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1. CALENDAR
January 17 Release of BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
February Release of 'Tangled Up In Blue/If You See Her Say Hello'
March 23 SNACK benefit concert in Golden Gate park - Kezar Stadium
in San Francisco together with members from The Band
and Neil Young. The whole show is broadcast by a local
radio station, but Dylan's microphone is somehow turned away,
making his vocals practically inaudible.
April 26 Mary Travis and Friends radio show on KNX-FM.
May-June Dylan visits France.
Mid-June Dylan visits Rubin Carter in jail for the first time.
June 26 Release of THE BASEMENT TAPES
July Release of 'Million Dollar Bash/Tears Of Rage'
July 3rd Dylan joins Ramblin Jack Elliot on stage at the Other End
in Greenwich Village.
Summer Plays harmonica on the song 'Who Love (If Not You Love)'
on David Blue's album 'Comin' Back For More' (Asylum).
Summer Meets Jacques Levy and starts cowriting the Desire material.
July 28 First DESIRE session in New York.
July 30 Second DESIRE session in New York.
July 31 Third DESIRE session in New York.
September 10 Dylan appears in 'The World Of John Hammond' TV-program.
October Recording of 'Buckets of Rain' with Bette Midler
October 24 Rerecording of Hurricane in New York with slightly but
accurate lyrics. The first recorded versions had
mistakenly placed Arthur Dexter Bradley in the bar.
October Rolling Thunder Rehearsals in New York.
October-December Rolling Thunder Revue tour.
November Release of the Hurricane single.
November 10 People Weekly publishes interview by Jim Jerome.
2. RECORDINGS
Mar 23 The S.N.A.C.K. Benefit Concert
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Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco:
1. Are You Ready For The Country (Neil Young)
2. Ain't That A Lot Of Love (Banks/Parker)
3. Looking For A Love (Neil Young)
4. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Hunter/Wonder)
5. I Want You
6. The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
7. Helpless (Neil Young) / Knockin on Dragon's Door
8. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Carter)
backing by Neil Young (piano, guitar), Tim Drummond (guitar),
Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar), Levon Helm (drums),
Garth Hudson (keyboards) and Rick Danko (bass).
1,5,7 Bob Dylan vocal & harmonica.
2 Bob Dylan piano, Levon Helm vocal.
4,6 Bob Dylan guitar, Rick Danko and Levon Helm vocal.
3,7 Bob Dylan guitar, Neil Young vocal.
8 Bob Dylan guitar and vocal, Neil Young vocal.
Broadcast by KIOI-FM radio.
S.N.A.C.K. = Students Need Athletic And Cultural Kicks !
March Mary Travis Interview
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Oakland, California
Broadcast nationwide March-April in the program "Mary Travis & Friend"
20 minutes.
Jul 3 Other End
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New York City
1. Pretty Boy Floyd (woody Guthrie)
2. How Long (Leroy Carr)
3. Abandoned Love
1,2 lead vocal by Jack Elliott, Bob Dylan backup guitar.
3 Bob Dylan solo.
Jul 28: First DESIRE session
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Columbia Studios, NYC
1. Romance In Durango
2. Abandoned Love
Rob Stoner (bass), Scarlet Rivera (violin), Howie Wyeth (drums),
Emmylou Harris (steel-guitar), Sheena (tambourine and congas).
On 1 Dom Cortese (mandolin and accordion), Eric Clapton (dobro),
unknown trumpet.
1 released on DESIRE January 16, 1976.
2 released on BIOGRAPH October 28, 1985.
Also rumored from this session are outtakes of Wiretappin',
Money Blues and Catfish.
Jul 30: Second DESIRE session
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Columbia Studios, NYC
1. Isis
2. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
3. Joey
4. Mozambique
5. Hurricane
6. Oh, Sister
7. Black Diamond Bay
8. Rita May
Rob Stoner (bass), Scarlet Rivera (violin), Howie Wyeth (drums),
Emmylou Harris (steel-guitar), Sheena (tambourine and congas).
1 Bob Dylan piano.
1-4,6,7 released on DESIRE January 16, 1976.
2,4,8 released on MASTERPIECES (CBS/Sony), 1978 in Japan & Australia.
8 released on single November 30, 1976.
Jul 31: Third DESIRE session
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Columbia Studios, NYC
Sara
Rob Stoner (bass), Scarlet Rivera (violin), Howie Wyeth (drums),
Sheena (tambourine and congas).
Released on DESIRE January 16, 1976.
Released on MASTERPIECES (CBS/Sony), 1978 in Japan & Australia.
A rumored outtakes from this session is called Love Copy.
Sep 10: The World Of John Hammond
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WTTW-TV Studios, Chicago
1. Hurricane
2. Oh, Sister
3. Simple Twist Of Fate
Rob Stoner (bass), Scarlet Rivera (violin), Howie Wyeth (drums).
Broadcast December 13, 1975 and simultaneously by WBAI-FM radio, NYC.
Oct 24 Final DESIRE session
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Columbia Studio 1, New York.
Hurricane
Rob Stoner (bass), Scarlet Rivera (violin), Howie Wyeth (drums),
Steven Soles (guitar), Ronee Blakeley (vocal) and Luther Rix (congas).
Released on DESIRE January 16, 1976.
Released on MASTERPIECES (CBS/Sony), 1978 in Japan & Australia.
Oct Bette Middler session
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Secret Sound Studio, New York.
1. Buckets Of Rain
2. Buckets Of Rain
Bette Midler and Bob Dylan (vocals) backed by five other musicians.
Bette Middler's 'Songs For The New Depression' on Atlantic,
January 1976.
Oct Rolling Thunder Revue Rehearsals
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Studio Instrumental Rentals, New York
1. Kaw-Liga (Hank Williams/Fred Rose)
2. People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield)
3. I Want You
4. What Will You Do When Jesus Comes?
5. Little Moses (Williams/Jones)
6. She Belongs To Me
7. Hurricane
8. If You See Her, Say Hello
9. One Too Many Mornings
10. Patty's Goner To Laredo
11. Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
Backed by Guam.
Released in RENALDO & CLARA (long version), January 25, 1978
1,2,4,5,7,8,11 released in RENALDO & CLARA (short version), late 1978
2 released on promotional maxi-EP 4 SONGS FROM RENALDO & CLARA,
January 1978.
3. ROLLING THUNDER REVUE I
A concert by the Rolling Thunder Revue consisted of two sets.
Set 1: Circa 15 songs by the group (Guam)
5-6 songs by Bob Dylan backed by Guam
Set 2: 5 songs acoustically by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
2-3 songs by Dylan solo
5-6 songs by Bob Dylan backed by Guam
No encores!
All shows were taped by the Dylan crew an some were filmed.
A lot of rehearsals and informal sessions etc were also filmed
and later included in Renaldo & Clara.
The band named Guam consisted of:
Scarlet Rivera (violin),
T-Bone J. Henry Burnett (guitar,piano),
Steven Soles (guitar),
Mick Ronson (guitar),
David Mansfield (steel guitar,mandolin,violin,dobra),
Rob Stoner (bass),
Luther Rix (drums,perc.,congas),
Howie Wyeth (drums,piano),
Bob Neuwirth (guitar),
Roger McGuinn (guitar),
Ronee Blakely (vocal).
Number of shows: 33
Number of circulating shows: 29 (88%)
Number of different songs: 23 (70%)
Total number of performances: 520
Mean number of songs/show: 19
Dates:
MA = mono audience recording
SA = stereo audience recording
- = no recording
I = incomplete recording
TV = TV mono soundtrack recording
Oct 30 War Memorial Auditorium, Plymouth, Mass. MA I
31 War Memorial Auditorium, Plymouth, Mass. MA
Nov 1 South Eastern Mass. University, North Dartmouth, Mass. -
2 Technical University, Lowell, Mass. -
4 Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, afternoon MA
4 Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, evening SA
6 Civic Center, Springfield, Mass., afternoon SA
6 Civic Center, Springfield, Mass., evening MA I
8 Univ. of Vermont, Patrick Gymnasium, Burlington, Vermont MA I
9 University of New Hampshire, Durham, North Hampshire MA I
11 Palace Theater, Waterbury, Conn. MA
13 Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Conn., afternoon MA
13 Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Conn., evening MA
15 Convention Center, Niagara Falls, New York, afternoon -
15 Convention Center, Niagara Falls, New York, evening SA
17 War Memorial Coliseum, Rochester, New York, afternoon MA I
17 War Memorial Coliseum, Rochester, New York, evening MA
19 Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, Mass. MA
20 Harward Square Theater, Cambridge, Mass. SA
21 Boston Music Hall, Boston, Mass., afternoon MA
21 Boston Music Hall, Boston, Mass., evening SA
22 Brandeis University, Shapiro Gymnasium, Waltham, Mass. MA
24 Civic Center Arena, Hartford, Conn. MA
26 Civic Center Augusta, Maine -
27 Municipal Auditorium, Bangor, Maine MA
29 Quebec City Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada MA I
Dec 1 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada SA
2 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada SA
4 Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada MA
7 Correctional Institution for Women, Clinton New Jersey TV I
8 Madison Square Garden, New York City MA
Jan 23 Trobadour, West Los Angeles, California -
25 Houston Astrodrome, Houston, Texas MA
JB = duet with Joan BAEZ
S = solo
KF = vocal by Kinky Friedman
R = played at rehearsals
Oct N o v e m b e r
Date 30 31 4 4 6 6 8 9 11 13 13 15 17 17 19
When I Paint My Masterpiece 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
It Ain't Me Babe 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 3 3 4 3 X 3 3 3
Romance In Durango 4 4 3 4 4 X 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Isis 5 5 5 5 5 X 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
The Times They Are A-Changin' JB 6 6 6 X 6 7
Never Let Me Go JB 7 7 7 7 8 X X 8 8 9 9 9 11
Hattie Carroll JB 8
I Shall Be Released JB 9 9 9 9 9 X 9 X 10 10 10 11 10 12 11
Mr Tambourine Man S 10
Oh, Sister 11 12 11 11 11 11 X 12 12 13 14 12 14 13
Hurricane R 12 11 12 12 12 X 12 X 13 13 14 15 13 15 14
One More Cup Of Coffee 13 13 13 13 13 X 13 X 14 14 15 16 14 16 15
Sara 14 14 14 14 14 X 14 X 15 15 16 17 15 17 16
Just Like A Woman 15 15 15 15 15 X 15 X 16 16 17 18 16 18 17
Mama, You've Been On My Mind JB 8 10 7 9 9
I Don't Believe You S 10 10 11
This Land Is Your Land 16 17 17 17 X 17 18 18 19 20 18 20 19
Blowin' In The Wind JB 6 X 6 6 7 6 7
The Water Is Wide JB 8 6 X X 7 7
With God On Our Side S 10
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 16 16 X 16 X 17 17 18 19 17 19 18
I Dreamed I Saw JB 8 7 X X 9 9 8 8 8
It's Al'Right Ma S 10
Hattie Carroll 3 3 4 3 3 3
Simple Twist Of Fate S 10 X 11 12 11
Dark As A Dungeon JB 7 10 10
Tangled Up In Blue S 11 13 13 12
It Takes A Lot 3 4 4 4
Love Minus Zero S 12
Wild Mountain Thyme JB 8 8
N o v e m b e r D e c / J a n
20 21 21 22 23 24 27 29 1 2 4 7 8 25 Tot
When I Paint My Masterpiece 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 27
It Ain't Me Babe 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 26
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 4 5 5 5 4 5 14
Romance In Durango 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 4 27
Isis 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 6 26
The Times They Are A-Changin' JB 7 7 8 8 8 11
Never Let Me Go JB 10 10 11 11 10 11 11 20
Hattie Carroll JB 1
I Shall Be Released JB 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 11 12 11 13 13 27
Mr Tambourine Man S 12 12 3
Oh, Sister 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 14 16 14 17 16 9 28
Hurricane R 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 15 17 15 18 X 17 14 29
One More Cup Of Coffee 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 16 18 16 19 18 10 28
Sara 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 17 19 17 20 19 11 28
Just Like A Woman 17 17 18 18 19 19 19 18 20 18 21 20 13 28
Mama, You Been On My Mind JB 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 15
I Don't Believe You S 12 9 13 6
This Land Is Your Land 19 19 20 20 21 21 21 22 20 23 22 24
Blowin' In The Wind JB 7 7 8 8 7 7 8 X 15
Water Is Wide JB 8 5
With God On Our Side S 1
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 19 21 19 22 X 21 26
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine JB 8 9 10 11 12 12 15
It's Alright, Ma S 1
Hattie Carroll 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Simple Twist Of Fate S 12 14 14 14 13 15 15 12
Dark As A Dungeon JB 10 10 8 9 9 11 8 9 10 9 9 14
Tangled Up In Blue S 13 13 13 16 8
It Takes A Lot To Laugh 4 4 5 5 8
Love Minus Zero/No Limit S 12 13 13 12 14 15 14 8
Wild Mountain Thyme JB 8 8 4
Tonight I'll Staying 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8
It's All Over Now S 13 14 8 3
Maggies Farm 2 1
One Too Many Mornings R 3 1
I Threw It All Away 5 1
Positively 4th Street 7 1
Lay Lady Lay 12 1
Ride 'Em Jewboy KF 15 1
Rehearsed but never played live:
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Kaw-Liga
People Get Ready
I Want You
She Belongs To Me
What Will You Do When Jesus Comes?
Little Moses
If You See Her, Say Hello
Patty's Goner To Laredo
Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
Rehearsal tape used as "background" in Renaldo & Clara.
Soundboard tapes:
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No complete soundboard tape from this tour has as yet surfaced.
A lot of single tracks exist in mono PA or as stereo film soundtracks
and some tracks has also been released on on a promotional record.
See the RENALDO & CLARA chapter below.
Comments
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The second Hurricane Carter Benefit concert in Houston ("Night Of The
Hurricane 2") in January 1976 has been included in the first Rolling Thunder
Revue tour as this concert is musically more like the fall shows than the
shows of the second tour later in 1976.
Recommended shows:
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Providence November 4, evening
Boston November 21, evening
Montreal, December 4 - probably one of Dylan's best shows ever!
New York City, December 8 - "Night Of The Hurricane"
Rare songs from this tour:
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With God On Our Side - first live since Royal Albert Hall May 1965,
then played once in 1982 and once in 1984 and
finally at the New York shows in Oct 1988.
Dark As A Dungeon - only played on this tour before London Jan 1990!
Note that Like A Rolling Stone is NOT played. Very unusual.
Songs from DESIRE
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Dylan is really promoting his new and aside from the Hurricane single
unreleased record on this tour. Songs from Desire take up no less than
a third of the performances.
Alphabetical song listing
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Song # comment
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 14
Blowin' In The Wind 15 duet with Joan Baez
Dark As A Dungeon 14 duet with Joan Baez
Hurricane 29
I Don't Believe You 6 solo
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 15 duet with Joan Baez
I Shall Be Released 27 duet with Joan Baez
I Threw It All Away 1
Isis 26
It Ain't Me Babe 26
It Takes A Lot To Laugh 8
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 3 solo
It's Alright, Ma 1 solo
Just Like A Woman 28
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 26
Lay Lady Lay 1
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 1 duet with Joan Baez
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 18
Love Minus Zero/No Limit 8 solo
Maggies Farm 1
Mama, You Been On My Mind 15 duet with Joan Baez
Mr Tambourine Man 3 solo
Never Let Me Go 20 duet with Joan Baez
Oh, Sister 28
One More Cup Of Coffee 28
One Too Many Mornings 1
Positively 4th Street 1
Ride 'Em Jewboy 1 vocal by Kinky Friedman
Romance In Durango 27
Sara 28
Simple Twist Of Fate 12 solo
Tangled Up In Blue 8 solo
This Land Is Your Land 24
The Times They Are A-Changin' 11 duet with Joan Baez
Tonight I'll Staying 8
The Water Is Wide 5 duet with Joan Baez
When I Paint My Masterpiece 27
Wild Mountain Thyme 4 duet with Joan Baez
With God On Our Side 1 solo
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# of # of
songs % perf. %
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Electric 21 54% 351 68%
Acoustic 18 46% 169 32%
of which
solo 8 21% 42 8%
duet with Joan Baez 10 25% 127 24%
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Outtakes 1 3% 15 3%
Singles 3 8% 55 11%
Albums 23 59% 216 41%
Prerelease (Desire) 6 15% 166 32%
Covers 6 15% 68 13%
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# of # of
Album songs % perf %
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Bob Dylan 0 0% 0 0%
Freewheelin' 2 5% 29 6%
The Times 5 13% 32 6%
Another Side 2 5% 32 6%
Back Home 5 13% 16 3%
Highway 61 1 2% 8 1%
Blonde On Blonde 1 3% 28 5%
John Wesley Hardin 1 2% 15 3%
Nashville Skyline 3 8% 10 2%
New Morning 0 0% 0 0%
Pat Garrett 1 3% 26 5%
Planet Waves 0 0% 0 0%
Blood On The Tracks 2 5% 20 4%
Desire 6 15% 166 32%
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4. RENALDO & CLARA
This film was shot during the first Rolling Thunder Revue tour.
Sam Shepard was hired as script writer, but produced no script,
instead the "diary" Rolling Thunder Logbook [2].
Dylan and Howard Alk spent large part of 1977 editing the film and
it was first released January 25, 1978.
Renaldo & Clara contains some forty-five minutes of VERY good live footage
as well as a "background music" taken from the October rehearsals.
Tracks in order of appearance: Source:
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When I Paint My Masterpiece Plymouth, October 31
Kaw-Liga October rehearsals
Isis Montreal, December 4
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Montreal, December 4
People Get Ready October rehearsals
I Want You October rehearsals
What Will You Do When Jesus Comes? October rehearsals
Little Moses October rehearsals
It Ain't Me Babe Cambridge, November 20
Knockin' On Heaven's Door Clinton, New Jersey, December 7
Hurricane October rehearsals
She Belongs To Me October rehearsals
It Takes A Lot To Laugh Boston, November 21, evening
If You See Her, Say Hello October rehearsals
Romance In Durango Montreal, December 4
One Too Many Mornings October rehearsals
One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) Montreal, December 4
Sara Montreal, December 4
The Water Is Wide Waterbury, November 11
Patty's Gone To Laredo October rehearsals
Never Let Me Go Montreal, December 4
Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands October rehearsals
Tangled Up In Blue Boston, November 21, evening
Just Like A Woman Providence, November 4, evening
Knockin' On Heaven's Door Providence, November 4, evening
5. DYLAN SONGS 1975
May: One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) (3)
June: Abandoned Love (2)
July: Black Diamond Bay (4)
Catfish (1) (5)
Golden Loom (1) (6)
Hurricane (7)
Isis (8)
Joey (9)
Love Copy (1) (10)
Money Blues (1) (11)
Mozambique (12)
Oh, Sister (13)
Rita May (14)
Romance In Durango (8)
Sara (7)
Sign Language (15)
Wiretappin' (1)
Comments:
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(1) No Dylan version of this song is known.
(5) Sung by Rob Stoner in Renaldo & Clara.
Covered by Joe Cocker on his album 'Stingray' (A&M).
(6) Covered by Roger McGuinn on his album 'Thunderbyrd' (Col).
(10) A song mentioned by Sloman [1], as being recorded at the 'Sara-session'
in July.
(11) No cover known, but lyrics published in LYRICS [3].
(15) Recorded with Eric Clapton 1976 and released on his album
'No Reason To Cry', September 1976.
Live versions:
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(2) An early version was played at the Other End July 3rd, 1975.
(3) 1975, 1976, 1978, once in 1988 and twice in 1990 (so far).
(4) Mentioned in some of the press reviews from the last show in
1976 in Salt Lake City, but most likely mistaken for Romance In Durango.
(7) Played only during the first Rolling Thunder Revue. Hurricane remains
to this day one of the most requested songs at concerts, but I guess
we are as likely to hear it as we are to hear Sara.
(8) Played during the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975 and 1976.
(9) This song didn't made it's live debut unti| 1987 when the Grateful Dead
persuaded Dylan to take it up. Played also during the Temple of Flames
tour later same year in Europe as well as a few times in 1988 and once in
1990 (Toad's).
(12) Played only during the second Rolling Thunder Revue in 1976.
(13) Played during the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975 and 1976. and with new
startling arrangement in 1978.
(14) One live performance in New Orleans May 3, 1976, from which we luckily
have a PA recording.
6. REFERENCES
[1] Larry Sloman: Rolling With The Thunder, Bantam Books 1978
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The classic reportage from the first Rolling Thunder Revue.
Narration starts summer 1975 with the surprise appearances in the
Greenwich Village and the DESIRE recording sessions and ends
January 1976.
[2] Sam Shepard: Rolling Thunder Logbook, Viking Press 1977
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Lots of very nice pictures!
[3] LYRICS 1962-85
[4] Stewart P. Bicker: The Red Rose And The Briar, 1984
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Renaldo & Clara scene by scene with descriptions and analysis.