"Support act" was The Alarm up until the show in Santa Barbara 7August. Then the supporting artists and groups varied. Among them were Tracy Chapman and Timbuk 3.

6.4 Interstate 88 – part 1: US and Canada Summer Tour

6.4.3 Statistics

Number of shows:	40
Number of circulating shows:	40
Number of circulating & complete shows:	40
Number of unique shows [1]:	40
Number of different shows [2]:	40
Number of different songs [3]:	82
Number of unique songs [4]:	80
Number of performed songs:	614
Mean number of performed songs:	15
Variation [5]:	5.3

	# of		# of
	songs	%	perf.	%
Electric	47	62.7%	425	69.2%
Acoustic	28	37.3%	181	29.5%

Albums	63	84.0%	560	91.2%
Singles	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Outtakes	1	1.3%	3	0.5%
Covers	11	14.7%	43	7.0%

6.4.4 Comments

Guest appearances

7 June	Neil Young, guitar on 1-6, 10-13
10 June	Neil Young, guitar on 11-14, 16-17.
11 June	Neil Young, guitar on 10-13, 15-16.
26 July	Joe Walsh, guitar on Forever Young & Maggie's Farm.
4 & 7 August	The Alarm joined on Knockin' On Heaven's Door: Mike Peters (shared vocals), Dave Sharp (guitar), Eddie MacDonald & Nigel Twist (background vocal).

Recommended shows

Berkeley, 10 June

Long Island, 1 July

Montreal, 8 July

Hollywood, 2-4 August

Rare songs from this tour

A. Dylan songs performed only once

Ballad Of Hollis Brown (acoustic), Clean-Cut Kid, Forever Young (acoustic), License To Kill, One More Cup Of Coffee, Tomorrow Is A Long Time.

B. Dylan songs performed only a few times

The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest, Every Grain Of Sand, I Want You, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, The Man In Me, My Back Pages, Seeing The Real You At Last, She Belongs To Me, Song To Woody, Watching The River Flow.

C. New covers

Eileen Aroon, Everybody's Movin', Give My Love To Rose, Hallelujah, I’m Glad I Got To See You Once Again, I'm In The Mood For Love, Nadine, Trail Of The Buffalo, The Two Soldiers.

D. Rare covers

Across The Borderline, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Big River, Man Of Constant Sorrow, Pretty Peggy-O, San Francisco Bay Blues, We Three, Wild Mountain Thyme.

Songs from Down In The Groove

There were only three songs performed to promote the new album:

· Had A Dream About You, Baby – played electric

· Rank Strangers To Me – played acoustic

· Silvio – became a standard song in the second electric set from the middle of June with G. E. Smith on shared vocal.

BobTalk

Concord 7 June:

Alright, thank you! We got Neil Young here playing tonight! (after You're A Big Girl Now)

Thank you! That's Neil Young on the guitar. Give him a hand! (after Like A Rolling Stone)

Oh, thank you people for being so nice! (before Maggie's Farm)

Mountain View, 11 June:

Thank you. I don't think that's an obscure song, do you? I got an obscure song?? I don't think so! (after I'll Remember You).

St. Louis, Missouri 17 June:

Thank you! Sometimes I feel that I should be down there. You should be up here! (after Highway 61 Revisited)

Thank you! We're gonna play this as a request tonight. Somebody asked us to play it, and we're gonna play it. (before Nadine).

Wantagh 30 June:

How am I doing, babe? (after I Shall Be Released)

[TOP]

[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.

JUNE

7	Concord, California	Concord Pavilion
9	Sacramento, California	Cal Expo Amphitheatre
10	Berkeley, California	Greek Theatre, University Of California
11	Mountain View, California	Shoreline Amphitheatre
13	Salt Lake City, Utah	Park West, Park City
15	Denver, Colorado	Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
17	St Louis, Missouri	The Muny, Forest Park
18	East Troy, Wisconsin	Alpine Valley Music Theatre
21	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio	Blossom Music Center
22	Cincinnati, Ohio	Riverbend Music Center
24	Holmdel, New Jersey	Garden State Performing Arts Center
25	Holmdel, New Jersey	Garden State Performing Arts Center
26	Saratoga Springs, New York	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
28	Canandaigua, New York	Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center
30	Wantagh, New York	Jones Beach Theater, Jones Beach State Park

JULY

1	Wantagh, New York	Jones Beach Theater, Jones Beach State Park
2	Mansfield, Massachusetts	Great Woods Performing Arts Center
3	Old Orchard Beach, Maine	Old Orchard Beach Ballpark
6	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Frederick Mann Music Center
8	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Forum de Montréal
9	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Ottawa Civic Centre Arena
11	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Copps Coliseum
13	Charlevoix, Michigan	Castle Fares Music Theatre
14	Chicago, Illinois	Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates
15	Indianapolis, Indiana	Indiana State Fairground Grandstand
17	Rochester, Michigan	Meadowbrook Music Theatre, Oakland University
18	Rochester, Michigan	Meadowbrook Music Theatre, Oakland University
20	Columbia, Maryland	Marjorie Merriweather Post Pavilion
22	Nashville, Tennessee	Starwood Amphitheatre
24	Atlanta, Georgia	Troy G. Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheatre
25	Atlanta, Georgia	Troy G. Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheatre
26	Memphis, Tennessee	Mud Island Amphitheatre
28	Dallas, Texas	Starplex Amphitheatre
30	Mesa, Arizona	Mesa Amphitheater
31	Costa Mesa, California	Pacific Amphitheatre

AUGUST

2	Los Angeles, California	Greek Theatre, Hollywood
3	Los Angeles, California	Greek Theatre, Hollywood
4	Los Angeles, California	Greek Theatre, Hollywood
6	Carlsbad, California	Sammis Pavilion, Batiquitos Lagoon
7	Santa Barbara, California	Santa Barbara County Bowl

									June
		7	9	10	11	13	15	17		18	21	22	24	25	26	28	30
Subterranean Homesick Blues		1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Absolutely Sweet Marie		2		3						12
Masters Of War		3		6				13					3				5
You're A Big Girl Now		4					5			2	4	11	6			4	3
Gotta Serve Somebody		5				6				17	3
In The Garden		6		12	16			6								12
Man Of Constant Sorrow	AC	7			7
Lakes Of Pontchartrain	AC	8		9				7					7				8
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AC	9		8		7		9		9	9		8	9		10	11
Driftin' Too Far From Shore		10			6								5		10
Gates Of Eden		11		13		11				5				2			13
Like A Rolling Stone		12		14	15	15	13	15		14		14	12	12	16	13	14
Maggie's Farm		13	12	17	13	10	15			4	15		14		14	5	17
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue			2			5	3						2
The Man In Me			3					3			11
Stuck Inside Of Mobile			4		4	13	4			6	12	12		6		3	7
I Shall Be Released			5					12		13			11		2		6
Ballad Of A Thin Man			6				6					2		3
Baby Let Me Follow You Down	AC		7
Two Soldiers	AC		8								7				8
Girl From The North Country	AC		9												7
Had A Dream About You, Baby			10
Just Like A Woman			11				10
Joey				2										11
Watching The River Flow				4											4
Tangled Up In Blue				5		3				11	5			4			4
San Francisco Bay Blues	AC			7												9
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AC			10				8			6		13		15	14	15
It Takes A Lot To Laugh				11
Rank Strangers To Me	AC			15
Everybody's Movin'				16												16
My Back Pages					2			4				4			3
I'll Remember You					3										5
Simple Twist Of Fate					5		12	14			2		4	5
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	AC				8							8		8
Blowin' In The Wind	AC				9	14		17		16	13			13
I Want You					10			2								2
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine					11
Shelter From The Storm					12											6
It Ain't Me, Babe	AC				14					15		13			9
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight						2						10
All Along The Watchtower						4		19		18		6		14	12	15	16
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AC					8	14				8		9			8	9
Barbara Allen	AC					9				10		9
License To Kill						12
One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)							2
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AC						7	16		7
Eileen Aroon	AC						8	10									10
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AC						9
Seeing The Real You At Last							11
John Brown								5
Highway 61 Revisited								11							6
Nadine								18
The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest										3
Ballad Of Hollis Brown	AC									8
Silvio											10	3	10	10	11	11	12
Across The Borderline											14
Clean-Cut Kid												5
Wild Mountain Thyme	AC											7
Trail Of The Buffalo	AC													7
Tomorrow Is A Long Time															13
Give My Love To Rose	AC															7
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues																	2
Total # of songs		13	12	17	16	15	15	19		18	15	14	14	14	16	16	17

									July
		1	2	3	6	8	9	11		13	14	15	17	18	20	22	24
Subterranean Homesick Blues		1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Absolutely Sweet Marie		4						2		2	2		2
Masters Of War				6			3					4		3	4	3
You're A Big Girl Now				11										6	5
Gotta Serve Somebody		15			6			14
In The Garden		12				11					5					11	11
Man Of Constant Sorrow	AC
Lakes Of Pontchartrain	AC					7
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AC					9							8
Driftin' Too Far From Shore		3					5			10					6
Gates Of Eden													6
Like A Rolling Stone		13	15	12	13	12	12	12		12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Maggie's Farm		16	14	10	15		14	15		14	14		14		14
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue		6			4		2				4
The Man In Me
Stuck Inside Of Mobile			5			3	6	3				6	5	4
I Shall Be Released			10		12	2	10	10				10	10	11	10	4	6
Ballad Of A Thin Man		5	4			5		4			3						5
Baby Let Me Follow You Down	AC
Two Soldiers	AC
Girl From The North Country	AC									7
Had A Dream About You, Baby			3
Just Like A Woman					2							2
Joey							11
Watching The River Flow											10
Tangled Up In Blue			6	2		10						5
San Francisco Bay Blues	AC
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AC		13	7	14		13			13		13		13	7	13	14
It Takes A Lot To Laugh
Rank Strangers To Me	AC
Everybody's Movin'
My Back Pages
I'll Remember You														2		2	2
Simple Twist Of Fate		2		4				5		6			4			6
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	AC	9								9			7				9
Blowin' In The Wind	AC	14															13
I Want You										4
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
Shelter From The Storm															2
It Ain't Me, Babe	AC	8	9			13		7			13	7		7	9	7
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight					5
All Along The Watchtower			12	15		14		6		3		14		14	15	14	15
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AC			13	8	8	7	13			8		13		13	8	8
Barbara Allen	AC	10											9
License To Kill
One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AC	7					8
Eileen Aroon	AC														8
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AC											9				9	7
Seeing The Real You At Last
John Brown												3					3
Highway 61 Revisited				3	3	6				5	6		3		3	5	4
Nadine
The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest				5										5
Ballad Of Hollis Brown	AC
Silvio		11	11	14	11			11		11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10
Across The Borderline
Clean-Cut Kid
Wild Mountain Thyme	AC
Trail Of The Buffalo	AC			9	10							8
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Give My Love To Rose	AC
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues							4
Pretty Peggy-O			2
Mr. Tambourine Man	AC		7					9		8				8
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AC		8		7
To Ramona	AC			8	9			8			9			9
Hallelujah						4
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AC						9
Song To Woody	AC										7
Total # of songs		16	15	15	15	14	14	15		14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15

				July					August
		25	26		28	30	31	2		3	4	6	7
Subterranean Homesick Blues		1	1		1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	40
Absolutely Sweet Marie			2			2	2					2		12
Masters Of War		5	5		5		3				3	3		17
You're A Big Girl Now			4			4		4			5			15
Gotta Serve Somebody														7
In The Garden			13							12	13			13
Man Of Constant Sorrow	AC													2
Lakes Of Pontchartrain	AC										8			7
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AC		7					10						14
Driftin' Too Far From Shore						5	4				4			11
Gates Of Eden										5				8
Like A Rolling Stone		14	14		13	14	13	13		13	14	13	13	38
Maggie's Farm		17	17			17		15				16	17	28
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue														8
The Man In Me														3
Stuck Inside Of Mobile		3	6		6			6					6	22
I Shall Be Released		12	11		11	12	11					11	11	24
Ballad Of A Thin Man						11				6				12
Baby Let Me Follow You Down	AC													1
Two Soldiers	AC													3
Girl From The North Country	AC	7					10					10		6
Had A Dream About You, Baby														2
Just Like A Woman		2								2				6
Joey						6								4
Watching The River Flow														3
Tangled Up In Blue								3					3	12
San Francisco Bay Blues	AC													2
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AC		15				14						15	20
It Takes A Lot To Laugh														1
Rank Strangers To Me	AC													1
Everybody's Movin'														2
My Back Pages					2									5
I'll Remember You								2					2	7
Simple Twist Of Fate		4					5							14
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	AC									10				8
Blowin' In The Wind	AC	15			15	16					16	15		13
I Want You														4
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine														1
Shelter From The Storm												4	5	5
It Ain't Me, Babe	AC	10	10		10	10				14	9		7	20
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight												5		4
All Along The Watchtower					16		16			16				21
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AC		8		8			8						19
Barbara Allen	AC	9	9		9		9				15		10	11
License To Kill														1
One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)														1
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AC													5
Eileen Aroon	AC					9				8			14	7
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AC					8		7				7		7
Seeing The Real You At Last										4				2
John Brown														3
Highway 61 Revisited		6	3		3	3	6	5		3	6	6		20
Nadine														1
The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest														3
Ballad Of Hollis Brown	AC													1
Silvio		13	12		12	13	12	11		11	12	12	12	30
Across The Borderline														1
Clean-Cut Kid														1
Wild Mountain Thyme	AC													1
Trail Of The Buffalo	AC							9				9		6
Tomorrow Is A Long Time														1
Give My Love To Rose	AC													1
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues														2
Pretty Peggy-O														1
Mr. Tambourine Man	AC	8				7	8			7	11		8	10
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AC				7					9				4
To Ramona	AC				14		15							7
Hallelujah											2			2
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AC										7			2
Song To Woody	AC						7							2
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat		11											4	2
Forever Young		16	16											2
Every Grain Of Sand					4			12						2
Forever Young	AC					15								1
She Belongs To Me	AC							14						1
I'm In The Mood For Love	AC									15				1
I’m Glad I Got To See You Once Again	AC										10			1
Knockin' On Heaven's Door											17		18	2
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	AC											8		1
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)	AC											14		1
One Too Many Mornings	AC												9	1
Big River													16	1
Total # of songs		17	17		16	17	16	15		16	17	16	18	614