TRUSTING HIMSELF – Bob Dylan 1986

 

7      The True Confessions Tour.. 1

7.6        True Confessions summary. 1

7.6.1     Show Statistics. 1

7.6.2     Song statistics. 2

7.6.3     Album statistics. 3

7.6.4     Alphabetical song list 4

7.6.5     Ten most played songs in 1986. 6

7.6.6     Live debuts 1986. 6

7.6.7     Played only once in 1986. 7

8      Songs 1986. 7

9      Suggested Readings. 7

10    SOURCES. 8

11    Bibliography.. 8

 

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7        The True Confessions Tour

7.6      True Confessions summary

7.6.1       Show Statistics   

 

1. Down Under Tour

 

2. US Tour

 

 

 

1

2

S

Number of shows

19

41

60

Number of circulating shows

17

41

58

Number of circulating & complete shows

16

41

57

Number of unique shows[1]

17

41

58

Number of different shows[2]

17

40

47

Number of different songs[3]

48

59

72

Number of unique songs[4]

47

59

71

Number of performed songs

446

998

1444

Mean number of performed songs

26

24

24

Variation[5]

1.8

2.4

2.9

 

7.6.2       Song statistics

 

# of

 

# of

 

 

songs

%

perf.

%

Electric

60

 83.3

1270

 88.0

 - instrumental

1

 1.4

2

 0.1

Acoustic solo

12

 16.7

174

 12.0

 

 

 

 

 

Albums

42

 60.0

995

 68.9

Singles

2

 2.9

79

 5.5

Outtakes

0

 0.0

0

 0.0

Covers

26

 37.1

370

 25.6

 

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7.6.3       Album statistics

 

 

# of

 

# of

 

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

1

 2.4%

2

 0.2%

Freewheelin'

5

 11.9%

157

 15.8%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

3

 7.1%

44

 4.4%

Another Side

2

 4.8%

59

 5.9%

Bringing It All Back Home

2

 4.8%

23

 2.3%

Highway 61 Revisited

3

 7.1%

116

 11.7%

Blonde On Blonde

4

 9.5%

83

 8.3%

Basement Tapes

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

John Wesley Harding

2

 4.8%

15

 1.5%

Nashville Skyline

1

 2.4%

1

 0.1%

Selfportrait

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

New Morning

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Greatest Hits Vol. 2

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Pat Garrett

1

 2.4%

57

 5.7%

Planet Waves

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Blood On The Tracks

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Desire

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Street-Legal

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Slow Train Coming

1

 2.4%

7

 0.7%

Saved

1

 2.4%

58

 5.8%

Shot Of Love

3

 7.1%

59

 5.9%

Infidels

3

 7.1%

64

 6.4%

Empire Burlesque

8

 19.0%

248

 24.9%

Knocked-Out Loaded

2

 4.8%

2

 0.2%

 

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7.6.4       Alphabetical song list

 

op

opener

1 Down Under Tour

1st

1st set

2 US Tour

ss

solo set

 

2nd

2nd set

 

en

encores

 

 

Song

 

op

1st

ss

2nd

en

Σ

1

2

Across The Borderline

 

 

1

 

52

 

53

15

38

All Along The Watchtower

 

 

11

 

1

 

12

1

11

All My Tomorrows

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

Baby, Got To Go

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

1

 

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

 

 

 

58

 

58

17

41

Band Of The Hand

 

 

 

 

32

1

33

 

33

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

 

 

2

55

57

17

40

Brownsville Girl

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

1

Bye Bye Johnny

 

1

 

 

 

1

2

 

2

Clean-Cut Kid

 

 

56

 

 

 

56

16

40

Dark Eyes

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AC

 

 

2

 

 

2

1

1

Emotionally Yours

 

 

14

 

 

 

14

5

9

Girl From The North Country

AC

 

 

11

 

 

11

8

3

Good Rockin' Mama

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

Got My Mind Made Up

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

1

Gotta Serve Somebody

 

 

 

 

6

1

7

2

5

Happy Birthday

 

 

 

 

2

1

3

 

3

Happy Birthday

AC

 

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

AC

 

 

32

 

 

32

8

24

Heart Of Mine

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

1

 

House Of The Risin' Sun

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

1

2

I And I

 

 

 

 

57

 

57

16

41

I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine

 

 

 

 

3

 

3

 

3

I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know

 

 

 

 

56

 

56

17

39

I Still Miss Someone

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

I Want You

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

I'll Remember You

 

 

41

 

 

 

41

12

29

I'm Moving On

 

 

 

 

17

 

17

15

2

In The Garden

 

 

 

 

58

 

58

17

41

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

 

 

25

 

 

25

7

18

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

AC

 

 

17

 

 

17

17

 

Just Like A Woman

 

 

 

 

24

 

24

17

7

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

1

 

Justine

 

12

 

 

 

 

12

12

 

Kansas City

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

 

1

 

 

56

57

16

41

Lay Lady Lay

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

1

Lenny Bruce

 

 

 

 

20

 

20

16

4

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

Let The Good Times Roll

 

 

 

 

1

3

4

 

4

License To Kill

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

1

 

Like A Rolling Stone

 

 

1

 

56

 

57

16

41

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

AC

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

2

Lonesome Town

 

 

 

 

55

 

55

15

40

Masters Of War

 

 

55

 

 

 

55

17

38

Mr. Tambourine Man

AC

 

 

6

 

 

6

1

5

Never Gonna Be The Same Again

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

1

 

One Too Many Mornings

AC

 

 

31

 

 

31

 

31

Positively 4th Street

 

 

46

 

 

 

46

16

30

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

 

 

 

 

56

1

57

17

40

Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache

 

 

 

 

2

1

3

 

3

Rock With Me Baby

 

 

 

 

 

6

6

 

6

Seeing The Real You At Last

 

 

 

 

58

 

58

17

41

Shake A Hand

 

15

 

 

 

7

22

 

22

Shake

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

3

 

Shot Of Love

 

 

35

 

3

 

38

3

35

So Long, Good Luck And Goodbye

 

18

 

 

 

1

19

 

19

Song To Woody

AC

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

2

Sukiyaki

 

 

 

 

 

3

3

3

 

That Lucky Old Sun

 

 

24

 

 

 

24

15

9

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AC

 

 

11

 

 

11

3

8

To Ramona

AC

 

 

34

 

 

34

6

28

Train Of Pain

 

3

 

 

 

 

3

3

 

Train Of Pain

IN

2

 

 

 

 

2

2

 

Trust Yourself

 

 

22

 

 

 

22

17

5

Unchain My Heart

 

6

 

 

1

6

13

 

13

Union Sundown

 

 

3

 

2

1

6

 

6

Uranium Rock

 

 

 

 

 

27

27

14

13

We Had It All

 

 

32

 

 

 

32

 

32

We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)

 

 

1

 

1

 

2

1

1

When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky

 

 

 

 

55

 

55

17

38

 

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7.6.5       Ten most played songs in 1986

 

1.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

58

2-

In The Garden

58

3.

Seeing The Real You At Last

58

4.

Blowin' In The Wind

57

5.

I And I

57

6.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

57

7.

Like A Rolling Stone

57

8.

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

57

9.

Clean-Cut Kid

56

10.

I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know

56

 

7.6.6       Live debuts 1986

 

a)     Dylan songs

 

Brownsville Girl

Paso Robles, California, 6 August

Dark Eyes

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 February

Emotionally Yours

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February

Got My Mind Made Up

San Diego, California, 9 June

Never Gonna Be The Same Again

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 February

Seeing The Real You At Last.

Wellington, New Zealand, 5 February

Union Sundown

Houston, Texas, 20 June

When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky

Wellington, New Zealand, 5 February

 

b)     Covers

 

Across The Borderline

Wellington, New Zealand, 5 February

All My Tomorrows

Clarkston, Michigan, 30 June

Baby, Got To Go

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February

Bye Bye Johnny

Tacoma, Washington, 31 July

Good Rockin' Mama

Mountain View, California, 5 August

House Of The Risin' Sun

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February

I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know

Wellington, New Zealand, 5 February

I Still Miss Someone

Clarkston, Michigan, 1 July

I'm Moving On

Wellington, New Zealand, 5 February

Justine

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February

Kansas City

Bonner Springs, Kansas, 24 July

Let The Good Times Roll

Reno, Nevada, 11 June

Lonesome Town

Wellington, New Zealand, 5 February

Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache

East Troy, Wisconsin, 27 June

So Long, Good Luck And Goodbye

San Diego, California, 9 June

Unchain My Heart

San Diego, California, 9 June

Uranium Rock

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February

We Had It All

Reno, Nevada, 11 June

 

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7.6.7       Played only once in 1986

 

All My Tomorrows

Clarkston, Michigan, 30 June

Baby, Got To Go

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February

Brownsville Girl

Paso Robles, California, 6 August

Dark Eyes

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 February

Good Rockin' Mama

Mountain View, California, 5 August

Got My Mind Made Up

San Diego, California, 9 June

Heart Of Mine

Wellington, New Zealand, 5 February

I Still Miss Someone

Clarkston, Michigan, 1 July

I Want You

New York City, New York, 17 July

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

Nagoya, Japan, 8 March

Kansas City

Bonner Springs, Kansas, 24 July

Lay Lady Lay

Hartford, Connecticut, 11 July

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 February

Never Gonna Be The Same Again

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 February

 

 

8        Songs 1986

February

Band Of The Hand

 

 

 

 

May

Got My Mind Made Up

 

 

Jammin' Me

1

 

 

 

September

Had A Dream About You Baby

2

 

Night After Night

2

 

Notes

1.      Co-written with Tom Petty and released on his album Let Me Up.

2.      Written for the film Hearts Of Fire.

 

 

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9        Suggested Readings

"Sometimes We Play A Solo All At Once" – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on the True Confessions Tour – The Telegraph #25

"You're Right From Side, I'm Right From Mine" – a viewpoint on Knocked Out Loaded - by Nigel Hinton – The Telegraph #25

Band Of The Hand (lyrics) – The Telegraph #25

Billy Parker And The Method – John Stokes in The Telegraph #31

Bob Dylan Hearts Of Fire Interview – by Christopher Sykes, On The Tracks #14 (Summer 1998)

Conversation with Bob Fass – The Telegraph 49 (Autumn 1994)

Hearts Of Fire. A novelization of the original screenplay. New English Library 1987. Pocket 124 pages.

Hearts Of Fire: A Review – Look Back #18

Hearts Of Fire: The Press Conference – John Bauldie – The Telegraph #25

Name Me Someone Who’s Not A Parasite. Symbiotic Hearts Of Fire – by David Todd, On The Tracks #14 (Summer 1998)

The Endless Road – Highway 86 – Paul Williams – The Telegraph #25

The Making Of 'Hearts Of Fire' – John Bauldie – The Telegraph #28

The Sound of Words – Bob Dylan interviewed by Christopher Sykes – The Telegraph #30

The Wanted Man Interview: Rupert Everett – The Telegraph 56 (Winter 1997)

Time To Keep Up With The Times – article by Björn Waller in Judas! Number 8 – January 2004.

Tom Petty Interview – The Telegraph #56 (Winter 1997)

True Confession? – article by John Bauldie in The Telegraph #23.

True Confessions In Perth – the press conference – Steppin' Out

10    SOURCES

 

William J. Clinton

The Bob Dylan CD & CDR Field Recordings Guide Of William J. Clinton
www.angelfire.com/wa/monicasdude

Tim Dunn

I Just Write 'Em As They Come.
Annotated Guide to the Writings of Bob Dylan
A Not-A-Ces Publishing Venture 1990.

Glen Dundas

Tangled Up In Tapes — 4th Edition

A Recording History of Bob Dylan

SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999. Softcover 334 pages.

Clinton Heylin

A Life In Stolen Moments. Bob Dylan Day By Day 1941-1995.

Schirmer Books 1996, 404 pages.

Clinton Heylin

Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994

St. Martin's Press, 1995, 233 pages.

Michael Krogsgaard

Positively Bob Dylan
A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991.
Popular Culture, Ink. 1991. 500 pages.

Michael Krogsgaard

Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 3).
The Telegraph #55, Summer 1996, pp. 111–142.

Craig Pinkerton

Bob's Boots
www.bobsboots.com/

Ray Stavrou

A Vinyl Headstone Almost In Place
Loose leaf binder, 530 pages.

 

 

11    Bibliography

John Baldwin

The fiddler now upspoke, Volumes 1–5.

A collection of Bob Dylan interviews and press conferences.

Desolation Row Promotions, 1995.

Carl Benson (ed)

The Bob Dylan Companion — Four Decades of Commentary.

Schirmer Books, New York 1998. Softcover 306 pages.

Michael Gray

Song & Dance Man III. The Art Of Bob Dylan

Cassell 1999. Hardback 918 pages.

Clinton Heylin

Behind The Shades. A Biography.

Summit Books 1991, 500 pages.

Craig McGregor (ed)

Bob Dylan. A Retrospective.

William Morrow 1972

Anthony Scaduto

Bob Dylan. An intimate biography. New American Library 1973

Robert Shelton

No Direction Home. The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. New American Library 1986.

Howard Sounes

Down The Highway. The Life Of Bob Dylan. Groove Press 2001.

Elizabeth M. Thomson (ed)

Conclusions On The Wall. New Essays On Bob Dylan.

Thin Man 1980

Paul Williams

Watching The River Flow

Observations on Bob Dylan's Art-in-Progress, 1966-1995.

Omnibus Press 1996, 255 pages.

Paul Williams

Performing Artist – The Middle Years: 1974-1986
Underwood Miller 1992, 334 pages.

Paul Williams

Bob Dylan. Mind Out of Time, The Accidental Art of a Performing Artist 1986-1990 and beyond. Hardcover 344 pages . Omnibus Press September 2004.

 

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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.