5      THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES. 2

5.1       Introduction. 2

5.2       The musicians. 2

5.3       The show.. 2

5.4       Tour of Japan. 2

5.4.1        Dates and venues. 2

5.4.2        The songs. 4

5.4.3        Statistics. 7

5.4.4        Comments. 8

 

 

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KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR

 

5     THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.1                        Introduction

The Never-Ending Tour rolled on with 94 new shows, all pretty much the same as in 1995, 1994 and 1993. Guitarist John Jackson quit after the Tour of Japan and was replaced by Larry Campbell.

The 1997 part of The Never-Ending Tour consisted of no less than 6 new "legs" in spite of the cancelled European Summer Tour.

 

February

Japan

11 shows

April-May

US & Canada

25 shows

August

US & Canada

22 shows

October

UK

  4 shows

October-November

US

17 shows

December

US

15 shows

Note that the San José show in November, which was really a private event, is counted as part of the never-ending tour.

 

5.2                        The musicians

John Jackson

electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal (February)

Larry Campbell

electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal, fiddle (March and onwards)

Bucky Baxter

pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar

electric & acoustic slide guitar, dobro

electric mandolin

back-up vocal

Tony Garnier

bass

David Kemper

drums

 

5.3                        The show

The standard show contained a main set:

5-6 electric songs

3-4 acoustic

2-3 electric

and then encores:

1 electric

or

1 acoustic

1 acoustic

2 electric

1 electric

1 acoustic

A shortened version was used at various festivals.

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5.4                        Tour of Japan

5.4.1                     Dates and venues

 

FEBRUARY

 

  9

Tokyo, Japan

Hall "A", Tokyo International Forum

10

Tokyo, Japan

Hall "A", Tokyo International Forum

11

Tokyo, Japan

Hall "A", Tokyo International Forum

13

Kurashiki, Japan

Kurashiki Shimin Kaikan

14

Fukuoka, Japan

Sun Palace, Hakata

16

Nagoya, Japan

Century Hall, Nagoya Congress Center

17

Osaka, Japan

Festival Hall

18

Osaka, Japan

Festival Hall

20

Sendai, Japan

Sun Palace

22

Akita, Japan

Kenmin Kaikan

24

Sapporo, Japan

Kosei Nenkin Kaikan

 


5.4.2                     The songs

AB      acoustic with the band

 

SONG CHART

 

February

9

10

11

13

14

16

17

18

20

22

24

S

Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

I Want You

2

1

All Along The Watchtower

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

11

Just Like A Woman

4

4

4

3

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

5

5

2

Silvio

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

11

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

AB

7

7

7

7

7

7

6

Masters Of War

AB

8

8

9

9

4

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AB

9

10

9

3

Seeing The Real You At Last

10

10

10

10

4

Simple Twist Of Fate

11

11

11

3

Highway 61 Revisited

12

12

12

12

12

5

Like A Rolling Stone

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

11

It Ain't Me, Babe

AB

14

14

14

14

14

5

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

11

If Not For You

2

2

2

Shelter From The Storm

4

4

2

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

5

1

Tangled Up In Blue

AB

8

8

9

3

Love Minus Zero /No Limit

AB

9

1

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues

10

10

2

You're A Big Girl Now

11

1

Girl From The North Country

AB

14

1

Lay Lady Lay

2

2

2

3

I Don't Believe You

4

1

Watching The River Flow

5

5

5

5

4

Mr. Tambourine Man

AB

8

8

8

8

8

5

Boots Of Spanish Leather

AB

9

9

2

She Belongs To Me

11

1

Ballad Of A Thin Man

12

11

2

One Too Many Mornings

AB

14

9

14

3

If You See Her, Say Hello

2

1

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

5

5

5

3

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

AB

9

1

I'll Remember You

11

1

Maggie's Farm

12

12

12

12

4

Positively 4th Street

4

4

2

Friend Of The Devil

AB

7

7

7

7

4

Shooting Star

11

1

Man In The Long Black Coat

2

1

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AB

14

1

Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

2

1

Under The Red Sky

4

1

To Ramona

AB

9

1

I Shall Be Released

11

1

My Back Pages

AB

14

1

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

2

1

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AB

8

1

Everything Is Broken

10

12

2

I And I

11

1

Forever Young

AB

14

1

The Man In Me

2

1

What Good Am I?

4

1

John Brown

AB

8

1

Jokerman

10

1

Absolutely Sweet Marie

1

1

2

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

5

1

God Knows

10

10

2

When I Paint My Masterpiece

11

1

Every Grain Of Sand

4

1

Viola Lee Blues

AB

7

1

Total # of songs

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

165

 

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ALPHABETIC SONG CHART

 

February

9

10

11

13

14

16

17

18

20

22

24

S

Absolutely Sweet Marie

1

1

2

All Along The Watchtower

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

11

Ballad Of A Thin Man

12

11

2

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

AB

9

1

Boots Of Spanish Leather

AB

9

9

2

Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AB

9

10

9

3

Every Grain Of Sand

4

1

Everything Is Broken

10

12

2

Forever Young

AB

14

1

Friend Of The Devil

AB

7

7

7

7

4

Girl From The North Country

AB

14

1

God Knows

10

10

2

Highway 61 Revisited

12

12

12

12

12

5

I And I

11

1

I Don't Believe You

4

1

I Shall Be Released

11

1

I Want You

2

1

If Not For You

2

2

2

If You See Her, Say Hello

2

1

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

5

5

2

I'll Remember You

11

1

It Ain't Me, Babe

AB

14

14

14

14

14

5

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

5

5

5

3

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AB

8

1

John Brown

AB

8

1

Jokerman

10

1

Just Like A Woman

4

4

4

3

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

5

1

Lay Lady Lay

2

2

2

3

Like A Rolling Stone

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

11

Love Minus Zero /No Limit

AB

9

1

Maggie's Farm

12

12

12

12

4

The Man In Me

2

1

Man In The Long Black Coat

2

1

Masters Of War

AB

8

8

9

9

4

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

5

1

Mr. Tambourine Man

AB

8

8

8

8

8

5

My Back Pages

AB

14

1

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

AB

7

7

7

7

7

7

6

One Too Many Mornings

AB

14

9

14

3

Positively 4th Street

4

4

2

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35                                               

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

11

Seeing The Real You At Last

10

10

10

10

4

Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

2

1

She Belongs To Me

11

1

Shelter From The Storm

4

4

2

Shooting Star

11

1

Silvio

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

11

Simple Twist Of Fate

11

11

11

3

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues

10

10

2

Tangled Up In Blue

AB

8

8

9

3

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AB

14

1

To Ramona

AB

9

1

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

2

1

Under The Red Sky

4

1

Watching The River Flow

5

5

5

5

4

What Good Am I?

4

1

When I Paint My Masterpiece

11

1

Viola Lee Blues

AB

7

1

You're A Big Girl Now

11

1

Total # of songs

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

165

 

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5.4.3                     Statistics

 

Number of shows:

11

Number of circulating shows:

11

Number of circulating & complete shows:

11

Number of unique shows[1]:

11

Number of different shows[2]:

11

Number of different songs[3]:

61

Number of unique songs[4]:

61

Number of performed songs:

165

Mean number of performed songs:

15

Variation[5]:

4.1

 


 

# of

# of

songs

%

perf.

%

Electric

42

68.9

120

72.7

Acoustic w band

19

31.1

45

27.3

Albums

57

93.4

152

83.0

Singles

1

1.6

2

1.2

Covers

3

4.9

11

6.7

 

 

5.4.4                     Comments

 

Recommended shows

Bur Tokyo 2/9 and 2/10.

 

Tapes

There are complete audience tapes from all shows in circulation.


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[1] a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order;  Cuyahoga Falls, July 9 and Harrisburg, July 11 are identical!

[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