BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND ~ Le Palais des Sports. Avignon.

*** 23rd concert of The Europe Summer Tour 1981. 1981 concert #27 ***

 Support Act --

~ EUROPE SUMMER TOUR 1981 ~

 

(The Bob Dylan World Tour 1981 was a concert tour by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The tour lasted from June 10, 1981 to November 21, 1981 and consisted of 54 concerts in three legs: 31 in North America and 23 in Europe. The tour promoted the release of Dylan's 1981 album Shot of Love) 

 

 Shot of Love is the 21st studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 12, 1981. Produced by Chuck Plotkin - Bob Dylan - Bumps Blackwell. It is considered to be Dylan's last of a trilogy of Christian albums.

Saved is the twentieth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on June 23, 1980, by Columbia Records. Saved was the second album of Dylan's "Christian trilogy", following his conversion to born-again Christianity. Produced by Barry Beckett - Jerry Wexler. The album hit No. 3 on the UK charts, reached No. 24 on the US charts.

BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND

Robert "Bob" Dylan —vocal & guitar (1961-present)
Fred Tackett (ex Little Feat) — guitar, multi-instrumentalist
Steve Ripley — guitar
Willie Smith — keyboards
Tim Drummond — bass
Jim Lee Keltner — drums
Clydie King — background vocals

Carolyn Dennis — background vocals

Regina McCrary— background vocals

Madelyn Quebec — background vocals

The Setlist
BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND

 

 There was no opening gospel songs by the backup singers at this show. 

(1: is interrupted due to the tragic accident when a member of the crowd falls into the electric cables and causes total power loss. Dylan and the band improvises “unplugged” until the power is restored and Saved is started from the beginning. In the accident two people get killed, but the show is carried though in spite of this. 

2: lasts 13 minutes!)

 

SET 1

Saved (Saved - 1980)
Instrumental Jam
I Believe In You (Slow Train Coming - 1979)
Like A Rolling Stone (Highway 61 Revisited - 1965)
'Til I Get It Right (Tammy Wynette cover - My Man - 1972)
Man Gave Names To All The Animals (Slow Train Coming - 1979)
Maggie's Farm (Bringing It All Back Home - 1965)
Girl From The North Country (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - 1963)
Ballad Of A Thin Man (Highway 61 Revisited - 1965)
In the Summertime (Shot Of Love - 1981)
> All right we just, we just made a new record before coming over here called, Shot Of Love. Oh, by the way, I'd like to thank, what's their name? Edward, ... Edwin and Shirley Trucking (?). Nice young couple, they been following us all the way from Toulouse, France I think. Anyway we want to salute them and thank them a whole lot. I guess they ..., you know. Well anyway, this is called Shot Of Love. It's the main title song. I hope they release it as a single, I'm not sure, but they might an they might not. So.
Shot of Love (Shot Of Love - 1981)

Carolyn Dennis: Walk Around Heaven All Day (Cassietta George)

SET 2

The Times They Are A-Changin’ (The Times They Are a-Changin' - 1964)
Let’s Begin (Jimmy Webb cover - 1980) (Bob Dylan & Clydie King (shared vocal)).
Lenny Bruce (Shot Of Love - 1981)
Slow Train (Slow Train Coming - 1979)
Mr. Tambourine Man (Bringing It All Back Home - 1965) >
> Thank you. I wanna say hello to my good friend David Oppenheim, if he's someplace sitting out there. Stand up and take a bow David, if you're out there.
Solid Rock (Saved - 1980)
Just Like A Woman (Blonde On Blonde - 1966)
Saved by the Grace of Your Love (Willie Smith vocals / David Palmer)
Watered-Down Love (Shot Of Love - 1981)
Jesus Is The One (Shot Of Love - 1981)
Heart of Mine (Shot Of Love - 1981) (Bob Dylan - organ).
When You Gonna Wake Up? (Slow Train Coming - 1979)
Forever Young (Planet Waves - 1974)
In The Garden (Saved - 1980) >
> Thank you. We're all ready to go now. I wanna thank you for bearing with us tonight through the lighting shortage. I hope somebody saw the light tonight anyway. I hope I did. Anyway, I wanna introduce this group to you now. Over on the left, young girl who's been with me now for oh, many many years, Miss Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is another girl who’s been with me just as long, Madelyn Quebec. This young lady, she's been with me the shortest time, but the most distance, from Nashville, Tennessee Regina McCrary. I wanna thank Patrick Stansfield, let's give him a big hand. I know you never heard of him but clap for him anyway. But ..., he gets the stage here set up, we been doing all these shows. We're going back to the US pretty soon, I hope we can come back. If we do you come and see us, and if you're ever in the United States come and see us there, we're usually some place all the time. From Dallas, Texas, I wanna introduce to you, a great singer, Clydie King. On the keyboards, from Wilmington, Delaware, give him a big hand, Willie Smith. Also from Wilmington Delaware, on guitar, Fred Tackett. All right, on guitar from Marseilles, Steve Ripley. He's not from Marseilles actually, he's moving there next month. Anyway, on drums I wanna introduce to you one of the best drummers around, Jim Keltner. Ahh yes! On bass guitar, I know you been dying to know who this man is. Anyway ha-ha-ha. This man knows more songs than I do. Anyway, on bass guitar Tim Drummond. Boom boom. Well, I've enjoyed being here, I'm glad to say that. Thank you very much.

Encore

Blowin' In The Wind (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - 1963)
It Ain’t Me, Babe (Before The Flood - 1974) (Bob Dylan solo - vocal & guitar)
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - Soundtrack - 1973)

 

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Time Set: 2h30

 

(3 new songs (10%) compared to previous concert - 1 new song for this tour.)