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5.6 US Summer Tour with Paul Simon. 1

5.6.1 Dates and venues. 1

5.6.2 The songs. 3

5.6.3 Statistics. 12

5.6.4 Comments. 12

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5 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.6 US Summer Tour with Paul Simon

5.6.1 Dates and venues

D = Bob Dylan was the opening act

S = Paul Simon was the opening act

B = Breakout gig without Paul Simon

JUNE

5	Denver, Colorado	Fillmore Auditorium	B
6	Colorado Springs, Colorado	World Arena	S
7	Denver, Colorado	McNichols Arena	D
9	Salt Lake City, Utah	Delta Center	S
11	Vancouver, British Columbia	General Motors Place	D
12	Portland, Oregon	Rose Garden Arena	D
13	George, Washington	The Gorge Amphitheatre	S
14	Eugene, Oregon	Erb Memorial Union Ballroom, University of Oregon	B
16	Sacramento, California	Arco Arena	S
18	Concord, California	Concord Pavillion	D
19	Mountain View, California	Shoreline Amphitheater	S
20	Anaheim, California	Arrowhead Pond Of Anaheim	D
22	Los Angeles, California	Hollywood Bowl	S
25	Chula Vista, California	Coors Amphitheatre	D
26	Las Vegas, Nevada	Garden Arena, MGM Grand	S
27	Phoenix, Arizona	Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavillion	D

JULY

2	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Race Track Infield, Canterbury Downs, Shakopee	S
3	Duluth, Minnesota	Bayside Festival Park	S
4	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Marcus Amphitheatre	D
6	Detroit, Michigan	Saint Andrews Hall	B
7	Clarkston, Michigan	Pine Knob Music Theatre	D
9	Tinley Park, Illinois	World Music Theatre	S
10	Maryland Heights, Missouri	Riverport Amphitheatre	D
11	Cincinnati, Ohio	Bogart's	B
13	Virginia Beach, Virginia	GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater	D
14	Raleigh, North Carolina	All-Tel Pavilion At Walnut Creek	S
16	Bristow, Virginia	Nissan Pavillion At Stoneridge	D
17	Camden, New Jersey	Sony Music Entertainment Center	S
18	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania	Coca Cola Star Lake Amphitheatre	S
20	Albany, New York	Pepsi Arena	D
22	Mansfield, Massachusetts	Tweeter Center For The Performing Arts	D
23	Mansfield, Massachusetts	Tweeter Center For The Performing Arts	S
24	Hartford, Connecticut	Meadows Music Theatre	D
26	New York City, New York	Tramps	B
27	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	D
28	Holmdel, New Jersey	PNC Bank Arts Center	S
30	Wantagh, New York	Jones Beach Amphitheatre	S
31	Wantagh, New York	Jones Beach Amphitheatre	D

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5.6.2 The songs

AB acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

		June
		5	6	7	9	11	12	13	14	16	18	19	20	22	25	26	27
Friend Of The Devil	AB	1			1						1
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB	2	2	2	2	2	2	2				2	2	2		2	2
Masters Of War	AB	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		4	3	3	3	3		3
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	AB	4
Tangled Up In Blue	AB	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Rank Strangers To Me	AB	6
Cold Irons Bound		7
Just Like A Woman		8	7		7		9	7				7	7	7		7
Not Dark Yet		9	9		9	9	7	9	13	9	9	9	9	9		9	9
Highway 61 Revisited		10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Love Sick		11	11	11	11	11	11	11		11		11		11
Maggie's Farm		12
Blowin' In The Wind	AB	13			13			13	15
The Sound Of Silence	AB	14		14		14	14				13		13		12		13
I Walk The Line	AB	15		15		15	15				14		14		13		14
Blue Moon Of Kentucky	AB	16		16		16	16				15		15		14		15
Forever Young	AB	17
Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie	AB		1												1
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB		4			4		4					4	4
All Along The Watchtower			6	6	6	6	6	6		6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again			8	8	8	8	8	8		8	8	8	8	8		8
Like A Rolling Stone			12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	11	12	11	12	10	11	11
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB		13	13			13		6	3	4	13			3	4	12
Not Fade Away			14		14			14	16	14		14	12	13		13
Cocaine Blues	AB			1					1	1							1
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB			4		13				13	12				11	12
Simple Twist Of Fate				7					10
Make You Feel My Love				9													7
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	AB			17		17	17				16		16		15		16
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	AB				4
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go	AB					1	1	1				1	1	1		1
Tryin' To Get To Heaven						7
Girl From The North Country	AB						4
My Back Pages	AB								2	2					2
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AB								3
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB								4
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AB								5
Down Along The Cove									7
Blind Willie McTell									8
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)									9
Can't Wait									11
Positively 4th Street										7
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AB										2
Lay Lady Lay											7
One Too Many Mornings	AB											4					4
Highlands															5
I Don't Believe You															7
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry															8
Desolation Row	AB																3
Watching The River Flow																	8

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SONG CHART – continued

				July
				2	3	4	6	7		9		10		11	13		14		16		17		18	20	22		23	24		26	27		28		30	31		S
	Friend Of The Devil		AB			1																						1								1		6
	Mr. Tambourine Man		AB	2				2		2		2			2		2		2		2		2				2				2				2			24
	Masters Of War		AB		3					3		3			3		3		3		3		3		3			3					3			3		25
	Tomorrow Is A Long Time		AB																									4										2
	Tangled Up In Blue		AB	5	5	5	5	5		5		4		5	4		4		4		5		5	5	4		5	5			5		5		5	4		36
	Rank Strangers To Me		AB																																			1
	Cold Irons Bound																																					1
	Just Like A Woman									7		8			7		7		7									7			8							16
	Not Dark Yet			9			10			9				11			9		9		9		9	9	9		9	9		11			9		9	9		30
	Highway 61 Revisited			10	10	10	14	10		10		10		12	10		10		10		10		10				10	10		12			10		10			34
	Love Sick						13							13																13								13
	Maggie's Farm																							8	8										8			4
	Blowin' In The Wind		AB		12	12		12		15				17					12				14	12			12	12		17	11		14			12		18
	The Sound Of Silence		AB			13		13				13			13				13					13	13			13			12					13		18
	I Walk The Line		AB																									14			13							10
	Blue Moon Of Kentucky		AB																									15			14							10
	Forever Young		AB																																	5		2
	Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie		AB		1																			1	1					1					1			7
	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue		AB		4					4							5		5				4															10
	All Along The Watchtower			6	6	6				6		7			6		8		6		6		6	6	6		6	6			7		6		6	6		32
	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again			8	8	8		8		8		9			8						8						8						8					22
	Like A Rolling Stone			11	11	11		11		11		11		14	11		11		11		11		11	11	11		11	11		14	10		11		11	11		36
	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right		AB	4	2	4									12												4											15
	Not Fade Away			13	13		16			13				16			13				13		13				13			16			13		13			21
	Cocaine Blues		AB				1			1																					1		1					8
	It Ain't Me, Babe		AB	12			15			12		12		15			12				12		12		12					15			12		12			18
	Simple Twist Of Fate																						7															3
	Make You Feel My Love			7	9	9		9													7																	7
	Knockin' On Heaven's Door		AB			16		16				16			16				16					16	16			16			15					16		17
	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll		AB												5																							2
	Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go		AB	1											1		1																					10
	Tryin' To Get To Heaven				7	7									9																							4
	Girl From The North Country		AB				6					5		6											5										4			6
	My Back Pages		AB			2								2										2	2			2					2			2		10
	Boots Of Spanish Leather		AB			3																								3								3
	Love Minus Zero/No Limit		AB				4	4													4										4							5
	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall		AB				3																								3							3
	Down Along The Cove											6																										2
	Blind Willie McTell																																					1
	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)													9																8								3
	Can't Wait																																					1
	Positively 4th Street																								7											7		3
	The Times They Are A-Changin'		AB					3																						2								3
	Lay Lady Lay													8													7											3
	One Too Many Mornings		AB																																			2
	Highlands																														6							2
	I Don't Believe You																																					1
	It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry																																					1
	Desolation Row		AB	3										3										3			3								3			6
	Watching The River Flow																																			8		2
	That'll Be The Day		AB			14		14				14			14				14					14	14											14		8
	The Wanderer		AB			15		15				15			15				15					15	15											15		8
	Mama, You Been On My Mind		AB				2																	4														2
	Silvio						7												8				8	10	10			8			9					10		8
	Man In The Long Black Coat						8																															1
	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight						9																	7														2
	Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues						11																															1
	Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat						12	6																														2
	Roving Gambler		AB					1																														1
	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)							7																														1
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35									14							6																					2
Somebody Touched Me		AB									1		1					1		1		1				1											6
To Ramona		AB											4																			4					2
Seeing The Real You At Last													7																6								2
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere													10																								1
John Brown		AB																											4								1
Visions Of Johanna		AB																											5								1
Ballad Of A Thin Man																													7								1
Every Grain Of Sand																													9								1
Tombstone Blues																													10								1
Alabama Getaway																													18								1
I Shall Be Released																													19								1
Lenny Bruce																																7					1
Shelter From The Storm																																		7			1

Total # of songs

13

13

16

16

16

15

16

17

16

13

16

13

14

16

16

13

16

19

15

14

13

16

575

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ALPHABETIC SONG CHART

					June
					5		6		7		9		11		12		13		14		16		18		19		20		22		25		26		27
	Alabama Getaway
	All Along The Watchtower						6		6		6		6		6		6				6		6		6		6		6		6		6		6
	Ballad Of A Thin Man
	Blind Willie McTell																		8
	Blowin' In The Wind		AB		13						13						13		15
	Blue Moon Of Kentucky		AB		16				16				16		16								15				15				14				15
	Boots Of Spanish Leather		AB																3
	Can't Wait																		11
	Cocaine Blues		AB						1										1		1														1
	Cold Irons Bound				7
	Desolation Row		AB																																3
	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right		AB				13		13						13				6		3		4		13						3		4		12
	Down Along The Cove																		7
	Every Grain Of Sand
	Forever Young		AB		17
	Friend Of The Devil		AB		1						1												1
	Girl From The North Country		AB												4
	Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go		AB										1		1		1								1		1		1				1
	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall		AB																5
	Highlands																														5
	Highway 61 Revisited				10		10		10		10		10		10		10		12		10		10		10		10		10		9		10		10
	I Don't Believe You																														7
	I Shall Be Released
	I Walk The Line		AB		15				15				15		15								14				14				13				14
	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
	It Ain't Me, Babe		AB						4				13								13		12								11		12
	It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry																														8
	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue		AB				4						4				4										4		4
	John Brown		AB
	Just Like A Woman				8		7				7				9		7								7		7		7				7
	Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
	Knockin' On Heaven's Door		AB						17				17		17								16				16				15				16
	Lay Lady Lay																						7
	Lenny Bruce
	Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
	Like A Rolling Stone						12		12		12		12		12		12		14		12		11		12		11		12		10		11		11
	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll		AB								4
	Love Minus Zero/No Limit		AB																4
	Love Sick				11		11		11		11		11		11		11				11				11				11
	Maggie's Farm				12
	Make You Feel My Love								9																										7
	Mama, You Been On My Mind		AB
	Man In The Long Black Coat
	Masters Of War		AB		3		3		3		3		3		3		3				4		3		3		3		3				3
	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)																		9
	Mr. Tambourine Man		AB		2		2		2		2		2		2		2								2		2		2				2		2
	My Back Pages		AB																2		2										2
	Not Dark Yet				9		9				9		9		7		9		13		9		9		9		9		9				9		9
	Not Fade Away						14				14						14		16		14				14		12		13				13
	Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie		AB				1																								1
	One Too Many Mornings		AB																						4										4
	Positively 4th Street																				7
	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
	Rank Strangers To Me		AB		6
	Roving Gambler		AB
	Seeing The Real You At Last
	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
	Shelter From The Storm
	Silvio
	Simple Twist Of Fate								7										10
Somebody Touched Me		AB
The Sound Of Silence		AB		14				14				14		14								13				13				12				13
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again						8		8		8		8		8		8				8		8		8		8		8				8
Tangled Up In Blue		AB		5		5		5		5		5		5		5				5		5		5		5		5		4		5		5
That'll Be The Day		AB
The Times They Are A-Changin'		AB																				2
To Ramona		AB
Tombstone Blues
Tomorrow Is A Long Time		AB		4
Tryin' To Get To Heaven												7
The Wanderer		AB
Watching The River Flow																																		8
Visions Of Johanna		AB
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Total # of songs				17		14		17		14		17		17		14		16		14		16		14		16		13		15		13		16

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ALPHABETIC SONG CHART – continued

					July
					2		3		4		6		7		9		10		11		13		14		16		17		18		20		22		23		24		26		27		28		30		31		S
	Alabama Getaway																																						18										1
	All Along The Watchtower				6		6		6						6		7				6		8		6		6		6		6		6		6		6				7		6		6		6		32
	Ballad Of A Thin Man																																						7										1
	Blind Willie McTell																																																1
	Blowin' In The Wind		AB				12		12				12		15				17						12				14		12				12		12		17		11		14				12		18
	Blue Moon Of Kentucky		AB																																		15				14								10
	Boots Of Spanish Leather		AB						3																														3										3
	Can't Wait																																																1
	Cocaine Blues		AB								1				1																										1		1						8
	Cold Irons Bound																																																1
	Desolation Row		AB		3														3												3				3										3				6
	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right		AB		4		2		4												12														4														15
	Down Along The Cove																6																																2
	Every Grain Of Sand																																						9										1
	Forever Young		AB																																												5		2
	Friend Of The Devil		AB						1																												1										1		6
	Girl From The North Country		AB								6						5		6														5												4				6
	Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go		AB		1																1		1																										10
	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall		AB								3																														3								3
	Highlands																																								6								2
	Highway 61 Revisited				10		10		10		14		10		10		10		12		10		10		10		10		10						10		10		12				10		10				34
	I Don't Believe You																																																1
	I Shall Be Released																																						19										1
	I Walk The Line		AB																																		14				13								10
	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight										9																				7																		2
	It Ain't Me, Babe		AB		12						15				12		12		15				12				12		12				12						15				12		12				18
	It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry																																																1
	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue		AB				4								4								5		5				4																				10
	John Brown		AB																																				4										1
	Just Like A Woman														7		8				7		7		7												7				8								16
	Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues										11																																						1
	Knockin' On Heaven's Door		AB						16				16				16				16				16						16		16				16				15						16		17
	Lay Lady Lay																		8																7														3
	Lenny Bruce																																										7						1
	Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat										12		6																																				2
	Like A Rolling Stone				11		11		11				11		11		11		14		11		11		11		11		11		11		11		11		11		14		10		11		11		11		36
	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll		AB																		5																												2
	Love Minus Zero/No Limit		AB								4		4														4														4								5
	Love Sick										13								13																				13										13
	Maggie's Farm																														8		8												8				4
	Make You Feel My Love				7		9		9				9														7																						7
	Mama, You Been On My Mind		AB								2																				4																		2
	Man In The Long Black Coat										8																																						1
	Masters Of War		AB				3								3		3				3		3		3		3		3				3				3						3				3		25
	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)																		9																				8										3
	Mr. Tambourine Man		AB		2								2		2		2				2		2		2		2		2						2						2				2				24
	My Back Pages		AB						2										2												2		2				2						2				2		10
	Not Dark Yet				9						10				9				11				9		9		9		9		9		9		9		9		11				9		9		9		30
	Not Fade Away				13		13				16				13				16				13				13		13						13				16				13		13				21
	Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie		AB				1																								1		1						1						1				7
	One Too Many Mornings		AB																																														2
	Positively 4th Street																																7														7		3
	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35														14								6																										2
	Rank Strangers To Me		AB																																														1
	Roving Gambler		AB										1																																				1
	Seeing The Real You At Last																		7																				6										2
	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)												7																																				1
	Shelter From The Storm																																												7				1
	Silvio										7														8				8		10		10				8				9						10		8
	Simple Twist Of Fate																												7																				3
Somebody Touched Me		AB														1		1						1		1		1						1														6
The Sound Of Silence		AB						13				13				13				13				13						13		13				13				12						13		18
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again				8		8		8				8		8		9				8						8								8								8						22
Tangled Up In Blue		AB		5		5		5		5		5		5		4		5		4		4		4		5		5		5		4		5		5				5		5		5		4		36
That'll Be The Day		AB						14				14				14				14				14						14		14														14		8
The Times They Are A-Changin'		AB										3																										2										3
To Ramona		AB																4																								4						2
Tombstone Blues																																						10										1
Tomorrow Is A Long Time		AB																																		4												2
Tryin' To Get To Heaven						7		7												9																												4
The Wanderer		AB						15				15				15				15				15						15		15														15		8
Watching The River Flow																																														8		2
Visions Of Johanna		AB																																				5										1
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere																		10																														1

Total # of songs

13

13

16

16

16

15

16

17

16

13

16

13

14

16

16

13

16

19

15

14

13

16

575

Duets with Paul Simon and his band

	June							July
	6	9	13	16	19	22	26	2	3	9	14	17	18	23	28	30
The Sound Of Silence	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
I Walk The Line / Blue Moon Of Kentucky	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2					2
Forever Young	3
Knockin' On Heaven's Door		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
That’ll Be The Day / The Wanderer										2	2	2	2
I Walk The Line															2	2
The Wanderer															3	3

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5.6.3 Statistics

Shows:

Number of shows:	38
Number of circulating shows:
Number of circulating & complete shows:
Number of unique shows[1]:	38
Number of different shows[2]:	38
Number of different songs[3]:	74
Number of unique songs[4]:	74
Number of performed songs:	575
Mean number of performed songs:	15
Variation[5]:	4.9

Songs:

	# of		# of
	songs	%	perf.	%
Electric	39	52.7	269	46.8
Acoustic w band	35	47.3	306	53.2
Albums	59	79.7	457	79.5
Singles	1	1.4	3	0.5
Outtakes	1	1.4	1	0.2
Covers	13	17.6	114	19.8

5.6.4 Comments

Denver, Colorado 5 June	This was a warm up show for Dylan with Paul Simon as “surprise guest” for the last three songs. This was the only time they performed Forever Young together. It was replaced by Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door for the rest of the tour.
Vancouver, British Columbia 11 June	Live debut of Hallelujah, I’m Ready To Go
Eugene, Oregon 14 June	Live debut of Down Along The Cove.
Chula Vista, California 25 June	Live debut of Highlands.
New York City, New York 30 June	Crossroads Centre Benefit in Madison Square Garden.
Maryland Heights, Missouri 10 July	Live debut of Somebody Touched Me.

Guests:

Elvis Costello plays guitar and sings on the last song, I Shall Be Released at the show at Tramps in New York City, New York 26 July.

Selected BobTalk

(for more BobTalk please refer to the session pages)

We played that last song for everybody here who doesn’t know anybody. (after Rank Strangers To Me in Denver, Colorado 5 June).

That was a song about water. I had to play that. I was talkin’ to Neil Young yesterday actually. He said “there’s no cool music”. I said “Neil, put your radio in the refrigerator”. (after Watching The River Flow in Phoenix, Arizona 27 June).

Recommended shows

Denver, Colorado 5 June, Portland, Oregon 12 June, Camden, New Jersey 17 July, New York City, New York 26 and 27 July.

Tapes

There are good and complete audience tapes from all shows.

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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