Stay With Me – Bob Dylan 2014

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5 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES. 1

5.1 Introduction. 1

5.2 The musicians. 1

5.3 The show.. 1

5.4 Tour of Japan. 1

5.4.1 Dates and venues. 1

5.4.2 The songs. 3

5.4.3 Statistics. 4

5.4.4 Comments. 5

5 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.1 Introduction

The Never-Ending Tour rolled on with 92 new shows during these four legs:

March – April	Tour Of Japan	19 shows
June – July	Europe Summer Tour	21
August – September	Tour Town Under	19
October – December	US Fall Tour	33

5.2 The musicians

Charlie Sexton	lead guitar
Donnie Herron	violin, mandolin, pedal steel guitar
Stu Kimball	electric and acoustic guitar
Tony Garnier	bass
George Recile	drums

5.3 The show

Main set:	17 songs
Encores:	1-2 songs

There was a short intermission between song 9 and 10 in the first set.

5.4 Tour of Japan

5.4.1 Dates and venues

MARCH

31

Tokyo, Japan

Zepp DiverCity

APRIL

1	Tokyo, Japan	Zepp DiverCity
3	Tokyo, Japan	Zepp DiverCity
4	Tokyo, Japan	Zepp DiverCity
5	Tokyo, Japan	Zepp DiverCity
7	Tokyo, Japan	Zepp DiverCity
8	Tokyo, Japan	Zepp DiverCity
9	Tokyo, Japan	Zepp DiverCity
10	Tokyo, Japan	Zepp DiverCity
13	Sapporo, Japan	Zepp Sapporo
14	Sapporo, Japan	Zepp Sapporo
17	Nagoya, Japan	Zepp Nagoya
18	Nagoya, Japan	Zepp Nagoya
19	Fukouka, Japan	Zepp Fukuoka
21	Osaka, Japan	Zepp Namba
22	Osaka, Japan	Zepp Namba
23	Osaka, Japan	Zepp Namba
26	Maui, Hawaii	Maui Arts & Cultural Center
29	Honolulu, Hawaii	Neal Shaw Blaisdell Arena

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5.4.2 The songs

SONGS IN ORDER PLAYED

Tokyo March-April:	31	1	3	4	5	7	8	9	10
Things Have Changed	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
She Belongs To Me	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
What Good Am I?	4	4	4		4	4		4	4
Blind Willie McTell	5
Duquesne Whistle	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6
Pay In Blood	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Tangled Up In Blue	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Love Sick	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
High Water (For Charley Patton)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Simple Twist Of Fate	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Early Roman Kings	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Forgetful Heart	13	13	13	13		13	13	13	13
Spirit On The Water	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Scarlet Town	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Soon After Midnight	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Long And Wasted Years	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
All Along The Watchtower	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Blowin' In The Wind	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Waiting For You		5	5	4	5	5	6	5	5
Huck's Tune				6	13		4
Total # of songs	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

					April
	13	14	17	18		19	21	22	23	26	29	∑
Things Have Changed	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	19
She Belongs To Me	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	19
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	19
What Good Am I?	4	4	4	4		4		4	4	4	4	16
Blind Willie McTell												1
Duquesne Whistle	6	6	6	6		6	6	6	6	6	6	19
Pay In Blood	7	7	7	7		7	7	7	7	7	7	19
Tangled Up In Blue	8	8	8	8		8	8	8	8	8	8	19
Love Sick	9	9	9	9		9	9	9	9	9	9	19
High Water (For Charley Patton)	10	10	10	10		10	10	10	10	10	10	19
Simple Twist Of Fate	11	11	11	11		11	11	11	11	11	11	19
Early Roman Kings	12	12	12	12		12	12	12	12	12	12	19
Forgetful Heart	13	13	13	13			13	13	13	13	13	17
Spirit On The Water	14	14	14	14		14	14	14	14	14	14	19
Scarlet Town	15	15	15	15		15	15	15	15	15	15	19
Soon After Midnight	16	16	16	16		16	16	16	16	16	16	19
Long And Wasted Years	17	17	17	17		17	17	17	17	17	17	19
All Along The Watchtower	18	18	18	18		18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Blowin' In The Wind	19	19	19	19		19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Waiting For You	5	5		5		5	5	5		5	5	16
Huck's Tune						13			5			5
Workingman’s Blues #2			5				4					2
Total # of songs	19	19	19	19		19	19	19	19	19	19	361

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IN SONG ORDER

Tokyo March-April:	31	1	3	4	5	7	8	9	10
All Along The Watchtower	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Blind Willie McTell	5
Blowin' In The Wind	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Duquesne Whistle	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6
Early Roman Kings	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Forgetful Heart	13	13	13	13		13	13	13	13
High Water (For Charley Patton)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Huck's Tune				6	13		4
Long And Wasted Years	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Love Sick	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Pay In Blood	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Scarlet Town	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
She Belongs To Me	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Simple Twist Of Fate	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Soon After Midnight	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Spirit On The Water	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Tangled Up In Blue	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Things Have Changed	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Waiting For You		5	5	4	5	5	6	5	5
What Good Am I?	4	4	4		4	4		4	4
Workingman’s Blues #2
Total # of songs	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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					April
	13	14	17	18		19	21	22	23	26	29	∑
All Along The Watchtower	18	18	18	18		18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	19
Blind Willie McTell												1
Blowin' In The Wind	19	19	19	19		19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Duquesne Whistle	6	6	6	6		6	6	6	6	6	6	19
Early Roman Kings	12	12	12	12		12	12	12	12	12	12	19
Forgetful Heart	13	13	13	13			13	13	13	13	13	17
High Water (For Charley Patton)	10	10	10	10		10	10	10	10	10	10	19
Huck's Tune						13			5			5
Long And Wasted Years	17	17	17	17		17	17	17	17	17	17	19
Love Sick	9	9	9	9		9	9	9	9	9	9	19
Pay In Blood	7	7	7	7		7	7	7	7	7	7	19
Scarlet Town	15	15	15	15		15	15	15	15	15	15	19
She Belongs To Me	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	19
Simple Twist Of Fate	11	11	11	11		11	11	11	11	11	11	19
Soon After Midnight	16	16	16	16		16	16	16	16	16	16	19
Spirit On The Water	14	14	14	14		14	14	14	14	14	14	19
Tangled Up In Blue	8	8	8	8		8	8	8	8	8	8	19
Things Have Changed	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	19
Waiting For You	5	5		5		5	5	5		5	5	16
What Good Am I?	4	4	4	4		4		4	4	4	4	16
Workingman’s Blues #2			5				4					2
Total # of songs	19	19	19	19		19	19	19	19	19	19	361

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5.4.3 Statistics

Number of shows	19
Number of circulating shows	19
Number of circulating & complete shows	19
Number of unique shows[1]	7
Number of different shows[2]	4
Number of songs	22
Number of performed songs	361
Mean number of performed songs	19
Variation[3]:	1.2

	# of		# of
	songs	%	perf.	%
Albums	19	86.4	321	88.9
Singles	2	9.1	35	9.7
Outtakes	1	4.5	5	1.4
Covers	0	0.0	0	0.0

5.4.4 Comments

Bob Dylan continued to play basically the same set each night. Seven variations to the basic set were played as follows:

	Variation	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Basic set, 11 times	31 March	4 April	5 & 19 April	8 April	17 April	21 April	23 April
1.	Things Have Changed
2.	She Belongs To Me
3.	Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4.	What Good Am I?		Waiting For You		Huck's Tune		Workingman's Blues #2
5.	Waiting For You	Blind Willie McTell	Duquesne Whistle		Duquesne Whistle	Workingman's Blues #2		Huck's Tune
6.	Duquesne Whistle		Huck's Tune		Waiting For You
7.	Pay In Blood
8.	Tangled Up In Blue
9.	Love Sick
10.	High Water (For Charley Patton)
11.	Simple Twist Of Fate
12.	Early Roman Kings
13.	Forgetful Heart			Huck's Tune
14.	Spirit On The Water
15.	Scarlet Town
16.	Soon After Midnight
17.	Long And Wasted Years
18.	All Along The Watchtower
19.	Blowin' In The Wind

The basic set was played 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 22, 26, 29 April.

There are circulating recordings from all shows.

Huck’s Tune was played live for the first time 4 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] variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs