1981 Europe Summer Tour

Still On The Road

1981 EUROPE SUMMER TOUR

Previous 1981 US Summer Tour

Next 1981 US and Canada Fall Tour

June

21	Toulouse, France	Stade Municipal des Minimes
23	Colombes, France	Stade de Colombes
26	London, England	Earls Court
27	London, England	Earls Court
28	London, England	Earls Court
29	London, England	Earls Court
30	London, England	Earls Court

July

1	London, England	Earls Court
4	Birmingham, England	International Arena, National Exhibition Center
5	Birmingham, England	International Arena, National Exhibition Center
8	Stockholm, Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
9	Drammen, Norway	Drammenshallen
10	Drammen, Norway	Drammenshallen
12	Copenhagen, Denmark	Brøndby-Hallen
14	Bad Segeberg, West Germany	Freileichttheater
15	Bad Segeberg, West Germany	Freileichttheater
17	Loreley, West Germany	Freileichtbühne
18	Mannheim, West Germany	Eisstadion
19	Munich, West Germany	Olympiahalle
20	Munich, West Germany	Olympiahalle
21	Vienna, Austria	Stadthalle
23	Basel, Switzerland	Sporthalle St. Jakob
25	Avignon, France	Palace des Sports

6290	Stade Municipal des Minimes
	Toulouse, France
	21 June 1981

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger)

12.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

13.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)
	Please Be Patient With Me (?)

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Mr. Tambourine Man

16.

Solid Rock

17.

Just Like A Woman

18.

Watered-Down Love

19.

Forever Young

20.

Masters Of War

21.

When You Gonna Wake Up

22.

In The Garden

—

23.

Blowin' In The Wind

24.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

First concert of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #5.

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Willie Smith (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals).

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

24 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. We're gonna slow it down some with Regina McCrary from Nashville, Tennessee, a voluntary state! She's gonna sing a song called Gonna Keep On Falling In Love Until I Get It Right.

Thank you, that was an animal song, this is a farm song. (before Maggie's Farm)

We just recorded a new album. Does anybody out there speak English? Right, this is on our new album we just did it's called Dead Man Dead Man When Will You Arise.

I wish you'd said that before. What key is that in? (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

.... three long years, name’s Carolyn Dennis. She came here with me before she's gonna sing a song, same song she sang last time, called Walking Around Heaven All Day. Carolyn Dennis.

All right here's another new song recently recorded on our forthcoming album. Should be released by (....). Anyway it's called Watered Down Love. You don't want a love that's pure. You wanna drown love, you want a watered-down love.

Thank you. Merci Beaucoup! We enjoyed playing for you tonight. I hope you heard something that you came to hear. Over on the left there is Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec. On the keyboards tonight, I think William S. Smith from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On guitars, Fred Tackett and Steve Ripley. I'm not gonna say which one's which! On the drums Jimmy Lee Keltner from Tulsa Oklahoma. If you ever come over to the United States you come and see us now. We're always playing around someplace over there. Anyway on the bass guitar of course, Mr. Tim Drummond from Cincinnati, Ohio. See you again! (at the end of In The Garden)

Official release

10 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Two: Live, Columbia 88985454652-2, 3 November 2017

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

Clydie King did not perform this evening.

by Antenne 2 TV, France, 22 June 1981 as follows:

16 2:19 minutes, 17= 1;05 minutes,18 = 14' seconds.

16 & 17 partly broadcast by ORF-TV, Austria, in Die Zeit Vergeht, 8 January 1982 as follows:

16 1:47 seconds 17 34' seconds.

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

10 stereo PA recording, 4 minutes

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Audience video recording, 60 minutes.

Session info updated 28 January 2021.

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6300	Stade de Colombes
	Colombes, France
	23 June 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

Mr. Tambourine Man

12.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

13.

Let It Be Me (Pierre Delanoé/Gilbert Bécoud/Mann Curtis)

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Solid Rock

16.

Just Like A Woman

17.

Masters Of War

18.

Watered-Down Love

19.

What Can I Do For You?

20.

When You Gonna Wake Up

21.

In The Garden

—

22.

Blowin' In The Wind

23.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Second concert of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #6.

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Willie Smith (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals).

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan (piano & vocal), Clydie King (shared vocal).

23 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

Notes

· Live debut of Let It Be Me.

· This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

BobTalk

Merci Beaucoup! Thank you very much. We're gonna slow things down here some. This is Regina McCrary from Nashville Tennessee. Where they make all them country and western records. She's gonna sing a song for you called, what you gonna sing tonight Regina? Keep On Falling? Keep On Falling In Love Until I Get It Right.

Thank you. We're gonna do another animal song here. Kind of different, different kind of animal. This animal, this is a man animal. (before Maggie's Farm)

Thank you. We have a new song we recently recorded about a month ago. Called ....., should be coming out sometime soon. if you know exactly when, you call up the record company I record for. whatever one that is today. actually, that is CBS records. Anyway, this song should be on that album, I hope it is anyway. It's called Dead Man Dead Man When Will You Arise.

I'm gonna turn the stage over right now to Carolyn Dennis. Girl who's been with me now for oh, maybe 4...., 4 or 5 years. Came here last time I came here. She was with me, Carolyn Dennis. She's gonna sing a song called Walking Around Heaven All Day.

Thank you. We're gonna do another new song. This song is uhh, I don't know if any of you ever heard of a comedian named Lenny Bruce? Anybody ever heard of him? Anyway this is about err, one day I was just outside, just wrote this song in about five minutes.

Merci. This is another song off that forthcoming album, called Shot Of Love. This is called Watered-Down Love. You don't want a love that's pure, you want a drowned love, you want a watered-down love.

Thank you. Merci, Merci, and another Merci. Merci beaucoup. I wanna introduce these girls over here. Fine girls, you have to go a long ways to hear singers as good as that, you know that. Anyway on the left, you met this young girl earlier. Actually she's not so young! Miss Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. You met this young girl earlier from Nashville, Tennessee. All the way from Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. Standing next to her is Clydie King. The man over here is playing the keyboards all night long. He may stay here and play keyboards all for you when we're gone. Anyway, from Birmingham, Alabama, Willie Smith. On the guitars tonight, Fred Tackett, Steve Ripley. On the bass, Tim Drummond. On the drums, Jimmy Lee Keltner from Tulsa, Oklahoma. I tell you we came a long way. And it hasn't been easy to recover from that trip either. So we're gonna go now. If you ever come over to the States, the United States, you come and see us; we’re usually playing some place all the time. Somewhere. You drive safely now. Be good. Be good, yeah! (during the end of In The Garden)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

Live debut of Let It Be Me.

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

3 new songs (13%) compared to previous concert. 3 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 145 minutes.

Audience video recording, 18 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6310	Earls Court
	London, England
	26 June 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

Mr. Tambourine Man

12.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

13.

Abraham, Martin And John (Dick Holler)

14.

Barbara Allen (trad.)

15.

Lenny Bruce

16.

Just Like A Woman

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Forever Young

19.

Watered-Down Love

20.

What Can I Do For You?

21.

Masters Of War

22.

When You Gonna Wake Up

23.

In The Garden

—

24.

Blowin' In The Wind

25.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Third concert of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #7.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan (piano & vocal), Clydie King (shared vocal).

25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you, This is another song about animals. I wanna say hello to Max Jones if he's here tonight. Mr. Max Jones.

Thank you. This is a new song we just did about a month ago. I don't know when it'll be released. It's called Dead Man Dead Man When Will You Arise.

Thank you. I wanna hand things over now to Carolyn Dennis. Girl who's been with me now for about four years. She came with me last time. She was here with me. And I know you liked her and you'll love her now. Anyway, its Carolyn Dennis is gonna sing a song for you called Walking Around Heaven All Day.

Oh, people have always ..., last few years they've been asking me "sing an old song". There's a whole lot of people that love to live in the past. I do it some times myself. Anyhow, this is a real old song. I used to sing this song before I wrote any songs. I'll try this, don't do this too often any more, but I'll try it anyway. (plays Barbara Allen) Thank you. I used to sing that at the Troubadour Club, I don't know if it's still there. It used to be there. Anyway, this is another song just recently recorded. About a comedian named Lenny Bruce. I don't know why, sometimes I write these songs. This song I decided to keep. I wrote this in about two minutes. I figured well, if it's that easy I should keep it. So I'll keep this song.

Thank you. This is a song that we recently recorded, may come out soon, I hope. Called you don't want a love that's pure, you wanna drown love, you want a Watered Down Love.

Thank you. We gotta get out of here now. I know you wanna know who all these young ladies are up here. On the left you met earlier Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec, Regina McCrary, Clydie King. On the organ, keyboards tonight, all the way from Portsmouth, Virginia. He had to swim across the English Channel to get here, arrived early this morning, Willie Smith. On guitars, Fred Tackett, Steve Ripley. On the drums tonight from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jim Keltner. Bass guitar, Tim Drummond. I hope we played something that you came to hear. I know I've written a lot of songs so I know I must have left something out. I hope I put something in. (at the end of In The Garden)

Bootlegs

Footsteps ’81. LP

Gospel Rock And More. White Wonder LP.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

4 new songs (16%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 150 minutes.

Audience video recording, 21 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6320	Earls Court
	London, England
	27 June 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

I Don't Believe You

Dead Man, Dead Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

11.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

13.

Lenny Bruce

14.

Mr. Tambourine Man

15.

Solid Rock

16.

Just Like A Woman

17.

Watered-Down Love

18.

Forever Young

19.

When You Gonna Wake Up

20.

In The Garden

—

21.

Blowin' In The Wind

22.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

23.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 4 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #8.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

22 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. Here's a song we just recently recorded called Dead Man Dead Man When Will You Arise.

I want to say there's a man sitting there in the third row staring at me all night with binoculars. He's at the wrong end of the binoculars. I don't see him down there now. (before Solid Rock)

Thank you. This is a new song off this new record, so called new album. Should be out soon. It’s called Watered Down Love. You don't want a love that's pure, you wanna drown love, you want a watered-down Love.

Thank you. I called George Harrison, he's an old friend of mine. He was out in his garden. So I wanna dedicate this to him. (before In The Garden)

All right, I wanna introduce you to the lady on the far left. That's Carolyn Dennis, who you heard earlier, Carolyn Dennis. Oh that's really great. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. Standing next to her is Regina McCrary. Standing next to her is Clydie King. Standing next to her is Tim Drummond. I think that's all the band I'm gonna introduce tonight. Does anybody care who's playing the keyboards? From Portsmouth, Virginia, Leon Russell! Actually that's Willie Smith. On guitars, Fred Tackett and Steve Ripley. Another part on the keyboards, Willie Smith. On the drums tonight, a legend in his own time, played on a lot of hit records. I'm sure you've heard of him. What was that last hit record you played on? Woolly Bully! Anyway, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jim Lee Keltner. Well, we gotta get out of here now, pleased to see you. I hope that we played something that you came to hear. If not, we're gonna be here tomorrow night, and the next night and the night after that. You're bound to hear something that you know one of the nights. We'll see you again. (at the end of In The Garden)

Bootlegs

Footsteps ’81. LP

Gospel Rock And More. White Wonder LP.

Official releases

1-3, 5-10 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Seven: Live in London – June 27 1980, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

11-23 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Eight: Live in London – June 27 1980, Columbia 88985454652-8, 3 November 2017

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

4 new songs (17%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 140 minutes.

Audience video recording, 21 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6330	Earls Court
	London, England
	28 June 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Dead Man, Dead Man

Ballad of a Thin Man

10.

Girl from the North Country

11.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

Mary From The Wild Moor (trad.)

13.

All Along The Watchtower

14.

In The Summertime

15.

Mr. Tambourine Man

16.

Solid Rock

17.

Just Like A Woman

18.

Watered-Down Love

19.

Forever Young

20.

When You Gonna Wake Up

21.

In The Garden

—

22.

Blowin' In The Wind

23.

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

24.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 5 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #9.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

12 Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal), Regina McCrary (shared vocal), Fred Tackett (mandolin).

23 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you, Maggie's Farm. I think it still exists. (after Maggie's Farm)

This is a new song off a forthcoming record album. I hope it's on the album anyway. It's called Dead Man, Dead Man When Will You Arise. I wrote quite a few new songs I thought I'd play them because I don't know how much longer I'll be playing new songs. People wanna hear the old songs. I was thinking of cutting out all the new songs. So I can play, I'm gonna play just older stuff. This time here in London I'm gonna play all the new songs so in case they never get heard again. Dead Man, Dead Man When Will You Arise.

Thank you. We gonna play you another, this is Carolyn Dennis. Who's gonna sing a song called Walking Around Heaven All Day. Carolyn Dennis. [Carolyn Dennis: "I'd like to dedicate this to Bob and all the members in the band and especially Miss Clydie King."]

We're gonna play a real old song here. A song I used to sing before I used to write any songs. I used to sing this in the Troubadour. I don't know if that club is still called The Troubadour? Well it's the same way we used to sing it then, hasn't changed a bit. (before Mary From The Wild Moor)

Thank you. Thank you for coming tonight. I wanna introduce the lady on the lady on the left one more time, Miss Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec, Regina McCrary, Clydie King. On the keyboards tonight, Willie Smith. Playing the guitars tonight, on my right, Fred Tackett, playing the other guitar is Steve Ripley. On the bass guitar tonight, from Cincinnati Ohio, the walls of Jericho, Tim Drummond. On the drums, a legend in his own time for real, Jim Keltner. All right now, I hope we can come back here next year. I know we'll be here tomorrow night and the night after that. We can't come over here enough. Thank you. (at the end of In The Garden)

Bootlegs

Footsteps ’81. LP

Gospel Rock And More. White Wonder LP.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

5 new songs (20%) compared to previous concert. 4 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 145 minutes.

Audience video recording, 40 minutes.

Session info updated 2 July 2021.

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6340	Earls Court
	London, England
	29 June 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

13.

All Along The Watchtower

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Mr. Tambourine Man

16.

Solid Rock

17.

Just Like A Woman

18.

In The Summertime

19.

Masters Of War

20.

Forever Young

21.

When You Gonna Wake Up

22.

In The Garden

—

23.

Blowin' In The Wind

24.

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

25.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 6 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #10.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

24 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you! We’re gonna gonna take things down down here just a little bit ….this is Regina McCrary from Nashville Tennessee She’s gonna sing a song for you called ‘Keep On Falling In Love Until I Get It Right’.

Here's another animal song. It's about a man animal. (before Maggie's Farm)

This is a new song that we’ve been working on, trying to get it right, called Dead Man, Dead Man When Will You Arise.

Thank you! I’m gonna turn the stage over here to Miss Carolyn Denis a singer who’s been singing with me for about four years now. She came last time I was her, she was here with me to. I think she sang the same song … she’s gonna sing a song called ‘Walking Around Heaven All Day’ … Carolyn Dennis.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. On the far left over there a lady you met earlier. Carolyn Dennis. Carolyn Dennis from Savannah, Georgia. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. Next to her, from Nashville, Tennessee of course, is Regina McCrary. Well, we hope that we played something that you came to hear. I know I wrote so many songs that I can't possibly play them all, but we're gonna be here tonight and tomorrow night so if we didn't play some thing you came to hear tonight we may be doing it tomorrow night or the next night. And if we don't do it then I hope we come back next year. I forgot to introduce Clydie King who walked out. Clydie. Get Clydie to come back out. This girl really is a genius, I wanna introduce Clydie King. On the keyboards tonight, from Portsmouth, Virginia, been here many times, he's almost English actually. Willie Smith. An on the guitars tonight, Fred Tackett and Steve Ripley. Playing the bass guitar tonight, from Cincinnati, Ohio, Tim Drummond. He loves to play it. On the drums, a legend in his own time, for real, Jim Lee Keltner. Goodnight now! (at the end of In The Garden)

Thank you. All right, I wanna thank you! You're making me nervous! This must be a dream. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Bootlegs

Footsteps ’81. LP

Gospel Rock And More. White Wonder LP.

Bird's Nest In Your Hair. Rattlesnake 006/007.

Official releases

11 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Two: Live, Columbia 88985454652-2, 3 November 2017

11 released on The Best of The Bootleg Series, Columbia/Legacy Recordings, 2 October 2020, digitally available through streaming or as download from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Qobuz.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

4 new songs (16%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

11 stereo PA recording, 6 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 145 minutes.

Audience video recording, 80 minutes.

Session info updated 18 October 2020.

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6350	Earls Court
	London, England
	30 June 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson))
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

Forever Young


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

Abraham, Martin And John (Dick Holler)

13.

Slow Train

14.

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

15.

In The Summertime

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Just Like A Woman

19.

Watered-Down Love

20.

What Can I Do For You?

21.

All Along The Watchtower

22.

Lenny Bruce

23.

When You Gonna Wake Up

24.

In The Garden

—

25.

Blowin' In The Wind

26.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

27.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 7 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #11.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

12 Bob Dylan (piano & vocal), Clydie King (shared vocal).

26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. This is another animal song I wrote, a long time ago. It's about the man animal. (before Maggie's Farm)

Thank you. This is a new song we recently recorded, called Dead Man, Dead Man When Will You Arise.

Thank you. I wanna introduce the man on the keyboards tonight, from Portsmouth, Virginia, give him a big hand, Willie Smith. Standing next to him, on the guitar, Fred Tackett. Standing next to him, on the other guitar, Steve Ripley. On the left over there, the girl you met earlier, Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her. Madelyn Quebec. Right, Regina McCrary, Clydie King. Standing next to her, Tim Drummond. Well, I hope you heard something that you came to hear. (....) Hard to judge how we're doing by these monitors on stage. Hard to tell what is coming across out there. Anyway, on the drums, a man who's truly a legend in his own lifetime. Not only his lifetime, but plenty other peoples’ lifetime. On the drums, ladies and gentlemen. from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jimmy Lee Keltner. Ha-ha. I'd like to introduce all you people to, but I don't know your names. All right. Thank you. (at the end of In The Garden)

Bootlegs

Footsteps ’81. LP

Gospel Rock And More. White Wonder LP.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

5 new songs (18%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 155 minutes.

Audience video recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6360	Earls Court
	London, England
	1 July 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Here Comes The Sun (George Harrison)

Girl From The North Country

Dead Man, Dead Man

10.

Simple Twist Of Fate

11.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

12.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

13.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

14.

Shot Of Love

15.

Lenny Bruce

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Just Like A Woman

19.

We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger)

20.

Masters Of War

21.

Forever Young

22.

Heart Of Mine

23.

Watered-Down Love

24.

When You Gonna Wake Up

25.

In The Garden

—

26.

Blowin' In The Wind

27.

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

28.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 8 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #12.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

22 Bob Dylan (organ).

27 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Regina McCrary: Yes, you can put your hands together with us tonight! (before Show Me the Way)

Thank you. Ha! We're going to keep on with this song by Regina McCrary from Nashville, Tennesse,

who's going to sing a song called "Keep Falling in Love Until I Get it Right".

Thank you. That was the latest animal song that I wrote. This is the first animal song I ever wrote. (after Man Gave Names To All The Animals)

This is a new song we just recorded about a month ago. Should be out in about a year or so. Called Dead Man, Dead Man When Will You Arise.

Thank you very much. I want to turn the stage over here right now to Carolyn Dennis, who's been with me for four years, she was with me the last time with me. She's going to sing a song called "Walking Around Heaven All Day". Carolyn Dennis! (before Walk Around Heaven All Day)

Thank you. All right, that was Clydie King. We're gonna try a song off this new album of ours. Forthcoming, so called new album.[Audience Lay, Lady, Lay!!!] Uh? OK, we'll try and do that later. Anyway, this is the main title song called Shot Of Love. We ain't done this before outside of the aeroplane but we’re gonna try it.

Thank you. I wanna do a Dave Mason song, just because I like Dave Mason songs. I don't wanna leave you without doing one Dave Mason song. Which one are we gonna do? (before We Just Disagree)

All right, we're gonna try to sing our new hit single. I'm told they played it on the radio. Anyway.We'll try to do the best that we know, the best we can. Let's go.(before Heart of Mine)

All right. I won't do that again. This is the last time. Anyway this one here's a little easier, it's called "Watered-Down Love". "You don't want a love that's pure, you wanna drown love, you want a watered-down love". One, two, three, four.

Thank you. Thank you very much for coming here. I wanna introduce to the fellow playing keyboards all night long. On the keyboards, William T Smith from, Portsmouth, Virginia. It’s the first time out of the country for him. Well, over left next to him, You met this girl already, Carolyn Dennis. All these girls can sing, you know that. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. On the guitars tonight, Fred Tackett. And don't jump all over yourself now. On the lead guitar, Steve Ripley. Young lady on the left is Regina McCrary. Standing next to her is Clydie King. We try to play a whole lot of stuff when we're here just now, but I know we left some things out. If we come back, we'll do those. I wish we were going to be here tomorrow, we could do all the stuff we started doing ..., left out. Anyway, ... oh well, thank you. Ha-ha! On the bass guitar tonight, he-he, you're gonna have to go out a long way to hurt me! On bass guitar is Tim Drummond. And on the drums, you know who's on the drums by now, no really, I think this band’s one of the best ever, what do you think? [loud cheers] I get tired of reading things I don't like. I sometimes like to ask you what you think. Anyway, on the drums from Tulsa, Oklahoma, by way of San Antonio, Texas, Mr. Jim Keltner. I wanna thank you once again. Goodnight. (at the end of In The Garden)

Sounds as well as to be born again! (after Blowin' in the Wind)

Bootlegs

Footsteps ’81. LP

Gospel Rock And More. White Wonder LP.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

Live debuts of Shot Of Love and Heart Of Mine.

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

The statement “you're gonna have to go out a long way to hurt me!” was prompted the following incident. A bottle was thrown from the front of the audience, presumably by a drunk intolerant of Bob's "Born Again" songs. The bottle hit Dylan’s guitar. The noise can be heard on the recording.

7 new songs (25%) compared to previous concert. 3 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 160 minutes.

Audience video recording, 55 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6370	White House Hotel
	London, England
	2 July 1981


	Interview by Dave Herman.

Note. Broadcast on WNEW-FM Radio, New York City, New York, 21 July 1981.

Official releases

Released on promotional album DYLAN LONDON INTERVIEW JULY 1981, Columbia AS 1259, September 1981.

Fragments released on UP CLOSE: BOB DYLAN, Media America Up Close 89-23, 30 October 1989.

Fragments released on Interactive Music CD–ROM Highway 61 Interactive, Columbia/Graphix Zone CDAC 085700, February 1995.

Reference

The Fiddler Now Upspoke, Volume 1, Desolation Row Promotions, pages 241-250..

Notes

Broadcast on WNEW-FM Radio, New York City, New York, 21 July 1981.

Mono recording, 33 minutes.

Session info updated 27 October 2015.

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6380	International Arena
	National Exhibition Center
	Birmingham, England
	4 July 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

Forever Young

12.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

13.

Lenny Bruce

14.

All Along The Watchtower

15.

What Can I Do For You?

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Just Like A Woman

19.

Heart Of Mine

20.

Barbara Allen (trad.)

21.

Masters Of War

22.

When You Gonna Wake Up

23.

In The Summertime

24.

In The Garden

—

25.

Blowin' In The Wind

26.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

27.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 9 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #13.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

19 Bob Dylan (organ).

26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. I hope you can hear us. This is Regina McCrary. She's from Nashville, Tennessee. She’s gonna sing a song called, what? Keep On Falling In Love Till I Get It Right.

Thank you, this is another what you call animal song. I'm gonna record a whole album pretty soon of animal songs. (before Maggie's Farm)

This is a new song off our new record called Dead Man, Dead Man When Will You Arise. This is a song about myself. I was walking right down the road about ten or twelve years ago now. I just recall I wrote this song while looking into the mirror. Dead Man, Dead Man When Will You Arise.

Thank you. Thank you, that was Slow Train Coming. I wanna introduce a young lady to you right now who's been with me for about four or five years. Miss Carolyn Dennis. She was here with me last time, this time she's gonna sing a song called Walking Around Heaven All Day. Carolyn Dennis.

Thank you. That was a song that's just been released. This is an old song that I used to sing a long time ago. I think it's an old folk ballad of some kind. Scottish ballad or English ballad. One of those ballads. See if I can do it like I used to do it. (before Barbara Allen)

Thank you for coming down here tonight. I wanna introduce the lady on my left one more time, Miss Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. Standing next to her is Regina McCrary. Standing next to her is Clydie King. On the keyboards tonight, give him a big hand ladies and gentlemen, he deserves it, Willie Smith. Like you did before. Standing next to him on guitar ,Fred Tackett. Next to him, Steve Ripley. I know the Devil’s confused tonight. Anyway, on my left on the bass guitar from Cincinnati, Ohio. A real warm bass guitar player in the world, last and left, Tim Drummond. On the drums, a man who's played with me in spirit forever really, Jim Keltner. Oh, we’ve gonna have to get out now. I hope we can come back again next year. I know we'll be here tomorrow night. Then we'll be back sometime again soon to. Goodnight. (at the end of In The Garden)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

6 new songs (22%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6390	International Arena
	National Exhibition Center
	Birmingham, England
	5 July 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Simple Twist Of Fate

10.

Watered-Down Love

11.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

Lenny Bruce

13.

Mr. Tambourine Man

14.

Solid Rock

15.

Just Like A Woman

16.

Heart Of Mine

17.

What Can I Do For You?

18.

Masters Of War

19.

When You Gonna Wake Up

20.

In The Garden

—

21.

City Of Gold

22.

It Ain't Me, Babe

23.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 10 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #14.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

16 Bob Dylan (organ).

22 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

Note. This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

BobTalk

Thank you. Like A Rolling Stone. I wanna introduce Regina McCrary, a young girl I met in Nashville, Tennessee a bunch of years back. She's gonna sing a song for you called Keep On Falling In Love Until I Get It Right.

Thank you. Man Gave Names To All The Animals. You wanna know why he did it.

Thank you. You people are too kind. Right now, we get it, sometimes it's too slow, sometimes it's too fast. But I'm gonna try to get this one just right in the middle. (before Solid Rock)

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming here now. On the left over there I wanna introduce to you one more time, Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her, Madelyn Quebec. Regina McCrary, Clydie King. On the keyboards tonight, from ..., I think he's from Portsmouth, Virginia, ladies and gentlemen Willie T Smith. Booker T Smith, I'm sorry. On the guitar, Fred Tackett, Fred Tackett. On the other guitar, Steve Ripley. On the drums, give him a hand, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jim Keltner. On the bass guitar, the last of the best, Mr. Tim Drummond. Actually we got a band of the last of the best, and the best of the last. I wanna thank you for bearing with me tonight. I hope to see you when we come back sometime. I sure hope we can do that. (at the end of In The Garden)

Bootleg

Bob Dylan Is The One. Rock Rebel 07/08.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

4 new songs (17%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Session info updated 14 June 2018.

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6400	Johanneshovs Isstadion
	Stockholm, Sweden
	8 July 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)

She Belongs To Me

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

Girl From The North Country

12.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

13.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

14.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

15.

Lenny Bruce

16.

All Along The Watchtower

17.

What Can I Do For You?

18.

Solid Rock

19.

Mr. Tambourine Man

20.

Just Like A Woman

21.

Watered-Down Love

22.

When You Gonna Wake Up

23.

In The Garden

—

24.

Blowin' In The Wind

25.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

26.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 11 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #15.

1, 2, 25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

6 Regina McCrary (vocal).

14 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

BobTalk

Thank you. I wanna introduce to you right now Regina McCrary. A young lady she been singing with me for awhile [man in the audience. LAY LADY LAY] "Lay Lady Lay" Oh! Ha-Ha! Yeah, I will play it, if you'll sing it. OK, this is Regina McCrary, she's from Nashville, Tennessee, where it's hot and humid, and she's gonna sing a song called [girl in the audience. WE LIKE YOU] Gonna Keep On Falling In Love, Jesus likes us too!, Until I Get It Right. And she's about to do that any time now.

Thank you. I wanna introduce another young lady singer. She's been singing with me now for about five years. Every place I go she sings with me. This is Carolyn Dennis. She's gonna sing a song called Walking Around Heaven All Day Carolyn Dennis.

Thank you, we gonna say goodnight now. I hope we played something that you came to hear. If we played something that you came to hear applaud. Ha-ha. And if we didn't play something you came to hear, applaud. I guess we played enough On the left, you met this young lady earlier, you'll probably see her again many times, Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. On the keyboards tonight, a young man I'm sure you'll hear a lot more from, Mr. William Smith. From Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. On one guitar, the brown one, Fred Tackett. On the other guitar, Steve Ripley. From, from Dallas, Texas, Clydie King. From Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the drums, Jim Keltner. On the bass guitar, Tim Drummond. I wanna thank you for inviting us to come. I hope you’ll invite us back. Goodnight! (at the end of In The Garden)

All right, thank you! I saw, I saw somebody on television last night play this song. I'm gonna try to do it as good as he did it.(before It's All Over Now, Baby Blue)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

The artist Bob Dylan saw on Swedish television was Mikael Wiehe.

7 new songs (26%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 14 June 2018.

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6410	Drammenshallen
	Drammen, Norway
	9 July 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Dead Man, Dead Man

Girl From The North Country

10.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

11.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

12.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

13.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

14.

All Along The Watchtower

15.

Lenny Bruce

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Just Like A Woman

19.

Jesus Is The One

20.

Heart Of Mine

21.

Masters Of War

22.

When You Gonna Wake Up

23.

In The Garden

—

24.

Blowin' In The Wind

25.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

26.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 12 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #16.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

20 Bob Dylan (organ).

25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you, This is Regina McCrary I wanna introduce to you now. She's a girl I met in Nashville, Tennessee about, oh, I forget how long. How long ago was it? Oh 2 years. 22 years ago I met this young lady in Nashville, Tennessee. She's gonna sing a song for you now called Keep On Falling In Love Until I Get It Right. Regina McCrary.

I wanna thank you for helping us out tonight. On my left over there is Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. Regina McCrary. Playing keyboards tonight is Willie Smith. On guitar, Fred Tackett. On vocals and cowbell, Clydie King. On guitar, a young man I'm sure you're gonna hear a lot from, Mr. Steve Ripley. Bass guitar, the last of the best, Mr. Tim Drummond. On the drums, the best of the last, Jimmy Lee Keltner. (at the end of In The Garden)

Official release

22 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc One: Live, Columbia 88985454652-2, 3 November 2017

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

Live debut of Jesus Is The One.

Fragment of 1 broadcast by Norwegian TV 10 July1981.

5 new songs (19%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

22 stereo PA recording, 6 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Session info updated 27 May 2021.

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6420	Drammenshallen
	Drammen, Norway
	10 July 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

10.

In The Summertime

11.

Slow Train


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

13.

Lenny Bruce

14.

Mr. Tambourine Man

15.

Solid Rock

16.

Just Like A Woman

17.

Forever Young

18.

Jesus Is The One

19.

Heart Of Mine

20.

When You Gonna Wake Up

21.

In The Garden

—

22.

Blowin' In The Wind

23.

It Ain't Me, Babe

24.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 13 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #17.

5 Regina McCrary (vocal).

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

19 Bob Dylan (organ).

1, 23 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen for coming out tonight. I wanna introduce these young ladies to you. On my left one more time, Carolyn Dennis, Madelyn Quebec, Regina McCrary, Clydie King. Playing the keyboards tonight, from Portsmouth, Virginia, William Smith. On guitar from Paris, France, Fred Tackett. From Copenhagen on guitar Steve Ripley. Ha-ha. On the bass guitar tonight, one of the last bass guitar players left in the world, ladies and gentlemen, Tim Drummond. He's got one of the last bass guitars around that's why. On the drums, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jim Keltner. I hope we played some thing that you came to hear tonight. I know we left a lot of songs out that I wanted to play. Maybe next time now, good night. (at the end of In The Garden)

Bootlegs

Live in Oslo. Guilty LP.

In The Summertime. Dandelion DL 022/23.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

4 new songs (16%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

There's quite a bit of Bobtalk on the audience tape only.

1-6, partly 7, 8-14, 16-24 stereo PA recordings.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6430	Brøndby-Hallen
	Copenhagen, Denmark
	12 July 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

Blowin' In The Wind

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Girl From The North Country

10.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

11.

Dead Man, Dead Man


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

13.

Lenny Bruce

14.

Mr. Tambourine Man

15.

Solid Rock

16.

Just Like A Woman

17.

Watered-Down Love

18.

Forever Young

19.

All Along The Watchtower

20.

Jesus Is The One

21.

In The Garden

—

22.

Blowin' In The Wind

23.

It Ain't Me, Babe

24.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 14 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #18.

1, 23 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

5 Regina McCrary (vocal).

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

BobTalk

Thank you for coming ladies and gentlemen. I hope we played something that you came to hear tonight. We left a few things out that we would have liked to play. More than a few actually. I wanna introduce the band to you now. Over on the left, a young lady who's been with me now for about twelve years. Miss Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is a young lady who's been with me now

not quite that long but pretty long, Madelyn Quebec. Next to her of course is Regina McCrary, from Nashville, Tennessee. From Dallas, Texas, Clydie King. On the keyboards, a young man who's a legend in his time, Mr. Willie Smith. Yes sir, in some parts of the world he's very well known. Standing next to him on guitar, Fred Tackett. Next to him on guitar, Steve Ripley. On the drums tonight, Mr. Jim Keltner. From Cincinnati, Ohio on the bass, the last of the best, Tim Drummond. All right, Goodnight. (at the end of In The Garden)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

5 new songs (20%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Audience video recording, 18 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6440	Kurhaus Hotel
	Travemünde, West Germany
	13 July 1981


	Press Conference.

Notes

Apparently only half is available.

Mono recording, 55 minutes.

Session info updated 27 October 2015.

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6450	Freileichttheater
	Bad Segeberg, West Germany
	14 July 1981

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

In The Summertime

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

Forever Young


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

13.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Slow Train

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Just Like A Woman

19.

Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

20.

Watered-Down Love

21.

Jesus Is The One

22.

When You Gonna Wake Up

23.

In The Garden

—

24.

Blowin' In The Wind

25.

It Ain't Me, Babe

26.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 15 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #19.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

19 Willie Smith (vocal).

25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. I wanna introduce you to a girl singer who's been with me for awhile from Nashville, Tennessee. Gonna sing a song for you called Keep On Falling In Love Until I Get It Right, and that's just what she's doing,

Thank you. Thank you very much- Here's another animal song, about a man animal. (before Maggie's Farm)

It’s raining out there, it’s raining here too. (before The Times They Are A-Changin')

Thank you. This here is Willie Smith. He's gonna sing a song he want to sing so bad, I can’t (....) sing tonight. Willie Smith’s gonna sing a song called Saved By The Grace Of Your Love. Ladies and gentlemen, Willie Smith.

Give him a hand, Willie Smith! Speaking about love, here's another song about love, watered-down love.

Thank you for coming ladies and gentlemen, we're gonna be here tomorrow night too. On the left one more time, Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her Madelyn Quebec. Regina McCrary. On the keyboards, Willie Smith, backing vocals sometimes, Clydie King. On guitar Fred Tackett. On the other guitar there’s Steve Ripley. Can't leave out the bass player and the drummer. On the bass from Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Tim Drummond. He's about as old as I am. On the drums, Jim Keltner. All right, we're going now. Hope I come back some other time I could spend a couple of months here, it's so nice. Goodnight. (at the end of In The Garden)

Do you want to go home now? Get out of here? Get out of the rain? Thank you. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Bootleg

Hanging In The Balance. May Records LP.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

There was no opening gospel songs by the backup singers at this show.

3 partly broadcast by

· ARD TV, West Germany, 15 July 1981.

· ZDF TV, West Germany, 16 July 1981.

· ORF-TV, Austria, 8 January 1982 in Die Zeit Wergeht, longest broadcast: 2:33 minutes.

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

6 new songs (23%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 28 January 2021.

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6460	Freileichttheater
	Bad Segeberg, West Germany
	15 July 1981

Dennis-King-McCrary-Quebec:	Come On In This House (trad.)
	It’s Gonna Rain Again (Charles Johnson)
	Show Me The Way (trad.)
	Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Simple Twist Of Fate

Girl From The North Country

10.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

11.

In The Summertime

12.

Dead Man, Dead Man


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

13.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Slow Train

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Just Like A Woman

19.

Heart Of Mine

20.

What Can I Do For You?

21.

Jesus Is The One

22.

Forever Young

23.

When You Gonna Wake Up

24.

In The Garden

—

25.

Blowin' In The Wind

26.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

27.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 16 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #20.

5 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

19 Bob Dylan (organ).

26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you! This is a song off our new record we just made, called Shot Of Love. This is a song called Dead Man, Dead Man When Will You Arise.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. I want to introduce the man on the keyboards for you tonight. All the way from Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Willie Smith. He's enjoying himself over here, he really is. On the guitar, Fred Tackett. I wanna introduce one more time the lady on the left, Carolyn Dennis. On the other guitar tonight, Steve Ripley. Play something Steve! On the other side over here is Madelyn Quebec. Standing next to her is Regina McCrary. On the sound tonight out there tonight in the booth, if it sounds good, it's the man out there named Tim Charles, clap to him too. On percussion and backing vocals, Miss Clydie King. On the drums tonight, Mr. Jim Keltner. I hope that we played something that you came to here. Did we leave something out? What's we leave out? Oh yeah, I should have done that too. I knew we left that one out. Anyway on the bass guitar tonight, the last of the best, Tim Drummond All right, maybe we'll see you again sometime. (at the end of In The Garden)

Official release

2 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Two: Live, Columbia 88985454652-2, 3 November 2017

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

5 new songs (18%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 145 minutes.

Session info updated 13 September 2018.

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6465	Freileichtbühne
	Loreley, West Germany
	17 July 1981

	Soundcheck

1.	Blowin' In The Wind
2.	I Believe In You
3.	I Believe In You
4.	Gotta Serve Somebody
5.	Gotta Serve Somebody
6.	Gotta Serve Somebody
7.	Gotta Serve Somebody

3 instrumental.

Mono recording, 25 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6470	Freileichtbühne
	Loreley, West Germany
	17 July 1981

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

In The Summertime

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

11.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

12.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

13.

Lenny Bruce

14.

Forever Young

15.

Slow Train

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Just Like A Woman

19.

Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

20.

Jesus Is The One

21.

Watered-Down Love

22.

When You Gonna Wake Up

23.

In The Garden

—

24.

Blowin' In The Wind

25.

It Ain't Me, Babe

26.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 17 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #21.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

19 Willie Smith (vocal).

25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. We're gonna slow things down just a little bit. This is Regina McCrary. She usually sings with me every night. She's gonna sing a song called Keep On Falling In Love Until I Get It Right.

Thank you. This is another animal song. Thinking about animals, a farm song. My three favorite songs. Love songs, farm songs, baby songs. (before Maggie's Farm)

..... a new album we just made, should be released soon, called, Shot Of Love. This is a song called Dead Man Dead Man When Will You Arise, 1, 2.

Thank you I wanna introduce another young girl tonight, Carolyn Dennis. Been singing with me for now five years, she was here last time I was here, four or five years anyway. She sings this every place we go every night. One of the great singers of the end times Carolyn Dennis.

Thank you. Mr. Tambourine Man that was Steve Ripley on lead guitar. He's been waiting all his life to play that part.

Thank you. This is Willie Smith on the keyboards up here. He's gonna sing a song for you now called Saved By The Grace Of Your Love. Willie Smith is gonna sing this one.

Yeah. This is another song off that new album that's coming out called Watered Down Love. You don't want a love that's pure, you wanna drown love. You want a watered-down love.

Thank you very much for coming. I want to introduce the keyboard player to you now, Willie Smith. From Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On guitar tonight, Fred Tackett. I hope we played something that you came to hear. I know we left a lot out that I personally wanted to hear. I hope we come back, when we come back I'll play it again. Anyway on the left here, you met her earlier, Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. From Nashville, the music capital of the USA, Regina McCrary. Playing the other guitar tonight is Steve Ripley, from Little Rock, Arkansas. On backing vocals and instrumental miss Clydie King. On the drums tonight, give him a big hand, ladies and gentlemen , he come a long way, he's been around, Jim Keltner. On the bass guitar, last of the best, and the best of the last, Tim Drummond. I wanna say goodnight now. (at the end of In The Garden)

Bootlegs

Man From The North Country. Chameleon Records LP.

Snow Over Interstate. LP.

Official release

20 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Three: Rare and Unreleased, Columbia 88985454652-3, 3 November 2017

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

There was no opening gospel songs by the backup singers at this show.

4 new songs (15%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

20 stereo PA recording, 3 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

1-12, where 1, 4-6, 12 are incomplete, audience video recording, 50 minutes.

Session info updated 1 February 2021.

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6475	Eisstadion
	Mannheim, West Germany
	18 July 1981

	Soundcheck

1.	Girl From The North Country
2.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
3.	Dead Man, Dead Man
4.	The Times They Are A-Changin'

Mono recording, 30 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6480	Eisstadion
	Mannheim, West Germany
	18 July 1981

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger)

10.

Shot Of Love

11.

Forever Young


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

13.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Slow Train

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

What Can I Do For You?

18.

Solid Rock

19.

Just Like A Woman

20.

Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

21.

Watered-Down Love

22.

When You Gonna Wake Up

23.

Heart Of Mine

24.

In The Garden

—

25.

Blowin' In The Wind

26.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

27.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 18 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #22.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

20 Willie Smith (vocal).

23 Bob Dylan (organ).

26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, this is Regina McCrary who's been singing with me for a while now.

Every place we go she sings at least one song a night. She's gonna sing a song called "Keep on Falling in Love Until I Get it Right".

Thank you. That was an old Dave Mason song I know. I thought we'd do it. We just did a new album called Shot Of Love. This is the main title song called Shot Of Love.

Thank you! I'd like to introduce a young lady who worked with me for about six years now. Every night we play she sings, too. Carolyn Dennis, she's going to sing a song called "Walking Around Heaven All Day". Carolyn Dennis!

Thank you, that was Clydie King. (after Let's Begin)

All right, we're gonna ..., I want the keyboards man to sing one here, he wants to sing so bad, he's been bothering me now for over a week. He's gonna sing a song that he wrote himself, called Saved By The Grace Of Your Love. Willie Smith on keyboards.

Hey that was Willie Smith on vocals. Oh, speaking about love, here's another song about love. Watered-Down Love. You don't want a love that's pure, you wanna drown love, you want a watered-down love.

All right, we don't wanna leave tonight, without playing this here song. If the microphone's working. (plays Heart Of Mine) Thank you! That's a single. Our so called new single.

Thank you. On the background vocals tonight, as every night, on the left Carolyn Dennis. Of course standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec, Regina McCrary. Clydie King. We gonna say goodnight now. I hope we played something that you came to hear. Anyway, on the guitar tonight Fred Tackett. On the other guitar, Steve Ripley. Both these guys are gonna give lessons right after the show. Right out there. On the drums tonight, I can't get away without introducing my drummer. From Tulsa, Oklahoma, I could say a whole lot more things about him, but I won't. Anyway, Jim Keltner. On the keyboards, Willie Smith. If any of you are ever, ever Stateside we're usually playing someplace somewhere all the time so. You go and see us in one of them States. There's forty-eight or fifty States I guess there's fifty of them now, or sixty. There's fifty or sixty. Alright on the bass guitar, from Cincinnati Ohio. And he plays the part him self. The only member of the band that's older than me, Tim Drummond. That's all right, I said a mistake. The only member of this band that's younger than me. Ha-ha. But I'm catching up to them. Goodnight! (at the end of In The Garden).

Bootleg

Waiting at the Gates of Eden. ZZYZZX LP.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

There was no opening gospel songs by the backup singers at this show.

5 new songs (18%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 130 minutes.

2, 3, 5-17 audience video recording, 53 minutes, 5 and 17 fragments only.

Session info updated 10 March 2021.

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6490	Olympiahalle
	Munich, West Germany
	19 July 1981

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

In The Summertime

10.

Dead Man, Dead Man

11.

Forever Young


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

13.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Slow Train

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Just Like A Woman

19.

Masters Of War

20.

Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

21.

Watered-Down Love

22.

When You Gonna Wake Up

23.

Heart Of Mine

24.

In The Garden

—

25.

Blowin' In The Wind

26.

It Ain't Me, Babe

27.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 19 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #23.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

20 Willie Smith (vocal).

23 Bob Dylan (organ).

26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you, well I hope we sound better out there, than we sound up here. (before Girl Of The North Country)

Thank you. The man on keyboards is gonna sing one now. His name is Willie Smith. He's gonna sing a song called Saved By The Grace Of Your Love. If I can get him to sing one. Can I get you to sing one? Come on! Oh, he's agreed to do it.

All right, thank you. Talking about love, here's a song, another song about love, called Watered-Down Love. You don't want a love that's pure you wanna drown, love you want a watered-down Love. One, two, three, four.

Thank you, on the keyboards tonight, Willie Smith. On guitars, Fred Tackett and Steve Ripley. All right, over there on the left is Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. Then comes Regina McCrary. And Clydie King. Well Well, I hope that we played something that you came to hear now. If any of you are passing through the States, the United States that is, we're always playing someplace over there, so you come and see us now if you ever get there. Anyway I can't leave without the bass quitter player and the drummer. On the drums tonight, Jim Keltner. On the bass guitar, the last of the best, Tim Drummond. Boom boom boom, thank you. (at the end of In The Garden)

Thank you now, all right, goodnight! I wanna go with rock n roll, where you been all night. I didn't know you were here. Better start playing the whole show again, he-he? (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

There was no opening gospel songs by the backup singers at this show.

4 new songs (14%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

15 stereo PA recording, 4 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Audience video recording, 90 minutes.

Session info updated 13 September 2018.

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6500	Olympiahalle
	Munich, West Germany
	20 July 1981

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Simple Twist Of Fate

10.

Shot Of Love

11.

Forever Young


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

13.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Slow Train

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Solid Rock

18.

Just Like A Woman


Janine Smith:	You Light Up My Life (Joe Brooks)

19.

Watered-Down Love

20.

All Along The Watchtower

21.

Heart Of Mine

22.

Jesus Is The One

23.

When You Gonna Wake Up

24.

In The Garden

—

25.

Blowin' In The Wind

26.

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

27.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 20 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #24.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

21 Bob Dylan (organ).

26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

All right, thank you. This is another animal song. Down on the farm. (before Maggie's Farm)

We've got a ..., I just made a new album an it's coming out soon, called Shot Of Love. This is the main title song called Shot Of Love.

Thank you. We just met somebody in the last town who's a real good singer. She's gonna come on here. Usually we meet people who wanna sing an stuff like that. Anyway, we met this woman in the last town. She's a young girl sixteen years old. Her names Janine Smith. I think she's gonna be a big star someday. I don't know for sure of that, but she might be. Right now she don't have a record contract, but if there's any record producers out there looking for somebody to sign she's be good to sign. Her names Janine Smith, she's gonna sing a song right now, what’s called ? You Light Up My Life, Janine Smith. She lives in Holland now, give her a nice hand.

All right, we're gonna do another song off this new album, we, we just did. Should be coming out any day now. It's called Watered-Down Love. You don't want a love that's pure you wanna drown, love you want a watered-down Love One, two, one, two, three, four.

Thank you. Thank you for coming out. On the left over here I wanna introduce one more time, Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her, Madelyn Quebec. Regina McCrary. And Clydie King. All right, tonight on keyboards we have from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Willie Smith. From Tulsa, Oklahoma, on guitar Fred Tackett. From Shreveport, Louisiana, Steve Ripley. We’re usually playing someplace in the United States, most of the year. If you're ever over there, come and see us. Anyway, from Cincinnati, Ohio on the bass guitar, the only man in this band that's younger than me, Tim Drummond. On the drums, from Mexico City, Jim Keltner. All right, we gotta get out of here now, we gotta catch a bus. Maybe we'll see you again sometime. (at the end of In The Garden)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

There was no opening gospel songs by the backup singers at this show.

5 new songs (18%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Audience video recording, 100 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6510	Stadthalle
	Vienna, Austria
	21 July 1981

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

Gotta Serve Somebody

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

10.

In The Summertime

11.

Shot Of Love

12.

Forever Young


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

13.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

14.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

15.

Lenny Bruce

16.

Slow Train

17.

Mr. Tambourine Man

18.

Solid Rock

19.

Just Like A Woman

20.

Heart Of Mine

21.

When You Gonna Wake Up

22.

In The Garden

—

23.

Blowin' In The Wind

24.

It Ain't Me, Babe

25.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 21 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #25.

5 Regina McCrary (vocal).

14 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

20 Bob Dylan (organ).

24 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you ladies and gentlemen for coming out tonight. I know it's raining, but I hope somebody's seen the light. I hope I have anyway. I wanna introduce my backing group to you. On the left, Carolyn Dennis. I tell you all these singers make me sound good. I can't sing for nothing'. They make me sound good, and next to her is Madelyn Quebec. From Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. From Dallas, Texas, Clydie King. On the keyboards tonight, you been listening to him all night give him a hand, Willie Smith. Standing next to him on guitar, Fred Tackett. From New Orleans, Louisiana, on guitar, Steve Ripley. On the drums tonight, give him a hand, Jim Keltner. That's true, that's the real Jim Keltner. On bass guitar, this is also the real Tim Drummond. Well, it's nice to be here. We only got here today an we're leaving tonight. We never been here before I don't know too much of the history of the place, but it's an awful nice. I hope we can come back. (at the end of In The Garden)

Bootlegs

Zimmerman's Joy. Axe LP.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

There was no opening gospel songs by the backup singers at this show

3 new songs (12%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

There are two audience videos of this concert.

FIlm A - 1-21 (1, 2, 4 and 15 are brief fragments), 77 minutes.

Film B - 1-24, 111 minutes.

Both films include band credits, during which Dylan performs a military salute,

there were U.S.Army personnel in the audience.

Dylan spits on to stage floor during 16 in fil B.

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

Session info updated 28 January 2021.

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6520	Kärtnerstrasse
	Vienna, Austria
	22 July 1981


	Interview by Andreas Forst

Notes

Broadcast by ORF-TV Channel 2, Austria, 8 January 1982.

Broadcast includes Dylan chatting to fans and signing autographs.

Mono TV recording, 2 minutes.

Session info updated 27 October 2015.

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6530	Sporthalle St. Jakob
	Basel, Switzerland
	23 July 1981

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

Ballad Of A Thin Man

In The Summertime

10.

Shot Of Love

11.

Forever Young


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

12.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

13.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

14.

Lenny Bruce

15.

Slow Train

16.

Mr. Tambourine Man

17.

Unidentified Instrumental

18.

Solid Rock

19.

Just Like A Woman

20.

Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

21.

What Can I Do For You?

22.

Heart Of Mine

23.

When You Gonna Wake Up

24.

In The Garden

—

25.

Blowin' In The Wind

26.

It Ain't Me, Babe

27.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 22 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #26.

4 Regina McCrary (vocal).

13 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

20 Willie Smith (vocal).

22 Bob Dylan (organ).

26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. I wanna introduce the girls out here first. On my left over here is Carolyn Dennis. Give her a big hand. She's been with me ah, about 6 years. That's longer than most people. Oh, standing next to her is Madelyn Quebec. Let me see, oh yes, I almost forgot Regina. This is Regina McCrary from Nashville Tennessee. I hope we played something that you came to hear. If we didn't this time, if we come back, we sure will next time. Anyway, from Dallas, Texas, my singing companion, Miss Clydie King. On the keyboards tonight, a very talented man, writes and sings all oh, of his own things. Who knows, he may come here by himself someday. If he does, I want you to remember his name, Willie Smith. On guitar tonight, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Fred Tackett. Standing next to him, on guitar, from Birmingham, Colorado, Steve Ripley. All right, I wanna say hello tonight to Brigitte Bardot, sitting someplace around over there. I'm not gonna say exactly where, cause I think she'll be mobbed. But anyway, I hope we played good tonight for you Brigitte. Anyway on the drums. Ha ha no, really if you, probably heard this man many times before. Probably just didn't know it. He's never had his name on any record he's played on. Cause he played as the drummer and nobody ever pays much attention to who the drummer is. But in our band the drummer is very important. And I wanna introduce him and I know you'll appreciate what he does, Jim Keltner. On bass guitar. I couldn't say enough about this man, and I won't. From Cincinnati, Ohio, the youngest member of this band. Ladies and gentlemen Tim Drummond. I wanna say good night. Thanks for coming out. (at the end of In The Garden)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

There was no opening gospel songs by the backup singers at this show.

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

3 new songs (11%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Session info updated 13 June 2018.

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6535	Palace des Sports
	Avignon, France
	25 July 1981

	Soundcheck

1.	Shot Of Love
2.	Forever Young
3.	The Times They Are A-Changin'

Mono recording, 25 minutes.

Session info updated 1 September 2003.

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6540	Palace des Sports
	Avignon, France
	25 July 1981

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

Instrumental Jam

Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)

I Believe In You

Like A Rolling Stone

Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Maggie's Farm

Girl From The North Country

10.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

11.

In The Summertime

12.

Shot Of Love


Carolyn Dennis:	Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

13.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

14.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

15.

Lenny Bruce

16.

Slow Train

17.

Mr. Tambourine Man

18.

Solid Rock

19.

Just Like A Woman

20.

Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

21.

Watered-Down Love

22.

Jesus Is The One

23.

Heart Of Mine

24.

When You Gonna Wake Up

25.

Forever Young

26.

In The Garden

—

27.

Blowin' In The Wind

28.

It Ain't Me, Babe

29.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert # 23 of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #27.

6 Regina McCrary (vocal).

14 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

20 Willie Smith (vocal).

23 Bob Dylan (organ).

28 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

All right we just, we just made a new record before coming over here called, Shot Of Love. Oh, by the way, I'd like to thank, what's their name? Edward, ... Edwin and Shirley Trucking (?). Nice young couple, they been following us all the way from Toulouse, France I think. Anyway we want to salute them and thank them a whole lot. I guess they ..., you know. Well anyway, this is called Shot Of Love. It's the main title song. I hope they release it as a single, I'm not sure, but they might an they might not. So.

Thank you. I wanna say hello to my good friend David Oppenheim, if he's someplace sitting out there. Stand up and take a bow David, if you're out there. (before Mr. Tambourine Man).

Thank you. We're all ready to go now. I wanna thank you for bearing with us tonight through the lighting shortage. I hope somebody saw the light tonight anyway. I hope I did. Anyway, I wanna introduce this group to you now. Over on the left, young girl who's been with me now for oh, many many years, Miss Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is another girl who’s been with me just as long, Madelyn Quebec. This young lady, she's been with me the shortest time, but the most distance, from Nashville, Tennessee Regina McCrary. I wanna thank Patrick Stansfield, let's give him a big hand. I know you never heard of him but clap for him anyway. But ..., he gets the stage here set up, we been doing all these shows. We're going back to the US pretty soon, I hope we can come back. If we do you come and see us, and if you're ever in the United States come and see us there, we're usually some place all the time. From Dallas, Texas, I wanna introduce to you, a great singer, Clydie King. On the keyboards, from Wilmington, Delaware, give him a big hand, Willie Smith. Also from Wilmington Delaware, on guitar, Fred Tackett. All right, on guitar from Marseilles, Steve Ripley. He's not from Marseilles actually, he's moving there next month. Anyway, on drums I wanna introduce to you one of the best drummers around, Jim Keltner. Ahh yes! On bass guitar, I know you been dying to know who this man is. Anyway ha-ha-ha. This man knows more songs than I do. Anyway, on bass guitar Tim Drummond. Boom boom. Well, I've enjoyed being here, I'm glad to say that. Thank you very much. (at the end of In The Garden)

Bootlegs

Avignon. Moonlight 9517/18.

True Stories. Meteor - Front Row / FM 2107.

Official releases

12 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Two: Live, Columbia 88985454652-2, 3 November 2017

12 partly released on video JOHN HAMMOND: FROM BESSIE SMITH TO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, CBS Music Video Enterprises 19V-49057, 19 September 1990.

12 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Nine: DVD, Columbia 88985454652-7, 3 November 2017

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 13. Old And New Testaments (June – July 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Derek Barker: Trouble In Mind, A Peek Behind The Picture Frame, Isis #196, pages 29-30.

Notes

There was no opening gospel songs by the backup singers at this show.

1 is interrupted due to the tragic accident when a member of the crowd falls into the electric cables and causes total power loss. Dylan and the band improvises “unplugged” until the power is restored and Saved is started from the beginning. In the accident two people get killed, but the show is carried though in spite of this.

2 lasts 13 minutes!

An audio recording of 12 was discovered in rubbish outside Rundown Studios in 1982 and was circulated as the 'Trashcan Tape'.

12,23 available as complete videos,filmed by Howard Alk.

12 partly broadcast by ABC-TV, USA, 10 October 1985 in the program “20-20” and by PBS-TV, USA, 20 August 1990 in the program “John Hammond: From Bessie Smith To Bruce Springsteen”

23 broadcast by MTV 27 January 1985.

This show was recorded by Dylan’s crew.

3 new songs (10%) compared to previous concert.

1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 150 minutes.

3-16, 18-29 Stereo PA recordings.

3-6, 8-19, 21-23, where 3, 6, 22 ,23 are fragments, audience video recording, 62 minutes.

Session info updated 1 February 2021.

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