I just try to be poetically and musically straight. I think of myself as more than a musician, more than a poet. The real self is something other than that. Writing and performing is what I do in this life and in this country. But I could be happy being a blacksmith. I would still write and sing. I can’t imagine not doing that. You do what you’re geared for.
-Bob Dylan (Neil Hickey Interview, Malibu, California – 11 September 1976)
First of Dylan made a guest appearance @ a Roger Miller & Larry Gatlin concert on January 23 @ The Troubadour, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Then came The Carter Benefit Show on January 25 @ Houston Astrodrome, Houston, Texas.
Rolling Thunder Revue II – April 18 – May 25.
Last he also played:
- Winterland, San Francisco, California – November 25 – The Last Waltz
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Civic Center
Lakeland, Florida
18 April 1976
If You See Here, Say Hello
If you see her say hello, she might be in North Saigon
She left here in a hurry; I don’t know what she was on
You might say that I’m in disarray and for me time’s standing still
Oh I’ve never gotten over her, I don’t think I ever will
Starlight Ballroom
Belleview Biltmore Hotel
Clearwater, Florida
22 April 1976 – Afternoon
Mr. Tambourine Man
Hey! Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
Hey! Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come following you
State Fair Arena
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
18 May 1976
I Want You
The guilty undertaker sighs
The lonesome organ grinder cries
The silver saxophones say I should refuse you
Hughes Stadium
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
23 May 1976
‘Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
Come in, she said
I’ll give ya shelter from the storm
Shelter From The Storm
Hughes Stadium
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
23 May 1976
Idiot Wind
Someone’s got it in for me
They’re planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they’d cut it out quick
But when they will I can only guess
Recommended concerts from 1976
- April 22, 1976 Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, FL
- May 3, 1976 The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA
- May 16, 1976 – Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Fort Worth, TX
- May 23, 1976 – Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
This is the most perfect version of Idiot Wind; so glad it was officially released way back when so I could savor it and enjoy it over the years!
Makes ya wanna read a book