire Burlesque

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Knocked-Out Loaded

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Hearts Of Fire

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Down In The Groove

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Oh Mercy

2

  2.2%

16

  1.0%

Under The Red Sky

2

  2.2%

19

  1.2%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 3

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 1

1

  1.1%

1

  0.1%

Bootleg Series Vol 2

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 3

1

  1.1%

7

  0.5%

Biograph

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Good As I Been To You

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

World Gone Wrong

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Greatest Hits Vol 3

1

  1.1%

1

  0.1%

MTV Unplugged

1

  1.1%

7

  0.5%

Time Out Of Mind

8

  8.7%

76

  4.9%

Love And Theft

8

  8.7%

186

 12.1%

Modern Times

9

  9.8%

314

 20.4%

Together Through Life

8

  8.7%

159

 10.3%

 

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5.7.4               Alphabetical song list

 

op

opener

1  Europe Spring Tour

ma

main set

2  US Summer Tour

en

encores

3  US Fall Tour

 

Song

op

ma

en

S

1

2

3

Ain't Talkin'

 

29

 

29

9

7

13

All Along The Watchtower

 

1

95

96

33

31

32

Ballad Of A Thin Man

5

42

 

47

6

8

33

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

 

8

 

8

5

1

2

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

1

26

 

27

 

5

22

Beyond The Horizon

 

20

 

20

11

5

4

Billy

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

Blind Willie McTell

 

7

 

7

4

3

 

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

32

32

31

1

 

Boots Of Spanish Leather

 

4

 

4

4

 

 

Can't Wait

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

Cat's In The Well

15

 

 

15

6

4

5

Chimes Of Freedom

 

6

 

6

4

1

1

Cold Irons Bound

 

26

 

26

 

 

26

Cry A While

 

1

1

2

1

 

1

Desolation Row

 

14

 

14

7

1

6

Dignity

 

 

1

1

1

 

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

 

24

 

24

8

9

7

Every Grain Of Sand

 

5

 

5

2

 

3

Forever Young

 

1

1

2

1

1

 

Forgetful Heart

 

15

 

15

 

7

8

Girl From The North Country

 

8

 

8

3

1

4

Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking

10

 

 

10

 

 

10

Gotta Serve Somebody

4

 

 

4

3

1

 

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

10

 

10

3

3

4

Heartbreak Hotel

 

 

1

1

 

1

 

High Water (For Charley Patton)

 

28

 

28

8

7

13

Highway 61 Revisited

 

93

 

93

29

31

33

Honest With Me

 

34

 

34

13

11

10

I Believe In You

 

3

 

3

3

 

 

I Don't Believe You

 

14

 

14

7

2

5

I Feel A Change Comin' On

 

15

 

15

 

6

9

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

10

 

10

4

3

3

If You Ever Go To Houston

 

19

2

21

2

11

8

If You See Her, Say Hello

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

It Ain't Me, Babe

 

9

 

9

1

6

2

It's All Good

 

3

 

3

 

 

3

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

 

9

 

9

4

 

5

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

 

19

 

19

10

9

 

Jesus Gonna Be Here

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

John Brown

 

7

 

7

6

 

1

Jolene

 

 

60

60

 

27

33

Just Like A Woman

 

15

1

16

10

3

3

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

4

 

4

3

1

 

Lay Lady Lay

 

15

 

15

4

4

7

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

23

 

 

23

6

8

9

The Levee's Gonna Break

 

27

 

27

11

13

3

Like A Rolling Stone

 

38

59

97

33

31

33

Lonesome Day Blues

 

10

 

10

3

4

3

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

14

 

14

7

2

5

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Love Sick

 

11

 

11

5

5

1

Maggie's Farm

7

 

 

7

6

1

 

Make You Feel My Love

 

6

 

6

4

2

 

Mama, You Been On My Mind

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

The Man In Me

 

12

 

12

2

 

10

Man In The Long Black Coat

 

12

 

12

6

2

4

Masters Of War

 

8

 

8

6

1

1

Million Miles

 

6

 

6

4

1

1

Most Likely You Go Your Way

1

18

 

19

6

1

12

Mr. Tambourine Man

 

3

 

3

3

 

 

My Back Pages

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

My Wife's Home Town

 

12

 

12

 

 

12

Nettie Moore

 

21

 

21

4

12

5

Not Dark Yet

 

5

 

5

 

1

4

Not Fade Away

 

 

1

1

 

1

 

One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

 

2

 

2

2

 

 

Po' Boy

 

28

 

28

10

10

8

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

6

2

 

8

2

6

 

Return To Me

 

2

 

2

2

 

 

Rollin' And Tumblin'

 

28

 

28

12

11

5

San Diego Serenade

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

5

 

5

1

3

1

Shooting Star

 

4

 

4

1

 

3

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

Something

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

Spirit On The Water

 

25

29

54

29

13

12

Stuck Inside Of Mobile

5

32

 

37

20

7

10

Sugar Baby

 

17

 

17

12

 

5

Summer Days

 

23

 

23

9

11

3

Tangled Up In Blue

 

5

 

5

4

1

 

Things Have Changed

 

17

 

17

9

6

2

This Dream Of You

 

6

 

6

 

1

5

This Wheel's On Fire

 

5

 

5

2

3

 

Thunder On The Mountain

 

79

1

80

26

21

33

'Til I Fell In Love With You

 

8

 

8

5

2

1

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

4

 

4

2

2

 

The Times We've Known

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

To Ramona

 

2

 

2

 

1

1

Tough Mama

 

3

 

3

3

 

 

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

 

13

 

13

5

2

6

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

 

44

 

44

15

15

14

Under The Red Sky

 

4

 

4

3

 

1

Visions Of Johanna

 

3

 

3

2

1

 

Watching The River Flow

13

4

 

17

7

6

4

When I Paint My Masterpiece

 

5

 

5

5

 

 

When The Deal Goes Down

 

21

 

21

9

5

7

The Wicked Messenger

6

 

 

6

6

 

 

Workingman’s Blues #2

 

34

 

34

8

11

15

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1

 

 

1

 

1

 

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

 

4

 

4

3

1

 

 

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5.7.5               Top Ten songs 2009

1

Like A Rolling Stone

97

times

2

All Along The Watchtower

96

 

3

Highway 61 Revisited

93

 

4

Thunder On The Mountain

80

 

5

Jolene

60

 

6

Spirit On The Water

54

 

7

Ballad Of A Thin Man

47

 

8

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

44

 

9

Stuck Inside Of Mobile

37

 

10

Honest With Me

34

 

 

Workingman’s Blues #2

34

 

 

 

5.7.6               Played only once in 2009

Billy

Stockholm, Sweden, 22 March

Can't Wait

Erfurt, Germany, 2 April

Dignity

Hannover, Germany, 31 March

Heartbreak Hotel

Stateline, Nevada, 16 August

If You See Her, Say Hello

South Bend, Indiana, 4 July

Jesus Gonna Be Here *

Chicago, Illinois, 31 October

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

Canton, Ohio, 5 November

Mama, You Been On My Mind

Berkeley, California, 10 October

My Back Pages

Berlin, Germany, 1 April

Not Fade Away

Lubbock, Texas, 8 August

San Diego Serenade *

Bloomington, Indiana, 2 November

Simple Twist Of Fate

Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 March

Something

Liverpool, England, 1 May  

The Times We've Known

Paris, France, 8 April

Yankee Doodle Dandy

South Bend, Indiana, 4 July

* Bob Dylan did not play on these songs!

5.7.7               Live debuts of Dylan songs

If You Ever Go To Houston

Dublin, Ireland, 5 May

Billy

Stockholm, Sweden, 22 March

Jolene

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1 July

Forgetful Heart

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1 July

This Dream Of You

Sauget, Illinois, 2 July

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'.

Dayton, Ohio, 10 July

I Feel A Change Comin' On

New Britain, Connecticut, 15 July

My Wife's Home Town

Seattle, Washington, 5 October

It's All Good

Chicago, Illinois, 31 October

 

5.7.8               Covers played in 2009

Heartbreak Hotel

Stateline, Nevada, 16 August

Jesus Gonna Be Here *

Chicago, Illinois, 31 October

Not Fade Away

Lubbock, Texas, 8 August

Return To Me

Rome, Italy, 17 April & Florence, Italy 18 April

San Diego Serenade *

Bloomington, Indiana, 2 November

Something

Liverpool, England, 1 May

The Times We've Known

Paris, France, 8 April

Yankee Doodle Dandy

South Bend, Indiana, 4 July

* Bob Dylan did not play on these songs!

 

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7.  NEW BOOKS

Selections from the never-ever-ending flood of Dylan books:

Ann Barkway, Andy Neill, Peter Doggett: Dylan: 100 Songs & Pictures
Omnibus Press 2009. Softback. This book features the full sheet music of his most important songs and the intimate stories behind them.

David Boucher and Gary Browning: The Political Art of Bob Dylan.  

Imprint-academic.com 2009. Second enlarged edition. Softback 285 pages.

Luke Crampton, Dafydd Rees: Bob Dylan
Taschen 2009. Softback 192 pages. This concise overview covers Dylan's entire career via texts and images.In the "Music Icons" series, each title contains a painstaking selection of approximately 150 portraits, colorful posters and record covers, rare concert photos, and previously unpublished candid photos.

Kevin J.H. Dettmar (ed.): The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan

Cambridge University Press 2009. Softback 185 pages. A lively set of new essays on Dylan's work as a writer and composer and on his place in American culture.

John Burns: Series Of Dreams. The Vision Songs of Bob Dylan

Glen Murray Publishing 2009. Softback 136 pages.

Clinton Heylin: Revolution In The Air. The Songs of Bob Dylan Vol. 1: 1957-1973

Constable 2009. Hardback 482 pages. This book charts Dylan's rise as a writer, where he gained his inspiration, the burst of energy which produced some of his most famous songs as well as the lesser known stories behind the more iconic verses.

Steven Heine: Bargainin' For Salvation. Bob Dylan, A Zen Master?

Continuum 2009. Softback 270 pages. This book argues that Dylan actually embraces two radically distinct world views at alternating periods. Throughout his various stages, Dylan's work reveals an affinity with the Zen world view, where enlightenment can be attained through meditation, self-contemplation and intuition rather than through faith and devotion.

Colleen J. Sheehy and Thomas Swiss (ed,): Highway 61 Revisited. Bob Dylan's Road from Minnesota to the World

University Of Minnesota Press 2009. Softback 278 pages. A collection of 20 essays which focus on the emergence of Bob Dylan from his Minnsetoa roots to the world stage,

Chris Rushby: Bob Dylan. The Illustrated Biography

Trans Atlantic Press 2009. Hardback 223 pages. Over 200 rare and classic photographs document, in chronological order, the important events in the life and career of Bob Dylan

Mike Wyvill and John Wraith: Around The World. Bob Dylan's 2007 Concerts.
Two Riders, 2009. Softback, 56 pages.

 

8.  REFERENCES & SOURCES

[1]  Articles and columns in in Isis 2009.

[2]  Bill Pagel's excellent tour reports on his Bob Links page: www.boblinks.com/

[3]  Articles and columns in The Bridge 2009.

[4]  My CD-R collection.

[5]  Mike Wyvill and John Wraith: So Far Awat From Home. Bob Dylan's 2009 Concerts. Two Riders, 2010.

[6]  Rock Source Dylan Day by Day, www.rocksourcearchive.com/dylan

[7]  The Bob Dylan Fan Club. Annotated Theme Time: www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/.

[8]  Not Dark Yet: http://www.notdarkyet.org/themetime.html

[9]  Theme Time Radio Hour, Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_Time_Radio_Hour

 

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