2009 Europe Spring Tour

STILL ON THE ROAD

2009 EUROPE SPRING TOUR

JANUARY

7	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 86: Work
14	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 87: Nothing
21	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 88: Something
28	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 89: Cats

FEBRUARY

4	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 90: Madness
11	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 91: Happiness
18	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 92: Cops and Robbers
18	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 93: Sugar and Candy

MARCH

4	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 94: Questions
11	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 95: Truth and Lies
18	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 96: Family Circle

22	Stockholm, Sweden	Berns Salonger
23	Stockholm, Sweden	Globen Arena

25	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 97: Noah's Ark: Part 1

25	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum
27	Jönköping, Sweden	Kinnarps Arena
28	Malmö, Sweden	Malmö Arena
29	Copenhagen, Denmark	Forum
31	Hannover, Germany	AWD Arena

APRIL

1	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 98: Noah's Ark: Part 2

1	Berlin, Germany	Max Schmeling Halle
2	Erfurt, Germany	Messehalle
4	Munich, Germany	Zenith
5	Saarbrücken, Germany	Saarlandhalle
7	Paris, France	Palais des Congrès de Paris

8	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 99: Clearance Sale

8	Paris, France	Palais des Congrès de Paris
10	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
11	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
12	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
14	Basel, Switzerland	St. Jacobshalle

15	Washington, D.C.	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 100: Goodbye Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 101: Kiss

15	Milan, Italy	Forum di Assago
17	Rome, Italy	PalaLottomatica
18	Florence, Italy	Nelson Mandela Forum
20	Geneva, Switzerland	Geneva Arena
21	Strasbourg, France	Zénith
22	Brussels, Belgium	Vorst Nationaal
24	Sheffield, England	Sheffield Arena
25	London, England	O2 Arena
26	London, England	Roundhouse
28	Cardiff, Wales	Cardiff International Arena
29	Birmingham, England	National Indoor Arena

MAY

1	Liverpool, England	Echo Arena
2	Glasgow, Scotland	Hall 4, SECC
3	Edinburgh, Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
5	Dublin, Ireland	The O2
6	Dublin, Ireland	The O2

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Song Charts

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30897	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	7 January 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 86: Work

1963	The Burnadettes	First, You've Got to Recognize God
1947	T-Bone Walker	Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
1969	Merle Haggard	Workin' Man Blues
1960	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man
1950	Sarah Vaughan (with Miles Davis)	Nice Work If You Can Get It
1970	Jesse Winchester	Payday
1967	Lee Dorsey	Gotta Find a Job
1926	Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser & His Orchestra with Tom Stacks)	The Coat And The Pants Do All The Work (and The Vest Gets All The Gravy)
1965	Billy Butler & The Enchanters	I Can't Work No Longer
1950	Ray Charles	I'll Do Anything But Work
1971	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Payday Blues
	Honey Cone	Want Ads
1937	Adriana Caselotti	Whistle While You Work
1965	Detroit Junior	Call My Job
1976	Tom Waits	I Can't Wait To Get Off Work (and See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)
1969	Marva Whitney & The J.B.'s	You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat)

Selected BobTalk

This week we're talking about work. We're talkin' about golden parachutes, poison pills, golden handshakes. We're talking about workin' like a dog, work around the clock, workin' 9 to 5; talking about all the workin' stiffs who're workin' for a livin', who live to work, labor intensive, doin' odd jobs, married to their job, them employee of the month hard at work.

You can't say enough about Merle Haggard.

I had a boss so mean once, his time clock punched me.

I'm gonna get outta here and see if I can beat the traffic. You know what it's like when everybody gets off work.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Numbers Eleven and Up

Next episode: Nothing

Session info updated 27 March 2011.

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30898	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	14 January 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 87: Nothing

	“It's night time in the Big City. A wealthy man terrorizes a waitress The dogs can smell rain.”

1965	The Fugs	Nothing
1963	The Cookies	Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)
1963	Sammy Davis Jr.	There Is Nothing Like a Dame
1959	Brenda Lee	Sweet Nothin's
1957	Frank Sinatra	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
1967	Harry Johnson (Sanford Clark)	It's Nothing To Me
2002	Peter Wolf (with Mick Jagger)	Nothing But The Wheel
1949	Marlene Dietrich	No Love, No Nothin'
1967	Toussaint McCall	Nothing Takes The Place Of You
1962	Mose Allison	I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
1956	Mac Curtis	That Ain't Nothin' But Right
1963	Rockin' Sidney	You Ain't Nothing But Fine
1996	Townes Van Zandt	Nothing
1970	The Velvet Underground	Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

Selected BobTalk

We’re gonna be talking about next to nothing, for nothing, nothing doing and all or nothing. We’re gonna be talking about nothing to write home about and nothing to shout about. Nothing to sneeze at, good-for-nothings, and nothing going for ya. Much ado about nothing, next to nothing, thinking nothing of it, and having nothing to do with ya.

Always enjoy a song with a story attached. It’s like getting a two for one, and he makes a good point. Mind your own business! You don’t have to get involved; you don’t know that whole story. Before you go jumping in, take a moment. Look at the situation. Ask yourself: Will I really be making this better? I guarantee ya, 9 times outta 10, the answer is nooooo. (about It’s Nothing To Me)

Boy, what can you say about that? Just fabulous. (about No Love, No Nothin’)

With a song this good, you only need one (about Nothing Takes the Place of You)

Huh-ha, that sounded like me playing harmonica. Short and sweet with a steady beat. (about You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine)

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Work

Next episode: Something

Session info updated 28 March 2011.

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30899	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	21 January 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 88: Something

	“It's night time in the Big City. A man falls asleep far from home There’s a strange car parked outside.”

1969	The Beatles	Something
1964	Earl-Jean McCrea	I'm Into Something Good
1964	Vic Damone	Something's Coming!
1950	Billy Ward and His Dominoes (with Clyde McPhatter)	Do Something For Me
1952	Jimmy Ballard	She's Got Something
	Steve Allen	This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
1964	The Velvelettes	He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'
1959	Eddie Cochran	Somethin' Else
1954	Daddy Cleanhead	Something's Goin' On In My Room
1966	Charlie Rich	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
1953	June Christy (with Pete Rugolo)	Something Cool
1960	Bobby Marchan	There's Something On Your Mind Part 2
1953	The Carlisles (with Jumpin' Bill Carlisle)	Something Different
1969	Thunderclap Newman	Something In The Air

Selected BobTalk

I think we all know there’s only one way to begin.

Ya know when I heard Herman’s Hermits sing it I thought it was just about having a piece of cake, or ridin’ on a Ferris wheel. But when I hear Earl-Jean sing it, I know exACTly what she’s talkin’ about!

Ya know, nobody sings like that anymore. He makes it sound effortless, no matter how difficult it really is. I like the elegance of a guy like Clyde McPhatter; it’s like watching Fred Astaire.

You can just tell he’s one of those guys raised on Western swing, looking forward to rockabilly. I sure would like to know more about him; if ya know anything, give us a call here at the station. (about Jimmy Ballard)

You know, sometimes I get jealous of you people listening. Some of you are hearing these songs for the first time, and that must be exciting. I remember what it was like when I first heard ‘em, and I tell ya even after all these years it’s still an amazing record – but that first rush of hearin’ it…wow! (about Somethin’ Else)

Here’s The Silver Fox, back when he still had a little bit of black in his hair. (about Charlie Rich)

A beautiful song of quiet despair…a lot of times the arranger gets ignored, but on a record like this you can’t imagine it without his touch. (about Something Cool)

Next up, part two of a two part record. Side one is kind of a straight read. Part two – it’s wild! Not surprisingly, the guy performing it is wild too. (There’s Something on Your Mind Pt. 2)

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Nothing

Next episode: Cats

Session info updated 28 March 2011.

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30900	Malibu Performing Arts Center
	Los Angeles, California
	January 2009

1.	Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie)
2.	Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie

Bob Dylan (vocal & acoustic guitar), Ry Cooder (electric guitar), Van Dyke Parks (piano).

Official releases

1 released on the soundtrack CD The People Speak, Verve B002UK6DTA, 8 December 2009.

1 released on the DVD The People Speak, 9 February 2010.

Notes.

1 broadcast by US TV History Channel in the film The People Speak, 13 December 2009.

2 is not in general circulation.

1 stereo studio recording, 3 minutes.

Session info updated 13 April 2011.

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30901	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	28 January 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 89: Cats

	“It's night time in the Big City. A man makes a promise he'll never keep. Spring just won't come.”

1959	The Coasters	Three Cool Cats
1936	Cliff Carlisle	Tom Cat Blues
1959	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone
1964	Buck Owens and His Buckaroos	I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
1970	The Mighty Sparrow	Sell The Puss-y
1941	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Put A Nickel In The Kitty
1934	Tampa Red & Georgia Tom	Dead Cats On The Line
1961	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight
1929	Walter "Kid" Smith and Norman Woodlief	The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough
1950	Emmy Oro	A Fish House Function (For A Cross Eyed Cat Named Sam)
1961	Hop Wilson & His Buddies	My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone
1968	The Rolling Stones	Stray Cat Blues
1961	Joseph Barbera (Hanna Barbera Cartoons)	The Theme From Top Cat

Selected BobTalk

Tigers have more than 100 stripes and no 2 have identical stripes, unless they're wearing the same pajamas.

A song that raises more questions than it answers... First time I heard it was on a hot summer day. I thought I was hallucinating (about A Fish House Function (For A Cross Eyed Cat Named Sam))

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Something

Next episode: Madness

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30902	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	4 February 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 90: Madness

	“It's night time in the Big City. The worst has already happened. A well-dressed couple lean on the balcony; they laugh as they sip martinis.”

1961	Patsy Cline	Crazy
1935	Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra	I’m Nuts About Screwy Music
1959	Eddie Cochran	Nervous Breakdown
1960	James Brown and The Famous Flames	I’ll Go Crazy
1947	Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie	Relaxin’ at Camarillo
1962	Prince Buster	Madness
1967	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Manic Depression
1967	Peggy Lee	You’re Driving Me Crazy
1959	Bo Diddley	Crackin’ Up
1967	Johnny Paycheck	(Like Me) You’ll Recover in Time
1952	Annie Ross	Twisted
1956	The Tibbs Brothers	I’m Going Crazy
1958	The Mighty Sparrow	The Mad Bomber
1958	Little Walter	Crazy Mixed Up World
1952	Dinah Washington	Blow Top Blues
1966	Napoleon XIV	They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!
1972	Porter Wagoner	The Rubber Room
1947	Beatrice Kay w/ Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	Hooray, Hooray, I’m Goin’ Away
1957	Redd Foxx	It’s Fun to Be Livin’ in the Crazy House
1957	Mose Allison	Lost Mind
1974	Jack Kittel	Psycho
1993	Nirvana	Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle

Selected BobTalk

I can’t imagine Jimi Hendrix writing a song called ‘Bipolar Disorder.’

A lot of people are unfamiliar with the way that Annie and other vocal lead singers would take jazz solos and put words to them; well this is one of the most famous ones.

Walter basically reinvented the harmonica. When he was growing up, he was obsessed with the Louis Jordan records, and would practice playing Louis’ saxophone solos on his harmonica.

The Thin Man from West Plains (about Porter Wagoner)

Here’s a wild record with a surprising person at the helm. (about It’s Fun To Be Living In The Crazy House)

Here’s a man that some call the William Faulkner of jazz. Now I’ve got to tell you, I’ve heard this guy play since the 60s, and I’ve never heard anybody call him the William Faulkner of jazz. But there it is in a book. I mean, somebody just wrote that; I can’t imagine anyone calling him the William Faulkner of jazz! I mean that would be like calling Garnet Mimms the Gabriel Garcia Marquez of soul music. It’s just not done. I’m getting excited over nothin’, let me just play the record. By the way, I consider William Faulkner to be the Mose Allison of literature. Here they are, together again, Mose Allison and William Faulkner, singing the Percy Mayfield song ‘Lost Mind.’

The third in our trilogy of demented country songs (about Psycho)

Few things go together as well as country & western music and crazy people.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 90 minutes.

Previous episode: Cats

Next episode: Happiness

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30903	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	11 February 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 91: Happiness

	“It's night time in the Big City. A cop runs a license plate. Ten will get you twenty.”

1938	Hot Lips Page	Feelin' High and Happy
1972	Al Green	Love and Happiness
1953	Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters	(I Wanna Go Where You Go) Then I'll Be Happy
1955	Elmore James	Happy Home
1972	The Rolling Stones	Happy
1937	Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra	I Want To Be Happy
2006	Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins	Happy
1967	Brenda Holloway	You've Made Me So Very Happy
1935	The Sons of the Pioneers	Happy Rovin' Cowboy
1979	Buzzcocks	Everybody's Happy Nowadays
1963	Judy Garland	Smile
1950	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans with Frank Worth & His Orchestra	Happy Trails

Selected BobTalk

Welcome everybody to Theme Time Radio Hour. It's good to see so many familiar faces... Yes indeed-ee-doo, I could not be happier to be with you today.

It just goes to show ya, ya leave people alone in a studio and you don't really need anyone else. Look what Keith did there! Of course, he'd been up for about four days when he came up with it. But you have to suffer for your art.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Madness

Next episode: Cops and Robbers

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30904	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	18 February 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 92: Cops and Robbers

1949	Nat King Cole Trio	Call The Police
1966	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol
1930	Blind Willie Walker	Dupree Blues
1998	Billy Bragg & Wilco	Against Th' Law
1959	The Crickets	I Fought The Law
1954	Freddie "Bama Boy" Hall and His Gadsden Band	This Crooked World
1924	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	Poor Jesse James
1968	The Byrds	Pretty Boy Floyd
1963	The Coasters	Bad Detective
1974	Los Socios De San Antonio	La Muerte De Fred Gomez Carrasco
1967	The Equals	Police On My Back
1950	Smiley Lewis	Dirty People
1966	Merle Haggard	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Selected BobTalk

We’re gonna be looking at officers and fuzz, bulls and coppers, private eyes, private investigators, police and private detectives, deputies and constables, lawmen, marshals, and meter maids, the law, and the man. But of course that’s just one side of the law. We’re also gonna turn the Theme Time spotlight on bandits and buccaneers, burglars and cheats, conmen and crooks, looters and marauders, something and pickpockets, stickup men, swindlers, thieves, thugs, gangsters, gunmen and hijackers. Bruisers and Godfathers, Mafioso and mobsters. I’m sure we have a lot of listeners on both sides-

Nat Cole Trio – Call The Police “What made their sound so swingin’ is that they didn’t use a drummer and the rhythmic pulse was carried by that big bass fiddle.”

The forgotten man of the Bakersfield sound (about Red Simpson)

Using bad as a bit of braggadocio and not casting any aspersions on his abilities. (about Bad Detective)

A man who never forgot where he came from; he’s the real deal. (about Merle Haggard)

This is Theme Time Radio Hour, your police headquarters for illicit themes, illegal schemes, and hijacked dreams.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Happiness

Next episode: Sugar and Candy

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30905	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	25 February 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 93: Sugar and Candy

	“It's night time in the Big City. The bartender wipes the counter with a damp rag That car’s been parked there all night There’s no one left to call.”

1945	Joe Liggins and The Honeydrippers	The Honeydripper
1965	Elizabeth Cotten & Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree
1970	The Grateful Dead	Sugar Magnolia
1964	Millie Small	My Boy Lollipop
1958	Lazy Lester	Sugar Coated Love
1954	Ray Batts	Stealin' Sugar
1966	Lara & The Trailers	Sugar Town
1966	Joe Tex	If Sugar Was As Sweet As You
1965	The Strangeloves	I Want Candy
1928	Harry 'Haywire Mac' McClintock	Big Rock Candy Mountain
1965	The Astors	Candy
1991	Elvis Costello	So Like Candy
1961	Cleveland Crochet	Sugar Bee
1964	Dave Van Ronk	Candy Man

Selected BobTalk

This week we’re gonna indulge our sweet tooth, go into sugar shock, look at some eye candy, meet back at the sugar shack, take some candy from a baby, give some sweets to my sweet, get sweet and low-down, and maybe even revisit the sweet bird of youth.

Listen to this and you think it’s a traditional song but it’s not – Elizabeth wrote it-

I don’t know anything about Ray Batts except for this song…another mystery man, another great record-

You play me a Nancy Sinatra record, and I’ll play you a cover of it by a band from Singapore.

Listen the drums on this record, they’re quite good. You owe me five bucks, Jim. (about So Like Candy)

Boy, when was the last time a record hit the charts with accordion or a guitar like that?! Been much too long. It’s not that I like old music, it’s just that I’m not hearing anything like that from out in left field nowadays. (about Sugar Bee)

Here’s a guy who could talk about Trotsky as well as about the Delta Blues. He could tell you about politics and literature, could identify all the French symbolist poets, and play blues and ragtime on the guitar. I could talk about Dave Van Ronk for a long time. He could totally electrify a coffee house and you could never tell when he was drawing to an inside strength. It was a privilege to know him; he was a singular individual, and hearing just one song will only give you a clue.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Cops and Robbers

Next episode: Questions

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30906	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	4 March 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 94: Questions

1956	Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love?
1955	The Robins	Whadaya Want?
1975	Allen Toussaint	What Do You Want the Girl to Do?
1961	The Everly Brothers	When Will I Be Loved?
1953	Lloyd Price	Where You At?
1966	Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys	I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
1955	Bobby Tuggle	$64,000 Question (Do You Love Me?)
1964	The Kolettes	Who's That Guy?
1964	The Isley Brothers	Who's That Lady?
1969	Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks	How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away
1971	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On?
1956	Eddie Lawrence	The Old Philosopher
1946	Billie Holiday	What Is This Thing Called Love?
1974	Brinsley Schwarz	(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?

Selected BobTalk

Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Are You havin’ a good time? Are you enjoying yourself? Are you comfortable. If it seems like I’m asking a lot of questions, then you better get used to it, cause that’s all I’ll you’re gonna be hearing for the next hour, we’ll be asking the tough questions. We’ll be raising some interrogatives. We’ll let you fill in the answers.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Sugar and Candy

Next episode: Truth and Lies

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30907	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	11 March 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 95: Truth and Lies

1955	The Chromatics	Tell A Lie
1970	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song
1951	Fats Domino	Don't Lie To Me
1950	Leon Chappel	True Blue Papa
1973	Gram Parsons	How Much I've Lied
1954	Guitar Slim	Twenty Five Lies
1957	Carl Perkins	Your True Love
1954	Faye Adams	I'll Be True
1966	Duke Reid &The Silvertones	True Confessions
1955	Willie Mabon	He Lied
1958	Conway Twitty	It's Only Make Believe
1965	Bobby Moore &The Fourmost	It Was A Lie
1966	The Who	La-La-La Lies

Selected BobTalk

Heh heh heh…Welcome to the Underground Garage. I’m Little Steven.

People think of him as just a jolly fat man from New Orleans, but they don’t realize what a bluesy piano player he is. Here he is with a song that’ll help you get down to the real nitty-gritty. (about Fats Domino)

He’s flamboyant and an artist you can’t ignore. (about Guitar Slim)

Everybody always thinks of rockabilly as being a guitar-based music, but you can’t imagine that record without Jerry Lee Lewis pumpin’ the piano all over it. During the 60’s and the 70’s the guitar hero became popular, but for my money give me that pumpin’ piano. The only reason the guitar became so popular is because you could wear it around your neck and stand in the middle of the stage. The poor guy playin’ the piano was stuck in one spot and unless you were Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis you were relegated to the background. I feel we lost something when it became all guitars and no piano. Another thing that happened is that somewhere along the line people seemed to think the solo was more important than the song. On some of my favorite blues records there isn’t even a solo at all. The guitar playing is mostly call and response to the vocals. If you’re lucky maybe there’s a one chorus guitar solo. It’s not about the length of the solo, it’s the feel, and a lot of those blues records had more feel than you could ever put in a twenty minute solo.

Here’s another one of those records that I don’t know anything about. There was more than one artist named Bobby Moore, and the records I have don’t all sound like the same guy.

Before they started making operas, The Who were one of the great singles bands of the 60’s.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Questions

Next episode: Family Circle

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30908	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	18 March 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 96: Family Circle

	“It's night time in the Big City. The city lights reflect off the Burnet River Working girls share an inside joke.”

1947	Lonzo & Oscar	I'm My Own Grandpa
1930	Memphis Jug Band	Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
1976	Clannad	Two Sisters
1965	Peter Tosh & The Wailers	Shame And Scandal (In The Family)
1960	The Olympics	I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
1961	Elvis Presley	Little Sister
1987	Boozoo Chavis	Uncle Bud
1970	The Flamin' Groovies	Second Cousin
1976	The Wild Tchoupitoulas	Brother John
2002	Rilo Kiley	A Better Son / Daughter
1955	Willie Mabon	The Seventh Son
1938	Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma
1971	Sly & The Family Stone	Family Affair

Selected BobTalk

We’re gonna take a few ticks of the clock to look at heart and hearth. We’ll look at family trees, family dinners, family planning, and family jewels. There’ll be Dutch uncles, grandfather clocks, kissing cousins, sons of a gun, and maybe a couple of SOBs. It’s all in the family. Let’s get it goin.

He was a brilliant singer and one of the best guitarists to come out of Jamaica…he was a proselytizer of the healing powers of marijuana…he was kinda like the Dr. Phil of ganja. (about Peter Tosh)

You know, people used to go into the studio when they had a song or two, when they had something to say. Nowadays, people just go into the studio ‘cause they got time to kill. They sit around, they order sushi, get some Starbucks, wait for inspiration to hit, and the records sound like that. There’s some records that take two years to make and you listen to ‘em, and there’s nothin’ on ‘em! This record, I guarantee you, took less than two hours to make, and wasn’t even the A side. You be the judge. What would you rather listen to? A whole record about nothin’ or a 45 called Little Sister?”

It’s kind of ironic: we’re doing our family show, and this is probably the least family-oriented song we’ve ever played. It is not for the pusillanimous listener, so if you’re listening with young children please send them out of the room for a few minutes. Unless you’re listening in the car. In that case turn the radio down for a while. (about Uncle Bud)

As good as that record sounds, you gotta see what they look like! That, my friends, is what I call showmanship. (about The Wild Tchoupitoulas)

The question I have is, ‘Bring WHAT on home to grandma?

A weary skeptical record, with a darkness born of drug use. This song was all over the radio and its power could not be denied. (about Family Affair)

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Truth and Lies

Next episode: Noah's Ark: Part 1

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30909	Berns Salonger
	Stockholm, Sweden
	22 March 2009

1.	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
2.	Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
3.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
5.	Tryin' To Get To Heaven
6.	Things Have Changed
7.	Watching The River Flow
8.	Blind Willie McTell
9.	I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10.	I Believe In You
11.	Honest With Me
12.	Billy
13.	Summer Days
14.	All Along The Watchtower
	—
15.	Cry A While
16.	Like A Rolling Stone
17.	Forever Young

Concert # 2107 of The Never-Ending Tour. First concert of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. First 2009 concert.

Concert # 378 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

6 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-5, 7-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

6 Donnie Herron (violin).

8 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

15 Donnie Herron (banjo).

Notes.

First live performance of Billy.

No songs from Modern Times!

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Stockholm, Sweden:

29 April 1966	Konserthuset
8 July 1981	Johanneshovs Isstadion
26 September 1987	Johanneshovs Isstadion
28 May 1989	Globe Arena
25 June 1991	Cirkus, Kungliga Djurgården
26 June 1991	Cirkus, Kungliga Djurgården
27 July 1996	Lida Friluftsgård, Tullinge
9 June 1998	Globe Arena
18 May 2000	Globe Arena
5 April 2002	Globe Arena
11 October 2003	Globe Arena
17 October 2005	Globe Arena
27 March 2007	Debaser Medis
28 March 2007	Globe Arena
23 March 2009	Globe Arena
4 November 2011	Globe Arena
12 October 2013	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
13 October 2013	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
5 October 2015	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
6 October 2015	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
1 April 2017	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
2 April 2017	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
26 June 2019	Globe Arena

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 15 July 2019.

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30910	Globe Arena
	Stockholm, Sweden
	23 March 2009

1.	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
2.	Lay Lady Lay
3.	Tangled Up In Blue
4.	Chimes Of Freedom
5.	High Water (For Charley Patton)
6.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7.	Love Sick
8.	Desolation Row
9.	Rollin' And Tumblin'
10.	Make You Feel My Love
11.	Highway 61 Revisited
12.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
13.	Thunder On The Mountain
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2108 of The Never-Ending Tour. Second concert of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. Second 2009 concert.

Concert # 379 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

2, 12 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 3, 4, 6-11, 13-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

1, 3, 5-8, 10, 11, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (banjo).

7-9 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Stockholm, Sweden:

29 April 1966	Konserthuset
8 July 1981	Johanneshovs Isstadion
26 September 1987	Johanneshovs Isstadion
28 May 1989	Globe Arena
25 June 1991	Cirkus, Kungliga Djurgården
26 June 1991	Cirkus, Kungliga Djurgården
27 July 1996	Lida Friluftsgård, Tullinge
9 June 1998	Globe Arena
18 May 2000	Globe Arena
5 April 2002	Globe Arena
11 October 2003	Globe Arena
17 October 2005	Globe Arena
27 March 2007	Debaser Medis
28 March 2007	Globe Arena
22 March 2009	Berns Salonger
4 November 2011	Globe Arena
12 October 2013	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
13 October 2013	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
5 October 2015	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
6 October 2015	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
1 April 2017	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
2 April 2017	Stockholm Waterfront Auditorium
26 June 2019	Globe Arena

14 new songs (82%) compared to previous concert. 14 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

Session info updated 15 July 2019.

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30915	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	25 March 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 97: Noah's Ark: Part 1

	“It's night time in the Big City. A burly man sells factory-seconds tube socks out of his trunk An abandoned balloon is stuck in a tree.”

1962	Jimmy Cliff	King of Kings
1939	Cousin Emmy with Frank Moore and His Log Cabin Boys	Ground Hog
1961	Rolf Cahn & Eric Von Schmidt	Grizzly Bear
1957	Dave Bartholomew	The Monkey Speaks His Mind
1963	Joe D. Johnson	Rattlesnake Daddy
1964	The Marvelettes	Too Many Fish in the Sea
1934	The Sons of the Pioneers	Hold That Critter Down
1988	Bonnie Raitt	Baby Mine
1963	Rolf Harris	Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
1945	Tex Ritter	Froggy Went A Courtin'
1948	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Barnyard Boogie
1986	Waylon Jennings	Will The Wolf Survive?
1957	Sonny Boy Williamson II	Fattening Frogs for Snakes
1929	Lesley Sarony with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra	Jollity Farm
1968	The Kinks	Animal Farm

Selected BobTalk

I like to think of myself as a glass half full kinda guy. I don’t like to think about all the people that drowned in the great flood, I like to think about all the animals Noah saved. So this week we’re gonna climb aboard Noah’s Ark and take a look around. It’s gonna be a marvelous musical menagerie as we listen to songs about, for and by the many members of the animal kingdom. Come on! Watch where you step.

D. Bartholomew has a writing credit on this song, but I think the lyrics go back a lot further. I have a postcard with a poem on it from at least the 30’s; but Dave did put a distinctive, driving guitar beat behind it. Anything that gets this type of thought across, I’m all in favor of…A tale of morality and monkey business.

It’s not totally politically correct but we must remember it was a different time. (about Hold That Critter Down).

It sounds like she’s singing it to the man she loves but no, she’s singin’ to an elephant! (about Bonnie Raitt)

Orginially the song was a satire. Queen Elizabeth had a habit of referring to her ministers with animal nicknames. She called Sir Walter Raleigh her fish. The French Ambassador Simier was her ape. And the Duc d’Alencon was her frog. So this song wasn’t just about marriage in the barnyard, but it was a scathing political satire. I didn’t get that the first time I heard it.

One of the few R & B records I know that has as steel guitar solo in it. (about Barnyard Boogie)

Ya know, like when you take a gal out to dinner and then at the end of the night she gives you a little peck on the cheek, and then she calls me to come over? You know what you were doing buddy? You were fattening frogs for snakes!

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Family Circle

Next episode: Noah's Ark: Part 2

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30920	Spektrum
	Oslo, Norway
	25 March 2009

1.	Watching The River Flow
2.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
3.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
4.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
5.	Just Like A Woman
6.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7.	Ballad Of A Thin Man
8.	I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
9.	The Levee's Gonna Break
10.	When The Deal Goes Down
11.	Highway 61 Revisited
12.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
13.	Thunder On The Mountain
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2109 of The Never-Ending Tour. Third concert of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. Third 2009 concert.

Concert # 380 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

8 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 3-7. 9-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 6, 7, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

4 Donnie Herron (banjo).

9, 12 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Oslo, Norway:

29 June 1995	Spektrum
18 July 1996	Spektrum
7 June 1998	Frognerbadet
19 May 2000	Spektrum
7 April 2002	Spektrum
13 October 2003	Spektrum
18 October 2005	Spektrum
30 March 2007	Spektrum
30 June 2011	Spektrum
1 October 2015	Oslo Konserthus
2 October 2015	Oslo Konserthus
3 October 2015	Oslo Konserthus
4 April 2017	Spektrum
29 June 2019	Spektrum

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 8 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 16 July 2019.

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30930	Kinnarps Arena
	Jönköping, Sweden
	27 March 2009

1.	Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
3.	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
4.	The Levee's Gonna Break
5.	Just Like A Woman
6.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
7.	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
8.	Million Miles
9.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
10.	This Wheel's On Fire (Bob Dylan/Rick Danko)
11.	Highway 61 Revisited
12.	Make You Feel My Love
13.	Thunder On The Mountain
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2110 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 4 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 4.

Concert # 381 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-9,11-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

4 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

6 Donnie Herron (banjo).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Note. First Bob Dylan concert in Jönköping, Sweden.

6 new songs (35%) compared to previous concert. 4 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 8 May 2009.

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30940	Malmö Arena
	Malmö, Sweden
	28 March 2009

1.	Maggie's Farm
2.	The Man In Me
3.	Watching The River Flow
4.	When The Deal Goes Down
5.	High Water (For Charley Patton)
6.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7.	Ballad Of Hollis Brown
8.	Just Like A Woman
9.	Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
10.	Beyond The Horizon
11.	Summer Days
12.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
13.	Highway 61 Revisited
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2111 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 5 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 5.

Concert # 382 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 6, 8, 10, 12, Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Malmö, Sweden:

25 July 1996	Slottsmöllan
6 June 1998	Sibbarps strand
3 November 2011	Malmö Arena
10 October 2015	Malmö Live

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 6 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 105 minutes.

Session info updated 7 November 2015.

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30950	Forum
	Copenhagen, Denmark
	29 March 2009

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
3.	Watching The River Flow
4.	Simple Twist Of Fate
5.	Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6.	I Believe In You
7.	'Til I Fell In Love With You
8.	Tryin' To Get To Heaven
9.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10.	Desolation Row
11.	Honest With Me
12.	When The Deal Goes Down
13.	Thunder On The Mountain
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2112 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 6 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 6.

Concert # 383 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

9 Donnie Herron (banjo).

10 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Copenhagen, Denmark:

12 July 1981	Brøndby-Hallen
10 June 1984	Idraetsparken
21 September 1987	Valby Hallen
23 July 1996	Den Grå Hal
24 July 1996	Den Grå Hal
11 June 1998	Forum
8 April 2002	Forum
16 October 2003	Forum
2 April 2007	Forum
15 October 2013	Falconer Salen
16 October 2013	Falconer Salen
8 October 2015	Falconer Salen
9 October 2015	Falconer Salen
6 April 2017	Den Kongelige Opera
7 April 2017	Den Kongelige Opera

First live performance of Gotta Serve Somebody since St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida 30 July 2003.

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 3 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

Session info updated 17 August 2020.

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30960	AWD Hall
	Hannover, Germany
	31 March 2009

1.	Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2.	The Man In Me
3.	Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
4.	Chimes Of Freedom
5.	The Levee's Gonna Break
6.	Sugar Baby
7.	John Brown
8.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
9.	Masters Of War
10.	Shooting Star
11.	Highway 61 Revisited
12.	Nettie Moore
13.	Summer Days
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Dignity
17.	Thunder On The Mountain

Concert # 2113 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 7 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 7.

Concert # 384 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

1, 3-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 16 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

7 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Hannover, Germany:

20 September 1987	Messehalle 20
18 February 1993	Musik Halle
3 July 1995	Musik Halle
12 May 2000	Stadionsporthalle
13 April 2002	Stadionsporthalle
26 October 2005	AWD Hall
6 November 2011	TUI Arena
18 October 2013	Swiss Life Hall
26 October 2005

14 new songs (82%) compared to previous concert. 7 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

Session info updated 13 May 2017.

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30965	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	1 April 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 98: Noah's Ark: Part 2

	“It's night time in the Big City. A cop runs a license plate I never tell the truth.”

1975	The Meters	They All Ask'd For You (The Audobon Zoo Song)
1958	Roddy Jackson	There's A Moose On The Loose
1967	Jefferson Airplane	White Rabbit
1930	Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell	Carried Water For The Elephant
1972	Randy Newman	Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
1971	The Country Gentlemen	Fox On The Run
1964	Nina Simone	See Line Woman
1976	Joni Mitchell	Coyote
1947	Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston and his Orchestra	Possum Song
1969	The Maytals	Monkey Man
1953	Dick 'Two Ton' Baker	Bert The Turtle (The Duck And Cover Song)
1955	Lazy Bill Lucas & the Blues Rockers	Calling All Cows
1941	Memphis Minnie and Little Son Joe	Black Rat Swing
1960	Ferlin Husky	On The Wings Of A Snow White Dove

Selected BobTalk

Don’t be a jackass! We’re gonna go ape. Take the bull by the horns. Play a little cat and mouse. Shoot some fish in a barrel. And go hog-wild. ‘Cause I’m crazy like a fox, proud as a peacock. So unless you’re ugly as a toad I’m ready to talk turkey. There’ll be no weaseling out as we have as much fun as a barrel of monkeys.

One of my three favorite songs about meese. (about There’s a Moose on the Loose).

Telling us to feed our heads. That’s not a direct quotation from the dormouse, by the way. (about The Jefferson Airplane)

Here’s another strong-willed woman, and I mean that in the best possible way… (Coyotes are) a very vocal animal… use short barks to warn of danger…whine and whimper when they are establishing bonds. They produce high pitched barks to summon puppies and sometimes, late at night when they’re all relaxing, they sing Joni Mitchell songs.

I think that might have been produced by the Chinese-Jamaican producer, Leslie Kong. Chinese-Jamaican…that’d be a good kinda food. Get myself some General Tso’s Jerk Chicken! (about Monkey Man)

This is Theme Time Radio Hour, your home for barking dreams, roaring themes, and slithering schemes. Climb aboard Noah’s Ark with us. It’s a musical menagerie, animalistically speaking.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 60 minutes.

Previous episode: Noah's Ark: Part 1

Next episode: Clearance Sale

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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30970	Max Schmeling Halle
	Berlin, Germany
	1 April 2009

1.	The Wicked Messenger
2.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
3.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
4.	The Levee's Gonna Break
5.	My Back Pages
6.	Things Have Changed
7.	Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8.	Beyond The Horizon
9.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
10.	Love Sick
11.	Highway 61 Revisited
12.	Workingman's Blues #2
13.	Thunder On The Mountain
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2114 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 8 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 8.

Concert # 385 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 4-6, 8-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 4, 5, 7-9, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 4, 10 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

6, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Berlin, Germany:

29 June 1978	Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin
13 June 1984	Waldbühne, West Berlin
17 September 1987	Treptower Festwiese, East Berlin
5 July 1990	Internationales Congress Centrum, West Berlin
4 July 1995	Tempodrome
17 June 1996	Tempodrome
3 June 1998	Waldbühne
23 May 2000	Arena
11 April 2002	Arena
20 October 2003	Arena
25 October 2005	Arena Treptow
3 May 2007	Max Schmeling Halle
29 October 2011	O2 World
2 July 2012	Zitadelle Spandau
24 October 2013	Tempodrom
25 October 2013	Tempodrom
26 October 2013	Tempodrom
13 October 2015	Tempodrom
14 October 2015	Tempodrom
4 April 2019	Mercedes-Benz Arena

11 new songs (64%) compared to previous concert. 3 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

Session info updated 27 July 2020.

By courtesy of Michele Ulisse Lipparini.

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30980	Messehalle
	Erfurt, Germany
	2 April 2009

1.	Cat's In The Well
2.	Man In The Long Black Coat
3.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4.	Can't Wait
5.	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
6.	Beyond The Horizon
7.	High Water (For Charley Patton)
8.	Girl From The North Country
9.	Honest With Me
10.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
11.	Highway 61 Revisited
12.	Ain't Talkin'
13.	Thunder On The Mountain
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2115 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 9 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 9.

Concert # 386 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

3, 5, 8, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

7 Donnie Herron (banjo).

10 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

Notes

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Erfurt, Germany:

6 November 2005	Messehalle
9 July 2019	Messehalle

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 5 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 4 August 2019.

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30990	Zenith
	Munich, Germany
	4 April 2009

1.	Maggie's Farm
2.	One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
3.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
4.	Things Have Changed
5.	Just Like A Woman
6.	Rollin' And Tumblin'
7.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
8.	Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
9.	Sugar Baby
10.	Highway 61 Revisited
11.	Ballad Of Hollis Brown
12.	Workingman's Blues #2
13.	Thunder On The Mountain
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2116 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 10 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 10.

Concert # 387 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-2, 4-7,9-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 5, 8, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

4, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

6, 7 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

Notes

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Munich, Germany:

19 July 1981	Olympiahalle
20 July 1981	Olympiahalle
3 June 1984	Olympia Stadion
30 September 1987	Olympiahalle
21 June 1991	Zirkus Krone
8 July 1995	Terminal 1
2 May 1999	Olympiahalle
17 April 2002	Olympiahalle
29 October 2003	Olympiahalle
8 November 2005	Zenith
26 October 2011	Olympiahalle
1 July 2014	Tollwood, Olympiapark

11 new songs (64%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

Session info updated 4 August 2014.

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31000	Saarlandhalle
	Saarbrücken, Germany
	5 April 2009

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	Lay Lady Lay
3.	The Levee's Gonna Break
4.	Every Grain Of Sand
5.	Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6.	Beyond The Horizon
7.	Honest With Me
8.	Sugar Baby
9.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
10.	Po' Boy
11.	Summer Days
12.	I Believe In You
13.	Highway 61 Revisited
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2117 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 11 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 11.

Concert # 388 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-2,4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

1, 4, 9, 10, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

3 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Notes

First Bob Dylan concert in Saarbrücken, Germany. Next concert:

17 October 2015

Saarlandhalle

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 105 minutes.

Session info updated 8 November 2015.

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31010	Palais des Congrès de Paris
	Paris, France
	7 April 2009

1.	Cat's In The Well
2.	The Times They Are A-Changin'
3.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
5.	John Brown
6.	Rollin' And Tumblin'
7.	Chimes Of Freedom
8.	Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
9.	Masters Of War
10.	Honest With Me
11.	Beyond The Horizon
12.	Highway 61 Revisited
13.	Po' Boy
14.	Thunder On The Mountain
15.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
16.	All Along The Watchtower
17.	Spirit On The Water
18.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2118 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 12 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 12.

Concert # 389 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-2,4-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 8, 13, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 18 Donnie Herron (violin).

5 Donnie Herron (banjo).

6 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Paris, France.

8 new songs (44%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 110 minutes.

Session info updated 4 May 2019.

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31015	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	8 April 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 99: Clearance Sale

	“It's night time in the Big City. Everything must go, and we pass the savings onto you.”

1930	Clarence Ashley	Little Sadie
1949	Clarence Garlow	Bon Ton Roula
1957	Rex Griffin	You Got To Go To Work
1937	Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	When You're Smiling
1956	Clarence 'Frogman' Henry	Ain't Got No Home
1973	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Big Balls In Cowtown (We'll Dance Around)
1931	Walter 'Kid' Smith	My Evolution Girl
1988	Steve Earle	Copperhead Road
1956	Jerry Lee Lewis & His Pumping Piano	End Of The Road
1988	Van Morrison & The Chieftains	Raglan Road
1960	Clarence White & Roger Bush	Bury Me Beneath The Willow
1968	Dusty Springfield	Son Of A Preacher Man
1971	O.V. Wright	A Nickel And A Nail
1966	Anita Harris	Somebody's In My Orchard
1953	Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown	Boogie Uproar
1945	Big Joe Turner	Rock Of Gibraltar
1935	Cripple Clarence Lofton	Strut That Thing
1934	The Lion	Bing Crosby
1987	Ben Vaughn Combo	Jerry Lewis In France
1954	Jimmy Heap & The Melody Masters	You're Nothing But A Nothin'
1963	Ike & Tina Turner	You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had
1972	Jim Ford	Go Through Sunday
1968	Clarence Carter	Too Weak To Fight
1955	Annisteen Allen	Fujiyama Mama
1957	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama
2007	Rilo Kiley	15
1960	Johnny Cash	Mean Eyed Cat
1969	Clarence Reid	Fools Are Not Born
1928	Mississippi John Hurt	Candy Man
1970	The Wailers	Sugar Sugar
1956	Clarence Palmer & the Jive Bombers	Bad Boy
1963	Betty Carter	'Round Midnight
1969	The Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed

Selected BobTalk

Here’s a guy as far away from the prodigal son as you can imagine. (about Steve Earle)

He sings this song, he pounds the piano. He says he wrote it and that’s good enough for me.” (about Jerry Lee Lewis)

A traditional song, but in the hands of someone like Van Morrison you can see how hard it is to separate the performer from the performance. It’s like a great jazz musician bringing a new interpretation to a song you’ve heard dozens of times.

Born with the name Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien – a lovely Jewish name.” (about Dusty Springfield)

Let’s wander over to the succulent fruit department…ya know I better get out of the peach orchard before I get myself in trouble.” (about Somebody’s In My Orchard)

“He had a loud guitar and a swingin’ band…you hear this (trombone) solo and you can’t believe that Al (Grey) played with Duke Ellington’s band…it’s pure gutbucket!...We don’t play a lot of instrumentals all the way through, but that one was so swingin’ we had to play the whole thing. (about Clarence Gatemouth Brown

We don’t often play two versions of one song, but these two are so different, and Wanda’s rocks so hard, that we got to play both of them. (about Fujiyama Mama)

The sweet, gentle sounds of Mississippi John Hurt. You can hear elements of the songster tradition, the music that came before the blues, carrying elements of minstrel songs and other native American forms.

In a crypt near his birthplace, buried along with him, were his Gibson Les Paul guitar, a ring he wore every day that was given to him by Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia, a marijuana bud, a soccer ball, and a bible. His needs were simple.” (about Bob Marley)

Known as Betty Bebop, but she hated that name. She thought that bebop was limited and she wanted to do more, and she did. (about Betty Carter)

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 120 minutes.

Previous episode: Noah's Ark: Part 2

Next episode: Goodbye

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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31020	Palais des Congrès de Paris
	Paris, France
	8 April 2009

1.	The Wicked Messenger
2.	Lay Lady Lay
3.	Things Have Changed
4.	When The Deal Goes Down
5.	'Til I Fell In Love With You
6.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7.	Sugar Baby
8.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
9.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
10.	Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
11.	Beyond The Horizon
12.	Highway 61 Revisited
13.	The Times We've Known (Charles Aznavour)
14.	Thunder On The Mountain
15.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
16.	All Along The Watchtower
17.	Spirit On The Water
18.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2119 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 13 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 13.

Concert # 390 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

2 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1, 3-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

4-6, 10, 17-18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 9 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

3, 17 Donnie Herron (violin).

8 Donnie Herron (banjo).

Notes.

Second live performance of The Times We've Known, the first was in New York City, New York 1 November 1998.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Paris, France.

9 new songs (50%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 4 May 2019.

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31030	Heineken Music Hall
	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	10 April 2009

1.	Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
3.	Watching The River Flow
4.	Boots Of Spanish Leather
5.	Rollin' And Tumblin'
6.	Po' Boy
7.	Honest With Me
8.	Workingman's Blues #2
9.	High Water (For Charley Patton)
10.	Love Sick
11.	Highway 61 Revisited
12.	Nettie Moore
13.	Summer Days
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2120 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 14 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 14.

Concert # 391 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

3 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-2, 4-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 6, 9, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

5, 10 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

9 Donnie Herron (banjo).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Amsterdam, The Netherlands:

10 November 2003	Heineken Music Hall
11 November 2003	Heineken Music Hall
8 April 2007	Heineken Music Hall
9 April 2007	Heineken Music Hall
11 April 2009	Heineken Music Hall
12 April 2009	Heineken Music Hall
30 October 2013	Heineken Music Hall
31 October 2013	Heineken Music Hall
5 November 2015	Koninklijk Theater Carré
6 November 2015	Koninklijk Theater Carré
7 November 2015	Koninklijk Theater Carré
16 April 2017	Heineken Music Hall
17 April 2017	Heineken Music Hall
18 April 2017	Heineken Music Hall

12 new songs (70%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 11 May 2017.

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31040	Heineken Music Hall
	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	11 April 2009

1.	Maggie's Farm
2.	Mr. Tambourine Man
3.	Man In The Long Black Coat
4.	The Levee's Gonna Break
5.	When The Deal Goes Down
6.	Things Have Changed
7.	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
8.	Tough Mama
9.	Workingman's Blues #2
10.	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
11.	Just Like A Woman
12.	Highway 61 Revisited
13.	Nettie Moore
14.	Thunder On The Mountain
15.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
16.	All Along The Watchtower
17.	Spirit On The Water
18.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2121 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 15 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 15.

Concert # 392 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

4 Bob Dylan (guitar).

1-3, 5-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 11, 13, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

4, 7 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

6, 18 Donnie Herron (violin).

10 Donnie Herron (banjo).

13 Donnie Herron (viola).

Notes.

First performance of Tough Mama since New York City, New York 28 April 2005.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Amsterdam, The Netherlands:

10 November 2003	Heineken Music Hall
11 November 2003	Heineken Music Hall
8 April 2007	Heineken Music Hall
9 April 2007	Heineken Music Hall
10 April 2009	Heineken Music Hall
12 April 2009	Heineken Music Hall
30 October 2013	Heineken Music Hall
31 October 2013	Heineken Music Hall
5 November 2015	Koninklijk Theater Carré
6 November 2015	Koninklijk Theater Carré
7 November 2015	Koninklijk Theater Carré
16 April 2017	Heineken Music Hall
17 April 2017	Heineken Music Hall
18 April 2017	Heineken Music Hall

11 new songs (61%) compared to previous concert. 2 new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

Session info updated 11 May 2017.

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31050	Heineken Music Hall
	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	12 April 2009

1.	Gotta Serve Somebody
2.	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3.	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
4.	Million Miles
5.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
6.	Sugar Baby
7.	Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8.	Beyond The Horizon
9.	Desolation Row
10.	Tough Mama
11.	Highway 61 Revisited
12.	Ain't Talkin'
13.	Thunder On The Mountain
14.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
15.	All Along The Watchtower
16.	Spirit On The Water
17.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2122 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 16 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 16.

Concert # 393 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

1-6, 8-17 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 16, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

9 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

12 Donnie Herron (viola).

17 Donnie Herron (violin).

Notes.

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Amsterdam, The Netherlands:

10 November 2003	Heineken Music Hall
11 November 2003	Heineken Music Hall
8 April 2007	Heineken Music Hall
9 April 2007	Heineken Music Hall
10 April 2009	Heineken Music Hall
11 April 2009	Heineken Music Hall
30 October 2013	Heineken Music Hall
31 October 2013	Heineken Music Hall
5 November 2015	Koninklijk Theater Carré
6 November 2015	Koninklijk Theater Carré
7 November 2015	Koninklijk Theater Carré
16 April 2017	Heineken Music Hall
17 April 2017	Heineken Music Hall
18 April 2017	Heineken Music Hall

10 new songs (58%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

Session info updated 11 May 2017.

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31060	St. Jakobshalle
	Basel, Switzerland
	14 April 2009

1.	Cat's In The Well
2.	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
5.	John Brown
6.	I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
7.	Masters Of War
8.	Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
9.	Visions Of Johanna
10.	Honest With Me
11.	Girl From The North Country
12.	Highway 61 Revisited
13.	Beyond The Horizon
14.	Thunder On The Mountain
15.	Like A Rolling Stone
	—
16.	All Along The Watchtower
17.	Spirit On The Water
18.	Blowin' In The Wind

Concert # 2123 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 17 of the 2009 Europe Spring Tour. 2009 concert # 17.

Concert # 394 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar), Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), George Recile (drums & percussion).

1, 2, 4-18 Bob Dylan (keyboard).

2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 18 Donnie Herron (violin).

5 Donnie Herron (banjo).

9 Donnie Herron (mandolin).

Notes

Other Bob Dylan concerts in Basel, Switzerland:

23 July 1981	Sporthalle, St. Jakob
2 June 1984	St. Jakob Stadion
10 September 1987	St. Jakobshalle
13 November 2015	Musical Theater
14 November 2015	Musical Theater

8 new songs (44%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 115 minutes.

Session info updated 15 November 2015.

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31065	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	15 April 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 100: Goodbye

1965	Elmore James	Goodbye Baby
1930	Charlie Poole	Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane
1964	Bessie Banks	Go Now
1964	The Clancy Brothers	The Leaving Of Liverpool
1964	The Ovations	Adios Senorita
1972	Slim Smith	(If It Don't Work Out) Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
1953	Les Paul and Mary Ford	Vaya Con Dios
2006	Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris	If This Is Goodbye
1952	Little Caesar	Goodbye Baby
1957	Weldon Rogers and The Teen Kings	So Long, Good Luck and Goodbye
1983	Los Lobos	Let's Say Goodnight
1947	Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy	Troubles Goodbye
1967	Buffalo Springfield	Go and Say Goodbye
1940	Slim Gaillard	Splogham
1955	Bobby Charles	See You Later Alligator
1956	Jackie Brenston	Much Later For You Baby
1957	Warren Smith	So Long, I'm Gone
1954	Peppermint Harris	Bye Bye, Fare Thee Well
1973	Jamaican Duke & The Mento Swingers	Jamaica Farewell
1939	Ivie Anderson and Duke Ellington	I'm Checkin' Out Go'om Bye
1934	Leadbelly	Goodnight Irene
1965	Lee Dorsey	So Long
1940	Woody Guthrie	Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good To Know You)

Selected BobTalk

It's one thing to make an entrance, it's another thing entirely to get out alive. So for the next hour we'll be checking all the exits, finding our way outta here…and this show might run a little long this week, but that's OK. What are they gonna do, fire me?

Great loose sounding record. Really sounds like he's in it. You know what drives me crazy? I see all these pictures of rock bands in the studio, and they're very careful to make sure you can see the bottle of whiskey they have with them. They want you to know they're on the edge. You listen to their records, they don't sound like that. What's up with that? This guy, Peppermint Harris, probably just had a couple nips before he went into the studio and he sounds lose as a goose.

And it has been good to know you this year and here we are at the end of another season. May you have warm words on a cool evening, a full moon of a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door. I'm going to head on down to Elmo's Lounge. We’re having our wrap party there. Sampson's Diner is catering. If you happen to be driving by and the light is still on, come in and have a drink. It'd be good to see ya. In the mean time, see ya later, so long, and don't ever forget, every goodbye is the birth of a memory.

Notes.

The session location is fictional. The actual recording location and date for Bob Dylan’s contribution are not known.

The session date here is the original broadcast date.

Stereo radio recording, 120 minutes.

Previous episode: Clearance Sale

Next episode: Kiss

Session info updated 4 April 2011.

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31066	Studio B
	The Abernathy Building
	Washington, District Of Columbia
	15 April 2009

	Theme Time Radio Hour, Episode 101: Kiss

	It’s night time in the big city. Someone in the building is making popcorn. A waitress returns home, happy to take her shoes off. I wish people would curb their dogs. This is Theme Time Radio Hour with your host, Bob Dylan.

1964	Betty Everett	The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)
1951	Lefty Frizzell	Always Late with Your Kisses
1988	Lucinda Williams	Passionate Kisses
1957	Billy Boy Arnold	Kissing At Midnight
1986	Prince	Kiss
1953	Memphis Minnie	Kissing in the Dark
1962	Danny White	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1960	Huelyn Duvall	Pucker Paint
1959	Connie Francis	Lipstick on Your Collar
1959	The Everly Brothers	‘Til I Kissed You
1963	The Falcons	Let’s Kiss and Make Up
1958	Roy Head and The Traits	Baby, Let Me Kiss You One More Time
1964	J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers	Last Kiss
1951	Louis Armstrong	A Kiss to Build a Dream On

BobTalk

Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Today we’re going to take a musical look at one of my favorite pastimes. It’s an act of intimacy, the thing that Mae West called a man’s signature. And I’m guessing she knows what she was talking about.

You can call it a lip lock, or, as our friends across the pond call it, “snogging.” I call it good old-fashioned kissing. You can kiss up, kiss off, kiss the Blarney Stone, or kiss my ass. So, for the next hour, we’re going to play a little musical game of “spin the bottle.” This is your kissing bandit welcoming you to the osculatory edition of Theme Time Radio Hour.

Here’s a little lady from Chicago way, though she was actually born in Mississippi. She made her name in Chicago, recording for local labels like Vee-Jay, Cobra, and Wonderful. Wasn’t till she went to Vee-Jay that she made her mark. Here’s Betty Everett and the Shoop Shoop Song, “It’s in His Kiss.”

If it’s in his kiss, perhaps it’s mononucleosis, commonly known as the “kissing disease.” It’s a viral infection, most often the Epstein-Barr virus. It’s carried in saliva and is usually spread by kissing. But you can get it from sneezes and coughs also. Personally, I’d prefer to get it from kissing.

Doctor Joyce Brothers reports that before marriage the average American woman has kissed 79 men, which means that 79 men have kissed Doctor Joyce Brothers.

Blackie Crawford had a band called the Western Cherokees. His singer in that band became much more famous. His name was Lefty Frizzell and he’s a big favorite here around the Abernathy Building. Blackie and Lefty wrote this song together and it spent 12 weeks at #1 on the country charts. Here’s the always punctual Lefty Frizzell, “Always Late with Your Kisses.”

There’s being late with your kisses and there’s even the worse experience of being left at the altar. That’s what happened to Nicole Contos. In 1997 she was due to marry a shipping broker by the name of Tasos Michael. She was in a packed church in Manhattan and he left her. He didn’t even show up. But she went on with the wedding by herself. The wedding cost $65,000 and she wasn’t going to waste it. Her friends rallied around her, enjoyed the $175-a-plate dinner and afterwards cheered her on when she danced to the disco hit, “I Will Survive.” Nicole Contos, a resilient woman.

This is Theme Time Radio Hour. We’re talking about kissing, which means we’re centering on cupidity and not stupidity. Lucinda Williams wrote a song all about passionate kisses. Lucinda’s father was a poet, and a literature professor, and they traveled extensively when she was a child through Mexico and Chile as well as the American South. All that travel was good for her, ‘cause she soaked up a lot of culture. A lot of people know this song because it was a big hit for Mary Chapin Carpenter. A #5 smash. It got Lucinda her first of three Grammy awards. So, let’s listen to Lucinda’s version from her 1988 album, here’s “Passionate Kisses.”

That was Lucinda Williams, “Passionate Kisses” here on Theme Time Radio Hour, where we’re reminding you that a one-minute kiss burns about 26 calories. Deep, passionate kissing burns up to 600 calories per hour. If anyone listening needs a workout, I’m available.

Billy Boy Arnold was born in 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. And like Betty Everett, he recorded for the Vee-Jay record label. But he had his start playing harmonica with Bo Diddley. After a couple of records, though, he struck out on his own. You probably know his song, “I Wish You Would.” But this one is all about kissing at a particular time. Here’s Billy Boy Arnold, “Kissing at Midnight.” [BBC version]

If you’re kissing at midnight, better be careful and not do it where the blue laws are in effect. You can find blue laws in the United States and Canada and they’re meant to protect the Sabbath as a sacred day. These laws would prohibit breaches in family discipline, public drunkenness, public displays of affection and excesses in dress. They’re called “blue laws” because of the blue paper they were originally printed on.

Let’s move from blue laws to a purple artist, Minneapolis native, Prince, or as I call him, “The Artist formerly known as the Artist formerly known as Prince.”

Here’s a song of his that was recorded by Tom Jones, The Art of Noise, and a whole bunch of other people. But I’ve always liked the original. It’s a funk record that doesn’t have any bass on it. Here’s Prince. [BBC version]

That was Prince, and “Kiss.” I always thought KISS should have recorded a song called, “Prince.” I’ll have to call Gene Simmons and ask him about that.

One place a lot of people kiss is under the mistletoe. Well, it's an interesting legend. According to Scandinavian myth, the Norse god Baldur was the best lov