6      Start of the never-ending tour: INTERSTATE 88. 2

6.6       Interstate 88 – part 3: East Coast Fall Tour. 2

6.6.1        The dates. 2

6.6.2        The songs. 2

6.6.3        Statistics. 4

6.6.4        Comments. 4

6.7       Summary. 5

6.7.1        Statistics. 5

6.7.2        Alphabetical song list 6

7      DYLAN SONGS 1988. 9

8      SOURCES. 9

9      SUGGESTED READINGS. 10

9.6       General background. 10

9.7       Article compilations. 10

9.8       Articles. 10

 

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HOW AM I DOING, BABE?

 

6        Start of the never-ending tour: INTERSTATE 88

6.6       Interstate 88 – part 3: East Coast Fall Tour

6.6.1     The dates

 

OCTOBER

13

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

The Tower Theatre

14

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

The Tower Theatre

16

New York City, New York

Radio City Music Hall

17

New York City, New York

Radio City Music Hall

18

New York City, New York

Radio City Music Hall

19

New York City, New York

Radio City Music Hall

December

 6

Oakland, California

Bridge Benefit, Oakland Coliseum

 

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6.6.2     The songs

SONG CHART

 

        October

13

14

16

17

18

19

Subterranean Homesick Blues

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

Absolutely Sweet Marie

2

1

Masters Of War

3

3

2

You're A Big Girl Now

4

5

2

Shelter From The Storm

5

4

2

Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

6

6

6

6

5

6

6

Highway 61 Revisited

7

7

7

7

7

5

With God On Our Side

AC

8

9

9

9

8

9

6

Girl From The North Country

AC

9

9

2

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AC

1

15

2

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

AC

11

1

Silvio

12

11

11

11

11

12

6

I Shall Be Released

13

16

17

1

4

Like A Rolling Stone

14

13

13

13

12

14

6

One Too Many Mornings

AC

15

1

1

1

1

5

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

AC

16

16

2

Barbara Allen

AC

17

11

2

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AC

18

15

2

All Along The Watchtower

19

16

17

18

4

Maggie's Farm

2

17

18

19

4

Every Grain Of Sand

21

1

I'll Remember You

2

2

2

2

4

John Brown

3

3

3

3

Stuck Inside Of Mobile

4

4

3

6

4

5

Simple Twist Of Fate

5

5

5

3

Gates Of Eden

AC

8

8

8

7

8

5

In The Garden

12

12

12

16

13

5

Wagoner's Lad

AC

14

14

14

13

15

5

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

15

1

Ballad Of A Thin Man

4

1

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

AE

16

15

17

3

Just Like A Woman

2

1

To Ramona

AC

14

1

Total # of songs

21

17

16

18

17

19

108

 

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ALPHABETIC SONG CHARTS

 

October

13

14

16

17

18

19

Absolutely Sweet Marie

2

1

All Along The Watchtower

19

16

17

18

4

Ballad Of A Thin Man

4

1

Barbara Allen

AC

17

11

2

Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

6

6

6

6

5

6

6

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AC

1

15

2

Every Grain Of Sand

21

1

Gates Of Eden

AC

8

8

8

7

8

5

Girl From The North Country

AC

9

9

2

Highway 61 Revisited

7

7

7

7

7

5

I Shall Be Released

13

16

17

1

4

I'll Remember You

2

2

2

2

4

In The Garden

12

12

12

16

13

5

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

15

1

John Brown

3

3

3

3

Just Like A Woman

2

1

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

AC

11

1

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

AE

16

15

17

3

Like A Rolling Stone

14

13

13

13

12

14

6

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

AC

16

16

2

Maggie's Farm

2

17

18

19

4

Masters Of War

3

3

2

One Too Many Mornings

AC

15

1

1

1

1

5

Shelter From The Storm

5

4

2

Silvio

12

11

11

11

11

12

6

Simple Twist Of Fate

5

5

5

3

Stuck Inside Of Mobile

4

4

3

6

4

5

Subterranean Homesick Blues

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AC

18

15

2

To Ramona

AC

14

1

Wagoner's Lad

AC

14

14

14

13

15

5

With God On Our Side

AC

8

9

9

9

8

9

6

You're A Big Girl Now

4

5

2

 

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6.6.3     Statistics

 

Number of shows:

6

Number of circulating shows:

6

Number of circulating & complete shows:

6

Number of unique shows [1]:

6

Number of different shows [2]:

6

Number of different songs [3]:

33

Number of unique songs [4]:

32

Number of performed songs:

108

Mean number of performed songs:

18

Variation [5]:

1.8

 

# of

# of

songs

%

perf.

%

Electric

20

 60.6%

71

 65.7%

  - instrumental

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Acoustic

13

 39.4%

37

 34.3%

  - pure

12

 36.4%

34

 31.5%

  - to electric

1

  3.0%

3

 31.5%

Albums

30

 90.9%

98

 90.7%

Singles

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Outtakes

1

  3.0%

3

  2.8%

Covers

2

  6.1%

7

  6.5%

 

6.6.4     Comments

Recommended shows

All!!

 

Rare songs from this tour

A.     Dylan songs performed only a few times

Bob Dylan's 115th Dream, Every Grain Of Sand, Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

 

B. New cover

Wagoner's Lad.

 

Songs from Down In The Groove

There were only one song performed to promote the new album: Silvio.

 

BobTalk

Upper Darby, 13 October:

Thank you! Anybody out there I know tonight? Do I know anybody out there? But, there's just one person I do know. (after Knockin' On Heaven's Door).

Thank you! Good night, good luck and good health! (after Like A Rolling Stone).

Anybody wanna hear a folk song? I'll see if I can remember it. (before Barbara Allen).

Upper Darby, 14 October:

Thank you! There's this Amnesty Tour going on right now. Last year they also had an Amnesty Tour. I was really honoured when they used a song, a Bob Dylan song, to close the Amnesty show last year, the song "I Shall Be Released". We're gonna play that later. This year, they, to my surprise, they chose another song called "Chimes Of Freedom" to close this year's show. I'm hopin' next year they might choose this song! (before In The Garden).

New York City, 16 October:

Thank you! There's another Amnesty Tour this year. And, ... singing ..., last year I was very honoured when they chose to, as a theme song a Bob Dylan song called "I Shall Be Released". We're gonna do that later I think. Anyway, this year, they, it was a real surprise, the theme song they chose another Bob Dylan song called "Chimes Of Freedom". This year I think they're talkin' about "Jokerman". But anyway, I hope they use this one! (before In The Garden ).

New York City, 17 October:

Thank you! You know an Amnesty Tour's going on. and I was very honoured that last year they chose a Bob Dylan song to be their theme song, "I Shall Be Released". This year they surprised me again by doin' another Bob Dylan song as their theme song, they used, ..., "Chimes Of Freedom". Next year the Amnesty Tour, I think they're gonna use "Jokerman". Anyway, I'm trying to get them to change their mind. Trying to get them to use this one! (before In The Garden ).

Thank you! Good night, good luck, good health and all the rest of that stuff! (after Like A Rolling Stone).

New York City, 18 October:

Thank you! I was really honoured when, ..., the Amnesty Tour last year chose a Bob Dylan song as their theme song. A song called "Chimes Of Freedom". Anyway this year they chose another Bob Dylan song called, ..., actually that was this year, last year was "I Shall Be Released", ..., anyway I think they're gonna use "Jokerman". I'm trying to get them to change their minds. I'd like for them to use this one if they would. (before In The Garden ).

New York City, 19 October:

Thank you! I was really honoured, ..., last year the Amnesty Tour chose a Bob Dylan song as their theme song. A song called "Chimes Of Freedom". This year, to my great surprise, they chose another Bob Dylan song. Actually that one was last year, "I Shall Be Released" was the one they chose this year. Anyway, I guess they're gonna have another Amnesty Tour next year. I think they're gonna use another Bob Dylan song called "Jokerman". But I'm trying to get them to change their mind, trying to get them to use this one. (before In The Garden ).

 

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6.7       Summary

6.7.1     Statistics

 

Show statistics

 

Abbreviations

es

early songs, 1961-1966

ap  

songs from the "amnesia period", 1967-1972

70  

songs from the middle seventies, 1973-1978

gp  

songs from the "gospel years", 1979-1982

ls

late songs, 1983 -

co  

covers

 

Mean

Tot #

# of songs from

time

songs

es

ap

70

gp

ls

co

US and Canada Summer Tour

80

614

369

62

54

22

54

45

60%

10%

8%

3%

8%

7%

US and Canada Late Summer Tour

80

396

255

51

29

7

37

16

64%

12%

7%

1%

9%

4%

East Coast Fall Tour

95

108

66

12

7

6

10

7

61%

11%

6%

5%

9%

6%

1 9 8 8

81

1118

690

125

90

35

101

76

61%

11%

8%

3%

9%

6%

 

1

Summer Tour of North America

2

Late Summer Tour of North America

3

East Coast Fall Tour

1

2

3

TOT

 

Number of shows:

40

25

6

71

 

Number of circulating shows:

40

25

6

71

 

Number of circulating & complete shows:

40

25

6

71

 

Number of unique shows [6]:

40

25

6

71

 

Number of different shows [7]:

40

25

6

71

 

Number of different songs [8]:

82

56

33

92

 

Number of unique songs [9]:

80

53

32

86

 

Number of performed songs:

614

396

108

1118

 

Mean number of performed songs:

15

15

18

15

 

Variation [10]:

5.3

3.5

1.8

5.8

 

 

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Album statistics:

 

# of

# of

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

2

  2.4%

3

  0.3%

Freewheelin'

5

  5.9%

114

 10.2%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

6

  7.1%

89

  8.0%

Another Side

4

  4.7%

64

  5.7%

Bringing It All Back Home

9

 10.6%

184

 16.5%

Highway 61 Revisited

5

  5.9%

150

 13.4%

Blonde On Blonde

6

  7.1%

71

  6.4%

Basement Tapes

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

John Wesley Harding

4

  4.7%

50

  4.5%

Nashville Skyline

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Selfportrait

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

New Morning

1

  1.2%

6

  0.5%

Greatest Hits Vol. 2

3

  3.5%

53

  4.7%

Pat Garrett

1

  1.2%

17

  1.5%

Planet Waves

1

  1.2%

4

  0.4%

Blood On The Tracks

4

  4.7%

81

  7.2%

Desire

2

  2.4%

5

  0.4%

Street-Legal

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Slow Train Coming

1

  1.2%

7

  0.6%

Saved

1

  1.2%

24

  2.1%

Shot Of Love

1

  1.2%

4

  0.4%

Infidels

1

  1.2%

1

  0.1%

Empire Burlesque

3

  3.5%

22

  2.0%

Knocked-Out Loaded

1

  1.2%

13

  1.2%

Hearts Of Fire

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Down In The Groove

3

  3.5%

68

  6.1%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

 

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6.7.2     Alphabetical song list

 

Abbreviations

 

op

opening song

ac

acoustic set

s1

1st

en

encores

s2

2nd electric set

1

Summer Tour of North America

2

Late Summer Tour of North America

3

East Coast Fall Tour

 

played

in

during

Song

op

s1

ac

s2

en

1

2

3

Absolutely Sweet Marie

20

1

21

12

8

1

Across The Borderline

1

1

1

All Along The Watchtower

7

2

30

39

21

14

4

Baby Let Me Follow You Down

AC

1

1

1

Ballad Of A Thin Man

26

1

27

12

14

1

The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest

3

3

3

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

AC

1

1

1

Barbara Allen

AC

13

11

24

11

11

2

Big River

1

1

1

Blowin' In The Wind

AC

1

14

15

13

2

Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

6

6

6

Boots Of Spanish Leather

AC

18

18

14

4

Clean-Cut Kid

1

1

1

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AC

20

1

21

7

12

2

Driftin' Too Far From Shore

10

3

13

11

2

Eileen Aroon

AC

7

1

8

7

1

Every Grain Of Sand

2

1

1

4

2

1

1

Everybody's Movin'

2

2

2

Forever Young

2

2

2

Forever Young

AC

1

1

1

Forever Young

AE

1

1

1

Gates Of Eden

4

4

8

8

Gates Of Eden

AC

5

5

5

Girl From The North Country

AC

26

26

6

18

2

Give My Love To Rose

AE

1

1

2

1

Gotta Serve Somebody

4

3

7

7

1

Had A Dream About You, Baby

3

1

4

2

2

Hallelujah

2

2

2

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

AC

17

5

22

19

3

Highway 61 Revisited

48

1

49

20

24

5

I Don't Believe You

2

2

2

I Don't Believe You

AC

1

1

1

I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine

1

1

1

I Shall Be Released

6

38

5

49

24

21

4

I Want You

3

1

4

4

I’m Glad I Got To See You Once Again

AC

1

1

1

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

6

1

7

4

3

I'll Remember You

18

18

7

7

4

I'm In The Mood For Love

AC

1

1

1

In The Garden

3

19

2

24

13

6

5

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

16

18

34

20

13

1

It Takes A Lot To Laugh

1

1

2

1

1

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

13

13

8

5

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

AC

3

3

2

1

Joey

2

2

4

4

John Brown

9

9

3

3

3

Just Like A Woman

9

2

11

6

4

1

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

3

3

2

1

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

6

6

2

4

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

AC

5

5

1

3

1

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

AE

1

5

6

3

3

Lakes Of Pontchartrain

AC

7

7

7

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

1

1

2

2

License To Kill

1

1

1

Like A Rolling Stone

64

5

69

38

25

6

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

AC

14

2

16

8

6

2

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AC

5

5

4

1

Maggie's Farm

2

5

44

51

28

19

4

Mama, You Been On My Mind

AC

5

1

6

5

1

The Man In Me

4

2

6

3

3

Man Of Constant Sorrow

AC

2

2

2

Masters Of War

28

1

1

30

17

11

2

Mr. Tambourine Man

AC

17

2

19

10

9

My Back Pages

5

5

5

Nadine

1

1

1

One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

1

1

1

One Too Many Mornings

AC

15

1

16

1

10

5

Pretty Peggy-O

1

1

1

Rank Strangers To Me

AC

2

1

3

1

2

San Francisco Bay Blues

AC

2

2

2

Seeing The Real You At Last

2

1

3

2

1

She Belongs To Me

AC

1

2

3

1

2

She's About A Mover

1

1

1

Shelter From The Storm

17

1

18

5

11

2

Silvio

1

59

1

61

30

25

6

Simple Twist Of Fate

22

2

24

14

7

3

Song To Woody

AC

2

2

2

Stuck Inside Of Mobile

29

3

32

22

5

5

Subterranean Homesick Blues

71

71

40

25

6

Tangled Up In Blue

11

2

13

12

1

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AC

5

27

32

20

10

2

To Ramona

AC

19

3

22

7

14

1

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

1

1

1

Trail Of The Buffalo

AC

7

7

6

1

Two Soldiers

AC

3

3

3

Visions Of Johanna

1

1

1

Wagoner's Lad

AC

5

5

5

Watching The River Flow

2

1

3

3

We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)

AC

1

1

1

Wild Mountain Thyme

AC

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

With God On Our Side

AC

6

6

1

6

You're A Big Girl Now

24

2

26

15

9

2

 

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                                            TOP TWENTY

 

Rank

Song

#

  1

Subterranean Homesick Blues

71

  2

Like A Rolling Stone

69

  3

Silvio

61

  4

Maggie's Farm

51

  5

Highway 61 Revisited

49

  6

I Shall Be Released

49

  7

All Along The Watchtower

39

  8

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

34

  9

Stuck Inside Of Mobile

32

10

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AC

32

11

Masters Of War

30

12

Ballad Of A Thin Man

27

13

Girl From The North Country

AC

26

14

You're A Big Girl Now

26

15

Barbara Allen

AC

24

16

In The Garden

24

17

Simple Twist Of Fate

24

18

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

AC

22

19

To Ramona

AC

22

20

Absolutely Sweet Marie

21

 

 

Live debuts:

Absolutely Sweet Marie – Concord, 7 June

Bob Dylan's 115th Dream – Upper Darby, 13 October

Driftin' Too Far From Shore – Concord, 7 June

Eileen Aroon – Denver, 15 June

Everybody's Movin' – Berkeley, 10 June

Give My Love To Rose – Canandaigua, 28 June

Had A Dream About You, Baby – Sacramento, 9 June

Lakes Of Pontchartrain – Concord, 7 June

Pretty Peggy-O – Mansfield, 2 July

Rank Strangers To Me – Berkeley, 10 June

Subterranean Homesick Blues – Concord, 7 June

Two Soldiers – Sacramento, 9 June

Wagoner's Lad – Upper Darby, 14 October

 

Played only once in 1995:

Across The Borderline – Cuyahoga Falls, 21 June

Baby Let Me Follow You Down – Sacramento, 9 June

Ballad Of Hollis Brown – East Troy, 18 June

Big River – Santa Barbara, 7 August

Clean-Cut Kid – Cincinnati, 22 June

I Don't Believe You – Manchester, 3 September

I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine – Mountain View, 11 June

I’m Glad I Got To See You Once Again – Los Angeles, 4 August

I'm In The Mood For Love – Los Angeles, 3 August

License To Kill – Salt Lake City, 13 June

Nadine – St. Louis, 17 June               

One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) – Denver, 15 June

Pretty Peggy-O – Mansfield, 2 July

She's About A Mover – Edmonton, 24 August

Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Saratoga Springs, 26 June

We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) – Carlsbad, 6 August

Wild Mountain Thyme – Cincinnati, 22 June

Visions Of Johanna – Manchester, 3 September

 

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7        DYLAN SONGS 1988

 

April

Congratulations [11]

Dirty World

Tweeter And The Monkey Man [12]

May

Love Rescue Me

 

 

8        SOURCES

 

Tim Dunn

I Just Write 'Em As They Come. An 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.

John Baldwin

The fiddler now upspoke, Volumes 1–5

A collection of Bob Dylan interviews and press conferences.

Desolation Row Promotions, 1995.

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

 

9        SUGGESTED READINGS

9.6       General background

John Bauldie

The Diary of a Bobcat
Wanted Man 1995, 90 pages. Collected diaries from The Never-Ending Tour.

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.

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.

9.7       Article compilations

Carl Benson (ed.)

The Bob Dylan Companion — Four Decades of Commentary.

Schirmer Books, New York 1998. Softcover 306 pages.

Craig McGregor (ed.)

Bob Dylan. A Retrospective.

William Morrow 1972

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.

 

9.8       Articles

A Chat with C้sar Dํaz – Derek Barker, Isis #83

Dear Diary ... concert reviews by John Bauldie  - article in  The Telegraph # 31

Eileen Aroon lyrics in Look Back # 20

Handle With Care lyrics in Isis # 21

Hall Of Fame dinner another Boss affair - article in Backstreets # 24

He's 47 And Still Going Strong - article in Isis # 22

The Lakes Of Ponchartrain lyrics in Isis # 21

The Lakes Of Ponchartrain - Where Did This Song Come From? - article by Sean McGuiness in Look Back # 19

Look Back #20 is dedicated to Interstate 88 and contains tour charts and lots of reviews.

New York City, October 18, 1988 - tape review by John Howells - article in rec.music.dylan 18 January 1990.

Still On The Road concert reviews - article by Derek Barker in Isis # 21

Still On The Road more concert reviews - article in Derek Barker in Isis # 22

The Trail Of The Buffalo lyrics in Isis # 22

The Traveling Wilburys – The Telegraph 38 (Spring 1991)

The Traveling Wilburys Have Arrived - article in The Telegraph # 31

Tweeter & The Monkey Man e- essay by Patrick J. Webster in Isis # 22

 

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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 quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs.

[6] a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order.

[7] a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order.

[8] electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs.

[9] a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed.

[10] variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs

[11] Played live in 1989.

[12] It is rumoured that Tom Petty contributed significantly to this one.