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KEEP ON KEEPIN ’ ON BOB DYLAN 1994 by Olof Björner A SUMMARY OF RECORDING & CONCERT ACTIVITIES , RELEASES , TAPES & BOOKS . © 2001 by Olof Björner All Rights Reserved. This text may be reproduced, re-transmitted, redistributed and otherwise propagated at will, provided that this notice remains intact and in place. Keep On Keepin’ On — Bob Dylan 1994 CONTENTS 1 A SHORT SUBJECTIVE RETROSPECTIVE ................................................................................ 4 2 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE .............................................................................................................. 4 3 CALENDAR ......................................................................................................................................... 5 4 RECORDINGS..................................................................................................................................... 9 5 NEW TAPES ........................................................................................................................................ 9 5.1 GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES ............................................................................................................. 9 5.2 INFIDELS SESSIONS .......................................................................................................................... 9 6 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES ............................................................................... 11 6.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 11 6.2 THE MUSICIANS ............................................................................................................................ 11 6.3 THE SHOW ..................................................................................................................................... 11 6.4 FAR EAST TOUR ............................................................................................................................ 12 6.4.1 The dates .............................................................................................................................. 12 6.4.2 The songs.............................................................................................................................. 13 6.4.3 Statistics ............................................................................................................................... 16 6.4.4 Comments ............................................................................................................................. 16 6.5 US SPRING TOUR .......................................................................................................................... 17 6.5.1 The dates .............................................................................................................................. 17 6.5.2 The songs.............................................................................................................................. 18 6.5.3 Statistics ............................................................................................................................... 22 6.5.4 Comments ............................................................................................................................. 22 6.6 EUROPE SUMMER TOUR ................................................................................................................ 23 6.6.1 The dates .............................................................................................................................. 23 6.6.2 The songs.............................................................................................................................. 24 6.6.3 Statistics ............................................................................................................................... 27 6.6.4 Comments ............................................................................................................................. 28 6.7 US SUMMER TOUR ........................................................................................................................ 29 6.7.1 The dates .............................................................................................................................. 29 6.7.2 The songs.............................................................................................................................. 30 6.7.3 Statistics ............................................................................................................................... 34 6.7.4 Comments ............................................................................................................................. 34 6.8 US FALL TOUR ............................................................................................................................. 35 6.8.1 The dates .............................................................................................................................. 35 6.8.2 The songs.............................................................................................................................. 36 6.8.3 Statistics ............................................................................................................................... 48 6.8.4 Comments ............................................................................................................................. 48 6.9 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... 50 6.9.1 Show statistics ...................................................................................................................... 50 6.9.2 Album statistics .................................................................................................................... 51 6.9.3 Song statistics ....................................................................................................................... 52 7 NEW BOOKS ..................................................................................................................................... 55 Keep On Keepin’ On — Bob Dylan 1994 page 3 8 SOURCES ........................................................................................................................................... 56 9 SUGGESTED READINGS ............................................................................................................... 56 9.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................... 56 9.2 ARTICLE COMPILATIONS ............................................................................................................... 56 9.3 ARTICLES ...................................................................................................................................... 57 10 APPENDIX: SET-LISTS .............................................................................................................. 58 Keep On Keepin’ On — Bob Dylan 1994 page 4 1 A SHORT SUBJECTIVE RETROSPECTIVE This year Bob Dylan decided to surprise us by NOT surprising us. Same procedure as last year. Same band, same songs, same show format. And, it has to be said, same high quality or even higher than 1993. In fact in terms of Bob Dylan's own performance, this has to be the best year since 1988. Still there were some disappointments. No song debuts, excluding one performance of Lady Came From Baltimore by Tim Hardin. Not until the MTV Unplugged sessions was Dignity performed although it was done at various soundchecks during the year. And why no songs from World Gone Wrong? Other noteworthy happenings: the Cooper & Lybrand deal, the Great Music Experience performance in Nara, Japan, The Woodstock '94 performance and finally MTV Unplugged. 2 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Far East Tour 14 shows The Rhythm, Country & Blues Concert US Spring Tour 25 shows Memphis recording session The Great Music Experiencein Nara, Japan Europe Summer Tour 17 shows US Summer Tour 15 shows US Fall Tour 33 shows Recording of MTV Unplugged Release of Greatest Hits Vol. 3 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Keep On Keepin’ On — Bob Dylan 1994 page 5 3 CALENDAR January A Carlene Carter CD-single with tracks from the album Little Love Letters is released. An extra non-album track is Trust Yourself with background vocals by Dwight Yoakim, Howie Epstein, Joe Romersa, Kevin Welch and Bob Dylan. For once Bob's vocal is quite audible and it is a pretty good version. This session dates from January 1993. January Dylan gives Cooper & Lybrand the right to use a recording of The Times They Are A-Changin' done by Ritchie Havens in their commercials. When published it causes great traumatic reactions from fans all over the world. January A *stereo* copy of the promotional Freewheelin' is found in California and sold at auction at a five figure price. February 4 Akihiko Yamamoto interviews Dylan in the lobby of Hotel Okura. It is later printed in the April issue of CROSSBEAT. 5 February Dylan starts his first tour in Japan since 1986 in Sendai. The surprise opener is Jokerman , not played since the 1984 European tour followed by another surprise, If You See Her, Say Hello, last time performed in Osaka Fu, Japan 14 February 1978. Also included is In The Garden , which had been absent in both 1992 and 1993.