5 THE
NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES
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.
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February |
Japan |
11 shows |
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April-May |
US &
Canada |
25 shows |
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August |
US &
Canada |
22 shows |
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October |
UK |
4 shows |
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October-November |
US |
17 shows |
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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.
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John Jackson |
electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal (February) |
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Larry Campbell |
electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal, fiddle (March and onwards) |
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Bucky Baxter |
pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar |
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electric
& acoustic slide guitar, dobro |
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electric
mandolin |
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back-up
vocal |
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Tony Garnier |
bass |
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David Kemper |
drums |
The
standard show contained a main set:
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5-6 electric songs |
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3-4
acoustic |
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2-3
electric |
and then encores:
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1 electric |
or |
1 acoustic |
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1
acoustic |
2
electric |
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1
electric |
1
acoustic |
A shortened version was used at various festivals.
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FEBRUARY
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9 |
Hall
"A", Tokyo International Forum |
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10 |
Hall
"A", Tokyo International Forum |
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11 |
Hall
"A", Tokyo International Forum |
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13 |
Kurashiki
Shimin Kaikan |
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14 |
Sun Palace, Hakata |
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16 |
Century
Hall, Nagoya Congress Center |
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17 |
Festival Hall |
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18 |
Festival Hall |
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20 |
Sun Palace |
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22 |
Kenmin Kaikan |
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24 |
Kosei Nenkin Kaikan |
AB acoustic with the band
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February |
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9 |
10 |
11 |
13 |
14 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
20 |
22 |
24 |
S |
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Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
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I Want You |
2 |
1 |
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All Along The Watchtower |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
|
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Just Like A Woman |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
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I'll Be Your Baby Tonight |
5 |
5 |
2 |
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Silvio |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
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Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie |
AB |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
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Masters Of War |
AB |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right |
AB |
9 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
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Seeing The Real You At Last |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
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Simple Twist Of Fate |
11 |
11 |
11 |
3 |
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Highway 61 Revisited |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
5 |
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Like A Rolling Stone |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
11 |
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It Ain't Me, Babe |
AB |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
5 |
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Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
11 |
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If Not For You |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Shelter From The Storm |
4 |
4 |
2 |
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Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues |
5 |
1 |
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Tangled Up In Blue |
AB |
8 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
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Love Minus Zero /No Limit |
AB |
9 |
1 |
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Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues
|
10 |
10 |
2 |
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You're A Big Girl Now |
11 |
1 |
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Girl From The North Country |
AB |
14 |
1 |
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Lay Lady Lay |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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I Don't Believe You |
4 |
1 |
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Watching The River Flow |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
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Mr. Tambourine Man |
AB |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
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Boots Of Spanish Leather |
AB |
9 |
9 |
2 |
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She Belongs To Me |
11 |
1 |
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Ballad Of A Thin Man |
12 |
11 |
2 |
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One Too Many Mornings |
AB |
14 |
9 |
14 |
3 |
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If You See Her, Say Hello |
2 |
1 |
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It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To
Cry |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
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Ballad Of Hollis Brown |
AB |
9 |
1 |
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I'll Remember You |
11 |
1 |
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Maggie's Farm |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
4 |
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Positively 4th Street |
4 |
4 |
2 |
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Friend Of The Devil |
AB |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
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Shooting Star |
11 |
1 |
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Man
In The Long Black Coat |
2 |
1 |
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The Times They Are A-Changin' |
AB |
14 |
1 |
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Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) |
2 |
1 |
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Under The Red Sky |
4 |
1 |
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To Ramona |
AB |
9 |
1 |
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I Shall Be Released |
11 |
1 |
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My Back Pages |
AB |
14 |
1 |
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Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You |
2 |
1 |
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It's All Over Now, Baby Blue |
AB |
8 |
1 |
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Everything Is Broken |
10 |
12 |
2 |
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I And I |
11 |
1 |
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Forever Young |
AB |
14 |
1 |
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The Man In Me |
2 |
1 |
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What Good Am I? |
4 |
1 |
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John Brown |
AB |
8 |
1 |
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Jokerman |
10 |
1 |
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Absolutely Sweet Marie |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go
Mine) |
5 |
1 |
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God Knows |
10 |
10 |
2 |
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When I Paint My Masterpiece |
11 |
1 |
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Every Grain Of Sand |
4 |
1 |
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Viola Lee Blues |
AB |
7 |
1 |
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Total
# of songs |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
165 |
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[TOP]
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February |
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|
9 |
10 |
11 |
13 |
14 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
20 |
22 |
24 |
S |
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Absolutely Sweet Marie |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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All Along The Watchtower |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
|
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Ballad Of A Thin Man |
12 |
11 |
2 |
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Ballad Of Hollis Brown |
AB |
9 |
1 |
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Boots Of Spanish Leather |
AB |
9 |
9 |
2 |
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Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|||
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right |
AB |
9 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
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Every Grain Of Sand |
4 |
1 |
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Everything Is Broken |
10 |
12 |
2 |
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Forever Young |
AB |
14 |
1 |
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Friend Of The Devil |
AB |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
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Girl From The North Country |
AB |
14 |
1 |
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God Knows |
10 |
10 |
2 |
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Highway 61 Revisited |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
5 |
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I And I |
11 |
1 |
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I Don't Believe You |
4 |
1 |
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I Shall Be Released |
11 |
1 |
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I Want You |
2 |
1 |
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If Not For You |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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If You See Her, Say Hello |
2 |
1 |
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I'll Be Your Baby Tonight |
5 |
5 |
2 |
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|
I'll Remember You |
11 |
1 |
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|
It Ain't Me, Babe |
AB |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
5 |
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It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To
Cry |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
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|
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue |
AB |
8 |
1 |
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John Brown |
AB |
8 |
1 |
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Jokerman |
10 |
1 |
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Just Like A Woman |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
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Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues |
5 |
1 |
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|
Lay Lady Lay |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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|
Like A Rolling Stone |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
11 |
|
|
Love Minus Zero /No Limit |
AB |
9 |
1 |
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Maggie's Farm |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
4 |
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The Man In Me |
2 |
1 |
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|
Man In The Long Black Coat |
2 |
1 |
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|
Masters Of War |
AB |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
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|
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go
Mine) |
5 |
1 |
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|
Mr. Tambourine Man |
AB |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
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My Back Pages |
AB |
14 |
1 |
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|
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie |
AB |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
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|
One Too Many Mornings |
AB |
14 |
9 |
14 |
3 |
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|
Positively 4th Street |
4 |
4 |
2 |
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|
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 |
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|
Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) |
2 |
1 |
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|
She Belongs To Me |
11 |
1 |
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|
Shelter From The Storm |
4 |
4 |
2 |
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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|
To Ramona |
AB |
9 |
1 |
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|
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You |
2 |
1 |
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|
Under The Red Sky |
4 |
1 |
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|
Watching The River Flow |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
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|
What Good Am I? |
4 |
1 |
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|
When I Paint My Masterpiece |
11 |
1 |
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|
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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|
Number of
shows: |
11 |
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Number of
circulating shows: |
11 |
|
Number of
circulating & complete shows: |
11 |
|
Number of
unique shows[1]: |
11 |
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Number of
different shows[2]: |
11 |
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Number of
different songs[3]: |
61 |
|
Number of
unique songs[4]: |
61 |
|
Number of
performed songs: |
165 |
|
Mean
number of performed songs: |
15 |
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Variation[5]: |
4.1 |
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# of |
# of |
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|
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 |
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