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Bob Dylan: 5 Brilliant live performances from the year 1981

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Well, I’m not done yet! And I’m still doing it and I’m still not knowing why I’m doing it. Come on, I mean there’s other things that I would really, you know, enjoy doing, besides playing and…
-Bob Dylan (Dave Herman Interview, London, England – July 2, 1981)

Facts from Wikipedia:

Location North America, Europe
Associated album Shot of Love
Start date June 10, 1981
End date November 21, 1981
Legs 3
No. of shows 54

Earls Court
London, England
29 June 1981

  • Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
  • Fred Tackett (guitar)
  • Steve Ripley (guitar)
  • Willie Smith (keyboards)
  • Tim Drummond (bass)
  • Jim Keltner (drums)
  • Clydie King, Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals)

Slow Train

Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
Can’t help but wonder what’s happenin’ to my companions
Are they lost or are they found?



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November 10: Bob Dylan live in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981

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Dylan delivers a knock-out performance. The gospel material is powerful and biting without a condescending edge. The older standards are performed with a new fire and passion that includes them among the best live versions to date. Dylan stumbles on the lyrics once or twice, but adds new lines as well that more than compensate. The vocals are crisp are over the top out front and in your face. The music is tight, well mixed, and well performed.
~bobsboots.com

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

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

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Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #49 Cleaning Windows

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I heard Leadbelly and Blind Lemon
On the street where I was born
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee,
Muddy Waters singin’ “I’m A Rolling Stone”
I went home and read my Christmas Humphreys’ book on Zen
Curiosity killed the cat
Kerouac’s “Dharma Bums” and “On The Road”

TOC

  1. Facts
  2. Quotes
  3. Lyrics
  4. Live versions
  5. Cover versions

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July 25: Watch Bob Dylan Performing “Heart Of Mine” – Avignon, France 1981

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bob dylan avignon 1981

Heart of mine be still
You can play with fire but you’ll get the bill
Don’t let her know
Don’t let her know that you love her
Don’t be a fool, don’t be blind
Heart of mine

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Palace des Sports
Avignon, France
25 July 1981

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Great concert: Van Morrison @ Ahoy, Rotterdam 1981 (video)

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Great concert featuring a brilliant “Summertime in England” (starting at 33:20).

Appropriately, “Summertime in England” is a highlight of a Dutch TV concert recorded in Rotterdam in 1981… and Pee Wee Ellis joins in on backing vocal as Van in dark shades ad libs about when “Auden and Isherwood split” (in Berlin) and summons up Ginsberg in Saint Louis, and Ferlinghetti´s City Lights books publishing Colin Wilson. A Beat manifesto?
-Brian Hinton (Celtic Crossroads)

Ahoy, Rotterdam – May 23, 1981

  • Van Morrison: Lead Vocals
  • Mark Isham: Trumpet
  • Pee Wee Ellis: Sax – Backing vocals on “Summertime In England”
  • John Allair: Keyboards
  • Peter Van Hooke: Drums
  • David Hayes: Bass
  • Herbie Armstrong: Guitar
  • Mick Cox: Guitar

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