Songs in My Heart Bob Dylan 1989
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SONGS IN MY HEART BOB DYLAN 1989 by Olof Björner A SUMMARY OF RECORDING & CONCERT ACTIVITIES , RELEASES , TAPES & BOOKS . © 2000 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. Songs In My Heart — Bob Dylan 1989 CONTENTS 1 A SHORT SUBJECTIVE RETROSPECTIVE.......................................................................................................... 3 2 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE ....................................................................................................................................... 3 3 CALENDAR .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 4 RECORDINGS ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 5 NEW RELEASES ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 5.1 DYLAN AND THE DEAD .............................................................................................................................................. 5 5.2 OH MERCY ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 6 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR: SECOND YEAR .................................................................................................... 5 6.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 6.2 THE MUSICIANS .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 6.3 THE SHOW ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 6.4 1989 EUROPE SUMMER TOUR ..................................................................................................................................... 7 6.4.1 The dates........................................................................................................................................................... 7 6.4.2 The songs .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 6.4.3 Statistics.......................................................................................................................................................... 16 6.4.4 Comments ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 6.5 1989 NORTH AMERICA SUMMER TOUR .................................................................................................................... 18 6.5.1 The dates......................................................................................................................................................... 18 6.5.2 The songs ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 6.5.3 Statistics.......................................................................................................................................................... 42 6.5.4 Comments ....................................................................................................................................................... 42 6.6 1989 US FALL TOUR ................................................................................................................................................ 44 6.6.1 The dates......................................................................................................................................................... 44 6.6.2 The songs ........................................................................................................................................................ 45 6.6.3 Statistics.......................................................................................................................................................... 53 6.6.4 Comments ....................................................................................................................................................... 53 6.7 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................................. 55 6.7.1 Statistics.......................................................................................................................................................... 55 6.7.2 Alphabetical song list ..................................................................................................................................... 57 7 DYLAN SONGS 1989 ................................................................................................................................................. 61 8 SOURCES ................................................................................................................................................................... 62 9 SUGGESTED READINGS ........................................................................................................................................ 62 9.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................... 62 9.2 ARTICLE COMPILATIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 62 9.3 ARTICLES .................................................................................................................................................................. 63 10 APPENDIX: SET-LISTS ........................................................................................................................................... 64 Songs In My Heart — Bob Dylan 1989 page 3 1 A SHORT SUBJECTIVE RETROSPECTIVE Another highly prolific year for Bob Dylan! After the recording of his best record for several years in April, a new enormous tour was kicked off in Sweden at the end of May. The name "The Never- Ending tour" was suggested by Dylan himself in an interview with Adrian Deevoy in the December issue of Q magazine. An amazing 99 shows were played in Europe, Canada and US. The new record, Oh Mercy , received high praise everywhere, most reviewers giving the producer, Daniel Lanois, lots of credits. 2 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE Songs In My Heart — Bob Dylan 1989 page 4 3 CALENDAR February 12 Bob Dylan joins the Grateful Dead on stage at their show at the LA Forum. He plays guitar on 8 songs and is finally persuaded (?) to sing on Knockin' On Heaven's Door. March-April OH MERCY recording sessions in New Orleans. May 27 The European tour starts with a show in the park of the Christinehof castle in the south of Sweden. July 1 After 21 shows in Europe, the tour continues in US in Peoria only two days after the last show in Athens, Greece. September 9-10 The summer tour concludes with two shows at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Nothing from the new album has been aired during this part of the tour. September 19 OH MERCY is released. September 21 The Edna Gundersen interview is published is USA Today. September 24 Dylan participates in the "L'Chaim To Life, Telethon '89" on Chabad TV. Together with his son-in-law Peter Himmelman and Harry Dean Stanton on guitars he plays flute and recorder (!) on three songs. The "group" is called 'Chopped Liver'. October 10 The fall tour starts with four shows at the Beacon Theater in New York. A number of the Oh Mercy songs are played at last. Before the tour is over they have played 6 songs from the new album, leaving the two first and the two last for the future. November 20 Dylan records People Get Ready in Bloomington, Indiana for the movie FLASHBACK. The soundtrack is released in 1990. December Q magazine publishes a long article by Adrian Deevoy called 'The Wanted Man', also containing an interview. 4 RECORDINGS Here’s a list of recordings from 1989 other than concerts. For details please refer to the corresponding session pages in Still On The Road. 12 February Guest appearance at a Grateful Dead concert May Rehearsals for the European Tour in New York City 24 September L'chaim To Life, Telethon '89 20 November Recording session in Bloomington, Indiana resulting in People Get Ready. Songs In My Heart — Bob Dylan 1989 page 5 5 NEW RELEASES 5.1 Dylan And The Dead This a live album released 6 February 1989 with performances taken from the short six-stop summer tour with The Grateful Dead in July 1987. The songs are: 1. Slow Train Foxboro, Massachusetts, 4 July 2. I Want You Oakland, California, 24 July 3. Gotta Serve Somebody Anaheim, California, 26 July 4. Queen Jane Approximately Eugene, Oregon, 19 July 5. Joey Foxboro, Massachusetts, 4 July 6. All Along The Watchtower Anaheim, California, 26 July 7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door Anaheim, California, 26 July 5.2 Oh Mercy Please refer to the Still