5 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.7 US Fall Tour with Paul Simon

5.7.1 Dates and venues

SEPTEMBER

2	West Palm Beach, Florida	Coral Sky Amphitheatre	D
4	Atlanta, Georgia	Troy G. Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheatre	S
5	Charlotte, North Carolina	Blockbuster Pavilion	D
8	Antioch, Tennessee	First American Music Center	S
9	Noblesville, Indiana	Deer Creek Music Center	D
11	Memphis, Tennessee	The Pyramid	S
12	Lafayette, Louisiana	The Cajundome, University Of Southwestern Louisiana	D
15	Austin, Texas	Special Events Center Arena, University Of Texas At Austin	S
17	Houston, Texas	The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands	S
18	Dallas, Texas	Starplex Amphitheatre	D

D = Bob Dylan was the opening act, S = Paul Simon was the opening act.

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5.7.2 The songs

AB acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

				September
				2		4		5		8		9		11		12		15		17		18		S
	Somebody Touched Me	AB		1																				1
	My Back Pages	AB		2																				1
	Masters Of War	AB		3																				1
	Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB		4																4				2
	Tangled Up In Blue	AB		5		5		5		5		5		5		5		5		5		5		10
	All Along The Watchtower			6		6		6		6		6		6		6		6		6		6		10
	Just Like A Woman			7						7				7				7		7		7		6
	Silvio			8				10		8						8						8		5
	The Heart That You Own			9																				1
	Highway 61 Revisited			10		10				10		10		10		10		10		10		10		9
	Like A Rolling Stone			11		11		11		11		11		11		11		11		11		11		10
	It Ain't Me, Babe	AB		12				12								12								3
	The Boxer	AB		13				13				13				13						13		5
	That'll Be The Day	AB		14												14						14		3
	The Wanderer	AB		15								15				15						15		4
	Knockin' On Heaven's Door	AB		16				16				16				16						16		5
	I Am The Man, Thomas	AB				1				1		1		1		1		1		1		1		8
	Mr. Tambourine Man	AB				2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		9
	Desolation Row	AB				3																		1
	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB				4				4								4						3
	Lay Lady Lay					7		7				7												3
	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues					8		8				8		8				8		8				6
	Not Dark Yet					9		9		9		9		9		9		9		9		9		9
	Blowin' In The Wind	AB				12				12				12				14		14		12		6
	Not Fade Away					13				13				13				13		13				5
	Roving Gambler	AB						1																1
	It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AB						3		3		3		3		3		3		3		3		8
	To Ramona	AB						4								4								2
	I Walk The Line	AB						14				14												2
	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	AB						15																1
	One Too Many Mornings	AB										4		4										2
	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB										12								12				2
	Positively 4th Street															7								1
	Girl From The North Country	AB																12						1
	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35																	15		15				2
	Boots Of Spanish Leather	AB																				4		1
Total # of songs			16		13		16		13		16		13		16		15		15		16		149

ALPHABETIC SONG CHART

		September
		2	4	5	8	9	11	12	15	17	18	S
All Along The Watchtower		6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10
Blowin' In The Wind	AB		12		12		12		14	14	12	6
Blue Moon Of Kentucky	AB			15								1
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AB										4	1
The Boxer	AB	13		13		13		13			13	5
Desolation Row	AB		3									1
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB					12				12		2
Girl From The North Country	AB								12			1
The Heart That You Own		9										1
Highway 61 Revisited		10	10		10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
I Am The Man, Thomas	AB		1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
I Walk The Line	AB			14		14						2
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB	12		12				12				3
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB		4		4				4			3
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AB			3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	8
Just Like A Woman		7			7		7		7	7	7	6
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	AB	16		16		16		16			16	5
Lay Lady Lay			7	7		7						3
Like A Rolling Stone		11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB	4								4		2
Masters Of War	AB	3										1
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	9
My Back Pages	AB	2										1
Not Dark Yet			9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Not Fade Away			13		13		13		13	13		5
One Too Many Mornings	AB					4	4					2
Positively 4th Street								7				1
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35									15	15		2
Roving Gambler	AB			1								1
Silvio		8		10	8			8			8	5
Somebody Touched Me	AB	1										1
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again			8	8		8	8		8	8		6
Tangled Up In Blue	AB	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10
That'll Be The Day	AB	14						14			14	3
To Ramona	AB			4				4				2
The Wanderer	AB	15				15		15			15	4
Total # of songs		16	13	16	13	16	13	16	15	15	16	149

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Duets with Paul Simon and his band

	September
	4	8	11	15	17
The Boxer	1	1	1	1	1
That'll Be The Day / The Wanderer	2			2	2
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	3	4	4	3	3
I Walk The Line		2	2
The Wanderer		3	3

5.7.3 Statistics

Shows:

Number of shows:	10
Number of circulating shows:
Number of circulating & complete shows:
Number of unique shows[1]:	10
Number of different shows[2]:	10
Number of different songs[3]:	36
Number of unique songs[4]:	36
Number of performed songs:	149
Mean number of performed songs:	14
Variation[5]:	2.4

Songs:

	# of		# of
	songs	%	perf.	%
Electric	12	33.3	67	45.0
Acoustic w band	24	66.7	82	55.0

Albums	25	69.4	117	78.5
Singles	1	2.8	1	0.7
Outtakes	0	0.0	0	0.0
Covers	10	27.8	31	20.8

5.7.4 Comments

West Palm Beach, Florida 2 September	Live debut of The Heart That You Own.
Atlanta, Georgia 4 September	Live debut of I Am The Man, Thomas.

Recommended show

Antioch, Tennessee 8 September.

Guest

Marty Stuart joins the band for the entire show in Antioch, Tennessee, 8 September. He plays acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin and sings backup vocal on Like A Rolling Stone. This must be the first time a guest plays during an entire concert.

Tapes

There are good and complete audience tapes from all shows.

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[1] a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order;

[2] a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order

[3] electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs

[4] a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed

[5] variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs