I CAN DO IT ALL AGAIN - BOB DYLAN 2013

                           

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5     THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.7      Summary

5.7.1      Song statistics

5.7.2      Show statistics

5.7.3      Album statistics

5.7.4      Alphabetical song list

5.7.5      Top Ten songs

5.7.6      Songs played only once

5.7.7      Live debuts of Dylan songs

5.7.8      Covers played

6      NEW BOOKS

7      REFERENCES & SOURCES

 

5                THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

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 current 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

US Spring Tour

368

47

22

23

0

46

23

207

0

 

 

13%

6%

6%

0%

13%

6%

56%

0%

US Summer Tour

412

78

27

54

0

28

27

190

8

 

 

19%

7%

13%

0%

7%

7%

46%

2%

Europe Fall Tour

660

87

35

66

1

36

32

403

0

 

 

13%

5%

10%

0%

5%

5%

61%

0%

2013

1440

212

84

143

1

110

82

800

8

 

 

15%

6%

10%

0%

8%

6%

56%

0%

 

5.7.2       Show statistics

1. US Spring Tour

2. US Summer Tour

3. Europe Fall Tour

 

 

1

2

3

S

Number of shows

23

27

35

85

Number of circulating shows

17

20

30

67

Number of circulating & complete shows

17

20

30

67

Number of unique shows

4

10

6

23

Number of different shows

4

10

5

23

Number of songs

19

26

52

60

Number of performed songs

368

412

660

1440

Mean number of performed songs

16

15

18

16

Variation

1.2

1.6

2.8

3.5

 

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5.7.3       Album statistics

 

 

# of

 

# of

 

Album

songs

perf

Bob Dylan

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Freewheelin'

4

  7.7%

68

  5.2%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

1

  1.9%

1

  0.1%

Another Side

2

  3.8%

2

  0.2%

Bringing It All Back Home

2

  3.8%

62

  4.7%

Highway 61 Revisited

6

 11.5%

51

  3.9%

Blonde On Blonde

4

  7.7%

27

  2.1%

Basement Tapes

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

John Wesley Harding

1

  1.9%

83

  6.3%

Nashville Skyline

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Selfportrait

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

New Morning

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Greatest Hits Vol 2

1

  1.9%

1

  0.1%

Pat Garrett

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Planet Waves

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Blood On The Tracks

2

  3.8%

143

 10.9%

Desire

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Street-Legal

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Slow Train Coming

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Saved

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Shot Of Love

1

  1.9%

1

  0.1%

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

3

  5.8%

59

  4.5%

Under The Red Sky

1

  1.9%

1

  0.1%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 3

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 2

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 3

1

  1.9%

51

  3.9%

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

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

MTV Unplugged

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Time Out Of Mind

2

  3.8%

81

  6.2%

Love And Theft

5

  9.6%

119

  9.0%

Modern Times

7

 13.5%

84

  6.4%

Together Through Life

2

  3.8%

115

  8.7%

Tempest

7

 13.5%

368

 27.9%

 

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5.7.4       Alphabetical song list

 

op

opener

1  US Spring Tour

ma

main set

2  US Summer Tour

en

encore

3  Europe Fall Tour

 

Song

op

ma

en

S

1

2

3

1952 Vincent Black Lightning

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Ain't Talkin'

 

2

 

2

 

 

2

All Along The Watchtower

 

50

33

83

22

27

34

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

15

24

39

23

15

1

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

 

82

 

82

23

26

33

Blind Willie McTell

 

51

 

51

23

26

2

Blowin' In The Wind

 

10

32

42

 

10

32

Boots Of Spanish Leather

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Cry A While

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Desolation Row

 

5

 

5

 

4

1

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Duquesne Whistle

 

60

 

60

 

27

33

Early Roman Kings

 

79

 

79

23

27

29

Every Grain Of Sand

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Forgetful Heart

 

33

 

33

 

 

33

Girl From The North Country

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

24

 

24

 

22

2

High Water (For Charley Patton)

 

81

 

81

23

27

31

Highway 61 Revisited

 

3

 

3

1

 

2

Honest With Me

 

2

 

2

 

1

1

I Don't Believe You

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

It Ain't Me, Babe

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

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

 

2

 

2

 

 

2

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

2

 

2

 

 

2

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

Let Your Light Shine On Me

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

The Levee's Gonna Break

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Like A Rolling Stone

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Long And Wasted Years

 

33

 

33

 

 

33

Love Sick

 

79

 

79

23

27

29

Make You Feel My Love

 

2

 

2

 

 

2

Man In The Long Black Coat

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Most Likely You Go Your Way

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Pay In Blood

 

56

 

56

23

 

33

Positively 4th Street

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Queen Jane Approximately

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

Roll On John

 

 

2

2

 

 

2

Rollin' And Tumblin'

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Scarlet Town

 

55

 

55

22

 

33

She Belongs To Me

 

60

 

60

 

27

33

Shooting Star

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

60

 

60

 

27

33

Soon After Midnight

 

83

 

83

23

27

33

Spirit On The Water

 

56

 

56

23

 

33

Summer Days

 

34

 

34

8

22

4

Susie Baby

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Tangled Up In Blue

 

83

 

83

23

27

33

Things Have Changed

83

 

 

83

23

27

33

Thunder On The Mountain

 

22

 

22

15

5

2

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Twelve Gates To The City

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Under The Red Sky

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Visions Of Johanna

 

24

 

24

23

 

1

Waiting For You

 

31

 

31

 

 

31

Watching The River Flow

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

The Weight

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

What Good Am I?

 

56

 

56

23

 

33

When The Deal Goes Down

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

Workingman’s Blues #2

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

 

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5.7.5       Top Ten songs

 

1

All Along The Watchtower

83

times

 

Soon After Midnight

83

 

 

Tangled Up In Blue

83

 

 

Things Have Changed

83

 

5

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

82

 

6

High Water (For Charley Patton)

81

 

7

Early Roman Kings

79

 

 

Love Sick

79

 

9

Duquesne Whistle

60

 

 

She Belongs To Me

60

 

 

Simple Twist Of Fate

60

 

 

 

5.7.6       Songs played only once

 

1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Clarkston, Michigan, 14 July

Boots Of Spanish Leather

Rome, Italy, 6 November

Cry A While

West Palm Beach, Florida, 26 June,

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Rome, Italy, 6 November

Every Grain Of Sand

Rome, Italy, 6 November

Girl From The North Country

Rome, Italy, 7 November

I Don't Believe You

Rome, Italy, 7 November

It Ain't Me, Babe

Rome, Italy, 7 November

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Rome, Italy, 6 November

Let Your Light Shine On Me

Bridgeport, Illinois, 19 July

Like A Rolling Stone

Rome, Italy, 6 November

Man In The Long Black Coat     

Rome, Italy, 7 November

Most Likely You Go Your Way

Rome, Italy, 6 November

Positively 4th Street

Rome, Italy, 7 November

Queen Jane Approximately

Rome, Italy, 6 November

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

Rome, Italy, 7 November

Rollin' And Tumblin'

Rome, Italy, 7 November

Susie Baby

St. Paul, Minnesota, 10 July

The Levee's Gonna Break

Rome, Italy, 6 November

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

Rome, Italy, 6 November

Twelve Gates To The City

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 15 July

Under The Red Sky

Rome, Italy, 7 November

Watching The River Flow           

Rome, Italy, 6 November

When The Deal Goes Down

Rome, Italy, 7 November

Workingman’s Blues #2

Champaign, Illinois, 25 April

 

5.7.7       Live debuts of Dylan songs

 

Duquesne Whistle

West Palm Beach, Florida, 26 June

Long And Wasted Years

Oslo, Norway, 10 October

Roll On John

Blackpool, England, 24 November

5.7.8       Covers played

 

1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Clarkston, Michigan, 14 July 2013

Let Your Light Shine On Me

Bridgeport, Illinois, 19 July 2013

Susie Baby

St. Paul, Minnesota, 10 July 2013

Twelve Gates To The City

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 15 July 2013

The Weight

Virginia Beach, Virginia, 24 July, Hoboken, New Jersey, 26 July,

 

West Valley City, Utah, 1 August, Irvine, California, 3 August

 

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6                NEW BOOKS

Selections from the never-ending flood of Dylan books:

Ian Bell: Time Out Of Mind. The Lives of Bob Dylan
Mainstream Publishing 2013. Hardback 576 pages. Part two of Ian Bell’s acclaimed biography.

Jim Beviglia: Counting Down Bob Dylan. His 100 Finest Songs
Scarecrow Press 2013. Hardback 199 pages. A count-down list of what the author regards as Bob Dylan’s best songs.

Bob Dylan & Scott Campbell: If Dogs Run Free
Simon & Schuster 2013. Hardback 40 pages. “Acclaimed illustrator Scott Campbell team up in this delightful interpretation of Dylan’s 1970 song, If Dogs Run Free”

Bob Dylan: Revisionist Art. Thirty works by Bob Dylan
Gagosian Gallery 2013. Hardback. Exhibition catalogue.

Bob Dylan: Face Value
National Portrait Gallery 2013. Hardback 62 pages. Exhibition catalogue.

John Hughes: Invisible Now: Bob Dylan in the 1960s
Ashgate 2013. Hardback 238 pages. This book covers Bob Dylan’s recordings from the first album to Nashville Skyline.

Andrew Muir: One More Night. Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour
Softback 403 pages. An update of the author’s previous book Razor’s Edge published in 2001.

Robert O'Brian: Come Ye Masters Of War. The Bob Dylan Conspiracy.
Softback 130 pages. “Offers fresh insights into the work of the greatest artist of our time.”

Scott F. Parker: Revisited. Notes on Bob Dylan
North Star Press Of St. Cloud, Inc 2012. Softback 54 pages. Poetry inspired by Bob Dylan.

Ken Ring: Bob Dylan in Jack Kerouac's Lowell ... 1975
The Beat Scene Press 2013.

Ray Stavrou, Maurizio Antonin & Umberto Sembenelli: The Bob Dylan Underground Discography Volumes 1, 2 & 3
A staggering 1669 pages vinyl bottleg discography. A very limited edition of only 50 copies!

Eugene Stelzig: Bob Dylan's Career As A Blakean Visionary & Romantic
Milne Library 2013. Softback 35 pages. An academic article written 1976. Covers Dylan's output up to and including Desire.

A.J. Weberman: A Listener’s Guide To Bob Dylan’s Tempest
Yippie Museum Press 2013. Paperback 179 pages. The old Dylan adversary tackles Dylan’s latest album.

Mike Wyvill and John Wraith: Night After Night. Dylan's 2012 Concerts.
Two Riders, 2013. Softback, 65 pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7                REFERENCES & SOURCES

[1]         Articles and columns in Isis 2013.

[2]         Derek Barker: Sessions surrounding Self Portrait. Isis #168, pages 46-51.

[3]         Ian Woodward; From Out The Past. A Look Back At Self Portrait, Isis #170, pages 22-23.

[4]         Derek Barker: Random Thoughts On … Another Self Portrait, Isis #170, pages 24-26.

[5]         Derek Barker: The Complete Album Collection. A Little Background. Isis #170, pages 30-31.

[6]         Anne Maragret Daniel: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971). The Bootleg Series Vol, 10. Isis #170, pages 42-46.

[7]         Derek Barker: Turned On My Record Player. Official vinyl. Isis #171, pages 28-29.

[8]         Derek Barker: The Complete Album Collection. A review. Isis #171, pages 33-39.

[9]         Roy Kelly: Resembling Somebody Else. A Review Of Another Self Portrait. The Bridge No. 47, pages 27-36.

[10]      Terry Kelly: Greil Marcus on Another Self Portrait. The Bridge No. 47, pages 37-40.

[11]      Neil Corcoran: Another Self Portrait. The Bridge No. 47, pages 45-46.

[12]      Mark Ford: Another Self Portrait. The Bridge No. 47, pages 47-48.

[13]      Eric Andersen on Thirsty Boots. The Bridge No. 47, page 49.

[14]      Gavin Selerie: Missed and Found: Another Self Portrait. The Bridge No. 47, page 51.

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

[16]Articles and columns in The Bridge 2013.

[17]My CD-R collection.

[18]Bob Dylan - 2013 Year in Review by Joanna Parker and the Expecting Rain Moderating team.

[19]dylanstubs.com, The Bob Dylan Ticket Stubs & Concert Poster Archive, http://dylanstubs.com/hello.htm

 

 

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