1981 US and Canada Fall Tour

1981 US AND CANADA FALL TOUR

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October

16	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Mecca Auditorium, University Of Wisconsin
17	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Mecca Auditorium, University Of Wisconsin
18	Madison, Wisconsin	Dane County Memorial Coliseum
19	Merrillville, Indiana	Holiday Star Music Theater
21	Boston, Massachusetts	The Orpheum Theatre
23	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	The Spectrum
24	State College, Pennsylvania	Recreation Building, Pennsylvania State University
25	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Stabler Arena, Lehigh University
27	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Meadowlands Brendan T. Byrne Sports Arena
29	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
30	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Forum de Montreal
31	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Kitchener Arena

November

2	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Civic Centre
4	Cincinnati, Ohio	Cincinnati Music Hall
5	Cincinnati, Ohio	Cincinnati Music Hall
6	West Lafayette, Indiana	Elliot Hall Of Music, Purdue University
7	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Hill Auditorium, University Of Michigan
8	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Hill Auditorium, University Of Michigan
10	New Orleans, Louisiana	Saenger Theater, Saenger Performing Arts Center
11	New Orleans, Louisiana	Saenger Theater, Saenger Performing Arts Center
12	Houston, Texas	The Summit
14	Nashville, Tennessee	Municipal Auditorium
15	Atlanta, Georgia	The Fox Theater
16	Atlanta, Georgia	The Fox Theater
19	Miami, Florida	Sunrise Musical Theater
20	Miami, Florida	Sunrise Musical Theater
21	Lakeland, Florida	Civic Center Theatre

6610	Mecca Auditorium
	University Of Wisconsin
	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
	16 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	In The Summertime
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	Forever Young
12.	The Rose (Amanda McBrown)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	Let's Begin (Jim Webb)
15.	Heart Of Mine
16.	Masters Of War
17.	Mr. Tambourine Man
18.	Solid Rock
19.	Just Like A Woman
20.	Gypsy Blood (Steve Ripley)
21.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
22.	Watered-Down Love
23.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
24.	When You Gonna Wake Up
25.	In The Garden
	—
26.	Blowin' In The Wind
27.	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
28.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

First concert of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #28.

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Al Kooper (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Arthur Rosato (drums), Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals).

14 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

11, 13, 27, 28 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

12 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

20 Steve Ripley (vocal).

27 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. An animal song. Here’s another song I wrote about twenty years ago, I guess. Another animal song. It’s the first animal song, I guess, I wrote. (before Maggie’s Farm)

All right. Thank you. You’re feeling all right? I wish I felt that good. (after Girl From The North Country)

Thank you. Hanging on to a solid rock. I’d better be hanging on to something. (after Solid Rock)

Thank you. I wanna turn the stage over to one of the guitar players here named Steve Ripley. He’s gonna be a very big star, I’m sure. Anyway, he’s got a song here called Gypsy Blood. He’s gonna sing it for you right now. I hope I can try and get him to sing it for you.

Thank you. Are you still feeling all right? Well, don’t wreck it tonight. (after Watered-Down Love)

Thank you. We tried to play a (…..) stuff you might have heard before, maybe some you didn’t. Well, I hope you heard something that you came to hear. (at the end of In The Garden)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Note

Stereo audience recording, 130 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6620	Mecca Auditorium
	University Of Wisconsin
	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
	17 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	In The Summertime
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	Forever Young
12.	The Rose (Amanda McBrown)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
15.	Slow Train
16.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
17.	Masters Of War
18.	Heart Of Mine
19.	Mr. Tambourine Man
20.	Solid Rock
21.	Just Like A Woman
22.	Just A Little Bit (Del Gordon)
23.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
24.	When You Gonna Wake Up
25.	In The Garden
	—
26.	Blowin' In The Wind
27.	It Ain't Me, Babe
28.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Second concert of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #29.

12 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

11, 13, 27, 28 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

16 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

27 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. We're gonna do an old song here. I used to sing this a long time ago. Try to get it right once more. (before It's All In The Game)

Thank you. We gotta get out of here now. I hope you heard something that you came to (...), Goodnight. (at the end of In The Garden)

On the keyboards tonight, give him a hand, Al Kooper. When he's not there give him a hand. That's him sitting right there. On the guitar, Fred Tackett. On the other guitar, Steve Ripley. On the drums, Jim Keltner. On bass guitar, Tim Drummond. Singing on the right tonight, Clydie King, Regina McCrary. Signing on top is Madelyn Quebec. I think I got it all. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

Live debut of Just A Little Bit.

4 new songs (14%) compared to previous concert. 4 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 130 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6630	Dane County Memorial Coliseum
	Madison, Wisconsin
	18 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Simple Twist Of Fate
8.	Girl From The North Country
9.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
12.	Forever Young
13.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
14.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
15.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16.	Slow Train
17.	Just Like A Woman
18.	Heart Of Mine
19.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
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

Third concert of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #30.

11 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

12, 14, 23, 24 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

13 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

23 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Are you feeling okay? I wish I felt that good. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

All right. Whatever happened to those people hat I met last time? Are they still here? Oh, (…..) come back and see me. I met some people here last time I was here I never have forgot. (…..). (before Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

2 new songs (8%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 105 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6640	Holiday Star Music Theater
	Merrillville, Indiana
	19 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger)
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	Forever Young
12.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
15.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
16.	Slow Train
17.	Mr. Tambourine Man
18.	Solid Rock
19.	Masters Of War
20.	Heart Of Mine
21.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
22.	When You Gonna Wake Up
23.	In The Garden
	—
24.	Blowin' In The Wind
25.	It Ain't Me, Babe
26.	No Money Down (Chuck Berry)

Concert #4 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #31.

12 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

11, 13, 25 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

15 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

26 Larry Kegan (vocal), Bob Dylan (tenor saxophone).

BobTalk

Well thank you. Wanna hear another animal song? Can you bring back an extra box of popcorn next time you come. Bring back three extra boxes of popcorn. Please, thank you. (before Maggie's Farm)

We'll try and do a special request tonight. We don't do this kind of thing so bear with us now. (before We Just Disagree)

All right, you wanna hear another one? Get two boxes of popcorn this time. (before Mr. Tambourine Man)

You wanna, you wanna hear something really strange? I got a friend of mine who's gonna sing a song now. Gonna bring him on stage. I wonder if he's gonna sing? This is a friend of mine named Larry. (before No Money Down)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

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

Mono audience recording, 120 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6650	The Orpheum Theatre
	Boston, Massachusetts
	21 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	In The Summertime
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	Forever Young
12.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
15.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
16.	Slow Train
17.	Masters Of War
18.	Mr. Tambourine Man
19.	Solid Rock
20.	Just Like A Woman
21.	Heart Of Mine
22.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
23.	When You Gonna Wake Up
24.	In The Garden
	—
25.	Blowin' In The Wind
26.	It Ain't Me, Babe
27.	No Money Down (Chuck Berry)

Concert #5 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #32.

12 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

11, 13, 26 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

15 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

23 Larry Kegan (harmonica).

26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

27 Larry Kegan (vocal), Bob Dylan (tenor saxophone).

BobTalk

Thank you. Can hear all right? Does it sound right? Do you feel all right? Oh well, I wish I felt that good. (after I Want You)

Thank you, all right. Any gambling men out there tonight? Any gambling men out there? What? Oh! Oh! Well, you all listen to this song and fold your cards away.

[In response to shouts from the audience]: It’s so true, it’s so true, really. Anyway, nothing sounds good to me tonight, so we’re just gonna try to get through. This is a song we used to do when things got rough. People always can relate to this. I don’t know, I can’t seem to sing on key tonight. Nobody minds though, do you? All right, yes. (before It’s All In The Game)

(…..). Anyway. What? Shot Of Love? (…..). Here’s a song we made up that was released as a single. Sold about three copies. I think two of them were sold about here, Combat Zone. Anyway… (before Heart Of Mine)

Right, I’m gonna tell all the…gonna tell all the reviewers from the newspapers…I know this reporter who’s gonna write it up, I don’t know his name. That song, that particular one’s been the most religious song, which has been played up till now. (…..). Called Heart Of Mine. This one is kind of true.

(…..). Won’t you come and play on this one? OK, here he is. Ever been on a stage like this before? (before When You Gonna Wake Up)

(…..). We’ll try and play this. (before No Money Down)

Official release

9 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 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

Filmed by Howard Alk, including 27.

2 new songs (7%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

9 stereo PA recording, 3 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6660	The Spectrum
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	23 October 1981

	Soundcheck

1.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
2.	Gotta Serve Somebody
3.	Gotta Serve Somebody

Bob Dylan (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Al Kooper (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Arthur Rosato (drums), Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals).

1 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

2 Bob Dylan (vocal)

Stereo recording, 15 minutes.

6670	The Spectrum
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	23 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	In The Summertime
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	Forever Young
12.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
15.	Slow Train
16.	Mr. Tambourine Man
17.	Solid Rock
18.	Heart Of Mine
19.	Masters Of War
20.	Just Like A Woman
21.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
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 #6 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #33.

12 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

11, 13, 25, 26 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

All right, thank you. Am I singing on key tonight? Am I singing on key tonight? (after Like A Rolling Stone)

Oh, are you feeling okay? All right. I wish I felt that good. If I stayed here long enough I would. (after Man Gave Names To All The Animals)

Thank you. Well, we got many famous people here tonight. Oh, yes. (after Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Thank you. All right. (…..). This is a famous town. Famous for you. Well, is there any gambling men out there tonight? Any gambler, gambling men? We got a song for them. (plays Gamblin’ Man) All right. It’s so true, ain’t it? Ain’t it true? Yeah, it’s true. It’s true today and it’s true tomorrow. It’s true today. It gotta be true. Always true. Ain’t that right?

I think we'll write things up a little bit here. We got a song we released…I see they don't (…..) no more. I know you gotta go. We could play all night. I know you all got someplace to be. Oh yes, you do. Anyway, this is a song that was released a little while back, as a single, single record. Sold about three copies. I'll play it anyway. Well, two of the people who bought it are actually with me. South Philly, is that it? South Philly? What's the difference between North Philly and South? Is there a difference? Right. I bet there is. (plays Heart Of Mine) Thank you. Don’t rush out and buy that. I think it might…I think it’s out of print.

Thank you. I hope we sang something on key tonight. (…..). Anyway, you drive home safely now. (at the end of In The Garden)

You people look great, you know. Turn the lights on (…..). (before It Ain’t Me, Babe)

Official release

17 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 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

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

17 stereo PA recording, 4 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 130 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6680	Recreation Building
	Pennsylvania State University
	State College, Pennsylvania
	24 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	In The Summertime
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	Forever Young
12.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
15.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
16.	Slow Train
17.	Solid Rock
18.	Just Like A Woman
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 #7 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #34.

12 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

11, 13, 23, 24 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

15 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

23 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

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

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6690	Stabler Arena
	Lehigh University
	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
	25 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Simple Twist Of Fate
10.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
13.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
14.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
15.	Watered-Down Love
16.	Masters Of War
17.	Mr. Tambourine Man
18.	Solid Rock
19.	Just Like A Woman
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.	Happy Birthday (trad.)
25.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #8 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #35.

10 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

12 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

13, 25 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

23 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

24 Bob Dylan & Regina McCrary (shared vocal).

BobTalk

Bethlehem. Is this Bethlehem? Is this Bethlehem? Bethlehem. I always wanted to come to Bethlehem. Somebody famous was born here, right? Who was it? (after I Want You)

All right. Any gamblers out there? Any gambling men out there? I know this ain’t Vegas, but anybody’s a gambler out there? Gambling men…over here. We got a song for you. After you hear this song you may want to change your mind.

When a hard rain’s a-gonna fall, it happens you know, you get watered-down love.

Thank you very much. I hope I sang on key tonight. (at the end of In The Garden)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

7 new songs (28%) compared to previous concert. 3 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6700	Meadowlands Brendan T. Byrne Sports Arena
	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	27 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Simple Twist Of Fate
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
12.	Let's Begin (Jim Webb)
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Masters Of War
19.	Mr. Tambourine Man
20.	Solid Rock
21.	Dead Man, Dead Man
22.	Just Like A Woman
23.	Heart Of Mine
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 #9 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #36.

11, 12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 28 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

27 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you, you're great. You all feel pretty good tonight huh? Oh heaven, I wish I felt that good. If I stay here long enough I might feel that good. Oh yeah? All right! So, how you doing? How far you'd come? Is that right? I might be acting a little strange right now. That's because this is a mighty strange place. Oh yes, it is. I ain't seen nowhere like this. Back in the dressing room there, I got a black mirror in my room! I was looking through it just half an hour ago, I see two eyes looking back at me. (before Man Gave Names To All The Animals)

Thank you. You feeling all right? Am I singing on key tonight? I’ll try sing this one for you in key. (before Girl Of The North Country)

Thank you. Anybody here tonight paid to get in? What? I can't hear you. Talk up, yeah. I'm glad you're sitting there. Phew! (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

All right. "All along the Watchtower". Awesome. (after All along the Watchtower)

We're gonna do this song here. The songwriter who wrote it is here tonight. There’s a lot of famous people here tonight. I wanna just tell you that you may be sitting next to somebody that's famous. I know you are. You definitely are. That man over there's famous too, yes he is. (plays Let's Begin) I hope we did that right Jim.

All right, remember, Jim? It's easy to say that, but hard to do it. Any gambling men out there? I guess there should be. Yeah! Don't you have a big gambling resort around here somewhere. What's it called? What's that gambling town around here? Reno? Is it Atlantic City? Big gambling town, yeah? Well here's a gambling song for you gambling men. Gambling women too. I don't think any women are gamblers though do you? (before Gamblin' Man)

"It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall". Well, what happens then when the hard rain falls?You get watered-down love! This is off a big hit selling album. I don't know if it's still out. I'm not sure if it's still in print but ... What's happening? I can't hear you. Yeah, so what time does it need to set it? Oh yeah. Oh, boy! Let's do "Watered-Down Love"?

All right, all right. I want to play .... We had a single record released a while back. I think it sold about five copies. But I like it so much I just got to play it. Anyway, it sold about three copies right here. (before Heart Of Mine)

All right. I wanna say hello to all the editors of Rolling Stone magazine, oh yeah. All the writers and editors are here tonight I think, checking me out. They're gonna come back stage later, I'm gonna check them out. (before When You Gonna Wake Up)

All right, hello. Thank you. I wanna say hello to Mr. and Mrs. Kooper who are out there tonight. Wherever they are, I wanna say greetings! I'm glad you could make it. Anyway this is Mr. and Mrs. Kooper's relative on keyboards over here. A man I've known for quite some time now. I'm not gonna tell you his name but that's him on keyboards. I should tell you his name anyway. Al Kooper is his name. Played with me twenty years. Maybe some of you heard of him, maybe some of you haven't. A legend in his own time though. On the drums tonight, Jimmy Lee Keltner from Tulsa, Oklahoma. From New Jersey, state of I think he's from, Ashbury Park, New Jersey, on the guitar, Steve Ripley. On the other guitar, Fred Tackett. All right, on the guitar, bass guitar Tim Drummond. On the backing vocals, Clydie, Regina, and Madelyn Quebec. On the other set of drums, also from New Jersey is Arthur Rosoto. Give Arthur Rosoto a big hand. I hope I sung something on key tonight, I really do. (at the end of In The Garden)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

4 new songs (14%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 140 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6710	Maple Leaf Gardens
	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	29 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Simple Twist Of Fate
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
12.	Forever Young
13.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
14.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
15.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16.	Watered-Down Love
17.	Masters Of War
18.	Mr. Tambourine Man
19.	Solid Rock
20.	Let It Be Me (Pierre Delanoé/Gilbert Bécoud/Mann Curtis)
21.	Dead Man, Dead Man
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 #10 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #37.

11, 20 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

12, 14, 25, 26 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

13 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you, all right. I'd tried to sing that on key. Have I sung anything on key yet? Did I? I know I sang one song, about fifteen months ago on key. I can't remember which one it was. I wanna try to sing this one in the right key. (before A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

2 new songs (7%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Audience video recording, 120 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6720	Forum de Montreal
	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
	30 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Heart Of Mine
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
12.	Forever Young
13.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
14.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
15.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16.	Watered-Down Love
17.	Masters Of War
18.	Mr. Tambourine Man
19.	Solid Rock
20.	Let It Be Me (Pierre Delanoé/Gilbert Bécoud/Mann Curtis)
21.	Just Like A Woman
22.	When You Gonna Wake Up
23.	In The Garden
	—
24.	Blowin' In The Wind
25.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
26.	It Ain't Me, Babe
27.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #11 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #38.

11, 20 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

12, 14, 26, 27 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

13 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

25, 26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

You all must be Americans, ha ha. Defectors. (after Want You)

Do you feel all right? Does that mean yes or no? Well… (after A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall)

Does that sound like the original version? Yeah, sounds just like it, doesn’t it? (after Mr. Tambourine Man)

We have a song out in Europe this summer. I don’t know if it was released here, but…It climbed to the top of the charts in Europe. It was the flip side of a song that was supposed to be the (foreign) release. So we’re gonna do it. We aren’t able to do it, but thought we’d…we’ll try to do it like we used to do it. (before Let It Be Me)

Thank you. Thanks for coming on out. I hope I sang some on key tonight. (at the end of In The Garden)

All right. Thank you for coming out tonight. (before Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

3 new songs (11%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 130 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6730	Kitchener Arena
	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
	31 October 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Heart Of Mine
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
12.	Forever Young
13.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
14.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
15.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16.	Masters Of War
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Dead Man, Dead Man
19.	Just Like A Woman
20.	Solid Rock
21.	Mr. Tambourine Man
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.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
27.	Are You Ready?
28.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #12 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #39.

11 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

12, 14, 25, 28 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

13 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

25, 26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

You got any gambling men out there tonight? Any gamblers here? One, two…how many more? A couple more back there. Five, six. We got a song especially for you. Make you wanna throw your cards away.

Some people they think they got to talk to you all the time. (…..). Halloween. For some people every day of the year is Halloween. They wear a mask every day. Even me; I got my mask on tonight, he he he. (after A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall)

(…..) just like a woman. Just like a grown-up woman. (after Just Like A Woman)

Thank you. Having a hard time hearing tonight. I’m having a hard time hearing you, maybe you’re having a hard time hearing me, I don’t know. (at the end of In The Garden)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

4 new songs (14%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 130 minutes.

Audience video recording, 45 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6740	Civic Centre
	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	2 November 1981

1.	Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Heart Of Mine
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
12.	Forever Young
13.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
14.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
15.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16.	Masters Of War
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Mr. Tambourine Man
19.	Solid Rock
20.	Just Like A Woman
21.	When You Gonna Wake Up
22.	In The Garden
	—
23.	Blowin' In The Wind
24.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
25.	Jesus Is The One
26.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #13 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #40.

11 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

12, 14, 26Bob Dylan (harmonica).

13 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

24, 25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

This is Ottawa. Everything all right? Are you sure? Everything all right in Ottawa, huh?. Everything all right up here? Oh, you ought to be where I come from, (....), sometimes things aren't all right. (after I Want You)

Maggie's Farm, How many of you are still working on Maggie's Farm?

Thank you. I think that was the way we recorded it? I think it sounds just like the original, don't you? I think it does anyway. (after I'll Be Your Baby Tonight)

All right, any gamblin' men out there in the house tonight? Any gamblers out there? You don't have to always gamble with cards to be a gambler. You can gamble just about anything. Well, here's a song especially for all you gambling men. Hard driving low down gambling men.

What’s the name of that song anybody? What? Masters Of War. I got a friend who's a police in New York City, I know I know, it's a funny thing. But every time he puts on his uniform he is ready to die. Everyday just ready to die, every day. Ask them that at any old time. But I got two guys standing down here, they looking this way though. I don't know what's happening down there. You want to get tough, don't get to do it too much. They're getting hung up. You got to stop that hip shaking. He's gonna come right up on the stage if you're not careful.

All right thank you. I ask myself that question every day "Bob when you gonna wake up?" All right I hope I sang some thing on key tonight.

Thank you. You can clap that hard, keep that up. (after It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding))

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

3 new songs (11%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6750	Cincinnati Music Hall
	Cincinnati, Ohio
	4 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Simple Twist Of Fate
10.	Heart Of Mine
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Dead Man, Dead Man
19.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
20.	Masters Of War
21.	Solid Rock
22.	Just Like A Woman
23.	When He Returns
24.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
25.	When You Gonna Wake Up
26.	In The Garden
	—
27.	Blowin' In The Wind
28.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
29.	It Ain't Me, Babe
30.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #14 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #41.

12, 19 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 29, 30 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

28, 29 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

All right, thank you Cincinnati. Wasn't there a place called, (....) , something like that? I wrote a song about ... called ... Sitting in (....). Well is everything all right? Yeah are you sure? Are you sure now? Are you sure about that? Right now. (after Like A Rolling Stone)

Thank you. Anybody believe in zombies? Yeah, let's hear it for zombies!. I never met any. (before Dead Man, Dead Man)

I don't know what to play. I just have no idea. I'll think of something, presently. You wanna hear something ten years old? Twenty years old? How old would you like to to be? Fifty? You say it you got it. Twenty-two years old? (before It's All In The Game)

All right thank you. I'll try and sing this one in tune. I don't think I sang one song in tune all night. Probably. Well I'm gonna try and sing this in key. (sings It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)) All right. Alright Ma, it's life and life only. That's all it is.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

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

Mono audience recording, 155 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6760	Cincinnati Music Hall
	Cincinnati, Ohio
	5 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Heart Of Mine
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
12.	Forever Young
13.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
14.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
15.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16.	Watered-Down Love
17.	Shot Of Love
18.	Masters Of War
19.	Solid Rock
20.	Just Like A Woman
21.	When You Gonna Wake Up
22.	In The Garden
	—
23.	Blowin' In The Wind
24.	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
25.	It Ain't Me, Babe
26.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #15 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #42.

11 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

12, 14, 24, 25, 26 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

13 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

24, 25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

2 new songs (7%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6770	Elliot Hall Of Music
	Purdue University
	West Lafayette, Indiana
	6 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Heart Of Mine
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
12.	Forever Young
13.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
14.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
15.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16.	Watered-Down Love
17.	Shot Of Love
18.	Just Like A Woman
19.	Solid Rock
20.	Mr. Tambourine Man
21.	When You Gonna Wake Up
22.	In The Garden
	—
23.	Blowin' In The Wind
24.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
25.	It Ain't Me, Babe
26.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #16 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #43.

11 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

12, 14, 25, 26 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

13 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

24, 25 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. Everything's all right? Are you sure? I understand there's a lot of college students here tonight? Lot's of professors too, right? Oh Yeah! (after I Want You)

My new protest song. Modern day 1981 protest song. (after Heart Of Mine)

You know what happens after a hard rain falls? You get watered-down love, right?

All right I almost didn't recognize that myself. (after Mr. Tambourine Man)

Thank you, all right. All right, thank you. I murdered that song. It's life an life only ain't that right? You can kill a man but you can't kill and idea. Can you? No you can't do that, you can't kill and idea. (after It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding))

All right, thank you. Thank you. I got the pleasure of working with the Shaw Brothers Band. On keyboards we got Al Kooper. On one of the guitars, Fred Tackett. On another guitar, Steve Ripley. On drums, Jim Keltner. On the other set of drums, Ringo Rosato and on bass guitar we have Tim Drummond. Oh yes, we also have Clydie King, Regina McCrary and Madelyn Quebec. OK. We'll get out of here now. Remember, don't buy nothing you can't pay for. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

2 new songs (7%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 130 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6780	Hill Auditorium
	University Of Michigan
	Ann Arbor, Michigan
	7 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Heart Of Mine
10.	Simple Twist Of Fate
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	Just Like A Woman
20.	Masters Of War
21.	Solid Rock
22.	When You Gonna Wake Up
23.	In The Garden
	—
24.	Blowin' In The Wind
25.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
26.	It Ain't Me, Babe
27.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #17 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #44.

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 26, 27 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

25, 26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

All right. Everything OK? Everything good? Are you sure? (after I Want You)

Thank you. Right, this is an animal song. (before Maggie's Farm)

Thank you, right. I did that pretty good before didn't I? I think I did. One of those successes. (after Heart Of Mine)

All right, is there any gamblin' men here in the audience? No? We got some. This is specially for you. (before Gamblin' Man)

Thank you. Watered-down love. All right. From watered-down love to a shot of love.

(....) What? No I have to keep these glasses on tonight. Yeah. No you don't wanna see my eyes really. No way. No I can't even look myself in the mirror so .... (before When You Gonna Wake Up)

Thank you. (....). You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea. Is that right? I think it's right. (before It Ain't Me, Babe)

All right, we gotta get out of here. We’ll be here tomorrow night too. Oh yes, I (....) the Shaw Brothers Band from Albuquerque, New Mexico for opening. With, on organ there’s Kingsley Shaw. Lead guitar Billy Shaw. His brother Willie Shaw. On the drums, Winston Tyrone and Judy Shaw. On bass guitar we have, Lampford Shaw. Madelyn Quebec, Reigna McCreary and Clydie King. I gotta get out of here now. But don't buy what you can't pay for. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

"You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea," is a quote by Medgar Evers, who was killed in 1963 just hours after President John F. Kennedy's nationally televised Civil Rights Address, the subject of Only A Pawn In Their Game.

2 new songs (7%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 130 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018

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6790	Hill Auditorium
	University Of Michigan
	Ann Arbor, Michigan
	8 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Heart Of Mine
10.	Simple Twist Of Fate
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	In The Summertime
20.	Just Like A Woman
21.	Solid Rock
22.	Masters Of War
23.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
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.	It Ain't Me, Babe
29.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #18 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #45.

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 28, 29 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

27, 28 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you alright ? Is this the same crowd that was here last night? All right! (before Man Gave Names To All The Animals)

Thank you. All right, A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall. I wrote that about, I guess about fifty years ago. This one I just wrote last year. It's what happens after a hard rain falls. (before Watered-Down Love)

Thank you! That was a new young guitar player I found in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Rodeo Shaw. You'll be hearing a lot from him. Oh, I don't even know what to play. What'd you want to hear? (before Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

We’re gonna get out of here now. I played here about twenty years ago I think. Boy, a lot has have happened to me in the meantime, let me tell you. Been through all kinds of things. Next time I’m gonna come back and tell you all about it. So, we gonna go now. Remember, don't buy nothing you can't pay for. I'm working tonight with the Shaw Brothers Band. A little group I found in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Actually there were twice as many of them when I first saw them. On the keyboards we have, Kingsley Shaw. His brother Rudolph Shaw. Lead guitar, Rodeo Shaw. On the drums, Jim Keltner. On the bass guitar, Amos Shaw. On the other set of drums is Ringo Resoto. On the backing vocals Madelyn Quebec. Regina McCrary and Clydie King. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

2 new songs (6%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 140 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6800	Saenger Theater
	Saenger Performing Arts Center
	New Orleans, Louisiana
	10 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Heart Of Mine
10.	Simple Twist Of Fate
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	Masters Of War
20.	Just Like A Woman
21.	Thief On The Cross
22.	Dead Man, Dead Man
23.	When You Gonna Wake Up
24.	In The Garden
	—
25.	Blowin' In The Wind
26.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
27.	It Ain't Me, Babe
28.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #19 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #46.

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 27, 28 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

26, 27 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

Bootlegs

Child's Balloon. No label.

Stadiums Of The Damned. Kiss The Stone 056/057.

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (track 21)

Official releases

9 released on BIOGRAPH, Columbia C5X & C3K 38830, 28 October 1985.

9 released on SIDE TRACKS, DISC TWO, Columbia 88691924312-47 as part of the CD box THE COMPLETE ALBUM COLLECTION, VOL. ONE, 5 November 2013.

21 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

22 released on Cassette Single Columbia 38T73062, October 13, 1990 and on single, maxi single and CD-single CBS 65558 X, October 1989.

22 released on Live 1961-2000 - Thirty-nine years of great concert performances, SME Records SRCS 2438, 28 February 2001.

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

22 digitally released on the iTunes collection RARE TRACKS FROM THE VAULTS, 5 November 2013.

22 released on promotional Japanese CD MR D's COLLECTION NUMBER 3, Sony Music Enterprises, XDCS 93133,1993.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

1-8, 10-13, 15, 17-22, 24-28 re-mixed by Daniel Lanois, April 1989.

Only known performance of Thief On The Cross.

2 new songs (7%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

1-22, 24-28 stereo PA recordings.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6810	Saenger Theater
	Saenger Performing Arts Center
	New Orleans, Louisiana
	11 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	I Want You
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Simple Twist Of Fate
8.	Girl From The North Country
9.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
10.	Heart Of Mine
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	Masters Of War
20.	Just Like A Woman
21.	Solid Rock
22.	Mr. Tambourine Man
23.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
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.	It Ain't Me, Babe
29.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #20 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #47.

12, 23 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 28, 29. Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

27, 28 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Well, thank you. Time to wake up (....), this time, .... anybody feel lonely? (after I Want You)

Does anybody here know anything about voodoo? You know who here knows the most about voodoo? I know about black cat crossing your path ‘cause today a white cat crossed my path, I now that means something. (after Heart Of Mine)

All right thank you. We got a song here for all the gambling men out there. Any gambling men out there? You gamble with anything you know, not just cards. I know we got some gambling men. Well here's a song just for you. Make you think twice about gambling.

I think that's the way it went. I used to sing that song on the street corner. Never dreamed I'd be singing it in a concert hall. Imagine singing that song on a street corner. Tourists walk by, throw food into the hat. Angel food. Another song I used to sing on the street, never got no money for this one. (after The Times They Are A-Changin')

Thank you. That was a request. Song that we don't usually do anymore. Somebody's birthday. Anyway here's a song that we never do. There's somebody wants to hear this. Somebody wants to hear this, and I'll try to do the best I can. (before It's All In The Game)

Thank you. When you gonna wake up? When am I gonna wake up? I'll wake up one of these days I'm telling you.

Thank you. It's life and life only. Yes it is. Life only. You can kill a man but you can't kill and idea right? Can't kill and idea. I'll try to do this if I can remember the words. (before It Ain't Me, Babe)

We don't have a player playing. Let's have a look at that though. Soon as I get back to my hotel room. All right, ha ha OK. OK we gotta go now. Remember now, don't buy nothing you can't pay for. Ha ha! (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

The PA recprding of It's All In The Game is incomplete.

3 new songs (10%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

3, 4, 10, 18-21, 23 stereo PA recording.

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6820	The Summit
	Houston, Texas
	12 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Simple Twist Of Fate
10.	Heart Of Mine
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	Just Like A Woman
20.	Solid Rock
21.	Masters Of War
22.	When You Gonna Wake Up
23.	In The Garden
	—
24.	Blowin' In The Wind
25.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
26.	It Ain't Me, Babe
27.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #21 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #48.

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 26, 27 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

25, 26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

All right, thank you, thank you. Well here's another song about one of my favorite subjects, animals. (before Man Gave Names To All The Animals)

Thank you. All right! Houston, Texas. Houston. Well here's another animal song. This is about the most dangerous animal there can be. (before Maggie's Farm)

Well, I'll do it. (plays Ballad of a Thin Man). Thank you, all right! Yes all right, ha ha ha. Now thank you. Yeah, I figured I had to play that song.

All right thank you very, very much. We gotta ...., being in Houston I know there's a lot of gambling men down here, isn't that right? Also being a big oil town, a lot of oil down here, right? Hmm, I'm gonna buy me some of that oil. Start me a graveyard. Anyway, this is a song for all the gamblin' men in the house tonight. We usually play this one first every time we go to Las Vegas. Tonight we're gonna stick it in the middle of the show. (before Gamblin' Man)

All right, thank you. The times they are a-changin' still. Not changing fast enough though for some somebody? [shouts from the audience] Huh? Boy that's true, that's true, ain't it. I sure do. Everybody does, I guess so. Yeah, sure do. Even you. (before A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall)

Thank you. All right, we gonna have to get out of here now. Gotta catch an airplane well we still can. While the last few airport controllers are still working out here. They're gonna be taken off job pretty soon too. Big computer gonna be put in. Someplace there's man sitting in a room with a big computer, watching everything. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Bootlegs

Cookie’s Favorite. LP.

In The Garden. LP

Standing Room Only. Kornyfone LP.

You Can't Kill An Idea. Silver Rarities SiRa 01.

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

Bob Dylan is introduced by Hughes Aufray.

First performance of The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll since New York City, New York, 8 December 1975.

"Start me a graveyard" could refer to the song I'm Gonna Start Me A Graveyard of My Own by Jim Jackson

Same set list as the show in Miami, Florida 19 November!

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

Stereo PA recording.

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6830	Municipal Auditorium
	Nashville, Tennessee
	14 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Simple Twist Of Fate
10.	Heart Of Mine
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	Just Like A Woman
20.	Solid Rock
21.	Masters Of War
22.	When You Gonna Wake Up
23.	In The Garden
	—
24.	Blowin' In The Wind
25.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
26.	It Ain't Me, Babe
27.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #22 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #49.

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 26, 27 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

25, 26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. This is Nashville, Tennessee. This is the capital of country music? Is it? Is it the capital of country music? All right, what kind of country music? Well, here's a song about one of my most favorite subjects: animals. (before Man Gave Names To All The Animals)

This is about the most dangerous animal about that there is. (before Maggie's Farm)

All right, thank you. Boy, I remember the first time I ever came to Nashville. I think it was about 1965. My record producer had the bright idea to go down to Nashville. About that time they had ..., they hadn't seen anybody in Nashville with long hair. Does anybody remember that? Nobody had seen anybody with long hair. And when we walked down the street you had to either run or hide. Long hair was kind of a principle. Anyway I went back to my hotel room. The Romana Inn, and instead of going out dancing I sat down and wrote this song. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Is there any gambling men in the house tonight? I don't know if we have any? Do we have any? Yes, gambling men. (before Gamblin' Man)

Thank you, all right. Times they are still changing. They're not changing fast enough though for some people. Anyway, here's another song we used to sing on street corners of all places. I got my training as a singer on street corners can't you tell. (before A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall)

(....) well, that's it. Who's here tonight that we can call up on stage? (before Shot Of Love)

All right, thank you. Thank you. Well, yes. I know the other Country Music Hall Of Fame's down here. I know they have it here. They got a Hall Of Fame (....). But you know they don't have a rodeo. A rodeo out thing and they should. Yes, they really should. Hall Of Fame. Anyway, I want to nominate my voice to the first Hall Of Rodeo. All right! Well, yeah one time ... Actually I ought to be in the Country Music Hall Of Fame. I'm that good. Once I came to Nashville, first time I came here. I wanted to be in the Country Music Hall Of Fame. But I never did then. When you want something real bad you usually get it or you don't get it. When you get it either you want to or you don't want it anymore. And when you don't get it you just don't care anymore. (before When You Gonna Wake Up)

Thank you! It's Alright Ma, it's life an life only! That's all it is. That's right. You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea. Isn’t that right, you can’t. (before It Ain't Me, Babe)

All right, we gotta catch an aeroplane. Ain't got time to take a fast train. Well, I surely hope I sang something on key tonight. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

”Ain't got time to take a fast train“ is a quote from The Letter written by Wayne Thompson.

No new songs compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6840	The Fox Theater
	Atlanta, Georgia
	15 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Simple Twist Of Fate
8.	Girl From The North Country
9.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
10.	Heart Of Mine
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	Just Like A Woman
20.	Solid Rock
21.	Masters Of War
22.	When You Gonna Wake Up
23.	In The Garden
	—
24.	Blowin' In The Wind
25.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
26.	It Ain't Me, Babe
27.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #23 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #50.

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

13, 15, 26, 27 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

25, 26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. I've never seen such a big pit before. Was the pit always here? Was the pit always this big? Don't you go down in the pit! (after Like A Rolling Stone)

Is everything all right tonight? Are you sure about that? (after The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll)

Thank you. All right. This is another song about one of my most favorite subjects, animals. (before Maggie's Farm)

You're so quiet I don't even know you're there. .... This here pit ... you can't beat them with a pit like that. And I've been tempted to fall into a pit, I'm tempted to fall into that pit, but I'm holding on ... (after Simple Twist Of Fate)

Not much has really seemed to change. (after Girl Of The North Country)

Thank you. I know that gambling's not legal down here, but I know there's a lot of gambling people out in the house tonight. Here's a song for them. All the gamblers here tonight, one, two, three, all three of them!

Thank you. Thank you a lot. Here's another song I used to sing on the street corners. Long time ago. Seems like just the other day. I got my vocal training of course on the street corners. Singing, passing the hat. [someone in the audience: Judas! Judas!) Oh yeah. (before A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall)

It's life and life only. You can kill a man but you can't kill and idea ain't that right or is that wrong? It's right, you can't kill and idea. (before It Ain't Me, Babe)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

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

Mono audience recording, 134 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6850	The Fox Theater
	Atlanta, Georgia
	16 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Simple Twist Of Fate
10.	Heart Of Mine
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	Just Like A Woman
20.	Solid Rock
21.	Masters Of War
22.	It's All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Gates Dawes)
23.	When You Gonna Wake Up
24.	In The Garden
	—
25.	Blowin' In The Wind
26.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
27.	It Ain't Me, Babe
28.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #24 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #51.

12, 22 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 27, 28 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

26, 27 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. All right this is another song about one of my most favorite subjects, animals of course. This is about the most dangerous animal there is. (before Maggie's Farm)

Girl From The North Country. Sometimes though I wish I was back there. Anybody come from the North? Chicago, Kansas City, St Paul. I'm not familiar with ....

Thank you, alright. So, I've been accused of trying to (....) this is not true. Here's a song all about it. (before Heart Of Mine)

I'll be your baby tonight. (,,,,) I wish you'd done that last time I came. How many of you were here then?

All right thank you. You know we never did play Las Vegas cause we never been invited there. The girls wanna play this here song. (before Gamblin' Man)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

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

Mono audience recording, 130 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6860	Sunrise Musical Theater
	Miami, Florida
	19 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Simple Twist Of Fate
10.	Heart Of Mine
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	Just Like A Woman
20.	Solid Rock
21.	Masters Of War
22.	When You Gonna Wake Up
23.	In The Garden
	—
24.	Blowin' In The Wind
25.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
26.	It Ain't Me, Babe
27.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #25 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #52.

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 26, 27 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

25, 26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Well here's another song about one of my most favorite subjects, animals.

Thank you. Girl From The North Country. Remember me to one who lives there. I don't know if she lives there no more. Moved far away.

Thank you, all right. Here's another song I used to sing on street corners. I got my training as a singer of course on the street corners. (before A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall)

Thank you. Watered-Down Love. You ought to know about that round here. So much water.

Thank you, it's life and life only, that's the way it is right? You can kill a man but you can't kill and idea ain't that right? I think that's right. (before It Ain't Me, Babe)

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

Same set list as the show in Houston, Texas 12 November!

No new songs compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6870	Sunrise Musical Theater
	Miami, Florida
	20 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
9.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
10.	Heart Of Mine
11.	All Along The Watchtower
12.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
13.	Forever Young
14.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
15.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
16.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
17.	Watered-Down Love
18.	Shot Of Love
19.	Just Like A Woman
20.	Solid Rock
21.	Simple Twist Of Fate
22.	Masters Of War
23.	In The Garden
	—
24.	Blowin' In The Wind
25.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
26.	It Ain't Me, Babe
27.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #26 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #53.

12 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

13, 15, 26, 27 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

14 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

25, 26 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. Are you feeling alright? Where are we? Miami, Florida? Got some refugees down here, refugees all round here. I bet you got refugees from Canada. I bet you do. (before Like A Rolling Stone)

Thank you. This is another animal song. This is about the most dangerous animal that you're ever gonna meet. (before Maggie's Farm)

Thank you. I'm going back to New York City. Wish I was back. (after Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues)

The Times Are Still Changing. The times are changing fast. Not Changing fast enough for some people, changing too fast for others. Well, here's another song I used to, .... actually I used sing that last song on street corners. Anybody recall that. I got my training as a vocalist on street corners. You know we had to stand on street corners and sing and try to capture somebody's attention . you know. That's how I learned to sing this way. Now you go out and try that and you'll be singing this way to. (before A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall)

Watered-Down Love. Have you had any watered-down love? (.....) I just need a shot of love.

Thank you. Somebody thinks that they really have found you. Ain't that right Happens all the time. (after It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding))

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

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

Stereo audience recording, 135 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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6880	Civic Center Theatre
	Lakeland, Florida
	21 November 1981

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	I Believe In You
3.	Like A Rolling Stone
4.	Simple Twist Of Fate
5.	Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6.	Maggie's Farm
7.	Girl From The North Country
8.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
9.	Every Grain Of Sand
10.	All Along The Watchtower
11.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
12.	Forever Young
13.	Gamblin' Man (trad.)
14.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
15.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16.	Watered-Down Love
17.	Shot Of Love
18.	Just Like A Woman
19.	Solid Rock
20.	Masters Of War
21.	Heart Of Mine
22.	When You Gonna Wake Up
23.	In The Garden
	—
24.	Blowin' In The Wind
25.	Love Minus Zero/No Limit
26.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
27.	It Ain't Me, Babe
28.	Jesus Is The One
30.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Concert #27 of US and Canada Fall Tour 1981. 1981 concert #54.

11 Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal).

14, 27, 30 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

13 Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (vocals).

25, 26, 27 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. Man Gave Names To All The Animals. In case you're wondering who did that. It was man. Here's another animal song that I like to do. It's about the most dangerous kind of animal. (before Maggie's Farm)

All right, we got a song for the gambling men in the house tonight. There's a lot of them out there. (before Gamblin' Man)

This is one I used to sing on the street corners, before I made any kind of fame. Fame leads to the record, anyway, that's where I learned to sing, on a street corner. That's why I sing like this. (before A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall)

Thank you, Watered-Down Love. Some people just got to water-down everything. Even love. (before Shot Of Love)

Thank you. It's life and life only. (after It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding))

That's right! We gotta get out of here now. I got a ticket for an aeroplane. Ain't got time to take a fast train. Lonely days are gone, I'm going home. My baby she wrote me a letter. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

Official release

9 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 14. The End Of The Road (September – November 1981). Lesser Gods 2017.

Notes

Live debut of Every Grain Of Sand.

Last 1981 BobTalk is a long quote from The Letter written by Wayne Thompson.

4 new songs (13%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

9 stereo PA recording, 4 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 130 minutes.

Session info updated 17 June 2018.

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