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1. CALENDAR
January 16 Release of DESIRE
Concert at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
January 26 Guest appearance at a Joni Mitchell concert in Austin.
February Release of 'Mozambique/Oh, Sister'
March/April Recording of 'Sign Language' with Eric Clapton in Malibu.
April 15 Rehearsals for Rolling Thunder Revue II at the Bellevue
Biltmore Hotel in Clearwater, Florida.
April 18 The Rolling Thunder Revue starts it's second leg with
a show at the Civic Center in Lakeland, Florida.
April 22 The shows (afternoon and evening) at the Bellevue Biltmore
Hotel in Clearwater is filmed for a TV special, Hard Rain,
but the film is later rejected and remains unreleased.
May 23 The show at the Hughes Stadium of the Colorado State
University in Fort Collins is filmed for the TV special,
Hard Rain, later broadcast by NBC.
August Interview by Neil Hickey for the TV-Guide.
September 10 The release of HARD RAIN.
September 14 The broadcast of 'Hard Rain', the TV-special.
Late 1976 Dylan provides back-up vocal together with among others
Allen Ginsberg at a Leonard Cohen recording session in
Los Angeles.
November 25 Dylan performs with The Band at their farewell concert
at the Winterland in San Francisco.
November 30 Release of 'Rita May/Stuck Inside Of Mobile'
2. RECORDINGS
March Recording with Eric Clapton
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Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, California.
1. Sign Language
Eric Clapton (guitar, vocal), Robbie Robertson (guitar),
Bob Dylan (shared vocal, guitar).
Released on Eric Clapton's 'No Reason To Cry', September 1976.
Apr 15 Tour Rehearsals
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Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, Florida.
1. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
2. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
4. The Sun Is Shining (Elmore James)
5. Lay Lady Lay
6. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
7. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
8. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
9. Hold Me In Your Arms (trad.)
10. Mozambique
11. Idiot Wind
12. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
13. Shelter From The Storm
14. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
15. Isis
16. Rita May
17. I Threw It All Away
Backed by Guam with the exception of Joan Baez.
4,8-9 not performed on tour.
Mono PA.
Late Recording with Leonard Cohen
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Gold Star Recording Studios, Los Angeles
1. Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On (Phil Spector & Leonard Cohen)
Leonard Cohen (guitar and vocal), Phil Spector and
Barry Goldberg (piano), Jesse Ed Davis (guitar), Charles Loper and
Jack Redmond (trombones), Conte Candoli (trumpet), Jim Keltner and
Hal Blaine (drums & perc.), Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, and
Bill Diez (backup vocal).
Released on Lenonard Cohen's 'Death Of A Ladies' Man', 1977.
Nov 25 The Last Waltz
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Winterland Palace, San Francisco
1. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Eric von Schmidt)
2. Hazel
3. I Don't Believe You
4. Forever Young
5. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Eric von Schmidt)
6. I Shall Be Released
1-5 backed by The Band.
6 with The Band and Ron Wood, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and vocals
by all.
1,3-6 released on The Band's 'The Last Waltz', April 7, 1978.
4-6 released in the movie 'The Last Waltz', late April, 1978.
3. ROLLING THUNDER REVUE II
A concert by the Rolling Thunder Revue during the second leg
consisted of two sets.
Set 1: Circa 12 songs by the group (Guam)
2 songs by Bob Dylan solo
5-6 songs by Bob Dylan backed by Guam
Set 2: 4 songs by Roger McGuinn and the group
2 songs by Joan Baez solo
2 songs by Joan Baez and the group
2-3 songs acoustically by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
10 songs by Bob Dylan backed by Guam
No encores!
All shows were taped by the Dylan crew an some were filmed.
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),
Gary Burke (congas),
Howie Wyeth (drums,piano),
Bob Neuwirth (guitar),
Roger McGuinn (guitar),
Number of shows: 25
Number of circulating shows: 19 (76%)
Number of different songs: 53
Total number of performances: 338
Mean number of songs/show: 20
Dates:
MA = mono audience recording
SA = stereo audience recording
- = no recording available
I = incomplete recording
Apr 18 Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida MA
20 Bayfront Civic Center Auditorium, St Petersburg, Florida MA
21 Curtis Hixon Convention Center, Tampa, Florida MA
22 Bellevue Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, afternoon -
22 Bellevue Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, evening MA I
23 Sports Stadium, Orlando, Florida MA
25 University Of Florida Field, Gainesville MA I
27 Florida State University, Tallahassee MA I
28 University of West Florida, Pensacola MA
29 Expo Hall, Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, Alabama, after. -
29 Expo Hall, Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, Alabama, evening MA
May 1 Reid Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg, Mississippi MA
2 The Warehouse, New Orleans PA I
4 L.S.U. Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana MA
6 The Warehouse, New Orleans -
8 Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston MA I
10 Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas -
11 Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas PA I
12 Municipal Auditorium, Austin, Texas -
15 Gatesville State School For Boys, Gatesville, Texas -
16 Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas SA
18 State Fair Arena, Oklahoma City PA
19 Henry Levitt Arena, Wichita, Kansas MA
23 Colorado State University, Highes Stadium, Fort Collins MA
25 Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah -
JB = duet with Joan BAEZ
S = solo
A p r i l
Date 18 20 21 22 22 23 25 27 28 29
Visions Of Johanna S 1
If You See Her Say Hello S 2 2
Vincent van Gogh 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Weary Blues From Waiting
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Maggie's Farm 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
One Too Many Mornings 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Seven Days 8 7 7 13
Railroad Boy JB 9 8 8 9 10 9 9
Wild Mountain Thyme JB 10 9
Blowin' In The Wind JB 11 10 10 X 8 8 8 8
I Pity The Poor Immigrant JB 12 10 11 10 10
Shelter From The Storm 13 11 11 12 11 11
I Threw It All Away 14 12 12 12 13 12 12
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 15 14
Mozambique 16 16 17 17 18 17
Going, Going, Gone 17 14 16 15 15
Lay Lady Lay 18 17 16 X X 15 18 16 16
Silver Mantis 19 X 16 17
Idiot Wind 20 18 17 18 19 19 18
Knockin On Heaven's Door 21 19 18 X X 19 20 20 19
Gotta Travel On 22 20 19 20 21 21 20
Mr Tambourine Man S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
It's Alright Ma S 2 2 2
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here 13 X
Just Like A Woman 14 X X
It Takes A Lot To Laugh 15
Tangled Up In Blue S 2
Isis 13 X X 7 7 7 7
Romance In Durango 15 X 11
Oh, Sister X
One More Cup Of Coffee X 15 14
Like A Rolling Stone X X
Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat X
It Ain't Me Babe X
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall X
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome X 14 14
Most Likely You Go Your Way X
The Times They Are A-Changin' S X
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine X
When I Paint My Masterpiece X
Simple Twist Of Fate S 2
Dink's Song JB 9
Just Like A Woman S 2
Stuck Inside Of Mobile 13 13
M a y
1 3 4 8 11 16 18 19 23 TOT
Visions Of Johanna S 1
If You See Her Say Hello S 2
Vincent van Gogh 3 X X 3 3 3 3 15
Weary Blues From Waiting 1
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 4 X 10
Maggie's Farm 5 X X 4 4 4 4 16
One Too Many Mornings 6 5 5 5 5 13
Seven Days 4
Railroad Boy JB 9 X X X 9 9 9 9 15
Wild Mountain Thyme JB 3
Blowin' In The Wind JB 8 X X 8 8 8 8 15
I Pity The Poor Immigrant JB 10 X X X X 11 11 11 11 14
Shelter From The Storm 11 X X X 12 12 12 12 14
I Threw It All Away 12 13 9
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 2
Mozambique 18 X X X 6 6 6 6 15
Going, Going, Gone X 20 20 20 20 10
Lay Lady Lay 16 X X X X 18 17 19 18 18
Silver Mantis 17 19 18 19 8
Idiot Wind 19 X X X 21 21 21 21 14
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 20 X X X 22 22 22 16
Gotta Travel On 21 X X X 23 23 23 14
Mr Tambourine Man S 1 X X 1 1 1 1 14
It's Alright Ma S 3
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here 2
Just Like A Woman 3
It Takes A Lot To Laugh 2
Tangled Up In Blue S 1
Isis 7 X X X 7 7 7 7 15
Romance In Durango X 4
Oh, Sister X X 15 13 13 13 7
One More Cup Of Coffee 3
Like A Rolling Stone 2
Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat 14 2
It Ain't Me Babe 1
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 24 2
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome 15 X X X 17 16 17 17 11
Most Likely You Go Your Way 1
The Times They Are A-Changin' S 1
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 1
When I Paint My Masterpiece 1
Simple Twist Of Fate 2 2 3
Dink's Song 1
Just Like A Woman S 1
Stuck Inside Of Mobile 13 X X X 14 15 8
You're A Big Girl Now 14 X X X X 16 15 16 16 9
Love Minus Zero/No Limit S X 1
Rita May X 1
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue S X 1
Deportee JB X 10 10 10 10 5
I Want You X 19 14 3
One Of Us Must Know 14 1
It Ain't Me Babe S 2 2 2 3
Tangled Up In Blue 18 15 2
Soundboard tapes:
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No complete soundboard tape from this tour has as yet surfaced.
The tapes from New Orleans, San Antonio and Oklahoma City are all in very
good quality.
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 first part of the
Rolling Thunder Revue.
Due to poor ticket sales, this tour was terminated with the show in
Salt Lake City. There is no tape circulating from this last Rolling Thunder
Revue concert and there are many rumors as to what really happened that night.
One paper reported that 'Black Diamond Bay' was played, but the consensus
among the Dylanologists at this time is that it was 'Romance In Durango'
On the other hand the same researchers have now concluded that in duet with
Joan Baez 'Lily, Rosemary and the Jack Of Hearts' was performed!
Recommended shows:
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Tampa, April 21
Clearwater, evening April 22
New Orleans, May 3
San Antonio, May 11
Fort Worth, May 16
Oklahoma City, May 18
Rare songs from this tour:
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Dink's Song - only live performance
Seven Days - this year's only Dylan composition, played only during this tour,
no studio version known.
Rita May - once, in New Orleans
One Of Us Must Know - first ever live and only once.
Vision Of Johanna - again only one try at this song.
Songs from DESIRE
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The songs from Desire are not played as much as on the first leg.
Instead a renewed interest in the Blood In The Tracks material can be seen.
Alphabetical song listing
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I II
Blowin' In The Wind 15 15 duet with Joan Baez
Dark As A Dungeon 14 duet with Joan Baez (1)
Deportee 5 duet with Joan Baez (2)
Dink's Song 1 duet with Joan Baez (3)
Going, Going, Gone 10
Gotta Travel On 13 (4)
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 14 2
Hurricane 29
I Don't Believe You 6 solo
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 15 duet with Joan Baez
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 1
I Pity The Poor Immigrant 14 duet with Joan Baez
I Shall Be Released 27 duet with Joan Baez
I Threw It All Away 1 9
I Want You 3
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 10
Idiot Wind 15
If You See Her Say Hello 2 solo
Isis 26 14
It Ain't Me Babe 3 solo
It Ain't Me Babe 26 1
It Takes A Lot To Laugh 8 1
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 3 1 solo
It's Alright, Ma 1 3 solo
Just Like A Woman 1 solo
Just Like A Woman 28 3
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 2
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 26 15
Lay Lady Lay 1 18
Leopard Skin Pill Pill-Box Hat 2
Like A Rolling Stone 2
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 1 duet with Joan Baez
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 18
Love Minus Zero/No Limit 8 1 solo
Maggie's Farm 1 14
Mama, You Been On My Mind 15 duet with Joan Baez
Most Likely You Go Your Way 1
Mozambique 13
Mr Tambourine Man 3 14 solo
Never Let Me Go 20 duet with Joan Baez (5)
Oh, Sister 28 7
One More Cup Of Coffee 28 3
One Of Us Must Know 1
One Too Many Mornings 1 13
Positively 4th Street 1
Railroad Boy 15 duet with Joan Baez (6)
Ride 'Em Jewboy 1 (7)
Rita May 1
Romance In Durango 27 4
Sara 28
Seven Days 4
Shelter From The Storm 14
Simple Twist Of Fate 12 3 solo
Silver Mantis 8 (8)
Stuck Inside Of Mobile 8
Tangled Up In Blue 8 1 solo
Tangled Up in Blue 2
The Times They Are A-Changin' 1 solo
The Times They Are A-Changin' 11 duet with Joan Baez
This Land Is Your Land 24
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You 8 2
Vincent van Gogh 15 (9)
Visions Of Johanna 1 solo
The Water Is Wide 5 duet with Joan Baez (6)
Weary Blues From Waitin 1 (10)
When I Paint My Masterpiece 27 1
Wild Mountain Thyme 4 3 duet with Joan Baez (6)
With God On Our Side 1 solo
You're A Big Girl Now 9
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome 11
(1) written by Merle Travis.
(2) written by Woody Guthrie.
(3) trad arr by John and Alan Lomax
(4) written by Paul Clayton/Larry Ehrlich/David Lazar/Tom Six
(5) written by Joseph C. Scott
(6) trad.
(7) written and sung by Kinky Friedman
(8) written and sung by T-Bone J. Henry Burnett
(9) written by Robert Friemark
(10) written by Hank Williams
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# of # of
songs % perf. %
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Electric 36 68% 259 77%
Acoustic 17 32% 79 23%
of which
solo 11 21% 31 9%
duet with Joan Baez 6 11% 48 16%
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Outtakes 2 4% 19 6%
Albums 45 85% 286 85%
Prerelease 0 0% 0 0%
Covers 6 11% 33 10%
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# of # of
Album songs % perf %
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Bob Dylan 0 0% 0 0%
Freewheelin' 2 4% 17 5%
The Times 2 4% 14 4%
Another Side 1 2% 4 1%
Back Home 5 9% 34 10%
Highway 61 3 6% 6 2%
Blonde On Blonde 8 15% 20 6%
John Wesley Hardin 3 6% 25 7%
Nashville Skyline 3 6% 29 9%
New Morning 0 0% 0 0%
Pat Garrett 1 2% 15 4%
Planet Waves 1 2% 10 2%
Blood On The Tracks 7 13% 55 16%
Desire 6 11% 43 13%
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4. THE HARD RAIN RELEASES
A. The Original Hard Rain TV Special
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Recorded at the shows in the Starlight Ballroom in the Belleview
Biltmore Hotel in Clearwater, Florida, April 22:
Never released.
Mr Tambourine Man afternoon
The Times They Are A-Changin' afternoon
Blowin' In The Wind afternoon
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine afternoon
Diamonds And Rust [sung by Joan Baez] evening
When I Paint My Masterpiece afternoon
Like A Rolling Stone evening
Isis evening
Just Like A Woman evening
Knockin' On Heaven's Door evening
Lay Lady Lay evening
B. The Hard Rain TV Special
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Recorded at the show at the Hughes Stadium of the Colorado State
University in Fort Collins on May 23rd.
Broadcast by NBC Network September 14.
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Blowin' In The Wind
Deportee
I Pity The Poor Immigrant
Shelter From The Storm
Maggie's Farm
One Too Many Mornings
Mozambique
Idiot Wind
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
C. The Hard Rain Album
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Recorded at the shows in Fort Worth, May 16 and Fort Collins, May 23.
Maggie's Farm X
One Too Many Mornings X
Stuck Inside Of Mobile X
Oh, Sister X
Lay Lady Lay X *
Shelter From The Storm X
You're A Big Girl Now X
I Threw It All Away X
Idiot Wind X *
* also released on MASTERPIECES (CBS/Sony), 1978 in Japan & Australia.
5. DYLAN SONGS 1976
The only song from this year is Seven Days which was performed in concert
only four times. The version from Clearwater, April 22, afternoon was later
used as the Special Rider Music demo. Music copyrighted 1976, lyrics 1979.
Recorded by Ron Wood and released on his album 'Gimme Some Neck'.
Recorded by Joe Cocker and released on his album 'Sheffield Steel'.
6. REFERENCE
The 1978 Tour program contains a reprint of a review by the TV special
by Steven lacy for the Free Times in Philadelphia, originally printed
September 24, 1976. The same review is reprinted in the 1988 tour program.
"Replay the past" - article in Isis #25, page 45.
