BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND ~ Le Pavillon de Paris. Paris.

*** DAY 5/5 ***

Support Act : ---

  ~ EUROPEAN TOUR 1978 ~

(Concert # 16 of the 1978 European Tour. 1978 concert # 46)

Street-Legal is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on June 15, 1978 by Columbia Records. The album was a serious musical departure for Dylan, who uses a large pop-rock band—complete with female backing vocalists—for the first time.

BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND

 Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
Billy Cross (lead guitar)
Alan Pasqua (keyboards)
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals)
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin)
Steve Douglas (horns)
Jerry Scheff (bass)
Bobbye Hall (percussion)
Ian Wallace (drums)
Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals)


The Setlist
BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND

 SET 1

1. My Back Pages (Instrumental without Bob Dylan)
2. She's Love Crazy
3. Baby Stop Crying
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Shelter From The Storm
6. Love Minus Zero/No Limit (With Harmonica)
7. Tangled Up In Blue
8. Ballad Of A Thin Man
9. Maggie's Farm
10. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
11. Like A Rolling Stone
12. I Shall Be Released
13. Going, Going, Gone

 SET 2

14. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (Instrumental without Bob Dylan)
15. True Love Tends To Forget
16. Gates Of Eden (Bob Dylan solo - vocal, guitar & harmonica)
17. The Man In Me
18. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
19. Blowin' In The Wind
20. I Want You
21. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
22. Masters Of War
23. Just Like A Woman (With Harmonica)
24. To Ramona
25. All Along The Watchtower
26.All I Really Want To Do

Merci merci, thank you. I wanna introduce the band. I know you wonder who they are. On the drums, please give him a big hand, from England, Ian Wallace. On the bass guitar, he's played with just about everybody in the world, Mr. Jerry Scheff, On the keyboards, from Miami, Florida, Alan Pasqua. On the lead guitar, I know you've been wanting to know him. On the lead guitar from Shreveport, Louisiana, Billy (?) On the rhythm guitar from Prague, just flown in special tonight, Mr. Steven Soles. You met this young man on the violin and the mandolin, someday he'll be back to play both together, at the same time. You ought to see that, David Mansfield. On the tenor saxophone, Mr. Steve Douglas. On the conga drums, from Detroit, Bobbye Hall. On the background, the three women in my life. On the right, Jo Ann Harris. On the other side, Carolyn Dennis. And in the middle, Helena Springs. I'd like to do this one now before we go. It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding >

27. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
28. Forever Young

Encore

 29. Changing Of The Guards
30. The Times They Are A-Changin' >
> Merci beaucoup. Bon soir. Vive la France!

 

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Time Set: 2h15

(2 new songs (6%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.)